mastering a language like japanese & thai
2006-09-04 02:52:43 · 11 answers · asked by suzu_ashihara 1 in Education & Reference ➔ Other - Education
my english and mother tongue is alrdy gud but i wana master a new language like japanese and thai..
2006-09-04 14:10:53 · update #1
most people say 3 years with total immersion--meaning you speak primarily that language the entire time. without total immersion it can take much longer.
2006-09-04 02:59:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
At least 5 years... to MASTER the language.
Most Americans never MASTER the American language because they don't know how to use vowels.
Almost all language in America is done in the Present Subjunctive tense... They will use phrases like "It's 1942 and we are in" instead of "It WAS 1942 and we WERE in"... so everything that is said after "It's 1942" can be said in present tense... and THIS is how most Americans talk... because they can't use future or past tenses... and when they do... they butcher it.
If American's can not master 3 tenses of vowels... then how in the world do they expect to master a language, such as Spanish, that has SIXTEEN (16) tenses to every vowel...
The better you can speak English... the easier it is to learn foreign languages... which is why most Americans can never do much better than a few words in a language... just enough to make their friends think they are fluent in that language.
2006-09-04 02:58:42 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Master? A long time...to master a foreign language is to know it as well as you know your native tongue. To begine studying a forgeing language, you will need to immerse yourself in that language...you need to hear it often....play cds of the language...indeed, hearing it works very well, but you will also need to see it written for mastery of the language. I am thinking 3 - 5 years of hard work. Unless, of course, you direct more attention, then shorter time.
2006-09-04 03:01:15 · answer #3 · answered by rrrevils 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Mastering a language takes a lifetime, nevermind your mother tongue or a foreign language. Asian languages usually take longer.
2006-09-04 03:21:01 · answer #4 · answered by calvin o 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
wo, captmhunt,
Vowels don't have tenses, VERBS do, so stop talking out of your ***.
As far as mastering a foreign language, or general "fluency" as it is referred, generally takes seven years of intense study, and some type of immersion (living in the culture with the the language you are studying.)
I am referencing my old graduate school coursebooks
"Readings on Second Language Acquisition" Brown and Gonzo, 1995
and
"Exploring Language" Goshgarin, 2001
2006-09-04 03:10:53 · answer #5 · answered by allforasia 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Who knows? It depends on you. Celine Dion did in 3 months with English.
2006-09-04 02:59:32 · answer #6 · answered by katoujour 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
very short. I had English training from age 5 and onward... so, that got here incredibly of course. And chuffed i'm with which ability too, or i might now have been caught in Dutch purely... aaaaaah!!!
2016-09-30 08:08:55 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
it will vary a lot depending on your background, and your age.
Basic Japanese can be mastered in a matter of a few months if you're able to devote enough time to it.
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2006-09-04 03:03:05 · answer #8 · answered by AntoineBachmann 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I am not sure.I am 43 and still struggling with English.
2006-09-04 02:58:12 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
i don no it depends on ur capability and ur understanding
2006-09-04 02:59:01 · answer #10 · answered by How are u? 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