Foreign languages - its amazing how fast you forget them - GoFuckYourself.com

polish_aristocrat · 03-20-2007, 07:52 AM

German - ive been living in Germany for 1 year when i was a kid and my mother has been a German teacher so I've been speaking German almost as good as a native speaker

now I havent used it for a few years and I'd have huge problems to write a complete sentence in German without making any errors and without having problems to find the correct words - I simply forgot everything... But at least I admit that if someone showed me a German movie now, I'd understand 99% of it.

then I learned Italian for 4 years, I was also pretty good at it but after not using it for almost 8 years if i had to go to Italy today I would ask them "what time is it" instead of saying the same in Italian. If someone showed me a movie in Italian, I'd probably undertand not more than 15% of it...

anyone else noticed how fast you forget foreign languages

or perhaps some of you don't have this problem?

Angelo22 · 03-20-2007, 07:55 AM

I havent forgotten the 3 languages i had to learn where i lived, i stayed in those places for 4 years each, they havent gone out of my head since then
though i forgot latin since the day i stopped studying it....

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Sexsitesurfer · 03-20-2007, 08:00 AM

I learnt French at school and now my French ability is pretty low!

When I moved to Bp i used to mix the two languages together, but as I picked up more Hungarian I forgot more and more French!

Now I can understand some, but speak very little!

polish_aristocrat · 04-13-2007, 11:15 AM

TheJimmy · 04-13-2007, 11:20 AM

Of the three languages I took in school I remember this:

1) Hast du deine hausaufgaben schon gemacht?

2) Cogito Ero Sum

and

3) Porque mi gustooooooo

I think I remember more Korean than anything...I spent much of my 3 years there living in the local community and not on the base...

03-20-2007, 07:52 AM	#1
polish_aristocrat Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 40,377	Foreign languages - its amazing how fast you forget them German - ive been living in Germany for 1 year when i was a kid and my mother has been a German teacher so I've been speaking German almost as good as a native speaker now I havent used it for a few years and I'd have huge problems to write a complete sentence in German without making any errors and without having problems to find the correct words - I simply forgot everything... But at least I admit that if someone showed me a German movie now, I'd understand 99% of it. then I learned Italian for 4 years, I was also pretty good at it but after not using it for almost 8 years if i had to go to Italy today I would ask them "what time is it" instead of saying the same in Italian. If someone showed me a movie in Italian, I'd probably undertand not more than 15% of it... anyone else noticed how fast you forget foreign languages or perhaps some of you don't have this problem? __________________ I don't use ICQ anymore.

03-20-2007, 07:55 AM	#2
Angelo22 Writer Industry Role: Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 3,123	I havent forgotten the 3 languages i had to learn where i lived, i stayed in those places for 4 years each, they havent gone out of my head since then though i forgot latin since the day i stopped studying it.... [advertize] thats why our translation services exist, and provide accurate translations! [/advertize] __________________ MAKE MORE MONEY FROM YOUR WEB TRAFFIC - 15% BONUS And contact me if you need high quality translating and writing work done - angelo22 (AT) gmail (DOT) com

03-20-2007, 08:00 AM	#3
Sexsitesurfer Confirmed User Industry Role: Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Porn land Posts: 3,157	I learnt French at school and now my French ability is pretty low! When I moved to Bp i used to mix the two languages together, but as I picked up more Hungarian I forgot more and more French! Now I can understand some, but speak very little! __________________ Paul DDF Productions Marketing manager Skype: Marketing.DDF ICQ: 316302313 Cell: +36 30 732 6076 [email protected]

04-13-2007, 11:15 AM	#4
polish_aristocrat Too lazy to set a custom title Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 40,377	__________________ I don't use ICQ anymore.

04-13-2007, 11:20 AM	#5
TheJimmy ICQ- five seven 0 2 5 5 0 Join Date: Jan 2001 Posts: 10,747	Of the three languages I took in school I remember this: 1) Hast du deine hausaufgaben schon gemacht? 2) Cogito Ero Sum and 3) Porque mi gustooooooo I think I remember more Korean than anything...I spent much of my 3 years there living in the local community and not on the base... __________________ Investor with 5m - 15m USD to invest. Do you have a site or network of sites earning 50k - 200k a month income? Email your contact and preliminary data to: domain.cashventures (at) gmail.com....Please...no tire kickers...serious offers and inquiries only.