No it is not.
I still have an accent, I still don't know all the grammar rules, I still misspell words, I still mispronounce words, but in a way, that's how some of us learn.
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No it is not.
I still have an accent, I still don't know all the grammar rules, I still misspell words, I still mispronounce words, but in a way, that's how some of us learn.
my first language Arabic
but I learned English language because it is very important in our world now
thank you very much
SPANISH SPEAKER OVER HERE!!! :) :idea:
I'm an English teacher as a second language tough...and I'm amazed to see that the main answer to the poll is NO...that means that actually English is a really strong language around the world...it's actually second language in most countries nowadays
ps: that's neat!!! more work for us :p :thumbs_up :D
Actually, English is not my first language. My first language is Arabic
I am using English in college (studying English lit.) and with some friends on the internet .
have a nice day
Sorry I missed this post, Elly. My Icelandic instructor spoke about six different languages, and she said that learning Russian was the more difficult of the others that she learned. Of course that has piqued my curiosity about learning Russian.... Sounds like fun!Quote:
Originally Posted by Elly_blue
that is not a normal reaction, you may have interacted with rude people, which there are never any lack of anywhere one may travel, lol. It is true that in Quebec, the language is predominantly French, but English is spoken freely and is usually not an issue. I am sorry if you have had a bad experience there, maya3. :)Quote:
maya3: "however in quebec.... they dont like it if you dont speak french!!!"
I've heard that Finnish is the hardest language to pick up. When I lived in California we had neighbors that were from Finland and just the way the accents and...well everything was just so different. It seems like a really neat language though. I use English more than Spanish even though Spanish was my first language...I still use it quite a bit though.
Finnish is a great language :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Mortis Anarchy
One thing which makes Finnish difficult to learn is that we use affixes instead of pre- and postpositions.
There's something easy, too: Finnish is pronounced the same way it's written :)
Oh don't get me wrong! I would love to learn it...it seems so interesting. Does it make a difference if it would be easier to learn if you knew German or a language like that??Quote:
Originally Posted by Annamariah
No, German hasn't much in common with Finnish. Unlike most of Europian languages, Finnish does not belong into Indo-Europian languages. Finnish belongs to Finno-Ugric languages. Knowing Estonian might help you learn Finnish :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Mortis Anarchy
No, my first language is Italian. Out of all the languages I've been studying, I like English the best :) Spanish comes close after that.
Oh really? Do you dream in English or your native language?Quote:
Originally Posted by Sibyl
English here.
My first language is urdu.I have been studying english for as long as i can remember!I would love to learn spanish and french...but even more than that i want to learn Sindhi and Persian!and i know a bit of arabic as well!
I seem to have heard that Icelandic is pretty simple instead...but maybe I'm mistaken.Quote:
Originally Posted by kiz_paws
Russian is difficult indeed but I learnt it (not too well though) :p It is not as bad as people picture it.
Actually, the most difficult language to learn depends on your native language. Finnish is difficult for us because of the way they construct words and sentences etc., but one of my Hungarian friends said that Finnish makes more sense to him than English (Hungarian is distantly related to Finnish and apparently they have a rather similar structure).Quote:
Originally Posted by Mortis Anarchy
Similarly, Russian is not that hard if you're Polish I think...
Nope, I speak Afrikaans (don't ask)...suffice it to say Leonardo DiCaprio tried the accent in Blood Diamond...
I don't speak with an accent though, and when I was overseas people seemed to think I was either British or Australian...go figure.
I speak English as my first language. I've been studying French for about 4 years and I have been trying to teach myself German over the past year. German is a bit easier (for an english speaking person) than French is from what I can tell.
In the future I would like to study Latin and Ancient Greek. Perhaps Russian, if I get the chance.
In a book I've read, The Agony and the Ecstasy by Irving Stone, theere was a scholar mentioned that knew somewhere around 21 languages. This may be completely fictitious though. But what an accomplishment!