amazing...Wow..Dutch..Pretty awesome!! I think i can speak two language fluently. I wish i could speak mandarin...hehehe
Yea i want to learn German..Went to Germany..the words were soo hard to pronounce. The language seem soo stern! Hahaha..Guten Tag
Just lucky that i was born in Holland...I speak Dutch fluently... my cantonese & hakka are good but my english is better and my mandarin is...ermmm... lets say i only know the basics... Hiake? Why u wanna learn german? I used to follow german classes... i really sucked at that... i can understand what their saying and probably make myself clear in german...i prefer french...but not very good at that as well :S
I love the sound of German Most people find it too harsh and not flowy at all, but I am weird like that... And the fact that it's really logical (almost mathematical) in its grammar rules is a HUGE plus for second language acquisition... The problem with French is that nobody bothered to explain the reasons behinds the load of "exceptions" to the grammatical rules that it is SO confusing @_@b But if you get a linguist to be your French instructor you are in luck
OMG... u didnt just say u love the sound of german did u? Hahaha... ok i guess everyones got their own taste.. but i personally think it sounds like cavemen language haha... so rude or something... thats why i dont like it... I am really into learning how to speak mandarin now .... reaaally wanna improve it... im gonna take classes starting next monday hihihi
@MissAngieCheekS: I love the sound of German Most people find it too harsh and not flowy at all, but I am weird like that... I know it sounded harsh and all... but it's cool in a weird way
Hahaha yeah i read it when u said it the first time.... take it easy ... Anyway...its a pretty difficult language.. pronounciation is easy but the grammar... dude.... >_< so tiring...
I've heard it being said the other way around... the sound is relatively difficult to master than the grammar @_@b With its "everything works out" grammar rules and all.. Oh I am chill, just like the sound of that sentence is all ^+++^
Yea i agree..i mean people always wants to take either french, japanese, chinese, italian, spanish. hmm i guess it is useful but why can't arabic be like a language people want to learn. Or even DUTCH!?!?!?!
I keep my languages separate. When I speak English, I think in English. When I speak Spanish, I think in Spanish. When I speak Cantonese I think in Cantonese. However when I speak Mandarin, I think of what it is I want to say in Cantonese first and then translate, so there's usually a slight pause. I think it's because some words are similar between Cantonese & Mandarin so I always default back to my native tongue. However English & Spanish are so different from Chinese that I dont have to translate from one to another. That should be a good paragraph for your paper =)
Because I know for a fact that if I master German + French + English I am pretty safe trekking Europe (though Spanish/Italian would be a nice plus) Arabic... too difficult, tried it for a week or so @_@b I guess that's who the non-Chinese feel about learning Chinese...
Actually, the US military is training hundreds of people to learn Arabic; but of course that's due to ulterior motives on the government's part....but nonetheless...
thanks for your input...I guess you don't codeswitch much then... definitely put your input onto my analysis paper
anytime.... I do codeswitches when I don't know a word in the language I'm speaking. Then I go to the closest sounding language and try to fake an accent and see if the other person understands. Eg, when I'm speaking spanish and don't know how to say a word, I might take an english word and add "a" at the end and hope that it's sounds similar to the Spanish word hahaha....
Hmmm..nah not for me... there are too many little rules... so difficult.... Anyway u tried learning arabic...interesting... I wanna try learn how to speak KRN... so cool... but first i gotta try to master mandarin first!
Well i am going to print this forum, for my project. Anyone object to this? Well thank for those who put your comment and your input to this. Thank you
^ for you project? if youre in high school or university or college, forum sources are not valid sources.... you would get zero on your project. you should try more factual sources like books or databases....
