extrafancyganza
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Your First French Movie?
extrafancyganza replied to SpringBreeze's topic in French Language | Discussion
I've seen Les visiteurs too, both the first and second movie. But I was about eight or nine and probably didn't even realise they were speaking French. I don't remember I paid it any attention, anyway. Apart from that, from what I can remember off the top of my head I've pretty much only seen Amélie - I love that movie! So charming, and very French. -
Do you think German sounds "aggressive" ???
extrafancyganza replied to linguaholic's topic in German Language | Discussion
That's a lovely comparison. I agree, I don't think German is aggressive either. -
Write a word that you know in Spanish
extrafancyganza replied to TheStoryteller1's topic in Spanish Vocabulary
Tiquismiquis, meaning picky. It sounds so funny and cute. -
Paid to write (learn in the process)
extrafancyganza replied to Disinterested Cow's topic in English Language | Discussion
That'd be lovely, great both for improving the language and your writing if you get me. I'll see if I can find the time between my homework. -
Exactly. Babies' brains are amazing. Just let it come naturally.
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Do you ever forget some words in your native language?
extrafancyganza replied to Qamra's topic in Language Learning
I do this ALL of the time; I'm 17 years old and me and my friends all spend a lot of time online where we speak in English, and of course it slips into our daily speaking too. It's a new internet culture, really. What's a girl to do if she forgets her own language sometimes? -
I've heard people talking about Rosetta Stone like it's the eighth wonder of the world, but I don't know. I haven't tried it. Judging from what people have written above it might not be worth the money, though. You'll probably find better free programs online.
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Can you Understand a language that you cannot speak
extrafancyganza replied to sos's topic in English Language | Discussion
Danish and Norwegian are pretty similar to Swedish so yes, I understand those languages but I can't speak them apart from a few words. Speaking Spanish also helps to understand French and Portuguese but I can't speak those languages either. -
I'm a very fast reader and always have been. When reading aloud in class and such, I try to slow down. I was always told I read too fast when I read aloud but I think I've gotten better at it. In Russian I read very slowly though, because of the Cyrillic alphabet which I'm not that used to.
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Have you ever tried to learn a Conlang? (Ancient Post)
extrafancyganza replied to Medza's topic in Conlangs | Discussion
I tried to teach myself Quenya. It's one of the Elvish languages Tolkien invented and sounds a bit like Finnish, actually. I gave up on it though when I got busy with school. -
Yes. But I think you'll have to live where that accent is spoken so that you'll hear it constantly, or be really, really persistent in teaching yourself.
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I've got a whole list of my first words somewhere, but the only ones I can remember right at the top off my head are 'ss-shh' for shower, 'gacker' for shoes (which sounds nothing like the actual word 'skor') and 'bua-gacker' for rubber boots, which makes sense as 'bua' meant cow and you wore them when you went to see the cows (I grew up on a farm). These are not actual words, of course. I think my first real word was probably 'mamma', not very interesting.
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What is Hardest- Reading, Writing, or Speaking?
extrafancyganza replied to tulosai's topic in Language Learning
I definitely think writing is the most difficult. When writing, you can stop and think about what you're gonna write and you don't have to worry about pronunciation. -
I began learning Spanish through listening to Shakira. Of course I became nowhere near fluent, but it really helped once I started taking classes because I could recognise a lot of words, and I knew how to pronounce them. Probably the best way to teach yourself though, I think, is to translate. I've translated a couple of books into Swedish from English a few years back and it helped my knowledge immensely. But I guess it's individual - whatever works for you.