Once you've learned on foreign language it gets easier. You learn how to

Learn. Plus depending on language group there are similarities. My French A level (plus) helps with Italian and Spanish. My German a level helped with Dutch and now vice versa. And all those together give you at least a few hints sometimes in Slavic languages and even Turkish to a point.

Posted By: Steve in Holland on February 3rd 2016 at 22:47:02

Message Thread

Gary Nevlol (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 3, 22:10:51
- He's had an absolute disaster reign (n/m) (General Chat) - Common Sense Police, Feb 3, 22:13:44
  - Too late to say, let's get him and his bro into Colney as Defense coaches? (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Feb 3, 22:57:38
  - Feel for his family (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 3, 22:22:02
    - How good was ancelotti's Spanish ? Or van gaal's ? Or koeman's ? Or (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 3, 22:30:41
      - England (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 3, 23:16:15
      - I'm sure they had been managers before (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 3, 22:34:31
        
        "Gary has Phil", LOL (General Chat) - Common Sense Police, Feb 3, 22:36:39
        
        Mourinho interpreting from one foreign language to another? (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 3, 22:35:46
        
        Speaks multiple languages fluently (General Chat) - Common Sense Police, Feb 3, 22:38:40
        
        Yeah he did it for Van Gaal too (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 3, 22:38:09
        
        It's difficult! Much respect to him. I find it hard enough to translate between my two (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 3, 22:42:14
        
        No idea how people learn more than 1 language (General Chat) - SCC 28, Feb 3, 22:44:04
        
        Once you've learned on foreign language it gets easier. You learn how to (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 3, 22:47:02
        
        Learning Latin is meant to be good grounding for learning new languages apparently (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Feb 3, 22:59:52
        
        True. Latin is of course great for the romantic languages. But yes. I found it much harder (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 3, 23:05:31
        
        I learnt Japanese when I was at uni, on the side. It's quite a nice language actually (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Feb 3, 23:22:41
        
        I meant interpret. Translation is far easier. (n/m) (General Chat) - Steve in Holland, Feb 3, 22:42:32
      - Partly agree with this (General Chat) - Common Sense Police, Feb 3, 22:32:41
    - He was really daft to take that as his first (maybe only) managerial job (General Chat) - Common Sense Police, Feb 3, 22:30:37
      - How did he get the Valencia post then? Someone mentioned through a mate? (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Feb 3, 23:00:51
        
        He's mates with Peter Lim (General Chat) - Common Sense Police, Feb 3, 23:19:02
        
        Ahh yes, that makes sense now. Ta (n/m) (General Chat) - essexcanaryOTBC, Feb 3, 23:23:13
- You on dartman chareles? Fancy a game? (n/m) (General Chat) - shoddy, Feb 3, 22:12:35
  - would love a game, but I dont have a dart board any more (n/m) (General Chat) - Charles21, Feb 3, 23:14:50

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