#but also like. idk man. this is the problem with language learning. is mentre NOT a normal preposition? how do you say 'although'?
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New fun language learning activities: read Wikipedia pages for philosophical and political theories in your target language, just for kicks.
#but actually. very funny.#this was inspired by the fact that I hit the random page button on italian wikipedia and ended up on the page l'anarchismo collettivista.#feel like this is probably either bewildering to any data trackers OR what will get me put on a watchlist. toss up really.#but actually great for like. weird verb forms and prepositions.#got told by an italian woman last month that she was impressed I used the word 'mentre' and I was like. welp.#might as well embrace being That Person who talks and writes like a fucking nerd regardless of context in TWO languages.#but also like. idk man. this is the problem with language learning. is mentre NOT a normal preposition? how do you say 'although'?#it was in fact used in the l'anarchismo collettivista article tho so. points for me.#but yeah I did squint at the word 'mezzi' before I processed the whole phrase and went 'oH MEANS OF PRODUCTION' so like#REALLY the moral of the story is to read up on pages that you would know the phrasing of in your native language lmfao#so you can figure out the weird words via context clues.
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