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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2011 14:56:54 GMT -5
That is indeed the correct Spanish word for "heart". :3 Sweet. Any tips on making sure I pronounce it right? XD Google Translate makes it sound like "core-a-son" but I'm not sure if I should trust it. (Sadly I don't know where my notes on Spanish pronunciation ended up.) O in Spanish always makes a long o sound like in "core", never a short o sound like in "son". So core-ah-zone is probably the best way for me to represent it. |
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Post by PFA on Jul 21, 2011 15:01:43 GMT -5
Sweet. Any tips on making sure I pronounce it right? XD Google Translate makes it sound like "core-a-son" but I'm not sure if I should trust it. (Sadly I don't know where my notes on Spanish pronunciation ended up.) "Core-ah- szon", more like it. At least that's how I pronounce it. ?__? Yeah, something like that. XD; Some consonant like that, though I'd prefer specifics if anyone has them. @glq- Speaking of, coeur is one of the ones I'm a little unsure if I'm pronouncing correctly. XD; What exactly is that string of vowels supposed to sound like? *should probably just look up a pronunciation guide or something tbh* |
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Post by Gelquie on Jul 21, 2011 15:05:17 GMT -5
"Core-ah- szon", more like it. At least that's how I pronounce it. ?__? Yeah, something like that. XD; Some consonant like that, though I'd prefer specifics if anyone has them. @glq- Speaking of, coeur is one of the ones I'm a little unsure if I'm pronouncing correctly. XD; What exactly is that string of vowels supposed to sound like? *should probably just look up a pronunciation guide or something tbh* Coeur sounds like "cur". |
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Post by PFA on Jul 21, 2011 15:09:24 GMT -5
O in Spanish always makes a long o sound like in "core", never a short o sound like in "son". So core-ah-zone is probably the best way for me to represent it. Alright, and I think "core-ah-zone" is actually how I put it in anyway. :3 Thanks! "Cur"? I think I put it in as "care" so I should probably fix that, then. XD; |
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Post by Deleted on Jul 21, 2011 15:11:02 GMT -5
O in Spanish always makes a long o sound like in "core", never a short o sound like in "son". So core-ah-zone is probably the best way for me to represent it. Alright, and I think "core-ah-zone" is actually how I put it in anyway. :3 Thanks! "Cur"? I think I put it in as "care" so I should probably fix that, then. XD; Remember, PFA. 8U Stress on the last syllable! That's what the accent is for. |
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Post by Gelquie on Jul 21, 2011 15:18:23 GMT -5
"Cur"? I think I put it in as "care" so I should probably fix that, then. XD; Yeah. x'D There are probably ways to find places online to hear the word said. Ooh, I was looking around for audio clips and I found this website. It's a reference for some of the languages. It only has so many languages and some sections are way more complete than others, but it might still be useful. Their pages are pictoral graphics you can hover over to see how it's written. There's also an audio thing that happens as soon as you hover over it so you can hear what it sounds like. The French word for heart is on this page.EDIT: Apparently, they're incomplete because they're revamping things. They still have the old guides up. They're listed here. There's more languages and more words in sections; it's just in an old format that they're fixing. |
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Post by PFA on Jul 21, 2011 16:10:45 GMT -5
"Cur"? I think I put it in as "care" so I should probably fix that, then. XD; Yeah. x'D There are probably ways to find places online to hear the word said. Ooh, I was looking around for audio clips and I found this website. It's a reference for some of the languages. It only has so many languages and some sections are way more complete than others, but it might still be useful. Their pages are pictoral graphics you can hover over to see how it's written. There's also an audio thing that happens as soon as you hover over it so you can hear what it sounds like. The French word for heart is on this page.EDIT: Apparently, they're incomplete because they're revamping things. They still have the old guides up. They're listed here. There's more languages and more words in sections; it's just in an old format that they're fixing. There are—as I said, I've mostly been using Google Translate—I just wanted to confirm what I'm hearing is actually correct, if that makes any sense. XD; And that looks like a neat site. :3 Thanks! |
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Post by Terra on Jul 29, 2011 12:40:54 GMT -5
i think like everyone here i got into japanese thru anime and that was one of the main reasons i started learning japanese. but i think, inevitably, as an chinese gal my attention turned to the korean language and culture so i think when i finish japanese i'm going to start with korean  i've heard the grammar is quite similar to japanese so i'd hope it wouldn't be /too/ difficult to learn...but if i did it would be my sixth alphabet  (if you count simplified and trad chinese characters as an alphabet xD) i think my favourite language right now, aside from korean, is french. i did it for 6 years and the only reason i stopped it was because i felt the course was ridiculous (srsly, some of the vocab and topics we covered i don't think even native speakers would know xD) and i didn't like the small groups we were learning in, i prefer massive classes :3 and it's interesting that someone brought out learning methods. my view on these has completely changed after i met possibly the most amazing person ever (in my eyes anyway x3) just randomly in a starbucks. i was revising latin vocab out loud with some of my friends for the exam that afternoon in starbucks when we were interrupted by a guy who was interested to know what we were doing. turns out he was a doctor for the UN and the WHO, and was responsible for founding a language training programme in the UN and overseeing the training of UN doctors to be proficient in at least 5 languages so that they could go on missions to developing countries. the reason that he had interrupted us was because he thought that the 'western' way of teaching languages was absolute nonsense and wanted to give us a lecture on learning languages and revising for our latin test 'properly'. i won't go into detail because some of it was quite...woah, rude xD but it must have worked cus i scored 186/200 in my latin test in the end x3 but yeah, he was a really nice and knowledgeable man and i could see what he meant because my japanese teacher uses a 'japanese' style rather than western style of teaching and it's completely different but more efficient imo :3 Okay, so this is over a month later, but I'd love to hear some of what that man said. I'm really curious now! I figured this was as good a place to ask as any...I was wondering whether anyone had any recommendations for Spanish-language films. I think the area I'm weakest in right now is listening skills, though, of course, it'd help to expand my vocabulary, too. XD; (Well, actually, I have a lot to learn in general, though that's to be expected, considering that I only just finished Spanish 101.) I thought watching some movies in Spanish would help with those things. |
