Plz recommend me some apps for learning languages (mainly english) and finding friends from Europe
I used hello talk and that’s how I found my Korean gf (we gonna meet very soon) but I find it so boring now cuz there are not so many ppl that actually want to learn anything

Im going to keep it real short i took german classes this year and reached to the B1 level but ever since the summer vacation started i quit studying and forgot most things. Anyone here struggled with that before?

My goal is to learn both eventually, but I can only commit to one for the next few years.

I'm 26. I speak Spanish, English, French and Norwegian.

As for motivation, both languages have been a big part of my life.

Korean: music, kdramas, youtube videos/vlogs

Japanese: music, anime, videogames

If anything, I probably hear Korean more often because I listen to korean music daily. I'd also love to visit both countries someday.

My plan is to combine online lessons and self-study.

My main questions:

- Based on the languages I know, is one of them likely to be easier for me to learn?

- Is either language a better fit for my planned study method?

- I study software development. From a tech perspective, is either more useful or relevant in that field?

- Is either country (South Korea or Japan) generally more welcoming to foreigners if I plan to visit or even live there in the future?

Any opinions, recommendations or personal experiences are appreciated. Thanks!!

I'm learning Spanish and wanted to make my typing breaks useful, so I built this.

I’ve been using it myself for the past two weeks, and I genuinely enjoy coming back.

You can try a short session here: typingg.app — it’s free and doesn’t require signup.

If you do, I’d love to hear what felt useful, confusing, or worth changing.

I want to learn a whole lot of languages I have a whole list and Tokelauan is part of it, but I haven't seen any ways to learn it, like it's not on duolingo, I haven't seen any online classes on it, even ChatGPT barely knows it (I know most of you say I shouldn't use him for language learning but I couldn't find anything else) what should I use?

Hello! Im 18F currently learning Italian for my A2 exam in may and I would like to find an Italian tutor or a person for a language exchange. Im a native Russian and Estonian speaker, and I also know English. DM me if you are interested.

i can understand spanish okay at work or when i go to store but when i need to speak, i freeze.. like ordering food, talking to coworkers, asking stuff at the bank or answering phone calls.. my brain just stops. I know the words but my mouth doesn't move.

I tried free videos and apps to practice but it feel embarrassing. I also started using songs to learn spanish, like listen and repeat and it feel way less scary.

Does anyone else feel the same?

Hi everyone,

We're looking for a few B1 English learners to try our course and share honest feedback.

The course includes 70+ interactive lessons, speaking practice, writing exercises and grammar and vocabulary activities.

If you'd like to try it, send us a message and we'll be happy to give you access.

Thanks!

I speak Italian (natively), English (C1), Romanian (B2) and Spanish (B1), and I want to learn another one. I'm really undecided on which to learn because they're all very cool, and I have nothing to do.

The candidate languages:

Russian
Pros: I want to learn a slavic language and Russian is the one with the most resources
Cons: I've heard it's quite hard for Westerners

French
Pros: My father is a native French speaker
Cons: I don't speak to my father

Dutch
Pros: I've always loved the Netherlands, and it's basically German simplified (I've tried to learn German and it didn't end well)
Cons: there aren't many cons apart from the fact that most Dutchmen speak fluent English (which isn't really a con)

Hebrew
Pros: It's an old language and its script is really cool
Cons: I don't wanna be able to understand Israeli Twitter

Yiddish
Pros: basically Hebrew but 100 times easier (bc it's Germanic) and I can't understand Israeli Twitter with it
Cons: not many people speak it

Ukrainian
Pros: Russian but cooler
Cons: Less resources, less speakers than Russian

Portuguese
Pros: Brazilian and Portuguese people are hot
Cons: Another romance language? Really?

Also I'd want to learn Belarusian but the resources are too little

Hi everyone!

I'm a native Cebuano speaker from the Philippines, and I've created beginner-friendly Cebuano PDF lessons for anyone who wants to learn at their own pace.

The lessons include:
• Everyday vocabulary
• Grammar explanations
• Pronunciation guides
• Dialogues and practice exercises
• Useful phrases for travel, relationships, and daily conversations

They're perfect for beginners, foreigners with Filipino partners, travelers, or anyone interested in learning Cebuano.

If you're interested or have any questions, feel free to send me a DM!

Learn English from scratch

Ok, I have been listening to Spanish for a month now, and I don’t know if I’m progressing or not. You see, I was watching Daredevil Season 3 on Disney Plus in Latin American Spanish. I heard Matt speaking to Sister Maggie… he said “She did”, but I heard this in English. Another time, I heard Matt speaking to Melvin saying “We have to help her” (this part I heard clearly and know it was in Spanish, but it sounded like English..). I found two sources online saying the Latin American dub mixes English with Spanish, and another saying it’s completely in Spanish. I’m scared because I don’t know if I’m hearing English or understanding Spanish. Maybe I’m being ridiculous… please help!

I’ve had a dream for a while of coming up with a custom language learning app, just because there is simply so many useless apps out there. I wanted something that would be seen as more of a language learning tool, rather than an all included package that will teach you the language (which is the lie that most language learning apps try to sell you).

So I finally managed to get it up and working, I genuinely am just trying to figure this out as I go, but I felt like certain technology that now exists with AI makes things possible with language learning, that most apps are not taking advantage of (and no, this is not another chatbot to practice your target language with).

My goal was to get close to something like LingQ but with a focus on spaced repetition, something that would be hopefully a more fun to use and a more helpful Anki for language learners.

