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Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾One of the most useful things I did was to take the Outlier course. Expensive, yes, but I'm a geek when it comes to learning how things work. Understanding this about Chinese characters not only helped me learn better but also helped me understand the logic, philosophical and historical reasons behind why each character was written this way.<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chinese</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a>

Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾It still blows my mind that I can read <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chinese</a> and when I go to xiaohongshu I can read about 30% of the text. From illiterate to semi illiterate! It's a kind of joy <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Languages</a>

Knitting dancer 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁷󠁬󠁳󠁿Copilot can hallucinate as much as any AI, but I continue to be amazed at how useful it is for language learning.Questions I have asked it today and got sensible, plausible, useful answers to:1. I have noticed the root "kund" in a lot of Dutch words, eg deskundige, natuurkunde, wereldkundig. Is this the same root? What does it mean?2. Can you explain how and when to use "aantal"?3. Can you help me practise Dutch spelling rules?<a href="https://toot.wales/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a>

Mme Zabet<a href="https://c.im/@cadlin/114115860253387547" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://c.im/@cadlin/114115860253387547</a>Look, I know it doesn't mean DnD, but now I want to try to play some RPGs in one of the languages I'm studying. That could be a fucking LANGUAGE CLASS!SPA 403 Conversational Spanish:Me: Mi bardo intenta seducir al orco, cantando una canción de derramamiento de sangre bajo la luz de la luna.Professor: Ok! Tira un d20 para tomar la iniciativa.(My Spanish is not good enough for RPGs, that's mostly a Google translation, sorry.)<a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/TTRPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> <a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/RPG" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#RPG</a> <a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a>

royalOK, Duolingo, "that doesn't sound right" because of the frog in my throat, not because I am not paying attention to the pronunciation. <a href="https://theres.life/tags/duolingo" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#duolingo</a> <a href="https://theres.life/tags/languageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languageLearning</a>

chaseHi Fediverse! My <a href="https://beige.party/tags/Introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introduction</a> - new here cause I'm missing the days of seeing art and humor all in one place without so much garbage. Some of my big interests are music (esp Japanese music), journaling/stationery, art...been considering getting into web dev lately as another hobby. I speak Japanese (more or less) and am LGBTQ! If any of that sounds cool, feel free to say hi 😄 <a href="https://beige.party/tags/art" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#art</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/journaling" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#journaling</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/stationery" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stationery</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/languagelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languagelearning</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> <a href="https://beige.party/tags/lesbian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lesbian</a>

Tarren (They/Them)Question for my fellow <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/AuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AuDHD</a> folx: Has anyone found a good anguage learning method you've been able to stick with? I seriously need to re-up and improve my <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Spanish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Spanish</a> skills as sometimes I get folded into work conversations that started out in Spanish, and I'd like to be able to understand them better. I also feel like learning Spanish better would help me to understand the challenges my students face with English. Boosts welcome and appreciated. @ActuallyAutistic @ActuallyADHD***Hashtags Here*** <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Languages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Languages</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/Actuallyautistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Actuallyautistic</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/ActuallyAdhd" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ActuallyAdhd</a> <a href="https://dragonscave.space/tags/actuallyAuDHD" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actuallyAuDHD</a>

EllenInEdmonton :mstdnca:<a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@Giselle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Giselle</a> Haha, I just recommended to my sister tonight that she get the paid version of the app. She made a choice to use a different program for French and it just isn't grabbing her. The gamification of Duo keeps me using way longer than I expected to, every day.So the overall accumulation of exposure has been excellent. The sheer repetition of commonly-used words is standing me in good stead now that I'm using a wider range of learning material. <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a>

EllenInEdmonton :mstdnca:<a href="https://mastodon.me.uk/@Giselle" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@Giselle</a> Wow, congratulations! That app has its problems but it has been the backbone of my Korean learning, with all of the repetition it includes. I learned <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/hangul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hangul</a>, SO much vocabulary, and sentence structure thanks to the owl. Now, I have multiple additional resources to help me going forward but the daily use of Duo has helped me a LOT! <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/korean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#korean</a>

Alina LeonovaI learned Spanish in college 10+ years ago, but I haven’t used it since, except some rare basic convos when occasionally in Spain, so I forgot most of it. But it’s such a beautiful language and I started refreshing it with Duolingo 2 weeks ago. It’s been fun, and a lot is coming back to me 💪 My level is currently A2, which is lower than in the past, but I’m much better than just 2 weeks ago already. Is there a language you want to refresh/learn?<a href="https://wandering.shop/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a>

Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾This is like, the best test of your mastery of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mandarin</a> tones ever lol<a href="https://mandarinbean.com/tongue-twister-four-and-ten/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mandarinbean.com/tongue-twister-four-and-ten/</a><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chinese</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningLanguages" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LearningLanguages</a>

Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾Some person in a forum claims they got fluent in <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mandarin</a> in 8 months. Possible if you are a genius, not possible for most.I am Chinese, grew up speaking the 8 tone Hokkien language, so I do have some advantages. I also learned Mandarin in school for a few years. Took HSK classes too. I can read up to Hsk 2/3 depending on the vocab. My listening skills is advanced and my speaking skills are prob hsk 3 or 4.But if I go to China and claim that I am fluent in Chinese they'd flay me alive for being an arrogant fool 😆. You can have HSK 6 skills, but that's only beggining level for most Chinese. Hsk 6 is just dipping your toe in the waters.Mandarin has such complexities you can't really be fluent in 8 months. For example, understanding chengyu? That would prob take a year or two to even grasp.So fluent, perhaps in the West or countries outside East Asia, means being able to read and speak a little. Being conversant. I suppose that's fine. If your reading levels aren't even HSK 3, you can't call yourself fluent because writing and reading is the backbone of the Chinese language. You can't do without it.In China, and even in South-East Asia fluent means a whooooole other thing.<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chinese</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a>

