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.
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!!!
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
How Do I Love Thee?
by Elizabeth Barrett Browning.
How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.
I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
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!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.maya3: "however in quebec.... they dont like it if you dont speak french!!!"
Our task must be to free ourselves by widening our circle of compassion to embrace all living creatures and the whole of nature and its beauty
~Albert Einstein
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
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
Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was golden as the sun's rays and her soul as clear and blue as her eyes.
Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera
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??Finnish is a great language
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
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
Little Lotte thought of everything and nothing. Her hair was golden as the sun's rays and her soul as clear and blue as her eyes.
Gaston Leroux - The Phantom of the Opera
No, my first language is Italian. Out of all the languages I've been studying, I like English the best
Oh really? Do you dream in English or your native language?No, my first language is Italian. Out of all the languages I've been studying, I like English the best
English here.
In this seemingly never ending end of what we call- life, I live.
I live in regrets and they make me who I am. But without regrets- I would not know, what I know today.
He who dwells much on his past, he will miss the present- which then in consequence- will cause him to ruin his future.
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!
"You are made of sterling material and are second to none!"- Quaid-e-Azam Muhammad Ali Jinnah
I seem to have heard that Icelandic is pretty simple instead...but maybe I'm mistaken.
Russian is difficult indeed but I learnt it (not too well though)
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).
Similarly, Russian is not that hard if you're Polish I think...
dead on the inside, i've got nothing to prove
keep me alive and give me something to lose
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.
"Dear predatory birds, prepare for war, prepare your children... Test art, morality, custom, thought by Thermopylae... Love war because of its horror, that belief may be changed, civilization renewed"- William Butler Yeats
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!
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