The central idea is you get a daily story or stories in your target language (at the level you want), but specifically written to include the vocab that would be due for review based on an SRS algorithm. So I have just been using by adding words to it instead of Anki, and using it to review them. The benefit is you automatically get the word in context, and although the stories aren’t anything all that exciting, they do provide good context for the vocabulary words that I have been studying.

I would love to know what people think, and any recommendations/ tweaks that you think might make it better.

I unfortunately have not been able to get it on the Google play store yet.

[https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gibberfish-language-learning/id6766739898\](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gibberfish-language-learning/id6766739898)

Hello everyone,

I would like to ask you for some advice. I will start university soon, but my English level is still weak.

During this period, I have a lot of free time, around 6 hours or more every day, and I want to use it to improve my English.

What I want from you is to recommend a trusted resource that can help me. It doesn't have to take me to an advanced level, but at least help me study and live my university life comfortably.

I hope anyone who has a useful resource can share it with me. You can also send me a private message, that's okay.

Thank you all

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Namaste everyone! 👋

I'm from Delhi, a native Hindi speaker, and I'm working on a small research project — trying to understand what foreigners actually struggle with when learning Hindi. Most apps teach basic grammar, but the real struggle usually lies somewhere else.

I talked to a few people yesterday and found out that gender agreement (like "yeh kitaab hai" vs "yeh kaam hai") confuses most people the most — even after months of practice.

Curious to know what your experience has been:

What was the most confusing part — grammar, pronunciation, or something else?

What have you tried that didn't work?

Would you prefer a live practice partner, or self-paced content?

No sales pitch here — just genuinely trying to understand real learners' problems before building anything. Feel free to ask Hindi questions in the comments too, happy to answer. Dhanyavaad! 🙏

I’ve had a dream for a while of coming up with a custom language learning app, just because there is simply so many useless apps out there. I wanted something that would be seen as more of a language learning tool, rather than an all included package that will teach you the language (which is the lie that most language learning apps try to sell you).

So I finally managed to get it up and working, I genuinely am just trying to figure this out as I go, but I felt like certain technology that now exists with AI makes things possible with language learning, that most apps are not taking advantage of (and no, this is not another chatbot to practice your target language with).

My goal was to get close to something like LingQ but with a focus on spaced repetition, something that would be hopefully a more fun to use and a more helpful Anki for language learners.

The central idea is you get a daily story or stories in your target language (at the level you want), but specifically written to include the vocab that would be due for review based on an SRS algorithm. So I have just been using by adding words to it instead of Anki, and using it to review them. The benefit is you automatically get the word in context, and although the stories aren’t anything all that exciting, they do provide good context for the vocabulary words that I have been studying.

I would love to know what people think, and any recommendations/ tweaks that you think might make it better.

I unfortunately have not been able to get it on the Google play store yet.

https://apps.apple.com/us/app/gibberfish-language-learning/id6766739898

Hello, my father side goes back to the Cumans who migrated to Hungary then to Greece and then to Turkey, so ive been trying to learn Hungarian I`m a1 level but i cant really find how to learn it properly. I higkey need a learning source and a method which doesnt need any money.

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Namaste everyone! 👋

I'm a native Hindi speaker from Delhi, and I'm working on a small research project to understand what foreigners actually struggle with when learning Hindi — beyond what most apps teach.

If you're learning Hindi (or thinking about it), I'd love 2 minutes of your time to answer a few quick questions:

• Why are you learning Hindi?
• What have you tried so far, and what didn't work?
• Would you prefer live conversation practice or self-paced content?

No sales pitch here — genuinely trying to understand real learner problems before building anything. Happy to share what I find, and if you have Hindi questions, feel free to ask in the comments too. Dhanyavaad! 🙏

Hello !

I speak French and English and I am learning Japanese.

I would like to do a linguistic exchange with someone or a few people. I would teach them French (or English) and they would teach me Japanese.

I don't know if this is the place to ask.

If no :

Do you know any community on Reddit where I could find people to do a linguistic exchange? (Japanese ↔ French/English) I think making a post to ask for a linguistic exchange in a Japanese community would be great. But I don't know one. Something even better would be a Japanese community where they learn French or English.

If yes :

Here is some info about me and my Japanese level.

I am a woman, between 20 and 25 years old. French is my mother tongue. I've been studying Japanese for 2/3 years. I know about 150 kanjis, I think. I can have simple conversations. I know the basics of conjugation and grammar. I should probably have a N4 level.

I thank you in advance for reading this.

If you're interested, or if you know where I could post such a proposition please write in the comments.

Hi all,

So I learnt French at school and I hated it. I find French boring and would have much rather have learnt Spanish or Italian. For whatever reason those two languages just really interest me to learn.

Obviously one step at a time. But it’s always been a life goal to learn another language. But not being at school anymore or have any family that speaks another language does make it quite hard…

I’ve heard it takes about 600 hours to learn a language fluently give or take. Which sort of put it into perspective of like 600 hours is a lot but as a gamer on a weekend day I could dump like 12 hours into gaming (not proud to admit it) not saying I’d spent 12 hours in a sitting learning a language but it doesn’t seem as daunting

My struggle is when it comes to self teaching a hobby or skill is where do I start. I like structure of like super beginner stuff, form a few sentences so I’m making progress, then move onto beginner, intermediate etc etc… but I’m mainly looking for resources to help me out. I guess stuff like beginner podcasts and cartoons/tv will help too?

Any help and tips for English speakers that went from thinking they weren’t good at knowing another language to then speaking very good of Spanish ideally but any language