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Re: Learning Experiment
« Reply #60 on: June 10, 2015, 03:07:46 PM »
I'd like to do one for Standard Arabic; this will really help me remember its grammar rules. There is a slight problem though: romanization of Arabic won't reflect proper pronunciation. I could do phonetic transcription (aka those weird letters/symbols you see in a dictionary) but I know that non-linguistic oriented people might find it difficult. Any suggestions?
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Re: Learning Experiment
« Reply #61 on: June 10, 2015, 06:04:37 PM »
I was thinking to do the hungarian as well, but hungarian was too difficult to use this technic. it might word well for germanic languages, but not for hungarian. even only those words are NOT enough to be able to say a simple sentence, even the translation for one word is correct. I wonder myself how to do a better way for hungarian, or even for finnish, which is/seems so similar difficult. when I have learnt finnish, I tried to use the finnish words similar like hungarian. tried to find the similarities in grammar and just replaced the hungarian to finnish. it usually worked a bit.
maybe it could be easier for a finn to understand the grammar of hungarian then others.
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Re: Learning Experiment
« Reply #62 on: June 10, 2015, 11:14:23 PM »
Ok, sorry for posting this so late. I ended up not being home much and then work stuff and then just not being near a computer. Those of you who also know Icelandic, send me a PM if I made any mistakes or if there is something you would say differently so I can make corrections. I worked on this in pieces all day so I may have missed/messed up something (I have already found and fixed at least one spelling error).
Also I am posting a link to this on the Icelandic page.

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Re: Learning Experiment
« Reply #63 on: June 11, 2015, 10:09:03 PM »
It seems to me it's nearly impossible to do almost any Slavic language without going too much into details, because of verb aspect, verbs of motion and noun cases. xD
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Re: Learning Experiment
« Reply #64 on: June 11, 2015, 11:05:11 PM »
It seems to me it's nearly impossible to do almost any Slavic language without going too much into details, because of verb aspect, verbs of motion and noun cases. xD
Yeah, I noticed that when I tried to do Russian x_x
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Re: Learning Experiment
« Reply #65 on: June 12, 2015, 10:16:58 AM »
Maybe, Bulgarian will go (as it is analytic and has articles, no)?
I, too, think one wouldn't go far in learning any language without grammar. Not to mention there are always specific grammar constructions for every language, that one must just learn by heart how to use properly.
Anyway, I think such lists may be useful even for those ones, who learn their languages in regular way - as some sort of reference. So here is my indeed overloaded with details list for Russian (I give no transcription here, because I suppose person who starts learning Russian should figure out scripts and readings first):
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Verbs
The infinitive form of these verbs and their present and past tense “I” conjugations.

