It is also supposed to be easier to learn than Chinese but from what I can tell Korean is about ten times easier than Japanese since Korean is a purely phonetic language.
I took Korean for a bit. Hangul is a little tricky to learn. But yes, it is far fucking easier to learn than kanji. Honestly though, aside from the kanji, Korean and Japanese are basically the same damn language. I mean they both use particles the same way and everything.
I kind of wish I had stuck with Korean.
Every time I see Korean, it looks so clean and simple. But there are no classes to learn Korean around here.
See, the bitch part about learning hangul is that you have to arrange all of the little parts into blocks. Now reading them, that is easy. It is just that I only took it for a semester so I never got to the point where I could figure out which consonant or vowel went where in the block.
But yeah, it is a pretty neat language otherwise. And that sucks about the no classes to learn it.
I am going to Indiana University right now (along with firetruck) so I could learn most languages I would be interested in. They teach about 40 different languages here. Unfortunately, none of them are Southeast Asian, but like someone said before, fuck those.
I want to learn Thai but my Language Acquisition teacher said it was impossible to learn a language after puberty.
There's some shit going around about there being a critical period for learning foreign languages. Of course, it's not true. It may be more difficult, but it's not impossible.
i thought your brain lost the language parts it didn't need for your primary language sometime after you're a baby?
makes sense
They say that your primary, native speaking language is locked in sometime around the age of twelve. Basically meaning that you'll never be even in the ballpark of a native speaker. But it's definitely not impossible to learn a foreign language later in life.
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Korean characters look sorta complicated to me, but then I barely even bothered trying to learn Kanji, and I still forget hiragana that I don't use all the time fairly regularly. Fuck the kanji for 'to study' right in the ass, though.
benkyou is stupidly easy compared to a lot of other ones that come up more frequently.
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I want to learn Thai but my Language Acquisition teacher said it was impossible to learn a language after puberty.
There's some shit going around about there being a critical period for learning foreign languages. Of course, it's not true. It may be more difficult, but it's not impossible.
i thought your brain lost the language parts it didn't need for your primary language sometime after you're a baby?
makes sense
They say that your primary, native speaking language is locked in sometime around the age of twelve. Basically meaning that you'll never be even in the ballpark of a native speaker. But it's definitely not impossible to learn a foreign language later in life.
i don't think i could ever learn another language with the proficiency i have in english
Korean characters look sorta complicated to me, but then I barely even bothered trying to learn Kanji, and I still forget hiragana that I don't use all the time fairly regularly. Fuck the kanji for 'to study' right in the ass, though.
There's only 24 characters in Korean. They get stacked on top of each other, but it's not much effort to pick them apart and sound the word out.
I want to learn Thai but my Language Acquisition teacher said it was impossible to learn a language after puberty.
There's some shit going around about there being a critical period for learning foreign languages. Of course, it's not true. It may be more difficult, but it's not impossible.
i thought your brain lost the language parts it didn't need for your primary language sometime after you're a baby?
makes sense
They say that your primary, native speaking language is locked in sometime around the age of twelve. Basically meaning that you'll never be even in the ballpark of a native speaker. But it's definitely not impossible to learn a foreign language later in life.
i don't think i could ever learn another language with the proficiency i have in english
picking up slang and stuff takes a lifetime
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Korean characters look sorta complicated to me, but then I barely even bothered trying to learn Kanji, and I still forget hiragana that I don't use all the time fairly regularly. Fuck the kanji for 'to study' right in the ass, though.
benkyou is stupidly easy compared to a lot of other ones that come up more frequently.
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seriously though. I can read and understand way more characters than I can pronounce. Radicals ftw.
Jealous of someone's ability to stumble through a language not their own then spend all of their time talking about the latest video game to a bunch of other nerds on the internet?
Also, the Korean alphabet was based off of how the mouth looks while pronouncing the letter or syllable, so that might help when you're pronouncing or trying to write words.
And I've heard that Cantonese is pretty similar to Korean, can anyone verify this?
Korean characters look sorta complicated to me, but then I barely even bothered trying to learn Kanji, and I still forget hiragana that I don't use all the time fairly regularly. Fuck the kanji for 'to study' right in the ass, though.
benkyou is stupidly easy compared to a lot of other ones that come up more frequently.
