voron wrote:vijayjohn wrote:JEALOUS!
You know that at some point I was actually actively learning Polish, right?
Nope, didn't know until now.
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voron wrote:vijayjohn wrote:JEALOUS!
You know that at some point I was actually actively learning Polish, right?
Saim wrote:I think I'm going to start doing screencaps for both the characters and pinyin rather than typing them out: it just takes too long to do for very little extra benefit (like it more than doubles the amount of effort it takes to make cards).
dEhiN wrote:Besides Spanish, Catalan, French and Asturian, what other Romance languages do you know to a relatively good degree?
Also, do you know of any good (or at least decent) online resources for learning Asturian, Occitan and Catalan? I'm thinking of starting either Asturian, Occitan or Catalan, or a mix of 2 or all 3.
dEhiN wrote:Have you ever used a resource in the language, especially when you're starting out in that language? I've never done that because I always figured it would be too difficult and those type of resources are meant for native speakers who need to study their own language (e.g, children).
Also, while I'm asking you about resources and such, how would you recommend I improve my Spanish? I imagine my level is somewhere between A1 and A2. It used to be A2, but up until recently I wasn't that actively working on it (apart from doing my Anki deck). I still probably have about an A2 level of vocabulary, at least passively in terms of written recognition (i.e., reading). Active writing is a different story - I can still create basic sentences without looking things up, but elementary type sentences require a dictionary or verb conjugator. Listening and speaking are pretty low; it takes me some time to string together even basic sentences that I could write in no time, and I freeze up when anyone speaks (back) to me in Spanish. My biggest problem I think is that I don't know by heart any verb TAM conjugation except for the present tense.
I have always focused more on Latin American Spanish, but lately I've actually been thinking of focusing on Castilian, even though that would require me to adjust my pronunciation as well as vocabulary. What do you think?
dEhiN wrote:I could go through the sans peine books for Catalan and Occitan (as well as obviously the English resources for Catalan).
Car wrote:Which Facebook groups are you a member of, if I may ask?
Saim wrote:Italian, French, Portuguese
Arguing with people in Facebook groups is doing wonders for my written production. It's certainly more fun than writing stupid essays about what I did during the summer or what my favourite meal is.
dEhiN wrote:Les gens, ils te corrigeaient?
Saim wrote:dEhiN wrote:Les gens, ils te corrigeaient?
Non, malheureusement pas. Je suppose que c'est pour le contexte social: dans la vie réelle il y a bien peu des locuteurs natifs que prendraient le temps de te corriger (j'ai des amis qui le font mais ils s'intéressent pour les langues et ils savent déjà que j'aime qu'on me corrige). De plus, la correction implique un effort certain que tout le monde ne veut pas forcément faire. J'ai vu que même dans les forums dans lesquels il y a la possibilité de mettre une signature avec le message "je suis étranger, corrigez les fautes s'il vous plaît!", les gens ne prennent pas le temps de corriger. Je suppose que c'est normale: c'est plutôt la norme dans les forums spécifiquement didactiques com celui-ci.
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