Be                                          быть; я есть – я был (male)/я была (female). In sentences verb быть usually only appears in the past tense. Example: “The grass is green” – трава зелёная. “The grass was green” – трава была зеленая.
there is                                    if it is like in “there is a book on the table”, then there is no such thing in Russan. (The sentence above is translated simply «На столе - книга»). If literally, I beleive “there is” is там.
have                                         иметь; я имею – я имел/я имела. This verb is used rarely. Normal way to translate English “I have…” is «У меня [есть]…»
do                                            делать; я делаю – я делал/я делала
create (aka “make”)                     делать; я делаю – я делал/я делала, and if more solemnly создавать; я создаю – я создавал/я создавала
cause (aka “make”)                      причинять; я причиняю – я причинил/я причинила
go                                             идти; я иду – я шёл/я шла
say                                           сказать; no present – я сказал/я сказала
speak                                        говорить; я говорю – я говорил/я говорила
know                                         знать; я знаю – я знал/я знала
think                                          думать; я думаю – я думал/я думала
want                                          хотеть; я хочу – я хотел/я хотела
like                                            no overlaps. The closest Russian нравиться; я нравлюсь – я нравился/я нравилась is actually means “to be liked”. Correct form for “I like…” is мне нравится – мне нравился/мне нравилась/мне нравилось (neuter gender)
can                                            мочь; я могу – я мог/я могла
need                                          нуждаться; я нуждаюсь – я нуждался/я нуждалась. But мне нужен…/мне нужна…/мне нужно… - мне был нужен…/мне была нужна…/мне было нужно… sounds better.
should                                         мне следует – мне следовало
try                                              пытаться; я пытаюсь – я пытался/я пыталась
feel                                             чувствовать; я чувствую – я чувствовал/я чувствовала
work (also as a noun)                     работать; я работаю – я работал/я работала
learn                                           учить(ся); я учу(сь) – я учил(ся)/я учила(сь)
understand                                   понимать; я понимаю – я понимал/я понимала. If in perfect form, я понял/я поняла
get (meaning “obtain”)                   получать; я получаю – я получал/я получала. If in perfect form, получить; no presence - я получил/я получила
use                                             пользоваться; я пользуюсь – я пользовался/я пользовалась. Also использовать; я использую – я использовал/я использовала
start                                           начинать; я начинаю – я начинал/я начинала. If in perfect form, начать; no presence – я начал/я начала
eat                                             есть; я ем – я ел/я ела
see                                             видеть; я вижу – я видел/я видела
write                                           писать; я пишу – я писал/я писала
give                                            давать; я даю – я давал/я давала. If in perfect form, дать; no presence - я дал/я дала
sleep                                           спать; я сплю – я спал/я спала
buy                                             покупать; я покупаю – я покупал/я покупала. If in perfect form, купить; no presence - я купил/я купила
decide                                          решать; я решаю – я решал/я решала. If in perfect form, решить; no presence - я решил/я решила
find                                             находить; я нахожу – я находил/я находила.  If in perfect form, я нашёл/я нашла
ask                                             (in meaning “ask a question”)спрашивать; я спрашиваю – я спрашивал/я спрашивала. If in perfect form, спросить; no presence - я спросил/я спросила
                                                  (in meaning “ask smn to do smth”) просить; я прошу – я просил/я просила
meet (meaning to meet someone for the first time) (по)знакомиться; я знакомлюсь – я (по)знакомился/я (по)знакомилась
meet (meaning “meet up with”)        встречать(ся); я встречаю(сь) – я встречал(ся)/я встречала(сь). If in perfect form, встретить; no presence - я встретил/я встретила
take                                            брать; я беру – я брал/я брала. If in perfect form, взять; no presence - я взял/я взяла

Phrases

Hello                                           informal Привет! Formal Здравствуй(те)!
Goodbye                                      До свидания!
My name is…                                Меня зовут… (lit. “They call me…”)
“Nice to meet you.”                       Приятно познакомиться!
yes                                             да
no                                              нет
okay                                           хорошо
please                                         пожалуйста
thank you                                    спасибо
you’re welcome                             пожалуйста :)
sorry                                           извини(те) (if you want to say something like “Sorry, I have broken your favorite cup”) and (очень) жаль, (что) (if you want to say something like “Sorry to hear you’ve caught a cold”)
excuse me (to catch someone’s attention) прошу прощения (goes as well for “sorry”, Ist variant)
well (as in “Well, I think that…”)       ну or пожалуй (the last is preferable)
Really?                                         В самом деле? Better avoid using.

Conjunctions

that (as in “I think that…” or “the woman that…”) I. что; II. который/которая/которое and что
and                                             и and in meaning of contradiction а
or                                               или
but                                             но
though                                        хотя
because                                      потому что
therefore                                     поэтому
if                                                если

Prepositions (Warning! Prepositions in English and Russian rarely match)

before (also as a conjunction)          перед
after (also as a conjunction)            после
of                                               in examples: the curtains of cotton – занавески из хлопка; toy of a little boy – игрушка маленького мальчика (Genitive case, singular, male)
from                                            из, от
to                                               к
in                                                в
at (place)                                     в, на
at (time)                                      в
with                                            с,  but, say, “to write with a pen” – писать ручкой (Instrumental case, singular, female)
about                                          о, but “about five” – около пяти
like (meaning “similar to”)                как
for (warning, this one has several meanings that you need to take care of) Examples again: “a cap of tea for Mary” – чашка чая для Мэри, “to buy a balloon for a child” – купить воздушный шарик ребёнку (Dative case, singular, male) (купить воздушный шарик для ребёнка wouldn’t a mistake either) “to struggle for peace” – бороться за мир, “to learn Russian for a month” – месяц учить русский (в течение, на протяжении месяца), “to search for a job” – искать работу  (Accusative case, singular, female) and so on, and so on. I warned.

