Language learning offline while cruising.

[Tricolor]

Originally Posted by boatman61

I've found the best and fastest way is a female crew member/gf who does not speak English and the appropriate two way dictionary..

You put the finger on the wound. I'm now 10 years married with my Brazilian wife and live already for over 5 years in Brazil but I still speak very lousy Portuguese. Why? because my wife is teacher English and from the day i met her, 12 years agoo, we at home speak English. Because the same reason her Dutch is still lousy. Sad.

[boatman61]

Originally Posted by Tricolor

You put the finger on the wound. I'm now 10 years married with my Brazilian wife and live already for over 5 years in Brazil but I still speak very lousy Portuguese. Why? because my wife is teacher English and from the day i met her, 12 years agoo, we at home speak English. Because the same reason her Dutch is still lousy. Sad.

Assim como um amiga meu Portugues..
Trabalha na Holanda mas vive um cara Polones.. ela fala poco Polones e ele fala pequeno Portugues.. ambos se communicam em Ingles.. tudo tempo.

And now I'm just showing off..


Portuguese friend works in Holland and lives with Polish boyfriend.. over two years now.. she has a few Polish words.. he has a few Portuguese.. they talk in English all the time..

[Meanderthal]

Originally Posted by boatman61

Assim como um amiga meu Portugues..
Trabalha na Holanda mas vive um cara Polones.. ela fala poco Polones e ele fala pequeno Portugues.. ambos se communicam em Ingles.. tudo tempo.

And now I'm just showing off..


Portuguese friend works in Holland and lives with Polish boyfriend.. over two years now.. she has a few Polish words.. he has a few Portuguese.. they talk in English all the time..

Lol, my experience (before N) indicates there is a third language which requires no conversation but much practice. Might be why I did NOT suggest pillowtalk as a method of learning a language.

[Szczecin]

Hi Locutus and boatman61! Hello everyone! Learning foreign languages may seem difficult but it is usually possible to learn to speak on a communicative level. The proof of this is that I write in this forum. I come from Poland and most of languages of Western, Southern and Northern Europe are foreign languages for me. Even those from Eastern Europe I would have to learn additionally, because they are a bit different than Polish. On the other hand Polish is one of the most difficult languages to learn as a foreign language, so I strongly cheer on those who make attempts. Relatively many people from abroad speak Polish well. You can find many websites to learn Polish and other languages in the Internet.

[jamescharles]

Book courses. I think they are much better for learning Spanish. I havent found a good one for Spanish other than books.