<p>Hey guys.. I've been taking Spanish for 3 years and I love it. My dad (and his entire family)'s first language is French. Unfortunately, he didn't teach it to me along with English when I was little. </p>
<p>I'm wondering if you think it's possible to learn French in about a year and a half? Both of my parents speak it, it has many similarities to Spanish, and I already know some words and phrases since I've grown up around the language.. I love linguistics and French culture, so yeah. Thoughts?</p>
<p>Normally, I’d say no but since your entire family speaks French and you’re exposed to it all the time, it would be easier.</p>
<p>Then again, my mom moved to the US 18 years ago and her English still stinks. She didn’t really have to learn it for a job, though, so that may be why. But she was an adult, and I assume you’re a teenager, which would make it somewhat easier.</p>
<p>Khatz (a guy) learned Japanese from 0 to fluent in 18 months.
I’m sure if you practice super hard, and immerse yourself in the language, you can.</p>
<p>Thanks for your reponse! Well, I’m not exposed to it all the time… My dad speaks English at home since my stepmother only speaks English. I hear French when he talks on the phone with family and when we see his family (maybe 10x/year)</p>
<p>i moved to the middle east when i was in the third grade …and i didn’t even know any arabic at all…i wasn’t even able to read out of the Qur’an. After a year or two i became fluent in reading then after sometime in writing…now i’m probably like 60% fluent in arabic…but it gave me such a hard time. I’m still working on improving it though. It also helped that i tried speaking the language with some family and relatives…and i’d watch arabic t.v. shows.</p>
<p>unless if you completely immerse yourself into the language it’s more difficult to master it completely. Like last year when i was in Somalia nobody spoke english over there so i was forced to speak the language 24/7 and i even improved my somali by a little bit (although im already fluent in it).</p>
<p>But it’s definitely possible in less than 2 yrs if you can put in the work :)</p>
<p>^ i also forgot to add that listening the arabic music ( stuff by nancy ajram, haifa wehbe, amir, & carole samaha usually) kind of helped me out.</p>
<p>@ CT: i thought your dad was morrocan…? shouldn’t he know how to speak arabic too?</p>
<p>I’d say no for an ordinary person, but you may be a linguistic type. Anyone see the guy on 60 minutes who learned Icelandic in three weeks? It was legitimately jaw-dropping.</p>
<p>If your family speaks to you with French then it’s very possible and likely you’ll become fluent in a year and a half. I remembered this article where it talked about how this guy learned Icelandic (supposedly the hardest language in the world) fluently in less than a month. But of course, he wasn’t the average person.</p>
stuff by nancy ajram, haifa wehbe, amir, & carole samaha usually) kind of helped me out.</p>