Has anyone here successfully picked up a new language?

[fardowsa]

Thats a good question, I am sure if you searched some torrent sites you may find them

Arabic isn't to bad since a good portion of the language matches up with Somali so in away you have a head start

'Good portion'
The only thing somali will help with is some random loanwords that appear in our language from arabic. The rest of it does not help

 

[ሕጊ።።]

Sorry, tigrigna is much better, i'm still learning it with the tips you gave me

I don't recall ever quoting you, are you Horumar????

 

[fardowsa]

Best language in the world. You have some inferiority complex going on

Calm down, didnt say it was bad

 

[kickz]

'Good portion'
The only thing somali will help with is some random loanwords that appear in our language from arabic. The rest of it does not help

I'd say it helps alot to have even that much

 

[fardowsa]

I'd say it helps alot to have even that much

Oh right

 

[VixR]

Best language in the world. You have some inferiority complex going on

Best language in the world?

 

[TSP]

Best language in the world?

Classical Arabic is soothing to the ears

 

[Mercury]

I learned german by accident

 

[fardowsa]

Classical Arabic is soothing to the ears

Somali is. Which isnt close to Arabic

 

[Ubax45_]

I think you can do it with consistency, I've attempted both French and Arabic but was not consistent.
There's also tons of websites that can link you up with a language partner, I wouldn't put it off until being immersed in that culture but prepare so that you could make the best of the opportunity if it does come up.

 

[black]

English and Amharic, through immersion, technically.

Do you actually speak Amharic?

@black find a book with a clear plan, get the HelloTalk app and watch shows on Youtube. Then you are sorted.

I'm probably going to go down that root, looking for decent Arab dubbed shows. It's going to be so painful lol. My mum used to watch the Arab dubbed Turkish dramas, it looked atrocious

I tried to learn Russian at some point; I managed to memorize a few phrases...most of which I don't remember due to the lack of frequent use. Only thing I retained was how to read the Cyrillic alphabet.

loool even I learned how to partly read the Cyrillic script for literally the dumbest reason. Any particular reason you chose Russian?

I learned german by accident

lol mate, you're gonna have to explain that one

 

[black]

I think you can do it with consistency, I've attempted both French and Arabic but was not consistent.
There's also tons of websites that can link you up with a language partner, I wouldn't put it off until being immersed in that culture but prepare so that you could make the best of the opportunity if it does come up.

Yeah, I'd like to get the basics down before actually staying there. I really wanted a few month stay in Morocco regardless, but apparently their Arabic is barely considered Arabic. A lot of mixture with Southern European and I think the native Amazigh languages. Which sucks, since none of the other Arab countries are particularly appealing to me

 

[Mercury]

Do you actually speak Amharic?


I'm probably going to go down that root, looking for decent Arab dubbed shows. It's going to be so painful lol. My mum used to watch the Arab dubbed Turkish dramas, it looked atrocious


loool even I learned how to partly read the Cyrillic script for literally the dumbest reason. Any particular reason you chose Russian?


lol mate, you're gonna have to explain that one

I was around 12 and My friend had this new antenna set up with alot of channels than We stopped at this anime Dragonball Z we didnt understand a shit they were saying cause it was dubbed in german with no subtitles it was we watched it for soo many years that and One piece After a while we understood it fine

 

[ሕጊ።።]

Do you actually speak Amharic?

Yes

 

[black]

I was around 12 and My friend had this new antenna set up with alot of channels than We stopped at this anime Dragonball Z we didnt understand a shit they were saying cause it was dubbed in german with no subtitles it was we watched it for soo many years that and One piece After a while we understood it fine

lol that's actually brilliant. I remember when I was around 8 I was stuck with German satellite channels for a few months. I completely forgot about that. Perhaps I could've picked up more, and maybe I did some. Though I could already understand the gist of most written sentences since I speak Dutch.

Yes

How come? I thought you were Tigrayan. Did you get the bush treatment for misbehaving? Mum and dad afraid you were going get recruited by London 'gangs'?

 

[Arman]

I learned german by accident

How is that possible?

 

[ሕጊ።።]

How come? I thought you were Tigrayan. Did you get the bush treatment for misbehaving? Mum and dad afraid you were going get recruited by London 'gangs'?

Long story, but not that

 

[Mercury]

Btw

@black

I Love this dubbed versions

 

[Mercury]

How is that possible?

A couple years of watching an interesting show its like when people live in a country they are bound to pick up the language depending how exposed they are to it

 

[Bonjour]

Learning a new language is just so hard for a dyslexic like me