#languages are hard

[chey-tips22]

As an (UK) English speaker newly using Duolingo to learn Hindi, I'm getting arguably pretty good at continuously recognising the symbols for the different sounds so far

But! BUT, no matter how hard I try 'da', 'ta', 'dha', 'tha' etc. all sound the same (like - if they didn't give me 4 options I'd assume we were only learning one levels of the same) so it's an absolute guess on listening rounds.

I know this is my own brain being poor at picking the sounds, so if anybody has any advice on convincing my brain to see these as distinct I would REALLY appreciate it.

I must appease the owl!

[janahanooo]

Dont feel embarrassed, everyone forgets words. Last week i forgot the word Bowl. Shit just happens.

I knowwww but sometimes I forget words that I use everyday. I've been learning english for a while now, around 7 years I think and german is practically an enemy of mine. I still feel like I can't speak. So do expect me to be a dummy sometimes and writing an essay trying to describe what I want to say.

And thank you, I really do appreciate this<3

[chungledown-bimothy]

Absolutely flawless penmanship that will in no way cause problems in the future, I'm sure of it 😅

[mynameis-a]

Which language are you from? No, wait, fuuuck, uhh, which languages do you speak?

only english, sadly :(

i did take german for several years (and a semester of mandarin), but i can barely remember any of it :C

[moonfloweryka]

trying to learn another language has me appreciating how simple and dumb English is

[holesomecuntent]

Learning a new language really does make you aware of how many fucking words there are. Waaaaaay too many things in this world that need their own special little word. Grow up.

[mochasucculent]

Was looking at refs and since Viktor has two different leg braces I was wondering, do we think he wears them simultaneously?? The refs don't perfectly line up perspective-wise so it's hard to tell but parts of the one he wears during the Hexcore scenes look like they could maybe line up with the brace that he wears over his clothes, but also some parts really don't and look like they'd be super uncomfy. Also HOW does he take these on and off. Experts weigh in

[righteousdelusions]

i'm starting Yotsubato! and I am reading it in japanese hehe. I'm not too interested in the concept as a regular reading, but the idea of trying to read along in Japanese interests me.

It's very difficult to me! I don't get it most of the time but that's the magic of dictionaries.

I remember English was the same fog before I started reading more often, and I do think reading is a very important resource for language proficiency.

One problem with that approach is that my spoken English is very stilted because I'm so used to read words I don't know how to pronounce... but I try not to think much of it. I know eventually I'll practice my spoken English more. And as of this year I talk with my boyfriend in English a lot so there's some practice there.

I think something good about Japanese is that pronunciation is straightforward with my Spanish sounds. I do think there could be a problem with tonality of course, the way I'm stressing different words (i know Japanese tones are not about stress but I'm aware of the fact that as a Spanish speaker I'll probably keep stressing them more to make it more easy to me). Many internet sensei keep telling us to just keep practice and not to think much about it and that's what I will do. I still go to classes and watch anime and stuff so it's not like a reading format would be my only resource. Though at wasn't the case in English either 🤪

[squid-thoughts]

I’ve mostly learned Chinese in school, so I know a lot of academic vocabulary while having the language skills of a toddler in some basic areas. Once, I forgot the word for sad, which is a really dumb thing to forget. A bunch of the ways to say sad in Chinese are literally just “not happy”, but I also momentarily forgot how to say happy. So instead I said “there is an economic downturn inside my brain”.

I actually really like the thing when you're starting to get the hang of a new language, enough to understand and say simple sentences but you gotta get creative to get more complex thoughts across, like a puzzle. I remember a time in the restortation school when a classmate who wasn't natively finnish and did her best anyway dropped something and sighed, telling me "every day is monday this week. I have had four mondays this week." And I understood.

I don't think I speak much of spanish anymore, but in the nursing school training period I did there, I did manage to get by with making weird Tarzan sentences. I got a nosebleed at some point and startled another nurse. Not knowing the words "humidity" or "stress", I managed to string together: "This is ok. It is hot, it is cold, I have a bad day, I am sad, I have blood. This is normal for me." And she understood.

And sometimes you just say things weird, but it's better than not saying it. One time, I was stuck in a narrow hallway behind someone walking really slowly with a walker, and he apologised for being in the way. I was not in any hurry, but didn't know the spanish word for "hurry", but I did know enough words to try to circumvent it by borrowing the english "I have all the time in the world."

The man burst into one of those cackling old man laughters that they do when something in this world still manages to surprise them. He had to be somewhere between 70 and a 100 years old, and I guess if there was one thing he wasn't expecting to hear today, it would be a random blond vaguely baltic-looking fuck casually announce that he is the sole owner and keeper of the very concept of time.

[taimanzano]

One of one. One, alone, one.

[chungledown-bimothy]

Pronouncing ㄹ and the difference between ㅐand ㅔ my beloatheds 🙃

[soultied-z]

i wish i knew how to love myself the way i love others

[iwacura]

recent realization has been just how much of rgu is based on soviet art. we all know by now how ohtori's warping architecture is inspired by constructivism

but apart from that, the thing that makes rgu's cinematography special—it's usage of esoteric images to create visual new meanings + it's repeated shots of lined up objects—is so clearly Eisenstein

rgu directly utilizes Eisenstein's theory of montage—and it's my favorite usage of it too. it feels like the technique was created ex professo for rgu's cinematography. i could think of no better use for it. that girl sure is revolutionary.

[dancepartyaroundthefairyring]

Superbat love isn't Bruce making superstrength enduring com peices and tablet pens for Superman to use within the Justice League

Its Bruce making superstrength enduring door knobs and replacing them in Clark's apartment, the Kent's farm house, and Wayne Manor. Its Batmam sneaking into the Daily Planet and replacing Clark's desk and Chair with an exact replica that's strong enough to account for the accidental superstrength

[poorly-drawn-mdzs]

Just your average male living space.

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[pinkd3mon]

This is what happens inside the buddy towers while they wait for Kirby, me thinks

Based on this post I made about Dedede watching TV and this amazing tag someone reblogged it with