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I think you'd like an app called "Drops Learn Tagalog"
Free for I think 5 mins a day. Gives you a bunch of words and their meaning and then tests you constantly all the while adding more..
Ha! The Drops vocabulary app does this as well. As in this example, the calendar they use has Monday in the farthest left space, so 'יום שני' is the first day on the grid and 'יום ראשון' is the last day.
There are other vocabulary items where Hebrew does not distinguish between two items, so you end up with two correct answers on the screen. I am thinking of train/subway station both being glossed as תחנת רכבת and sausage/hotdog both being נקניקיה. (Of course, I have no idea if Hebrew really does have different words, or if the translators were just being lazy!)
I’ve been using Drops and I like it so far. It’s great for learning basic vocabulary but it doesn’t provide much grammar, so you would need to find another resource for that. Between the Drops app and practicing with my wife (Filipino-American) I’m starting to understand the basics. Once you get the basics, you can try to read books, watch movies, or listen to music as well; that’s been helpful for me.
I’m not Filipino myself; I’m mixed with German and African ancestry. I never really was interested in learning languages (German and Tagalog mainly) until I was an adult and started traveling the world with my wife. It’s a great way to connect with your heritage, so I feel for you. I hope that I can learn enough so that I can pass it on to my children. Good luck to you!
Honestly, not sure about you but I find textbooks an absolute bore when trying to teach vocab. You'll probably need other means to do it, mnemonics is a popular one people try, as well as the typical look cover write check (remember primary school english class stuff you used to do), I like using apps like drops https://languagedrops.com/ or I follow Busuu https://www.busuu.com/ Anki is another good idea as you've said if you can keep with it. After a few go's I've started to notice similarities in the vocab and they're so much more enjoyable.
Mostly because they usually sit in the N5-N4 level sections. Because of this you can kind of look up a word list for N5-N4 and use that as your guide, every time you learn a new one, you can check off a word from that list and you know your measurably closer to learning another word.
Most places say Ewure, unless there's dialectal differences... perhaps a fluent speaker can clarify. https://languagedrops.com/word/en/english/yoruba/translate/goat/
Olivia Munn and John Mulaney have shared the first photo of their baby Malcolm Hiệp Mulaney. Hiệp is a Vietnamese name, I’m not super confident in how it’s pronounced but this a similar word with a easier audio guide in using (https://languagedrops.com/word/en/vietnamese/english/translate/hiệp_sỹ/) please feel free to correct me. Look at the baby x x. Look at this new human 🥰
Just started this week with the free version. So far ok but I haven't tested/seen the talking and writing yet. Especially curious if it can check my pronunciation.
Anyone experience with the speaking in the Ling app?
Alternatives that I'm trying out as well: Drops and Mondly so fare Ling has my preference.
I really liked Duoling but sadly there is no EN->TH.
The Drops app is almost exclusively vocabulary, and it has it broken up into categories like 'household appliances' or 'transportation' or 'prison'. Paying for a subscription gives you more options for choose what to do next, but if you are looking for a way to learn specific vocab, I cannot think of a better resources.
> I’ve started Pimsleur the first several lessons are about travel and introductions
I would encourage you to stick with Pimsleur. If your goal is to only speak Hebrew, nothing else out there is going to offer as much opportunities for listening comprehension. And those first lessons are not just about the vocabulary of travel and introductions, they are also laying the groundwork for grammar. It is not enough to just learn vocabulary, you have to understand sentence structure enough to create something meaningful.
For any other tourists trying to take this advice and learn a bit of icelandic the app Label Icelandic is very helpful for grammar, as well as Drops for vocabulary
Not that I have the greatest confidence in myself to be able to remember any of this in a pinch, but I'm hoping any amount of knowledge is better than none.
Duolingo's business model was never for you to learn a language, it was to get translations - which goes against the immersion needed to learn a language.
Drops does a MUCH better job than Duolingo for free Language Learning, and Drops has had Cantonese for a long time. https://languagedrops.com/language/learn-cantonese
> aleph-bet for free and easily
This Memrise flashcard set is the one Duolingo recommends using before you start their program. It will teach you the names of the letters.
The Drops app will teach you the sounds they make.'
The A Little Hebrew reading app will teach you to read with the vowel marks. I discovered it after I already knew how to read, but I think it should be all you need. You might want to give it at try first and see how it goes.
I would recommend you learn the letters using this Memrise flashcard set first. The Drops app might be good to do alongside - Memrise teaches the names of the letters, while Memrise does the sound. Once you have learned the letters A Little Hebrew has a feature that will teach you to read phonetically. (I discovered the site too late for me, but I would be curious if just this site would be sufficient for learning the alphabet!)
