#language learning challenge

[haxyr3]

Hidden in the heart of extreme Southern Ontario, where the snow might hide our secrets, there lies a treasure trove not known to many: European Market, a haven for Slavic foodies and a clandestine classroom for curious linguists.

This is where you'll find Polish pickles, Russian kvass, and Ukrainian candies that melt in your mouth like the first snow of winter.

Originally crafted by immigrants for immigrants, this market also has something to offer to those who dare to learn. Imagine this: learning a new language not from textbooks but from the very labels on jars and bottles, tasting the language alongside the flavors.

Your January Challenge Awaits:

Explore: Step into your local Slavic market. What wonders will you uncover?

Learn: Challenge yourself to decipher the labels. Slavic languages might seem like a puzzle, but each piece you place adds to your linguistic mastery.

Share: Document your adventure with photos. Tag me, and let's see the stories your camera tells.

And to equip you for this quest, I've created Russian Vocabulary Cards for Groceries. For just $2, dive into the lexicon of Slavic shopping. Buy now, and you'll be ready for more than just a shopping trip; you'll be on a linguistic adventure.

Don't forget to reward yourself with something delicious from the market – your taste buds deserve it after such hard work!

So, are you ready to explore, learn, and share? Join the January challenge, and let's see what secrets of Slavic culture you can unveil. I can't wait to see your findings and hear about your experiences!

[hinamie]

playing around w slightly different hair renders

[learnelle]

(8/30) What have I learned recently ? -> Learning French is not linear at allll. The first lesson I had with my tutor we were chatting so fluidly but today I really struggled to generate thoughts in French 🥲 It’s okay though, I’m still a lil sick now so the next lesson will go better 📖✨

[corvid-language-library]

me: *doesn't practice my productive language skills* me: why aren't my productive language skills getting better :(

[mintjeru]

hot girl summer 🔥

open for better quality | no reposts

[anime-academia]

It is somehow already November??! and I promised myself that in Nov I'd get back into language learning consistently again (since work - tutoring for uni - is done and I'll have time). I also promised myself that I would start learning Thai (because Jeff Satur and the Thai alphabet are both beautiful and amazing).

I won't have time for a lot of intense learning, since I am still working on my dissertation and it is my priority, so I've decided to kinda combine two langblr challenges I've seen! First is @/langvillage 's one sentence club and second, so I don't have to expend energy thinking of what to write, is @/spraakhexe2 's 30 day language challenge.

I have changed some of spraakhexe2's prompts because I don't think I have the ability or time for the more complicated ones lol, and my goal really is to just write one sentence every day.

The prompts are under the cut.

This is mostly just to keep myself accountable lmao, but anyone is free to do it as well lol (if you do, and esp if you're handwriting please tag me or smth, I'd love to see it!)

[1] Introduce yourself

[2] What is your favourite animal?

[3] What is your favourite song?

[4] What is your favourite movie?

[5] What is your favourite season (and why)?

[6] What is your favourite food?

[7] Describe your room

[8] What is your job/What are you studying/What language are you learning?

[9] Describe your morning or night routine

[10] What is your favourite colour (and what objects are that colour)?

[11] What is something that annoys you?

[12] What is your dream house like/what is something that has to be in your dream house?

[13] Write a grocery list

[14] Do you dream often? (Describe a dream)

[15] Describe a vacation (either one you have been on or would like to go on)

[16] What country/countries would you like to visit?

[17] What would you do with $1 000 000?

[18] What joke/idiom/phrase from your TL do you like?

[19] Is there a poem in your TL that you like/know?

[20] What superpower would you like to have (and why)?

[21] What is your favourite time of day?

[22] What is something you (have to) do daily?

[23] What is something you are scared of?

[24] What do you do to relax?

[25] Describe something you love

[26] Something you would tell your past self, or would like your future self to remember

[27] Favourite folktale/urban legend

[28] Favourite app

[29] What is your favourite book?

[30] Write a short paragraph - it can be a full intro in your TL, a little story, anything you want!

[divinexlegend]

Future me will be so proud of me for staying consistent.

[neristudy]

100 day of learning German: 68/100

My brain does not really wanna brain... Well, again, haha. And also, my back is hurting again. Dammit xD

But also, I've tried this app, Polygloss, and I haven't had this much fun with German in a while! At first I was thinking to use it for exam preparation, and it's not really good for that... But it is so much fun, that's really don't mind!~

Anyway, did the homework and a few lessons in Babbel. Soo tired (⁠´⁠-⁠﹏⁠-⁠`⁠；⁠)

Now, nap time.

