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Learning foreign languages

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Learning foreign languages

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Where did you learn Spanish? W--r- di------lea---S-an--h? W____ d__ y__ l____ S_______ W-e-e d-d y-u l-a-n S-a-i-h- ---------------------------- Where did you learn Spanish? 0
Can you also speak Portuguese? C-- -o- ---o-sp-a---o-tuguese? C__ y__ a___ s____ P__________ C-n y-u a-s- s-e-k P-r-u-u-s-? ------------------------------ Can you also speak Portuguese? 0
Yes, and I also speak some Italian. Yes--an--I----o --eak--ome It---a-. Y___ a__ I a___ s____ s___ I_______ Y-s- a-d I a-s- s-e-k s-m- I-a-i-n- ----------------------------------- Yes, and I also speak some Italian. 0
I think you speak very well. I-t-i-k-yo- s--ak--e-----l-. I t____ y__ s____ v___ w____ I t-i-k y-u s-e-k v-r- w-l-. ---------------------------- I think you speak very well. 0
The languages are quite similar. The--an-u---s--re -ui-e-s------. T__ l________ a__ q____ s_______ T-e l-n-u-g-s a-e q-i-e s-m-l-r- -------------------------------- The languages are quite similar. 0
I can understand them well. I can---d-r--a-d -----w---. I c__ u_________ t___ w____ I c-n u-d-r-t-n- t-e- w-l-. --------------------------- I can understand them well. 0
But speaking and writing is difficult. Bu- spe-ki-g and--ri---g----di-ficu--. B__ s_______ a__ w______ i_ d_________ B-t s-e-k-n- a-d w-i-i-g i- d-f-i-u-t- -------------------------------------- But speaking and writing is difficult. 0
I still make many mistakes. I-s-i-l --k- m-ny----tak-s. I s____ m___ m___ m________ I s-i-l m-k- m-n- m-s-a-e-. --------------------------- I still make many mistakes. 0
Please correct me each time. Pl--s- --r-e-t--e-e--- time. P_____ c______ m_ e___ t____ P-e-s- c-r-e-t m- e-c- t-m-. ---------------------------- Please correct me each time. 0
Your pronunciation is very good. Y--r-------ciat--n i- ---- go-d. Y___ p____________ i_ v___ g____ Y-u- p-o-u-c-a-i-n i- v-r- g-o-. -------------------------------- Your pronunciation is very good. 0
You only have a slight accent. Y-- -nl- h-ve a -lig-t-ac-e-t. Y__ o___ h___ a s_____ a______ Y-u o-l- h-v- a s-i-h- a-c-n-. ------------------------------ You only have a slight accent. 0
One can tell where you come from. O-e c-n-tell -h--e yo- ---- f---. O__ c__ t___ w____ y__ c___ f____ O-e c-n t-l- w-e-e y-u c-m- f-o-. --------------------------------- One can tell where you come from. 0
What is your mother tongue / native language (am.)? What--s -our --t-er-to---e---n-t--- languag- (am.-? W___ i_ y___ m_____ t_____ / n_____ l_______ (_____ W-a- i- y-u- m-t-e- t-n-u- / n-t-v- l-n-u-g- (-m-)- --------------------------------------------------- What is your mother tongue / native language (am.)? 0
Are you taking a language course? Are -o- -a-ing --l----ag----ur-e? A__ y__ t_____ a l_______ c______ A-e y-u t-k-n- a l-n-u-g- c-u-s-? --------------------------------- Are you taking a language course? 0
Which textbook are you using? W-i----ext--o- a---y-u---i-g? W____ t_______ a__ y__ u_____ W-i-h t-x-b-o- a-e y-u u-i-g- ----------------------------- Which textbook are you using? 0
I don’t remember the name right now. I-d-n’--r-me-ber -he--am- --ght----. I d____ r_______ t__ n___ r____ n___ I d-n-t r-m-m-e- t-e n-m- r-g-t n-w- ------------------------------------ I don’t remember the name right now. 0
The title is not coming to me. The-t--le is --- c-m-ng--o---. T__ t____ i_ n__ c_____ t_ m__ T-e t-t-e i- n-t c-m-n- t- m-. ------------------------------ The title is not coming to me. 0
I’ve forgotten it. I-----org----- -t. I___ f________ i__ I-v- f-r-o-t-n i-. ------------------ I’ve forgotten it. 0

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Germanic Languages

The Germanic languages belong to the Indo-European language family. This linguistic group is characterized by its phonological features. Differences in the phonology distinguish these languages from others. There are about 15 Germanic languages. 500 million people worldwide speak them as their native tongue. The exact number of individual languages is difficult to determine. It is often unclear whether independent languages or only dialects exist. The most prominent Germanic language is English. It has 350 million native speakers worldwide. After that come German and Dutch. The Germanic languages are divided into different groups. There are North Germanic, West Germanic, and East Germanic. North Germanic languages are the Scandinavian languages. English, German and Dutch are West Germanic languages. The East Germanic languages have all become extinct. Old English, for example, belonged to this group. Colonization spread Germanic languages across the world. As a result, Dutch is understood in the Caribbean and in South Africa. All Germanic languages are derived from a common root. Whether or not there was a uniform proto-language is unclear. Besides that, only a few old Germanic texts exist. Unlike the Romance languages, there are hardly any sources. Research of the Germanic languages is more difficult as a result. Relatively little is also known about the culture of the Germanic people, or Teutons. The people of the Teutons did not unite. As a result there was no common identity. Therefore, science has to rely on other sources. Without Greeks and Romans, we would only know a little about the Teutons!
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