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Welcome to /lang/, home of all languages! Student Board owner 09/08/2019 (Sun) 09:48:19 Id: dc127b No. 1 [Reply] [Last]
This board is a continuation of various smaller boards from 8ch dedicated to learning new languages, translating documents from one to another and overall just having fun with other anons in the ultimate pursuit of universal knowledge. RULES 1. Global Rules apply here. 2. English is the preferred language outside of threads strictly dedicated to a particular language. 3. Be courteous to other anons, as this is a (mostly) SFW board - if people wish to translate stuff that is kinkier than usual though I'll see what I can do with the site administration. 4. Any material that you have that could be useful to other anons, please, share it! Having videos and resources helps immensely! 5. Our bunker shall be located on 8chan.moe/lang/ but this is to be considered the main board. 6. This thread can be used as a META thread of sorts, so voice all your language related concerns here!
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>>637 > Though I fear they'll just consider it spam. That's the big issue, the advertising question was supposed to be solved by the webring. I don't want to stoop to the level of link-spamming.
Fuck you anon

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Вы не можете выучить русский язык Student 09/15/2019 (Sun) 21:54:28 Id: 285982 No. 21 [Reply]
Thread dedicated to the Russian language

>Resources
Russian With Ease
YUhSMGNITTZMeTl0WldkaExtNTZMeU5HSVc0eFpIZEhZVXRUSVcwKERFTEVURV9NRSkwVldScmNuQXdZVk0zZVVsRVFsZHhaMXBUYzNjPQ==
>What we need
Sites and resources to help newcomers learn the language
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I have not seen a language before with different plural words after 2, it is interesting!
What did you guys do to learn to type in Russian? I feel my brain is ripping in half. I started using https://www.keybr.com/ and changed the settings to Russian. But I am still having so much difficulty. I know reverse translate is a possible lazy option out of this. Also putting this here because I think it was what was in the now empty mega folder. Assimil Russian With Ease including the audio files as well. https://archive.org/details/assimil2011russianwithease Also, Puskin Institute has free courses up to C2. You will have turn on your browser translator at first in order to navigate the site in the beginning. https://pushkininstitute.ru/learn
>>546 Анон, спасибо тебе большое. Я готов сосать твой хуй за эти ресурсы. чпок, чпок😚. Не забуду тебе.

Anonymous 03/21/2024 (Thu) 21:09:38 No. 701 [Reply]
looking for good russian youtubers, any suggestions?
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Watch Putins speech

An announcement Student 05/04/2020 (Mon) 09:14:08 Id: 9b979b No. 194 [Reply]
I was planning on making a small clearnet IB containing several Self Improvement boards, including this one. How interested would you be in moving there?
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So? Did this happen?
>>194 I'm down for a gardening imageboard anytime you want

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Du kannst nicht Deutsch lernen Student 09/17/2019 (Tue) 21:46:40 Id: 14e499 No. 30 [Reply] [Last]
Thread dedicated to the German language

>Resources
German With Ease
YUhSMGNITTZMeTl0WldkaExtNTZMeU5HSVVOd1ZWUjZRVzlDSVdWRE5IRlhNa0paVlZCa1JDMUZVVzB3UVUoREVMRVRFX01FKXB4V2tFPQ==
>What we need
Sites and resources to help newcomers learn the language

Also, I do apologize for the lack of stuff, I'm trying to make the board more colorful but just bear with me for a while longer.
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Translate pl0x.
>>120 >just a b64 string encoded twice >b - a what?
hey >>696 you can translate very well with llms now. try that

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文字通り誰も日本語を学べない Student 09/18/2019 (Wed) 20:11:39 Id: 8018bf No. 33 [Reply] [Last]
Thread dedicated to the Japanese language

>Resources
Empty at the moment, will be updated
>What we need
Sites and resources to help newcomers learn the language

Also, I do apologize for the lack of stuff, I'm trying to make the board more colorful but just bear with me for a while longer.
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I've been very slowly dabbling with this with some language app on my phone. Only 10mins a day for a while. Almost through the hiragana and katakana. Then moving on to simple words/phrases. Maybe then I can put in 30mins to an hour a day since I won't need to frequently look up what each letter means. >>68 I'm in too deep to stop now. No matter how retarded it gets, I will one day be able to force my way through some jp vidya without being completely lost at all times.
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>>679 >Chart autism on this board too Please don't

Student 09/12/2019 (Thu) 12:42:01 Id: f6757e No. 5 [Reply]
What languages are you learning? Italian here, I've been at it for about two years.
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>>673 If I learned a Romance language, it would be Portuguese. I don't know why, but it seems interesting to compared to the others.
I really wanted to learn Danish but as I acquired grammar I just didn't really see or hear any progress with the pronunciation, it's confusing at best. So I resigned and started to learn Swedish a few years ago, I've noticed progressed and I'm still at it. I still however like Danish more and I'll always love it as a language. flag feature test.
Learning Russian off and on for a couple of years. My biggest struggle is how long the words are. I feel like I will be able to listen, read, and speak well enough before I will to be able to write well enough.

