I findlearningvocabularyistheeasiestbecauseyoujustlearnitin a gameorincontext, andyoupracticeit a coupleoftimesinthesessionandyourememberitfor a longtime.
Well, I know a littlebitofFrench, soit's easytokindofrelateconceptsininSpanishtowhat I alreadyknowinFrench.
Soarethereotherpartsthateveneasierforyou?
Um, I'd saythatformepersonally, pronunciationcameprettyeasily, but I knowthatlotsofpeoplestrugglewiththat, especiallybecauseofthesilentlettersinfrontandforme.
I dofinditeasiertodothereadingbecauseyoucouldn't takeyourtimewithit.
and I alsospeakGerman.
SobetweentheEnglishandtheGerman, oftenthere's a lotofvocabularyoverlap.
Andhavingthatbackgroundalsoreallyhelpedmewiththemasculineandfemininethatthat's a thinginFrench.
BecauseofmybasiclevelofFrench, I finditeasytoeconjugatedverbslike I alreadygetthatthemasculine, thefeminineandlearningwords I findislikethevocabulary, I guess, likerememberingdifferent, differentthingsandeverything.
Actuallynot.
I'm goodatmemorizingscripts.
Somemorizingwordsis, iseasy.
It's puttingthemtogether.
That's hard.
Cutit.
Howaboutsomethingsthat a littlebitmorechallenging?
I thinkthere's a lotofrulesthat I needtoknow.
Um, andgrammarrulesare, Yeah, I remembergrammaticalrules.
I'd saythatthecomprehensionoflikesomeonespeakingdirectlyatme, uh, that's been a bitdifficultformeonDhespeaking, ofcourse, because I justdon't havethevocabularyyetthings I findhardestwouldprobablybelearningthedifferenttensesoftheverbs, likelearningthedifferencebetweenpastandfuture, thatsortofthing.
Oneofthehardestparts, I wouldsay, isstayingmotivated.
Okay, Um, andjustdoingiteveryday.
Uh, it's hardformebecause I trytotaketheEnglishsentenceandputthatintoSpanish, whichisnothowyouaresupposedtodoit.
I guessso.
I trytobeliteralwitheverything.
Um, and I needtogetmymindoutoftheequation.
Andhowdoesthatmakeitharder?
Itmakesitharderbecause, well, it's likeFrench.
I mean, wordsairkindofbackwardstowhat?
Englishandeverything.
Andsothere's just a lotofrules.
I justgottogetoutofmyownwayandjustaccepthowthingsweredone.
Thatbeingsaidwhen I'm notstayingontopofit, I definitelyfindthattheconversationwithnativespeakersandespeciallyansweringquestionswhen I'm notpreparedforthem.
I lostmostofit, So I'd likeThiogetbackontrackwithoutit.
Beniceas a Canadiantoknowbothofficiallanguages.
Um, rightnow I speak, um, English, GermanandDanishand a littlebitofFrench, Um, asfarasinthefuture, I think I mighttrytopickupSpanish, but I don't have a setplanforthat.
Orthenextone.
If I cangetSpanishdown, I'm gonnalearnFrenchnext.
I'd liketolearnmoreofChinesebecause I've I'vetaken a classonitbefore, andit's just a interestinglanguage.