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Offline Bob

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learning/review of foreign languages
on: September 27, 2010, 01:22:29 AM
Any good sites? Or materials, but I'm thinking more websites.

For learning and review.

I'm also thinking more European languages.
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Re: learning/review of foreign languages
Reply #1 on: September 28, 2010, 07:28:23 PM
Bob I think you should start learning Slovenian language!  :P  :D  8) It's interesting!  :)
I found this site: https://www.101languages.net/slovenian/
I didn't know there were any sites for learning Slovenian...  :)
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Re: learning/review of foreign languages
Reply #2 on: September 28, 2010, 08:09:43 PM
Yeah that site kind of looks like what I was thinking of.  I didn't notice the navigation bar on the left at first.

Ime mi je Bob.  Lepo, da sva se spoznala.  :)

Na pomoč! Na pomoč! Pazi! Kje je stranišče?  Sem v stiski.

Pustite me pri miru!  Ne dotikajte se me! Poklical bom policijo. Na pomoč!  Na pomoč!  Policija!



I was thinking there's Live Mocha and the Rosetta Stone, although the Rosetta Stone is expensive and looks like it teaches by memorizing phrases.  I've seen a few college sites with drill exercises.
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Re: learning/review of foreign languages
Reply #3 on: September 28, 2010, 09:13:46 PM
That is a good site.  Not too much depth but decent.  I've spent some time watching tv from other countries. 
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Offline retrouvailles

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Reply #4 on: September 28, 2010, 11:36:09 PM
I would really suggest getting an intensive course for Slavic languages like Slovenian, for they are a monster to learn for native English speakers especially, due to its nature as a heavily inflecting language (English is not a heavily inflecting language by any means). It would also help to think about what use you could get out of using a chosen language, for it takes years to know a language well enough to have much practical usage from it. Even learning the easier Romance languages can take a bit of working at it, much less Slavic languages like Slovenian, Czech, Slovak, Russian, etc.
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Re: learning/review of foreign languages
Reply #5 on: September 29, 2010, 12:38:39 AM
What's inflection exactly?
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Re: learning/review of foreign languages
Reply #6 on: September 29, 2010, 06:01:17 AM
Quote from: Bob on September 29, 2010, 12:38:39 AM
What's inflection exactly?

The Wiki article gives a lot of good examples in English and other languages. It really is a bit of a foreign concept in English (for most forms, anyhow).

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Inflection
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Re: learning/review of foreign languages
Reply #7 on: September 30, 2010, 07:08:34 PM
Quote from: Bob on September 28, 2010, 08:09:43 PM


Ime mi je Bob.  Lepo, da sva se spoznala.  :)

Na pomoč! Na pomoč! Pazi! Kje je stranišče?  Sem v stiski.

Pustite me pri miru!  Ne dotikajte se me! Poklical bom policijo. Na pomoč!  Na pomoč!  Policija!



That's funny Bob!  ;D Why did you need a toilet so bad? Did you get sick from eating too many hamburgers?   ::) :P
And why did you need police? Someone tried stealing your hamburgers?  :o :P  ::)  :)

But yes nice to meet you too! :)  :P
Hvala enako! :)
Lep pozdrav!
Nasvidenje :)
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