Q : How to increase your Chinese vocabulary?
A : Learn more words.
Q : The size of vocabulary to set as a goal.
A : All of them.
Q : Which way to learn Chinese?
A : Third floor, down the hall on the left.
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- Green Belt
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Reads : Castellano, Català, Italiano, Lingua Latina
Studying: Українська мова, Ελληνικά - Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=4860
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Please correct my errors in any tongue.
"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
- Deinonysus
- Brown Belt
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• Native: English
• Advanced: French
• Intermediate: German,
Spanish, Hebrew
• Beginner: Italian,
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Q: Are these Spanish translations by computer accurate?
A: ¿Están estos españoles traductores cerca de un ordenador preciso? [Are these Spaniards translators near an accurate computer?]
A: ¿Están estos españoles traductores cerca de un ordenador preciso? [Are these Spaniards translators near an accurate computer?]
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/daɪ.nə.ˈnaɪ.səs/
- tungemål
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Answers to login questions:
If I gave you 200 Euros and 2 dollars, how many Euros would you have? - About 201,65 euros with the current exchange rate
What is the bus driver’s sister’s name? - I don’t know, but his brother’s name is Carl.
You’ve been robbed. Who do you call? - Pizza delivery. They took all my food, and I’m hungry.
If I gave you 200 Euros and 2 dollars, how many Euros would you have? - About 201,65 euros with the current exchange rate
What is the bus driver’s sister’s name? - I don’t know, but his brother’s name is Carl.
You’ve been robbed. Who do you call? - Pizza delivery. They took all my food, and I’m hungry.
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- jeff_lindqvist
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de, es
ga, eo
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fi, yue, ro, tp, cy, kw, pt, sk - Language Log: viewtopic.php?f=15&t=2773
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tungemål wrote:You’ve been robbed. Who do you call? - Pizza delivery. They took all my food, and I’m hungry.
This got me thinking of Jerry Seinfeld stealing Mabel Choate's marble rye:
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Leabhair/Greannáin léite as Gaeilge:
Ar an seastán oíche:Oileán an Órchiste
Duolingo - finished trees: sp/ga/de/fr/pt/it
Finnish with extra pain :
Llorg Blog - Wiki - Discord
Ar an seastán oíche:
Duolingo - finished trees: sp/ga/de/fr/pt/it
Finnish with extra pain :
Llorg Blog - Wiki - Discord
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Professional: ES, RU
Speak well: DE, FR, RO, EO, SV
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Need improvement: PO, IS, HE, JP, KO, HU, FI
Passive: AF, DK, LAT
Dabbled in: BRT, ZH (SH), BG, EUS, ZH (CAN), and a whole lot more. - Language Log: http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/fo ... PN=1&TPN=1
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Having trouble getting started with platforms
- That added height does take some getting used to, I'm afraid
The size of vocabulary to set as a goal.
- Don't make the words too big, you won't remember them. Unless you're studying German, then it's fair game.
Recommended non-English mystery/crime/detective novels
- Tom Clancy - The Hunt for Non-English Red October
Russian language learning difficulties
- Он не знает, о чем идет речь.
- That added height does take some getting used to, I'm afraid
The size of vocabulary to set as a goal.
- Don't make the words too big, you won't remember them. Unless you're studying German, then it's fair game.
Recommended non-English mystery/crime/detective novels
- Tom Clancy - The Hunt for Non-English Red October
Russian language learning difficulties
- Он не знает, о чем идет речь.
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I hope your world is kind.
Is a girl.
Is a girl.
- rdearman
- Site Admin
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Q: How to attain native fluency in Russian
A: Be born Russian
Q: Notebook Porn
A: No thanks, I prefer video.
Q: Having a hard time getting started with platforms
A: Start with Donkey Kong, then move up from there.
Q: What did you learn about language learning in 2020?
A: I'm no good at it.
Q: Learn French in France
A: That is how the French do it.
Q: Advice sought from anyone knowledgeable about English translations of Don Quixote
A: Don't drink and drive, don't take any wooden nickels. Need more?
Q: Basic Italian, Suggestions?
A: Suggerimenti
A: Be born Russian
Q: Notebook Porn
A: No thanks, I prefer video.
Q: Having a hard time getting started with platforms
A: Start with Donkey Kong, then move up from there.
Q: What did you learn about language learning in 2020?
A: I'm no good at it.
Q: Learn French in France
A: That is how the French do it.
Q: Advice sought from anyone knowledgeable about English translations of Don Quixote
A: Don't drink and drive, don't take any wooden nickels. Need more?
Q: Basic Italian, Suggestions?
A: Suggerimenti
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- Black Belt - 2nd Dan
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Q: Easy and effective way to do bitranslation
A: [hits report button to report financial scam]
A: [hits report button to report financial scam]
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Dialang or it didn't happen.
- smallwhite
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Q: Obsolete sections of old language courses?
A: You mean where the cassette tapes are stored?
A: You mean where the cassette tapes are stored?
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Dialang or it didn't happen.
- Iversen
- Black Belt - 4th Dan
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Q: Advice sought from anyone knowledgeable about English translations of Don Quixote
A: Don't mess with green energy (windmills)
A: Don't read old books about chivalry - like Don Quixote (especially Don Quixote!)
A: Don't mess with green energy (windmills)
A: Don't read old books about chivalry - like Don Quixote (especially Don Quixote!)
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- IronMike
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- 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: Rare language courses.
A: DLI's Basic Klingon
Q: Learning only one language.
A: I already did that, after I was born.
Q: How would you construct a language learning textbook?
A: First, plant a tree...
Q: how do you learn an amerindian language?
A: The best way? Be born 800 years ago in the Americas.
Q: Did the Listening-Reading method work for you?
A: Yes.
Q: Where to start with learning Spanish?
A: Spain? Mexico?
Q: How many sentence patterns do non-English languages have?
A: A lot.
Q: DLI Courses vs FSI.
A: Next Saturday night, at the Coliseum. Ringside tickets start at $100!
Q: Japanese is killing me.
A: Here's an idea. Stop.
Q: Can I learn 2 languages one after the other?
A: No. One, yes. Three, yes. Never even numbers.
Q: What does it mean for a language to have a lot of language learning resources?
A: It means there's always something else I want to buy.
Q: How to help your significant other, spouse, etc. enjoy language-learning?
A: First, date a linguist...
A: DLI's Basic Klingon
Q: Learning only one language.
A: I already did that, after I was born.
Q: How would you construct a language learning textbook?
A: First, plant a tree...
Q: how do you learn an amerindian language?
A: The best way? Be born 800 years ago in the Americas.
Q: Did the Listening-Reading method work for you?
A: Yes.
Q: Where to start with learning Spanish?
A: Spain? Mexico?
Q: How many sentence patterns do non-English languages have?
A: A lot.
Q: DLI Courses vs FSI.
A: Next Saturday night, at the Coliseum. Ringside tickets start at $100!
Q: Japanese is killing me.
A: Here's an idea. Stop.
Q: Can I learn 2 languages one after the other?
A: No. One, yes. Three, yes. Never even numbers.
Q: What does it mean for a language to have a lot of language learning resources?
A: It means there's always something else I want to buy.
Q: How to help your significant other, spouse, etc. enjoy language-learning?
A: First, date a linguist...
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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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