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宇崎ちゃん

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  1. 宇崎ちゃん
    Just think of a different question: what do you like so much about Chinese and Japanese (anything apart from the languages) that makes you want to learn those languages. Top which of those 2 do you feel more attracted? "Also is it possible for me to be fluent in Japanese, Chinese and Korean one day"? Obviously it is, just like with everything else, you should work hard to get to this goal. One of the things to get you to this goal is by setting a clear deadline and 'mini-goals' with deadlines in the nearer future. A goal like "be fluent in Japanese, Chinese and Korean" is way too big, divide it into smaller goals. And a deadline of "one day" is too vague, take a calendar and set a precise date. You'll find that "one day" is not one of the 365 or 366 days a year has.
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    It's perfectly doable, but as with everything else, you'll need to show full commitment to reach this goal. Read (blogs, textbooks), write (forums, workbooks), speak (Skype, real life person) and listen (music, news) as much in German as you possibly can, switch to any other language only when needed. Therefore, the question "how many lessons per week" is out of the question. Unless you mean one-on-one lessons, then my answer is: as much as you can afford. There are lots of teachers waiting for you on Italki, reach them all out and filter the ones that fit you most. If you go on Italki, make sure you trial some teachers to check on microphone quality. My Spanish teacher used a terrible microphone that kept distorting, making me dismotivate to learn the language AND making her completely not understandable.
  3. 宇崎ちゃん
    @Trellum The most likely app people will mention you will be Anki (AnkiDroid on Android). However, the main problem with Anki is that you need to rate how well you remember words, rather than Anki doing that for you. You can simply click "easy" even though you had a hard time recalling a word. I would rather see something where you need to type the right answer (open questions), that way you know for sure you remember the word or not. Another suggestion would be to train full sentences too. Like, in Dutch there's a word called "bank", which can be either a money bank or a sofa. If you happen to have a flash card like "bank" -> "bank, sofa", you'll quickly get confused when somebody says "kom op de bank zitten" (get on the sofa/bank).
  4. 宇崎ちゃん
    I'm afraid I'm not the right person to ask this question. I always had friends, but only for as long as I physically saw them. Once I don't see them any more (when switching jobs, when graduating or failing a course, etc.), they suddenly don't consider me a friend any more (no more invitations to anything, no more social stuff done together, etc.). There are apparently people who stay friends forever, so I'm not trying to say it's impossible. But remember how I said I have autism? Could be one part of the problem, especially since this whole friend thing isn't exclusive to Dutch people, it applies to all nationalities. However, befriending people online is a whole lot easier for me, I tend to stay friends with people online for some reason.
  5. 宇崎ちゃん
    The best would be to get a level higher. If you do courses in A1 all the time, then obviously you'll see the same words over and over again. Here in the Netherlands you'll definitely find new words everywhere in the wild. You could alternatively check out some news in Dutch and note all the words you don't know yet. There are plenty of websites like that, a nice website to find these websites is Startpagina or Headliner. Keep in mind that both websites list sites with lots of views only, so if you're looking for personal blogs, you're out of luck.
  6. 宇崎ちゃん
    More Memrise courses perhaps? And I fixed a little typo in one of your tags ("dutcdh" instead of "dutch") for you.
  7. 宇崎ちゃん
    I learnt most of my grammar over Skype, where we practise using the textbook "Genki". Other than that, I've been stuggling to find decent grammar resources too (except for the Grammar N4 'course' on Memrise).
  8. 宇崎ちゃん
    The first blog post is online: http://www.ispeak.jp/index.php?mode=post&id=2 I decided to make more frequent posts rather than just weekly, so make sure you visit iSpeak more often.
  9. 宇崎ちゃん
    Very true. In Dutch for example, calling somebody "zwarte" is racist (it means "black (person)"), but if friends use it in a context like "hey black guy, wanna play some video games with us", everything is OK. But if enemies use it in a context like "hey black guy, wanna get some peanuts", it's considered both racism and discrimination and therefore, the person in question can sue those who said that. FYI: I have nothing against other races, cultures or whatever, these rather offensive sentences were purely meant as an example (if you felt offended any way, I'm sorry).
