08-04-2021, 11:15 PM
(08-04-2021, 12:41 PM)Blue Bird Wrote: For me, it's hard to learn new words and grammar. I'm more of the math type. English however is an exception. I must have been about 5 years old when I first heard it and I was passionate from the very beginning. Learning English at school was ok, but I haven't really learned to speak, read and understand. That came with my visits to Scotland, Ireland and England. I'm still struggling with your prepositions and when to use which time.
I think school is in part a waist of time. I had Latin, French, Spanish and English at school - so many hours that I could have spent better. For example, how to deal with life's challenges and learn Hebrew.
For me, the amazing thing with a foreign language is, that I can speak with other people who don't speak my language and really understand what they say.
The only language I've ever taken seriously enough to stay with was Hebrew. I toyed with Italian, Spanish, and American Sign Language but had not stayed with it for a significant amount of time. Hebrew was different in that it was tied into my belief system which was at the time in a church so there was a passion. I loved it and felt connected from the start. Since the corona virus I've stopped learning.
Bluebird, my way of learning the Hebrew language was through reading stories beginning of course with simple and progressing on. If you are interested I can make a recommendation with a fairly inexpensive primer.
Visits in Scotland and Ireland is pretty amazing and to learn the English there is a nice testimony for learning the language. One day I dream of going to Ireland. I receive podcasts on Gaelic speaking for beginners but they don't have books for learning like Hebrew. And that language seems hard!
My interest in language is not so much to be perfect with grammar but to understand what the other is saying as well.