[jis6n]

summer productivity challenge ; day 6

met my water drinking goals

woke up early & picked up breakfast for my family

listened to fernanda ramirez’s podcast about self perception 🤍

Bible reading

finished editing & uploading my video for tomorrow (youtube channel here)

language study 🇯🇵🇳🇬🇫🇷

washed my hair

practiced speaking in french with ash <3

created another to-do list for tomorrow

washed the bathroom & tidied the garden

photos from pinterest.

[benkyoutobentou]

Friendly reminder that it’s okay to take breaks. It’s okay to not study every day, it’s okay to not immerse every day. Friendly reminder that it’s okay to quit. If something isn’t working for you, you don’t have to push through it. If something worked for you in the past but isn’t anymore, it’s okay to put it to the side for a period of time, or even permanently. Friendly reminder that it’s okay to lose interest in things and quit. It doesn’t make you any less of a person, it doesn’t make you any less of a language learner, and it doesn’t make you any less smart.

[dkettchen]

not my german-speaker ass thinking the various iterations of -neu or neu- in the gender census write ins had anything to do with the german word for new for even a second

[korstudying]

🌸🌼🌸 30-Day Journey to Korean Language Mastery! 🌸🌼🌸

Hey there language lovers! Are you ready for an exciting adventure in learning Korean at a more intermediate level? 🇰🇷✨ In this 30-day study schedule, we'll dive into some juicy grammar topics that'll take your Korean skills to the next level. Ready to embark on this language adventure? Let's rock this 30-day challenge together! Happy studying and remember, every step counts on the road to Korean language mastery! 화이팅! 💪✨

Week 1: Verb Modification and Advanced Sentence Structures Day 1: Time to dust off those honorifics and level up your respect game! Show some love to those verbs with various honorific verb endings. Day 2-3: Let's express our wishes and assumptions with "았/었으면 좋겠다" (I wish I had) and "-(으)ㄹ 텐데" (I suppose, I think). Wishful thinking, here we come! 🌠 Day 4-5: No more doubts about "have to" or "can do"! Master "-아/어/여야 하다" (have to, must) and "-아/어/여도 되다" (can, may). Day 6-7: Weave your magic into sentences with various verb modifications and advanced structures using the things you've studied the past few days.

Week 2: Subjunctive and Concessive Expressions Day 8-9: Curiosity piqued? Delve into "-아/어/여 보다" (try to do) and "-아/어/여지다" (become something). Adventure awaits! 🚀 Day 10-11: Unveil the power of "even if" with "-더라도" and the allure of "either" with "-든지". Day 12-13: Embrace "no matter how much someone says" with "아무리~-(으)라고 해도" and the certainty of "regardless of" with "-든간에". Day 14: Take a deep breath and look back on the amazing grammar points we've conquered so far! You're soaring to new heights! 🦅

Week 3: Advanced Particles and Connectives Day 15-16: Adventure calls! Set out on "-을 테니까" (since I will) and navigate "-느라고" (because of, due to). Day 17-18: Embrace the twists and turns of "-를 지경이다" (to the extent of) and "-는바람에" (because of, on account of). The path may be challenging, but you're up for it! Day 19-20: "Even if it's tough, let's do it!" Dive into "-아/어/여서라도" and "might have to do" with "-아/어/여야 할지도 모르다". Day 21: Let's take a moment to bask in the glory of the grammar points we've mastered in Week 1 to Week 3. Proud language learners unite! 🌟

Week 4: Expressing Intention and Assumptions Day 22-23: Master the art of expressing intentions with "기로 하다" (decide to do) and "으려던 참이다" (was about to do). Your plans are set in motion! Day 24-25: Delve into assumptions with "ㄴ/는다고 하다" (heard that) and "ㄹ/을 것 같다" (seems like). The mystery unfolds! 🔍 Day 26-27: Let's get speculative with "것 같으면서" (while feeling like) and "(으)니까" (since, because). The intrigue continues! 🕵️‍♂️ Day 28: Embrace your linguistic prowess as you navigate the subtleties of intention and assumptions. Let's recap the past few days!

Week 5: Advanced Particles and Expressions Day 29-30: Explore the nuances of "만에 하다" (to do after a long time) and "아니면서도" (although, even though). Time to fine-tune your expressions! Day 31: Reflect on your incredible progress and pat yourself on the back for conquering advanced grammar structures. You've come so far, and there's no stopping you now! 🎉

[guillemelgat]

I just started a new semester, and I'm finally getting the chance to take Malayalam, which I've been trying to do since my undergrad. This is obviously a very exciting development, and it's so delightful to be in a language class again for the first time in ages, but it's also been a very unique experience as far as language classes go. First of all, for me, who is generally used to having very odd personal connections to a language and being the overachieving linguist of the class. And second of all because it's just a very different experience to be in a class largely oriented towards heritage learners and people with some cultural familiarity.

