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Anyone here bilingual/multilingual?
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street, and a little bit of english

street, and a little bit of english
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english, spanish and a speck of french

english, spanish and a speck of french
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Encreglisshttps://www.duolingo.com/
learn spanish w/ me so I can communicate w/ peruvians in dota
Can anyone tell me if using duolingo is worth it?
From my perspective it just seems to teach you words and phrases, not how certain languages actually work.

As long as course authors know English

http://i.imgur.com/URb8VHv.png

[quote=Encre][quote=gliss]https://www.duolingo.com/
learn spanish w/ me so I can communicate w/ peruvians in dota[/quote]
Can anyone tell me if using duolingo is worth it?
From my perspective it just seems to teach you words and phrases, not how certain languages actually work.[/quote]
As long as course authors know English
[img]http://i.imgur.com/URb8VHv.png[/img]
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#124
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German Spanish English

German Spanish English
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how did you even find this

how did you even find this
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riotbzhow did you even find this

I searched for Duolingo, also I check every TF.TV thread since like 2 years ago so I remembered this discussion

[quote=riotbz]how did you even find this[/quote]
I searched for Duolingo, also I check every TF.TV thread since like 2 years ago so I remembered this discussion
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Well cherry there's a difference between the apple being yours and you having one. Having it implies ownership but doesn't necessarily mean that you actually do own it. Like, I could be borrowing a friends car and could say "I have this car", that doesn't mean it's mine but I still have it, albeit temporarily.

I've been using duolingo to learn french for almost a year at this point, it's good but I use http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/ a little to help reinforce certain things or just help when I need clarification. I'm nowhere near bilingual though.

Well cherry there's a difference between the apple being yours and you having one. Having it implies ownership but doesn't necessarily mean that you actually do own it. Like, I could be borrowing a friends car and could say "I have this car", that doesn't mean it's mine but I still have it, albeit temporarily.

I've been using duolingo to learn french for almost a year at this point, it's good but I use http://french.about.com/od/vocabulary/ a little to help reinforce certain things or just help when I need clarification. I'm nowhere near bilingual though.
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I know Hebrew because it's my native language, but I like English more. I also know a little bit of Russian and I plan on learning more.

I know Hebrew because it's my native language, but I like English more. I also know a little bit of Russian and I plan on learning more.
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#129
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Arabic, English, and a bit of French and Hebrew

Arabic, English, and a bit of French and Hebrew
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English abd Chinese

English abd Chinese
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somebody bumped a good thread for once in a while, nice

Russian (native), English, Spanish

wanna start learning Italian soon (its p similar to spanish anyway) plus one more Germanic language when I get around to it

somebody bumped a good thread for once in a while, nice

Russian (native), English, Spanish

wanna start learning Italian soon (its p similar to spanish anyway) plus one more Germanic language when I get around to it
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russian, english, and my spanish is pretty good

i wanna learn serbocroatian eventually too because i like how it sounds

russian, english, and my spanish is pretty good

i wanna learn serbocroatian eventually too because i like how it sounds
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croatian, english, latin and a bit of german

croatian, english, latin and a bit of german
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english french arabic german 8)
i live in a really shitty country so learning the first three is obligatory

english french arabic german 8)
i live in a really shitty country so learning the first three is obligatory
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Finnish, Swedish, English

Finnish, Swedish, English
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Fluent in English and Portuguese, but can speak some French and Spanish and a tiny bit of Greek, German and Italian.

Fluent in English and Portuguese, but can speak some French and Spanish and a tiny bit of Greek, German and Italian.
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Kind of off topic but my college advisor recommended I take Italian as my second language credit as a prereq for med school. She figures the Latin base would help with understanding medical terminology more. Is this dumb?

Kind of off topic but my college advisor recommended I take Italian as my second language credit as a prereq for med school. She figures the Latin base would help with understanding medical terminology more. Is this dumb?
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I speak english and nigga english

I speak english and nigga english
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Dutch, English, French and German

All are languages you learn here in school. Dutch, French and German are official languages in Belgium, English is something you can't live without these days
Some schools here also allow you to learn Spanish instead of German because German is only spoken by a small amount of people in Belgium

Videogames thaught me more English than school did though

Dutch, English, French and German

All are languages you learn here in school. Dutch, French and German are official languages in Belgium, English is something you can't live without these days
Some schools here also allow you to learn Spanish instead of German because German is only spoken by a small amount of people in Belgium

Videogames thaught me more English than school did though
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eeeKind of off topic but my college advisor recommended I take Italian as my second language credit as a prereq for med school. She figures the Latin base would help with understanding medical terminology more. Is this dumb?

