How hard is it to learn a language as an adult?? Bgolians who speak more than one language...

I speak fluent German and Spanish and of course English. I lived in Germany for 5 years and figured out that most Europeans that attend "high school" must learn 3 languages. Americans are just either fucken stupid or are so-closed minded people they only want to stay with English. When you learn a new language, you have a higher appreciation for the culture.
 
  • Category I – Languages that usually require around 24-30 weeks or 600-750 class hours to reach S-3/R-3 proficiency. This group contains languages like French, Spanish, Romanian and Dutch.

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Mr. Lengthy
 
immersion is very under appreciated

Going to that country or being around people who speak the language especially a group of co workers or a girlfriend and her family...

will have you speaking Fast

but most importantly?

You have to make the EFFORT.

This

I started studying Spanish and Portuguese prior to travelling to Portugal and Spain but didnt really start to excel in comprehension and speech until I was in the country...especially in Spain, we stayed in an Air Bnb in Barcelona where there was barely any English speaking establishments/people.

I speak a good amount of French, bit of Spanish, portuguese

I still take the time to learn languages every single day on Duolingo....spanish, Portuguese, French, Mandarin, Latin ...and i kick it up a notch 2 or 3x the amount of practice before I travel to another country.
 
Bro I work with a load of Chicano ain’t no changing any setting
Huh? The reason you're having problems understanding a fast Spanish speaker is because the method you used to learn Spanish is going at a slow pace/ speaking slow.
 
Huh? The reason you're having problems understanding a fast Spanish speaker is because the method you used to learn Spanish is going at a slow pace/ speaking slow.


I work with a crew of Mexicans ain’t no adjusting the setting on them
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I'd like to learn Italian, I had a cousin who was stationed in Italy in the 80s and he could speak it fluently. I took German I & II in junior high, French I & II in junior high/high school, and Spanish I & II in high school. The only ones I ever really got to use in practical settings were German, there was an old German lady at my tech support job and we used to chat in German over lunch. And Spanish. Tons of Taco trucks and hispanics around here so I'm good and fluent in that one. I've never met another person who spoke French. Oh and I met this FINE young sista who grew up in Hamburg years ago and I really liked talking to her in German. We said/did alot of nasty stuff in German. I'd like to learn Portuguese because I want to visit Brazil one day. My brain is getting old and foggy/forgetful in my old age though, I won't say it would be impossible to learn new languages at my age but it damn sure won't be easy.
 
I speak fluent German and Spanish and of course English. I lived in Germany for 5 years and figured out that most Europeans that attend "high school" must learn 3 languages. Americans are just either fucken stupid or are so-closed minded people they only want to stay with English. When you learn a new language, you have a higher appreciation for the culture.
America is about the only country where the vast majority only speak one language. You go damn near anywhere else in the world and the average citizen there will speak 3-6 languages. I was watching a travel vlog and they were in Eritrea and there was a young boy in a village who spoke 6 languages at 9 years old. Nobody taught him, he just downloaded language learning apps on his phone and taught himself.
 
America is about the only country where the vast majority only speak one language. You go damn near anywhere else in the world and the average citizen there will speak 3-6 languages. I was watching a travel vlog and they were in Eritrea and there was a young boy in a village who spoke 6 languages at 9 years old. Nobody taught him, he just downloaded language learning apps on his phone and taught himself.
Fuck dat kid!

'MERICA!!!
 
I taught myself Spanish using a program called synergy Spanish to start. I used Duolingo. Flashcards and a whole bunch of other shit.

I wouldn't do any of that anymore.

My advice today is to pay for chat gpt's monthly fee. You may get away with the free version but I know the pay version gives you an hour of voice which is incredible.

You tell it to create your path to fluency plan. And then you do a lesson every day.

What makes it amazing is that it does the accent of whatever type of Spanish you're trying to learn. For example I'm around Dominicans so while studying I would tell it to use a Dominican accent. Shit just works perfectly and you're immersed in the language.

Change up the voice features and use the female voices. Then then tell it to pretend you're on a date and just talk to it. Words you don't know have it explain it to you.

Now you have deep immersion right at home. It just doesn't get any better.
 
I taught myself Spanish using a program called synergy Spanish to start. I used Duolingo. Flashcards and a whole bunch of other shit.

I wouldn't do any of that anymore.

My advice today is to pay for chat gpt's monthly fee. You may get away with the free version but I know the pay version gives you an hour of voice which is incredible.

You tell it to create your path to fluency plan. And then you do a lesson every day.

What makes it amazing is that it does the accent of whatever type of Spanish you're trying to learn. For example I'm around Dominicans so while studying I would tell it to use a Dominican accent. Shit just works perfectly and you're immersed in the language.

Change up the voice features and use the female voices. Then then tell it to pretend you're on a date and just talk to it. Words you don't know have it explain it to you.

Now you have deep immersion right at home. It just doesn't get any better.
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I think when were younger our brains are more flexible/open to new shit...Mo comfy with tryin something foreign and makin a few mistakes..

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