Azren the Language Nerd
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DUDE join the club! I would love to spend all of my time just learning different languages
Do you speak any languages currently?
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DUDE join the club! I would love to spend all of my time just learning different languages
Do you speak any languages currently?
Fork
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Besides English, I'm really only fluent in pig-latin. There are bits and pieces of French I remember from highschool and I have a SUPER basic understanding of Russian grammar, but that's about it. :'(DUDE join the club! I would love to spend all of my time just learning different languages
Kousuke-shii
I've Got It
Well, English is not my first language but since I've been using it for years now even if I don't need to, I guess I still count as learning it? Anyway, before I started Youtube 2 months ago, I had a problem where I tend to speak too fast and it ended up messing with my pronunciation of some big words. Now, I still stutter but not as much as I did a few months ago. I mostly owe it to doing Youtube.
DuncanT
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Duncan, thank you very much for this comment! That's interesting that Dutch speaked struggle with the ch sound. Is there a reason for that? I.e does the sound not exist at all in Dutch or something? What do Dutch people tend to say instead of ch?
I watched your "Dumb People on the Internet video" about 3 times now to see what pronunciation tips I could give you. Generally, your pronunciation is very good! You sound more British than American I would say. 1 piece of advice to help you sound more native: be mindful of how you pronounce the letter "p". Often you are either:
1. Pronouncing the p as a "b" sound.
2. Pronouuncing the p without any "aspiration". In other words, if you were go put your hand directly in front of your mouth as you say a "p", you wouldn't feel any air hit your hand. In English, a "p" should have aspiration. In other words, it''s almost like a "p" with a small "h" sound right after.
If you have snapchat, I can snap you a video outlining the differences between what you're doing, and what a native speaker would do, if you want
Wow, I didn't think you would actually help me out! Thank you so much for that. I think the second part is very true and I'll try and change it! Oh and thank you for complimenting me haha, it means a lot to me. Again, thank you for watching my video! Since you watched it about 3 times... I hope you enjoyed watching it atleast once haha
Giedre
I've Got It
Okay.. sweedish is pretty similar to danish and I can totally relate
the worst moment when you say something to them and they are looking at you : what language are you speaking now??? DD[DOUBLEPOST=1472990886,1472990697][/DOUBLEPOST]Well my first language is lithuanian, my second is english.. my third is russian ( which I am not perfect at speaking anyway) and I was learning spanish for quite some time and now since I live in Denmark I am trying to learn danish..which is hellish .. you can't pronounce a single word without embarrassing yourself..and most of their words.. they are so so so different form my language and how it sounds that it becomes almost impossible for me to pronounce them
) but I still try very hard and if you really want.. NOTHING IS IMPOSSIBLE haha
Fork
Member
Cool beans man, I'll check you out~Ooh I see. Well, if you have an interest in languages, it may not be a bad idea to check out some of the videos on my channel, and subscribe if you like what you see. It could be a light-weight way for you to improve some of your language abilities and feed your passion for languages!
Amphioen
I've Got It
When I followed german classes in high school, my teacher always berated me for my pronounciation of the ß. Apparently it wasn't sharp enough. Even though I couldn't hear the difference and still can't.
That is my main issue with learning languages, I think. Really hearing the difference between different pronounciations and then correcting yourself. It's hard to hear in the moment, when I'm speaking myself, but if I where to listen back to myself on tape, I do notice it.
That is my main issue with learning languages, I think. Really hearing the difference between different pronounciations and then correcting yourself. It's hard to hear in the moment, when I'm speaking myself, but if I where to listen back to myself on tape, I do notice it.
Azren the Language Nerd
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Absolutely. This is especially tough if you're not 100% fluent in the language to start with, because you have to think not only about how to pronounce the word, but also how to say the sentence/word you're trying to say!
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Thanks! I saw that you subbed, I appreciate it Mr. Fork!
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Haha it was a decent video
And I'm happy to help! Honestly, I love languages (especially pronunciation) and I could talk about languages forever Also, as you said, since I am THE Language Nerd, there was no better time than to display my mad skiiiiiillz. Hahaha xD[DOUBLEPOST=1473021019][/DOUBLEPOST]
Okay.. sweedish is pretty similar to danish and I can totally relate
which is hellish .. you can't pronounce a single word without embarrassing yourself..and most of their words.. they are so so so different form my language and how it sounds that it becomes almost impossible for me to pronounce them
Oh man you speak 4 languages? You are now the coolest person on YTTalk in my books, haha
Amphioen
I've Got It
Funnily, out of all the languages I know, I'm probably the worst at German. Dutch is my mother tongue, but I'm quite fluent in English. Even though, listening back to my videos, reveals an accent of whihc I didn't know it was that strong. I also have a minimal knowledge of French. I can understand a basic conversation and I can order ice cream in French, the latter is of course the most important.