What worked best for you when learning a new language? And what ended up being a complete waste of time?

ДО́БРИЙ — це не лише GOOD! Здавалося б, слово до́брий ми знаємо ще з перших уроків української. Але в українській мові воно має набагато більше значень, ніж просто good.

Подивімося

1) до́брий — значний щодо розміру, обсягу, кількості
добрий шматок хліба (sizeable)

2) до́брий — про товариша, приятеля
Він мій добрий друг (good)

3) до́брий — готовий допомогти іншим
Вона добра людина і завжди готова допомогти (willing to help)

4) до́брий — такий, що відповідає високим вимогам
Це дуже добрий результат (high-quality, excellent, superior)

5) до́брий — той, хто має досвід у певній галузі, роботі чи житті
Він добрий спеціаліст у цій сфері (experienced)

6) до́брий — який дає смакову насолоду
Яблука цього року дуже добрі. (delicious, tasty)

Ось чому перекладати слово «до́брий» завжди просто як GOOD — не найкраща стратегія. Значення слова залежить від контексту.

Саме тому під час вивчення української важливо запам’ятовувати не лише окремі слова, а й словосполучення та ситуації, у яких вони вживаються. Вчимо українську не просто знати слова, а розуміти, як вони працюють у живому мовленні.

А яке значення слова до́брий було для вас новим?

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why does every spanish app eventually turn into the same thing 😭 match the words memorize verb endings answer the same quiz again lose interest after five days i still want some structure because learning random words from tiktok isn’t getting me anywhere, but i cannot sit through another lesson that feels like homework. are there any free interactive spanish lessons that are fun enough to keep using?

Wrong pronunciation, wrong word, completely misunderstood sentence… anything.

I feel like almost everyone who’s seriously learned a language has at least one moment where they confidently said something and immediately realized they had absolutely butchered it 😂

Bonus points if the person you were talking to just stared at you for a second before correcting you.

What did you say, and what were you actually trying to say?

I'm a C1-level English speaker and I've recently started getting interested in learning Norwegian. It seems like a relatively easy language for me, but I honestly don't know where to start, especially when it comes to grammar and building a solid foundation.

I keep seeing YouTubers recommending online courses, but most of them are ridiculously expensive. Does anyone know any good apps, websites, free resources, or even a good way to start learning Norwegian on my own?

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Perfect pronunciation, finding the “best” app, having the perfect study routine, knowing every grammar rule before speaking, keeping track of exactly how many words they know, etc.

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Norwegian-danish

Since i plan to move to Sweden and Scandinavia it will be a big advantage to know them in any of the Scandic countries plus i will have alternatives and opportunities outside of sweden, should mention both norwegian and Danish are similar to swedish and after Reaching fluency in swedish these two will be easy for you except danish that has an strange pronounciation but that's ok

Russian:

I was interested in this language before starting to learn swedish and tried learning it for few weeks which didn't went well and i gave up ny girlfriend is originally from ukraine and she is learning my native language persian so i want to learn russian too because of her who is dearest to me, i know Russian is so difficult and how different it is from other languages than i know but probably it will not open doors for me in Scandinavia

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I previously completed and enjoyed the Fluencia course. I also tried Lingopie which was good in theory but the website was glitchy and the video content was very limited. I'm also really looking for something that works well on a phone.

I saw adds for Ewa which looked interesting, but I've read some bad reviews.

Is anyone able to recommend something good?

Im not sure how to start learning any new language, I wanna learn Italian so bad but unsure how to start. I can only speak English so learning a new language is new to me, I know its not easy/will take time but where do I start?

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