The Language and Lingo Club Page 2

Started by Mana April 22nd, 2014 1:44 PM
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Seen July 21st, 2017
Posted June 14th, 2017
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11 Years
I haven't noticed this club yet (!!!), and it seems to be inactive - which is a shame because languages is becoming a lifestyle for me already.

I'm going straight to the point, to prevent me from blabbering too much on the languages I know and all, haha.

English: Mother tongue. I grew up speaking it and it's probably my best language.
Tagalog: Native language. I'm not really good at it, but I use Tagalog in communicating with friends.
Dutch: Learning since 2012. My favorite language and I can speak it on a moderate level.
German: On-off since late 2011. I've forgotten most of it, but thanks to Dutch, I can recognize a few German words here and there. :) Beginner level.
French: Since late 2011. I'm currently on a hiatus on it, but I want to get back to it someday. Focusing more of it than focusing on German. Really beginner-ish.

I'm interested in most Slavic languages, Greek and Italian. :)

there is no fire like passion

Mana

Age 31
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Seen March 25th, 2023
Posted August 18th, 2021
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14.3 Years
Welcome! It does seem a bit inactive ;-; but but but we can change that!~

Japanese resources:
Human Japanese - Available on PCs, iPhones, etc.etc. Found it really really helpful since it has culture and vocab lessons as well as quizzes and Kanji.
NHK Podcasts are also quite helpful if you'd prefer to listen and hear actual conversations/pronounciation rather than just reading/writing skills.



We now have a 'resources' list in the first post - feel free to post more for me to add on!

Andrew

Ah Yeah 아예

Age 26
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Michigan, USA
Seen October 17th, 2020
Posted November 18th, 2017
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Here's another good beginner Korean resource I found. You can buy a paper copy of the book on Amazon or download the PDF eBook for free along with audio files to go with it.

Korean From Zero

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Meganium

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Yeah, it does seem pretty inactive. And nice idea on the resources section, Swifty! I'll go find some things that I could contribute and such. :)

I wanna go ahead and start up a new topic if y'all don't mind! Have you taken any language classes in high school/college/university? if so, which ones?

Altairis

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Right now I'm taking Spanish in high school! I am pretty okay at it, although I can understand and write it a lot better than I can speak it. I really want to take Japanese outside of school though, to get some official teaching instead of just me. n_n Maybe I'll start that next year or something.

I'm sure there are plenty of other resources like this, but I found this website useful in learning hiragana with mnemonics.

ORAS/XYBW

Andrew

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Seen October 17th, 2020
Posted November 18th, 2017
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I took Spanish as a Freshmen in High School but I didn't really try all that hard so I didn't do very well and have forgotten anything I did learn. D:

I'm signed up to take Japanese in the Fall during my first semester of college though. I'm really looking forward to it, and hopefully I'll enjoy it. The college I'm going to has 3 or 4 levels of Japanese classes so if I do enjoy it, I'll be able to continue learning for another year or two :D

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Mana

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I wanna go ahead and start up a new topic if y'all don't mind! Have you taken any language classes in high school/college/university? if so, which ones?
I look French at GCSE (up to age 16) but nothing since then :(. I'm hoping to attend a Japanese course over the summer at a local university, though.

Meganium

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When I moved to Mexico at 15, I was forced to take English (as a second language) classes because it was a requirement to graduate for schools in Mexico. Of course, I passed the class with an Easy A. As I returned to the states, the school I attended for both Junior and Senior years, I have to take Spanish. Even though Spanish was the home language and it wasn't my native language, I was able to take Intermediate Spanish to refresh my skills. I got a B instead of an A. Then I continued my Spanish classes at college, taking Grammatical classes, and Spanish Literature.