What language do you wish you could speak (and/or read)? (lemmy.sdf.org)

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I wish I could speak Finnish. But, actually, there are tons of languages I wish I could speak. All of them, really, but Finnish is the first one I thought of just now.

I'm in the US and English is my my primary language. I studied Russian but have forgotten a lot of it. I know a few words of German and French, but very few.

Edited to add: Please tell me what your primary language is. It would also be interesting to know what other languages you speak, if any, and where you currently live.

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[-] Godort@lemm.ee 5 points 1 year ago

All of them. Although the only one that I'm actively trying to learn is Japanese.

[-] angrylittlekitty@lemmy.one 5 points 1 year ago

another one for the trying to learn japanese - my problem is i start and then stop. rinse & repeat so i never get very far 🤣

[-] Godort@lemm.ee 6 points 1 year ago

I also had this problem. Eventually I realized there isn't a time limit and if it takes me 10 years to become fluent, I'll still be fluent at the end.

Using that logic, I stopped trying to cram lessons like I'm studying for finals again and just do like 10 minutes a day. And if I miss a day or two then thats fine.

[-] Naomikho 4 points 1 year ago

Maurugoto has free Japanese online self study courses for beginners. It has helped me commit to actually learning Japanese and I'm currently somewhere in between N4 and N5.

[-] angrylittlekitty@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago

thank you all very much - we'll check out the resources and recommit to doing this!

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