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  1. sylbea

    Foreign languages (sign or oral)

    Is it because English is challenging enough being the language that you only need to communciate in?
  2. sylbea

    Foreign languages (sign or oral)

    Understandable that you find Catalan challenging, since it's a hybrid of Spanish and French. Still, props to you for actually learning such a language. How did you manage it in such a short time? Ah, takes me back to when I tried learning Cantonese and Japanese when I previously lived in Hong...
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    Foreign languages (sign or oral)

    Have you seen how many foreign languages that have influenced English today? Could be an analogue of how Proto-Indo-European languages influenced each other and Sanskrit is one of them.
  4. sylbea

    Foreign languages (sign or oral)

    How does it feel speaking Spanish as your second language compared with English? Did you always work hard to be fluent in both? I was raised oral too, and I've been thinking about learning sign language so that I can finally interact with other deaf people without having to speak. I've been...
  5. sylbea

    Foreign languages (sign or oral)

    That's cool. Is this lovely cafe by any chance called Cafe Signes? I would love to learn FSL, or the more proper term - LSF (Langues des Signes Francais). Where did you learn it?
  6. sylbea

    Foreign languages (sign or oral)

    Lukin, if you do indeed speak Czech and not just write it, props to you for taking on what you call a challenge of a language. How did your experiences in Spanish, German or Chinese classes go? German and Chinese are known for being tonal languages and they can be especially difficult for us who...
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    Foreign languages (sign or oral)

    Hi all, I am curious as to whether any of you, signers or oralists, know any other language besides your native language? If so, what are your reasons for learning it? Is it because of the changing economies in today's world, or an appreciation for languages? For example if you only know ASL...
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