Q: Which Latin American Spanish would be the best to learn for traveling around Latin America?
A: As an aside, I never realized the Romans made it that far.
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A: French. The answer is French.
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Q: How do you avoid panicking when you meet a native speaker?
A: Keep calm. Open your jacket to make yourself seem as large as possible, and speak English loudly to drive them away.
A: Keep calm. Open your jacket to make yourself seem as large as possible, and speak English loudly to drive them away.
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Would it help to lie down and pretend to be dead?Axon wrote:Q: How do you avoid panicking when you meet a native speaker?
A: Keep calm. Open your jacket to make yourself seem as large as possible, and speak English loudly to drive them away.
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Q: Paper Dictionaries. Why?
A: adverb, from OE hwy. For what cause, for what reason, on account of what?
A: adverb, from OE hwy. For what cause, for what reason, on account of what?
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rpg learns romance. (https://forum.language-learners.org/vie ... 439f6bda74 )
first person shooter learns flirting
adventure learns unconditional love
real time strategy learns deep emotional connection
first person shooter learns flirting
adventure learns unconditional love
real time strategy learns deep emotional connection
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Q: Need advice on learning Portuguese.
A: Take Spanish, put in blender. Take French, add to blender. Blend until fully mixed. Chill overnight. Enjoy! (Best served cold)
A: Take Spanish, put in blender. Take French, add to blender. Blend until fully mixed. Chill overnight. Enjoy! (Best served cold)
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PfifltriggPi wrote:Q: Need advice on learning Portuguese.
A: Take Spanish, put in blender. Take French, add to blender. Blend until fully mixed. Chill overnight. Enjoy! (Best served cold)
Didn't work, Catalan fell out of the blender.
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Q: Has anyone accidentally learned a foreign language?
A: Meant to learn Portuguese. Ended up learning Kristang (Malayan Portuguese creole) instead.
A: Meant to learn Portuguese. Ended up learning Kristang (Malayan Portuguese creole) instead.
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Q: How to practice French while travelling?
A: Go to a French speaking country.
Q: Has anyone accidentally learned a foreign language?
A: Yes. I did not choose to be born into an English speaking family.
Q: Article: Can Russia save its minority languages?
A: False. Russian does not have articles.
Q: Celebrities speak Welsh.
A: Really? All of them? Is this some sort of requirement? How do they learn?
Q: How much work is a minor in Russian, and how far will it take me in Russian?
A: It depends. If you already speak Russian, it will be reasonably straightforward. If you don't it will be a bit harder. (If you speak Ukrainian, it will be harder still, because people will call you names.) As for the second question, at my university it could take you all the way to Vladivostok. Your millage will vary, however.
Q: Can taking classes at a university bring someone to a proficient level?
A: Classes in what? It depends.
Q: No-one, noone or no one -- which is right?
A: Nobody.
A: Go to a French speaking country.
Q: Has anyone accidentally learned a foreign language?
A: Yes. I did not choose to be born into an English speaking family.
Q: Article: Can Russia save its minority languages?
A: False. Russian does not have articles.
Q: Celebrities speak Welsh.
A: Really? All of them? Is this some sort of requirement? How do they learn?
Q: How much work is a minor in Russian, and how far will it take me in Russian?
A: It depends. If you already speak Russian, it will be reasonably straightforward. If you don't it will be a bit harder. (If you speak Ukrainian, it will be harder still, because people will call you names.) As for the second question, at my university it could take you all the way to Vladivostok. Your millage will vary, however.
Q: Can taking classes at a university bring someone to a proficient level?
A: Classes in what? It depends.
Q: No-one, noone or no one -- which is right?
A: Nobody.
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"Зброя - слово." - Леся Українка
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