  10. 宇崎ちゃん
    That's a common myth actually. There is no "language gene" or "maths gene". However, it's possible people are better at one of the 2, but it doesn't mean they can't 'focus' on the other one, it means they need to work harder to 'focus' on the other one. And as I said before, it all depends on the way you try to learn something: brain efficient learning, or purely rote memorisation?
  11. 宇崎ちゃん
    That's just the way Dutch people are: social in their own way. Even I find it difficult to make friends with Dutch natives for the most of the time. ._.
  12. 宇崎ちゃん
    It depends on how you're trying to learn the new language. If you write out the same word/sentence over and over again until your hands bleed every day, then of course your brain will reject this information! If you learn through spaced repetition and mnemonics, then stuff like this shouldn't happen.
  13. 宇崎ちゃん
    Yes I did, but then it just annoyed me because I can't be logged in on multiple devices apparently. ._.
  14. 宇崎ちゃん
    Write or type words using these letters every day. Don't overdue it, that'd be rote memorisation and that's bad. Instead, write some words once every 4 hours, 8 hours, 12 hours, 1 day, 4 days, etc. and pronounce those in your head while writing or typing. Although I found these 4 letters the easiest to learn, I can understand the confusion. シ and ツ look as similar to each other as f and t look similar. But as with Latin letters, the more you practise, the better you'll distinguish them. As a little help: シリーズ - shiriizu (series) レッツゴー - rettsu goo (let's go) サタン - satan リソート - risooto (resort)
  15. 宇崎ちゃん
    What is an MVV? You actually shouldn't pause learning any language. I made that mistake with German (not really pausing it, I simply felt like I became fluent and haven't been doing anything with that language since) and my German skills have dropped sooner than I thought. I can no longer consider myself fluent in German, although I can still understand a lot when written. But if you really feel like you can't concentrate on active learning, my suggestion would be to at least read some Dutch web articles. Those are mostly free of charge, and you'll maintain your current Dutch skills, even though you're not actually learning anything (or maybe you will occasionally).
  16. 宇崎ちゃん
    I actually don't know to be honest.
  17. 宇崎ちゃん
    "頭が切れる (Atama ga kireru) - to be smart (One's head can cut)" That's strange, I'm sure my teacher always says 「頭がいい」 (atama ga ii) to mean "to be smart" (literally: one's head is good).
  18. 宇崎ちゃん
    I don't know about Mexico, but it's certainly true in the Netherlands. While walking around the streets speaking Polish to my mum, nobody cares. But when I'm in a much smaller group (at work, at school, with guests, etc.), most people instantly get mad. I even had one moment somebody asked me I was by any chance talking about them, but I said "no" and they were OK with me again. So speaking a language others don't understand has both good and bad sides, my favourite good side would be the fact you can hold a private conversation in public.
  19. 宇崎ちゃん
    Not unless you spend a long time with them speaking their language constantly. Back when I was in Spain, I had to speak Spanish with most locals, but: 1. I've been there for only 1 week. 2. I spent more time talking Polish to my mum, Dutch to my younger sister, and English and Japanese online. So just being with locals alone isn't enough.
  20. 宇崎ちゃん
    I know it's 2.5 years old, but I'd still like to correct it: "ize" and "yze" = American English. "ise" and "yse" = Australian English. British English is OK with both, depending on the context.
  21. 宇崎ちゃん
    Change of plans; the forum is open already: http://www.ispeak.jp/forum/
  22. 宇崎ちゃん
    We're not Duolingo, so we don't know anything regarding their future projects. You could instead try Memrise or iKnow for Mandarin, both are really nice sites/apps. iKnow is completely focussed at Japanese and Mandarin, while Memrise is good for everything (including stuff going beyond languages).
  23. 宇崎ちゃん
    @Teira Eri Where: most likely Tokyo. How long: I want to try it out with 3 or 6 months at first, but when I get a job (or freelance job) there, I'll apply for a much longer stay.
  24. 宇崎ちゃん
    Age 10 at elementary and secondary schools. Age 12 online. Age 15 on YouTube. I don't know the exact ages any more, though.
  25. 宇崎ちゃん
    I guess you mean to say "Nǐ hǎo" and that's Chinese, not Japanese.
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