How long to learn new language?

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Assuming I will:
- travel to country where people speak in that language for full learning period process
- will take lessons from at least one person and maybe some language class
- not sure if it helps but im bad at math so maybe im good at languages althrough thats probably a meme lol
- will daily take use in activities amongst other people in given country, socialise with them etc
- when in home iwill browse internet only in that language to learn even faster.


How long to learn it to the point where I can write essays in this language? I grasped the basics of english (being my secondary lang) quite quick, but thats probably because its basics are VERY simple.
 
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It all depends on you and how much effort you put into learning it.

Which language do you want to learn?
 
Dresden said:
It all depends on you and how much effort you put into learning it.

Which language do you want to learn?
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many.

yeah but what about case where person spends almost his whole days and is completely devoted to it?
 
I've been trying to learn German for 2 months now. I spend close to 4 hours a day reading/writing/listening to German. From my personal experience, your mother tongue plays a huge part in the time it takes for you to learn a new language. For example French people find it easy to learn Italian. German is likewise, similar to English. The time it takes for someone like me to learn German will be significantly longer than a native English speaker.

That said, your ability to grasp a new language also plays a huge role. I know how to read and write German now, after only 2 months. Speaking is difficult and I have a limited vocabulary but those things only come with time and effort. I don't have a lot to give here, but I can safely say the average person can become fluent in a language within 8 months if he's motivated enough. If you are better at learning than most, you can achieve fluency much sooner.
 
I've spent 4 months to learn Spanish, going through an experience that was similar to what you've mentioned above. I suggest adding "Answering Quora questions in that language", that was really helpful in my case.
 
Nerva said:
I've spent 4 months to learn Spanish, going through an experience that was similar to what you've mentioned above. I suggest adding "Answering Quora questions in that language", that was really helpful in my case.
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can you write articles in spanish that wouldnt scare visitor coming from google?
 
aidenhera said:
can you write articles in spanish that wouldnt scare visitor coming from google?
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Articles that wouldn't scare people away? Sure. Native-like articles? I'm not there yet. But believe me, if the language you're trying to learn is English, it would be an easier task. Spanish has many grammatical rules (just like French). English is much easier.
 
1 hour per day for 3 months and more or less ok for simple talks (not Chinese)
essays - 1 year minimum (at least i am not very good in languages)
 
Nerva said:
Articles that wouldn't scare people away? Sure. Native-like articles? I'm not there yet. But believe me, if the language you're trying to learn is English, it would be an easier task. Spanish has many grammatical rules (just like French). English is much easier.
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how many hrs per day you were learning spanish bruh?
 
aidenhera said:
how many hrs per day you were learning spanish bruh?
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I didn't really force myself to study it for a specific period of time every day. I just started doing it. First by watching Kids Spanish Cartoons, then reading short stories. Later on, I started watching the Spanish versions of movies instead of the English ones and reading articles and books in Spanish. Consider it a passion, not an obligation, and you'll learn it pretty quick.
 
I'm starting to learn Hungarian as I'm planning to move there but just my luck it's one of the more difficult languages to learn :eek:
 
Billy Batts said:
I'm starting to learn Hungarian as I'm planning to move there but just my luck it's one of the more difficult languages to learn :eek:
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I felt the same way when I tried learning Chinese (I've never achieved that, it was way too hard)
 
Cool. Need this thread because i'm learning germany for study abroad
 
Cool. Need this thread because i'm learning germany for study abroad
 
Nerva said:
I felt the same way when I tried learning Chinese (I've never achieved that, it was way too hard)
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Of course all is hard at the beginning and I'm sure I will dominate the language once I emigrated as Im quite good in languages and already speak 4 but Hungarian alphabet is different so feels quite weird.
 
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