fonz 0 #26 February 21, 2007 Quoteyour better off learning klingon. Ehm... did YOU? Alphons (just curious)And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
FreeflyChile 0 #27 February 21, 2007 Learning a second language is hard -- im lucky i've spoken both english and spanish fluently as far back as i can remember. listening to people talk is key -- watching spanish TV and movies can help with things like pronounciation and also recognition. unless you spend years and years living somewhere where you HAVE to speak spanish, the thing that will likely always mark you as an American is your accent. You can learn the vocab and grammar perfectly, but getting rid of an accent is very very difficult. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #28 February 21, 2007 Me too. I tried to wave my language requirement based on a legit learning disability. My previous University was cool with that. I have a documented history of doing real poorly if foreign languages despite studying my ass off. My new university told me to fuck off, and now I am screwed. "The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
NWFlyer 2 #29 February 21, 2007 Would they let you learn ASL to fulfill the requirement? Maybe a completely different type of language would "click" in your brain better,"There is only one basic human right, the right to do as you damn well please. And with it comes the only basic human duty, the duty to take the consequences." -P.J. O'Rourke Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mayberry 0 #30 February 21, 2007 Quotelistening to people talk is key -- watching spanish TV and movies can help with things like pronounciation and also recognition. I took a year of Spanish back in high school & have been really wanting to take it up again. My biggest problem it seems is when someone speaks too fast I have a hard time catching anything they say. For a couple of months now I've been turning on Univision, Telemundo or Telefutura when I get home from work or in the evenings & watching, but mostly just listening. I think it's helping! But now I'm hooked on Asi es la Vida. Anyone else watch that?Don Here's to friends! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Mayberry 0 #31 February 22, 2007 Pienso que maté a su hilo! Don Here's to friends! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
skybytch 273 #32 February 22, 2007 Quote...and now I am screwed. Yeah. That's my big worry. My credit is so totally screwed after my "adventure" in Florida that I doubt I'll be able to get any student loans; I need to keep my GPA waaaay up there to get the scholarships I'm gonna need to make school doable once I transfer. I'm gonna be really pissed off if this subject is what keeps me from getting a BA. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
HeatherB 0 #33 February 22, 2007 You'll be okay! This can be funny and helpful for nouns: write the spanish words for items around your house on sticky notes....slap a sticky note on your chair that says "silla" on it, a sticky on your dog that says "perro" etc. Change them out as your vocabulary grows. My mother and her side of the family are all fluent. My grandmother speaks "spanglish" a lot...I love it. Thank you for reminding me that I need to brush up. I'll start reading the spanish forum! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
DougH 270 #34 February 22, 2007 QuoteWould they let you learn ASL to fulfill the requirement? Maybe a completely different type of language would "click" in your brain better, I could take any language I want, besides english. But I have to take a full four semester if I do that. They don't offer classes at times that a real working person can take, which means I would almost have to take an additional two years off my life to complete 16 credits!!!"The restraining order says you're only allowed to touch me in freefall" =P Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #35 February 22, 2007 QuoteLearning a second language is hard not.scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Kennedy 0 #36 February 22, 2007 Good luck with that. I've had what, six or seven years of languages and couldn't form a decent sentence for you. Howver, I can now tell you how much I despise you in Spanish better than in German, and almost as well as I can in English. I know all the important stuff... how to pick fights, tell people not to move, know when they're about to try to whip my ass, and especially when they are talking about where they hid the drugs. (it's always fun to see the reaction when a big white yankee gringo says "thanks, now don't move and don't fuck with me.") Policia, No se mueva! Tengo los lazos del cierre relámpago. Ah, you've got to love the phrases you can use in more than one way. (literal translation doesn't quite work, but just think...) Another variation that the bytch might like is "Tengo pun¢os de la flexión"witty subliminal message Guard your honor, let your reputation fall where it will, and outlast the bastards. 1* Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fonz 0 #37 February 22, 2007 Gee... I'm starting to think that maybe I should brush up on my foreign languages... English is okay but not perfect and I forgot most of my German, Italian and Japanese. And French... well, I've been trying desperately to forget all of that, but it didn't work and there's still "un petit peu" left so I might just as well bring the rest back too. Mince alors! Alphons (it's study time again, I guess)And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
piisfish 140 #38 February 22, 2007 Quote I've been trying desperately to forget all of that, but it didn't work and there's still "un petit peu" left so I might just as well bring the rest back too. Mince alors! Alphons (it's study time again, I guess)and go jumping in Empuria, the most "internationalest" of Dropzones... During X-mas boogie it's not uncommon to speak 5 different languages... in the same sentence scissors beat paper, paper beat rock, rock beat wingsuit - KarlM Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
fonz 0 #39 February 22, 2007 Quotego jumping in Empuria, the most "internationalest" of Dropzones... When I finally get my own rig (should be this spring or summer), I most certainly will! QuoteDuring X-mas boogie it's not uncommon to speak 5 different languages... in the same sentence In my experience, exposure can work miracles when you try to learn a language. When everybody around you is speaking the language and nobody speaks your own native language, it seems like you are picking things up easier and faster. In fact, when I was in Perris too long ago (about 5 and a half years, sigh), it only took a few days before I found myself not just speaking english, but actually living english. No thinking in dutch first and then translating into english. Even when I was alone, thinking to myself, it was in English. Alphons (funny how such things can work)And five hundred entirely naked women dropped out of the sky on parachutes. -- The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
