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 Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 4:45 am
Absolutely! biggrin I've taken this to another level myself. smile Nowadays, I listen to songs in (mainly) Japanese, and then translate them into Swedish. (My first language.) Please check it out: Prisoner of Love by Utada Hikaru in Swedish. biggrin !
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Posted: Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:03 am
Neb_sk8rgrl Yesyes! I too have learned some Finnish through Nightwish and Indica! The first song I actually learned how to sing in Finnish was Uniklubi - Huomenna. Then I think it was Nightwish's "kuolema tekee taiteilijan" =) I see you are a fan of Nightwish as well. yay! another nighwish/indica fan! first song i learned to sing in finnish was Eramaan viimeinen which is Nightwish feat. Jonsu from indica! lol...then it was vourien taa and linnansa vanki and only then did i hear kuolema tekee taiteilijan lol i also learn my german pronunciation from Rammstein and some apocalyptica songs that actually have vocals (seemann and wie weit) and now i'm starting to listen to Tyr...yet i am no closer to learning to pronounce faroese than i was before listening to them...its like..impossible lol
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Posted: Thu Jul 31, 2008 4:39 pm
Ahh, these are all fine and dandy, but what of the Internationale? L'Internationale. S Internatsionalom. It's been translated into many, many, many languages, so regardless of your stance on socialism, you have to admit that it could be useful for learning foreign languages. (I, for one, know French, English, and Russian lyrics to it. Well, the first verse and the chorus.)
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:43 pm
I love singing songs in other languages. I have about 5 cds that are in spanish. I can read the words and sing along on most of them.
I also like to find japanese songs and sing to those. And I listen to the Mandarin Wiggles sometimes.
I think it is good to listen to a song because it will be somewhat repetitive, and fun to learn and you will hear how the people of that language actually speak, to some extent. Music is a good thing to know about a language, because it lets you know what aspects of the words and sentences they think are really important.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:52 pm
Koko.Dk For swedish: Veronica Maggio- Nöjd? (satisfied?), Dumpa mig (Dump me), Havanna Mamma, Måndagsbarn (Monday's child). Alexander Schöld- Den första svalan Patrik Isaksson- Tilbaks på ruta ett (Back to square 1), Du får göra som du vil Nanne Grönvall Linda Bengtzing - Hur Svårt Kan Det Va? For Norwegian: Sandra Lyng Haugen Kaizers Orchestra Dina- Bli hos meg (Stay with me), For evig min Dimmu Borgir For Danish: Christian Brøns Anna David Anne Gadegaard Danish and Swedish: Johnny Deluxe featuring Anna Nordell - Drømmer jeg? (Do I dream?) Tilbage hvor vi er- Christian Brøns and Patrik Isaksson (Back where we were) German: Christina Stürmer SportfreundeStiller Juli Italian: Laura Pausini Icelandic: Björk French: Natasha St-pier Garou Amel Bent Florent Pagny Hélène Ségara
I only know Andrzej Piaseczny for those of you who are interested in Polish.
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 4:08 pm
[ .days. ] I have two KYO CDs (French), and it really helps comprehension with native speakers speaking the language. There are some things you don't get in music, because words and such are drawn out and made to rhyme sometimes, but it still helps, especially if you have the lyrics in front of you to follow along.
The summer before I started my German class, I listened to Tokio Hotel (yeah, I know), and when I got to the class, I already knew more than the rest of the people. It helps a lot. I took a year off from French to take German, and the only exposure to French I got for most of the year was through KYO.
Chikiya: OMG, that video. rofl =OOOO I love Kyo xd Especially Je Cours and Le Chemin!
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Posted: Sat Aug 09, 2008 4:10 pm
yeh, i think that singing in particular helps pronouncing and focusing on the language and its details.
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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 10:52 am
Songs are a wonderful language learning aid because you can both practice your listening and understanding skills as well as improve your accent. I especially find them useful because I might otherwise not be able to practice speaking the language since I do not have anyone to have practice conversations with because I am an independent Japanese student and I learn German in school. I have no excuse for German, though, because most of the European-Americans in my town are German-American and I think I just need to look into more events sponsored by the local German-American Society. gonk
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:16 pm
my german pronounciation is getting even better now that i've found the band Oomph!