There are five people in the class. Of those five, four have Malayalee family and have had some exposure to Malayalam throughout our lives; the last person is a native speaker of another non-Dravidian South Asian language. Of the four of us who are Malayalee, I'm basically the only one who didn't have a significant amount of Malayalam at home growing up. What this means is that we've spent very little time on the phonetics of the language, because everyone roughly knows how to pronounce it - something which wouldn't be true if there were non-South Asian in the class! (It was a bit comforting to hear all the other Malayalees struggling with aspirated consonants, which have constantly been the bane of my existence, and then to hear the instructor say that few people pronounce them right in spoken Malayalam anyways.) The instructor could ask us to say things on the first day, and the more fluent speakers could say them. There is already Malayalam being mixed in with the instruction. I'm sure by the end of the semester we'll be having extended conversations - especially since the two of us who don't speak have very concrete communicative desires for our outside lives.

It's also a very scary experience for me, personally. Or maybe scary isn't quite the right word, but I've always felt out of my depth in claiming Malayalee heritage - I've always felt that there were so many things which I didn't know which any normal Malayalee would. There is no evidence that this is true, at least insofar as that my cousins with two Malayalee parents have wildly varying experiences and I'm not actually that far outside the norm. In most American spaces, I will never be clocked as white, and most people usually immediately identify me as South Asian. Nonetheless, I know that when I visited Kerala this past December, I was decidedly foreign - to the two guys speaking in rapid-fire Malayalam on the flight from Qatar, to the person at the immigration counter in Trivandrum, even to my own relatives. Part of it is a mental block on my part, of feeling myself foreign and therefore never letting myself belong. Part of it is that I am, ultimately, American. But either way, in this class, I can feel that I'm the American in the room, even when I'm not, even when my pronunciation is just as good as the other Malayalees and there's nothing that's telling me I can't belong. I keep freezing up when asked to say real things, or when people speak to me, because there's some unreachable standard in my brain of Not A Real Malayalee, and everything feels fraught and fragile. So maybe this semester will be about overcoming that.

It's still strange being in a language class where the instructor, on the first day, can look at you all and say, "You know why you're here, you want to be here, we all have a shared experience." But it's also a beautiful thing in its own way, and I'm really looking forward to taking on a language in this way. I love the structure and the logic of language, the puzzle of putting it together, the beauty of making friends in it and watching shows in it and listening to songs in it - but as I get older I find myself really reflecting on what it means to learn and to know a language. And sometimes those barriers to learning and to knowing are only in our minds, not in our worlds. Language is communication and connection, and I hope that Malayalam serves me to these two ends, even as it sometimes feels like a trial by fire at each word.

[studysmth]

🚫 No Scrolling Challenge 🚫

Recently, I realized that I spend all my free time endlessly scrolling through Insta reels, Reddit posts, Threads, etc. I need to stop and do something productive - or actually rest - not just physically, but mentally as well, giving myself space to think. From now on, the only type of content I'm allowing myself to consume is YouTube videos (more-less long and related to my interests). To hold myself accountable for how I spend my time, I will post weekly lists of everything I watched.

Mon 17/02

understimulating my overstimulated brain for a week

Amazon are changing the way you own your Kindle books

I tried reading at 5 AM for a week... until this happened | cozy reading vlog

Tue 18/02

The Linguistics Iceberg Explained

Wed 19/02

Language learners are confused about "immersion"

5 Life Changing Journal Techniques

battling the winter blues.

Thur 20/02

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Fri 21/02

(~1 h of Instagram scrolling here 🥲)

Cooking every recipe I see online for a week

Sat 22/02

Weird, Obscure & Niche Books I'm Excited to Read (a VERY random book haul)

Stop forgetting new words! How to remember vocabulary in ANY language

We Challenged AI with Completely Random Ingredients (ChatGPT)

Sun 23/02

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🎉The End of Week 1🎉

[frenchcoffeebreak]

30 days of french learning

August 19th, 2024 19/30

Today I did a bunch of textbook practice and vocabulary revising such as food vocabulary, some random facts, etc... My boyfriend has started to learn portuguese so he was telling me some random facts he just read in the mean time.

I got him all his resources online I feel like he should be paying me by now lmao. I even found a completely visual dictionary I wish I could find one for french, too.

Speaking of I haven't really used the dictionary I bought like 3 months back because I haven't really got the chance to read physically in french but I'd love to buy a book at some point, it's just hard to find books in foreign languages at stores that aren't painfully adapted so people who are learning can read them... I just want the real thing.

I don't have much more to mention but I did try to begin reading L'Étranger by Albert Camus with a copy I found on internet archive for free and a voiceover I found on YouTube, not sure if I will keep reading it, though, since I'm already reading two books right now.

[kittyiuuu]

been learning Japanese lately and uh....came across a word that sounded a bit too familiar.