For people who have learned a new language, how long did it take you? Did you learn by yourself or take lessons somewhere?
3 years for fluency; Learned by myself. It was Japanese, not that difficult. You can try to look for materials on reddit, since there are many subreddits dedicated to learning specific languages. I usually look for word lists online and get my grammar polished on youtube. Flashcards are also nice for vocab.
When you've got the basics down, aka. the sentence structure, he/she/it/you/me/they/them, basic verb conjugations and a sizable enough vocabulary, feel free to just listen to podcasts or watch streamers in that language.
Good luck if you're planning to learn.
thank you for the answerss <3 I've been learning korean on and off for a few years and i'm still stuck in the early stages. Like, my vocab is super small maybe under 200, I just can't be consistent with it cause i'm learning by myself (i suck)
I do make flashcards tho, and i agree it's super helpful, but making it yourselves is kinda a chore. Rn i'm using app and online books material for learning grammar. But yea, i can hardly read webtoons without google translate it's kinda pathetic.
Ch16 broke me. I cried so hard both of my nostrils are blocked