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The top 5 other languages I want to learn apart from Spanish which Im6 still learning are:- Tagalog Korean Japanese Malay Russian I love these languages and the people and country where they are spoken.

In Welsh we would say rwyn un chi or dwi'n un chi.

So, what is Boom panis? I hear my Filipino friend say it once and saw Vice Ganda singing it on tv, I never asked what it meant...

I'm teaching myself Korean with the help of books and YouTube videos and also a few helpful people on language learning sites. Korean in my opinion is hard, the hardest part I find is reading, even though I know Hangul I'm lost when reading. As for Chinese and Japanese they would be hard too. There is no easy language, if you are a non Chinese Korean or Japanese native speaker then these languages are going to be difficult because they are different to your own, writing system is different grammar and all that. Everyone learns at a different pace and with time and dedication all 3 languages are learnable to anyone, and probably come out easy in the end. It all comes to the person and the person's natural learning ability, some people are better than others in their ability, and each language has their own path, method style etc. But all come to the same road in the end.

I been learning Spanish for about 3 years or so now, there have been times where I been on and off, but I have managed to recognise Spanish news articles, understand and make conversations in Spanish compared to before, but I am not fluent, or even advance. So personally I think it takes time, I always thought it was easy, people say it is, but it's tough! To be able to reach advance or fluent level, unless you can live in a Spanish speaking country it's going to take years to get yourself into a level where it becomes as easy as English, or just about. Don't feel discourage though, carry on, immerese yourself more, you won't understand everything at first but eventually you will. Read the news in Spanish, read articles like travel ones in Spanish, talk to natives and join forums like this one and language learning sites to keep practicing and ask questions. I like to immerse myself through visual learning, do your method that suits you, learn vocabulary words and phrases and understand grammar. Keep doing it, you might feel you forgot a lot but you will be surprised how much you'll recognise or remember within time. I spent a lot of time learning and immersing myself for 3 to 5 months before my trip to Costa Rica, I was in my first year of self learning but manage to get by at a good level where I could make small talk, ask for help or directions or make an order. I use a podcast called CofeeBreakSpanish which I found very useful and effective too. Everyone is different in the end, but with dedication and choosing and combining methods you can do it.

I agree with everyone else, I have been learning Spanish for 3 yars now, and have not been to a Spanish speaking country yet, the only chance I get in immersion is watching Spanish tv channels, reading Spanish articles and stuff that interest me online and making friends with natives from several Spanish speaking countries, it brings the language close to home. I can't say I am fluent, although I can make conversations in it, I can read and understand a CNN Español article. I do think going to a foreign country that speaks the language helps a lot, but it also helps to study the language and build a foundation. I go to Philippines every year, and I learn a new word or phrase every time I'm with my Filipino friends, so yeah it does help to go there. You can always bring the language closer to home though and improve pretty well.

Tagalog, just like Bisaya Ilocano Javanese and Malay all come from an old Austronesian language, as tribes began to separate all through the years, they began their own dialects, their language evolved over time, the same way English German and Dutch did. Tagalog has been influenced all through the several years due to its historical pasts by many other languages such as Spanish, English Japanese even Chinese and Arabic just like other Austronesian languages, Malay for example. The word Salamat derived from the Arabic Salam which was to greet someone, but is used to say thank you in tagalog, Kumusta comes from Cómo esta which is how are you in Spanish. There are many similarities between modern day Tagalog and Malay for example these tagalog words - anak meaning child, mahal meaning expensive, and mata meaning eye are the same in Malay. Malay is more similar to Tagalog and other Filipino languages than the other Austronesian languages and may have originated from old Malay spoken in what is now Malaysia Brunei and Indonesia many years ago.

I've been finding hard to differentiate and understand tagalog grammar and prefixes, I would like help on how to use them, thanks in advance!

It all started as curiosity for me slo I just love to travel, see the world and be able to use it in a foreign country,. I love to be able to speak in a foreign language, learn the culture their way of living, make new friends and visit different places, I also love listening to foreign music particularly in the languages that I am learning, and love watching films and movies. I have no real reason to learn a language other than curiosity interest and just love learning languages.

I translated a whole paragraph from Welsh to English on Google translate, while there were some words that were correct many of them and including the grammar was too bad to look at, I also translated an English paragraph from an article into Welsh and found that I could understand what I was reading, just that the grammar was incorrect and some words were wrong. Google translate is quite handy and I use it if I want to translate a page just to understand what it is about, I also find it handy if I forget words in a foreign language and it helps me a lot with that. I wouldn't fully rely on it though

Practicing by yourself can be difficult, there are different methods and different ways to practice learning a new language, each method works for a person in different ways. From my experience, I find that sitting down reading a book and some audio on learning the language, not effective but somewhat effective, it helps me understand and memorize words phrases and also grammar rules, to some reading might get boring, to me not at the start but it will eventually if I carry on with that method. Other people prefer to watch, visual learning seems to be very effective, and it has worked for me, this is watching the language being taught, immersing yourself in the language been spoken etc. Learning words vocabulary and all of that can be quite boring, but we can make it fun by using them, listen to audio, I love listening to music in the language I am learning, even though I don't understand what they are saying, but I able to pick up words and improve vocabulary, same with watching movies a program with subtitles. I like to combine learning and reviewing what I am learning with actually using it in real life such as using media (radio apps and TV) I also go on sites like italki where I am able to learn with other people, like some language exchange kind of thing, I like to be able to practice the language on a native speaker and I found that they were the biggest influence to me, not my books not my online lessons but native speakers who I can have small conversations with. I don't find it fun at first, it can be quite challenging but you gradually improve, and they are willing to help you learn and correct your mistakes. Practice a few words and phrases each day, review and memorize, don't worry if you forget, read them over again you will get there eventually, and you know what? You will be surprise how many words you thought you forgot actually come out when you want to use them! Language learning takes time motivation and encouragement, it's hard I know, but you can do it