Tandem Language Learning and learning about the grammar of a foreign language

[Ronyell, Your Humble Creator!]

Hello everyone! For those of you who want to learn how to speak a certain language and want to learn more about the grammar of the foreign language, feel free to come here and ask questions about the foreign language you have learn and teach it to other members! It can be any foreign language you have learned like Russian, German, French, Spanish, Chinese and all other kinds of language!

[Manybooks]

I would say this is not only for giving pointers, but also for posting specific questions anyone might have about the grammar etc. of a specific language.

[Ronyell, Your Humble Creator!]

Gundula wrote: "I would say this is not only for giving pointers, but also for posting specific questions anyone might have about the grammar etc. of a specific language."

I have a question about the German language. Is it as easy learning as Spanish?

[Manybooks]

Ronyell wrote: "Gundula wrote: "I would say this is not only for giving pointers, but also for posting specific questions anyone might have about the grammar etc. of a specific language."

I have a question abou..."

That's a loaded question, Ronyell. Many people think that German is quite difficult, but I do not think that is necessarily true. It does have the tendency to have complicated sentences and you have to remember the gender of vocabulary words. And unlike English, you do have to be aware of grammar, you have to know the different case endings etc. Since you mention Spanish, German is similar to Spanish that each form of the verb must be conjugated (you know in English the only form of the verb generally has an ending is third person singular: I draw he draws (in German you would say ich male er malt). If you are interested in learning German, there are some good textbooks available, Treffpunkt Deutsch: Grundstufe is excellent, and for learning essential grammar, English Grammar for Students of German.

[Ronyell, Your Humble Creator!]

Thank you so much Gundula! I never knew much about the German language! I'll have to check those books out!

[Manybooks]

Ronyell wrote: "Thank you so much Gundula! I never knew much about the German language! I'll have to check those books out!"

Good book for "reading knowledge" of German are German Quickly: A Grammar for Reading German and German for Reading Knowledge. The first one looks quite good.

[Ronyell, Your Humble Creator!]

Thanks Gundula!! I'll check those out!

[Lolliepop]

my english is not really good..and i am trying to improve it as well as my arabic..anyone??hu

[Sara]

Lolliepop wrote: "my english is not really good..and i am trying to improve it as well as my arabic..anyone??hu"

good luck with your arabic. I knew several people who have tried to learn that as adults and it's not easy because of the different dialects (syrian/egyptian/iraqi) & the different letter system.
The people that i know who did manage to learn went through a several months long program in syria.
As for english, learn the basic rules and then watch english movies and read books... that helped me out a lot when i was learning it

[Manybooks]

Collins COBUILD English Grammar is a great resource

[Kathy]

Sara wrote: "Lolliepop wrote: "my english is not really good..and i am trying to improve it as well as my arabic..anyone??hu"

good luck with your arabic. I knew several people who have tried to learn that as a..."

I'll second Sara's suggestion. Read books. Lots and lots of books. Most of my knowledge of English words and grammar comes from my decades of reading...and I edit for a living.

[Ellen]

I'm working on my German reading right now. Thanks Gundula; I'm using German for Reading Knowledge for now.

[Manybooks]

Ellie wrote: "I'm working on my German reading right now. Thanks Gundula; I'm using German for Reading Knowledge for now."

How do you like it? If you have any grammar questions, post them here.

[Ellen]

I do like it even tho I know so little it's even hard to ask questions :(
But I'll try.

[Manybooks]

Ellie wrote: "I do like it even tho I know so little it's even hard to ask questions :(
But I'll try."

You might want to also try English Grammar for Students of German (I used to recommend that to my students)

[Ellen]

Sounds good. Sounds needed!

[Tammy]

I have taken Russian 1 but need to go back. Love it!

[Ronyell, Your Humble Creator!]

How was Russian Tammy?

[Danna]

Does anyone know Hebrew?
האם מישהו דובר עברית?

[Ronyell, Your Humble Creator!]

No, I haven't learned Hebrew. How's the language?

[Ruth]

I'm learning Hindi at the moment. I really want to learn Irish Gaelic too! And really I want to learn almost every language ever. I love languages. lol.

I find that whether a language is easy or not has a lot to do with how much you love that language and how motivated you are to learn it.

I'm finding Hindi do-able even though it is very different from English because I enjoy it so much and I have specific materials that I'm motivated to want to be able to read.

[Ronyell, Your Humble Creator!]

Ruth wrote: "I'm learning Hindi at the moment. I really want to learn Irish Gaelic too! And really I want to learn almost every language ever. I love languages. lol.

I find that whether a language is easy or ..."

Ooh! How's Hindu Ruth?

[Ronyell, Your Humble Creator!]

Ruth wrote: "I'm learning Hindi at the moment. I really want to learn Irish Gaelic too! And really I want to learn almost every language ever. I love languages. lol.

I find that whether a language is easy or ..."

Ooh!! How's Hindu Ruth?

[Ruth]

I LOVE it! lol. The script is absolutely gorgeous and the thrill of being able to somewhat understand the Bollywood movies I like is just incredible.

Let me see if the script will show up here:
नमस्ते. आप कैसे हैं?

[Kathy]

I do love the look of those scripts. They're so pretty...I very much doubt that I'd ever be able to read 'em though! Dang it...