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#poorly drawn mdzs#mdzs#song lan#xue yang#I know it makes jokes less funny if you explain them but I feel like I gotta for this one:#xue yangās Spanish here is playing on the fact heās a beginner (using a commonly taught phrase)#combined with the fact that heās clearly taking what heās heard Xiao Xingchen use.#of course XY would want to know how to cuss someone out in another language. Do you think XXC would teach him how? Nope.#XY would ask āHow do I to someone I really hate them?ā#and XXC would say āYou tell them āTe Amo Muchoā :ā¢)ā#As FAR as XY is concerned he knows *so* many swears. These words are just terms of endearment.#XXC would not swear or cuss anyone out but he *would* punctuate phrases with general terms of endearment.#More so directed towards A-Qing but Xue Yang has been proven to be a decent indirect learner.#That said he has also been shown to Not Quite Get The Nuances (consequences of observational learning).#Sadly he never had a good observational model for love or compassion B*(#Spanish speakers please oh god please correct me if I biffed something badly here. I can fix it.
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hello language learners! new this month in the language village, a chill way to practice a little bit every day: the one sentence club! as the title suggests, the idea is to write one sentence in your target language(s) every day. for an extra challenge, especially if your target language uses a different script, try handwriting the sentence too!
join the language village discord server to receive daily reminder pings, get inspiration from a daily question prompt, and participate alongside other one sentence club members!
feel free to tag #langvillage if you post your sentences on tumblr āØ
#the server hosts learners of over 50 different languages! our most popular languages by member count are ->#arabic#chinese#dutch#english#finnish#french#german#italian#japanese#korean#latin#norwegian#polish#portuguese#russian#spanish#swedish#ukrainian#langblr#language village#language learning#discord server#langvillage
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Via sonomiguelangelo su Tiktok
Italia š®š¹ EspaƱa šŖšø Suomi š«š®
#as a learner of all three this feels like content specifically aimed at me ahaha#italian#italiano#langblr#spanish#espaƱol#suomi#finnish#finlandƩs#finlandese#spagnolo#italianblr#tiktok
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I find the dialect issue really interesting in Italian, like itās been a hot second since I studied it (donāt want to get it mixed up with Spanish etc) but I used to be faaaairly profficient-ish. But Italian has some interesting stuff with dialect and language that is of course super political - absolutely I believe that the minority languages of Italy are LANGUAGES, not ādialects,ā eg napolitano, Sicilian, Calabrian etc. However! That doesnāt stop the complicating factors that
a) many are (due to repression in part) somewhat unstable and thereās been clear linguistic pushes in the direction of standard Italian
b) many (not all) young people donāt speak their regional language (which is also geographically associated)
c) the minority languages are for the most part still related to Italian and lend easily to blending and mixed forms
d) the standard language in Italian classes for foreigners is that florentine standardized form and they will almost never tell you regional slang or alterations
in essence thereās a dual issue here: minority languages are called ādialectsā in a way that is deeply politically loaded, but for many many speakers there is a kind of language spectrum between minority languages (or remnants and borrowings from minority languages and āstandardā Italian) that created a lot ofā¦. Actual dialects in modern spoken Italian
but anyway I do think this all encourages a situation where the reality is that the majority of Italian speakers have some kind of mixed form or where regional dialects affect the standard spoken form at LOT , so that when you learn Italian youāre like oh this is easy. Iām getting an a. Iām a b2. Why the fuck can I not understand anyone ever. What is this. Like the standard form/minority language binary are kind of two ends of a spectrum and class will prepare you for like, official tv channels and Dante but not talking. Italians can understand you and they tend to be very very friendly and accommodating in matching that official form and altering their words/grammar, but you canāt easily follow a lot of *their* conversations and daily pronunciation and the literary language is very ornate. There are also not so many resources for this kind of thing
#Learning Italian#I should get back to it at some point I used to be like. B2? I have my essays in it#Iām fascinated by dialects so this is super interesting but for learners itās a pain#When I asked about college apps i was like do you do dialect? And no one ever did#There are people who learn Italian really well and master regional accents - those who move to Italy esp migrants - but as with Spanish#Iāve noticed the bar is kind of in the ground with anglophones#And thereās interesting stuff with Italian speakers Iāve met shocked anyone is learning their language#Interesting stuff with smaller city and region based linguistic attachments
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Something that always annoys me is the idea only 1 language learning method works. Which is not true. While it may be possible that, for a particular individual, only a few out of many study methods may work well enough for That Individual to make progress and stay motivated... that doesn't mean all the other study methods won't work for anyone else out there, or that those few methods will work for every other given person.
Obviously if you've been studying a while, then you already figured out what kinds of things work for you and don't. If you're a beginner, just wading into studying?