Well benkyou was about the most complicated one that I was supposed to learn.
I want to learn Thai but my Language Acquisition teacher said it was impossible to learn a language after puberty.
The dude responsible for teaching you to learn languages told you not to bother learning languages?
Also, where are you going? I'm looking at Applied Linguistics schools.
It's an ESL elective; so I would be the one teaching languages, I guess.
I'm a Linguistics major at the bastion of knowledge that is UNR.
Oh, OK. Most of the "Language Acquisition" courses I've seen are geared toward teaching the student to acquire languages. I've also only ever heard of it offered as part of an Applied Linguistics program. There are only, like, three of those that I've managed to find, so another's always helpful.
Linguistics has to be, like, the best academic field, ever, mirite?
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That's a great way to learn languages / travel the world / get your nose bit off by a Saigon whore.
I really wanted to do the JET program and teach English in Japan right out of college before the Air Force thing came up. So now I think I am going to spend a while working for the state department translating things.
Also I'm completely illiterate in two of the languages I speak.
Why are you still trying to convince us of your superiority? We already all think you should be running this joint, I mean christ, you know languages after all.
I want to learn Thai but my Language Acquisition teacher said it was impossible to learn a language after puberty.
The dude responsible for teaching you to learn languages told you not to bother learning languages?
Also, where are you going? I'm looking at Applied Linguistics schools.
It's an ESL elective; so I would be the one teaching languages, I guess.
I'm a Linguistics major at the bastion of knowledge that is UNR.
Oh, OK. Most of the "Language Acquisition" courses I've seen are geared toward teaching the student to acquire languages. I've also only ever heard of it offered as part of an Applied Linguistics program. There are only, like, three of those that I've managed to find, so another's always helpful.
Linguistics has to be, like, the best academic field, ever, mirite?
God.
I'm taking this linguistic anthropology course right now, and for some reason the professor REFUSES to use IPA. He just plugs along in this fucked up alphabet he uses and which is near impossible to type.
Jealous of someone's ability to stumble through a language not their own then spend all of their time talking about the latest video game to a bunch of other nerds on the internet?
Not of japanese in particular, just knowing foreign languages. Especially those who know like 5. Holy shit.
I want to learn Thai but my Language Acquisition teacher said it was impossible to learn a language after puberty.
The dude responsible for teaching you to learn languages told you not to bother learning languages?
Also, where are you going? I'm looking at Applied Linguistics schools.
It's an ESL elective; so I would be the one teaching languages, I guess.
I'm a Linguistics major at the bastion of knowledge that is UNR.
Oh, OK. Most of the "Language Acquisition" courses I've seen are geared toward teaching the student to acquire languages. I've also only ever heard of it offered as part of an Applied Linguistics program. There are only, like, three of those that I've managed to find, so another's always helpful.
Linguistics has to be, like, the best academic field, ever, mirite?
Also I'm completely illiterate in two of the languages I speak.
Why are you still trying to convince us of your superiority? We already all think you should be running this joint, I mean christ, you know languages after all.
That's a great way to learn languages / travel the world / get your nose bit off by a Saigon whore.
I want to get into Bible Translation and Church Planting (yes, I'm a fundy), but I'll likely branch into TESOL. A lot of countries that are hard to get into look at you a little less closely if your going there to teach English, plus it's a good way to get to know people once your there. It's pretty much the only way to get into China, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and a handful of other countries for that sort of thing.
All I know is I didn't bust my ass learning this language just to become an English teacher over here. I want to find something I really enjoy about this place.
I'm just sayin', I coulda taught English here with an easy-as-pie Psych or Journalism major.
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That's a great way to learn languages / travel the world / get your nose bit off by a Saigon whore.
I want to get into Bible Translation and Church Planting (yes, I'm a fundy), but I'll likely branch into TESOL. A lot of countries that are hard to get into look at you a little less closely if your going there to teach English, plus it's a good way to get to know people once your there. It's pretty much the only way to get into China, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and a handful of other countries for that sort of thing.
