What language are you learning and why? +General language thread

What language are you learning and why? +General language thread

Arabic, because it's extremely interesting and I find it very rewarding, I'm using several sources on the internet as well as books

>How many languages do you speak and which?

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Hebrew, because of my jewish heritage and also because of general interest in qabbalism and the talmud.
I speak Estonian, Russian and English very well.

Native English. Good Latin and Greek. Sanskrit. French. Classical Arabic.

Esperanto, but I don't like it, so I stopped.

I got a few books on Low Saxon, which is reduced to dialects in my country. Tried learning Russian but gave up because I want to spend my time differently.

I speak English and Dutch.

I know
Swedish,French, Spanish, English, Esperanto, Latin and Portuguese
Learning Deutsche, Greek, Russian and Jap

I speak English and French and want to learn Russian. Any good resources online?

>Arabic
Someone contact the NSA.

In all seriousness though, I tried to learn Arabic several years ago. I really enjoyed it but didn't stick with it so now I know pretty much nothing.

I'm currently learning French for reading/travel purposes. I'm using a combination of a grammar textbook with practice exercises and Duolingo to help with vocab and pronunciation. I'll be going to France for a week or two in a year so I'm hoping to be at least conversational by then.

I have these grand plans of eventually knowing English, French, Spanish, Italian, and either Russian or German but I know I'll never follow through. My realistic goal is to reach fluency in French and Spanish. I have a good enough Spanish base that with a little work, I think I could come up to a moderate level pretty quickly.

When you guys say you know Latin, what do you mean by that?

It's my first language.

On a different note, how do I go about learning a new language without a course or something like that?

Just buy a grammar, grab an easy book and try to power through it?

Wanted to learn German this next year.

Me tantum dicere possum, sed ullo novo scripto donato, possum transducere sine opere. Manifeste, dicere Latinam linguam difficilius est legendo scribendoque, sed totam vitam est agendum ut melius fieri rege linguarum.

Yes. This is the best way to do it.

pratar du verkligen så många språk flytande eller snackar du bara skit?

Currently learning Fante, and Italian.

Fante, one of the many languages found in Ghana, is my wife's 1st language.
I'm also learning Italian because it is part of my heritage.

In the future I would like to learn more French, and perhaps German. I studied German for four years in High School. I feel like not keeping up with it would be a waste, but admittedly I'm not a big fan of the language.

Native English. I know Norwegian from a past relationship.

Tempted to learn both German and Japanese. Will probably err in favour of the latter as I'm thinking Nippon will be the safest bet for when the shit hits the fan in Europe.

If you're rich enough you could get a private tutor, but apart from that the method you mentioned is the best. A great way to learn a language faster is to expose yourself to the language as much as possible by simply moving to the country where the language is spoken or by consuming media in that language. Practice makes perfect. Viel Glück.

hen sa ikkje nå om flytande sven

this and working every day a little bit, or how ever you want to tackle it
We can read and write
Talking is difficult due to the pronunciation
see
yes I speak those languages fluently (except esperanto because I don't find many people to talk with)
I study everyday and get to practice since my dad is a linguist and translator

learning German now just to be able to work as a freelance translator from home because any offline contact with people makes me sick and sucks all my energy

Why would people pay you when they can pay a certified translator with a relevant degree?

German native, I speak English and Russian. I'm thinking about learning French or Latin, not sure yet.

i read German Quickly A Grammar for Reading German. its specialised to humanities. most practice text consists of literature, philosophy and proverbs. not good if you want to write/speak german. i still dont no how to pronounce the vowels but can read a german text easily.

recommend if you dont give a shit about speaking to germans, but jst want to read it

I know Norwegian, English, German, and I can read, write and understand Ancient Greek.