I would suggest you simply look for study methods that: 1. Teach you new things regularly, 2. Review and practice things you've learned, 3. Include studying things you need for your particular goals (for example if your goal is to read X book then the study materials at some point should involve reading practice and some words the book contains, if your goal is to talk about Y then the study materials should include some information about pronunciation and words you'll need to be able to say).
As you can imagine, a TON of study materials will meet these requirements. And you can study a given skill in a LOT of ways.
(Reading is my focus lol so just for reading, a beginner might: do vocabulary study with lists or conversations with native speakers or watching shows and looking words up or listening to dialogues with a transcript like in a textbook or graded readers or a picture book with word labels in the target language or a video game with labelled objects in target language, all of those things as long as your vocabulary is improving or reading practice is happening would help you make progress). So to improve reading skill as a beginner: you could study with a textbook, a podcast with transcript, a classroom or tutor with words written down in target language (like TPRS), a video game, a TV show and a translate app on your phone, a friend you talk with (who either writes words down or you look up words you hear with a translate app), a friend you text with, srs flashcards like anki (provided there's text) etc. As long as there's new words, and/or you're practicing reading, the study method may work. If it works will come down to if you can stay motivated doing it regularly, and make sure you regularly learn some new things and review/practice things you've already studied.
So consider those things when you see people selling a study method as a product (especially when it's costing you money). Consider if it teaches you NEW things, and are those new things related to your goals, and how MUCH new stuff will it teach you before you finish it? Consider if it provides review or practice, or if you can use it's materials to review on your own making up your own method, or if you'll need to do separate review/practice.
So examples:
LingQ. Can it teach you many new words? Yes, thousands, since you can import any texts you want when you get done with their provided material (I have no idea how much their beginner material covers though in terms of words... I would hope 1000-3000 words but that can be researched). Is your goal reading? It's suited to reading, so you will practice and review often with it. Cost? I think it was $12 a month when I last had it, and the price may have increased. Is it worth it? Depends on a learner's needs. I found it was wasting my money, so I chose to use free tools like Pleco and Readibu apps - since those apps are suited for Chinese learners and have better translations, Pleco has better paid graded reader material if I was going to spend money, and both Pleco and Readibu let me import texts so I can learn thousands of new words just like LingQ but free. Now that I'm not a beginner, I often use Microsoft Edge to read chinese... since I can still click-translate words easily (all my web browsers have that tool free), and Edge's TTS voice is helpful for pronunciation and sounds quite good. I read webnovels online so Edge works well. But it's translations aren't as good as Pleco or Readibu, so if I still needed translations more I would use them. So... is LingQ a good study method? Its certainly a study method marketed to buy. Well... the method is suited to improving reading skill, at least. It costs money, which is a negative, but it does offer a lot. However: everything it does regarding reading can be done free with other apps or sites or web browsers on their own. So if paying money motivates you to read... sure. LingQ does have a few word tracking features a learner may find worth the money, keeping in mind the actual read-to-learn method can be done free without lingq. (Also... while LingQ is a valid option for improving reading, if the learners goal is speaking then it would be important to think of what study activities the learner will do OUTSIDE of LingQ to improve speaking... because I've seen how LingQ is marketed as "how to learn a language" but it's only focused on some skills. It has vocabulary and grammar in some sense, since you'll read a lot and encounter new words and structures. But it doesnt have speaking or writing practice at least last time I was on it. Those activities would need to be worked on, on your own).
You can do that kind of cost/benefit contemplating with any study method material you see being sold. Amother example: there's a beginner Mandarin course called Mandarin Blueprint. It teaches like 800 words. Thats all. It may be worthwhile for a beginner... who still needs to learn 800 common words. But if you already know a few hundred words, the benefit of the course is less, you'll need to find a new material to teach you more new stuff soon. And the price was like a few hundred for the course... which for me personally was too much to spend, when I had already learned 800 hanzi from a book that cost me 12 dollars and 2000 words from a free user made memrise deck. The course claimed to get a person speaking, competent, but anyone not a beginner would say speaking basically with 800 words is nowhere near the level of working in Chinese or just doing a lot of daily life stuff, or reading/listening to media. (Although for the motivated beginner if you're learning 800 words on your own like I was, its definitely close to the point of jumping to learn more words and start reading kids and teenager books, and watching easier shows if you're willing to look new words up). So to me... Mandarin Blueprint felt like overselling some basic beginner materials. (Again when I know several other things that teach beginner stuff either more in depth so HSK test prep classes, and college courses, or that teach beginner stuff to the same depth as Mandarin Blueprint but free).
