hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5329 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian
| Message 97 of 541 22 January 2012 at 10:35am | IP Logged |
Chung, I was wondering if you've ever written your language story here somewhere? It would be really interesting to me. When you started and with which language and how you progressed through the various languages and where you've been and for how long in order to practise those languages?
Also, I've noticed that you don't count any of your Slavic or Finno-Ugric languages in your 'speaks' section, but you seem to have vast knowledge of them all. Does this mean that you have a lot of knowledge but struggle to produce it to a good level in communication or are you just really strict on yourself?
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cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 6105 days ago 910 posts - 1232 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish
| Message 98 of 541 22 January 2012 at 11:00am | IP Logged |
Ooh, interesting. I'm watching your Peanuts link.
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Kafea Groupie United States Joined 4912 days ago 78 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Sámi
| Message 99 of 541 22 January 2012 at 11:17am | IP Logged |
Chung wrote:
sb = "somebody"
sg = "something" |
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Giitu!
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Chung Diglot Senior Member Joined 7136 days ago 4228 posts - 8259 votes 20 sounds Speaks: English*, French Studies: Polish, Slovak, Uzbek, Turkish, Korean, Finnish
| Message 100 of 541 23 January 2012 at 4:01am | IP Logged |
hribecek wrote:
Chung, I was wondering if you've ever written your language story here somewhere? It would be really interesting to me. When you started and with which language and how you progressed through the various languages and where you've been and for how long in order to practise those languages? |
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This post is probably up your alley.
hribecek wrote:
Also, I've noticed that you don't count any of your Slavic or Finno-Ugric languages in your 'speaks' section, but you seem to have vast knowledge of them all. Does this mean that you have a lot of knowledge but struggle to produce it to a good level in communication or are you just really strict on yourself? |
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It's a little bit of A, and a little bit of B with the exact amounts of A and B dependent on the language involved.
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Kafea Groupie United States Joined 4912 days ago 78 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Sámi
| Message 101 of 541 23 January 2012 at 5:10am | IP Logged |
Wow, that's amazing!
Do you think Estonian has much in common with Sámi? I watched an Estonian movie, "The Singing Revolution", and recognized some words. What do you think?
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cathrynm Senior Member United States junglevision.co Joined 6105 days ago 910 posts - 1232 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Finnish
| Message 102 of 541 23 January 2012 at 6:27am | IP Logged |
Yeah 14 languages, that is quite a collection. Kafea I thought you mentioned that you had studied other languages, but I don't remember what they were exactly.
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Kafea Groupie United States Joined 4912 days ago 78 posts - 98 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Sámi
| Message 103 of 541 23 January 2012 at 8:17am | IP Logged |
Cathrynm, I am not fluent in any of them, so they don't count.
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hribecek Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5329 days ago 1243 posts - 1458 votes Speaks: English*, Czech, Spanish Studies: Italian, Polish, Slovak, Hungarian, Toki Pona, Russian
| Message 104 of 541 23 January 2012 at 11:46am | IP Logged |
That post was a thoroughly interesting read. If I can eventually get to even half of your abilities in Slavic and Uralic languages then I'll really be very satisfied.
So now you're on to your 15th language with Northern Saami, or is the 16th? Do you count Inari as your 15th?
I have some follow up questions! I hope you don't find my questioning annoying, I just find people's language stories fascinating.
Which of your languages have more of the B? I'm guessing Polish, Slovak and Hungarian??
What is your strongest language after English and French?
I know you've said this before somewhere but I can't remember your answer - How much do you understand of Bulgarian, Macedonian, Belorussian and Russian, having not studied them much or at all?
Do you ever confuse Polish and Slovak when speaking them?
Thanks in advance!
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