Adjectives and adverbs
Both the adjective and adverb forms of these words.

a lot                                          многий/многая/многое and много
a little                                        маленький/маленькая/маленькое and мало
good / well                                  хороший/хорошая/хорошее and хорошо
bad / badly                                  плохой/плохая/плохое and плохо
more (know how to say “more … than”)    больше, чем (usually not goes with other adjectives, for they have their own comparatives. Say, “more simple than” – проще, чем. Более простой/простая/простое, чем sounds really awful)
better (often irregular and not just “more good”) лучше
most                                          самый/самая/самое
enough                                       достаточный/достаточная/достаточное and достаточно (довольно)
right                                           (as right hand) правый/правая/правое
                                                 (as right answer) правильный/правильная/правильное and правильно
wrong                                         неправильный/неправильная/неправильное and неправильно
Adjectives

the, a (technically articles)    no any in Russian
this (also as a noun)                     этот/эта/это and это
that (also as a noun)                    тот/та/то and то(rarely used as a noun)
all                                              весь/вся/всё, всякий/всякая/всякое
some                                         ‘’some coffee” – [немного] кофе. “Some persons” – несколько человек. какой-то/какая-то/какое-то?
no                                              не
other                                          другой/другая/другое
any                                            какой-нибудь/какая-нибудь/какое-нибудь, сколько-нибудь, любой/любая/любое
easy                                          простой/простая/простое, but “It is easy” – (это) просто
hard                                          трудный/трудная/трудное, but “It is hard” – (это) трудно. Also as for “hard pencil” – твёрдый/твёрдая/твёрдое
early                                         ранний/ранняя/раннее
late                                           поздний/поздняя/позднее
important                                   важный/важная/важное
cool (as in “that’s cool”)               замечательный/замечательная/замечательное. But “that’s cool” – (Это) замечательно
same                                         такой же/такая же/такое же
different                                     другой/другая/другое
beautiful                                     прекрасный/прекрасная/прекрасная

Adverbs

Very                                          очень
too (as in “too much”)                  слишком
also                                           так же
only                                           только, but as in “the only reason” – единственный/единственная/единственное
now                                           сейчас
here                                           здесь
maybe                                        может быть
always                                        всегда
often                                          часто
sometimes                                   иногда
never                                         никогда
today (also as a noun)                   сегодня
yesterday                                    вчера
tomorrow                                     завтра
almost                                         почти
still                                             (всё) ещё, пока
already                                         уже
even                                            даже

Nouns
If your language has grammatical gender, then each noun as “the [noun]” with “the” in the correct gender. (e.g. in Spanish, instead of language = “idioma”, language = “el idioma”.)

thing                                              вещь (f.)
person                                            человек, кто-нибудь (all m.)
place                                              место (n.)
everything                                      всё (n.)
something                                      что-то (n.)
nothing                                          ничего – I suppose, it’s an adverb. Also, more rarely, as a noun – ничто (n.)
time (as in “a long time”)                   время (n.)
time (as in “I did it 3 times”)              раз (n.)
friend                                            друг (m.)/подруга (f.)
mother, father, parent                      мать (f.), отец (m.), родитель (m.)/родительница (f.)
daughter, son, child                         дочь (f.), сын (m.), ребёнок (m.)
wife, husband                                 жена (f.), муж (m.)
girlfriend, boyfriend                          подруга, друг
breakfast                                       завтрак (m.)
lunch                                            ленч (m.)
dinner                                           обед (m.), but what Russians call обед is more lunch. Russians usually “have dinner” in midday.
money                                           деньги (always plural, so no gender)
day                                               день (m.)
year                                              год (m.)
hour                                              час (m.)
week                                             неделя (f.)
country                                         страна (f.)
city                                               город (m.)
language                                        язык (m.)
word                                             слово (n.)
Internet                                         Интернет (m.)
house                                            дом (m.)
office                                            офис (m.)
company                                        компания (f.)