Some study materials aren't going to act like they teach everything. I've seen chinese courses just for learning to speak tones better and general pronunciation - probably worthwhile if your goal is to improve speaking and a teacher could help improve the issues your having. But a learner needs to be aware for that course that they'll need to study vocabulary on their own, its JUST a pronunciation improvement course.
#rant#i saw a lot of comments on forums yesterday thinking automatic language growth alg was like snake oil#aka a scam. but it can be done for free (free lessons online) and for people who#learn well from visual context and guessing (i learn well that way) the lesson style DOES result in learning new words and grammar#so provided you can find ALG type free lessons that teach 1000+ words (ideally 3000+ words) then you will learn#enough grammar and words to then move onto native speaker content to continue studying. so all free#i have not seen yet how ALG helps students with speaking or writing yet though. so i can only say it for sure improves passive skills#specifically listening with new words and grammar. and listening translates to reading if you practice that on your own#even just with subtitles or podcast transcripts.#the issue for me is can i find alg courses that teach a thousand words in a timely manner (and free if thats my personal requirement)#i think Dreaming Spanish and Comprehensible Thai do have enough free courses to teach 1000+ words#so those ones would get you to possibly intermediate b1 level in passive listening skill#and then its up to you on if 1 that meets your goal 2 you learn well with that lesson type 3 you are motivated to do the lessons#like... duolingo itself is not completely useless... it teaches 3000 words on most courses (and maybe 1500 common words). the big issue for#me with duolingo is it takes me AGES to complete a lesson and complete a course (years). cause i cant focus on it#whereas with duolingos content... its beginner content. at best it will get Reading skill to A2 or low B1#and maybe other skills if you practice OUTSIDE duolingo with the words and grammar u learned.#so getting to A2 vocab shouldnt take me more than a year to learn (based on how i study). i can learn it in 6 months if i#just study a wordlist on paper and a grammar guide online. so since duolingo takes me 4 times LONGER to study than the other methods i use?#duolingo is a waste of my time. not worth it (and it markets itself as if it will get a learner to B2 when it wont. and it markets#as if 1 lesson a day is all you need. to make progress in 6 months in duolingo like my wordlist study...#you'd need to be doing duolingo 1-3 hours a day... which duolingo does not tell u to do. and most learners dont
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:0 Chique is the gender neutral term in spanish? O did not know that!
itās the one iāve heard used for nb people the most! in Most cases swapping the o/a endings of words for an e seems to neutralize them, like chique, amigue, hije, etc., but itās not like, an official universally agreed upon rule. just what iāve seen used in queer circles
#and obviously i am speaking with 0 expertise as a second language learner#gender neutral language is tricky in spanish and iām no authority on it!!!#this is just what iāve seen other people use
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the magnus archives is officially too much of an influence on my life
i've been learning french for almost a month now and it means i'm saying "my name is" a lot more and every time i say it or read it my mind just goes to "je mappelle martin blackwood et je suis non solitaire plus"
or like when i'm practicing spanish!!!!! what the fuck!!!!! "me llamo martin blackwood y yo no soy solitario nunca mĆ s"
GET OUT OF MY HEAD.
LEAVE ME ALONE [flashbang] AAAAGHHHH (/ref)
#its āmy name is martin blackwood and i'm not lonely anymoreā if u cant tell#ā¹ļø#like this is just#embarassing#i am not happy about my ability to quote the magnus archives in three languages#also PLEASE pardon the shitty grammar i dont know spanish or french fluently :( i am just a learner :(#the magnus archives#do not archive#dont let jonny see this one PLEASE#the magnus archive#tma#magnus archives#the magnus pod#martin blackwood#my name is šš
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Hey, Spanish learners or native speakers following me ā I just found out thereās a Spanish AITA account! If youāre looking for a way to practice it might be good. Iām personally pretty hyped because Iām sort of addicted to AITA lmao
Itās @ aita-espanol
#aita is my secret addiction tbh#the rules said no English but they explicitly welcomed Spanish learners :)#language#langblr#Spanish#learning Spanish#Quinn posts#Spanish langblr#language learning#my spanish tips#my language tips
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My Roman Empire is the fact that if my school offered Latin, I would absolutely take it (no matter how pretentious it would make me)
#as an intermediate spanish speaker#latin conjugation is very similar to Spanish but has WAY fewer endings to remember#Also being able to speak latin is so stupid which makes it really funny#like I'm only a very beginner latin learner but when my friends come across random bits of latin it is stupidly funny for me to translate#its one of those skills that does not match any of my other personality traits#anyway#once I graduate and don't have to keep learning spanish I'll probably try to learn Latin properly#latin#latin language#languages#spanish#linguistics
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i posted this on langtwt but no one likes to respond to me there soā¦
fellows on langblr, does anyone else have the issue of knowing words when theyāre spoken/when you read them in your TL, but canāt recall them when you want to use them???
i have this issue with korean and spanish which is my main problem when i go to speak them or when writing (also why i havenāt been blogging in spanish or korean)
is it just a me problem or is it normal???
