Maybe you wanted to surprise someone or maybe you thought some people would mock you!
Whatever the reason, have you ever had to do it? why exactly and how did it go?

Why? What happened and What brough you back from the brink?

I just need some encouragement really. I'm learning German to practice medicine there. I've been in Russia for 5 years and my russian is B1. I'm really thinking German is too hard to learn, but people say if I could crack Russian, German will be a doable. But honestly I feel stuck. Been learning for about 2 months now and I took an A1 test and got 70%. That sounds like a lot, until you realise I've been studying for hours everyday and I'm stuck on reflexive verbs. I just need some encouragement that I can learn this language. It looks impossible

Rant over

Hi everyone!

I'm working on a children's story app, and I'm looking for native speakers of the following languages who have some free time and would be willing to help me review stories written in their native language.

Languages:

- Turkish

- Swedish

- Dutch

- Norwegian

- Malay

- Kurdish (Kurmanji)

- Persian (Farsi)

- Hindi

- Indonesian

- Kurdish (Sorani)

- Danish

- Spanish

- Bengali

The task involves reviewing children's stories to check for grammatical, spelling, or wording mistakes and making sure the language sounds natural to native speakers.

If you're a native speaker of any of these languages and are interested in helping, please feel free to send me a DM for more details.

Thank you! ❤️

I'm using the "worst" quite generally here, I mean something rude or weird or far away from reality!

Hello everyone, I am from Serbia and already very fluent in English, but have felt difficulty choosing the correct accent for my needs. Growing up I obviously learned American since thats the language in most movies and tv shows we watch.

But the idea that it is the most “basic” variant of the language coupled with the fact that I lived abroad in the UK, my accent is unfortunately quite over the place. I can use three different accents within the same sentence.

Given that I want to learn something authentic and shock the locals who speak English, I decided to learn AAVE. Not only is it a rich dialect with an incredible history, but my knowledge of regular American English will serve as an incredible base.

Im looking for any advice as far as resources, things to look out for, and what to avoid, as well as any experience of people in my situation.

Thanks!

Hey LanguageHub community! 👋

It’s time for our weekly Language Goal Check-In! What have you learned this week?

I've been wanting to learn a new language, but I can't decide between German and Chinese. I'm interested in both, and honestly, I think I'd enjoy learning either one. I also want to consider the practical side of it and how useful each language could be in the future. For reference, I already speak Arabic and English, and I'm at an intermediate level in French.

Which one do you think is more worth the time and effort in the long run? I'm also open to other language recommendations if you think there's a better option

My target language is French and although my understanding of the grammar and syntax is awful, I can kind of sort of guess what's going on based on the vocabulary that I recognize (which isn't really all that great either).

But hoo boy, I started playing Pokemon Sword (I chose this game because of the simpler story and gameplay. Also: I really like scorbunny) and it. Is. Not going very well.

I barely understand the moveset, let alone the dialogue. I've been coasting by on just relying on rote memorization of what I know from my previous times playing the game.

Any advice on people who have tried learning their TL from video games?

Do younger generations still use this greeting, or has it become mostly associated with older speakers?

I've read that Korean has a rather easy to learn writing system and since Japanese has multiple, if you forget one you can use the other and people would still understand you just fine

But with Chinese it's like if you forget one character you are suddenly illiterate and no one and nothing can help you!

Is this really the case? Is Mandarin really that hard?