Overview

I recently started learning and would enjoy a friend to practice speaking with! Duolingo typically does not care for my pronunciation lol

Привет! Я новичок 🤓

i think it’s good! But who am i to know? But i have been to Maní and Ox in Yucatán, Mexico. And i think we had to depart from Cancun once.

¡No manches! yo nací en Estados Unidos. y vivo en california también de donde en México eres?

¡buenas! mi nombre es haven. soy chinita y soy de California pero mi Papi es mexicano y sus papas solo hablan español y quiero hablar con ellos. Porque? Porque lo amo y los quiero mucho. mi suegra es de Ox y mi suegro es de Maní. nosotros vivimos en california.

um i grew up speaking Cantonese. it’s my native language. Cantonese originated from Guangdong, which was called Canton in English. Other parts of the world speak it too like Hong Kong and i think parts of Singapore and Malaysia and the Cantonese communities in California. there’s a lot of history and culture. Is there anything in particular? If i know it i can try to share. China has hundreds of dialects. The official language there is mandarin but local dialects are closer to 300. I think Chinese is classified into seven to ten primary language groups like Mandarin, Wu (Shanghai), Yue (Cantonese), Min (Fujian/Taiwan), Hakka, Xiang (Hunan), and Gan (Jiangxi). Some classifications include Jin, Pinghua, and Huizhou. Before China was unified by Shi Huangdi and became one country, it was hundreds of small countries living next to each other. That’s why each place had their own spoken and written language and sounds different from each other. But Shi Huangdi destroyed and burned all of the books and buried all of the scholars and he changed Chinese communication by mandating a standardized writing system across his unified empire around 221 BCE. This forced people with different regional dialects to read the same texts and speak the same language. i learned this when i was in elementary school

hiiiii my name is haven. My pronouns are she/ella/她. my native language is Cantonese. I grew up in the states but my parents are mostly monolingual so i grew up speaking Canto. My second language is English. i don’t know if it counts but i took three years of French in high school. i can still read and write and say some things in French. i also went to mandarin school as a kid. So i can read and understand mandarin. Mandarin is considered to be easier than Cantonese since mandarin only has four tones and canto has nine. i also spent the last eight years learning and still learning Spanish from Yucatán, Mexico because my daddy’s parents are monolingual and i want to be able to talk with them. i can read and write better than i can speak tho. i can order food, say some phrases, and read the newspaper in Vietnamese. i like to look through the classifieds of the Saigon times newspaper. My parents’ nationality was Vietnamese but they consider their ethnicity to be Chinese, meaning they grew up in Vietnam but are culturally Chinese and speak multiple dialects of Chinese. i had to secretly learn Viet here and there since my parents didn’t want me to learn at all. I consider myself only fluent in Cantonese and English.

Hello, I know that most of the people here speak English, and only a few do not, or it is not their first language. I've been learning English for years, but I've been distracted from it for periods of time, and the reasons vary, of course. Now I've truly found my hardworking colleague, and we've started communicating with each other in English only—voice to describe our day and text to correct some of our mistakes. I'm truly happy about that because everyone who told me they wanted to learn just made me stop and wait for them to start together, but they just broke their promise and made me wait for no reason. I don't consider myself to have stopped completely because I'm still learning from YouTube and movies, but not with the same effort as before. Anyone who wants to learn English can share and exchange ideas 😸💙 ^If there are any mistakes, I apologize. I'm using a translator^

Hello, I know that most of the people here speak English, and only a few do not, or it is not their first language. I've been learning English for years, but I've been distracted from it for periods of time, and the reasons vary, of course. Now I've truly found my hardworking colleague, and we've started communicating with each other in English only—voice to describe our day and text to correct some of our mistakes. I'm truly happy about that because everyone who told me they wanted to learn just made me stop and wait for them to start together, but they just broke their promise and made me wait for no reason. I don't consider myself to have stopped completely because I'm still learning from YouTube and movies, but not with the same effort as before. Anyone who wants to learn English can share and exchange ideas 😸💙 ^If there are any mistakes, I apologize. I'm using a translator^

I am so happy to find this topic. My household is wanting to move toward the end of the year. They would like to move to Japan. Most in the house are doing really well with studying, learning and writing the language. For some reason I am having the hardest time out of all of us. For writing my hands are a bit of a bother trying to write the small characters. Lets not even start on the pronunciation of the words. My family laughs at me, I know it is in fun and not to be hurtful (but it does hurt me.). I was wondering if anyone might know of any good study aids that might be able to help? Thank you.

Hiyaaa! ✨ I've recently stumbled upon this channel on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/@CarlG./videos, and I think it could be perfect for listening practice ✨

Hello! I am Akichan. Did you know you can "rent" Japanese boyfriends, girlfriends, wise older men, etc. online? I am super nerdy so I create slideshows on different topics (holidays, medicine, school, etc.) and study with them. It's been a great resource for me, so I thought I'd throw the idea out there for others!

Ling has some less common languages. Its especially good for Thai. Beelinguapp has news, books, and music at various levels. And this isn't language learning specific but if you like flashcards check out Anki. There are pre-made sets to start you off, some with audio and images to help you learn!

Haha I get for sure lol but if you more people might see it and might be able to help I try to keep this club going and more interest would be welcome

Being patient is not my main skill 😓 especially when I’m forced to have good grades in this language 🫠

Welcome my Spanish is passable I try to use it more but sometimes it just be hard. I spent some time in Costa Rica that’s how I know even a little bet

Lol sometimes you got to keep posting and trying it only takes one spark to really light it up

I was very excited for this post and only has like 3 responses

Holaaaaa Hablo español pues porque nací y he vivido toda mi vida en Colombia, de verdad me encanta mi idioma y me encanta ayudar a las personas que lo están aprendiendo porque considero que el español es un idioma hermosísimo. Si tienen dudas de cómo decir algo o necesitan ayuda a traducir algo me pueden decir al privado o postearlo aquí 🫶🏻. hiiiii I speak Spanish because I was born and lived my home life in Colombia, I really love my language and I love helping people who are learning it because I consider that Spanish is a very beautiful language. If you have any doubts on how to say something or need help to translate something you can dm me or post it here 🫶🏻

Thank you, I’m happy to be here! 🙂

Welcome to the group we are happy to have happy to have people’ that can help us learn

My name is Andrea. I grew up speaking Spanish Fluently and Italian with one set of grandparents/ half my family. I learned English at 13, and it was quite a journey for me. I would be more than happy to teach others if anyone is interested. I would love to be able to practice, so I don’t lose them. I love ASL it holds a special place in my heart. I had a close friend growing up who could only sign to communicate, thanks to that I recognize quite a bit. It’s been more than 10 years and I’m rusty on a lot of the conversational signs. But I can do the alphabet, several responses (yes, no, more, please, thank you, all done). Thanks for reading my Intro! 🙂

El mas ayuda es mayore

Привет!