#ive also been... tutoring? i guess? motorcycle senpai on multiple back to back english proficiency exams for the past. like year and a half | Explore Tumblr Posts and Blogs

italiantea · 2 years

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this is by no means a groundbreaking revelation but i love how translation forces you to take a step back from autopilot mode and see the little intricacies of a language through the eyes of a non-speaker. and also reveals how something you thought was completely natural and intuitive is actually fucking absurd if you think about it

#its like. that moment when you have sore muscles after exercising #and you find 700 new muscles you didnt even know you had and used on a daily basis. because they hurt #like damn who'dve thought opening a door required using my back muscles #and like sometimes you need to climb the stairs but your thighs are too sore so you find a workaround by using your tiptoes #like it isnt perfect but it'll get the job done i guess. looks fucking ridiculous though #aside from my recent. um. translation craze #ive also been... tutoring? i guess? motorcycle senpai on multiple back to back english proficiency exams for the past. like year and a half #i've had a lot of moments to really scrutinize the english language #cuz like im a complete acquire by osmosis kinda guy. intense structured language learning is really not my thing #so ive never really done the traditional asian 'memorize this grammar and vocabulary and idioms' thing for language learning #and like damn i knew it was wild but i still keep running into unexpected roadblocks while explaining things #it's nice though it's like there's multiple overlayed maps of the same place in my head.#and the paths are not the same but i can feel more bridges forming between them #the ho rambles #im having a head full many thoughts phase. yes you signed up for this #bear with me. or not

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