SiranaGerman language advice: Many long scary words are just several small words in a trench coat. It's like lego, you just have to know how to stack them. Also, many words are rather, well, descriptive:Handschuh -> hand shoe -> Glove It's kind of like a shoe, but for your hand.Fußgängerüberweg -> foot walker over path (sort of) -> pedestrian crossing The path where people walking on foot can cross the street.And that second one is often marked with a Zebrastreifen, a zebra stripe, because it's a bunch of white stripes placed on usually rather dark coloured streets, creating a pattern resembling a zebra.<a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/GermanLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GermanLanguage</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#German</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/SecondLanguage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SecondLanguage</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Linguistic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Linguistic</a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/Language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Language</a>

Anita Harris SatkunananthanA new year, a new re- <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/introduction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#introduction</a> for the newer people joining masto!Hello! I am a published SFF author, poet, musician/music student and sometime-composer with major impostor syndrome. I am also a <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/biblioholic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#biblioholic</a>, and a literary <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/Gothic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Gothic</a> academic (PhD in Literature). My interests outside of these spheres include cooking, <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/languagelearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#languagelearning</a> & binge-watching my favourite (mostly <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFF</a>/Gothic) shows.On Mastodon in 2025 I will mostly be posting <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#music</a> recommendations (mostly <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/womencomposers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#womencomposers</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/experimentalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#experimentalmusic</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/contemporarymusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contemporarymusic</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/classicalmusic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#classicalmusic</a> with some <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/indie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indie</a>) and some thoughts on the writing/indie-publishing process. My bibliography: <a href="https://mythopoetica.com/bibliography" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mythopoetica.com/bibliography</a>My BSFA longlisted debut fantasy novel: <a href="https://mythopoetica.com/2024/09/01/places-to-purchase-watermyth-ebook/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://mythopoetica.com/2024/09/01/places-to-purchase-watermyth-ebook/</a><a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writing</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/writinglife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writinglife</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writingcommunity</a> <a href="https://hcommons.social/tags/amwriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#amwriting</a>

Mme ZabetThing I remembered today when shopping for fancy mason jar lids:When I was a little kid, since I had never seen it written down and was in a French class by the tender age of 5, I assumed they were "maison jars" -- i.e. jars you used at home to make pickles rather than buying pickles at the store, which came in their own jar.("Maison" means "house" or "home" in French.)<a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a> <a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/French" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#French</a> <a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/English" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a> <a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/LanguageNerdProblems" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageNerdProblems</a> <a href="https://craftgoblin.club/tags/LanguageAcquisition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageAcquisition</a>

EllenInEdmonton :mstdnca:Life is proceeding quite pleasantly at the moment! Temperatures have been low and snowfall has been high, making for crappy driving and beautiful landscapes. Bestie and I walk and consume coffee and baked goods on Thursday mornings. Lots of <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/sewing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sewing</a> and <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/korean" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#korean</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a> is occurring and I won the "Gwenchana" hoodie, which I hope to modify with an added <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/pocket" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#pocket</a>. Yogurt is currently being made and I'm making many more connections and purchases for my upcoming <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/korea" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#korea</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/travel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#travel</a> <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/ItHasPockets" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ItHasPockets</a>

EllenInEdmonton :mstdnca:<a href="https://hachyderm.io/@liztai" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@liztai</a> Pattern recognition is huge! <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a>

Elizabeth Tai | 戴秀铃 🇲🇾It's amazing how quickly my reading has improved just by reading <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/xiaohongshu" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#xiaohongshu</a> posts. The characters stick with you the more often you see them. Your brain recognizes the pattern repetitions and just engraves the character into your mind.<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Mandarin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Mandarin</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Chinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Chinese</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/LearningChinese" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LearningChinese</a>

EllenInEdmonton :mstdnca:<a href="https://ohai.social/@s1m0n4" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@s1m0n4</a> <a href="https://pxlfd.ca/WTL" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@WTL</a> Oh, Simona may not introduce you to <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/kdrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kdrama</a> but I'll happily pull anyone who will listen to me down into this cozy <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/kdrama" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kdrama</a> rabbit hole! And then, you can join our Korean <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a> conversation club!! It all makes my brain extremely happy!!

כָּלבֿ<a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/wfpb" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@wfpb</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/vegancooking" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@vegancooking</a> <ol><li>Ate low fat, whole food, plant based - all day!</li><li>Practiced Pennsylvania Dutch with a pen pal.</li><li>Fixed the media server and completed the laundry.</li></ol>Recipe for the lentils: <a href="https://www.mondaycampaigns.org/meatless-monday/recipes/breakfast-lentils" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.mondaycampaigns.org/meatless-monday/recipes/breakfast-lentils</a><a href="https://babka.social/tags/3GoodThings" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#3GoodThings</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/SelfCare" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SelfCare</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/LowFat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LowFat</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/WFPB" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WFPB</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Vegan" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vegan</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Vegetarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Vegetarian</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Dinner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Dinner</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Breakfast" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Breakfast</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Food" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Food</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Cooking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Cooking</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/PennsylvaniaDutch" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PennsylvaniaDutch</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/LanguageLearning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LanguageLearning</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Diet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Diet</a> <a href="https://babka.social/tags/WeightLoss" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WeightLoss</a>

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