Anybody here try to learn a second language as an adult?

Do you even torrent, bro?

I learned to speak German. Not that hard. Just studied some vocabulary and read a lot. Oh, and moved there to live for half a year.

Yes, rosetta stone is available for torrent


I tried to learn Arabic several years ago when I was dating a guy from Morocco. It was too difficult and I gave up

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is it reasonable without putting a ton of time into studying for it?

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No.

I took Spanish in high school and college and forgot most. A few trips to Costa Rica and now I can sort of function at an idiot level. There is no substitute for immersion.

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Yes, rosetta stone is available for torrent

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I used Rosetta Stone to refresh my espanol and I thought it was pretty good. Then I tried to use it to learn Russian, it did not work well.

Tagalog

I've done the first few lessons on duolingo. Does it change the structure at all or is just the same thing for like 100 lessons?

The good thing about Spanish is there's so much out there that you can use. If you live anywhere that has Spanish-language gossip tabloids, those are a good way to practice (because they're written at the same intellectual level as our tabloids so they're understandable with just a little bit of Spanish.) You can also read Spanish Wikipedia pages on subjects you know very well. That way, your knowledge of the subject can help you figure out unfamiliar words.

If you know the Bible or even certain passages well, Spanish-language Bibles are readily available online. You can go to Univision's website and view news stories or watch sporting events and listen to the announcer. Baseball would be especially good for that due to the slow action.

He was fluent in French, English, Arabic and Spanish

But Arabic was his native tongue.

I did Rosetta Stone for about 3 weeks in college. It was pretty good. I actually learned more than I thought I would in those 3 weeks and have retained some of the basic vocal words I went over. However, school started and picked up pretty quickly and I didn't have time for it anymore. They ran like a 3 months or get your money back promotion, I was broke, and the rest is history...