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Vous ne pouvez pas apprendre le Français Student 09/15/2019 (Sun) 11:05:22 Id: d0511c No. 18 [Reply]
Thread dedicated to the French language

>Resources
Empty at the moment, will be updated
>What we need
Sites and resources to help newcomers learn the language
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Voilà. L'Entremonde. >>>/ent/ Je peaufine encore quelques trucs côté esthétique mais en l'état ça fait le café.
any good french tv shows and music albums? i got to start consuming more stuff in the languaje
>>671 Can't say for TV shows because I don't watch TV but for the music : French chanson : Dominique A, quite poetic without being difficult to understand (I guess for a non french). Lately I discovered Zaho de Sagazan, nice modern pop with poetic lyrics. I can recommend some classic french rap, essentially through the Time Bomb collective if you're into hip-hop. The classics : Léo ferré (may be hard to understand, even for a french), Brassens, Renaud (you can learn some delicious old-fashioned french slang), Barbara. Also for the alternative scene : Les Ogres De Barback, Les Rita Mitsouko, Billy Ze Kick, Noir Désir, Camera Silens... Let me know if something in this quick list pleased you so I can recommend you more related things :)

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Vi ne povas lerni Esperanton Student 09/18/2019 (Wed) 20:07:58 Id: 6e4c8b No. 32 [Reply]
Thread dedicated to the Esperanto language (and all other ConLangs)

>Resources

>La Tua Esperanto
bWVnYS5uei8jIVhzdEVVWUpCIWdnc2tfZnNEXzZKUGprTHc5RzNRcGhIM2xJYkU4VXNtYmh0R1gwaEZMRUUgZGRkZA==
>What we need
Sites and resources to help newcomers learn the language

WE'RE DOING THIS MAN
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It's a language that I would want to try as a challenge, although I will probably die only speaking it on random places in internet.
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Mi eklernis Esperanton. Mi povas kompreni kaj skribi simplajn frazojn. Nun mi scivolas kiel praktiki ĉiutage. Ĉu vi uzas Discord por skribi kaj paroli kun aliaj Esperanto-parolantoj? Ĉu estas sufiĉe da homoj por paroli? Mi neniam uzis tian programaron.
>>659 volapuko estas volapuke, t.e. malfacile lerni kaj uzi

você não pode aprender português Student 05/23/2021 (Sun) 09:57:47 Id: ee51f2 No. 486 [Reply]
Thread dedicated to the Portuguese language, and its dialects >Resources Empty at the moment, will be updated >What we need Sites and resources to help newcomers learn the language
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>>555 melhor do que o muito comum uso de conjugações da terceira pessoa com tu
>>486 Eu preciso aprender portugues para um emprego, algum conselho para um hispano aprendendo portugues?
>>653 Você vai ter dificuldades como as que eu tenho com o castelhano. Como são línguas irmãs, me sinto sempre a ponto de misturar as duas, por mais que eu tente ficar atento. Não é nada que lhe deva desinteressar, só cansa mais um pouco. Quando estudamos uma língua um pouquinho mais distante, como francês ou italiano, a distância já não permite que esse problema surja. Coragem!

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你不能学中文 Student 09/15/2019 (Sun) 21:53:13 Id: e7409d No. 20 [Reply]
Thread dedicated to the Chinese language

>Resources
Chinese With Ease
YUhSMGNITTZMeTl0WldkaExtNTZMeU5HSVdVd1JXMHlZKERFTEVURS1NRSlVdGhJVnBZV1RkVWVUQkVkMGRCUkZCUVJ6RTRia3B0V0VFZ0xnPT0=
>What we need
Sites and resources to help newcomers learn the language
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>中文線 >一句中國話都沒有 這兒的人是不是真的對中文有興趣?
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>>650 我喜欢非常大咪咪
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你們好啊! 沒想到這樣的image board會有這樣的thread! 我有中文朋友,還有IB朋友,但還沒有什麽又會説中文又會用IB的朋友! yoroshiku 你們喜歡動畫或者漫畫嗎? 看過時光代理人沒有? 第二季在哪裏啊!

