whnuien
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:wacky: Thanks and I appreciate your suggestion. I would definitely love to make a longer quiz so it's great to get more ideas from others here. I admit in/on/at do sometimes or always get me too so I have to keep double checking it with my husband when I'm writing.
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Thank you so much Those suggestion are indeed very good and I appreciate it so much. I do plan to make more quizzes but I didn't have anymore idea so thanks again.
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The last time I practiced my basic French was 2 years ago when my French friend was over. It was so much fun when you can practice with a native speaker of the language you are learning.
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How to learn multiple languages of the same dialect?
whnuien replied to foodietr's topic in English Language | Discussion
My mother tongue language is spoken in few dialects but we all understand each other when talking even though we are using our own dialects. I sometimes ask about words I've never heard before then I'll try using them when I'm communicating with people of different dialects. Most of the time they will correct me if I was using the words wrong so that way I can learn more easily. Communicating is the only way to learn different dialects of one language since they are not on dictionaries. -
Dusun is the language of Dusun-Kadazan tribe from South East Borneo. This tribe is the biggest population in Sabah, Malaysia. You are right about the way to pronounce "kau".
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Thanks to both of you. This is my first baby so I really have no experience when it comes to teaching languages to baby. My husband can only speak one language and in My family I'm the only one who speak 3 languages so I really have no one from either sides to ask an opinion from or share an experience with.
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I never used Google Translate to communicate with a friend because I know when it comes with translating a long sentence, it can't really translate it well and sometimes the translation can be awkward. But I still use it every other day to translate a single word especially when I'm writing.
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Thank you so much, I appreciate your thought. I agree that there are many people who forgot the basic as soon as they left school, not just for languages but also for other subjects. As for me, I stopped caring about History after I finished school even though I used to get high scores in exams :wacky:
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Like most people say, having at least few same interests is definitely important when you planning to learn a language this way. Otherwise it would be very difficult to maintain the relationship. Personally I think it is a good idea, more fun, and inexpensive rather than going for the costly language tuition out there.
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Have your argument ever turned funny because of language?
whnuien replied to whnuien's topic in English Language | Discussion
No haha :wacky: instead of trying better to remember what I dislike, my husband preferred to remember the word that made him laughed. So every time I tell him again, he will tease me using the word to stop me from nagging :wacky: -
Ways to practice, whilst learning a new language?
whnuien replied to angie51's topic in Language Learning
When I'm learning and practicing a new language then I will usually listen to a song in the language. I will pick a song I like (If I don't have any then I will just simply search and download them from the Internet), get the lyrics from the Internet too then start practicing on the pronunciation along with the song. I have tried learning Hebrew and that was exactly what I did but I gave up in the end because I had no one to communicate with in Hebrew so I can master the language :wacky: -
I agree with you and I have seen a lot of people making the same mistake. Ie and ei are too easy to not be noticed though unless you have a spelling check or somebody to point you the mistake. When I'm typing I tend to spell the word with ie as well even though I know the spelling is wrong but it's just that my fingers are so used to going from ie instead of ei.
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I haven't seen them in any book stores here in my town so I haven't bought or tried them yet but looking at its title it seems like a good starter for a beginner. I always think book like this is always better than a dictionary.
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I like this one, it's so simple and easy. To say "I'm Yours" in Malay is "Aku Milik Kau". But in my mother tongue language (Dusun), it sounds a bit awkward and long to me. It goes: "Ika Sanganu Dogo"
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When I was still in school, cursive writing used to be one of my favourite and many of my school mates. But nowadays, I rarely see students hand write and I'm not sure if they are now all typing at school. Even a lot of kids nowadays know how to type before they can hand write properly.