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Post by Omni on Jul 29, 2011 14:15:30 GMT -5
I figured this was as good a place to ask as any...I was wondering whether anyone had any recommendations for Spanish-language films. I think the area I'm weakest in right now is listening skills, though, of course, it'd help to expand my vocabulary, too. XD; (Well, actually, I have a lot to learn in general, though that's to be expected, considering that I only just finished Spanish 101.) I thought watching some movies in Spanish would help with those things. If you have a DVD/Blu-Ray player (your computer might even fill that gap) and some discs to play in them, you can probably just take your favorite movie and change the language to Spanish under sound/caption options (there's probably also an option to swap languages on your remote). This works with several video games, too. In fact, the Wii system has a built-in option to swap to French or Spanish, and most games change with it. This also works with some TV shows, though I haven't actually played with it on the TV. At any rate, bear in mind that it's probably not a direct translation. |
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Post by Luciana on Sept 5, 2011 21:28:17 GMT -5
I have a question for those who speak multiple languages. Are they easy to forget? One of my main fears with learning a lot of languages is that I'm just going to wake up one day and forget one of them.
I would really love to learn Spanish, German, French, and maybe even Russian, but I don't like the idea of all my effort learning those languages would just go to waste one day.
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Post by Deleted on Sept 5, 2011 21:34:06 GMT -5
I have a question for those who speak multiple languages. Are they easy to forget? One of my main fears with learning a lot of languages is that I'm just going to wake up one day and forget one of them. I would really love to learn Spanish, German, French, and maybe even Russian, but I don't like the idea of all my effort learning those languages would just go to waste one day. Well, if you don't use a language for a long time, you'll probably forget it, just like learning anything. My recommendation is that, while learning multiple languages, still read/write in the others from time to time, so you stay in practice. |
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Post by Luciana on Sept 5, 2011 21:51:30 GMT -5
That's a good idea. I never thought of reading books in other languages before! Everyone in my family speaks Spanish except for me and a lot of them don't speak English so I guess I'll start with that! And maybe I'll see how I feel about learning more languages after that. I don't actually know anyone who speaks the other languages I mentioned. I.. just think they sound cool... Is that a good reason to want to learn a language? |
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Post by Ian Wolf-Park on Sept 5, 2011 22:00:26 GMT -5
If you don't practice using the language from time to time, you'll eventually become rusty in that particular language. Trust me, it's been years since I last spoke Cantonese and I'm very rusty at it, but I still have somewhat of a general idea of what's being spoken.
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Post by PFA on Sept 6, 2011 11:36:04 GMT -5
I know lots of people who learn a new language, and then years down the line barely remember it, so yeah. XD; It's entirely possible to forget.
On the other hand, I also know lots of people who learn languages and keep in practice, thus they remember them. So that's possible too.
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Post by Deleted on Apr 6, 2012 9:23:54 GMT -5
Mmmmm. This board has been dead for a few months. Needs a good ol' revival. :3 Here's an idea: if you're proficient or fluent in a language, recommend books in the language! Not "Mandarin for Dummies", "Easy French", or "Italian Slang", but actual stories, essays, and articles in the language. There are all sorts of books you can go for. Some will have the original language on the left page and the other one on the right, which is really helpful if you need to work on your vocabulary. If you keep up with the news, newspapers (online and offline) are also great for accumulating words. For French newspapers, I like to check out Le Monde and Le Figaro. (Just so you know, Monde leans left while Figaro leans right. French newspapers tend to be more open about their political preferences.) You can go for foreign translations of books you're already familiar with, too. My very first novel in French was La guerre des clans: retour à l'état sauvage, a translation of Warriors: Into the Wild. I haven't gotten through it yet because it's pretty dull, though it has taught me a few scraps of vocabulary. TV shows and film are good, too. Some of them aren't reliable--e.g. learning Japanese through anime--but a few are really helpful for oral comprehension. If you already have good reading comprehension, put on subtitles in the language (not your native tongue!) and try to connect the dots. As you get better, gradually wean yourself off the subtitles. It's no substitute for actual immersion--more like a supplement--but it's definitely fun. Definitely makes the language-learning process more enjoyable. What works would you all recommend to others learning the languages? |
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i've heard the grammar is quite similar to japanese so i'd hope it wouldn't be /too/ difficult to learn...but if i did it would be my sixth alphabet 
(if you count simplified and trad chinese characters as an alphabet xD)