#languages#langblr#language#bilingual#polyglot#studyblr#study hard#trilingual#just talking#korean#langauge learning#spanish#spanish langblr#korean langblr#learn spanish#learn korean#study korean#study spanish#help a language learner out#please say it isnāt just me#i need help pls
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I get that it's not the job of every person who's fluent in their first language to teach it to new learners, but why is there such an attitude surrounding new learners? Why is there the idea that every person should be fluent before they dare speak aloud? You don't have to let people be wrong, but you do have to accept that there is a polite way to correct someone. If you're going to correct someone you should at least muster the effort to do it politely. You don't have to point out a mistake in a way that shames someone. That discourages learning, which in turn only causes even more of the situations that had you acting this way in the first place.
Idk why you'd feel the need to flex on someone who's showing you a vulnerable point. If someone trusts you enough to fail around you that's not something you should scorn. Is it not in poor taste to break a child's wrist when they challenge an adult to arm wrestling? Why are you trying to gain a feeble sense of power over someone who is still learning? I don't get it.
#smokey talks#learning spanish is becoming difficult. i feel like im getting nowhere without talking to native speakers but also#a lot of the bilingual ppl ive tried talking 2 have been rude to me about me sucking at Spanish and its really getting to me#to the point where i dont even want to speak 2 anybody in Spanish at all. im not a fast learner i struggle with learning things and#im not exactly in a situation that allows me 2 pay for classes. im trying my hardest here ok so bare minimum u can manage is 2 be nice
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cringing my way through this required reading where the author keeps using the word latinx and chicanx making most of it dogwater to read
#like stoppppp just use an e ending if you really care that much#i hate the e ending too tho tbh#as a second language learner of spanish who can read it quite fluently and decently i've had native speakers randomly use e endings while#talking with me and my brain literally couldn't figure out the words they were saying bc i wasn't prepared to read them with the e ending#just use the regular spanish my god
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need to read more spanish language books taking recommendations
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ughhh give me a weekly podcast by Carlos Sainz Jr, one weak it has to be in English, the next one in Italian and then the other one in Spanish. PLS!!!!!
#carlos sainz jr#p1 with matt & tommy#f1#I love Carlos' confidence when he speaks another language#what I get from him a lot when it comes to English it's the use of latin based words#maybe I'm mistaken but that's a thing that also happens to me as someone who speaks a language similar to spanish#As learners we know that many latin based words are part of English as a language but#a lot of English teachers have told us during the years that those are 'less used words'#so we are taught to make an effort and avoid words that sound too similar to our native language if it exists another word to say smth#Tbh even years later I sometimes find myself trying to avoid those words because in my head i stil go 'it's probably not right'#but obviously Carlos just doesn't care anymore and has now reached such a level of fluency that#he has completely understood how he can use those words and he does it without even thinking about it#he just knows that those words are just as valid#that they require less effort because they are actually easier for us#and also make us sound more articulated and maybe a little bit smart#Like the use of 'deviated' in the podcast#it's just easier and it gives the right nuance#in italian one would easily say 'deviato' and in spanish 'desviado' so why make an effort and use something different like 'shifted'?#it's logical and it works just as well
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be careful you guys, there are sickos out there that memorize ciphers, alphabets, and writing systems for fun. and they LIKE it
#I'm sickos#that's actually a big part of the reason why I started learning japanese#I memorized the httyd runes and would practice writing in them when rtte was still airing#and i used to make up ciphers and stuff in church when i was little#i kinda thought i was more or less alone because in working with japanese learners i quickly discovered that most of them are like#nooo not three alphabets!!! or they're like i hate katakana! kanji is the bane of my existence!!!#and i was like yeah understandable i guess#but then when the linguistics/spanish professor started japanese 101 i asked her how the syllabaries were going#bc those are typically the first big obstacle people run into#but she very enthusiastically was like oh i love it!!! I've already memorized them all. here give me some words to write!#and she grabbed a piece of chalk#and i was like oh. she's a sicko. a freak for writing systems just like me#i should've guessed from the way she had the entire ipa memorized but i guess i just assumed that was a normal lingust thing#pickle pontificates#linguistics#japanese#i guess
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k respect spanish so much bc like english has words that are spelled identically but pronounced and mean different things (tear/tear, wind/wind) and spanish has the decency to give you accents on letters so you know which is which (tĆŗ/tu, esta/estĆ”)
#like it can be difficult to remember sometomes as a beginner learner but its also helpful#the more i learn spanish its like. at least there are rules. there are laws. english is so chaotic
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