tis cool smile
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Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 4:50 pm
Einllikoach Koko.Dk For swedish: Veronica Maggio- Nöjd? (satisfied?), Dumpa mig (Dump me), Havanna Mamma, Måndagsbarn (Monday's child), Stopp. Alexander Schöld- Den första svalan Patrik Isaksson- Tilbaks på ruta ett (Back to square 1), Du får göra som du vil Nanne Grönvall Linda Bengtzing - Hur Svårt Kan Det Va? For Norwegian: Sandra Lyng Haugen Kaizers Orchestra Dina- Bli hos meg (Stay with me), For evig min Dimmu Borgir Tine- Vil ha deg (Want you) For Danish: Christian Brøns Anna David Anne Gadegaard Kolding Danish and Swedish: Johnny Deluxe featuring Anna Nordell - Drømmer jeg? (Do I dream?) Tilbage hvor vi er- Christian Brøns and Patrik Isaksson (Back where we were) German: Christina Stürmer SportfreundeStiller Juli Italian: Laura Pausini Icelandic: Björk Sigur Rós Ukrainian: Okean Elzy Russian: Zveri Linda Del'fin (Dolphin) French: Natasha St-pier Garou Amel Bent Florent Pagny Hélène Ségara
I only know Andrzej Piaseczny for those of you who are interested in Polish.Are you learning the Scandinavian languages, French (Garou is from Québec and Natasha St-Pier is from Newfoundland, Canada.),German, or Italian?
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 4:33 am
Koko.Dk Einllikoach Koko.Dk For swedish: Veronica Maggio- Nöjd? (satisfied?), Dumpa mig (Dump me), Havanna Mamma, Måndagsbarn (Monday's child), Stopp. Alexander Schöld- Den första svalan Patrik Isaksson- Tilbaks på ruta ett (Back to square 1), Du får göra som du vil Nanne Grönvall Linda Bengtzing - Hur Svårt Kan Det Va? For Norwegian: Sandra Lyng Haugen Kaizers Orchestra Dina- Bli hos meg (Stay with me), For evig min Dimmu Borgir Tine- Vil ha deg (Want you) For Danish: Christian Brøns Anna David Anne Gadegaard Kolding Danish and Swedish: Johnny Deluxe featuring Anna Nordell - Drømmer jeg? (Do I dream?) Tilbage hvor vi er- Christian Brøns and Patrik Isaksson (Back where we were) German: Christina Stürmer SportfreundeStiller Juli Italian: Laura Pausini Icelandic: Björk Sigur Rós Ukrainian: Okean Elzy Russian: Zveri Linda Del'fin (Dolphin) French: Natasha St-pier Garou Amel Bent Florent Pagny Hélène Ségara
I only know Andrzej Piaseczny for those of you who are interested in Polish.Are you learning the Scandinavian languages, French (Garou is from Québec and Natasha St-Pier is from Newfoundland, Canada.),German, or Italian?
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Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2008 12:45 pm
Lysse Absolutely! biggrin I've taken this to another level myself. smile Nowadays, I listen to songs in (mainly) Japanese, and then translate them into Swedish. (My first language.) Please check it out: Prisoner of Love by Utada Hikaru in Swedish. biggrin ! Lysse: Hikaru Utada has a beautiful voice in English and Japanese. Kult, jag ska till videon! Einllikoach: That's great to hear!
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Posted: Fri Aug 22, 2008 12:20 pm
Listening to music and singing along to music from other countries has helped me a lot in plenty of languages, except Korean. I'm not sure why, but it's loads easier for me to say words correctly while singing instead of speaking. I still have horrible pronunciation. sweatdrop
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 5:07 am
Oh yeah, I love music in different languages, it's so helpful! A good long set of the language in a relatively easy-to-learn format, what's not to like? Plus, I think you get a feel for the culture as well.
Plus, it's always a good starter for things to translate back into your native language - lyrics tend to be idiomatic, so it always helps you with the nuances of the language.
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Posted: Wed Aug 27, 2008 12:20 pm
[neon.zombie] Oh yeah, I love music in different languages, it's so helpful! A good long set of the language in a relatively easy-to-learn format, what's not to like? Plus, I think you get a feel for the culture as well. Plus, it's always a good starter for things to translate back into your native language - lyrics tend to be idiomatic, so it always helps you with the nuances of the language. not necessarily the translating thing... ive tried translating songs from russian to english with horrible results..lol.. german seems to work pretty well though...at least i think so cus i dont speak german, but ive heard songs that have both an english and german version and they sound the same and the lyrics are direct translations... example: gott ist ein popstar/god is a popstar by Oomph! they lyrics are basically direct translations of each other..
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