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Learning a Language at 23

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  1. kalangis612 kalangis612 is offline

    St Petersburg, FL
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    Oct 7th, 2008 (10/7/2008 3:06am)

    My girlfriend is brazilian and i want to learn portugese, I am 23 and i only know english. Obviously i am past the prime age for learning another language. I have a few years in school of learning spanish and french but never even came close to grasping them. Have any of you tried something like this and if so, how did it turn out?
     
  2. Rocket Surgeon Rocket Surgeon is offline & brain scientist

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    Oct 7th, 2008 (10/7/2008 3:07am) in reply to kalangis612

    Oh man, you are wayyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy too old. Make sure you order your dentures and pick up your social security check, btw.
  3. Nickc011 Nickc011 is offline The Law

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    Oct 7th, 2008 (10/7/2008 3:30am) in reply to kalangis612

    im studying for a french test atm....

    my god i hate foreign language.

    Graduation plz.
     
  4. valek valek is offline

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    Oct 7th, 2008 (10/7/2008 3:51am) in reply to kalangis612

    I grew up speaking french, but obviously picked up English along the way since I live in North America. I took some Spanish classes in high school but never really put any effort into it, so it didn't stick

    You're not too old. Really. How about talking an online class or something? Learn the basics. Have your girlfriend buy you a few good children books in Portugese. Have frequent conversations with her, etc. It's not that hard if you put some effort into it.

    Here's a link that might interest you:
    http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog...madrid-update/

    <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow" href="http://www.fourhourworkweek.com/blog/2008/09/22/why-language-classes-dont-work-how-to-cut-classes-and-double-your-learning-rate-plus-madrid-update/" >
    </a>
     
  5. Customflip Customflip is offline

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    Oct 7th, 2008 (10/7/2008 4:44am) in reply to valek

    Rosetta Stone ftw! gl
  6. baughman baughman is offline

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    Oct 7th, 2008 (10/7/2008 9:20am) in reply to Customflip

    I hate when young people talk about being to old to do something.
  7. Camz Camz is offline

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    Oct 7th, 2008 (10/7/2008 10:19am) in reply to kalangis612

    I'm in the process of learning Chinese.

    www.livemocha.com FTW <<<best free site out there
  8. OneM24 OneM24 is offline beer pong champion

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    Oct 7th, 2008 (10/7/2008 10:22am) in reply to kalangis612

    In the 2 years I spent in Germany when I was 20/21, I picked up quite a bit of deutsch. It's more than probable somebody can learn a language in their 20's. (as if that's old). I hadn't been for 6 years, and I went back a couple of weeks ago. I was amazed at how much I remembered.
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