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Tú no puedes aprender el español Student 07/16/2020 (Thu) 05:30:14 Id: 3dc1e8 No. 266 [Reply] [Last]
This thread is dedicated to learning the Spanish Language >Resources A lot of these are placeholders until we get some better suited purpose; please suggest any other resources you use or know about. >Flash cards https://apps.ankiweb.net/ - if you don't already have it, download anki for your flashcards. You can search through user generated, premade decks here https://ankiweb.net/shared/decks/spanish, but you can also create your own as you go along a different program >Dictionaries https://www.spanishdict.com/ - a multi-use tool for Spanish. Includes a fairly sized dictionary with pronunciation, a conjugation tool for verbs, and grammar lessons with quizes. It also has forums hidden away at https://www.spanishdict.com/answers https://www.wordreference.com/es/translation.asp - another dictionary that is slightly more expansive. It also has a conjugation tool and forums as well. It has more pronunciation and conjugation information for dialects outside of Castilian and than Spanishdict. https://www.wiktionary.org/ - an open source multilingual dictionary. In theory this is a resource for any language, but it is particularly good for learning Spanish. It has a lot of Spanish words, including obscure ones, and offers more information on dialectical differences in vocabulary than anywhere else. It also has a conjugation tool for verbs, and organizes them into conjugation classes well. >Learning resources https://studyspanish.com/ - Has a payed program, but offers almost everything besides some practice exercises for free on the website. It has a series of pronunciation lessons, grammar lessons, and vocabulary sets. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_phonology & https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spanish_orthography pages containing detailed but technical descriptions of spanish pronunciation and writing. Not targeted to learners in the slightest, but very informative if you can undestand them. >What we need <More additional comprehensive learning resources, such as textbooks <Reading and listening material

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>>622 It's like a Gee in american english or Yi in chinaman. You meant "Ll" right? Word "Llano" would be something like Yah-Noh but without the very small "i" vocalization at the beginning that the Y makes. Also it's a matter of accent too, Cono Sur inhabitants spell it almost whispering which renders a sound similar to "Sh" (as in "shush!" or "shadow") while others, depending on the region, jump its pronunciation and you end up hearing something similar to an i as in the american english "Ee". So rather than Llano/Yah-Noh sometimes it will sound like Ee-Ah-Noh with some cold tongue folks while Conosur people spell it like Shah-Noh. I much rather have those silly distortions than having the ambiguity of vocals in the entire english language that, depending on the accent, can distort it into a Llena which is more confusing for the spanish-speakers thus the eternal confusion with anglo tourists.
I just come to appreciate how the most intrincate/specific of conjugations can be readily identified by native speakers, and be a total bitch for learners. Example: >consideraríamos, que consideraras. It's especially fun when doing that with long outlandish or simply made-up verbs. Here's an example of a popular sort of tongue-twister template, specific rendition from a popular yt channel (El robot de Platón) where the phrase 'pan con jamon' (bread and ham) is turned into a (obviously nonsensical) verb: >X ha sido panconjamonizado, quién lo despanconjamonizará? El que lo despanconjamonice, buen despanconjamonizador será. Have fun.
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As a native spanish speaker i barely know most of this shit, but i remember learning it when i was in primary school. So you guys need to memorize this, like the multiplication tables. The most important is indicativo.

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Language learning methods Anonymous 03/10/2024 (Sun) 12:16:08 No. 621 [Reply]
Hi, langbros. In this thread we'll discuss about our methods for learning languages. My method is based on comprehensible input and basic Q&A cycles for unknown words and structures.

