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This is an interesting one. I asked my Swedish house-mate what language she thinks in. So when she is running through things in her mind, is it in Swedish or English? She said that it's both and it's becoming more and more English, obviously because she lives here now. So my question is, do you think in your mother tongue or in a different language? I'm not talking about when you are learning, because when you're learning it is obviously in that language. I'm talking about day-to-day situations.
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Have not experienced it but that is a really odd situation. The reason I say this is because when you are fluent in your first language, do you not think in that language? If you think it that language, then you are using it all the time still.
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If you intend to stay in your native language speaking country and have no desire to work in a multilingual environment then no it is not necessary. I don't think that many job opportunities are really looking for someone that can speak a variety of languages. At a young age you are urged to learn one because they insist that you need it to stand a better chance of getting a job, but I disagree with this statement.
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Do you go to the native country to learn a new language?
rossonomous replied to rossonomous's topic in Language Learning
There are a few places I have heard of that do this, and you're right, it can be very expensive. It would be a brilliant opportunity from a young age though. -
So do I! There's quite a nice twang in the voice which is pretty appealing.
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Do you go to the native country to learn a new language?
rossonomous replied to rossonomous's topic in Language Learning
O of course you have to study. I mean more that have people specifically gone to a country in order to further aid their studying of the language. I know a couple of people who went to France for a year specifically to live and breath French in order to learn the language. -
Learning Swedish via my new house mate
rossonomous replied to rossonomous's topic in Language Learning
I know right! They sound brilliant. And I know that I will rarely get to use the language, but it should be fun to see what I can learn before going on holiday there! -
How many languages do you speak?
rossonomous replied to wholesaleblogger's topic in Language Learning
English is my native language. I know French and I am starting out on Swedish -
"Synonyms" for "to be drunk"
rossonomous replied to linguaholic's topic in English Language | Discussion
Battered Gattered Ship-wrecked Blasted Mashed I could go on and on! -
Your least favorite English accent
rossonomous replied to Aphex's topic in English Language | Discussion
My least favourite English accent is the scouse accent. Everything just sounds so ugly! -
Do you over use "LOL" when you write to your friends?
rossonomous replied to Jaxter's topic in English Language | Discussion
I use to use it quite a lot as well as 'lmao'. Then I started to read my texts back and realised it sounded quite silly. So i've cut it down now just to exceptional circumstances -
What do you do to maintain languages you have already learned?
rossonomous replied to polybus's topic in Language Learning
Every now and again I will just say a long sentence in English, write it down and then repeat it in an alternative language, then write that down. Then I'll compare. Apart from that, just watching TV, reading and stuff like that. -
Why do you want to learn another language?
rossonomous replied to A0130's topic in Language Learning
I want to learn more languages because I love to go travelling and being able to interact with different people and cultures. My granddad can speak a fair few languages and it has always intrigued me. There's nothing like being able to interact with all different people across the world! -
My family have a tendency for really random first words! Mine was 'Watermelon' - Pronounced 'Waddmelon' My sisters was 'Hippopotamus' - Pronounced very precisely apparently.
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Learning Swedish via my new house mate
rossonomous replied to rossonomous's topic in Language Learning
It is really exciting and as you say it will be the ultimate test. I would love to be able to go out there and pick up on random words and sentences when I hear people talking. I'm going to be trying really hard, so it will be an interesting experience. I'm also not a great fan of Dutch, I think it just sounds a bit ugly ha! -
My goal is for better grammar overall, but I don't want to be doing this just because I feel myself being scrutinised. I am trying to look from an alternative approach now though. If I feel like I'm being scrutinised, rather than taking this in a negative fashion (because it's probably not intended like that anyway), I'm just going to use it as a reason to improve.
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Learning Swedish via my new house mate
rossonomous replied to rossonomous's topic in Language Learning
Haha, I actually do have a girlfriend -
Japanese is definitely one that I would love to learn one day. I've been told that it's very tricky though. I suppose when you have learnt a few languages though it is easy to start new ones from scratch.