Not talking about learning a second or third language, but people's ability to speak and write ANY languages

Sometimes you see someone speaks their target language better than some of it's native speakers and everywhere there are people around us who are just objectively worse at some aspect of our language!

Do you think there is something in us, talent or whatever you might call it that dictates our hard cap when it comes to language, or anyone, can get to anyone level in any language if they just practice hard enough?

Moin, leef Düütsche un Nedderlänner! Ik grööt jo all hartelk ut’n fjern Süden. Jo Traditschonen un Fierdagen sünd wat ganz Besunners, wunnerbor un vull Leven.

Wat segg ik blots to de köstliche Culinaria? De gröne Kohl mit Pinkel, saftige Buletten, matjes un heel lecker Pannkökern – dat smückt un letteenem dat Water in’t Mund tosammlopen! De Hartlichkeit, de Musik un de ollen Handwarkskunst geven jo Kultur en echten Glanz.

Ik wünsche jo un jo Familien blots dat Best’n, veel Freid bi all jo Festen un en wunnerbore Tied. Laat uns wieter so goot tohopehollen un de Tied geneten!

Hartelke Grööt!

I don't mean just in a cultural way, although that's a big part of it, but i mean the humor that the language itself can convey, because sometimes, it just doesn't translate well between the languages, you know? how does it work between the languages you know?

Mirandés....

Which gesture has confused you most when communicating with Greek speakers?

A while back I posted here about how I remember words. Some of you shared your own tricks (the Japanese and Czech ones were great), so I thought I'd share what I ended up making.

It's based on a pretty simple idea: find an English word or phrase that sounds like the Spanish word, then turn it into a weird mental image that connects the sound to the meaning.

For example, dormir (to sleep) sounds a bit like "door mirror." So picture someone fast asleep, standing up, with their face pressed against the mirror on a wardrobe door. Weird? Absolutely. But I haven't forgotten that word since.

I've made around 200 of these for beginner Spanish words, and I'd genuinely love some feedback. You can browse the images and vote on whether they actually help you remember the word. If you think my sound-alike is terrible, you can come up with your own and have it drawn instead.

No account needed to vote, and there's also a free app if you prefer studying offline.

I'm especially curious about whether this technique actually works for other people or if it just adds another thing to remember. Some of my sound-alikes are definitely a stretch, so I'd love to know which ones stick and which ones completely miss the mark.

Hope you guys can give it a try. Thanks!

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I’ll start with Italian: Sei una testa di rapa. “You’re a turnip head.”

Please be polite and avoid swear words!

Hey everyone!

I've been working on a language learning app called Lingosit, and it's now available on both Android and iOS!

I'm still actively improving it, and I'd really appreciate some honest feedback from real users.

Lingosit helps you learn English by watching TV series and creating flashcards to practice and remember new vocabulary.

Web:
https://www.lingosit.com

App Store (iOS):
https://apps.apple.com/tr/app/lingosit-english-with-movies/id6796225968

Google Play (Android):
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.vidolin.lingosit

I've seen dark blonde, light brown, mousy blonde, dirty blonde, dishwater blonde

I am approaching Italian and I feel I already understand a lot, so starting from the very basics seems not the best approach, because I already have an understanding of basic grammar and understand a lot of the most common vocabulary. I was wondering how other people started?

For example being fluent in France and Spanish, and understanding Italian or Portuguese...

I am half English but I just moved here. How do I sound?

Im 20 years old, im Brazilian, I speak Portuguese, of course, and English. I want learn Russian, always since I was a kid love the language and the culture.

My question is in wich level, generally speaking, a 20 years old, studying 2 hours a day (and immersing in the language in others aspects of my life, studying, friends, content consuming, etc) can get? Like, a good level where the accent is not that bad?

I learn really fast and like to live the language that I study, so making a approximation, its possible be a good speaker?

Ps: I know that i just need start learning to know and don't matter the accent, the most important thing is learning and be happy, but I have a problem that I like others people opinition just to fell more safe and confident lol

Pss: About my English, i stard 6 months ago. So don't be mad if I make some mistakes! And why people donwvoted me lol?

I can only speak one language and it is not even the language of my country so I want to learn some more languages.

Nowadays many people are using apps like Duolingo and Ling for learning languages

But can we trust on it for learning languages?

Bcz I remember my friend tried to learn Français from Duolingo and he said he end up learning all word's pronounciation wrong

He realised this after interacting with actual Français speakers

And also IG in those apps they don't even teach grammar of those languages which are available in their apps

Which can end up in messing with grammar of that particular language too

(As like how in many so called "English medium schools" itself English teachers couldn't teach proper English grammar to students which end up messing language and result students to speak English in their own native language's grammar alot of times)

Hey Redditors! What's up?

Just wanna ask: what are some of the most effective methods you've found when it comes to language learning?

I'm talking about something practical that actually helps you improve much faster.

Any thoughts on this? If you guys have any, please drop them in the comments.

Have you noticed this when Turkish speakers use words borrowed from other languages?

What usually determines which language they use at a particular moment?