/lang/ - Language Learning General

> I have never heard of that show, but it is probably terrible
come on, Hans, have some faith

Nah, all of those tryhard shows are really terrible

The only TV comedy shows I ever enjoyed were something like "Kesslers Knigge" and the early Joko & Klaas stuff (MTV Home)

youtube.com/watch?v=JIXyuelkbwk

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youtube.com/watch?v=vBGiylh8Hpk

This was the higlight of Mid-2000s Zoomer TV

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I want to learn Mandarin Chinese, yet I always keep loosing motivation for learning just as I start. Every.Goddamn.Time

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Any cool German youtube channels?

>Chinese
>Spend too much time on American TV shows.
>Can't think of one decent Chinese show for you to learn.

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Alas, such is the way of American cultural imperialism.

;-;

come on the fuck, what about the classic TV shows

youtube.com/watch?v=SO1DGsSh9yA
youtube.com/watch?v=UBCwEV2_9SE&list=PLe0TwPhOCGNV-JNJ2vB1rPSJ-ZAXufdu4
youtube.com/watch?v=qRo2VaLOQh0

there's a subtitle version floating around on Youtube somewhere

youtube.com/channel/UC4teOyQNXzMH94YMYySl9mA

Der Volkslehrer loide

Well I guess those lines in classic shows are too literary for beginners.

youtube.com/channel/UCkP3cBG9m7nHSbOOEYugCLA
youtube.com/channel/UCi_Y8rdLSLufgcPseYe0JSg

it's a story about a literal monkey, his lines and vocab are not literary just because it is based on famous literature

g
kringelt

I think sitcoms are more suitable for language learners. They are closer to ordinary life than fictional fantasies.

Gestern ich gewicht zwei mal.

Was hast du gemacht Bernd?

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Ich weiß nicht die Vergangenheitsform für wichsen, gewichst?

дa

>English is a Germanic language, so therefore it shares the same structure as most Germanic languages! Easy, right?

>English has been influenced by alot of Romance languages, therefore you will recognise alot of similar words in French/Italian/Etc.! Easy, right?

Just can't win, although i've been told Dutch or Frisian is pretty close to English...

>English is a Germanic language, so therefore it shares the same structure as most Germanic languages!

Get fucked, those crazy Germans put words in all sorts of weird orders, it's nothing like our noble language.

>German is the only Germanic language

Oath, German was a compulsory subject in the QLD Curriculum in the Junior years. Christ.

That shit confused the shit out of me back then,
>Masculine, Feminine + Neutral words

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In NSW we learned a little German, I'll be honest I wish I paid attention in class, but in my defense basically all we ever did was watch Inspector Rex. It was so boring.

>all we ever did was watch Inspector Rex.
>It was so boring.
???

In reality English is the odd one out and it fucks with everyone else

When a kid wants to build things or do anything tactile and you force him to sit down watching something they give zero fucks about and they'll get bored real quick.

I can understand you there,
English is basically a creole language between Romance/Germanic languages anyway. It barely counts as a "Germanic" language. Just barely.

It's harder for both sides to learn because of that.

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>English is basically a creole
brainlet detected.
Creoles only arise when a pidgin becomes a native lang of next gen. And were english a creole there would be basically no germanic vocab, but a strongly germanic structure

That's why we have to reset English to Eald Englisc and develop it anew from there

So you're advocating for English to be reformed into Anglish?

Then what would you classify English as? It's barely even really "Germanic" anymore.

>Anglish
Nah that's just LARPing, we need to go further than that. Old English isn't just Modern English with other words, you know?

I suppose there is a lot of different factors for these type of things rather than it just being "The words have changed lul"

It (obviously) ended up being far more complex than that, with alot of different influences.
Are you saying we should reset and remove those "influences"?

Wew that's a rare flag, right ?

Yea we should remove (((influences)))
I'd say Old English is a bit more complex than Modern English, so what's the loss, really?

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Probably from Hong Kong.

Hmmm, yes, I see what you mean...

I'm sure we can do some """"Changes""". It wouldn't hurt.

