Foreign languages

Zaqarbal · 03-22-2011, 06:32 AM

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Originally Posted by Burning Down

One language I'd love to learn is Italian, and I have a good grasp of it already seeing as 90% of musical terms and directions are in Italian. I also hate to say that I come from a Jewish family and I don't know a single word of Hebrew. We're not religious at all and so there was never really a reason to learn it.

Solution: re-learn Spanish. Then you could say you have Sephardic ancestors.

Besides, that will help you to learn Italian, since the two languages are very similar.

adidasss · 03-22-2011, 06:45 AM

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Originally Posted by dankrsta

Really? You must be talented. That's great.

Haha, um...волим и ја тебе...ваљда

Btw, I have to nitpick a bit. It should be: "Волим те" or "Ја те волим"

Hey, the Cyrillic on my computer is actually working. I thought it had some bug or something.

Talent for languages he may have, but I'm a little sceptical about the level of knowledge he posseses....:/

Aditional query, how many languages can an average person learn to speak...fluently?

Burning Down · 03-22-2011, 06:57 AM

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Originally Posted by Zaqarbal

Solution: re-learn Spanish. Then you could say you have Sephardic ancestors.

Besides, that will help you to learn Italian, since the two languages are very similar.

It's possible that I do have Sephardic ancestors, since my mother's ethnicity is a mixed bag of European countries. Maybe way, way, way down the line somewhere

Howard the Duck · 03-22-2011, 07:00 AM

i only have hanyu pinyin at my fiancee's so I can't type whatever mish-mash of chinese I know

Burning Down · 03-22-2011, 07:01 AM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Talent for languages he may have, but I'm a little sceptical about the level of knowledge he posseses....:/

Aditional query, how many languages can an average person learn to speak...fluently?

I have heard that a person could learn about 7 languages fluently, don't remember where though. Of course they will always be better at some of them than at others. I have an uncle who speaks 5 languages (English, French, German, Italian, and Spanish), and he does fine with all of them.

Zaqarbal · 03-22-2011, 07:46 AM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Aditional query, how many languages can an average person learn to speak...fluently?

It depends on that person's age. If I'm not wrong, according to psychologists, children are able to learn several languages at the same time.

~~The Virgin~~ · 03-22-2011, 07:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Zaqarbal

It depends on that person's age. If I'm not wrong, according to psychologists, children are able to learn several languages at the same time.

and they forget all that by the time they reach adolescent period

GeddyBass2112 · 03-22-2011, 10:45 AM

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Originally Posted by adidasss

Talent for languages he may have, but I'm a little sceptical about the level of knowledge he posseses....:/

Aditional query, how many languages can an average person learn to speak...fluently?

I'm just good at languages. Hell, I did two years of Latin, ancient Greek and also tutored French and English whilst at uni, all at the same time.

TBH I've likely forgotten most of my sign languages and Italian, although I still use the Italian from time to time during band practice (sheet music uses Italian words a LOT).

I'm also female FYI. :-)

right-track · 03-22-2011, 11:54 AM

I'm not surprised. Even English isn't a Geordie's first language.

GeddyBass2112 · 03-22-2011, 12:03 PM

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Originally Posted by right-track

i'm not surprised. Even english isn't a geordie's first language.

:d

03-22-2011, 07:00 AM	#44 (permalink)
Howard the Duck Live by the Sword Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Posts: 9,075	i only have hanyu pinyin at my fiancee's so I can't type whatever mish-mash of chinese I know

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right-track Atchin' Akai Join Date: May 2005 Location: Unamerica Posts: 8,723	I'm not surprised. Even English isn't a Geordie's first language.