/int/ - International

Only German and English. I also learned Latin at school, but I only remember some words and phrases.

Bernd is fluent in German, English, Italian and Spanish. Bernd can also read most of French, Swedish, Danish, Dutch and Norwegian (but not really speak any of those), has basic knowledge of Japanese and Russian, and can read various Cyrillic, the Greek and the South Korean alphabet. Bernd just likes languages and easily picks up things very fast.

German and English and a bit french, because I learned it in school for a while. But I forgot most of it.

Bernd speaks German and Dutch. Can also read/write Egnlish, Swedish and Danish/Norwegian* but not speak. Well, Bernd is Germanic, so he speaks/reads gemanic languages. * Standard Norwegian and Danish are written the same way.

>>941 Which ones do you speak? I heard the French don't like English and German. How comes you learned English?

English & Russian, born into the English, forged in the slavaboo.

>>948 Maybe he's the german with a french ball who lurks here >>949 I didn't know yet about exil russians in Australia. Your family must have really wanted to get from Russia as far as possible away.

>>948 > I heard the French don't like English and German. How comes you learned English? Tons of French speak decent English nowadays, especially the younger generations.

lernu esperanto

>>959 Is there any place on the world where they even speak esperanto? Like some region or country who has it as second language? I khardly know anybody apart from some rare enthusiats who know about it or even speak it.

>>965 No. There are some people who speak Esperanto (estimates vary widely), but the whole thing is more about the community and its ideals than the language actually being useful.

Just English and have basic knowledge of German. The US State Department used to have a website that offered free German lessons. It was an audiotape-based learning program developed in the 1960s. It repeated words and phrases over and over with voice actors. All the pronunciations I learned are strict and old fashioned.

>>951 I'm 100% western euro I just love slavs, especially east slavs.

>>984 Sprechen Sie Deutsch mit mir, Herr.

Ukrainian and Russian as native and studied English in the school where more hours were dedicated to foreign languages. I am planning to migrate to EU when opportunity arises, will definitely learn at least one more language.

I speak 1 language... lived in Austria for near on a decade but they only spoke english with me, same deal in lithuania.

>>1749 Guten Tag, mein Herr!

>>1767 Ihnen ebenfalls einen guten Tag, mein Herr. Wie steht es um ihre momentane Befindlichkeit?

Just came back from my JLPT N5 exam today. Pretty sure I will pass. Fluently: English, French and Croatian. English because it's the lingua franca and French because of my mom. Japanese, I've started studying and keeping at it. It was an on and off attempt to learn the language but for the past year it's become a habit and hopefully it will stay that way.

>>1770 Bernds problem with Japanese were always the signs. The language itself is extremely easy to get into, but without he signs it's pretty pointless and there the learning curve is worse than Hitler. The exact opposite of Korean, which has very simple signs but the language and pronounciation are very hard.

>>1773 Ah, the kanji. They're my favorite part of the language. What made learning them easier for me was to use books that teach the historical context behind those kanji. Maybe that would get you more into the mood for learning them if you like history. My recommendation is The World of Kanji by Alex Adler recommended to me by another Bern on og KC. There are other books on the same subject so you can look into those. For me this book really helped since I disliked making nonsense association to memorize kanji. The learning curve seems bad. It's not easy of course but it's a lot easier than people think. After learning mere 500 kanji, everything becomes a lot easier. It's like a snowball effect. However, it's true as with anything else, that you should be ready to commit some of your daily time to studying/reviewing japanese. My mistake was not being consistent.

>>1773 >The exact opposite of Korean, which has very simple signs but the language and pronounciation are very hard. Sucks. Is it the same like Mandarin where they have tones and they change the meaning if pronounced incorrectly?

Bernd also tried to lern Japanese for 10 yers now. Got stuck at 300 Kanji ans about 500 words. Don't know if thats already N4 or still N5. But all the knowledge of japanese doesn't make Bernd understand anime in original. It's as if all the effort of learning it didn't have any sense.

>>1776 >Got stuck at 300 Kanji ans about 500 words. Kanji-wise that's very much into the N4 territory getting close to N3. >But all the knowledge of japanese doesn't make Bernd understand anime in original. Which materials did you use? I started focusing more on the casual and colloquial expression. Most textbooks focus on the polite forms and start from that which is okay if you're only interested in reading news. For everything else, manga, anime, shows and everyday life, casual forms are mainly used and it's hard to get used to that type of speak if you ignored it or think it's not that important.

>>1776 >all the knowledge of japanese doesn't make Bernd understand anime in original Visual novels are generally a better idea for learners. Eroge in particular. It gets you motivated!