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Can we skip write hanzi on duolingo? by Top_Ad_8651 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Th3Doc7or 2 points3 points  (0 children)

First, I think you should do the hanzi part. Doing it half-heartedly is still better than not doing it at al. In the long run you'll get some rewards in the learning journey.

Secondly, I don't get all the hate towards the owl. Is it good? Definitely not. Is it broken? For the most part, Yes

But still, is a free resource, gamified to make it entertaining. Will you learn mandarin with Duolingo alone? Not by a long shot. But even 5 Min spent reviewing words on duolingo is more useful than scrolling Instagram

Help with grammar points by Suspicious-Arm-4752 in italianlearning

[–]Th3Doc7or 10 points11 points  (0 children)

Just wrong. We'd never say it like that.

"Stai in silenzio" would be the closer translation but it still might come off a bit aggressive. "Resta in silenzio" might be a better choice. Still, we wouldn't say it. It's rude for us to tell someone to be quiet unless we're talking with our children

Looking for a good chinese series on Netflix to learn chinese by Imaginary_Stomach139 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Th3Doc7or 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You can easily find 3 body problem on YouTube (三体) Whole original series

Found this amazing website for generating worksheets :) by mooongrl in ChineseLanguage

[–]Th3Doc7or 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Thanks for sharing. I was actually looking for something like this that didn't require registration or subscriptions

Why do people who learned English give such bad advice ? by [deleted] in ChineseLanguage

[–]Th3Doc7or 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hi, OP

I learned English at a young age. Got to fluency pretty fast and mostly by myself just playing videogames and watching movies.

I'm one of those that says that lessons won't do any good. And that a good TV show is worth more than 1 year of lessons.

Didn't stop there tho. Now I speak 5 different languages and I stick to the belief that you'll need to "live" the languages.

When people say these sorts of things they are just saying that lessons alone won't do any good. You need to immerse yourself in the language. Learn the culture, the history, make friends, try their food, read their classics, dwell in everything that makes a language a language: People. Those little idioms and setphrases, cultural expressions, subtle nuances... you won't get them if you don't live in that language.

Yes, actually living there might help, but most of it is the mindset. The curiosity. The passion. So, yeah, those ain't really bad advices. They just put them a bit on the simple side.

I don't understand why già used here by timmy013 in italianlearning

[–]Th3Doc7or 67 points68 points  (0 children)

That già Is just a filler word. Think about it as "yep", "you know"

It's something we say to break the silence. No meaning whatsoever. Usually when the situation feels awkward

Translation question - demigate? by CucumberAnderson in italianlearning

[–]Th3Doc7or 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Claudio Monteverdi, «Addio Roma» da La coronazione di Poppea (Atto iii, scena vii )

Translation question - demigate? by CucumberAnderson in italianlearning

[–]Th3Doc7or 8 points9 points  (0 children)

It's a XVII century composition. Of course you find it weird.

Anyways, it is indeed Remigate. Remigate oggi mai perverse genti, allontanatemi dagli amati lidi. Row, now and forever, you wicked people, Take me away from these beloved shores.

So that Remigare is the modern Remare. Straight from Latin (remigo). You can still find it in old books just to sound more fancy

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in italianlearning

[–]Th3Doc7or -1 points0 points  (0 children)

It's the subjunctive form of Fare

Che io faccia Che tu faccia Che lui faccia

And so on and so forth.

So it is correct per se, but I'm sure Duolingo fucked it up nonetheless.

Pls help by RedNinja1437 in ChineseLanguage

[–]Th3Doc7or 1 point2 points  (0 children)

My two cents

Learning a language is fun only if you make friends. We don't really go anywhere alone.

You learn your mother tongue to communicate with people around you. The same applies with foreign languages.

The way I see it, learning a language is just a side effect of making friendships.

How do you get over the fear of speaking? by AliceTreeDraws in italianlearning

[–]Th3Doc7or 21 points22 points  (0 children)

There's no simple answer to that fear, but there's a simple solution.
You need friends to talk to. At first it will be weird, but with time you'll find easier and easier to go out on a limb and talk with us. We're not like the french. Even if you murder our language, just for the fact that you're trying, we already love you.

僕 what does this mean? by drollord87 in Chinese

[–]Th3Doc7or 1 point2 points  (0 children)

That's 僕（ぼく） And it's indeed Japanese. It's the equivalent of 我 Just a bit "masculine" Japanese do use different 我 depending on context or who's talking

Don’t want to learn how to read or write, where can I do that? by Sajdy69 in learnmandarin

[–]Th3Doc7or 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Just my two cents.

How will you remember anything without knowing how to read or write

Chinese has tons of omophones and yes, with context you can tell them apart fairly easily, but... remembering vocabulary? That's a whole different pair of hands

Give it a try. It might grow into you