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Comments on: Are Some Languages Faster than Others? http://runawaydaydreamer.com/are-some-languages-faster-than-others/ Wed, 05 Jul 2017 11:05:45 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.18 By: Why Spanish Uses More Words Than English: an Analysis of Expansion and Contraction | Transfluent http://runawaydaydreamer.com/are-some-languages-faster-than-others/#comment-1014 Thu, 30 Jul 2015 18:36:08 +0000 http://runawaydaydreamer.com/?p=865#comment-1014 […] at the Université de Lyon studied several major languages to assess the speed at which they are spoken. To do so, they had […]

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By: Chiara Grandola http://runawaydaydreamer.com/are-some-languages-faster-than-others/#comment-1009 Fri, 10 Apr 2015 22:03:00 +0000 http://runawaydaydreamer.com/?p=865#comment-1009 Prego, ho detto solo la verità! 🙂

Ho letto il tuo articolo e mi è piaciuto moltissimo, io adoro le storie che raccontano un’esperienza personale.

Hai proprio ragione! Infatti in Italia c’è il detto “sbagliando s’impara!”.
Anche io faccio ancora errori quando scrivo in una lingua straniera che ho studiato ma è proprio così che si migliora 🙂

Ora ti scrivo una email!

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By: The Sparking Synapse http://runawaydaydreamer.com/are-some-languages-faster-than-others/#comment-1006 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 21:26:00 +0000 http://runawaydaydreamer.com/?p=865#comment-1006 Chiara, sei molto gentile! Grazie!

Ho scritto un blog riguardo il mio viaggio imparando l’Italiano, qualche anno fa. Ci sono cose che – se scrivessi uno così oggi – io dovessi aggiungere, e forse lo farò. Se vuoi, può leggerlo qui: http://www.thedeppeffect.com/7524/learning-italian/

E’ il tipo del articolo che intendevi? Se sì, sarò felice di scrivere un altro per te. Se non, non importa! Come vedi, non sono fluente e faccio ancora molti errori, però non si può impara senza sbagliare, non è così?

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By: Chiara Grandola http://runawaydaydreamer.com/are-some-languages-faster-than-others/#comment-1005 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 16:48:00 +0000 http://runawaydaydreamer.com/?p=865#comment-1005 Complimenti per aver raggiunto un ottimo livello in italiano! You’re thrilled about it and so am I. Bravissima!!! 🙂

Grazie per averci raccontato la tua esperienza personale.
Se ti va di condividere la tua storia scrivendo un post per questo blog, fammelo sapere. Sono sicura che sarebbe molto utile per tutti coloro che stanno imparando l’italiano ma hanno delle difficoltà.

Anch’io ho studiato il francese a scuola ma prima riuscivo solo a capirlo e provavo molto imbarazzo quando dovevo parlare . Ora invece, studiando da sola, sto imparando a comunicare anche con gli altri!

“They also tell me that the best musical instrument to learn is the one you like to listen to, or the one you feel drawn to, and learning languages must be the same.”

Sono completamente d’accordo! 🙂

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By: Chiara Grandola http://runawaydaydreamer.com/are-some-languages-faster-than-others/#comment-1004 Wed, 08 Apr 2015 16:37:00 +0000 http://runawaydaydreamer.com/?p=865#comment-1004 Thank you so much for your input, Frank. Its greatly appreciated 🙂

I agree with you, Paul. Dubbing is a very interesting topic, indeed!

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By: The Sparking Synapse http://runawaydaydreamer.com/are-some-languages-faster-than-others/#comment-1003 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 08:23:00 +0000 http://runawaydaydreamer.com/?p=865#comment-1003 Thank you! It’s very strange about your friend Melanie, especially as they tell me that Spanish and Italian have so much in common, but there you go. ‘They’ also tell me that the best musical instrument to learn is the one you like to listen to, or the one you feel drawn to, and learning languages must be the same. I was able to learn French to ‘O’ level standard (yes, I’m that old!) when I was at school, but never was able to speak it, and in my forties tried to learn German, which was a total non-starter. Italian .. well, that just seems to be a whole different ball game.

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By: Paul Mains http://runawaydaydreamer.com/are-some-languages-faster-than-others/#comment-1002 Thu, 02 Apr 2015 01:15:00 +0000 http://runawaydaydreamer.com/?p=865#comment-1002 Very impressive — you should be thrilled! I’ve noticed that some people have a knack for certain languages — for instance, my friend Melanie was never able to learn Spanish, but she lived in Italy for four months and is now completely fluent. Incredible. Obviously, motivation is a HUGE factor here — if you really want to learn it, it will come.

Congrats on your progress! Keep it up!

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By: The Sparking Synapse http://runawaydaydreamer.com/are-some-languages-faster-than-others/#comment-1001 Tue, 31 Mar 2015 19:19:00 +0000 http://runawaydaydreamer.com/?p=865#comment-1001 Thanks! Wow … Italian certainly seems faster than English, but I thought that was probably because I was not fluent . .. not perhaps a huge difference but even so, I feel quite proud of myself now. I am completely self-taught, using internet/CDs/Skype/books/games/music/anything which interests me. I have honestly never had one single classroom lesson.

I never thought of myself as having a knack for languages, but I think one reason I’m doing well with italian is that I really, really like it, and I have good motivation for learning (I’m allergic to many foods and need to be able to talk with and comprehend waiters when we go there). And now I’ve made some lovely friends through Skype, who we’ve met in person, and it just snowballs, doesn’t it? I can now read books in Italian which are not meant for students. OK, I need a dictionary with me, but hey – that’s an achievement, isn’t it? I’m ridiculously thrilled about it. 🙂

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By: Paul Mains http://runawaydaydreamer.com/are-some-languages-faster-than-others/#comment-999 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:22:00 +0000 http://runawaydaydreamer.com/?p=865#comment-999 @disqus_QOcn9IWrA2:disqus , you’re right about Vietnamese! It’s spoken at only 5.22 syllables per second, which places it just a little faster than Mandarin.

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By: Paul Mains http://runawaydaydreamer.com/are-some-languages-faster-than-others/#comment-1000 Mon, 30 Mar 2015 18:22:00 +0000 http://runawaydaydreamer.com/?p=865#comment-1000 Thanks as always, @disqus_ksoTk6HVFE:disqus!

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