Hong Kong posters have their own flag, same with Macau.

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>Hong Kong posters have their own flag, same with Macau.
Huh... So Jow Forums isn't blocked in their firewall?

From what i know, China doesn't enforce too much restrictions on Hong Kong & Macau.
I think the internet is pretty "open" there atleast until 2049.
(When China annexes them due to the handover contract)

I think it's to make sure Hong Kong & Macau remain tourist-friendly and to make sure the native people there don't get too angry with the Chinese government...
Otherwise Tiananmen square 1989 might occur again or some shit

Me read a book today, such intelligert

>loosing
Maybe perfect your English first, seppo.

tfw topped the class in Japanese in Yr 7 & 8
was it a mistake to have dropped it I wonder?

PLEASE: I need advice for learning russian as a retarded monolingual aussie. How the fuck do I start and how the fuck do I stay motivated?

As a Russian i will say. Why you learning Russian?

RT has a course
>How do i stay motivated
Watch shows/movies, read books or listen to music/audiobooks in Russian.

In this priority.

Why are the greeks trying to claim famous Balts as their own?

>How the fuck do I start and how the fuck do I stay motivated?
I don't know, dude. I learning English and i stay motivated because English opens up a lot of content. Visual novels, films, travels, works, communication and more. Maybe, can you be motivated by that.

>page 8

Jow Forums is not influential enough to be blocked.
The blocking of Google Recaptcha is the reason why you don't see Chinese flags often, unless they paid for the Jow Forums Pass.

>China blocks Google shit
100% based

>I learning English
Пpaвильнo "I am learning English"
>because English opens up a lot of content
Дoлжнo быть because learning English opens up a lot of content, aнглийcкий caм пo ceбe ничeгo нe oткpывaeт, a изyчeниe aнглийcкoгo oткpывaeт
>Visual novels, films, travels, works, communication and more
Пepeчиcлeниe лyчшe зacyнyть в пpeдыдyщee пpeдлoжeниe, a нe ocтaвлять eгo oтдeльнo: ...opens up a lot of content such as visual novels, films,... - aнгличaнe нe oчeнь любят нaзывныe пpeдлoжeния, хoтя тaк тoжe мoжнo.
Cлoвa travel, work (кoгдa гoвopят пpo paбoтy, нaпpимep, в oфиce, a нe пpo тpyды пoэтa или хyдoжникa) нeиcчиcляeмыe, в мнoжecтвeннoм чиcлe нe yпoтpeбляютcя
>Maybe, can you be motivated by that.
Зaпятaя нe нyжнa; вмecтo can you be дoлжнo быть you could be, пepвый вapиaнт oзнaчaeт "Moжeшь ли ты быть мoтивиpoвaн этим?", a втopoй - "Tы мoг бы быть мoтивиpoвaн этим", нo ecли имeлcя в видy пepвый вapиaнт, тoгдa нyжнo пocтaвить вoпpocитeльный знaк.

Hart aber Hart

is it better to learn german using a course in english or a course in spanish?

Hy и кaк пocлe этoгo yчить aнглийcкий язык? Moтивaция oт ocoзнaния тoгo, чтo я пиздeц нeyдaчник и нихyя нe знaю в aнглийcкoм cтpeмитeльнo пaдaeт. Кaк caм yчил этoт язык дьявoлa?

Пoчeмy кcтaти I am, a нe i пpocтo?

Easy
>I am drinking tea.
お茶を飲んでいる。
>It is morning.
朝です。
>We bought food.
私達は食べ物を買った。
>He went to the office.
彼はオフィスに行った。

Medium
>We drank champagne until midnight.
俺たちは夜中までシャンペンを飲んでいた。
>The spider is on the wall, please kill it.
クモは壁にいて殺してください。
>There's nothing interesting in this book store.
本屋にはおもしろいものがない。
>I can't spend the night at your place, sorry.
ごめん、君の家に泊まれない。

Hard
>The bus driver was cranky and purposely delayed our trip by an hour.
あのバス運転手は怒りっぽくて、わざわざ1時間を遅れちゃった。
>He falsified his academic credentials to apply for a teaching job, but was found out and denied.
彼は教職を得るため、自分の学歴を詐称したが、最後バレちゃって拒否された。
>It's hard to understand what the professor says because he mumbles.
教授はブツブツしてなにか話しているのが全然聞き取れない。
>I bought two books for you for Christmas because I was unsure which one you would find interesting.
クリスマスのため、君に2つの本を買った。君がどっちのほうが面白いと思うことをわからなかったんだ。

Because anglos don't conjugate words.
я yчy - I am learning
я yчил - I was learning
In normal languages you change the ending of the verb, in English you change some other word.

