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Re: You'll probably be fluent in about 6 months at most. It's easy. Aeryn Send a noteboard - 20/09/2013 03:05:35 PM

View original postIt should be ridiculously easy, actually, given that you already know two languages. The only foreign concept if you haven't studied a Romance language is the rampant use of the subjunctive, which Americans can't seem to use properly on those rare occasions it is called for in English, and which is only used in the conditional in Russian. Even so, the subjunctive isn't that hard once you start using it. Have fun!

I have no idea what a subjunctive is (a brief glimpse at wikipedia didn't help), and I hope I won't need to! 98% of learning a language is straight up memorization - of words and phrases. Then once you know the correct expression, you infer a lot of the grammatical rules. At least that's how I'd prefer to do it.

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NSSP: I'm learning Spanish! Aeryn - 18/09/2013 03:41:12 PM 1213 Views
Good luck in your efforts. Stephen - 18/09/2013 03:52:36 PM 786 Views
I really want to go to Puerto Rico! Aeryn - 20/09/2013 02:58:46 PM 847 Views
Good for you! Legolas - 18/09/2013 05:15:23 PM 781 Views
Re: Good for you! Aeryn - 20/09/2013 03:02:13 PM 895 Views
I was wishing you success. Legolas - 20/09/2013 06:09:20 PM 733 Views
You'll probably be fluent in about 6 months at most. It's easy. Tom - 18/09/2013 06:58:49 PM 813 Views
Re: You'll probably be fluent in about 6 months at most. It's easy. Aeryn - 20/09/2013 03:05:35 PM 843 Views
You will need to learn the subjunctive. Very much so. Tom - 20/09/2013 03:43:53 PM 828 Views
Re: You will need to learn the subjunctive. Very much so. Aeryn - 23/09/2013 03:21:07 PM 812 Views
Ah, but a question isn't a statement of uncertainty. It's a request for information. Tom - 23/09/2013 03:59:00 PM 718 Views
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A quick question. Stephen - 20/09/2013 05:48:18 PM 761 Views
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It's not too high on my priority list either, like I said. Legolas - 20/09/2013 06:17:24 PM 715 Views
It is... Aeryn - 20/09/2013 03:12:11 PM 822 Views
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