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    Free "Rosetta Stone" alternative?

    For those that don't know, Rosetta stone is a program that helps you to learn languages (as in talking, not computer languages.) It shows you several pictures and tells you their names, and it progresses until you can make basic grammar and know most of the vocabluary.

    Problem is, it's expensive as heck, and it doesn't even have the language I want to learn right now. (Interlingua) So is there a free alternative (as in free beer, although as in freedom is a nice plus.) If not, is there any free program that helps someone learn a language? I dual boot Windows and Linux.

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    Re: Free "Rosetta Stone" alternative?

    You could always try livemocha.com
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    Re: Free "Rosetta Stone" alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by Taylor View Post
    You could always try livemocha.com
    Thanks, that site looks cool, but it doesn't offer interlingua.
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    Re: Free "Rosetta Stone" alternative?

    The BBC's Website offers full and fully free language lessons of all major languages.
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    Re: Free "Rosetta Stone" alternative?

    The BBC site does? Can you post a link?

    I'd almost regret cancelling my license fee if this turns out to be any good.

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    Re: Free "Rosetta Stone" alternative?

    I learn something ubuntu everyday.
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    Re: Free "Rosetta Stone" alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by hansdown View Post
    I didn't see any Interlingua on the BBC page...

    I already looked at the external links, with no success.

    The official site has a English-Interlingua dictionary, but that's really not the best way to learn.
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    Re: Free "Rosetta Stone" alternative?

    Whats interlingua? From the name is sounds kinda like a esperanto type language.

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    Re: Free "Rosetta Stone" alternative?

    Quote Originally Posted by days_of_ruin View Post
    Whats interlingua? From the name is sounds kinda like a esperanto type language.
    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Interlingua
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    Re: Free "Rosetta Stone" alternative?

    Rosetta stone doesn't work with wine?

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