So, quite recently, I've been trying to learn Hangul, the Korean alphabet. Are you guys also attempting to learn another language that is not your first language? If so, what language are you trying to learn, and how many things have you learned about it so far?
I took two years of French in high school and I do remember some of it. I'd also like to learn Japanese since that's where my dad is from, but I've seen some of the lessons. Wow...that are hard
I'm actually typing this in a French classroom, I want to learn lots of French because France will be a big chunk of my Europe trip (and I need a language class for college rip). I also learned some Japanese a few years back, I don't remember much but I have retained a handful of words and how to read the hiragana alphabet. As for French, all I know is how to say hello and goodbye, stuff like that. My sister knows a lot more about the language, though.
I took a French class in middle school, and I barely remembered any of it... So when the opportunity to go the France sprang up, I had to relearn the essentials.
Nice, I'm also trying to learn Hangul! My parents both speak German though, so right now that's a priority for me. I took a couple years of Spanish so I want to continue learning that, but I'd also like to try Japanese? It's a lot
I want to learn sign languages too! I think it'll be very useful when working. It makes it easier for me to communicate with people who use sign languages.
I do want to learn how to read, understand, write, and speak in new languages but I'm not really actively practicing as much as I'd like for it to count as legitimate studying. Sometimes I'll learn new words and phrases but they don't stick for the most part. I took French in High School and since I stopped using the language as much and didn't keep up with it, I lost a lot of what I previously retained and only remember some things with the language. xD
I grew up on both English and Hebrew, though I haven't used the latter in years so it's a fair bit rusty. I also took Spanish in middle- and high-school, but I didn't live near a lot of Hispanic people so I never got the chance to develop it properly (it didn't help that I was suffering from major depression). Several years ago, I took a non-credit course in Japanese. It's a tough language, especially once you've gotten past hiragana/katakana and into kanji, but I enjoyed it a lot.
I've taken Korean for two years in seventh grade and ninth grade before transferring high schools (it's complicated). I can read Hangul fluently, but I can't speak it, so it's kinda useless LOL I'm also in my second year of learning Italian, but I know virtually nothing, so... I also know Patwa? Which is a dialect, not it's own language, but ya know.
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It has been quite help for me at my job. The closest city, Rochester, is home to a large Deaf community.
I once took a few Spanish courses when I was younger. Now, the only things I remember from that are how to recognise a few verb conjugations and Latin verb roots; I otherwise remember essentially nothing from them. A part of me would like to know Japanese (if only so I could understand what's going on in a lot of video game clips I sometimes watch), though I know I wouldn't want to put in the time or effort to really do so. A language that I would probably have the highest chance of learning and retaining would actually be Braille. I've memorised the alphabet almost perfectly, so after that I would need to learn the common words or diphthongs and I would essentially be set. I am not at all sight-impaired (it's exactly the opposite; my vision is extremely good), but I honestly believe that the ability to fully read Braille (as opposed to just partially) would be a phenomenal asset, if only to say that I can read with my eyes closed.
Ohoo, a couple others learning Korean here! I've pretty much cracked Hangul but beyond reading and spouting numbers and short phrases I have nothing to show for yet haha;; I work with quite a lot of Koreans so I can get listening practice in and ask questions here and there but i'm having a hell of a time trying to structure learning vocabulary.. >> I used to study German and got quite good at it but five years without any usage at all has left me with squat;; A shame really, It would've been useful to me now!
I learned Japanese for 2 years and I'm still terrible at it XD I want to learn German, as that's where half my family is from. I haven't gotten around to learning too much of it, but I started a few lessons on Duolingo and some of my old experience with speaking it when I was younger is coming back to me.
I am learning polish. I was born in poland, and adopted from poland. I know some words in polish. I am taking lessons on duolingo. A w in polish is prnounced like the letter v. In polish the adjective comes before the noun.
I want to learn Japanese and German, one for my occupation the other for pleasure (guess which one is which). I'd be great at it too, I could probably speak fluently in both languages since I'm an auditory learner, however, I'm afraid to take classes. The main reason I'm so afraid is because I can barely read English as it is with my reading disability. Throwing other languages into the mix I feel will only hurt my overall experience. This is why I took American Sign Language as my foreign language so I didn't have to read. I loved ASL and the culture behind it. I want to learn more but the reading gap, I fear, is too great.
I wish everyone learning another language the absolute best of luck. Languages are wonderful and I wish I lived long enough to learn them all! haha Right now I'm fluent in English and Russian, with the latter being my first language. Lately I've taken a huge interest in French and am very interested in living in Montreal or Quebec City for a while for some immersion (after having gone to both recently). Took three semesters of it in uni but that didn't stick due to lack of immersion /=