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At what age did you start learning English?
Flopster replied to Medza's topic in English Language | Discussion
I started learning as soon as I moved to England. At that time I was around 3-4 years old (I actually don't remember it well!), although I did have some prior knowledge on "chatty" English, I didn't know most words and learned throughout my life in school. -
Internet Terminologies Being Used In Daily Conversation
Flopster replied to Baburra's topic in Language Learning
Most internet words like "lol", "rofl" and "lmao", when said in real life, make me cringe so hard I turn into a pretzel! It just doesn't seem right using them out of an environment where speed is necessary. If you are going to talk say the whole phrase or I'll think you don't know the language! -
Am I using semi-colons correctly?
Flopster replied to g2narat's topic in English Lounge - Conversations in English only
It's not always "combining two sentences" - it's combining two 'clauses', like this: "There was a big dog outside. The cat meowed" - These are two independent clauses. So you can combine them with a semicolon. "There was a big dog outside: the cat meowed" - You've combined the two sentences and gotten rid of the 'pause' between them (the full stop). -
I prefer dictionaries that give you examples on how to use the word (so usually they'll have a sentence with the word being used), sometimes they may also have it so that there are synonyms of the word next to it. I think these are the most helpful ones as usually I know exactly what the word is in English.
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[list type=decimal] [*]Chinese [*]Japanese [*]French [*]Italian [*]German I really want to learn Chinese or Japanese because in the future, hopefully, I want to be able to move over there and live in either Hong Kong or Tokyo!
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Yes, I totally agree! Now that gesture typing (like on Android phones), speech-to-text, and generally how people are now typing faster (as computers are extremely popular) there isn't any need to take shortcuts. In my opinion it just makes you look slightly stupid and make you stand out a bit too much.
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Do you ever forget some words in your native language?
Flopster replied to Qamra's topic in Language Learning
Yes all the time! It's less "Oh no I've officially forgotten this word and I need to learn how to use it all over again!" and more "Oh, what was that word....ah yes that was it!". Usually I just need a small prompt from another person but sometimes I'll just 'skip' the word until I remember it. -
What sources do you use to learn a new language?
Flopster replied to Azurix's topic in Language Learning
Same here! It makes learning a new language fun. Admittedly it does not go extremely deep into a language but that's why I always either get a text book, or find some sort of document online that can assist me alongside Duolingo. -
What is Hardest- Reading, Writing, or Speaking?
Flopster replied to tulosai's topic in Language Learning
Speaking has always been my weakest point. I've always had confidence issues so whenever I try to talk to someone I always end up stuttering even though I know exactly what I want to say! Also as soon as I know what I'm going to say I need to rehearse it multiple times before I know I'm going to get it right and not look stupid. -
As most people have said, incorrect grammar is a complete turn off. As soon as you see something with incorrect grammar, it sticks into the back of your head and just makes you think, "seriously?". Grammar makes everything sound coherent and makes it clear to the listener than you obviously do know the language.