Question Words

who                                              кто
what                                             что
where                                            где
when                                             когда
why                                              почему
how                                              как, but “how old are you?” – сколько Вам (тебе) лет?
how much                                      сколько

Pronouns
In the subject (“I”), direct object (“me”), indirect object (“to me”), and possessive (“my”) forms.

I                                                   я, меня, мне, мой/моя/моё
you                                               informal: ты, тебя, тебе, твой/твоя/твоё
                                                    formal: Вы, Вас, Вам, Ваш/Ваша/Ваше
she, he                                          она, её, ей, её; он, его, ему, его
it                                                  оно, его, ему, его (does not absolutely match)
we                                                мы, нас, нам, наш/наша/наше
you (plural)                                     вы, вас, вам, ваш/ваша/ваше
they                                              они, их, им, их
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Re: Learning Experiment
« Reply #66 on: June 12, 2015, 02:53:46 PM »
I did a brazilian portuguese version. I hope I didn't messed it up. D:
Also, good luck to those people who are willing to learn this thing.

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The infinitive form of these verbs and their present and past tense “I” conjugations.

be - estar (as in "to be there"); estou; estava  /  ser (as in "I am"); sou; era
there is - haver; há; houve
have - ter; tenho; tive
do - fazer; faço; fiz
create (aka “make”) - criar; crio; criei
cause (aka “make”) - causar; causo; causei
go - ir; estou indo; fui
say - dizer; digo; disse
speak - falar; falo; falei
know - saber; sei; soube
think - pensar; penso; pensei
want - querer; quero; quis
like - gostar; gosto; gostei
can - poder; posso; pude
need - precisar; preciso; precisei
should - dever; devo; devia
try - tentar; tento; tentei
feel - sentir; sinto; senti
work (also as a noun) - trabalhar; trabalho (present tense); trabalhei / trabalho (noun)
learn - aprender; aprendo; aprendi
understand - entender; entendo; entendi
get (meaning “obtain”) - obter; obtenho; obtive OR conseguir; consigo; consegui
use - usar; uso; usei
start - começar; começo; comecei
eat - comer; como; comi
see - ver; vejo; vi OR enxergar; enxergo; enxerguei
write - escrever; escrevo; escrevi
give - dar; dou; dei OR oferecer; ofereço; ofereci
sleep - dormir; durmo; dormi
buy - comprar; compro; comprei
decide - decidir; decido; decidi
find - encontrar; encontro; encontrei OR achar; acho; achei
ask - perguntar; pergunto; perguntei
meet (meaning to meet someone for the first time) - conhecer; conheço; conheci
meet (meaning “meet up with”) - encontrar; encontro; encontrei OR reunir; reúno; reuni
take - tomar; tomo; tomei OR levar; levo; levei

Phrases

hello - Olá!
goodbye - Adeus! (formal, kind of melodramatic I think :P); Tchau!; "Até mais!" (informal)
My name is… - "Meu nome é..."
“Nice to meet you.” - "Prazer em conhecê-lo!" (formal) / "Prazer em conhecer!" OR  "Prazer!" (informal)
yes - sim
no - não
okay - okay OR certo
please - "por favor"
thank you - obrigado(a) (if you are a woman, you say obrigadA. If you are a man, you say obrigadO.)
you’re welcome - "de nada" OR "não foi nada"
sorry - desculpe
excuse me (to catch someone’s attention) - "com licença"
well (as in “Well, I think that…”) - bem OR olha
Really? - "Sério?" OR "Jura?"

Conjunctions

that (as in “I think that…” or “the woman that…”) - que
and - e
or - ou
but - mas
though - embora
because - porque
therefore - portanto
if - se

Prepositions

before (also as a conjunction) - antes
after (also as a conjunction) - depois
of - de
from - de
to - para
in - em
at (place) - no/na
at (time) - à(s)/ao ("ao" is only used when you are referring to midday, as in "vamos nos encontrar ao meio-dia").
with - com
about - sobre
like (meaning “similar to”) - como
for (warning, this one has several meanings that you need to take care of) - para; por; durante; devido a

Adjectives and adverbs
Both the adjective and adverb forms of these words.