I'm also conversational in Icelandic.

t bh ive never understood why people pay translators at all. surely someone in you company is fluent.

especially spanish translators in usa,

Someone being fluent in two languages doesn't mean that they're good translators.

t. Translator, and I'm working with plenty of bilinguals that think they are good translators. They're not

reposting from the old thread, google drive with a shitton of grammars for almost every language, living or dead.

drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9QDHej9UGAdcDhWVEllMzJBSEk

I'm trying to self teach German and Russian, and might start on Korean or Czech later.
My methods are almost useless, mostly because my methods only consist of duolingo and trying to read news articles in that language.

As for why...just because. I like (old) German and Russian lit/music/philosophy and I like the way they sound. There's a large community of Koreans where I live, so that could be practical, and Czech because I want to visit and perhaps live there for a while.

I don't see any files

Do you see folders? click on one.

also logging in and out of your google account might work (it's how some user fixed it last thread).

It worked by relogging
Thanks user for this cornucopia

>thinks Japan will be better off than EU
>not learning chink for that purpose

Russian and Esperanto. Russian Is easier than I thought and Esperanto is really easy. Maybe Greek or Latin next.

>Russian Is easier than I thought

Ikke ta japansk. Det er det flateste språket jeg har vært borti noensinne (selv om kinesisk kommer på en knapp andreplass). Tysk er veldig dynamisk og har mye rom for nyanserte formuleringer.

lol

Already with a bit of French beginner vocab and grammar in the back of my head I tried the grammar book+literature trick with L'Etranger but gave up after a page because I was far too reliant on google translate and the grammar book dense with the amount of information to memorize. Should I try something else or did I just pussy out too easily?

I'm learning Japanese currently.
I like lots of Japanese film, art, music. Interested in the culture, folklore, history, shame and seppuku, all that. Yes, I've also watched my share of anime, read my share of manga. The only Japanese books I've read are Murakami and Everyone Poops, however. But of course the writing and literature is a big incentive for me to learn. I'm also very curious about some visual novels I've heard about. I never read/play VNs, but I've heard some pretty absurd praise for a few untranslated ones regarding their writing, and well, I'd like to find out myself if it's truly that good.
I've realized that there is so much which isn't very translatable. Like how in Japanese there are the strict social hierarchical rules built into the language. You can't speak to someone without putting yourself below them or putting them below you. There's that and a myriad of other things which simply express stuff way differently from what I'm used to. This is of great interest to me regarding any language, as it's almost like a totally different way of thinking.
I would love to learn Russian as well, eventually. Besides all the art and culture, I just love the sound of Russian. Probably my favorite sounding language.

>Russian Is easier than I thought
Interesting to hear. I've been imagining that it's really damn hard. Hopefully I'll think the same thing as you.

>recommend if you dont give a shit about speaking to germans,

My mom speaks german fluently, so I can practice conversation with her and avoid those things. Thx for the rec

any good sources for Italian?

May be moving there soon, and if not I’d still love to read Dante in the original.

You pussied out too early.

There is no trick to grammar - just learn it by heart. And practise, every single day.

French. I've always been interested in the language, it's a pretty present one, and it shouldn't be too hard to learn either.
Apart from English, I speak German, Japanese, Dutch, Russian, and Swedish.

>learning esperanto in 2016
wew.

What do you mean by "beginner vocab and grammar"? Could you at least understand the first line? Also, if you're going to translate things, translate them yourself, not with a machine.

also what said, you kind of pussied out and just need to practice more. You'll eventually find it fun and enjoyable.

Is there any point on learning latin?
I already speak spanish (native tongue), english and a little bit of italian.

Latin is interesting, and there's 2000 years of accumulated philosophy, science, and whatever else to delve into.

And it's the baby step into Ancient Greek.

Depends if you have a goal with doing it. Learning languages in general can be exceptionally tedious work, but having some reason beyond trying to impress people is usually a good idea.

If you're interested in Roman history or western europe up until the late 1700's, then yeah I'd say there's a point in learning latin.

