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#161 Emrah20

Sorry for many posts, but I have also reads Fatih's post about learning Korean.
I know, how to type on Hangeul keyboard. If You use NVDA, Espeak can be good, but only at 30% to learn Korean.
If You want to learn Korean, Windows's Korean voice can be good alternative, or maybe some good commercial korean voice.
I was interrested on Korean language some years ago and one main thing is this, that one Hangeul letter can have two or three letters, occassionally four letters. One princip is consonant, vowel and consonant (or two consonants).
There are certain combinations, but if You want to write syllable, which consists only with vowel on the beginning, type letter, which is pronounced 'ng' in the end of the word and then vowel letter and that's It.
Also, do You know, that korean hangeul jamo letters are named after that, how are pronounced on beninning of the hangeul syllable and on end of the syllable?
Let's get example, I'll try to use revised romanization for Korean:
Letter 'digeud' is pronounced same at the beginning and end of the syllable, but letter "jieut" is pronounced on the beginning such as 'ch (english word change)' or 'j (like jamm in English)' and at the end of the syllable like 't' or 'd'
Also, in Korean You must think phonetically, so for example very known polite suffix on korean word 'seubnida' can be written, like this, but It is pronounced 'seumnida' due to this, that 'p&b' are labial consonants, like 'm'. It means, that are produced by Your lips and 'n' is nasal (nose) consonant similar to 'm', which is both labial and nasal and due to this is not 'seubnida' or 'seupnida', but 'seumnida'.
But yes, Korean can be difficult and also, grammar is difficult too.
-- (fatih):
I wanted to learn Korean some years ago, but lost interest in it due to not being able to type easily and because of the differences of words and not being able to understand anything. The sentect structure is very similar to Turkish, but the similarity ends there.
I'd be glad to help anyone who wants to learn Turkish, btw.

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Ja volim samo kafu sa Rakijom.
2021-11-12 09:56

#162 fatih

Thanks for the tips on Korean, but the keyboard layout confused me a lot as well. It'd be good if I could figure that out.



2021-11-12 10:17

#163 Emrah20

Ofcourse, I can help You with this, as soon, as possible.
Also, I have a question to people, who uses japanese keyboard in Windows 10.
How to change keyboard from hHiragana to Katakana or to Romaji? In new japanese keyboard there are maybe different shortcuts.


Ja volim samo kafu sa Rakijom.
2021-11-12 11:23

#164 fatih

thanks



2021-11-12 11:33

#165 ArcticMoon

Yeah, since then I've also looked at polish programmers keyboard and I love the way it works. Simple to get used to it and easy to write on.



2021-11-12 15:16

#166 Irroadium

Hi there, my native language is german, and I'm also learning english and franch at school. I am also trying to learn japanese because it is a very interesting language and it sounds really beautiful in my appinion.


To infinity and beyond!
2021-11-23 16:17

#167 Seva

The only thing that's not really convinient for me is that the right alt key is used as alt+ctrl, so I have to reassign the keystroke for NVDA or remove it at all.
If I don't do that, the letter ń won't type.
-- (ArcticMoon):
Yeah, since then I've also looked at polish programmers keyboard and I love the way it works. Simple to get used to it and easy to write on.

