#future of language learning

[bizarrelittlemew]

i can't wait to be 30+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to be 40+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to be 50+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to be 60+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to be 70+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to be 80+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to be 90+ and still in fandom and i can't wait to look back on my life and know that i loved things deeply and passionately and was inspired to create and was part of communities with incredible people from all over the world brought together by the stories that touched us

[a-compass-without-a-needle]

This is what happened after 3.1 isn't it?

[felixcosm]

Say whatever you want about Dylan's Russian being rusty but WOE.BEGONE is like one of the only podcasts out there that has slavic characters that aren't the big bad villain.

[apollos-boyfriend]

overhearing my 10 year old cousin watch a video talking about the dangers of misinformation in things like chatgpt and how you should not just mistrust the information but also the intentions of people attempting to sell it to you…… the kids are alright ❤️

[catgriosaich]

okay no more messing around. time to use some REAL language learning techniques for SERIOUS students: reading fanfiction

[elderwisp]

hey moon, it's just you and me tonight everyone else is asleep

[firestorm09890]

hey that's. hey. that's. not at all the same line

Ienzo-

[ryuki-draws]

Some photo draw-in for a vague MahoYome idea with pre-curse Joseph travelling with two mages for a while before meeting Cartaphilus (aka "instructions unclear - apprentice acquired" AU) based on my two Slavic mages + Slovak Joseph headcanon (since Merkmal metioned him being from eastern Europe). And I wanted to use this photo I took back in 2015 for something as I still really like it!

[devildevotee]

NOT TO FLEX BUT I'M STARTING TO BE ABLE TO (slowly, very very slowly) READ HIRAGANA

[bluepallilworld]

Had a fun time with sign language :]

It's good hand training, I should do it again

[shortqueershakespeare]

Shout out to Hozier for articulating the concept of untranslatable words better than I’ve ever heard when he said it’s like moving a melody from a piano to a violin, it doesn’t sound the same, it doesn’t do the same thing to you

Man that shit just summarised a lot of my emotions about being bilingual in a way I’ve never been able to properly explain

[ibijau]

One major editing thing I'll have to do in the future is like

the narration can be tolerated to use "they" when speaking about an unknown person, but the actual characters should always assume it's "he" until proven otherwise

[neristudy]

Having ADHD includes thinking “oh, I should definitely concentrate more on German because I have an exam so soon” and then coming back from grocery shopping thinking.

“hmm. You know what would be cool? Start learning arabic...”

[anapholle]

glow up challenge day 1/60 🌸🤍✨

• Studying Korean: I signed up for a Korean course on Coursera because someone said it’s better to have the curriculum of a course even when self studying. But this course is for total beginners so I might just speed run it.

• Spiritual growth: I had a therapy session and I shared about the topic of being a daughter but then somehow we got to my dream of doing music which is connected to the whole reason that I’m in therapy for and my therapist gave me some really good tips on how to start overcoming the fear of people hearing me sing.

• Art: I did some very simple vocal exercises. I gotta start small because I often get ahead of myself and that doesn’t help me grow.

[thebrokenmechanicalpencil]

( @quibble-auk A quick blurb, for Lyre Comet's youngest son in the Horns and Razors au. He is no longer a bean in this, I had an idea for his name. Names are the key to a pretender, their faces mean nothing. Give a name as a gift for another it would be an honor and a stretch of love, of gratitude.

I wonder where he learned old Kaonite..and who he could possibly be a gift to.... HMMMMMMMMM... )

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“Your name then? What is it boy?”

The young mech lowered himself in a deep bow, graceful and lithe. His blue armor rippled softly along his back like that of a serpent as his rich soft voice answered

“Lyre, honorable one.”

Laughter answered him, the mechs roaring and the warlord grinning,  “HA Liar? Well that speaks of the fortitude of your character!”

Without a hint of tension, the male rose from his bow with the grace of a prince, not a boy in the belly of a fortress seeking word on a friend.

“Nar,” Laughter halted at the old kaonian negative, a word that would silence and strike a room aflame with questions like a match.

“My name was a gift my lord, to a friend of my father’s.”

The warlord leaned forward, interest peaked by the lean polite mech, who spoke in tied tongues. “A gift? What type of name is Liar as a gift?”

The boy smiled, a slow gentle smile, “Lyre my friend, not Liar. The instrument in which music can be strummed, the heart's thoughts whispered with tunes if you will.”

Amused by the child's soft tones, and flowery poetic rambles, the warlord nodded. “A gift then young buck?”

“Yes, a gift for the friend, a connection so that I know I am never alone. A string between us, his love for music was the beat of his spark my lord. I am honored to have such a name.”

Grinning a harsh grin the war lord gestured for his table, “Well then, Gift to friend, sit and we shall talk of who you seek.” The blue male moved with the grace and danger of a panther as he sat beside the large sharp mech.

Those among the tabled huffed and searched for glimpses of the blue and gold boy, a dark mech in particular clenching his jaw at the naivety and foolishness of his godson. 

Eating with a warlord.