John O. -> RE: Spanish language (Jun. 14 2007 11:04:08)
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This is a thread about language in general. I have lived in Germany and could survive if I went back there tomorrow, I was picking stuff up rapid, by the time I left. They say language learning doesn’t flow in a continua’s arc, like on a graph, but advances in steps, and what is also important, is the age at which u begin to learn. I would categorically say trying to learn a language fluent past the age of mid forties from scratch is virtually imposable. Unless you are a lucky freak. I also think the Spanish language is a weak language. A girl that taught at the Digami school of language in Almunecar, said learning Spanish is more about the culture than learning technique, she said Spanish a peasant language, compared to the extremely complex grammar and preciseness of the northern European languages, The beauty of Shakespeare, would never translate into such a base language as Spanish and another fluent Spanish speaker female friend said. I was speaking to my Spanish boyfriend on the dog and bone for an hour,and he was repeating the same dozen words over and over again, which where so vague it was almost like speaking to a monkey. Cheers Paco Yeah my grandma learned Spanish in like a week. My friend told me that they're now teaching monkeys Spanish. [:D][:D][:D] But seriously you're right, a lot of words are used over and over, like el, la, lo, yo, tu and such. A peasant language it is, influenced by Latin, which we all know was a poor man's language - I mean just look at Latin America!!! [:D][:D][:D] My mom and I moved to Germany when she was over 40, speaks fluent German and worked as a study coordinator for a university clinic. No offense to her, but she's not necessarily a genius.
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