Dear lord why would you want to go to North Korea. I mean would they even let you in?
Also Turkmen was one of the languages I could have picked for that summer program but seriously, Russian is far more widely spoken.
All I know is I didn't bust my ass learning this language just to become an English teacher over here. I want to find something I really enjoy about this place.
I'm just sayin', I coulda taught English here with an easy-as-pie Psych or Journalism major.
I want to learn Thai but my Language Acquisition teacher said it was impossible to learn a language after puberty.
The dude responsible for teaching you to learn languages told you not to bother learning languages?
Also, where are you going? I'm looking at Applied Linguistics schools.
It's an ESL elective; so I would be the one teaching languages, I guess.
I'm a Linguistics major at the bastion of knowledge that is UNR.
Oh, OK. Most of the "Language Acquisition" courses I've seen are geared toward teaching the student to acquire languages. I've also only ever heard of it offered as part of an Applied Linguistics program. There are only, like, three of those that I've managed to find, so another's always helpful.
Linguistics has to be, like, the best academic field, ever, mirite?
God.
I'm taking this linguistic anthropology course right now, and for some reason the professor REFUSES to use IPA. He just plugs along in this fucked up alphabet he uses and which is near impossible to type.
I decided one night that I was going to learn to pronounce the entire IPA on my own. I got through the first couple rows before I completely broke my throat. Uvular plosives and glottal fricatives for the lose.
All I know is I didn't bust my ass learning this language just to become an English teacher over here. I want to find something I really enjoy about this place.
I'm just sayin', I coulda taught English here with an easy-as-pie Psych or Journalism major.
All I know is I didn't bust my ass learning this language just to become an English teacher over here. I want to find something I really enjoy about this place.
I'm just sayin', I coulda taught English here with an easy-as-pie Psych or Journalism major.
All I know is I didn't bust my ass learning this language just to become an English teacher over here. I want to find something I really enjoy about this place.
I'm just sayin', I coulda taught English here with an easy-as-pie Psych or Journalism major.
All I know is I didn't bust my ass learning this language just to become an English teacher over here. I want to find something I really enjoy about this place.
I'm just sayin', I coulda taught English here with an easy-as-pie Psych or Journalism major.
That's a great way to learn languages / travel the world / get your nose bit off by a Saigon whore.
I want to get into Bible Translation and Church Planting (yes, I'm a fundy), but I'll likely branch into TESOL. A lot of countries that are hard to get into look at you a little less closely if your going there to teach English, plus it's a good way to get to know people once your there. It's pretty much the only way to get into China, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and a handful of other countries for that sort of thing.
Dear lord why would you want to go to North Korea. I mean would they even let you in?
Also Turkmen was one of the languages I could have picked for that summer program but seriously, Russian is far more widely spoken.
North Korea doesn't, as a rule, let people in except for government-run tours of government-approved areas. They're starting to loosen up a little bit in response to international pressure and the whole 'not dealing with the outside world' working out. They're just starting to let English teachers in as special cases. By the time I finish my degree, there's a chance getting in will be just doable.
I was going to try to learn a few phrases of Turkmen for an upcoming trip, but they cancelled that part because the guy in charge of it couldn't get straight answers on things like where we'd be staying and whatnot. Also, i was going to add almost a grand to the trip cost for, like three days. The guy in charge is still going, he just didn't want to drag along a half dozen strangers when he didn't know what was going on. We were going to do the whole tourist thing, but they were going to have to have us escorted to make sure we didn't talk to anybody.
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Never seen tentacles in American-style Chinese food, so that's one strike against the real thing.
See, the bitch part about learning hangul is that you have to arrange all of the little parts into blocks. Now reading them, that is easy. It is just that I only took it for a semester so I never got to the point where I could figure out which consonant or vowel went where in the block.
But yeah, it is a pretty neat language otherwise. And that sucks about the no classes to learn it.
I am going to Indiana University right now (along with firetruck) so I could learn most languages I would be interested in. They teach about 40 different languages here. Unfortunately, none of them are Southeast Asian, but like someone said before, fuck those.
Also my plate is quite full as it is.
