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I've never attempted to learn it but I have heard of these languages and I do find them interestingly. Growing up the most prominent fictional language I've heard of was only Klingon and now I'm finding that more and more fictional stories are coming up with their own language and I think that's pretty neat. I don't think I'll be learning them anytime soon but only mostly because I have no one around to use it on but if I had that culture around me I'd probably be more motivated.

I don't think so. I think it was more of a play on puns than accents. Both characters were Americans with similar accents so if anything it would have been that the other one just slightly misheard the speaker. I love this scene I think it's so simple but for some reason it became memorable for everyone including myself.

I agree. I think that theory makes a lot of sense. I've noticed throughout my life that I've been knowing pronunciations and meanings of different words that I never actually took time to focus on and learn consciously and now looking back and realizing it from this theory I think I may just have gotten so used to the structure of English language that it's become second nature to me somewhat.

I somewhat agree. I think people's physical makeup contribute a bit to their ability to pronounce certain things and how they sound, which is why sometimes you could tell what the person's race is just by hearing their voice and pronunciation even if they all grew up in the same place. I don't think it's a major contributor though as I think your environment still makes for a lot more of how you end up speaking as an adult.

I've never thought about this before. I think I've just been using both interchangeably by gut feeling and whatever sounds better in any situation. I agree that they are most likely the same though and if there were a difference I'd say it's probably that perhaps is a bit more formal and maybe can be used more casually.

I think 6 months to a year would be a good general time estimate for learning the basics. It takes way longer for the average human to master a language though in my opinion, unless there is some extraordinary tactic that the person is able to use or if he or she is just that much more dedicated than the rest of us. For others that treat it more like an extra curricular activity though, studying for just about an hour or two a day, it might take months or years, I think.

I think having a teacher around physically who would walk you through and speak to you for practice is still a much better option and it should be more preferable if it's available. Although, I don't think new apps are that much far behind especially if you consider you could also tap in to the wealth of knowledge available elsewhere that you could utilize as a supplement. It's probably just a matter of which one works best for certain personalities.

I've read through some of these and have even watched a few videos for explanations on movies or literature that I found a bit confusing. I sometimes look for online comments that could further expand my knowledge on the piece as well along with hopefully some bits of trivia about the makers, even. I try not to resort to it if I can help it though but it's still fun to read through them nonetheless.

It is important to me as it gives me a good idea of how much effort is being put into the book to promote it but I try not to make it a big factor in my decision making as it's not often a good standard of measure as to whether or not the content is good. I think this is where don't judge a book by its cover can be applied, literally.

It's the national language of the Philippines although the more modern term would be Filipino which is the version that incorporates other languages with it a bit more and it is also what the citizens are called, sort of like how American can be used both to describe the language and the people, I think. As for it being cheesy, traditional Tagalog just sounds very old time-y as a lot of the words have never really evolved into something more modern so to use it would probably sound a bit like if an American were to use Shakesperean style of writing in modern times.

I never knew this of the Italian language so thanks for bringing it up, it does sound very interesting to me. I know that the language utilizes double consonants a lot but I never thought that it is used with similar sounding words that mean totally different things. I'm now very curious about this especially about how Coppia is pronounced when compared to Copia. I will be looking up some videos or audio clips on this to figure it out and hopefully I'll find some other examples. Thanks again for sharing this.

There was a time when Spanish telenovelas were a big part of our culture but back then they were all translated into our local languages so it didn't help much with my Spanish. Now I get to see some shows on cable that are kept in their original language and I do tend to watch some of them and from that I've learned a few words and phrases but not really enough to carry a conversation. I would still agree that it definitely still helps.

This sounds amazing and at the same time a little scary because it's so advanced and obviously could be used to spy on the whole world but I guess it is inevitable as we find more and more problems to solve. I think it will be very useful nonetheless and I surely will be trying it out once it is introduced.

I never got into it very much but I remember back when I was very young I used to borrow my friends' manga books of a Dragon. Ball and I enjoyed it very much. I'm not even that much of a fan of the series because it was slowly paced but I was still interested in it so the manga version offered me a good story I could read at my own pace. The only problem was that it was in Japanese so I didn't understand the dialogue but it was entertaining nonetheless.

I found this confusing at first too but I eventually learned it by heart by acquainting the apostrophe'd version with all other names like saying William's. After that I was able to discern that I could just imagine the item as a person to know which to use whenever I felt confused and it's been helping me ever since.

I have been giving it some thought because I'm very interested in word origins and seeing as Latin is a basis of a lot of our modern words I to it would be fun to learn the source. However, I had to make it lower in my list of priorities because there are just a few other languages that I love a lot more and I know will be a lot more useful to me in the short term.

I agree. I do this with my favorite Japanese shows as well and although it's still no substitute for a proper lesson, it does help me get acquainted with certain words that I hear over and over until it becomes familiar. Also the into nations and accents along with the word accompaniment below helps a lot with knowing the speech pattern they have.

I don't think it helps that much as if you're just beginning to learn a new language then chances are you are already taking in as much information as you can, and learning about etymology might just confuse you more. In my opinion, etymology is best learned when you already know a language. That way, you'd have much more appreciation of the words and how they are used as well as how they came about.

I think it's just because your language is already so dominant that everyone seeks to use it so people there probably don't feel the need to do it the other way around. I don't think you should feel too bad about it since the country does shine in almost all other industries. Also, if you really want your kids to learn another language then you could just enroll them in an after school class. I think school systems everywhere are lacking in one way or another so it's probably wise not to rely on them as much as previous generations did.

I started learning just for enrichment. As I grew older, I found myself getting more and more interested in the culture of others and therefore learning their languages just seemed like the natural course. Mostly, I honestly just like the way their language sounds and I hope to speak it as well just to be a part of it and to be able to discern what the people are speaking.

Our language is very close to Spanish which I heard is in turn also very close to Italian but even then some words we have that sound similar don't exactly mean the same thing. For example, in Italian, molto means very, so you could use it for increasing value in praise such as saying molto bravo, but in Our language its meaning is ghost so if someone was to say the phrase to us it might sound like someone is happy that a ghost is around.

I've been having trouble with posting here recently because everytime I reply to a thread I get blocked by either a notification that I have to wait 150 seconds before posting again, or my post has already been submitted and I should reload but then I check and it hasn't, or I just get an unable to load page default error page on my browser. This has lead me to copy each post so that in case the next page I get is an error I'd still have my whole post and I could just paste it and submit it, but the problem is that this causes me to stop everything until I have successfully posted my message or else I might risk copying something else accidentally and losing my whole post. Also, having to put up a timer just so I know I when it's safe to post again is proving to be bothersome and it is making my experience unpleasant. Please look into this, admin, I don't know if anyone else is getting bothered by this, and if it's just me then feel free to ignore it but I just thought I would voice out my concerns.

I learned my second and third languages simultaneously when I was younger so I don't have much of a comparison but now that I am learning more languages I can say that knowing of how long it takes and how much effort is needed does help with giving a general idea of what to look out for. Also, learning of the importance of the basic structure gives me more of an appreciation of the discipline and the overall idea of each language so I'd say it absolutely helps.

The quote I love the most is from aAlbert Einstein which is that imagination is more important than knowledge. I only knew of this quote just recently and it really resonated with me because I often came across very knowledgable people that I somehow still did not respect very much in terms of intellect, and only when I came across this statement did I really understand why that was..

I think it just depends on how close to this your original native language is, and if you're pronunciations are just too different then you probably will have a much harder time with trying to force it. It's probably why many Japanese people still interchange their R and L letters even in English which they can surely practice but it seems like it would take a very long time to correct.