I can't learn any languages because I have ADHD
this post was submitted on 30 Jun 2025
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I just started taking Spanish classes. I had one year of Spanish in elementary school and I’m fluent in French, so it’s been pretty simple to understand Spanish but I need to keep working on speaking. I’ve also started watching Spanish language tv, to try to pick up more vocabulary.
Decided to take it to be able to speak with more people in my community, plus I love visiting Mexico and South America.
Hmmm aku sedang belajar Bahasa Indonesia sekarang but I'm terrible at it.
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I'm currently learning Catalan, doing Duolingo until I find some class (which there should be one in a couple of months). It's relatively easy for me since I already speak fluent Spanish and Portuguese and understand almost everything in Italian.
I'm learning Python. Not bad, but I prefer C.
I have no experience in C, but I do like Python.
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2,337 days in on learning German. My goal is to understand all of the band Rammstein's library of work without needing a translator.
I just gave up Duolingo at 1770 days for French which hurt to do. I was mostly just maintaining a streak at this point and with the news of them using AI to replace their employees (even if they retracted it), I decided to quit.
I’ve switched to Babbel now which has been really good so far
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I've been learning Portuguese for well over two years now. I think I've got a pretty good handle on sentence building. The grammar of verb tense is sometimes still somewhat confusing and I think I've got a lot of words to learn still.
But if I read posts on Lemmy in Brazilian Portuguese, I kinda get the gist of it.
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こんにちは！日本語を勉強しています！
I'm 90 days into learning Japanese. Most of that has been learning kana and I'm now working on kanji and grammar. It's very different from English but I really like the way information is conveyed. I'm struggling with grammar stuff right now pretty bad, particularly conjugation, but it'll click eventually. Also the lack of spaces is definitely something to get used to.
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はい、私は日本語勉強します。(Yes, I'm studying Japanese.) I've been doing it for the past year but not consistently. I can say and understand basic phrases but I'm far from being able to hold a conversation.
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I’ve been learning Dutch, since the Netherlands seems like a nice place to go if I ever have to flee the US. Thinking about joining some Dutch communities here so I can get more “natural” language exposure.
If you ever need a language buddy, let me know.
There is also a Learn Dutch discord that is fairly active.
Duolingo sucks ass for learning languages. Dutchpod101 is pretty good, but the best is a combination of dutch books + listening like dhtchpod101 or some simple news podcasts or so.