Lí buē-hiáu o̍h Tâi-gú/你不會學台語 Anonymous 03/10/2024 (Sun) 12:10:31 No. 618 [Reply]
so here's a thread dedicated to learning the Taiwanese Hokkien language for yall (〜 ̄▽ ̄)〜 >Resources >English-Hokkien Dictionary: http://niawdeleon.com/hokkien-dictionary/ >Taiwanese Hokkien with LTL: https://ltl-taiwan.com/taiwanese-hokkien/ >iTaigi (a Sinoglyph-based Taiwanese Hokkien dictionary): https://itaigi.tw/ >Spoken Hokkien: http://speaktaiwanese.com/spoken-hokkien/ (feel free to share other Taiwanese Hokkien resources by replying~ ( ̄︶ ̄)↗ )
(ps. the Sinoglyphs for "buē-hiáu" were supposed to be "𣍐曉" and not "不會"... apologies for the error o(*////▽////*)q)

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Anonymous 03/10/2024 (Sun) 10:10:07 No. 613 [Reply]
I am making a computer video tutorial for setting up free open source tool, used worldwide. I assume it would be best to write the transcript in English my only fluent language, and use a machine-translation tool to automatically generate captions for many other languages, until someone volunteers to write up a better caption to replace it. Ideally, I would use (the program running behind the scenes on) one of these two: https://libretranslate.com/ https://beta.apertium.org/ How good are these? Try changing them to a language you know (I understand the selection is limited) and tell me how it turns out. A basic English->Spanish->English seems to work fine on this post, with the first site looking a bit better. Also, if you have any advice for writing sentences which are translated more correctly by a machine, that would be excellent! All I can think of is writing formally, and trying to avoid words with multiple common meanings (e.g. replacing 'check' with 'confirm')
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>>614 Thanks fellow student, I know /robowaifu/ is a great resource for all things machine-learning, but I didn't think to ask about languages!
>>615 Nprb. Mind sharing the idea behind your opensauce tool mentioned? Who's likely to benefit from using it?
>>617 It's not my tool, it's just a Blender 3D modeling add-on and other setup for people modding SuperTuxKart.

linguam latinam discere non potes Student 10/14/2019 (Mon) 02:22:53 Id: 7b811c No. 76 [Reply] [Last]
Apologies to the BO for not having an image or resources like the ones you've been using
Use this thread to discuss, ask questions about, or share works of translation to/from the Latin Language.
>Resources
A good textbook to use for getting started from absolute zero is Lingua Latina: per se illustrata by Hans H. Orberg. I don't have a pdf - if an anon would post one that would be appreciated. It reduces your reliance on dictionaries by teaching words solely by context or by definitions using words you've already learned. (I find a dictionary is useful in spite of this.) If followed to its completion, the course of study found therein will take you to reading Caesar with relative confidence.

It's split into about 30 chapters, with a section for questions at the end of each. If you're serious about learning the language, do these on paper. Check your answers with the attached answer key, then tuck the paper away somewhere. Go over them from time to time.

There are two supplements to the book:
>Lingua Latina: per se illustrata - grammatica latina
It is a small handbook with tables of verb conjugations, noun declensions, pronouns, et cetera. A handbook of essential grammar. This is useful if you don't want to constantly google these things to remind yourself of them / practice them and would prefer a print version you can look at more easily. Otherwise, not worth getting.
>lingua latina per se illustrata - latine disco: student's manual
This is a small book that contains English companion explanations for each chapter, and an essential rundown of the concepts it introduced. Can be especially useful given that some concepts in the main chapter may have been introduced too subtly. If you feel that you may be too much of a brainlet to catch everything, or simply want some reinforcement of what you learned, it may be worth picking up.
In my own case, I got it when I was about halfway through the main book. It helped on some minor points, but overall wasn't that helpful. Google can cover most bases, in my experience.
I also have no pdfs for either of these.

If you're just starting out, you should consider being able to read Julius Caesar's commentarii de bello gallico as your long term goal. Once you reach this point, you'll be well on your way to reading the more significant works of Latin literature.
Attached are some additional easy reading materials for before you reach that point. Both should be about simple enough to read when you are half way (or so) through lingua latina. Due to filesize limits, they will be in the following posts.

There is also a forum on the internet that has a section competely devoted to Latin speaking. It's quite dead, but here's a link if you're interested.
http:// latindiscussion.com/forum/
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>>609 English-Latin dictionary.
To anyone looking for resources for pronunciation, immersion, et cetera, there's a youtube channel that uploads many readings with (what I believe to be) good pronunciation. I wondered, for a long time, what Latin poetry is actually supposed to sound like when read in meter, and this channel has many examples of that. There's a lot of superfluous, normalfag-bait type stuff, but he also has excellent readings of Lingua Latina per se illustrata, as well as readings of certain works of Latin literature. For example, the first book of Ars Amatoria: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=svdLEkEbl_g
>>83 Thank you my good individual. Your generosity is greatly appreciated. I am especially grateful for the audio files.

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