Learning a Language
Hey Everyone!
Lately I've become very intrigued about different cultures, ethnicity's and specifically languages. Personally, I think it would be SUPER cool to learn a new language. Butttt (There's always a but), I have this thing where I'm super motivated to do something and then I loose that motivation after a while. Does anyone else get this or is it just me
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I was wondering if any of you are bilingual or know some languages and if you could share some tips with me about how to learn. I learn Japanese at school but I'm not very good at it
I'm really interested in French or Italian - It looks so nice and sounds so nice!! but if you guys find that there is a specific language that's super easy I'm happy to try!
I was looking at Korean courses online and the topic was 'Eating' the word itself was easy enough but then there's different words for 'ate' 'eaten' etc. and it is just superr confusing!! Please Help this very confused little bean
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Wow @Esperanza67, I didn't expect that many people to know other languages - it's soo interesting!! Will definitely check out Memrise as well! Thanks so much!!
Also, Does anyone have any recommendations of the easiest language to learn? I'm think spanish but not sure...
i reckon spanish is the easiest and it is also the most spoken language in the world.
Have you seen my report ahaha @litgym?Wow! your teacher is well on the way of succeeding! (Unless they're like, 100)! I think I might do Spanish because by the looks of it it isn't the hard to grasp.
@annabethxchase if you're trying your best then that is your best ❤️
my teacher is 34 i think and yes usually pick up spanish very quickly but it also depends if that is the language you want to learn. italian and spanish are very similar so once you learn one of them then the other is easy ! french also helps with spanish because some words are similar.
In terms of language difficulty, there's an awesome infographic for that @annabethxchase! 😄 Although I 100% agree that the easiest language to learn is going to be the one that you enjoy. Languages are HARD (it's amazing that we learn them as babies! :O) so I think we need the passion in order to stick with it 
Thanks so much @lokifish! Probably shouldn't have dove straight into Korean
@annabethxchase I got super into learning new languages a while back and I found watching the best rated tv shows/dramas in that language actually motivated me so much more! Also listening to that culture's music! You could try Korean dramas if you wanted to keep persisting with Korean??
You learn so much more quickly and things you wouldn't learn in school and get a grasp of how conversations should sound like/be worded. And then you wanna learn more so you can watch more!
That makes total sense @Puppies026! Will look at some Korean dramas though I think Spanish is the best to start with so maybe some Dora!! That'll get me motivated!
However, if you do end up wanting to learn Spanish, I'd also recommend you check out SpanishDict if you want an English-Spanish dictionary/translator (it's way more accurate than Google Translate. But then again, Google Translate is inaccurate for most languages haha).
Yeah @Esperanza67, I think the language I'm most interested in learning is French or Italian but I would like to learn a few (Much much later) SpanishDict is no saved in my bookmarks bar! Oh yes, I learnt about google translates inaccuracy the hard way, I submitted my Japanese assignment and well, you could probably guess my mark Thanksss
Ohhhh (I must look like the dumbest soul to work the face of the earth) That makes a ton of sense @litgym!! Do you enjoy gymnastics? I have all the flexibility of a sloth.
That's totally fine, sorry to hear it holds bad bonds, I get that as well (Not with French), it hurts to think about something so you try and block it out!
@annabethxchase nah dont worry, you're not dumb ❤️
yeah gymnastics is fun 😉 my teacher her goal is to learn 6 languages before she dies and she is currently fluent in 5 languages - portuguese, spanish, french, swedish, english(english is not her 1st language) have you though of any languages so far ?
@annabethxchase love this thread idea! It's been a while since we've had a discussion about learning second languages 🙂
I did French, German and Indonesian back in school (always been a bit of a language nerd :P) but the only one I've really stuck with is German (Deutsch ist sehr cool! ;))
The first thing that comes to mind is: have you heard of apps such as Duolingo? They can be great for picking up the basics of a language. It's also really interactive, and last time I checked has rewards for logging in each day etc. (which is useful for when motivation begins to wane :P)
Another thing that helps me is to watch the news broadcasts on SBS and/or stuff on YouTube. One of the main ways I've picked up new phrases is by watching episodes of the German version of Sesame Street! 😂 Kids shows can be great because the vocab/grammar is simple, and there are lots of visual cues so that preschoolers can understand what's happening 😛
Wow @lokifish, I'm impressed 
! 3 languages!? DEFINITELY going to check out Duolingo (I need all the help I can get!!)
"It's also really interactive, and last time I checked has rewards for logging in each day etc. (which is useful for when motivation begins to wane )" Ahh saviour, I'll be addicted in 6 seconds flat! Rewards are great! Watching shows is a great idea - I think that will help me understand how words are used/context a bit more.
Thanks heaps, this helped! Will update (this could take a while)!