They say that your primary, native speaking language is locked in sometime around the age of twelve. Basically meaning that you'll never be even in the ballpark of a native speaker. But it's definitely not impossible to learn a foreign language later in life.
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maybe if their crappy country could afford to feed their midget asses with more than a grain of rice per meal!!!
benkyou is stupidly easy compared to a lot of other ones that come up more frequently.
i don't think i could ever learn another language with the proficiency i have in english
picking up slang and stuff takes a lifetime
IN OTHER NEWS: GOODNIGHT URRBODY
There's only 24 characters in Korean. They get stacked on top of each other, but it's not much effort to pick them apart and sound the word out.
Sleep with one eye open, raptors like to attack at night.
That's a great way to learn languages / travel the world / get your nose bit off by a Saigon whore.
勉強 !!!!!
seriously though. I can read and understand way more characters than I can pronounce. Radicals ftw.
Jealous of someone's ability to stumble through a language not their own then spend all of their time talking about the latest video game to a bunch of other nerds on the internet?
Then again I've been speaking it all my life.
Also, the Korean alphabet was based off of how the mouth looks while pronouncing the letter or syllable, so that might help when you're pronouncing or trying to write words.
And I've heard that Cantonese is pretty similar to Korean, can anyone verify this?
If you do this, make sure to blog about it so we can sing your praises, like Azrael.
Well benkyou was about the most complicated one that I was supposed to learn.
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Oh, OK. Most of the "Language Acquisition" courses I've seen are geared toward teaching the student to acquire languages. I've also only ever heard of it offered as part of an Applied Linguistics program. There are only, like, three of those that I've managed to find, so another's always helpful.
Linguistics has to be, like, the best academic field, ever, mirite?
I really wanted to do the JET program and teach English in Japan right out of college before the Air Force thing came up. So now I think I am going to spend a while working for the state department translating things.
How the hell does that work?
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Fuck, I need to go to bed. I actually have shit to do today. 'night all.
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Why are you still trying to convince us of your superiority? We already all think you should be running this joint, I mean christ, you know languages after all.
God.
I'm taking this linguistic anthropology course right now, and for some reason the professor REFUSES to use IPA. He just plugs along in this fucked up alphabet he uses and which is near impossible to type.
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It's harder to learn to read than learn to speak.
Not of japanese in particular, just knowing foreign languages. Especially those who know like 5. Holy shit.
I only know 1
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I like it, yes.
Phonemes all up in herr'.
Sorry.
I want to get into Bible Translation and Church Planting (yes, I'm a fundy), but I'll likely branch into TESOL. A lot of countries that are hard to get into look at you a little less closely if your going there to teach English, plus it's a good way to get to know people once your there. It's pretty much the only way to get into China, North Korea, Turkmenistan, and a handful of other countries for that sort of thing.
I'm just sayin', I coulda taught English here with an easy-as-pie Psych or Journalism major.
Dear lord why would you want to go to North Korea. I mean would they even let you in?
Also Turkmen was one of the languages I could have picked for that summer program but seriously, Russian is far more widely spoken.
Good night
Buenas noches
Bonne nuit
Saikhan amraarai
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I decided one night that I was going to learn to pronounce the entire IPA on my own. I got through the first couple rows before I completely broke my throat. Uvular plosives and glottal fricatives for the lose.
Get off my plane.
Guten Nacht
Good, leave more jobs for us untalented folks.
Ist der kline schiessehund!
something something something Berlinner
something something
it's the little shit dog? WUT?
North Korea doesn't, as a rule, let people in except for government-run tours of government-approved areas. They're starting to loosen up a little bit in response to international pressure and the whole 'not dealing with the outside world' working out. They're just starting to let English teachers in as special cases. By the time I finish my degree, there's a chance getting in will be just doable.
I was going to try to learn a few phrases of Turkmen for an upcoming trip, but they cancelled that part because the guy in charge of it couldn't get straight answers on things like where we'd be staying and whatnot. Also, i was going to add almost a grand to the trip cost for, like three days. The guy in charge is still going, he just didn't want to drag along a half dozen strangers when he didn't know what was going on. We were going to do the whole tourist thing, but they were going to have to have us escorted to make sure we didn't talk to anybody.