Learning #German as a Polish native:
- We have 4 cases.
- Yes, I know what they are, we have 7 of them.
- The verbs take a different form for every person.
- That's only logical.
- And we gender our nouns.
- Well, obviously.

Learning German as an English speaker:
*confusion and panic*

Continued in comment.

Just realized we're raising our dog to be pentalingual. She's being spoken to in #German, #Polish and #English on a daily basis.
We also teach her some #Spanish to honor her heritage.
So far she knows - stay, such!, bei Fuß, zakładaj, siku and a la cama.
And (I presume) she will speak #Portuguese with the local dogs .
What a waste...
#langtoot #languagelearning #languages

Das ist nicht mein Bier - not my cup of tea, not my problem
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Politische Diskussionen sind nicht mein Bier.

Political discussions are not my cup of tea.

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Mila Kunis’s Surprising Language Journey https://www.inbella.com/1154022/mila-kuniss-surprising-language-journey/ #FemaleCelebrities #ForeignLanguages #HowToLearnALanguage #language #LanguageLearning #languages #LearnALanguage #LearnANewLanguage #LearnLanguages #MilaKunis #OllyRichards #Polyglot #stories #storylearning

Anyone remembers the good old version of Memrise, where you created memes that helped you memorize words?
I still miss it sometimes.

https://corpora.uni-leipzig.de

corpus search! change language/corpus to your liking

there used to be a time when you could just throw words into google as a corpus search, and see from the results how frequently they were used and in which contexts

so, I'd been bemoaning the loss of that but hadn't looked too deeply to find a replacement before, which now, I have

Learn #languages with people, not screens.
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I’ve finished my first real book in #French: Maigret’s premier case « Pietr-le-Letton » by Georges #Simenon. Having only read short crime stories and abridged texts in French before, this one was much more complex regarding the language and also the plot. But I’ve really enjoyed it and can totally recommend #Maigret novels to other learners. Any ideas on suitable contemporary books for French learners? Maybe something romantic? #francais #language #languagelearning #crime #books #bookstodon

#langHangout Q7: Do you ever get your languages mixed up?

My answer: This one's funny. I almost never mix up languages like Spanish and Italian, although they are very similar. But somehow my brain can't distinguish between Hungarian and Turkish. They are not similar at all, but still sometimes I really have to stop and think which language a given word belongs to.

What about you?
#languagelearning #languages

zumindest - at least
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Wir sollten zumindest die wichtigsten Punkte besprechen, bevor wir eine Entscheidung treffen.

We should at least discuss the most important points before making a decision.

Looking for opinions on independent language learning tools (apps, programs, etc). Anyone have thoughts, recommendations, words to the wise?

Any opinions on language learning tools, dear #fediverse ?

I know about #duolingo , but are there good alternatives? Is there a reason not to use Duolingo?

Specifically: to (try to) learn basic Hungarian as a native German and English speaker.

#languages #languagelearning

Retoots helpful and welcome!

Edit: thanks for all the helpful replies!

I feel my Arabic learning is finally starting to pay off. I’ve started recognizing the roots of unknown words and am sometimes guessing meanings correctly. Very satisfying!

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Me during and after watching #KpopDemonHunters: well, they keep saying 혼문 but it's never translated. What could it mean?
I assume 문 is what I immediately thought it meant, effectively the same as 門 (もん) in Japanese: gate, door. So that just leaves the first syllable, 혼. Wiktionary says: soul, spirit.

So: soul/spirit gate/portal. That matches the context. Mystery solved!

Near the end of June, I reached the milestone of 150 hours learning te reo Māori. My current goals are to do consistent practice, build up comprehension in reading and listening, and steadily increase my vocabulary and grammatical knowledge.

https://skivling.codeberg.page/te-reo-150hr/

#TeReoMāori #TeReo #LearningTeReo #LanguageLearning @languagelovers

Anki flashcards and the proliferation of AI images. #111Words #LanguageLearning #Vocabulary #Flashcards #Anki #Spanish #AI #Images #Photographs #Paintings #Drawings https://andrewjshields.blogspot.com/2025/07/anki-flashcards-and-proliferation-of-ai.html