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Original post by Dan Milik
In terms of what people use to learn the languages? I find websites my best tool but for learning Italian, what website or dvd would people recommend?

Thanks 👍


www.memrise.com for italian
get free account and they have loads of italian courses which teach u vocab and stuff from beginner to expert level
:wink:
Original post by karmacrunch
Are you fluent? :tongue:


I initially tried to write my answer to you in Chinese but TSR cannot render all the characters for some reason.

I wouldn't consider myself fluent - I am British after all. However I spent the past year studying Chinese and working at a tech company in China so I can communicate at a reasonable level.
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Currently teaching myself Korean! Will be learning Japanese at university
Who needs to learn a language when the Tardis can translate everything for you!
I want to be fluent in SOOOOO many languages, but I have an order.
In Order:

1). Korean
2). Japanese
3). Cantonese
4). Mandarin Chinese
5). Spanish
6). Portuguese
7). Latin
8). Filipino
9). Geek
10). German
11). Pigeon (Hawaiin)
12). Arabic
Original post by Rhythmical
Swedish isn't on there :cry: been trying to find the time to learn it but it's been so hard, maybe in a few months.


I'm doing Swedish.....yayyyy..... :smile: :biggrin: Do you need to learn it for something or is it just for fun?
Original post by TheFroyoBear
I'm doing Swedish.....yayyyy..... :smile: :biggrin: Do you need to learn it for something or is it just for fun?


Fun and curiosity, Sweden is my favourite country and I want to know a language that many won't know. How about you?
I did two languages at school, taught myself nine (or so) in my spare time, learned a reconstructed ancient language for my novel, and am currently laying the foundation for a ground-up constructed langage of my own. Does that count?
Original post by Rhythmical
Fun and curiosity, Sweden is my favourite country and I want to know a language that many won't know. How about you?


I stayed in Sweden for a bit when I was younger and absolutely loved it. Sadly never really learnt the language. So I'm doing that now... How far have you got in learning it?
I would love to learn as many languages as possible.

I did French compulsory at school.. but all I remember is playing noughts and crosses with my friend at the back of our books, I would definetly have tried harder if I could go back now. For GCSE my school was :poo: So the only other option I could do was my mother tongue.
And in my spare time I started to learn Chinese and Japanese (I'd love to do Korean and Arabic) but lots of things get in the way (GCSE, Alevel, work, Uni, other hobbies, dying) and I kept stopping and trying to pick it back up.
Original post by Rhythmical
Swedish isn't on there :cry: been trying to find the time to learn it but it's been so hard, maybe in a few months.


Hallå!!! Jag tyker om att lära svenska! I'm trying to pick up little bits of Swedish because it's such a pretty language and the grammar really interests me!
I love languages so much! I'm so proud of everyone learning extra ones they're so useful to have :clap2: I learned Latin, French and Russian at GCSE. I'm trying to pick up French again, doing bits and pieces of Russian, and having a look at Swedish too. On top of that, I love learning about alphabets and trying to learn as many as I can!
I can only really speak German well. I'm starting a modern languages degree in September (German, Dutch & Russian) so I've done some very basic Dutch and Russian drills on Duolingo and Memrise, but nothing has really gone in... I'm sure it will be useful for when I start my degree though and my memory will be jogged. I've got the Russian version of the cyrillic alphabet sorted though (but it's not really that difficult), it's just a case of nailing pronounciation - mainly ы and щ.

I've also tried to teach myself Finnish in my spare time after visiting Helsinki and making loads of friends out there. It's way too difficult though since it's not an indo-european language, and it will just get in the way of my degree. I'd like to come back to it one day though. I think Finnish is a beautiful sounding language, it's so bumpy... ja minä rakastan suomea. :biggrin:
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Would like to at least improve my french but im lazy asf xD
Original post by frankielogue
I’m doing french in school atm, starting spanish as well as french gcse next year, but I also learn Welsh in my spare time, and did do Japanese although I’ve forgotten most of it :P. What languages do you guys learn?


I'm fluent in English (native), French and Spanish. I'm alright at Italian, although I tend to mix French and Spanish when I speak it and hope for the best.

I really want to learn Dutch. I know several words and phrases, and I can get around. It's such a wacky language, and I'm sure it'll impress :smile:
I did GCSE French.

Je l'adorais! :france:
German learner here! :biggrin: I need to expand my vocab and polish my grammar (that damn grammar :rofl:), but I just love it, especially this:

Spoiler

I didn't take any languages at GCSE, so I just did the few required years of French and German. My school attendance wasn't strong enough to support language GCSEs really so I decided against it. I've started slowly learning Spanish and Japanese though. It's a brilliant hobby and one I hope to really develop. I plan to start building on my German again at some point as well
Russian, comrades. :sexface:

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