I’m hesitant to say “it’s going well”.
I’m keeping up with duolingo but have completely ignored grammar and haven’t studied properly in a long time.
How about finding friends for learning the same language?
Either way best of luck you can do it!🌻✨
I’ve tried, but I find it increasingly difficult to find new friends as I age. Tried going to some meetups (not language specific, but I currently live in the country of the target language) and met nice people, but just didn’t connect.
I’ll definitely keep trying though. Thanks for the positive comment! Best of luck to you as well :)
Hey, what language are you trying to learn? I’m interested in learning Spanish, but find myself losing interest after a while. If that’s one of the languages you’re interested in, we can try this.
Either way, I wish you the best of luck!
I started learning German🌱
mostly just trying to remember basic phrases🤗
I’m trying to browse materials in the languages that I wish to learn, and use a translator when I don’t understand them. Feels like cheating…
I live in a country that doesn’t speak english. Trust me when i say it isn’t cheating using a translator. Until you’re conversationally fluent you’re going to confuse or not understand a lot of words/phrases. For me it was best to carry a translator or dictionary until i understood most of what was said. Now i figure stuff out by context or asking questions about the word i don’t know.
Feeling a drag. Like i have missed some concepts and need to go back. LearningFrench w/alexa is really good at explaining things in a way I can understand. Outling the rules (when applicable, it is french) and showing the conjugation’s. I get ads on YT for this “learn real french with french TV” and it looks like an interactive subtitle thing. They featured Lupin in the latest runs, which i enjoyed. I may have to look into the service. One foot forward everyday though.
Learning Japanese due to work and I made a habit of taking at least an hour or two after work to learn a few kanji symbols. It ain’t easy but it sure feels satisfying to be able to understand what I’m reading every once in a while. I think I’m struggling more with grammar and sentence structuring due to how vastly different it is from English and Spanish. My goal is to pass the N5 test this year and I’m confident I’ll be able to at this pace.
What are you doing for conversation listening / speaking?
I’m on WaniKani which is fun, but I don’t feel close to being able to talk to someone.
I listen to Easy Japanese Podcast on YouTube, who release short conversations about any topic each day. I’ve been able to understand them better to the point I can tell you what they’re talking about and what they segway to.
I am not yet able to make conversation, but I’m aware that it’s not a quick process. I began less than a year ago and I think learning the sentence structuring is harder than learning kanji, lol. But that is only my opinion.
For grammar, words, and lexicon, I would recommend Human Japanese, which is a phone/windows app that uses the Genki textbook as it’s basis. They have a demo for the first 3 chapters
