Learning A New Language
I’ve been thinking about learning a new language. I was checking out the website called Duolingo. I can learn a new language for free. I was thinking about learning Spanish, it is so prevalent in America. Although, Mandarin is the most popular language in the world. And I think that it would be very interesting for me to learn Mandarin.
Something I already learned about languages. Every language has formal and informal words. And of course, I must distinguish the difference between formal and informal words when learning a new language.
For Example:
Hello is formal
Hi or Hey is informal
Intercourse is formal
**** is informal
Covid-19 is formal
Corona Virus is informal
I can only hope that when I’m learning a new language, using Duolingo, or Rosetta Stone, that they let me know which words are formal and informal.
That should be fun. I’ve been thinking about learning Italian so that I can talk to my relatives in Sicily. For several years we have been communicating through Messenger using google translate with terrible and often humorous results. My oldest daughter uses Duolingo when she prepares to visit a country, and it gives her enough to get by. My non-binary child (they are 19) uses it to study Dutch because he wants to live in Amsterdam someday.
@catholicchristian Yes, perhaps you should try Duolingo. See how far you get 🙂
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I know a few languages but not very well because I have stopped using them. If you do learn a new language just make sure you use it or you will loose it…..
@jaythesmartone That’s good advice. Thank you, Jodie 🙂
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I’ve used that App and it is excellent. And good for you trying to learn. I just need to get myself back on Duolingo myself.
@thecrazyone_1 Yes, Jodie gave some really good advice. Stick with it and use it often, or you will forget it 🙂
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I’ve used Duolingo, it’s great (Rosetta is expensive, don’t use it). If you decide on Spanish or French, shoot your questions at me, I’m native to both 🙂
@thenerve Merci beaucoup
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I Stated Spanish in college, got some kind of tutorial (audio and pdf) on it. By the end of 1st chapter, I could start small talks like where are u, I’m in a building and stuff. I still might have tutorial. I completed 25 but then it was put on hold.. bcz I found korean😂
@jays I imagine that Korean is as difficult to learn as Mandarin. Good luck! 🙂
@socialstephen thanks. You know when u have interest in something.. excitement overcomes difficulties
@jays Yes, and drive and passion overcomes procrastination 🙂
@socialstephen I found the Spanish course I was doing. fsi-language-courses.net they have so many languages course. And it’s free. You can download the text audio files. it’s really good. You should give it a try.
@jays Yes, I will check it out! Thank you very much! 🙂
@socialstephen Good luck!
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Duolingo is great. I use it to spruce up my Spanish.
@celestialflutter Yes, I agree. Duolingo is a great place for learning a new language. Or to spruce up an existing language 🙂
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