2014-07-09

Learning Languages

English - I don't know how I learned English, because I started to speak English since I was a toddler. English for me is just like my mother tongue, though I sometimes mess up in my vocabulary, I think I'm good at it, especially written English, or not. :)

Ilonggo - My mother tongue, this dialect is spoken by the Ilonggos in the Philippines. I also don't know how I learned it, but all I can say is that I'm still learning up to this day. So many deep words man~

Tagalog - Tagalog is the Philippine's national language. I'm a Filipino, but it's just my second language. My mother tongue's different. The power in Tagalog is that it has  a wide range of vocabulary that almost all English words have their correponding translations. How I learnde Tagalog? We have Filipino subject, and that's the only time we can speak in Tagalog. We really need to learn because no one's gonna understand you if you go to other places in the Philippines if you don't converse in Tagalog. Yea.

Bisaya - The second biggest dialect used in the Philippines, I just got to know it 2 years ago when I entered University. I had to study in Cebu, and the people's dialect there is English. I know I can just speak  in Tagalog, but that would be  too much of a hassle. And I thought, why don't I just study Bisaya. The first week of class, I just spoke in Tagalog, but kept on asking for vocabulary to my classmates. I built up a large vocabulary fast enough to start speaking in the dialect the next week. Now, not that I can say I'm fluent, but atleast people understand me right?

Korean - I think Korean is the foreign language I am best at, except English maybe because English can just like be  my mother tongue. Learning at  first was really difficult because they don't use our usual alphabet, they have their own letter system, but through hardcore studying and determination I think its really easy. I can now understand Korean shows without subtitle, not everything though.


Japanese - I just started properly learning the Japanese Language and I think its both easy and difficult. My eyes and ears are not yet fast enough to follow a sentence. I finished learning all the characters, both hiragana and katakana. And now, I'm learning how to greet and introduce myself. 

Indonesian - No, I did not learn indonesian the proper way. I just have an indonesian friend. You ask me how? Kpop is international, and so are my friends. :)



French - And because kpop is international (bleh), I also have a french friend, so yea. I asked some french here and there and got interested. I just downloaded a PDF to learn french, and yes its difficult to study without audio assistance, so I really need audio notes. The PDF was not enough to learn the language. Also,  it twists your tongue easily. 

If any of you are interested in learning Korean, Japanese, or French. I have links to the website. They are  really easy to use.


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