Finnish as a world language?

Re:Finnish as a world language? by presentation on Friday August 26, 2022 @10:39PM (#32615081)

If you want to get to native level mastery and full literacy, but learning it to conversational proficiency is actually quite easy.

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Re:Finnish as a world language? by Aeolun on Saturday August 27, 2022 @02:08AM (#32616229)

Say you. But I’ve been trying to do that for 4 years, with weekly lessons, in Japan, and I’m still having difficulty.

It’s certainly not easy for everyone.

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Re:Finnish as a world language? by presentation on Monday August 29, 2022 @08:41AM (#32637437)

Check out Cure Dolly on YouTube and weep at the poor quality of instruction that you’re probably receiving.

Also I don’t know how much actual conversational practice you get from day to day life - but at least for me, I talk with my wife and my (mostly Japanese) friends in Japanese for hours every day, and that makes a huge difference. Once a week would simply not be enough.

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