Message from @this_that5553
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@Deleted User I've gotten quite far with Michel Thomas and then writing/speaking with penpals from sites like Interpals
Personally, I wouldn't waste time on Duolingo. only if bored.
I would always recommend Michel Thomas esque systems for a beginner to get up to speed. Then I'd say "go for it".
Granted, it's tougher with certain languages to do that, but yeah.
Michel Thomas doesn't have an Irish course
Ah yeah, there’s some online courses for Irish though. Sponsored by Ireland gov I think
@Prestor John Wir können ein Gesprach auf Discord-Voice-Chat haben. Sagst du mir wann.
Ich spreche deutsch und ein bisschen niederländisch!
Sehr gut!
Ich habe ein Server fur die Gotter.
Je veux apprendre l’allemande maintenant haha
There’s a lot of speakers here
Sprachen Zie Deutsch?
Nein! Ja! Ich bin ein Berliner!
Gutentag
That's all I got for German. I do know some Italian and a bit of French
I am a jelly 🍩
@spooky_kraut#8307 can put me down for French and Japanese if you want. My written mandarin is rusty but my spoken mandarin is fine
I speak Polish and some Russian, in case anyone needs practice
Or can teach me more Russian
@Rick erste Dienstag im Januar?
Damn, I need to learn Ukrainian / Russian
Anyone speak portuguese?
Kinda tempted to learn a little- I just like how it sounds
I do
Are you around a lot of Brazilians or something?
@ophiuchus I speak some continental Portuguese
Not really no- just kinda interested
@ThisIsChris it's rather different than the brazilian iteration right?
Yeah the pronounciation is different and a lot of word choices are different. I've heard it described like if a Scott, a Texan, and a South African were speaking in a room together, though I'm pretty sure it's further than that. The Portuguese people I knew would rather get a textbook in English to study from rather than one in Brazilian Portuguese, although cost and selection and wide-knowing of English in Portugal contributes to that too.
Portuguese people hate the Brazilian way lol
Plus there's a bunch of different accents within Brazil too, just like how the US has a bunch of different accents.
Are we updating the language list still in case we need interpretation on anything we know who to ask? I can do the Español thing.
They took German out of my highschool because of windmills of peace.
@Anthony Sealy - MO it's all updated
Thanks. I'm fluent, but anything for publication would need copy edited. Lived overseas a bit, so I learned the language, unlike our southern neighbors who come here.
I found a free website for language learning that seems pretty good. www.duolingo.com
I'm attempting to learn German.
They have a cellphone app for free too @Der Seeteufel - SD
Thanks I'll have to get that so I can practice when I'm on break at work.
One of the most helpful things they added to Duolingo was chatting practice with a bot. It sounds silly but it’s awesome practice for a typing conversation