Planning
Can you learn a language in 3 months?
Three months is enough to get started well and not enough to finish. Here is what to expect.
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Step 4Estoy cansado.
I am tired.
- Order
- Translate
- Listen
- Speak
Say it out loud. Green landed, yellow was close.
Start freeWhat three months can give you
- Pronunciation basics and the main sounds.
- A few hundred high-frequency words and the sentences that use them.
- Simple conversations: greetings, asking and answering basic questions, ordering, directions.
- A daily habit, which is the real asset.
What it depends on
Time per day, how close the language is to your own, and how much of that time is spent speaking and listening. Languages close to English, such as Spanish, French or Dutch, move faster than those with new scripts and sounds, such as Japanese or Arabic.
How many hours is that?
At 30 minutes a day, three months is about 45 hours. At an hour a day it is about 90.
What is the fastest language to start speaking?
Languages with simple grammar and regular spelling, such as Spanish, Italian, Indonesian or Esperanto, let you start talking quickly.
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