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57000??
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I agree with you... The fact that a thousand words account for 95% of the language is a somewhat misleading idea. 95% is one word on twenty that you don't uderstand! And almost always the words that allow you to understand what it's about! So obviously one should learn as fast as possible this 95% basis, but to think that being "95% able" to understand what's being presented isn't right!
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As we keep working on developing our PASSIVE VOCABULARY then
sooner or later the words will move from the passive to the active category. That is true we will be in survival mode to stretch more and more to develop more and more vocabulary in a language. What a great way to think and understand and approach language learning. Russ, 6/29/10
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I don't know about ALWAYS having to grasp for words in a foreign language. I think eventually you can get it as good as your native language. But even in our native languages we often forget words. At least I do. I'll know a word in Arabic but sometimes I'll have to think for a long time for the English equivalent. There have even been times when I just gave up and just looked up what the English word was.
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you must have a special gift because istrugle big time to learn German and I live here, the words seem to me so much longer than english and all the articles make it almost impossible to get all the gramatic right whats the point in speaking a language if you sound like ur chewing marbles to the naitive speaker.
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Considering accumulating vocabulary I would ask you one question. While learning new words should I pick up all possible meanings (that might take a while even for one word) of word being learned or it's just about general meaning primarily? For example such words as to draw, to charge, to cover and so on that have variety of meanings.
semmiif 6 months ago
@semmiifI tend to focus on the meaning within the context of what I am reading or listening to,and may be glance at other meanings. It takes a long time, and many exposures to really get a sense of what a word means, I mean the full range of meanings.
lingosteve 6 months ago
@lingosteve thank you very much for the hint! Honestly I really admire your accomplishments in language learning. By the way my name is Sergiy, I live in Ukraine
semmiif 6 months ago
@semmiif Thank you Sergiy and your written English is absolutely excellent!
lingosteve 6 months ago
DavidCurtin,
What are your learning activities? How long have you been in Germany? Do you walk around with an iPod and listen over and over to interesting content in German? Have you joined LingQ to use the resources that are available free of charge there?
lingosteve 2 years ago