Would it be a problem to learn all the romance languages at once or should I master one so the others come easier for me? I'm bout to start using duolingo and dedicate an hour each night for immersion through TV programs or music.
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Nah breh, your brain is like any other muscles, you always want to switch it up on your brain, the same way you switch up between, flat bench, incline bench, and decline bench, is the same way you should keep your brain active. The main thing is to make sure your brain is actually struggling (not meaning you're stupid, meaning that the gears are grinding trying to absorb info), as long as you are always focused, then by all means bro do it. Learning italian is so easy after you learn spanish and vice versa, it's easier to learn Vietnamese after learning Chinese, etc etc.
to your thirst for knowledge big home, let's hope Kobe comes back 100% this year
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You're doing it right then. I'd recommend you Le Monde newspaper (not the website) because it's really rich and has some great in-depth articles. About the movies, well, they won't really help you with grammar as a spoken language is less interesting than written one in that matter but it's good for vocabulary and to understand the wording.@Liu Kang could you recommend some French films that would be good to learn some grammar and vocabulary? I try to read some french newspapers, L'Humanité, etc... on a daily basis, Thanks breh!
So about movies, this is a post I already did in another thread so I just copy/pasted:
Watch em in French with English subs.
Brehs if yall ain't fukk with duolingo yet do that shyt! I'm hooked to this shyt, I learned Amharic through listening and linking the words to their English meanings so this method duolingo uses is exactly the way I learned my language. If any of yall are strong auditory/visual learners this duolingo shyt might be for you. 
I just added Dutch but so far I've been doing Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, and German. The romance languages have been easier to pick up since they all have similarities with each other, but I'm glad I just added Dutch today cuz it has similarities to German that I'm all too glad to find cuz German ain't easy.
I just added Dutch but so far I've been doing Spanish, Italian, French, Portuguese, and German. The romance languages have been easier to pick up since they all have similarities with each other, but I'm glad I just added Dutch today cuz it has similarities to German that I'm all too glad to find cuz German ain't easy.
Only place I seen that was Rosetta Stone, if I could get that torrent set up again I'd get it I'd love to know Swahili.
My uncles speak fluent German its easy for em, peep the post I made about duolingo it's got a German version. I've absorbed it so well its got me feeling like ich bin der mann.
This website provides lessons for 50 languages, European and Asian. It is similar to Assimil but will only take you to A2 level. They do sell books for about $10 US plus shipping but you don't even have to buy that.
If you have friends that don't speak English, they can also use the site in their mother tongue.
http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/
ETA: It costs 2-6 Euros to sign up for the complete lessons.
If you have friends that don't speak English, they can also use the site in their mother tongue.
http://www.goethe-verlag.com/book2/
ETA: It costs 2-6 Euros to sign up for the complete lessons.
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I'm actually looking to learn got any useful links or books to rec?
QuintessentialBM
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I honestly don't other than Professor Jason from YouTube and Barons 501 Brazilian/Portuguese Verbs that also gives a decent overview of Portuguese grammar. I haven't gotten serious about learning another language because I'm trying to finish up mastering Spanish , and to be honest, I'm not sure if I'm going to learn another language. If I do, it'll be a African one.
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dennis roadman
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check this breh out: http://braziliangringo.com/
he's kinda loopy, i used to communicate with him thru email, he didnt get back to me for a month, and when he did he was like "sorry, i went to the jungle to do ayahuasca
"but he knows his shyt. his grammar and slang is on point. accent is very american to my ears, but accents are either the first mastered or the last to fade in my experience
do you have a brazilian community in your area? i can guarantee they will help you if you just approach them and tell them you want to learn. try looking for a brazilian church
thanks I'll check him out.check this breh out: http://braziliangringo.com/
he's kinda loopy, i used to communicate with him thru email, he didnt get back to me for a month, and when he did he was like "sorry, i went to the jungle to do ayahuasca
but he knows his shyt. his grammar and slang is on point. accent is very american to my ears, but accents are either the first mastered or the last to fade in my experience
do you have a brazilian community in your area? i can guarantee they will help you if you just approach them and tell them you want to learn. try looking for a brazilian church
A little correction should be done about the numbers of french-speaking people : 67.8M is more or less the French population but french-speaking people are way more than just the French, it's also Belgium and all of the countries from the ex-colonial empire. The Francophonie (french-speaking population) is more like 200M+ people.