I would like to learn a couple of languages (polish and Japanese - I already learned Spanish to a decent degree) but it seems like every solution is closed source.

I would use books but listening (and speaking) are very important and books won’t help with those.

What would you guys recommend?

  • Bombastic@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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    1 year ago

    Holy shit this is an excellent resource. Thanks a lot

    Edit never mind just looked at the pdf for my native language and it’s full of errors for the most basic shit.

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      1 year ago

      Did some listening on the Norwegian one, no errors per se…

      Just quite old fashioned. This was how people spoke in the the 70’s and 80’s. If I met a person talking like that I’d insist they’d show me the time portal. Seriously, I want to get away from this decade. Help.

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        1 year ago

        Same for Polish. One funny thing I’ve noticed is that in one of the examples, the person tries to stay at a hotel, and the price is clearly in the old currency, which has not been used since 1997.

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      I just checked my native language and they are using an older version of the language that ceased to be used around 1975 or so.