I did Duolingo and Memrise a while back and didn't touch the language for a few months. That's what I mean by "beginner vocab and grammar". I could understand the first sentence and generally can generally understand half of the words in a given sentence but would have to look up words a lot and then try to piece the sentence together again.

But you guys are right, I pussied out for no good reason and will go at it again.

>And it's the baby step into Ancient Greek.

Οὖτος ὀ ὰνθρωπος λἐγει τὴν ὰλἠθειαν.

日本語をしゃべれる

I guess if i learn latin then it would be easier to learn the most obtuse romance tongues.
Also, as said, there is a fuckton of culture.

I was thinking about reading about Roman history because i don't remember a lot of things.

>crititizes a language in a language that is a parody of another language

Your spiriti lenes are coming out as grave accents, my man.

> ἄνθρωπος
> ἀλήθεια

Wanna learn Japanese because I am very interested in their history and culture.

>4
>German, Spanish, Englisch, French

Croatian native,I know English profficiently,French on intermediate level and I still stay with German and Russian on basics...My realistic goal is to tackle these last two from basics(Russian will be easy thanks to Slavic roots,but real difficulty will be with German) and make French profficiency step-by-step...Then,perhaps,I will move into Latin(which I was learning 2 years already) and Old Greek...

They did, but I can barely read this text at 4K resolution so I did what I could. At least the grammar is correct for once.

>learning esperanto in 2016
>wew.

I mean, if you have an interest in the inner working of language, learning one that's made up to be a "universal language" might yield some wisdom.

>I mean, if you have an interest in the inner working of language, learning one that's made up to be a "universal language" might yield some wisdom.

Yeah, but they could just study actual linguistics, or a language that is / was actually used universally, instead of learning a boring synthetic slavic-romance mash-up.

>they could just study actual linguistics

theory =/= practice man

>language that is / was actually used universally

Esperanto is really the best example you can get as far as made-up languages go, though.

>theory =/= practice man

Yeah, but theory sure is useful.

>Esperanto is really the best example you can get as far as made-up languages go, though.

Yeah, but why learn a made up language that has no real literature and a shitty community / culture? Also, another thing, nobody uses it for its intended purpose.

>Also, another thing, nobody uses it for its intended purpose.
wait, forgot to add this at the end: they just wank eachother off about speaking esperanto.

>Yeah, but why learn a made up language that has no real literature and a shitty community / culture?
It has some literature
The community is true to be snobby and faggy
>Also, another thing, nobody uses it for its intended purpose.
Ever since I used Esperanto, my world has been in peace mane, watch'ou mean

>It has some literature
Mostly just translations though.

Im learning japanese and english. I want to read a lot if stuff in his original language.

You don't need to understand 100% of the book in French; just go for the gist and if you get lost, catch yourself up with sparknotes and the like.

Aim for a grammar point or two every day. Also note that the main character speaks plainly about things he doesn't care about (I.e. most of the plot of the first half), and detailedly for things he does (old people flesh, heat, the sun) so in many cases getting lost is simply the narrator talking about something mundane you can probably skim over without memorizing all of the words.

What do you crazy polyglots do? Are you NEET I have English, Japanese, and French but I can't find any work that actually allows me to use them.

desu language difficulty is just a real shitty meme. The only thing that determines the difficulty of learning one is how much you actually want to learn it.

It's true that "language difficulty" is overrated but it still exists. Esperanto being way easier than Russian is just a fact.

Where to find a free French-English dictionary for Kindle? Somehow I managed to find a GER-ENG one long time ago, but know I don't know where to look.

read La Parure

German, I hate separable verbs.

Nipps can't into government or economy. Great people, great country, but impossible demographical problems

Native french speaker, native level English. Decent japanese and Spanish.
I'm learning/practicing Mandarin because I dream of speaking 5 languages one day, and China has a very long and interesting story. Already knowing a lot of moon rune helps.