a lot - muito OR bastante
a little - (um) pouco
good / well - bom / bem
bad / badly - mau / mal
more (know how to say “more … than”) - mais ("mais ... do que")
better (often irregular and not just “more good”) - melhor OR superior
most - "o mais"; maioria; máximo
enough - suficiente OR "o bastante"
right - certo (as in "I think you are right"); direita (as in "I draw with my right hand")
wrong - errado

Adjectives

the, a (technically articles) - Ok, prepare for the article flooding:
                  o (masculine singular), os (masculine plural), a (feminine singular), as (feminine plural) - defined articles
                  um (singular), uns (plural) - undefined articles
this (also as a noun) - isto
that (also as a noun) - isso
all - tudo
some - algum (singular), alguns (plural)
no - não? (I didn't understand this one...)
other - outro (masculine singular); outros (masculine plural); outra (feminine singular); outras (feminine plural)
any - qualquer (singular); quaisquer (plural); nenhum (masculine); nenhuma (feminine)
easy - fácil
hard - difícil
early - cedo
late - tarde
important - importante
cool (as in “that’s cool”) - legal
same - mesmo
different - diferente
beautiful - bonito; lindo; belo

Adverbs

very - muito; bastante
too (as in “too much”) - demais
also - também
only - somente
now - agora
here - aqui
maybe - talvez
always - sempre
often - frequentemente
sometimes - às vezes
never - nunca
today (also as a noun) - hoje
yesterday - ontem
tomorrow - amanhã
almost - quase
still - ainda
already - já
even - até

Nouns
If your language has grammatical gender, then each noun as “the [noun]” with “the” in the correct gender. (e.g. in Spanish, instead of language = “idioma”, language = “el idioma”.)

thing - a coisa
person - a pessoa
place - o lugar
everything - tudo
something - alguma coisa; algo
nothing - nada
time (as in “a long time”) - tempo
time (as in “I did it 3 times”) - vez (singular); vezes (plural)
friend - o amigo (masculine); a amiga (feminine)
mother, father, parent - a mãe; o pai
daughter, son, child - a filha; o filho; a criança
wife, husband - a esposa; o esposo OR o marido
girlfriend, boyfriend - a namorada; o namorado
breakfast - o café da manhã
lunch - o almoço
dinner - a janta OR o jantar
money - o dinheiro
day - o dia
year - o ano
hour - a hora
week - a semana
country - o país
city - a cidade
language - a língua OR o idioma
word - a palavra
Internet - a Internet
house - a casa
office - o escritório
company - a companhia OR a empresa

Question Words

who - quem
what - quê
where - onde
when - quando
why - por que
how - como
how much - quanto

Pronouns
In the subject (“I”), direct object (“me”), indirect object (“to me”), and possessive (“my”) forms.

I - eu; mim; para mim; meu, minha
you - você; você; para você; seu, sua  OR  tu; ti; para ti; teu, tua  [most brazilians say "você", but here in the south we only use "tu"]
she, he - ela; ela; para ela; dela  /  ele; ele; para ele; dele
it - isso; isso; para isso; disso
we - nós; nós; para nós; nosso, nossa
you (plural) - vocês; vocês; de vocês; seu, sua (informal)  /  vós; vós; de vós; vosso, vossa (formal, like, no one talks like this)
they - eles; eles; deles; seu, sua  /  (feminine) elas; elas; delas; seu, sua

IMPORTANT: The possessive form of the pronoun varies according to gender of the object you are referring to, not to the person's gender.
Example: Essa mesa é minha. (This is my table) - in this case, the pronoun ("minha") is feminine, because "table" is a feminine word.
             Esse chapéu é teu. (This hat is yours) - the pronoun ("teu") is masculine, because "hat" is a masculine word.
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Re: Learning Experiment
« Reply #67 on: June 15, 2015, 02:40:30 PM »
I wonder myself how to do a better way for hungarian, or even for finnish, which is/seems so similar difficult.

Weeeell... I think these words can be formed into a very basic, stilted Finnish, and someone with a correct-enough pronunciation might well be able to get themselves understood in a very simple conversation using these words. But it would sound rather funny without all the right "bendings and endings" ;)


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maybe it could be easier for a finn to understand the grammar of hungarian then others.

