Q: Crazy Challenge anyone?
A: .. why not?
A to A: Because and 'cos
Q: when to start with tutors -- is it suitable for pure beginners?
A: It was a good idea at first... [French, followed by German, Russian, Mandarin]
Q: Can you translate this text on a japanese image...
Preliminary phase: Should Know Better But French, Spanish and Japanese
Phase 1: New to translating texts
Phase 2: Lost In Translation
Q: What I talk about when I talk in Spanish
A: Probably things like que cuando como y donde
Q: What do you think is the "best" way to read in a target language?
A1: How much should I understand something for it to be worth it?
A2: Grammar-Translation, Translation Drills, Assimil Active Wave, Back-Translation, and Bruce Lee
Q: What made you wary of language learning?
A1: The things the snake oil salesmen forgot to tell you
A2: Boy genius with 149 plus IQ
A3: Polish things that don’t fit
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- Iversen
- Black Belt - 4th Dan
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- Languages: Monolingual travels in Danish, English, German, Dutch, Swedish, French, Portuguese, Spanish, Catalan, Italian, Romanian and (part time) Esperanto
Ahem, not yet: Norwegian, Afrikaans, Platt, Scots, Russian, Serbian, Bulgarian, Albanian, Greek, Latin, Irish, Indonesian and a few more... - Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=1027
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- Mooby
- Orange Belt
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Q : How did the ancients and the people of the past learn languages?
A: They all used 'Reach Fluency in 400 years' - now available in a handy 3 ton tablet edition (free chisel provided).
A: They all used 'Reach Fluency in 400 years' - now available in a handy 3 ton tablet edition (free chisel provided).
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- Black Belt - 3rd Dan
- Posts: 3526
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- Languages: English(N)
Advanced: French,Spanish, Scottish Gaelic
Intermediate: Italian, Catalan, Corsican
Basic: Welsh
Dabbling: Polish, Russian etc - x 8793
- Contact:
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Final Reminder re. Self-Promotion
Thanks for the reminder. I've now appointed myself as chairman of the board.
Thanks for the reminder. I've now appointed myself as chairman of the board.
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- Mooby
- Orange Belt
- Posts: 110
- Joined: Sat Jul 18, 2015 11:43 am
- Location: Scotland
- Languages: English (N)
Polish, German, Turkish - x 432
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Q. General Language Log
A. + Major Grammar Study
= Private Meltdown / Corporal Punishment
A. + Major Grammar Study
= Private Meltdown / Corporal Punishment
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- badger
- Green Belt
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- Joined: Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:33 pm
- Location: UK
- Languages: native: English
intermediate: French
dabbling: Spanish - Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... p?p=135580
- x 1157
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some fava beans & a nice Chianti.rdearman wrote:Q: What to Pair with German Assimil with ease?
A: A South African Merlot or perhaps a nice Chardonnay.
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- Serpent
- Black Belt - 3rd Dan
- Posts: 3657
- Joined: Sat Jul 18, 2015 10:54 am
- Location: Moskova
- Languages: heritage
Russian (native); Belarusian, Polish
fluent or close: Finnish (certified C1), English; Portuguese, Spanish, German, Italian
learning: Croatian+, Ukrainian; Romanian, Galician; Danish, Swedish; Estonian
exploring: Latin, Karelian, Catalan, Dutch, Czech, Latvian - x 5181
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Q: Best French adult newspaper for learner of 12 months.
A: something with many pictures
A: something with many pictures
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- zenmonkey
- Black Belt - 2nd Dan
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- Joined: Sun Jul 26, 2015 7:21 pm
- Location: California, Germany and France
- Languages: Spanish, English, French trilingual - German (B2/C1) on/off study: Persian, Hebrew, Tibetan, Setswana.
Some knowledge of Italian, Portuguese, Ladino, Yiddish ...
Want to tackle Tzotzil, Nahuatl - Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=859
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How do people judge the difficulty of a language they’re studying?
Randomly and subjectively.
Randomly and subjectively.
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I am a leaf on the wind, watch how I soar
- Teango
- Blue Belt
- Posts: 769
- Joined: Mon Jul 06, 2015 4:55 am
- Location: Honolulu, Hawaiʻi
- Languages: en (n)
- Language Log: https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... 9&p=235545
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@zenmonkey
TIL The maximum score for This is Spinal Tap goes up to 11 in IMDB (in case ratings need that extra push over the cliff in Amazon)!
TIL The maximum score for This is Spinal Tap goes up to 11 in IMDB (in case ratings need that extra push over the cliff in Amazon)!
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- IronMike
- Black Belt - 2nd Dan
- Posts: 2554
- Joined: Thu May 12, 2016 6:13 am
- Location: Northern Virginia
- Languages: Studying: Esperanto
Maintaining: nada
Tested:
BCS, 1+L/1+R (DLPT5, 2022)
Russian, 3/3 (DLPT5, 2022) 2+ (OPI, 2022)
German, 2L/1+R (DLPT5, 2021)
Italian, 1L/2R (DLPT IV, 2019)
Esperanto, C1 (KER skriba ekzameno, 2017)
Slovene, 2+L/3R (DLPT II in, yes, 1999) - Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=5189
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Q: Sexiest Accent for Non-native English speaker
A: Mine of course. Non-native English speakers just love my accent!
A: Mine of course. Non-native English speakers just love my accent!
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You're not a C1 (or B1 or whatever) if you haven't tested.
CEFR --> ILR/DLPT equivalencies
My swimming life.
My reading life.
CEFR --> ILR/DLPT equivalencies
My swimming life.
My reading life.
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- Green Belt
- Posts: 486
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- Location: Amerique du Nord
- Languages: Uses daily : Français (heritage) English
Reads : Castellano, Català, Italiano, Lingua Latina
Studying: Українська мова, Ελληνικά - Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4860
- x 1088
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Q: When is the best time to "park" a language?
A: Parking is not permitted on weekends. Parking bans are also often instituted in case of inclement weather.
Q: Simplified Chinese?
A: Clearly not simplified enough for me.
A: That's not a question. Unless you're trying to ask "How does one ask questions in simplified Chinese", in which case one would be advised to rephrase.
Q: Would these materials cover most of the vocabulary and grammar of the 4 volumes of FSI?
A: If you had the FSI course digitally, say on a thumbdrive, it wouldn't take more than a piece of paper to cover it. If you have it all in four print volumes, however, it would require a good bit more resources to successfully cover all those books.
Q: Which and how many languages are spoken in your family?
A: Related ones
Q: Persian definite and indefinite articles, or lack thereof?
A: Definitely.
Q: How do you communicate with your pet?
A: Poorly
A: Parking is not permitted on weekends. Parking bans are also often instituted in case of inclement weather.
Q: Simplified Chinese?
A: Clearly not simplified enough for me.
A: That's not a question. Unless you're trying to ask "How does one ask questions in simplified Chinese", in which case one would be advised to rephrase.
Q: Would these materials cover most of the vocabulary and grammar of the 4 volumes of FSI?
A: If you had the FSI course digitally, say on a thumbdrive, it wouldn't take more than a piece of paper to cover it. If you have it all in four print volumes, however, it would require a good bit more resources to successfully cover all those books.
Q: Which and how many languages are spoken in your family?
A: Related ones
Q: Persian definite and indefinite articles, or lack thereof?
A: Definitely.
Q: How do you communicate with your pet?
A: Poorly
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Please correct my errors in any tongue.
"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
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