(05-17-2024, 07:52 AM)The Real Marty Wrote: Anyone here know a second language other than English, or trying to learn a second language other than English?  

I'm curious about how you did it, or how you are going about doing it.

I grew up in a household with a grandmother who spoke French. I later took French lessons in HS and found out it was a rather different dialect than the creole French she spoke lol. I dropped it shortly after graduation but started practicing again a few years ago and was disappointed by how much I’d lost.

In 2018 we went to Germany so I started trying to learn German on Duolingo about 10 months before the trip. I was cramming about 10 hours a week and actually it did help to where I could ask basic questions and understand a little, especially reading but nowhere near any level of fluency.

Last year I took up Spanish for the first time, also on Duolingo. I feel like I have more of an opportunity to use that language in Florida but my pace is a lot slower than with German. It’s a little more fun that way, lol.

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