At least Estonians and Finns understand each other's grammar, though the words and suffixes are different. I'd guess it's the same with Hungarian. It's the same language family after all, we just have less words in common (well, mostly those really ancient ones and even them we have molded into different forms ;) ).
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Re: Learning Experiment
« Reply #68 on: June 16, 2015, 06:43:26 AM »
Weeeell... I think these words can be formed into a very basic, stilted Finnish, and someone with a correct-enough pronunciation might well be able to get themselves understood in a very simple conversation using these words. But it would sound rather funny without all the right "bendings and endings" ;)

oh, yeah, in hungarian, if you mess it up, it is still fine, if you pronounce correctly (wrong pronounciation can mean else), I even mess up the sufixes on my own native language, I won't judge anyone to make mistake.
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At least Estonians and Finns understand each other's grammar, though the words and suffixes are different. I'd guess it's the same with Hungarian. It's the same language family after all, we just have less words in common (well, mostly those really ancient ones and even them we have molded into different forms ;) ).

Well, when I tried to learn the finnish suffixes, I realized, it is kind of like hungarian, also I found once, long time ago a hungarian site, which showed a lot of similarities in grammar, while when I was tring to learn from other finns, they just said "this is like italian" or any other languages, but I don't speak those, so those helps didn't help me at all. so I tried to figure out myself how they work, because I never found that site ever agian to continue learning...... and it is hard to find anyone, who can explain them in hungarian for me, because in english, it is more difficulter, becuase english has nothing like them in its grammar.......
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Re: Learning Experiment
« Reply #69 on: June 16, 2015, 10:42:07 AM »
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1gGGT7O31cMvIFa2aC-l85PHtIJSNsB4NqNce0ErgRNE/edit

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« Reply #70 on: June 16, 2015, 11:57:14 PM »
I'd like to do this for Japanese, but I am not sure what to do about the verbs, since Japanese doesn't conjugate for person but has quite different affirmative and negative forms, and continuous forms that are rather important, plus different conjugations based on levels of formality and politeness. Plus I am not sure if I should use kanji or just kana (I'd rather not do romaji because it is inaccurate--and also the past forms would be deleted by the profanity filter here).
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« Reply #71 on: October 01, 2015, 12:05:02 PM »
Some volunteers built up an amazing ressource of languages and phrases for refugees:

http://www.refugeephrasebook.de/phrasebooks/

I was able to get some handy information how to built sentences in kurmanci, Albanian, arabic and turkish and there are many more languages. They are also very happy if people fluent in many languages are willing to help. The Excel sheets can be downloaded for free and after that customized. rya always discovered that serbian lacks some translations :).

Warning: The medical phrasebook also is used to describe reasons of flight and thus contains some tough phrases (no swearing but regarding situations people have to endure before and during their flight it is no happy to read stuff). I recommend downloading parts of the "Phrasebook for Orientation", it also includes much and more stuff you know from topics "Basics" and "Family" on duolingo.
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« Reply #72 on: November 07, 2015, 06:17:07 PM »
I just realised, there is a very cool link that I have had for years and that is worth sharing:

http://www.utexas.edu/cola/centers/lrc/eieol/index.html

Basically the university of Texas proposes, online, for free, and without registration required, a series of lessons to learn the basics of many ancient indo-european languages, including Classical Latin, Classical Greek, Biblical Greek, Old Church Slavonic, Old French, Old English, Old Norse, Gothic, Old Irish, Classical Armenian, Old Iranian, Hittite, Tocharian, Vedic Sanskrit, as well as a few modern languages (Albanian, Lithuanian and Latvian).

They're mostly made for people who want to be able to read classical texts, but they're nonetheless pretty interesting and give good overviews of the languages in question, as well as actual practice in the forms of various annoted texts.


I often use this site as reference when I'm looking for informations about one these languages (each series of lessons has an index that allows you to access either the sample texts or the grammar points directly).
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« Reply #73 on: November 07, 2015, 07:53:23 PM »
Wow, that sounds great.  Thanks for sharing the link!  (*wonders if she can fit lessons in New Testament Greek into her schedule*)
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« Reply #74 on: November 07, 2015, 09:48:02 PM »
Ah, curses! I did not need this link in my life. ;-;

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