Recent content by kevinsano

I have the feeling English and Dutch hate each other. Everything "translated" from the one into the other gets butchered. Try reading the Dutch Potter books or Lord of the Rings (in de ban van de ring) Or try watching the American versions of Dutch movies. (okay, this only works if you can...

Well, with the title "learning language on your own" I meant WITHOUT corrective feedback. I'm interested in finding out how many people here have learned to speak a language (fluently) without the benefit of corrective feedback. TV is perfectly okay for that job. I agree that it's probably alot...

I tried creating one once. I called it Adian and it was solely based on the OVS syntax. It had a strictly phonetic "alphabet". It has no gender, and I removed all other "useless" grammatical mumbojumbo from it. I had just finished the verb conjugation when I got bored of having to create an...

I'm 100% sure that it's possible, but I think age is a crucial factor to take into consideration. The younger you are the easier you learn a language on your own, IF you have enough source material(television works best, since you can conclude the meanings of the words out of the actions shown)

on topic: If the writing system is the same words should be spelled as they are in the original language.(english, dutch, german, french etc) In Dutch for example, they have changed french loan words into dutch spelling, and I find that annoying(cadeau=kado, blouse=bloes, boutique=boetiek) I'm...

Hey dutch baka, try Suriname for a change(official language=Dutch). Kids here can speak English at elementary school age(6-12) and often even younger. 80-90% of TV programs is in English here, you know.(Dutch stuff uses PAL, the format here is NTSC)

I was just wondering. How many people here have learned to speak/write a language (fluently) without any help of a textbook and/or teacher.(eg through TV, Radio, comics etc)

When I first saw korean I thought of it as circular. Chinese was midblowingly difficult and japanese was a little easier. Now I still see Korean as circular, but I can actually read Japanese and Chinese(to an extent) so I see them as languages. Hindi I see as some kind of abstract mess.(no...

Woah, Nederlands, dat helpt veel. Ik ben al die naamvallen vergeten. Thanks again. I'm gonna save my German grammer booklet from the dust it's been collecting.

Guten Tag, Ich habe Deutch nicht gesprecht(sp?) fur mehr als 6 Jahren. Ich habe verscheidene Tale gelehrt in die Zeit. Ein von die Talen ist Nederlandisch und die hast All mein worter geesst(Essen=eat, right?) please tell me what's wrong with that sentence. My Dutch has obliterated my German.(I...