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submitted 3 weeks ago by Arkouda@lemmy.ca to c/asklemmy@lemmy.world

Μαθαίνω ελληνικά. - I am learning Greek.

I am at the point of being able to read Greek, introduce myself, ask and respond to "how are you" and how to say "I am still learning Greek can we speak English". haha

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[-] StickyDango@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

I'm learning Irish. My schedule is crazy busy, but I do a lot of driving for work so I listen to Irish speaking lessons. I also do this only while I'm on the road because my Irish boyfriend has no idea I'm doing this so I can speak Irish on our wedding day.

I can say things like where I've been yesterday, where I am today, where I'll be tomorrow, what are you doing, what were you doing, it was great craic, I don't know, I'd like a pint of Guinness, please.

I'll probably get made fun of for speaking the Ulster dialect (his family is all Dublin), but my favourite instructor that I've found is from Belfast and at least I'll be able to speak it. ☘️

[-] thymos@discuss.tchncs.de 1 points 2 weeks ago

I started learning Swedish yesterday. My native language is Dutch. I started by reading a pronunciation guide, but (and this is so childish) I had to put the book away for laughing so hard after reading the Swedish word for meatballs: köttbullar.

ProfanityIn Dutch, the word "kut" means "cunt". It isn't as profane as the English word and is also often used for the well-known genitals. The guide explained that Swedish "ö" is pronounced like Dutch short "u". After this I opened my Swedish story book and the first picture had the word köttbullar in it. I then heard myself very carefully enunciate what in Dutch sounds like "cunt balls". Couldn't stop laughing.

Today I will make a second attempt. I hope I can keep it contained to a short chuckle.

[-] CptInsane0@lemmy.world 1 points 2 weeks ago

Currently taking Japanese classes for fun. I'm about two years in and can have very basic conversations.

Took three years of German 20+ years ago and have German friends (and read German lemmy) so can practice sometimes.

I'm terrible at all of them and not that great at English either. I tend to "vomit language" moreso than speak well.

[-] frenchfryenjoyer@lemmings.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

tryin to learn Korean, not very far since I JUST started learning lol

[-] Sonor@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago

I’m learning swedish, and have been on and off for almost ten years now. I can read a book in swedish on my kindle thanks to the built in dictionary, but it is so rare that I can talk to someone in swedish that i almost never do it. Listening to Swedish people in real life gets confusing fast as well, as I am just not used to the different pronunciations and the speed i need to process stuff at

[-] M137@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Am I learning a new language? No.
How far along am I? About halfway.

[-] grinka@lemmy.zip 1 points 3 weeks ago

I'm learning English and a little bit of Czech (stopped a while ago because of my lazyness but want to start learning Czech again). I think I'm still speak badly in English but I understand it very good.

I'm from Ukraine btw

(Also does programming languages count? I love Rust)

[-] Matriks404@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Да, я изучаю русский язык, но не знаю какой у меня уровень, может быть где-то B1-B2. К сожалению мне не с кем говорить в последнее время 😪

I am also trying to improve my English recently, mostly because I am pretty bad at speaking, and pronouncing stuff correctly.

I want to learn another language as well, maybe I will return to Czech (I was learning it for 1 month some time ago, and don't remember much, although I understand fairly amount because I am Polish).

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

J'apprends le français, C''est ma troisième langue. Il va ça va, et je suis A2 après ~8 mois, mais j'ai un amie qui m'aide aussi

[-] Stubb@lemmy.sdf.org 0 points 3 weeks ago

Je suis en train d'apprendre le français aussi. J'espère que je comprendrai cette langue bientôt et que je pourrai écrire un paragraphe plus long. J'espère que vous passez un bon moment avec cette langue.

[-] Witchfire@lemmy.world 1 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 3 weeks ago)

Bonne chance!

Je découvre que j'aime le français :) C'est difficile mais très intéressant. Mon français n'est pas parfait (et je fais beaucoup d'erreurs), mais j'apprends quelque chose nouveau touts les jours et je voudrais bien parler en français avec mes amis québécois.

Maintenant, je lis un petit livre de fantaisie sur les lieux hauntes. C'est bon et pas dur!

[-] Havatra@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago

Здравствуйте все!
I've been actively trying to learn Russian for about two years now, and I'm still not very capable of having even simple conversations, due to the great difficulty of constructing sentences in my head. I guess I let the grammar get to me, with all the various prefixes and suffixes, so I choke. That, and the positioning of the words in a sentence. And also the concept of cases (all 7 of them). I know English and Norwegian from before, none of which has this slavic sentence logic/rules, so I find it incredibly difficult to remember/associate words/variations with their use.

I use Duolingo, Babbel, and sometime Rocket Language, in addition to trying to expose myself to having to read/listen/reply to other native speakers, but man am I having a hard time. Any suggestions?

[-] viking@infosec.pub 0 points 3 weeks ago

Learning Swedish now, since I already speak passable Norwegian, it's not the hardest endeavor.

[-] percent@infosec.pub 0 points 3 weeks ago

This might be a weird question, but: Did you have a particular reason to learn Swedish or Norwegian, or is it just for fun?

I've been interested in learning Swedish or Danish, but I haven't been able to find a practical reason to. I hear that almost all of them speak English pretty well, and will prefer speaking English with you if you visit their country. (The curse of being a native English speaker who likes languages.)

I would have had easy access to a native Danish speaker, but sadly, my Mormor ("mother's mother") passed away just last night. Her English was perfect as she lived in the US for >70 years, but her beautiful accent is what originally sparked my interest in Scandinavian languages.

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[-] Crackhappy@lemmy.world 0 points 3 weeks ago

Hmmm aku sedang belajar Bahasa Indonesia sekarang but I'm terrible at it.

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[-] 2xsaiko@discuss.tchncs.de -1 points 3 weeks ago

I started learning Russian 2 and a half years ago now maybe, mostly in uni classes. Haven’t done anything in a while though. I generally think slavic languages are cool and would like to learn another actually.

Я начинала учить русский может быть 2 с половиной года назад, в основном в универе, но ничего не делала за учение в последнее время. В общем я думаю, что славянские языки круто и действительно хочу бы учить другую.

[-] Havatra@lemmy.zip 0 points 3 weeks ago

Здравствуйте друг студент! I've been trying to learn it as well over the past 2-ish years, and it has proven to be a much slower progress than I had hoped for. How are you faring? And what methods do you use to learn?

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