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May 12 2008, 09:58 PM |
Can't say I've been addicted, but I've tried... I have a friend who's just learned something like that, and he tried to learn me... But I gave up after some minutes
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May 12 2008, 11:01 PM |
Yeah I have a friend who shows me that kind of stuff, Except with Japanese. She can speak it pretty well, So in a way she gives me lessons on writing and speaking it
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May 12 2008, 11:55 PM |
Giving up guitar playing time to write chinese characters? - Hell No!
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May 13 2008, 07:49 PM |
Hehe, if you learn most languages, I guess some gouverment people would love to have you on their payroll
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May 13 2008, 08:19 PM |
oh thats very hard to learn better to still with my guitar
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May 13 2008, 08:40 PM |
If you are interested in reading a good book, very short, covering ancient Chinese philosophy, I recommend this.
http://www.amazon.com/Three-Ways-Thought-A...7292&sr=8-2 You can get it for $2. I was always fond of Chuang Tzu. It is pronounced sort of like Jong-Shi, except the J sort of sounds like a T also. You sort of say T and J at the same time. I know not perfect, but close enough for Government work. And it would be represented by two characters, being a two syllable word. edit: one reason Chuang Tzu is neat, is that much of it is stories. So I think even now we can understand the meaning. And the stories are quite entertaining, I always felt him to sound quite modern in many ways, and much of what he said applies nicely today. This post has been edited by fkalich: May 13 2008, 08:45 PM |
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May 13 2008, 10:48 PM |
Hm... Always wanted to learn spanish.. Any special place you learned it?
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May 13 2008, 10:54 PM |
Hm... Always wanted to learn spanish.. Any special place you learned it? Well, first of all Spanish is not that hard, the only main differences are in the grammar system. I have been in Spanish classes for about 8 months now, and for about the first 5 months I was in there for the same reason most people are (to get a grade), but one day it hit me and all sudden learning it became ridiculously fun, so I went out, bought a Spanish dictionary, Spanish grammar book, a Spanish useful vocab book with 10,000 words, and 4 hours of Spanish people talking at slow pace at first, then speeding up over time, with instructions on the grammar they use, word choice, etc. And check out this site http://www.uni.edu/becker/Spanish3.html. It has beginner lessons, grammar lessons, vocab lessons, quizes, and an endless amount of all those and a ton more. And at least for me, learning languages is now a hobby, if you REALLY want to get serious like I did, expect to put in more time than you do on guitar or at least offset it, for example, I used to practice for about 3 hours a day on weekdays and about 10 on weekends, that is now about 1 hour on weekdays and maybe 4 on weekends. I am not encouraging people to stop playing gutiar or anything lol, just saying that one of the reasons I was able to get at a communicative level so quickly was because the amount of time I put into it everyday. This post has been edited by shellshock1911: May 13 2008, 10:57 PM -------------------- |
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May 13 2008, 10:57 PM |
Thanks, I'll check it out
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May 13 2008, 11:08 PM |
Okay. I'll fire up some movies with spanish subtitles now and then ^^
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