Learn a new language V1: Bonjour Monsieur !

A thread for those who are keen to learn new languages.

For starters, Memrise and Duolingo are good sites:
Learning, made joyful - Memrise
Duolingo: Learn Languages

I have started basic German and French.

Enrollment:
Faun ( Duolingo, Memrise ) - German and French (Beginners)

thanks! i was hoping to learn some since a long time.

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have you enrolled at both? if not, which one would you recommend out of the two?

GhorMaanas said:
have you enrolled at both? if not, which one would you recommend out of the two?

Enrolled at both. Yet to figure out which one is better. Both are pretty good and similar in execution. I should have started earlier but it's not too late :v:

Download android apps too and play sessions at your leisure. Keep a goal oriented approach. Track your progress. Post here. That's how we learn things.

Faun said:
Enrolled at both. Yet to figure out which one is better. Both are pretty good and similar in execution. I should have started earlier but it's not too late :v:

Download android apps too and play sessions at your leisure. Keep a goal oriented approach. Track your progress. Post here. That's how we learn things.

yes; interaction would help learn better.

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both sites look good; duolingo seems to be fun (i started with German, casual for now). memrise is like a mine of courses, apart from languages. should be interesting & helpful. thanks to [MENTION=20614]Faun[/MENTION] again for sharing the links!

I started learning German on Duolingo, but then my phone got busted. Haven't finished.

Looks like its time to start again.

Yes me too started on German on duolingo but after certain time it gets boring

esumitkumar said:
Yes me too started on German on duolingo but after certain time it gets boring

You got to try other methods then. Going by only one method can easily get boring.

DeSmOnD dAvId said:
I started learning German on Duolingo, but then my phone got busted. Haven't finished.

Looks like its time to start again.

similar thing here! was on the verge of completing a series of challenges, when the net went down.

esumitkumar said:
Yes me too started on German on duolingo but after certain time it gets boring

if u like those rock metal songs, u may start memorizing a few songs of rammstein, helps a lot.

dont try to understand, just memorize, when its done, learn basic grammar & search meaning @ EUdict | European dictionary or somewhere else.

if u memorize 10 songs, u should get pretty good beginner knowledge, guaranteed !

icebags said:
if u like those rock metal songs, u may start memorizing a few songs of rammstein, helps a lot.

dont try to understand, just memorize, when its done, learn basic grammar & search meaning @ EUdict | European dictionary or somewhere else.

if u memorize 10 songs, u should get pretty good beginner knowledge, guaranteed !

I think that's where he drew his inspiration from. Rammstein !

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GhorMaanas said:
similar thing here! was on the verge of completing a series of challenges, when the net went down.

You got to revise it again. Few interruptions shouldn't fade out your interest.

Faun said:
I think that's where he drew his inspiration from. Rammstein !

aha, lets that source of inspiration be lesson for a study session.

Faun said:
I think that's where he drew his inspiration from. Rammstein !

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You got to revise it again. Few interruptions shouldn't fade out your interest.

no no, certainly not. such petty things can pose no hindrance.

BTW, 'rammstein' & 'in extremo' were behind kindling of interest in me as well (though i dont listen to them anymore; or very rarely, if at anytime).

Faun said:
I think that's where he drew his inspiration from. Rammstein !

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You remember well Faun .Ya I remember most of their songs..but nowdays listen to Rammstein rarely

For me it was Rammstein. I used to look up translations of some of their songs and that's how I learned some words.

Rammstein....ein mensch brennt.

There is a site herzleid.com that has English translations of most of their songs.

I have been thinking about learning Hindi for a while now. But finding a language partner is like impossible. It never strike me before to search digit if there is any thread where digitians discuss about learning languages. Happy to find couple of threads, but both the threads are not active. I am bumping this one to see if anyone is pursuing their language learning goals.

nac said:
I have been thinking about learning Hindi for a while now. But finding a language partner is like impossible. It never strike me before to search digit if there is any thread where digitians discuss about learning languages. Happy to find couple of threads, but both the threads are not active. I am bumping this one to see if anyone is pursuing their language learning goals.

It helps if you have a native language friend with you. Learning is effective that way.

Faun said:
It helps if you have a native language friend with you. Learning is effective that way.

Yes. It would sure help. But finding one is super hard for me.

started spanish lessons on memrise

anky said:
started spanish lessons on memrise

All the best...

I checked those two sites and found that they don't offer Hindi. I have tried more than dozen other sites to find language partner with not much of a success.