Learning new language

I haven't found someone who could teach me foreign language for free, new language study is of course paid here in the Philippines... I wish someone could teach me Spanish or Italian... those language sounds romantic when spoken... I wanna learn korean too, they have a big population here in our place already, Baguio City...

I tried to learn how to speak Japanese a few years ago and I found it really difficult so I quit. I see the same thing with my student when I would have to teach English as their second language. Learning a new language is difficult especially if its your first step. But it all matters on your attitude anyway. If you are persistent then it wouldn't be that difficult.

hello cintoy, I always want to learn other language,and it needs patience and dedication. I had friends that were teaching me Hindi words,but,since it is not an actual teaching,it is really hard for me to practice and use the right words,grammar in particular. There are schools that offer special language courses,but,i don't have extra money to spend for it. As of now,i am relying for friends who are willing to teach me word for word. I hope to learn more someday too,since my Indian friend here in our place is also busy with works and we seldom meet,that,they can't teach me their language for long hours.

Practice makes perfect. I have friends who speak Japanese and most of them learn to speak when they were in Japan. Some studied but they forget about it as soon as they finish schooling. You have to find a way to practice what you have learned in the classroom on your day to day dealings and with someone. Otherwise it's just going to be a waste of time and money. Cheers!

yea, learning a new language is usually difficult! It depends on your purpose, if just for exams, then maybe not so difficult. Just remember enough words and get some dogmatic practice. If you really need it for communication, then you need lots of practical conversations. I majored in english, so school education helped me. The same with Japanese. I learnt Estonian in some informal way, it is not systematic, and it is very basic. If condition allows, I hope you get some systematic learning.

hi cintou.. ya, it's really difficult to learn a new language. cos we'll find new words that we never speak them. maybe like Japanese or Chinese, you should study not only the vocabularies but also how to write the alphabets..or the grammar. it's the most difficult of all. but never give up trying brotha..:)

hi friend, I want to learn new languages and i can speak some useful words. I want to learn german language or arabic language basic words require to me learn.Its some difficult but i learn. have a good day.

For me it's not hard but the hardest is that the usage of grammar rule. If we always follow this steps I think is hard to learn quickly about the language that we want to learn about... This is confuse me about, cintoy. Are you Filipino or Chinese?

Most of us will have a difficult time to learn new languages. I am also a person who wants to learn a new language since my hubby is Indian, they speak Hindi, Konkani and Bengali. Imagine that 3 languages will make me dizzy. So one at a time, I decided to learn Hindi first. It is difficult to read through books. My best option is to go to an institute or school that offers such, but I haven't seen yet. Hubby does not have the time to assist me on my learning curve because he is also working. So most of the time, I self study, but it is insufficient. I need inter action, it will be my best tool to learn even more. So if you have to learn Japanese, it is still best to consider other options aside from depending on a book, because it will always be hard and sadly, you are also not doing it right specially on the way to pronounce those words right.

I haven't had much difficulty in learning the Scandanavian languages and Dutch.. However, I'm not sure how it would be learning other languages that I have no prior knowledge of their language and grammar structure.

I think it is harder for some people yo learn for example me, my husband is from Mexico and we have been together going on 8 years, wheewww Where did the time go? Anyway I understand most of it but it is very difficult for me to learn to speak it but I keep trying. I think I am and have not put time into learning it like I should have.

hey cintoy , I agree learning new language are difficult . Certain languages are dam tough for example Chinese,Japanese and Malay . But there are few foreign language where u can learn fast like french . the problem with chines Japanese language are that their words and script are dam tough u cannot remember things of that language easily . cheers

Hey its really nice that your learning new language but yes its very difficult to learn but if your going to learn something new then i think that difficulty ins nothing for you so go ahead and learn the new language.

I really like Latin. The old language of the Romans. That interests me a lot. The grammar is not that hard but it is sort of backwards with the way we speak in England. Once you think in that manner it is easier. I think French grammar is similarly structured. In School we learned french for a long time 7 years for me and yet I know hardly any french because it was such a strange way to learn,all written down and lots of spelling and translating phrases. We really would have been better putting the books away and interacting. I don't know how they learn languages in Holland but there they seem to have a good mastery of German ,french,English and Nederlands(dutch),even people who are in quite basic jobs. In England that would be very unusual.

Magandang gabi sa iyo aking kaibigan! (Good evening to you my friend)--filipino translated to English. You know I have a friend that works in a call center and who happened to be my colleague last month in a special project of Department of Social Welfare and Development... HE IS A CERTIFIED BILINGUAL. And he told me that to much effort is needed to learn new language/s however if you are determined enough to achieve it, though hard but enjoyable. Do not count how many times you got wrong, take time in counting how much you have learned and keep on learning more!!! And in my case, I want to learn Japanese too as well read their writings, but I am concentrating on my English first... here in our country English is our second dialect and most of our subjects in school from graders to college are mostly written and taught in English... And like you, grammar and terms should be studied with effort specially that I am not really an English speaking kind of person unlike many of my friends. I experienced difficulty in using many of English terms, e.g. tremble and chill somehow sounds the same (yes they are synonyms) but has different usage. If you would say the area is freezing, and you tremble or chill? which of the two words is the right term for it...? and I have just known it later when my work was returned because of the wrong usage of terms... God bless and Good luck... LOL

It is never difficult to learn new language if you learn it by dedication and a will to understand. You can learn it by having a book which can translate that language into your language and taking this as a reference, learning a new language will become a lot easier. I had a class teacher who used to learn Chinese. She was fond of speaking Chinese, and for that instead of going to some classes, she just used to have a book of translation and grammar of that language and used to learn it by herself!!

Hi Cintoy, Good that you learning a new language. Even i was learning French with my friend actually recently i too found it difficult to speak the language and the pronunciation is difficult for me so i stopped. Have a great day.

Yes it's too difficult to learn some language. Now i am learning Chinese language. Really difficult to learn. The character is more difficult. I think this is the most difficult language in this world. I also know some other language they are not so difficult for me. Some of my Chinese friend they also agree with me that this is the most difficult language. But interesting.

Quite. I want to learn Japanese but I find it quite hard, especially that I have no enough time learning it. Good thing you are keen on learning Japanese, that's a very good starting point. Just pursue it and I'm pretty sure you'll succeed. It's quite hard but if one is really interested and determined, the boredom and hardships of learning will be alleviated. Keep your passion for learning afire and you'll surely go far. Good Luck!,.

hye.i love to learn about language,with language we can understand what people say. and also we can get more knowledge from language that we learn. i have many friends from other nations,so i keep practicing their language step by step to catch what they say. my friend just proud with me because i have good spirit to learn something new. i also glad for myself too,its good to talk others language to get knowledge.