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  2. Learning Chinese AND Japanese at the same time!

    in Language Learning

    Posted

    Hi LexiconLover

    In fact, I was exactly doing that at university many years ago. After some time, I found that I had more passion for Chinese than Japanese. So, in my case, I decided to go with Chinese and stopped studying Japanese after about half a year. 

    I do think that studying both at the same time is definitely doable but I think it is kind of a rational decision. I found that you really need to have some purpose for learning these languages. I always wanted to go to China and work there for some time but I did not have the same plans for Japan and Japanese. So in the end, it made more sense to me to stick with Chinese. 

    Also, as both of these languages are incredibly complex and very different from each other (yes, there are the Kanji but that's about it), I think if you truly want to master any of these, learning both of them at the same time is, in most cases, not beneficial. 

    Learning these languages will take you many many years. It's not like learning an other European language, not even close. Of course it always depends on what your native language is. But if I understood correctly, your native language is probably a European one. 

    In any case, good luck with your journey. And if you do have any specific questions about learning Chinese/Japanese, let me know!

     

  9. Poster

    in German Literature

    Posted

    11 hours ago, ScottT said:

    While I was working in Ontario, Canada, outside a window of a hotel I was staying at was an old barn.  The attached poster was glued to the side of the barn.  The quality of the picture is bad as I took it from a distance.  The place didn't look very hospitable.  Anyway, the text (I believe) is, "An alle, die schuchlem sind".  Google translate:  To everyone who is schuchlem.

    I have 0 results in google on what the word schuchlem is.  Anyone on here know by chance?

    I know this is quite an old poster, so if the unknown word is offensive in any way, then I apologize in advance.  I truly do not know what the word is.

    Thanks!
    ScottT

    20200129_075649.jpg

    the word is "schüchtern" (shy) https://en.pons.com/translate/german-english/schüchtern

  11. Hello from a new member

    in New Forum Members

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    13 hours ago, Ahmed79 said:

    Hello. I am new too and is using a language forum for the first time.

    I am a native speaker of Arabic and have learned English through a combination of learning at school and studying the language with Korean at university. I have also studied  French in school and is restudying it.

    I am also interested in learning about applied linguistics but was wondering if one would need a a bit of knowledge in linguistics first.

    welcome, Ahmed

  12. Hello from a new member

    in New Forum Members

    Posted

    13 hours ago, Ahmed79 said:

    Hello. I am new too and is using a language forum for the first time.

    I am a native speaker of Arabic and have learned English through a combination of learning at school and studying the language with Korean at university. I have also studied  French in school and is restudying it.

    I am also interested in learning about applied linguistics but was wondering if one would need a a bit of knowledge in linguistics first.

    welcome to Linguaholic!

  13. TL: Italian, German. NL: Ukrainian, Russian (also fluent in English).

    in Language Exchange Corner

    Posted

    On 4/3/2021 at 2:24 PM, just annie said:

    Hello, I'm Anna and I'm 19 years old. I'm currently learning both Italian (around B1) and German (around B2) and I'd be happy to find a friend approximately my age to chat with! In exchange I would gladly help you with any of the languages I know - Russian and Ukrainian are my native languages, and I'm also fluent in English. I'm most comfortable with texting, and my apps of preference are Telegram, WhatsApp or Skype. If you're interested, you can just reply below or private message me, and leave your username or login in any of these apps.

    Just to give you an idea about what kind of person I am, my hobbies are reading (I love fantasy most of all), music (mostly k-pop lol), dancing, and dramas. I'm also generally interested in languages, it's cool to talk about them - even the ones I don't know. If any of these conversation topics sound like fun to you and you know Italian or German, don't hesitate to reply :3 It would be sooo nice to make a new friend online!

    Hey there. 

    I would highly recommend you to join our Discord Server. There, you can chat with hundreds of people your age. And even better, they are all interested in language learning. 

    Here's a link to the server: https://discord.me/linguaholic

    It's totally FREE. 

    Best wishes, 

    Lingua

  14. Is the text in this picture korean? What does it say? How come google translate does not recognize it?

    in Study Korean

    Posted

    it's Chinese for sure. first character is 海 for "sea", "ocean" and the last one is 队 （隊）and it means "team/squad/group."

    However, I am not sure what the second one is supposed to be.

    My guess would be that it is talking about some kind of team/group, whereas the first two characters represent the actual group/team name itself and the third character simply stands for "team/group."

     

     

  15. Hello!!

    in New Forum Members

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    2 hours ago, Bruben said:

    Hello everybody!

    I'm Rubén and I'm from Spain. I'm looking for people to a language exchange. It's the first time that I take part in a forum.

    Welcome Ruben! Nice to have you hear. Please also make sure to join our Discord Server. You will find lots of language learning buddies there (you can chat with them and talk to them immediately. It's completely free as well).

    Best,

    Lingua

  16. New from Italy

    in New Forum Members

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    4 hours ago, snt said:

    Hi all, I'm a new member, Italian native.

    I'm here because I want to improve my english skill. For now I use to watch movies or tv series in english with english subtitle, to read lots of articles (mainly for work purpose)... but I need to improve my speaking skill. Subscribe to linguaholic is the first step to find a language exchange partner that want to teach english and learn italian.

    See you around! Bye

    hey welcome! Great to have you here on Linguaholic! 

  17. Mstrmstr

    in German Grammar

    Posted

    Hey Mstrmstr

    There is no dative in this sentence.

    bestimmter Ort is a noun phrase within another phrase.

    and yes, bestimmter Ort is in nominative case and this is why it is "bestimmter.

     

    Kind regards,

    Lingua

     

  24. I'm here too

    in New Forum Members

    Posted

    On 7/20/2020 at 5:30 PM, Martel said:

    I've registered on Discord...but I don't understand how use it :tongue:

     

    Thanks :smile:

    If you have specific questions about Discord, please let me know. It also took me a while to understand how to use Discord :=)

  25. Hello from Spain

    in New Forum Members

    Posted

    On 7/21/2020 at 11:54 PM, Denise said:

    Hi everyone,

    I am new here and looking to improve my Spanish conversation. I am at an intermediate level in learning but need to practise more writing and conversation. I am a native English speaker and if there are any native Spaniards on here who would like to help me improve, I am more than happy to help you with your English. Bye for now.

    Very warm welcome, Denise!

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