What are some tips for finding a language partner?

[NoodleDurh]

Come ye, Come ye. Hear me, hear me!

I am looking for a language partner, mainly in any of the following languages:
Japanese
Chinese
English*
French
German

If you know the language or you just want to learn them, if you know any online forums on which I can learn these languages. Please, Please! send me a link in the pm, I am trying to immerse myself inside of the language and possibly get some ideas on how the cultures work. :)

Again, Thank you in far advance :)

Your Friendly Neuronaut,
Noodle D.

 

[Enigman]

Try Memrise.com and the http://ocw.mit.edu/courses/foreign-languages-and-literatures. I found an open source application for japanese just yesterday:
http://zkanji.sourceforge.net/
But right now kanji continues to elude me and I now don't have anymore extra time to pursue it. No idea about forums though.

 

[Enigman]

P.S. Fish?

 

[NoodleDurh]

Thank you so much! and what do you mean Fish o.o' what is that? a code word or something

 

[Enigman]

This:

Welcome!

What's your favorite fish, by the way?

Welcome to PF Noodle. I hope you enjoy it here. :)

Yeah, tell us your favourite fish?

Welcome to Physics Forums. About your favorite fish? You probably like the big fish, right?

Noodling

 

[NoodleDurh]

! I forgot about that thread do you think you could give me a link to it >///<

I like rainbow fishes... childhood memories Q~Q

but o.o' I got to try that some time! it looks epic!

 

[Enigman]

https://www.physicsforums.com/showthread.php?t=734843
You can find threads you have participated in My PF tab on the top of the page and you can also find the place a post is quoted from if you click on the arrow button next to the name of the author in the post.

 

[Evo]

Come ye, Come ye. Hear me, hear me!

I am looking for a language partner, mainly in any of the following languages:
Japanese
Chinese
English*
French
German

If you know the language or you just want to learn them, if you know any online forums on which I can learn these languages. Please, Please! send me a link in the pm, I am trying to immerse myself inside of the language and possibly get some ideas on how the cultures work. :)

Again, Thank you in far advance :)

Your Friendly Neuronaut,
Noodle D.

First hint "wanna" and "gotta" are not acceptable words in English, it's terrible slang. Please do not use them on this forum.

May I ask what your native language is?

 

[Curious3141]

First hint "wanna" and "gotta" are not acceptable words in English, it's terrible slang. Please do not use them on this forum.

Hmm... "WannabeNewton" might "wanna" say a few words about that. :rofl:

 

[dipole]

How are you going to practice your pronounciation? You might be able to read/write those languages, but you'll never be able to speak them or be understood if you learn them soley online.

 

[Evo]

Hmm... "WannabeNewton" might "wanna" say a few words about that. :rofl:

He has a Hall Pass.

 

[Enigman]

How are you going to practice your pronounciation? You might be able to read/write those languages, but you'll never be able to speak them or be understood if you learn them soley online.

What are japanese anime for?
:tongue:
Okay, memrise has verbal as well as visual cues, though granted they may not be enough.

 

[Curious3141]

He has a Hall Pass.

Ah. That changes everything.

 

[NoodleDurh]

How are you going to practice your pronounciation? You might be able to read/write those languages, but you'll never be able to speak them or be understood if you learn them soley online.

That is true, but there is always internet dictionaries :)

Ah. That changes everything.

How do I get thise "Hall Pass", Must I become shakespear? :3

What are japanese anime for?
:tongue:
Okay, memrise has verbal as well as visual cues, though granted they may not be enough.

Thanks for those, and indeed japanese anime is perfect for how to say things, mimic Yusuke Urameshi (lol)

 

[lendav_rott]

I don t recommend learning Japanese from animes. Every single japanese person will go black belt karate on your sorry behind because of the way you are talking to them. Distinguish between formal and informal speech - anime is not good for that. It's kind of useful once you have got the basics down such as hiragana+katakana and watch anime with subtitles, but to outright learn from scratch from animes - do not suggest doing that.

 

[Enigman]

I don t recommend learning Japanese from animes. Every single japanese person will go black belt karate on your sorry behind because of the way you are talking to them. Distinguish between formal and informal speech - anime is not good for that. It's kind of useful once you have got the basics down such as hiragana+katakana and watch anime with subtitles, but to outright learn from scratch from animes - do not suggest doing that.

I was joking and so was he. Let me guess, you haven't seen Yu YU Hakusho have you? The protagonist Uramashi curses a lot. http://yuyuhakusho.wikia.com/wiki/Yusuke_Urameshi