Rosetta Stone...
Anyone use it?
While in Italy, it became crystal clear that I am, indeed, an ignorant American as I knew about 10 words to get me around. Immediately upon my return, I went to my old friend ThePirateBay.com, and got Rosetta Stone and 11 language packs (who knows when knowing Tagalong will come in handy…)
Anyone use it/know anyone who’s used it? Good? Bad? Ugly?
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I used it before we went to Italy. After a few weeks, I was able to tell people how the girl is on the table, or the baby is under the plane.
In the end, it wasn’t as much help as the phrasebooks I read on the plane.
I can use it for free through work. I tried to learn German for a couple of days but I can’t make myself commit to it. The little I did get through seemed pretty useful though. I like how it builds you up, or attempts to at least, since I can’t really comment on the finished product.
When I was in Costa Rica I didn’t know any Spanish. I started throwing the letter “o” at the end of English words in the hopes that it would translate. I’m convinced it worked, even though I never once got my Dr. Peppero.
Just find the right letter for Italian and you’ll be fine.
Bill said:I’m convinced it worked, even though I never once got my Dr. Peppero.
definitely just LOL’ed at work.
I’ve been learning Danish with it for a while. It’s a great way to get pronunciation down since you’re hearing everything. Especially with Danish where they have vowels that don’t exist in English, like å, æ, and ø. I think it would be pretty awesome if you stick with it through multiple levels, but unfortunately for me they’ve only released 1 level of Danish. So it will be hard to progress past “the boy is under the airplane” and “those clowns are as big as a horse” without supplemental materials.
I dated a phillipino girl for a little bit, and I picked up some Tagalog.
Mahal kita = I love you (aww how cute)
Impakto = white devil (her parents nickname for me)
Maglabatiba = I have just recieved an enema
That’s all I know.
My school district has access to Rosetta Stone, and I hear a lot of good things about it in the faculty rooms.
Ive used Living language books as well as those lonely planet phrase books to get the right pronunciation down. I actually use spanish and french every once in awhile so it comes in handy. All that technology and what not, even with audio cds, I could never get the hang of. The Lonely planet phrase book is good though because it has that great little sentence builder in the front.
John said:I used it before we went to Italy. After a few weeks, I was able to tell people how the girl is on the table, or the baby is under the plane.
In the end, it wasn’t as much help as the phrasebooks I read on the plane.
Having recommitted myself to learning German again, I now officially call bullshit on you Hutch. I’ve only been doing it for a couple of days and I can already say “the girl is on the table”. So, you’re either really slow or lying.
Coupla days, few weeks, what’s the difference? Point is that they were telling me to say useless shit.
Well, I knew that was what you were getting at, but for some reason I believe in this method. And just to clarify, I was exaggerating, not sure if you were. I’ve learned how to say “The apples are on the table” and “The man is under the car”, among other not so useless phrases. I have faith that it is leading somewhere.
Unlike Lost.