Might as well just do basic online Latin courses and it'll probably help more.
It'd help you understand the terminology a bit better if you decide to study Italian. Not worth it if that's the only use you'll ever have for it though. Spend less time studying actual Latin than you would studying Italian, spend the time you saved studying for med school

[quote=eee]Kind of off topic but my college advisor recommended I take Italian as my second language credit as a prereq for med school. She figures the Latin base would help with understanding medical terminology more. Is this dumb?[/quote]

Might as well just do basic online Latin courses and it'll probably help more.
It'd help you understand the terminology a bit better if you decide to study Italian. Not worth it if that's the only use you'll ever have for it though. Spend less time studying actual Latin than you would studying Italian, spend the time you saved studying for med school
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TobeeeKind of off topic but my college advisor recommended I take Italian as my second language credit as a prereq for med school. She figures the Latin base would help with understanding medical terminology more. Is this dumb?
Might as well just do basic online Latin courses and it'll probably help more.
It'd help you understand the terminology a bit better if you decide to study Italian. Not worth it if that's the only use you'll ever have for it though. Spend less time studying actual Latin than you would studying Italian, spend the time you saved studying for med school

school doesnt teach latin :(
probably can't get into med school anyway so w/e thanks tho

[quote=Tob][quote=eee]Kind of off topic but my college advisor recommended I take Italian as my second language credit as a prereq for med school. She figures the Latin base would help with understanding medical terminology more. Is this dumb?[/quote]

Might as well just do basic online Latin courses and it'll probably help more.
It'd help you understand the terminology a bit better if you decide to study Italian. Not worth it if that's the only use you'll ever have for it though. Spend less time studying actual Latin than you would studying Italian, spend the time you saved studying for med school[/quote]
school doesnt teach latin :(
probably can't get into med school anyway so w/e thanks tho
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eeeTobeeeKind of off topic but my college advisor recommended I take Italian as my second language credit as a prereq for med school. She figures the Latin base would help with understanding medical terminology more. Is this dumb?
Might as well just do basic online Latin courses and it'll probably help more.
It'd help you understand the terminology a bit better if you decide to study Italian. Not worth it if that's the only use you'll ever have for it though. Spend less time studying actual Latin than you would studying Italian, spend the time you saved studying for med school
school doesnt teach latin :(
probably can't get into med school anyway so w/e thanks tho

Speaking as a med student, don't bother. You'll struggle with some of the terminology for a month or two but you'll get used to it easily. You don't need to know Latin, youll only be using a few dozen terms anyway (facies - face, paries - wall, radix - root, anterior - front, posterior - back, caput - head etc) and if you're American you won't even need those, as most of the terms are anglicized (for example the latin term would be ligamentum cruciatum anterius but the term that american doctors use would be anterior cruciate ligament). So yeah no worries you'll get the hang of it quickly without needing any knowledge of latin

[quote=eee][quote=Tob][quote=eee]Kind of off topic but my college advisor recommended I take Italian as my second language credit as a prereq for med school. She figures the Latin base would help with understanding medical terminology more. Is this dumb?[/quote]

Might as well just do basic online Latin courses and it'll probably help more.
It'd help you understand the terminology a bit better if you decide to study Italian. Not worth it if that's the only use you'll ever have for it though. Spend less time studying actual Latin than you would studying Italian, spend the time you saved studying for med school[/quote]
school doesnt teach latin :(
probably can't get into med school anyway so w/e thanks tho[/quote]


Speaking as a med student, don't bother. You'll struggle with some of the terminology for a month or two but you'll get used to it easily. You don't need to know Latin, youll only be using a few dozen terms anyway (facies - face, paries - wall, radix - root, anterior - front, posterior - back, caput - head etc) and if you're American you won't even need those, as most of the terms are anglicized (for example the latin term would be ligamentum cruciatum anterius but the term that american doctors use would be anterior cruciate ligament). So yeah no worries you'll get the hang of it quickly without needing any knowledge of latin
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On topic, fluent in English and Polish, was learning German for 6 years and French for 6 years, but I'm mediocre. At the moment I'm trying to teach myself Russian (mostly for for travel purposes) and I pick up some Danish sentences from my Dansk friends :P

Once I master Russian, German and Spanish I can die in peace :)

On topic, fluent in English and Polish, was learning German for 6 years and French for 6 years, but I'm mediocre. At the moment I'm trying to teach myself Russian (mostly for for travel purposes) and I pick up some Danish sentences from my Dansk friends :P

Once I master Russian, German and Spanish I can die in peace :)
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i speak french and english, i tried to learn spanish too but i gave up D:

i speak french and english, i tried to learn spanish too but i gave up D:
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Native English, read French and Spanish quite well but can't speak very well. Trying to learn Norwegian and Polish right now. Jesus Christ how do Polish people make sense of all the cases and genders.

Native English, read French and Spanish quite well but can't speak very well. Trying to learn Norwegian and Polish right now. Jesus Christ how do Polish people make sense of all the cases and genders.
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#146
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hebrew russian english french

hebrew russian english french
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Swedish, english, bosnian and a bit of norwegian

Swedish, english, bosnian and a bit of norwegian
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HarbingerNative English, read French and Spanish quite well but can't speak very well. Trying to learn Norwegian and Polish right now. Jesus Christ how do Polish people make sense of all the cases and genders.

I'd say don't waste your time, but if you really want to do this I can help you ;D

[quote=Harbinger]Native English, read French and Spanish quite well but can't speak very well. Trying to learn Norwegian and Polish right now. Jesus Christ how do Polish people make sense of all the cases and genders.[/quote]
I'd say don't waste your time, but if you really want to do this I can help you ;D
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gaelic

most useless language in the world

gaelic

most useless language in the world
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Native language is Latvian, learned English through watching a lot of english cartoons in my childhood and know Russian because of the region I live in.

Native language is Latvian, learned English through watching a lot of english cartoons in my childhood and know Russian because of the region I live in.
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