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Dibs Ludicrous Game profile

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Jul 9th 2010, 20:10:26

gee, i dunno, um, college. you know, where people actually speak and understand da languages that you are know and are trying to learn...

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Jul 9th 2010, 20:15:43

its meant to be the same way that kids learn languages :)
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Jul 9th 2010, 20:16:24

ya, a proper class

I've been saying I'm going to take cantonese lessons for a long time so I can understand all the apparent hilarious things my gf's parents are always fighting about
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Dibs Ludicrous Game profile

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Jul 9th 2010, 20:19:39

no, it's meant to be a cheap gimmick that earns people money. it's all in the name, why use the name Rosetta Stone, it's not like people don't associate it with translation.

you going to learn anything if somebody hits you over the head with it? no, you'll just get a concussion.
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Jul 9th 2010, 21:26:49

why bother then? you ain't got the time, money or energy to learn that crap.
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Jul 9th 2010, 21:33:59

it's just a plain simple fact.
you don't need to know it, if it's beyond your ability to learn it.

fuss at it all you want. if you can't understand it, then you can't use it.
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kemo Game profile

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Jul 9th 2010, 21:39:12

move to said country. youll learn or starve to death
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Dibs Ludicrous Game profile

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Jul 9th 2010, 21:48:29

not guaranteed, too many christians out there.
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SakitSaPuwit

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Jul 10th 2010, 20:25:43

L-Cepts
is a decent/cheap program for Asian languages.

but what do i know?
I only play this game for fun!

SakitSaPuwit

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Jul 10th 2010, 20:49:46

http://l-ceps.com/

(sorry spelled it wrong before - for any one that knows me this is not surprising)

this is what i used when I learned Tagalog
but what do i know?
I only play this game for fun!

kemo Game profile

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Jul 10th 2010, 23:47:46

wasnt easy learnin to speak braille ill tell ya that
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aliyah Game profile

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Jul 11th 2010, 7:07:43

Originally posted by kemo:
wasnt easy learnin to speak braille ill tell ya that


Really now? When did braille become a spoken language? I must be missing something. LOL.
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Jul 11th 2010, 7:24:27

Don't get too frustrated, learning a new language blows for the first 3 months. The idea behind Rosetta stone, is that you' WON'T know all the words at first.

It's trying to teach you to catch things out of context first, and speaking properly/understanding every word later on down the road. It will suck at first, but once you get 30 days into it you'll have learned a lot of conversational stuff, and by 90 you'll be pretty comfortable in most situations.

Viceroy Game profile

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Jul 12th 2010, 1:28:37

http://www.airforce.com/...ypto-linguist-apprentice/

Or if you're awesome enough...
http://www.airforce.com/...e-cryptologic-apprentice/



Seriously though, "gisting" is a very important part to being able to learn any language, and is an art in and of itself. What do you do when reading something in English and you don't understand a word? It is frustrating none-the-less, but it is a valuable skill. If the unknown word is important to the context, then you'll need to learn it. If it is not, let it go... for now. That won't be the only time that word is used, and there is always time to learn it soon. Remember you are trying to improve your global language abilities [meaning all aspects of it]. Don't get tripped up by the minutia.
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Akula Game profile

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Jul 12th 2010, 23:56:01

Originally posted by aliyah:
Originally posted by kemo:
wasnt easy learnin to speak braille ill tell ya that


Really now? When did braille become a spoken language? I must be missing something. LOL.


kemo pronounces the bumps with such ... passion :)
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