Learning Chinese

[SyntaxTerror]

Re: Learning Chinese

I'm itching to learn a language too. I've got two choices - Spanish or Thai.

Spanish would definately be the easier of the two, plus my mum and some good friends of mine speak it. Thai would have to be one of the hardest languages in the world, but I just feel like learning it for shits and giggles.

If anyone can start me off on some reading for what I'm getting myself in to for learning Thai, speak now or forever hold your peace.

[peloquin]

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im listening to basic french conversation tapes. really just to pick up a few basics phrases before heading over there, but i might well stick with it after i get back... always wanted to learn another language. really should try and pick spanish back up - been 7 years since i did it...

[Lrn]

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The way the world is become more and more of a global economy, I do think that 20 years from now, I might look back and thank myself for learning it now, but I am really just interested in it for shits and grins.

its gonna be obvious in a lot less then 20 years

[Jenks]

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Wife and I are going to take French, mainly because we drink a ton of French wine, and we're both tired of fucking up the names of the wineries when we talk about them. Le poo we we!

[jeffrey collins]

Re: Learning Chinese

www.mastervision.com they make dvd's to help you learn different languages.

[toasty]

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Wife and I are going to take French, mainly because we drink a ton of French wine, and we're both tired of fucking up the names of the wineries when we talk about them. Le poo we we!

Fuck that -- just learn French pronunciation -- it's a useless language because even when you speak it in France, the locals ae totally unwilling to talk to you...

[Jenks]

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When i say we're going to take french i really mean we're going to hit up one of those stl community evening things that are over and done with in a jiffy. We're not looking to be fluent, or even ask where the bathroom is, just want to be able to read wine labels and not sound like americans.

[KinKyJ]

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When i say we're going to take french i really mean we're going to hit up one of those stl community evening things that are over and done with in a jiffy. We're not looking to be fluent, or even ask where the bathroom is, just want to be able to read wine labels and not sound like americans.

You'll always sound like an American you fucking snob. It's one of the things you have in common with the Dutchies: pronuciation raping

[Jenks]

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My pronunciation of other languages is outstanding, was pretty much my major, except for those damn french. And it's not being a snob, if you lived in the midwest, trust me, you'd do everything possible not to sound like some of these fucking dipshits.

[KinKyJ]

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Fair enough bro. Didn't know you had to have a major to hammer together a cabinet in the States tho'. Impressive

[Jenks]

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lol, yeah you don't. i just got a degree for the fuck of it.

[thesightless]

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just bang pots and pans together.

[Jenks]

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^that's how i dj.

[Lrn]

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in any asian language the order inwhich you write characters is very important, here are some very simple words so that you can see what you might be getting into

[nemrac]

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just bang pots and pans together.

you sure talk alot of shit