I am studying Biblical Hebrew myself, so I can't point you toward any books for Modern Hebrew, but in my opinion the Mango Languages app is more useful than Duolingo to start. Mango teaches basic conversational phrases, whereas Duo makes you slog through 'The monkey is under the cow' grammar exercises. (You can often find Mango free through your library!)
> how tough it is for multilingual speakers etc etc?
Hebrew is my 4th foreign language (8yrs French, 2yrs each Swedish/Spanish), so I am quite familiar with what is involved in learning a language, and I have to tell you Hebrew kicked my butt at first. I am partly convinced the Biblical textbooks just suck, but until I got enough vocabulary under my belt, I just could not recognize the grammar. Hebrew grammar involves adding prefixes and suffixes to a base root, but until you know enough of those roots, you are left not knowing where the word starts and ends. Also, word order is more a suggestion than a rule, so far as I can tell. Maybe I am just getting older, but Hebrew took a long time to click, so do not get discouraged if it is wholly unlike anything else you have studied!
Hi. I've been using two apps to help my Korean learning: memrise.com and https://languagedrops.com/.
Memrise has their own program where you learn words and phrases, but there's also a program for grilling yourself on vocabulary and phrases from Talk To Me in Korean, which is the course I'm using.
Drops has partnered with Amber of f(x), and she's put together a bunch of lessons based on her experience learning Korean. I've been learning a lot of kpop-related words this week.
I'm also getting ready to move, so I'm packing a little every day.
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Not a website, but something I've used to increase my vocab is this app called Drops. It's free (for up to 5 minutes a day) and one of the few overarching language learning apps that actually also offers Thai. It's an easy way to learn some new words and it is actually the way I learned reading the alphabet in the first place. Might be somewhat helpful :-)
I really like Drops (https://languagedrops.com/). Lots of varied little mini games; I’ve been using it for about two months and at five minutes per day I’ve covered about 300 words. There are also modules for practicing writing, though I think it’s a bit easier with a stylus on the phone than with a finger.
Drops seems to be a good app for Cantonese, offering a similar experience to Anki. Even uses Jyutping for romanization.
(As of June 22nd, 2020 - there's still some pronunciation bugs they're ironing out – but its covered the basics thus far, and I'm sure they'll fix the glitches soon.)
Maybe try this page
https://languagedrops.com/word/en/english/norwegian/translate/here/
https://languagedrops.com/word/en/english/norwegian/translate/i_have_lunch/
You can hear the pronunciation of both words
I actually started with a storm theme, looking at Greek gods that weren't Zeus. Eventually moved to language and found this well-made site that I liked. Rather than me giving words to translate, it has categories that you can pick from at if I was learning the language. Started with Rautupu for thunderstorm and explored the categories.
https://languagedrops.com/word/en/english/m%C4%81ori/translate/thunderstorm/
My dad (kanaka maoli) grew up in Hawai'i on the North Shore among a lot of Samoans. He's recently been trying to learn Samoan to reconnect with his friends back in the island and he's been using this. I'm not sure how helpful it is since he's just started a week ago, but hope this helps!
Confirmed, you can take a look at their audio recordings: https://languagedrops.com/word/en/english/vietnamese/
However, I'm not 100% sure all their words and phrases are using Southern Vietnamese.
FWIW, here is a link to the Memrise flashcards that Duolingo recommends. I've also had luck with learning the alefbet with the Drops app.
I almost forgot to add, starting from step 3 onward you should be building your vocabulary daily. I think this best phone app for this is Drops.
So I’m still very much a beginner myself, but I would recommend Duolingo only for learning hirigana and katakana. Another great app for learning the basics is called Drops .
The best program I’ve found so far though is called LingoDeer , which is what I’m currently using. The only thing with this one is that you have to pay for it, but it’s actually the cheapest!
But yeah, definitely hammer in the hirigana, then katakana before you begin to tackle kanji. Best of luck to you!
Drops, it really helps you learn new vocabulary through fun, fast-paced games with simple mnemonic images. It takes 5 minutes per day and also has a lot of subjects for you to choose.
Check out Drops. It's an excellent app for beginners. It will help you kickstart your basic vocabulary. It has around 2500 words divided into multiple categories with images (vectors) and sounds/pronounciations to help remember easily.
It is a freemium app. You can use it for 5 minutes per 10 hours (which should be more than enough). Or watch an add to get more time. You can also purchase a subscription model.
>I'd say my biggest weakness is my lack of vocabulary and no one to practice with.
Have you heard of an app called Drops? They have an Icelandic course however instead of teaching sentence structure and grammar it is purely lots of vocab and their pronounciation. The only downside is you only get 5 minutes for free every 10 hours.
There is a 4 week teowchew course here - https://www.csc.sg/events/CSC-Fusion-Event?event_id=31
For cantonese, try https://fsi-languages.yojik.eu/languages/oldfsi/languages/cantonese.html or this app has cantonese too https://languagedrops.com