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So, das neue "Subforum" ist jetzt online. Jetzt müssen wir das Forum nur noch mit guten Inhalten füllen. Ich richte mich hier natürlich primär an alle "Deutschlernenden". Schreibt doch einen kleinen Text hier ins Forum und dann können wir uns gegenseitig helfen und Texte korrigieren, über mögliche Satzstrukturen philosophieren und unsere Sprachkenntnisse der deutschen Sprache verbessern! An alle Muttersprachler: Schaut doch ab und zu mal hier im Forum vorbei und helft unseren "Deutsch-Schülern" weiter, sofern es irgendwelche Probleme geben sollte :=) Verbesserungsvorschläge sind erwünscht (egal ob zur Grammatik, Stil oder Wortwahl, etc). Vielen Dank! Und los geht's !

Ok guys, let's talk about the languages we know and our levels. For that we are going to use the level definitions used by the Common European Framework, they are as follows: A thread I read recently made me thing about this, since there are people on this forum who are learning several languages or that they already speak several languages... I thought it'd be interesting to know what level they considered their languages to be at. I find that super interesting I was actually think about this today... we rarely talk about levels, but lately this is something that is always on my mind, since i need to have a level of A1 in dutch in order to pass my test. So here it goes: Spanish (mother tongue)English C2 - 3 years to master it.Dutch A1 - So far only 8 months - I slacked a lot though French A1 - (6 months, but stopped too soon) Your turn guys! Please feel free to also add how long you have been studying each language!

I agree it's such a cool language; so ancient yet still relevant in some professions. It's a great shame that it doesn't seem very popular, which makes me wonder if it's in part due to its complexity. I used to work for one of the biggest exams board in the UK, and its schools offered a wide array of 'modern foreign languages' among them Latin (I know, but that's what they called them!) Latin wasn't very popular among high school students. The most popular ones were French, Spanish, German, Italian, Hindi and Urdu (no particular order). The real surprise for me was both Mandarin and Cantonese, which seemed to grow in popularity year on year!

Yes, there are so many things we have inherited from the Spaniards over here as well. Adobo is also eaten here, I had it when I was little, it comes from the spanish verb ''adobar'' that simply means ''to marinate''. My dad used to prepare ''pollo adobado'', that was my favorite I love eating adobo, but it's been a while since i don't eat it. We also like menudo, but I think in Spain they call it ''callos de cadiz'', they prepare it using the meat from the stomach of the cow and chickpeas as the main ingredients, our menudo is similar, but instead of using chickpeas we use corn It looks like this:

I am currently living with my in-laws, and my mother-in-law is Filipino She speaks Tagalog all the time on the phone to her friends and family and while I don't understand much, it is fun to listen to! It is such an energetic language when spoken. (My husband was born and raised in Canada so he is not fluent). I never considered Tagalog before marrying- always assumed if I picked a language from anywhere in Asia it would be Japanese - but it is hard to pass up the opportunity have a fluent language partner in the same house. I have picked up on certain words and phrases and would love to learn more. She encourages me to learn, and often emphasizes how Tagalog is pronounced the way it is spelled (in regards to English phonetics). After learning the whacky spellings and pronunciations of Irish, that sort of easy introduction is very welcome!

I think there are many great non native English speaker teachers. Many of my friends teach English to Korean students or Japanese students. There are also companies that hire Filipinos to teach English to their workers or students. I think it's because English is taught to us very formally and we see it as the universal language. So we learn it more hoping that more job opportunities will be present when we are fluent in it.

Oh I didn't even realise that "ñ" was from the Spanish lol! But yes, it seems to be because we were colonised for about 300 years so we got a lot from their culture into ours. Even the alphabet and some words from their language got into our own. Adobo is also a Spanish food? I didn't know that! You learn something new everyday. Menudo, well I know this one's Spanish because of the singer group.:) Really? Sad to say I haven't met any pure Spanish women, though I've met half-Filipinas and half-Spanish ones.

I think every image is an entire sentence, in Japanese and Chinese. I still wonder how kids over there are able to learn to read and write so fast. It should require years to learn it normally.

I think so too. Lawyers usually have to learn a bit of latin as part of their education, but it is really cool that the person you know actually knows how to speak it. I think some latin teachers from high school know how to speak it as well. But there are very few people all in all, which makes it a really cool language in my opinion.

No, it was actually in the last year of middle school, junior high school and the first year of high school. The teacher was absolutely horrible, she really turned me off from learning the language. It's such a shame because I was actually somewhat interested in learning it - in fact, I'm actually of Chinese descent, so it should have been somewhat natural. She's absolutely vile - she shouts at you when you make a mistake, makes fun of you when you fail a test and calls you dumb, etc. And that's only the root of it. She 'teaches' through intimidation and I don't like that everyone in the class had to be plagued with fear every time it was her turn to teach. So I rebelled and practically refused to care. I moved to another school after the first year of high school and the new teacher was far nicer, but it was unfortunately already too late. If only she taught me from the beginning.

It depends on your fluency level. I'd say going from beginner to advanced, this is how you should watch shows in foreign languages: 1. Subs in your own language 2. Subs in the target language 3. No subs

I got lots of Filipino friends working outside of the Philippines. Filipinos are warm and friendly people so it would not be a surprise if they make a lot of friends wherever they may be. Some of these friends are teaching their foreign friends the pinoy language and some of them are quite fluent by now.

I was told the same about Dutch Plus learning dutch and taking the inburgering examen is something I need to do before I even think of moving to the Netherlands, I think it's the same for people going to Germany. I was told by so many people clearing to speak dutch well (mostly Brits) was't necessary at all, but I had to explain to them that when oyu are a tourist it's so easy to get by only using English in the Netherlands, but not when you are settling there for good. You need to learn to speak the language well in order to find a good job there, plus isn't safe to assume everyone you will encounter will speak or understand English. I've yet to feel comfy speaking dutch to be honest, but I think I will pass the test, it's a A1 one, I just need to study daily Hopefully nice I am done with that test I will feel more comfortable =D I really don't feel so joyful studying the language by the well, but the advantage is that I understand some German now too, because dutch and German are so similar!

I also have some languages that I would love to learn in the future: 1. French 2. Spanish 3. German For me, I'm more of learning a language since it is fun. I have no tests or requirements to take that requires a knowledge of a certain language. Although, I would love to be an English teacher to foreign students here like Koreans and Japanese. And to teach them effectively, I think I need to master their language. So that could be another reason as to why I'm learning certain languages. Good luck to us and all the other learning a new language!

I think writing is very important when learning a new language. Writing helps you in many ways. Not only do you begin to make the connection with how to pronounce words (because they often do not sound how they are written) but you can begin to recognize these words when spoken at a faster rate. Also, when writing you are using your sight and sense of touch to learn. When we are little, we may learn to speak first, but when we begin speaking fluently reading and writing are usually taught together. For this reason I think it should be learned together when we are trying to absorb a new language.

you can not translate "near him" with "neben ihm". "Neben ihm" in German means that you literally would like to live next to him (it means you standing next to him). However, what you could do is saying "Ich möchte in seiner Nähe leben", this would actually mean that you would like to live near him (not necessarily at the same place but within reach). Hope this is clear, if not, let me know :=)