Getting To Know Everyone

[faroukfarouk]

Yeah, similar languages with no breaks are hard. I don't usually practice them back to back. Like, Italian - German - Spanish, change language families when moving around.

There is a lot of similarity between Italian and Spanish (and French, also).

 

[faroukfarouk]

Nice. I like the reverse tree trick... I would love to learn Italian first ..but since Spanish Speakers are more prevalent where I'm at..I think it makes more sense to learn Spanish.

Even up here in Canada, Spanish is big.

 

[DeerGlow]

There is a lot of similarity between Italian and Spanish (and French, also).

Yeah, they're all Romance languages. You should see Swedish and Norwegian.

 

[faroukfarouk]

Yeah, they're all Romance languages. You should see Swedish and Norwegian.

Ja, norsk og svensk er skandinavisk!

 

[DeerGlow]

Ja, norsk og svensk er skandinavisk!

Du talar svenska?

 

[faroukfarouk]

Du talar svenska?

Jag själv har varit in Sverige; och jag lesar också den Bibelen på svenska.

 

[faroukfarouk]

(It's okay, guys; just telling @DeerGlow that I've been to Sweden and read the Swedish Bible...)

 

[DeerGlow]

(It's okay, guys; just telling @DeerGlow that I've been to Sweden and read the Swedish Bible...)

In Swedish though?

 

[faroukfarouk]

In Swedish though?

Yes; see post 86, above.

 

[faroukfarouk]

People say it doesn't get you fluent but I haven't gotten more than halfway in a tree. I am like 30% in French I have only learned it from duolingo and have gotten fairly good at French for only free software.

Up here French is big. Everything from the Federal Government in Canada is supposed to be in French as well as English.

 

[faroukfarouk]

I used duolingo to learn Russian, I was fluent enough to speak and understand greatly, when speaking to a russian person.
However, I played video games with Native Russian speakers, so that's a huge advantage.

Good effort if you learned some Russian outside Russia!

 

[DeerGlow]

Good effort if you learned some Russian outside Russia!

A girl I know I think speaks Russian but I can't talk to her in Russian because I barely know any.

 

[Wolfe]

A girl I know I think speaks Russian but I can't talk to her in Russian because I barely know any.

I'm practically fluent in Russian

 

[faroukfarouk]

A girl I know I think speaks Russian but I can't talk to her in Russian because I barely know any.

Start with phrases? if she corrects you, this will be learning progress!

 

[faroukfarouk]

I'm practically fluent in Russian

Eto dobre, tovaroshch - nyet, brat!

 

[DeerGlow]

Start with phrases? if she corrects you, this will be learning progress!

I don't know enough to say much.... I mean hi, привет, как ты?

 

[faroukfarouk]

I don't know enough to say much.... I mean hi, привет, как ты?

You see, you're already learning!

 

[Wolfe]

I don't know enough to say much.... I mean hi, привет, как ты?

Hehehe, I could teach to some phrases.

Though I'm not entirely trustworthy

 

[DeerGlow]

Hehehe, I could teach to some phrases.

Though I'm not entirely trustworthy

-suspicious squint- My friend told me Russians have an expression like "it's hard-boiled". I think that meant something is cool or awesome? It's hard boiled? *shrug*

 

[Wolfe]

-suspicious squint- My friend told me Russians have an expression like "it's hard-boiled". I think that meant something is cool or awesome? It's hard boiled? *shrug*

I've never heard of it.