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this is what i do when i want to learn a language

???
1. you do realise esperanto was designed to be easy to learn?
2. also if you dont realise that some languages are harder to learn than others you havent learned many languages

Not a NEET. I grew up bilingual, speaking English and German. My interest in languages developed from an early age, so I suppose that's how I managed to learn the others in the meantime. Also, the more languages you know, the easier it is to learn new ones.
My work involves Japanese, German, and English, but I can't put my other languages to use in a working environment most of the time either.

Latin, so I can read history that SJWs won't be able to invade/modify. Also it's helping me understand English grammar a bit better.

Know any good resources for Latin?

Your Latin is poor.
Not that guy, but if you want t develop a fluent command of the language, Hans Oerburg's Lingua Latina Per Se Illustrata is the way to go

Cool thanks user, do I have to get any extra books with LLPSI?

Any idea where I can get LLPSI and said extra books?

You /can/ use LLPSI on its own, but it's better to use it in conjunction with "Latine Disco," which is a student's manual that can help you w/ grammar points the main book won't help you with.

Here is the link to book 1 of LLPSI: amazon.com/Lingua-Latina-Illustrata-Pars-Familia/dp/1585104205
Latine Disco: amazon.com/Lingua-Latina-Illustrata-Latine-Students/dp/1585100501/ref=pd_sim_14_2?ie=UTF8&dpID=41jaQ0zJ3bL&dpSrc=sims&preST=_AC_UL160_SR110,160_&psc=1&refRID=AS5RV8JK6FKT4HAAE1CC

The important thing to remember with Latin is that it is a language—you want to learn it not to make shitty translations of Latin texts but to read the Latin for itself. To this end, you will learn best and most quickly by reading, writing, speaking and listening to Latin. LLPSI will cover reading at first, but do your best to find ways to exercise the others as well.

Yeah, I've got a copy of "Getting started with Latin" and it's great fun, Linney has audio available too.

Thanks for the links, pity the shipping rates suck to my country.

Sorry to hear that :/

It's no problem, I'm sure a cheap copy will show up on abebooks :D

下手くそ。ちゃんと話せるか?

I got a question for the so-called polyglots in here. How do you guys do in conversations? I learned english as a second language but i would never say i was fluid until i was able to recite a young thug song without looking for the lyrics. Also, to the ones that supposedly speak spanish, do you guys actually speak with others? Who the fuck do you practice it with? I asked because i have met people that "speak" spanish, and whenever i try to have a conversation with them, it's as if i was communicating with tarzan.

You can't. Use duolingo + pirated michel thomas audio recordings

>sed ullo novo scripto donato

What are you trying to say exactly? I'm getting "But give to any new (thing) written." I'm thinking you're not writing this out properly.

yeah shouldnt it be shaberareru

'ga hanaseru' actually

i don't have any need to learn another language, but i really want to. the problem is that i don't know what language i should learn.
please convince me ot learn the language of your choosing.
>i can speak english, spanish, french and a good amount of japanese

Currently learning JavaScript and Phyton.

pour etre honnete ma famille phyton seem boring to learn about

abl abs given any new text

> Your Latin is poor.
How so? The only mistake I made was using infinitive 'fieri' after 'ut' instead of 'fiat'.

Ablative absolute.
> any new text having been presented...

Learn Irish

It's nice.

Spanish so I can read the bullfighting reviews in the newspapers.

You misunderstand the meaning of "opus"—it means "work" in the sense of something made; that is, an accomplishment. Therefore "sine opere" makes little sense here. Moreover, "manifeste" is an Anglicism—a sentence adverb at the beginning o a clause is not god Latin writing.

Learn Welsh.

It's nicer.

Tibi enim gratis ago. Haec dictis, dixissem 'sine labore' aut 'sine multo labore', aut similibus verbis.

>Arabic.

Fuck of Sven.

Now I want to play dodo

>duolingo

it looked fucking awful last time I downloaded it

Haha i am swedish lol

>michel thomas
>Learn a new language in hours, not years.
wut