#learning a new language

[tri-bi-blast]

I started learning German recently, and now I can't atop laughing at etvas etvas alias (something something alias). Jemand hilft mir! I need sleep!

[didalexiabreakupwitholgaisback]

Hey! I wanna learn catalan, i find it such a beautiful language but it's so hard to find places to learn! On apps people recommend it's only spanish not catalan. Do you have any tips and ideas to how i can learn as a beginner? Maybe an app or youtube channel?😅

hi anon - that's great to hear! 🫶 i have previously mentioned some resources in this post.

but ultimately, it all comes down to the type of learner you are, and whether you are the type of student who does better in formal classes or can pick up a language through videos/online. 🤔 (i am terrible at self-study, so i always try and find in person classes) but if you can make a routine and stick to it, then i would recommend to start slow. don't try and do too much at once.

for videos, i would recommend starting with these basics on youtube, and then seeing how it goes from there! it's also good to listen to different people and their accents with learning catalan because that will help with real life interactions because everyone speaks a little bit differently (and this first video explains the different dialects of catalan!) 🙏

[arcqiv]

Friday | 02/05 | 9:30 p.m.

Hello friends.🌙

I spent about one and a half hours learning Korean, and let me tell you — it's SO fun! There’s something about the way the words just feel right in my mouth, if that makes sense. But I love how smooth and rhythmic the language sounds. I was literally giggling while practising! 😂

Now I'm switching gears to do some chemistry (wish me luck!). 🧪

Oh, and I need to plan a birthday gift for my mom. It's the day after tomorrow, and I'm thinking of painting something for her. Just need to figure out what to make. 🎨

Anyway, that's my little update for now! Just a couple more minutes before I call it a night. Hope you all had a lovely day, too! 💕

P.S. Those grapes were really sweet. 🍇

[my-japanese-corner]

Japanese History Words

将軍 (しょうぐん)

they were a pretty big deal ~

Shōgun: Officially this position was called 征夷大将軍 (Hiragana: せいいだいしょうぐん, Romanji: seii taishōgun) As we know, Japanese love their abbreviations, Shōgun (将軍, means army leader). Kanji Breakdown: 征（せい, sei) means to "conquer" or "subjugate" 夷（い, i) means "brutish" or "unsophisticated warrior" 大（だい, dai) means "big" or "great" [meaning of this kanji changes based on context] 将（しょう, sho-u) means "commander" or "leader" 軍（ぐん, gun) means "armed forces" or "troops"

Essentially, 征夷大将軍 means Commandar in Cheif of Army Against the Barbarian Forces [or Commander-in-Chief of the Expeditionary Force Against the Barbarians]

They were the millitary rulers appointed by the Emperor of Japan in the periods spanning between 1185 - 1868. Generally, Shogun were the de-facto rulers of the country. The last Shogunate of Japan was the 徳川幕府 (Tokugawa Shogunate) also known as the Edo Shogunate. There were total of three shogunates established in Japan: 1. 鎌倉幕府, Kamakura Shogunate (1192–1333, overthorwn during the Kemu Restoration, re-establishing the Imperial Goverment rule until being overthrown by the Ashikaga Takauji and his offspring forming the 足利幕府) 2. 足利幕府, Ashikaga Shogunate (1336–1573, overthrown by 織田信長, Oda Nobunaga, a damiyo) 3. 徳川幕府, Tokugawa Shogunate (1603–1868, disbanded in 1867)

Now of course, the history of each other these shogunates and famous shoguns require many, many posts to over!

As always, Gintama has inspired me to learn more about Japanense culture hehe. Hopefully this was helpful to you as well :)

Please feel free to add onto the post with histroy facts and other interesting stuff :D

[inbetweencoffees]

Last language session of '24

Numbers 11-20

Days of the week

Grammatical gender

For almost a year now I’ve been trying to teach myself Croatian, which turns out to be harder than expected. Don’t get me wrong- I know that Croatian is a hard language to learn. I gladly understand quite a lot since most of my family is from Croatia and I took Croatian lessons during elementary school. My problem is actually speaking the language. Finding resources that explain the grammar is difficult, finding revision materials is even worse. That is why I’ve been slacking off for quite a while now. But since I want to visit my home back in Croatia (it’s been almost 6 years…) after graduating I need to get back on track and start studying again.

That means: creating my own revision materials, review important vocabulary, learn to form simple sentences

[cursedpdf]

Question

I’m trying to learn Spanish bc I live in Texas and work in education. Most of my students are bilingual and many of them speak Spanish as their primary language.

I want them to feel like they can comfortably speak to me in the way that’s easiest to them (or easier, at least) and I want to understand them better. Plus, as the adult and educator, I feel it’s my responsibility to bridge that gap, not theirs.

I’m currently using Duolingo but I know that’s not the best for many reasons. Can anyone recommend any other free language learning apps?

I also learn best when I’m given an explanation to why something is the way that it is. Duolingo does not tell me why verbs are conjugated the way they are or why I would use La instead of El or “usted” as opposed to “tu”. Because of this, I feel I’d need either an app that does that or something to use as a learning tool in tandem with the app.

