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Poll: Are you currently learning a new language?
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Jessica Yunez
Jessica Yunez  Identity Verified
United States
English to Spanish
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Mixteco from Guerrero, Mexico Jul 23, 2020

I am currently learning Mixtec or Mixteco from Guerrero. This is the second indigenous language I am learning. The first one, for which I am fluent now, is Quichua along with its variants from Imbabura, Chimborazo and Cañar. The biggest challenge with Mixteco for me has been getting the various tones rights.

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Sundar Gopalakrishnan
 
Alexandra Speirs
Alexandra Speirs  Identity Verified
Local time: 14:15
Italian to English
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Portuguese and Scottish Gaelic Jul 23, 2020

Ok it's only with Duolingo, but I've wanted to learn Gaelic for years. It annoyed me that, as a Scot, all I could say was good night and thank you.
Then I signed up for Portuguese too because every year (except this year, thanks Covid!) I collaborate with an international theatre workshop and we usually have visitors from Brazil who often don't speak English or Italian.
Something seems to be working anyway, because I can understand Portuguese speakers on YouTube better now.


Alessandra Turconi
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Sundar Gopalakrishnan
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Maha Arara
Maha Arara  Identity Verified
United Kingdom
Local time: 13:15
English to Arabic
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Japanese Jul 23, 2020

I have been learning Japanese for one month now

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Karen Fabiano
 
Vuka Mijuskovic
Vuka Mijuskovic  Identity Verified
Serbia
Local time: 14:15
English to Serbian
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Language I'm currently learnig Jul 23, 2020

Python but realy realy slowly

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Mariana Passos
 
Sundar Gopalakrishnan
Sundar Gopalakrishnan
India
Local time: 18:45
English to Tamil
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No, but I've been thinking about it... Jul 23, 2020

I am not currently learning a new language. But I want to learn 3 Indian languages (Bengali, Marathi and Oriya) and French. The scripts of Bengali and Oriya are very difficult to learn. Marathi is somewhat easy because it shares Devanagari script with Hindi. I already know Hindi. I won't seek a teacher to learn these languages. I will try to learn them on my own.

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Sundar Gopalakrishnan
Sundar Gopalakrishnan
India
Local time: 18:45
English to Tamil
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Not a natural language! Jul 23, 2020

Vuka Mijuskovic wrote:

Python but realy realy slowly


Python is a computer language, isn't it? Here the poll question is concerned with natural languages.


 
Thayenga
Thayenga  Identity Verified
Germany
Local time: 14:15
Member (2009)
English to German
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Other Jul 23, 2020

I'm still working on improving my knowledge of three Native American languages. Not being able to travel to North America this year makes this endeavor a little more difficult.

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Angie Garbarino
 
Barbara Cochran, MFA
Barbara Cochran, MFA  Identity Verified
United States
Local time: 09:15
Spanish to English
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No Jul 23, 2020

But I am currently working on a degree in Italian, primarily for the qualification, since I have been working with the language for 11 years anyway, mostly on a full-time basis.

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Angie Garbarino
 
Nora Escoms
Nora Escoms  Identity Verified
Argentina
Local time: 10:15
English to Spanish
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Italian Jul 23, 2020

My mother was Italian, and I have relatives in Italy who sometimes telephone me. I understand almost everything they say, but I need to be able to talk to them... and be understood

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Angie Garbarino
 
EmmanuelleAnne
EmmanuelleAnne  Identity Verified
France
Local time: 14:15
English to French
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Language Jul 23, 2020

I am learning Portuguese.

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Catherine Girard-Veilleux
Catherine Girard-Veilleux  Identity Verified
Canada
Local time: 09:15
English to French
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Three languages, yay! Jul 23, 2020

I'm currently learning three languages at the same time: Polish, Greek, and Mandarin. I do so steadily and I hope to speak fluently at least one of them within the next two years.



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Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei
 
Angie Garbarino
Angie Garbarino  Identity Verified
Local time: 14:15
Member (2003)
French to Italian
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Hey Christine :) Jul 23, 2020

Christine Andersen wrote:

At the moment I need to make a bit more effort!!

A close relative has married an Italian, and a lot of her family only speak Italian. But they are lovely people, and we enjoy talking to them when we can. Apart from that, it is a real advantage to be able to read the Italian guidebooks and signs, even if we don´t understand them completely. They are usually better than the English versions or other languages we can try.

It is also a good way to pick up more Italian. My best wishes to all Italians as their country is recovering from the pandemic, perhaps we can visit again next year.

Meanwhile my husband and I have a very good Italian teacher here in Denmark and a small class of fellow students, so we plan to start lessons again in the autumn.

[Edited at 2020-07-23 12:07 GMT]


Bravissimi, i miei complimenti, non è facile per un danese/inglese imparare la mia lingua


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Silvana Mellino
Silvana Mellino
English to Spanish
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Mandarin Chinese Jul 23, 2020

I am currently learning Mandarin Chinese.

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Kuochoe Nikoi-Kotei
 
Mariana Passos
Mariana Passos  Identity Verified
Ireland
Local time: 13:15
English to Portuguese
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Learning Italian Jul 23, 2020

I've been learning Italian on my own for years.
I keep dropping it and picking it up again!

I need people to talk to...
And I'm thinking about the next language already... Swedish maybe?


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Bruno Pavesi
Bruno Pavesi  Identity Verified
Brazil
Local time: 10:15
Member (2020)
English to Portuguese
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German, very slowly. Jul 24, 2020

Several years now, though I have not been as dedicated as I should be lately. Then again, with a newborn, it can be somewhat difficult to focus on one's die der and das.

Still, I always try to fit in a lesson or two, I absolutely love the language. Maybe when I get more free time I can try to get a college course going.


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