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oh, you're multilingual? do you even take the first letter of every word, move it to the end, and then say "-erb"? it's like you're adding a phonetic caboose to it? do you get confused or just get used to it?
“Would you consider yourself a determined person?”
I have been learning German for over 10 years, ever since I was a little kid and I still can’t speak it fluently. Hope this answers your question.
I just had the weirdest experience when i was reading this book, the first Arthur Quinn. What happened is that my brain switched from french to English for a few seconds so I was reading in English when the book is in french and I was so confused i had to take a few minutes.
So now I'm wondering what's next? Next time I'll read in English will my brain decide to randomly switch to Arabic? Italian? Tamazight?
Not cool brain.
my logic: do not start another duolingo course. you already have 10 of them going you only have 32 XP in arabic you should focus on one you already have progress on instead of starting a new one please please plea
me already loading up the vietnamese course: không :D
GUYYSS LOOK WHAT I LEARNED.
Chào! Tôi là Sasha. Tôi là người Mỹ.
YIPPEEEEEE
my logic: do not start another duolingo course. you already have 10 of them going you only have 32 XP in arabic you should focus on one you already have progress on instead of starting a new one please please plea
me already loading up the vietnamese course: không :D
some (language)study motivation because everyone needs it from time to time
Remember why you started. Maybe you were fascinated by the culture of those who speak the language. Maybe you just liked the sound. I don’t know but I’m sure you had your reasons. You can also look for new goals and reasons.
Take a break. Sometimes I feel too tired to study a language; and that’s okay. We’re all only human and everyone needs breaks. It’s okay to be demotivated. So don’t study for a few days and do other things you enjoy. You’ll be probably more motivated afterward. Better days are coming *GoT music*
If you have to study a language for school or university find reasons to learn that language. You could travel to the country where the language is spoken or get to know the culture. Learn for yourself, not for school.
Don’t let the muggles get you down. If a teacher (or anyone else) says that learning XY is dumb or useless, don’t listen to them. It’s your life and they have no right to say that your interests are stupid.
Make a list of things you like about your target language or language learning in general.
Change you’re routine. Study in a different place, make a (new) playlist, buy new pens or notebooks (but seriously, am I the only one who gets motivated by buying new notebooks?)
Don’t compare yourself to others. Maybe the reason why you struggle is that you compare your language skills with the ones of other people. Or maybe you’re demotivated because other people have prettier notes. You could take a break from langblr. Your skills are not bad and your notes are not ugly, they’re just different. You study for yourself, not for people on the internet or from school.
It’s okay to need more time. Don’t worry if you’re not fluent in two years. Take your time. You’re not stupid because it takes you longer to become fluent.
Look at your progress. Do you remember the time when you weren’t able to say anything in your target language? You came so far and you can become even better.
Learning languages is so strange sometimes. Like thinking all the way back to how it started is wildly entertaining when it all boils down.
My favorite example is in French you would say “pomme” in order to say “Apple” and to say “Potato” you would say “pomme de terre” which means “Apple of earth”…..
Like imagine looking at a potato and going “mmmmm apple”
Amazing.
pros of being a polyglot who was raised bilingual:
• it's easy for me to switch my brain to another language (for example, i was raised speaking to my father in english exclusively and my mother in french exclusively, so i can ask my dad something in english and then switch to tell my mom something in french without missing a beat)
• i find it easy to pick up a new language
• people think it's cool when i say stuff in the languages i know
cons of being a polyglot who was raised bilingual:
• i mix up english and french constantly because i live in a bilingual part of the world
• i mix up the other languages i know without realizing, which leads to me starting a sentence in japanese, throwing in some spanish in there and finishing that same sentence in ukrainian
• some people seem to assume that since i have a solid base in six languages that i must know every single language that god created and i often get asked "is this korean? you speak korean right?" but i'm being shown something in a random language i don't know
