As someone who’s picked up Spanish just from being in Mexico throughout the years, you gotta think about it differently, not as what’s this word in English/whatever. But as an entirely new word with its own meaning

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like i would literally learn spanish, korean, italian, chinese, arabic that would be so cool

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i really love to learn languages, i wish there was an easier/more effective way than Duolingo when you’re out of school but im currently learning german and portuguese!!! it’s a lot of fun

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Once you reach a certain age it’s so much harder for your brain to learn a brand new language. That’s why kids that are abused and not exposed may never fully learn to speak (genie wiley for example)

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Icl the younger you are the better you are at picking up stuff so yeah they should cram as many as possible as young as possible that’s how I literally learned English by being put in a fully English environment

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You gotta be in it for the love of the game

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Start watching media in that language and find native speakers to talk to. That’s how i learned Spanish,French and Italian.

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Ngl I recommend learning asl because it really breaks down the English mind barrier esp because it’s such a physical and visual language rather than being verbal. Immersion also goes a long way, taking Spanish at temple was butt bc of how textbook based it was but when I’m with my friends/family that speak Spanish it’s a lot easier to comprehend because it’s social comprehension and stuff rather than being so rigid and textbook based.

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It’s easier to pick up languages through tv, music, and real conversation with people.

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Look up YouTube videos on immersion learning for your target language. That’s really the only effective way to learn and speak like a native. Flashcards and vocab building can help assist this but shouldn’t be the focus. It’s just learning how babies learn. It will genuinely take years though. Anyone who tells you that it’s possible to learn a language in a couple of months to a year is lying

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I learned Spanish in high school. Start with the basic vocabulary and conversation starters. It will be more fun practicing talking about your weekend or what you like to do instead of watching and talking about a movie.

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i did french, could converse slowly but normal day to day talk? couldn’t catch one word

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Been studying French all thru high school, it’s been my second major for two years, and I’ve studied abroad in France. It takes a lot to be even close to fluent, which I’m still far from

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Not sure how much this’ll help, but I learnt a good chunk of Khmer due to needing to live in Cambodia for a long time. Whilst it’s not perfect and I am no where near fluent, I can read decently and get a general understanding of conversations if they don’t speak fast.

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me learning swedish at 22 years old

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I've been studying Japanese on and off on my own for the past few years I'm not good at it just yet but like, it's a whole system with it's own logic I'm sure whatever language(s) you wanna learn has YouTube and multiples communities of learners all doing their best and helping each other

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Think in the language you are learning instead of in English

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u gotta stop thinking w ur conditioned brain which translates everything in what u have been socialized, and instead return to ur innate consciousness and internalize understanding based on comprehension and assignment

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I speak 5 lil bro

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Learn phrases How much Where is Sorry + greetings All the simple questions once you know the questions you also know the words In the question and you can also point to items they’ll normally respond with the word How much is point to a shirt or beer or whatever

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I’ve only learned bits from working with Spanish people, 10x more in a year than I ever did in class and it’ll be basic shi 🤣

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Partly because they're able to travel :/

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Immersion is my goat. Really helps. YouTube language learning vids are amazing, but also Find a genre on yt you like (Minecraft, cooking, storytime) and find some child friendly YouTubers in your language

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I’m currently trying to learn Spanish and relearn French🤪

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You gotta find one that clicks with you- I hated Spanish with a passion but took one ASL class and fell in love with it

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i would recommend language immersion! i consume a lot of korean/spanish content (music, podcast, etc. when i finally started applying to learning it, it all fell into place

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where did u guys go to school ?? i started learning french and spanish in school when i was in preschool i

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Working with people who only speak Spanish helped me pick up the language, a lot of it is just immersing yourself and paying attention. Some formal learning is needed, but if you don’t immerse yourself it’s hard.

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I do it so I can learn to understand ppl that don’t speach English . I’m currently trying learn Spanish so I can talk to my bfs grandparents

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TRY ASL

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Because our education system fails us, and most other countries, they learn other languages from a very young age. Now with that being said, I would get Duolingo it will help.

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I think you answered ur question they have the mental capacity for it lol🤣

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I learned German in elementary (I grew up near Amish country) but unfortunately forgot the most of it 😭

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It is hard but I speak 4 languages And I started to learn French when I was 3 and Spanish when I was 10

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I speak 7 languages at 21 and I’m learning my 8th right now. Let me just say, Duolingo CAN be your friend. But it can only be in a language where there are almost ZERO exceptions. For example, I’m learning Finnish. While extremely difficult, Finnish actually makes a lot of sense when breaking it down. It’s just there are a MILLION rules to the language. So if you wanna use Duolingo, pick languages like Finnish or Chinese because they are WAY more rule based than “exception” based

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For the life of me I couldn’t learn Spanish but I wanted to learn Russian and I’ve been doing that for 6 years or so. Some languages are easier and some are more difficult in their own ways. Also important to not just use duolingo since it just teaches words and not proper usage of them

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Immersion. Look into how Mormons prepare for mission. The CIA borrowed the technique from them because they are able to train up a kid to fluency in a couple of months.

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It’s not that hard man

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There were plenty of options for your parents to have you learn another language when you were 4. What do you mean “why didn’t they force us” who is they? 😭

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