[gabsthetiktokrefugee]

POV

Me: *Trying to learn Mandarin and French*

My brain: "interior crocodile alligator"

[strawhatyami]

OK so, I actually taught myself English super young, thanks to basically living in English- speaking fandom spaces 24/7 (had no real friends outside of that, yikes).

Now I'm diving into a third language, and being in a non-English speaking country i get asked a lot about how i learned.

Here's my trick : Think in the language you're tackling.

Have your daily Inner monologues in that language instead of your mother tongue. But the secret sauce? Substitute words you don't know with English words or just make up nonsense that sounds like it could be from that language. Over time, as your brain learns new words it catches on, tosses the nonsense and replaces it with actual vocabulary, and suddenly, you're fluent. 🌟

No clue if there's any science behind this method, but it works for me. Language learning is personal and different methods click for different people but i hope this helps someone.

[licorice-and-rum]

You know, the strangest thing about languages that have the same background than yours is that... You kinda understand them all?

Like, I don't know if it's just Romance languages but I can understand pretty much the general subject of every video I watch in Italian, French and Spanish (I speak Portuguese btw)

[aknotknows]

Learning a Third Language Things

So I heard watching a show in your language of choice is one of the best ways to learn it and I decided to watch some anime in Spanish. (No I’m not watching telenovelas). But Crunchyroll Latin American Spanish dub doesn’t have subtitles??? Not even in Spanish? I don’t mind not having English subtitles because my main learning hurdle with Spanish is listening. Even when I’m watching something in English I need subtitles (don’t judge). I still got through my rewatch of CSM ep1 since I already knew what was going on and most of the words were basic level Spanish. Going to rewatch MP100 in Spanish too I heard the dub was good and I’m always looking for an excuse to rewatch.

[questionablyconfused]

Week 1 of learning Chinese (after putting it off for months)! This week I will be focusing on Tones (and how to correctly pronounce them).

As suggested to me by my chinese friend, I'm starting with Pinyin and then moving into Hanzi when I'm more comfortable.

He suggested focusing on Speaking/Listening/Understanding before moving onto Writing/Learning the Characters so that is what I'm doing. He also suggested watching Chinese media, like movies/anime and playing games with the Chinese dub.

I'm watching CDramas (I just started The First Frost) and I will soon be playing the new Monster Hunter Wilds in Chinese dub as well!

Wish me luck! Give me any advice down below from native speakers and people also learning :D

[creepie-n-squirrel]

Animal Names In Esperanto!

[sleepdreamturnoversighnightmare]

Went to Belgium with my brother and sister in law (her fam is from there) recently and I’ve picked up on some French and have been learning a little since we got back so

Je m’appelle Logan un je parle un petite française, je es fatigué lol. Belgique es beau. Je a mange beaucoup frites et croque monsieurs lmao.

Belgique es magnifique

[yourbabies-thenmine]

I’m learning Danish so I changed my language on my phone and put my VPN to Copenhagen so now my ads are in Danish and I had to google translate bc I wanted to see if this was made of dogs or for dogs… it’s for dogs..

[the-wave-finally-broke]

As someone who is a weirdo/lover of English spelling and grammar, and who is also VERY aware of my stupidly great privilege in having an education that versed me in this, my first language, here are a few of my favourite ✨silly little tips✨ that help me to remember some rules of the highly confusing and often nonsensical English language (if that's your bag, baby).

1. Me or I?

Just remove the other person from the sentence. For example, imagine you and another person (let's call them Bob) are going to the movies.

Now, discard Bob. They are dead to us. Rest in peace Bob. Which sounds better?

(a) I am going to the movies. ✔️

(b) Me are going to the movies. ❌

BUT, if zombie Bob turns up to the theatre.

You will say: 'Bob and I are going to the movies'

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What if the movie was scary? You and Bob ran screaming from the theatre. It was a humiliating incident. Again, you are to remove Bob... what if Bob was abducted by aliens before the scary bit?

(a) That movie was very scary to me. ✔️

(b) That movie was very scary to I. ❌

BUT, if the aliens returned Bob before the scary part of the film, you will say: 'That movie was very scary to Bob and me'

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2. Stationery or Stationary?

(a) A letter is written on stationery.

(b) If you stay where you are, you are stationary.

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3. Discreet or Discrete?

(a) If you want to keep things separate, e.g. 'cat people are discrete from people who don't wish to live in thankless and indentured servitude to a 20cm tall ball of fluff', the T keeps the Es separate (like your dignity from your sense of worth when you own a cat).

(b) If you want to keep things secret and on the downlow, you want to squash it all together (for to hide it more easily). If that's the case, you want to keep it discreet, or seecret (yes, that's not the correct spelling, but the 'ee' sound fits the bill here).

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PLEASE FEEL FREE TO REBLOG AND ADD YOUR OWN TIPS. TOGETHER, WE ARE UNSTOPPABLE...

[diahsthings]

Sometimes I think about cheating at Duolingo by letting my husband do my Hindi lessons. He's fluent. I just want to be #1 😂