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South Korea
February 26, 2011 12:46pm CST
I assume most of mylot users are multilingual or at least bilingual. Was it difficult learning a foreign language?? Do you have any tips and ideas of learning a language easily?? How long did it take you to speak the language fluently?? Please share your tips and ideas. Thank you.
10 responses
@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
11 Mar 11
I speak Filipino and English and a local dialect. I haven't learned another language. I understand a few words of some but not really fluent in that language. Do you know that in my company, multilingual people earns a lot, way more than our managers have.
@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
15 Mar 11
Yeah, if I really want to be rich, I'd better study a language. But, I'm just too lazy to study one right now. It isn't a current interest at this point. I guess, you can't teach old cows new tricks.
@sweet_pea (3322)
• Philippines
15 Mar 11
Ow, isn't it old dogs and not old cows? Sorry for that!
• South Korea
12 Mar 11
Wow actually that is cool. More than the managers?? Super cool actually. I never knew multilingual people had that kinda benefits. Thanks for the response. It made me wanna learn more languages
@dadindine (230)
• Philippines
27 Feb 11
I had language classes back in my university days, part of my degree. I had German for one semester and French for two semesters. I can't fluently speak those two languages, though but I could say my German is better than my french because I have my aunt and my cousin who teaches me sometimes. I only know the basics in French. It's more difficult than German and it's really important to practice it everyday 'cos if we don't, we might just forget everything like what happened to my Spanish although it's easier than German and French. :p Btw, I suggest the livemocha.com site or the busuu.com (:
• South Korea
28 Feb 11
Wow I heard French and German are really tough.. good you already mastered the basics. Did you take language and literature as your major in university?? Actually that's really impressive. Anyway good luck with you french and german and spanish. and yeah i'll try my best with my chinese too =)
• South Korea
28 Feb 11
Oh yeah, the thing i wanted to ask was can i get a language exchange partner or something in those two mentioned websites? Thanks..
• Philippines
1 Mar 11
No, my degree was AB International Studies that's why we those languages as part of the program. And yeah, you can get language partner in there. (: Good luck!
@mermaidivy (15395)
• United States
28 Feb 11
I can speak fluently in English, Cantonese and Mandarin. I learnt them when I was very small, we had to speak them at the lessons then it became easier later when I figured out the grammar of English and stuff.
• South Korea
1 Mar 11
Wow that is so cool. actually i wanted to learn chinese too but haven't been able to decide which. which one do you think i should learn?? mandarin or cantonese?? and i know both of them are really tough but which one is a slightly easier one??
@hushi22 (4928)
28 Feb 11
i can fluently speak two languages -Tagalog and English and one Dialect (Cebuano). My Chinese and Deutsch levels are only basic and conversational. Since I am fond of word (mind) games I use it to learn better. I review something related to the language I am studying every night to make sure the familiarity benefits me.
• South Korea
1 Mar 11
i think that's a good way to memorize words and the use of it. thanks for the response and have a goo day..
@cyan9306 (65)
• China
3 Mar 11
well,i tried to learn Latin and Japanese once,but I just gave up.Maybe it's because that i am not that interest in that.And now , i am learning English.it's helpful to read more and communicate with others.
• South Korea
4 Mar 11
Yep i think english is important because most of the people know english and it's easy to communicate. The language i really wanna learn now is Mandarin. My friends say it's a tough language but I hope i'll be able to learn it soon.
@vannyt (343)
• Philippines
10 Mar 11
I speak English and Tagalog, but older people here in out country specially our grandparent do speak Spanish so I could understand a little. I tried learning German cause my mother used to work in Germany. I know the basics but the I didn't learn the more advance part. I do hope to continue learning the language in the near future. Chinese is also a good language to learn right now cause they are opening the country to global opportunities and thus more contacts with the Chinese people. Although I do prefer Japanese. :)
• South Korea
12 Mar 11
Wow that is so cool. I would like to learn Spanish someday too. Right now I'm planning on learning Mandarin. Found a few friends who are willing to help =) I'm not going to some language school though, don't think I can give it much time coz I'm still a student. Japanese is cool too. Anyway do you have any particular method on how to learn a language quick?
@blue65packer (11826)
• United States
27 Feb 11
I wish I could! I have trouble remembering a word or two! Like Spanish for example! I work at a college and work with students from other parts of the world. I try to remember some of the simple worlds I want to learn! That rarely happens! It is very frustrating! I have enough trouble with good old english! LOL!
• South Korea
27 Feb 11
Yes it's the same with me too. Remembering the grammars are easy but the words, i can't seem to remember the words and it makes me so mad sometimes lol. Wow Spanish!! that language is in my "must learn" list too. Thanks for the response and have a good day..
• United States
26 Feb 11
I speak and write both English and Spanish very fluently. It is not very difficult to learn a second language; especially Spanish. The thing with secondary languages is that you have to use it frequently while learning so that the memory develops and adapts to it easily. So I would say if you learn a secondary language you have to be around many who use it so that the more you use it the more practice you get with and the more the brain registers it naturally. I have been speaking Spanish for as long as I have been alive as most people around me growing up did not speak the English language. So it became part of my life and the only language spoken at the time. I suppose entering school I learned the English language and having everyone at school specifically speaking only English I was able to adapt. What language are you considering of learning?
• South Korea
27 Feb 11
really?? is Spanish easy to learn?? I would love to learn Spanish. Actually i was thinking of learning it in the future =D right now i want to learn some Chinese actually. people say it's really tough and challenging.
• United States
26 Feb 11
I speak Japanese, Hindi, Spanish and Tagalog/Filipino but the hardest to me is Hindi that until now I'm still learning how to write and read the devanagari scripts. I started learning all those languages since high school. What I did is make a word of the day and try to use it in some conversations. I also tried to find a friend online who speaks those languages fluently, that way I'll get used to the language and it encourages me to learn more on the language. I also listen to music as well and try to understand the lyrics in Japanese, Hindi, Spanish and Tagalog.
• South Korea
27 Feb 11
making word of the day seems to be a good idea. i think i should give it a try too. ohh and can you suggest me a good website where i can find a languge exchange partner like you did??
@Cherish14 (2693)
• Philippines
27 Feb 11
hello there. i am a Filipino but i can speak English fluently because we were taught of it since we were very small. But what i really wanna learn is Spanish. I have a spanish dictionary but i haven't really read it lately since i am so busy with a lot of things. but what i would do is remember 1 sentence or word every day. i wanna learn it because i am like jealous that my grand parents know the language heheh :)
• South Korea
28 Feb 11
Hey me too, i wanna learn spanish too but not right away, sometime in the future. Right now i'm really interested in chinese and really wanna learn it. HOpe i'll be able to speak the language soon and good luck with your spanish =)