Get $10 for a language lesson on italki
00:00 Why?
01:54 How much do I speak?
03:44 What language?
04:56 Accountability
05:46 Input or output?
Get $10 for a language lesson on italki
00:00 Why?
01:54 How much do I speak?
03:44 What language?
04:56 Accountability
05:46 Input or output?
Niedawno wróciłem z długiej podróży (głównie) po Polsce. Więcej o tym będę później pisać. A istotne w tym jest to, że spędziłem dwa tygodnie z całą rodziną, chociaż za granicą. Przed tym już minął rok, odkąd widziałem swoich rodziców.
Gdy ojciec dołączył do reszty rodziny, nagle pojawiła się unikalna dynamika rodzinna, za którą w pewnym sensie tęskniłem; której nie mogę sobie wyobrazić w żadnej innej rodzinie.
Już podczas miesięcznego pobytu matki u mnie, dziwili się moi współlokatorzy tym, jak się komunikują i dogadują ona i moja siostra. Wydawało im się, że one się ciągle kłócą, na każdy temat.
Podczas całego kolejnego miesiąca, gdy podróżowaliśmy z całą rodziną, obserwowałem i zastanawiałem się.
Continue readingThe Cantonese podcast for fans of linguistics, language lovers, and Cantonese learners. This episode discusses Middle Chinese in Age of Empires IV and writing systems from Egyptian hieroglyphics and cuneiform to abjads (Hebrew, Arabic, Phoenician) and alphabets (Mongolian).
Show notes and links available on the Cantonese page. Transcript below.
This podcast is also available on YouTube. Don’t forget to subscribe!
Our first live Q&A will be held on 2 October 2021, UTC 13:00, on our Patreon Discord!
苗:同埋瑪雅嗰啲,我唔係好熟喎。即係嗰啲一嚿嚿嗰啲吖嘛,瑪雅嗰啲係咪?好似個樣嗰啲吖嘛。好似有隻寵物小精靈嗰啲吖嘛。
靳:咩啊?
苗:一隻隻嘢㗎嘛。
以:逐隻捉咗佢。
苗:即係嗰啲瑪雅嗰啲文字,一隻隻嘢噉樣㗎嘛,好似神獸噉㗎嘛。
靳:係一個個好肥嘅噉樣,好似綿花糖噉樣嘅東西。
以:好似毛公仔噉樣㗎,之後佢又會攬住啲嘢噉樣樣。
苗:係啊,係啊,好似啊。
靳:好似毛公仔。
以:又有個魚頭啊,好鬼可愛㗎。
靳:係啊,係啊。
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Continue readingIn my FIRST EVER stream, I show you how I do my daily Duolingo practice, how I plan my progress through the courses, and some fun facts about the languages.
I also reveal the SECRET language I’ve been dabbling in, using Duolingo!
Feel free to ask me questions in the comments anytime.
Happy 1st anniversary to this channel!
Join our LIVE PODCAST Q&A (Canto)
Glossika online platform review
Interview with Daisy in Manchester
Podcast 021 (World language sounds)
Podcast 018 (Cantonese dialects)
Continue readingDuolingo is probably the most well-known language learning website out there.
It’s fun, it’s stress-free (most of the time), and it helps build a regular habit. Oh, and it’s free.
But as we mentioned on the podcast, Duolingo’s quality can vary greatly from course to course. While the gamified learning system is based on the same principles and exercises, the course design, lesson content, types of exercises, audio, etc., totally depend on each course’s creators.
For example, the ‘biggest’ languages have gained crazy hi-tech features like AI chatbots and learning from stories, while smaller languages…aren’t as lucky.
I’ll assume you know how Duolingo basically works: you slowly make your way through a tree of skills, do lessons with translation exercises, and it sends daily notifications to threaten you into practise. If you want to know my thought on the site as a whole, come join my livestream! In this review, I’m focusing on the design of the Modern Hebrew course.
What is Duolingo most known for? Wacky, fantastical sentences.
Well, not in Duolingo Hebrew. At least, not to the same extent.
Continue readingPresently publishing particulars of the plan that you may have perceived!
Pamiętnik po polsku — probably a process that progresses and pushes my Polish.
~~~Peruse the passages in the pursuing~~~
F**k it, I’m getting ONE LANGUAGE to an advanced C1 level this year
What language would I speak to my children?
Full transcript below.
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