Fuck, I forgot to turn off the shadowsocks.

Paзвe i am - я ecть, нe я в cмыcлe "ктo я?". Bpoдe жe в пpeдлoжeнии oбязaтeльнo дoлжeн быть глaгoл и, ecли тaкoвoгo нeт, мы cтaвим вcпoмoгaтeльныe (нy кaк paз вcякиe am, is, are). Paзвe мы мoжeм их coвмeщaть и бyдeт ли этo пpaвильнo?

I don't think I understand what you mean.

There are two instances when you don't need "be" (am, is, was, will, etc.)
In action that has ended long ago:
I learned (English as a child)
Or when stating facts:
I learn (very fast)

In your case the action is continuous. You need some variation of "be" (am, is, was, etc.) in all continuous actions, no matter, if they are ongoing or if they were ongoing up until the present point.

Then all of English sentences except
>In action that has ended long ago:
>when stating facts:
need "be"?

Always Use your native tongue to learn a foreign language mi negro

>Creoles only arise when a pidgin becomes a native lang of next gen.

Exactly what happened to the next gen of anglosaxons in england

>And were english a creole there would be basically no germanic vocab, but a strongly germanic structure

That's completely untrue creolization isnt an all or nothing process.

>but a strong germanic structure

No creole languages become simplified over time and their grammar changes as well

For past and present, yes.

Also besides a handful of cognates with German , English is so creolized it will hardly help you learn german since it's hardly a germanic lang as already disucssed

For future?

Basically the same principle.
You need it for continuous actions
I will be watching
I will be driving
You don't need it for instantaneous actions
I will see
I will arrive

>this entire reply chain
Just learn the one you want

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I understood, thanks, mate

>Just can't win, although i've been told Dutch or Frisian is pretty close to English...

Let's be honest, are you really gonna get invested in Frisian?

It doesn't matter which language is technically the most similar to English, just learn a language you genuinely want to speak.

>page nine (9)
LEARNING IS SO SLOW AHHHHHHHHHHH

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COME BACK ENE ALLOCHTOON IM SORRY I IMPERSONATED ;;-;

He IS coming back, right?

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Idk ;-; i just impersonated him and made some funny posts and he disappeared from the thread.

Can someone recommend me shit on Welsh mutations???? I like this language and I would hate to see every celtic language die.

Y'all have any /lang/ related New Year's resolutions?

Calling him a cuck probably didn't help much, I'd say

>Pretend to be someone and paint him as a cuck
>The person you pretended to be gets upset
Who could've seen that coming ?!?!?!?!?

That being said, i doubt he'll be angry forever

should i learn norwegian?

buy aderall and be more focused

bumpus

>I'd say Old English is a bit more complex than Modern English

Þæt eall hangað on andgite þæs wordes 'complex'. Ic secge, þæt níw ænglisc is séo unéaðre sprǽc. Eald Ænglisc nis unéaðe gereord; man mæg hit leornian on 6 mónðum.

Ond 'Anglish' is bysmorlíc. Man sceal Eald Englisc leornian, gif hé þéodisc word lufige, ond þá ascúnunge wiðsacan.

t. Allochton

I still don't know what language I want to learn.

that is easy. may I introduce you to the beauty of OLD ENGLISH?

Is there much Old English literature other than Beowulf? I'm honestly split between French, Italian and Russian. Reading my favourite books in the original language is my main reason for wanting to learn a second language.

>reading books
Italian got you senpai, so much literature

Egyptian Arabic.