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Anyone here enjoy learning languages?
Posted on 3/31/21 at 8:50 pm
Posted on 3/31/21 at 8:50 pm
I personally love it as a hobby and a passion, I don’t do it for monetary gain (although if knowing one language gives me that option, I’ll take advantage of it).
I’m currently learning Russian, Georgian and Icelandic. Anyone else here enjoy learning languages for fun? Or for any other reason?
I’m currently learning Russian, Georgian and Icelandic. Anyone else here enjoy learning languages for fun? Or for any other reason?
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Posted on 3/31/21 at 8:51 pm to The Silverback
I casually learned some Russian last summer and really enjoyed it. Kind of want to get back to it. I used Duolingo and Drops.
Posted on 3/31/21 at 8:53 pm to When in Rome
Duolingo is cool. I didn’t know that they offered Finnish on the desktop version. The accent on the Russian one is pretty spot-on
Posted on 3/31/21 at 8:53 pm to The Silverback
Most of the posters here can’t even speak English.
Posted on 3/31/21 at 8:55 pm to OldHickory
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Most of the posters here can’t even speak English.
Whatchu talkin bout baw?
Posted on 3/31/21 at 8:56 pm to The Silverback
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Anyone here enjoy learning languages?
Ouais, moi.
Posted on 3/31/21 at 8:59 pm to The Silverback
I speak third Italian.
Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:00 pm to The Silverback
I speak fluent Baw
Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:00 pm to The Silverback
Et tu brute?
Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:05 pm to The Silverback
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I personally love it as a hobby and a passion, I don’t do it for monetary gain (although if knowing one language gives me that option, I’ll take advantage of it).
I’m currently learning Russian, Georgian and Icelandic. Anyone else here enjoy learning languages for fun? Or for any other reason?
I'm terrible at them but I like duolingo and memrise. I figure it's a nice way to spend down time. I don't really expect to actually learn Portuguese or Russian or whatever but it's a way to keep my brain active.
Georgian and Armenian are some of the wildest alphabets I've ever seen
Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:09 pm to The Silverback
I’m fluent in Farsi and can read Russian.
Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:10 pm to The Silverback
Sign language 
Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:12 pm to The Silverback
I want to learn japanese
Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:12 pm to S
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Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:19 pm to Paul Allen
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Paul Allen
Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:20 pm to The Silverback
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I’m currently learning Russian, Georgian and Icelandic. Anyone else here enjoy learning languages for fun? Or for any other reason?
I never thought I'd want to learn other languages when I was younger, but when I was a student at LSU in the late 80's I was told that I wouldn't graduate unless I took two years of a foreign language.
I figured I'd take German. It'd be like English with different words. (Oooooh! I was wrong as hell! It kicked my arse!)
Then, I found out that if I wanted to go into Army Special Forces as an officer, I wouldn't even be considered before I made the rank of captain unless I had TWO foreign languages, and one of the two had better be something they really wanted. So, Russian was added to my curriculum. I went into Russian classes with the mindset of "I don't know nuthin', so TEACH me." And it came pretty easily, and it also helped me in my German studies.
Then I found out that I really enjoyed studying foreign languages because you not only learn a language, but you learn a whole new thought process.
My third was Koine (New Testament) Greek. That one was pretty tough. And since then, now that I'm working in commercial construction, Spanish has been my fourth to learn.
I never woulda thunk it, but learning a new language is probably one of the most interesting and fulfilling things I have ever done.
(But Icelandic??? You must be a true glutton for punishment!)
This post was edited on 3/31/21 at 9:23 pm
Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:32 pm to The Silverback
I learned curses in lithuanian and Russian. Some of the Lithuanian language being i was with a girl from Vilnius for 4 years.
Was a sort of necessity cause I wanted to know the shite that was being talked
Was a sort of necessity cause I wanted to know the shite that was being talked
Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:38 pm to The Silverback
I was like that as a younger man. I still remember the Cyrillic alphabet. I don't exactly "read Russian" but there enough cognates between Russian and English that I can figure out a lot of written Russian.
Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:44 pm to The Silverback
?A?ole hiki ia?u ke kakau maoli ia Hawai?i, aka ua ho?ohana wau i ka noi unuhi
Posted on 3/31/21 at 9:46 pm to The Silverback
Last thing I need is to understand what kinda shite people are talking about me when they switch to other languages.
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