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2021-11-30 09:28

#168 marchoffmann

Hi. Now, also my turn! I'm marc and i am a native german as well, also am kind of impressed how many people try to learn german, but yeah for not native people german might be a pain. I also tried french in school years ago, but that only was 1 time in the week, optional, and the kids there were super anoying, plus the grammar was a horror for me, like the spelling, so i gave up with it lol. Otherwise, my english in german school honestly didn't brought me that far, not only cuz i wasn't interested, no, also because germans have mostly horible accent and at the time german was the best language for me, maybe that is because i didn't liked english when i couldn't speak it like i can right now? I don't know. Anyway. In august 2019 came a serbian guy in my class in germany. And basically without him, i would've not be here, or on any online game especially for the pc. He didn't brought me to elten because he doesn't use it, but through him i found some people, games, and then created my own friendships and contacts in there. I just know that like 1 year ago a tirkish guy intruduced me to elten, he also was in the recent poasts. I'm sorry dude, just not sure how to spell your name in case you read this. Anyway that's how i came here. In online games like especially survive the wild, and sketchbook your world, my english also got drasticly better. a1 year ago i would not have been able to sound how i sound now even though i know that it still is not perfect, but that might be do to some vocabulary gaps. But why there's the need to sound professional if everyone can understand you and you're getting very far with it. So yeah in 2021 and still in 2022 my english kepped, and keeps improving. Its good right now, but sometimes there is a new word i didn't knew and basically from a point on my english was good enough to say what i get to know from now on are basically just words not saved in my vocabulary yet. Now since 4 months i live in norway, and I think since a while that english actually is the best language in the world. It has many dialects. I might be the avrage person in that but i prefer the US accent. Some like british as well but for me its nothing more than funny if you fake it. So yeah i also learn norwegian since in the middle of the last year when i started with the app called babbel, but now i just do it in school and am not using it anymore. Honestly, the language's dificulty is ok. But i really hate myself speaking it, the accent that comes along with it, and as well how it sounds. Especially with people rolling the r, that just sounds weired for me. But how much i like it or not sadly doesn't change's the fact i have to continue learning it. But yeah, english i'd say even sounds better than german. Not just because its my first language, but i do think that german isn't such a bad language the way it sounds, french or something like spanish, *in my opinion* sound much worse. And yeah i slowly keep getting american english accent, but the little bit of german will always join me, but hey, its ok. As long as i do not sound like zis, dat is ok. I can't fake zih german accent vif text so good as i could in speech but yes, just doing dis be cause i am bored. Lol. Anyway let's stop here, my poast is loooong enough


Captain of the chaotic mind and soal of McOi.
2022-03-20 17:59

#169 fatih

I'm trying to learn German in university right now and I'm hving difficulty with perfekt verbs. Hilfe mich! And I can't remember the artikles of the words.



2022-03-20 18:13

#170 marchoffmann

and you are the one that showed elten to me.


Captain of the chaotic mind and soal of McOi.
2022-03-20 18:14

#171 fatih

Yeah, it could be :D



2022-03-22 18:56

#172 marchoffmann

no, i'm exactly 100.000 % sure.


Captain of the chaotic mind and soal of McOi.
2022-03-22 19:26

#173 fatih

If you say so, then it is so



2022-03-23 18:42

#174 marchoffmann

lol yes, i remember quite well. First we really talked on tt, that was in august 2020 with, compared to now, horible english of mine. Then, we had a wp groop with someone in 2021 and then you said hey, there is a thing called elten and so on. I remember i had a question i won't mension yet and you said yeah you could poast there. But anyway, that's off topic, so i better stop. Lol.


Captain of the chaotic mind and soal of McOi.
2022-03-23 19:05

#175 fatih

Yeah, remembered now :D



2022-03-26 15:23

#176 marchoffmann

my english was so horible these days compared to now. I mean it was ok, i could comunicate but,


Captain of the chaotic mind and soal of McOi.
2022-03-26 15:24

#177 Emrah20

OK.
You think post. Right?
Don't worry, I have also some troubles with My English.


Ja volim samo kafu sa Rakijom.
2022-03-27 18:41

#178 marchoffmann

now what i mean is i don't have trubble anymore, i even love it! But i said back a year i can't compare the english i hadd to this one. Though trubble? Actually i never had that. Sometimes though it was anoying in school when my teacher thought she was the best english speaking person :d


Captain of the chaotic mind and soal of McOi.
Edited 2022-03-28 06:06

#179 Emrah20

OK I see. No problem.


Ja volim samo kafu sa Rakijom.
2022-03-28 18:42

#180 fatih

The day before yesterday, I had an exam in German. My teacher said that it was very well. I hope I'll get good grades from that lesson.



2022-03-28 21:38