Hey Mastodon, I need your help! Any #arabic or #polish learners who would be interested in testing out my new #languagelearning app? You'd get a lifetime access, and if you want, you let me know if you have any suggestions or see any bugs. The content is 100% human-made. The app has vocabulary, easy stories and SRS-based reviews (for all the #Anki fans out there). I programmed it myself, and I put my heart (and savings ;)) into it. Any help would go a long way.
Thank you so much! :)
#fedihelp

Husband: do you know what 사라다 means?

I didn’t know, but it sounded like a verb. A flow of unrelated verbs start popping into my head: 사다, 살다, 살리다, 사라지다…

Husband: it comes from Japanese.

さらだ? All of a sudden, this word sounded more like a loanword than a verb! サラダ = salada (from Portuguese).

So in Korean there are two words: 샐러드 is the general word for “salad” and 사라다 refers to “Japanese style salad” with fruits, vegetables, nuts and mayonnaise.

#Japanese#Korean#LanguageLearning

Hey Mastodon, I need your help! Any #arabic or #polish learners who would be interested in testing out my new #languagelearning app? You'd get a lifetime access, and if you want, you let me know if you have any suggestions or see any bugs. The content is 100% human-made. The app has vocabulary, easy stories and SRS-based reviews (for all the #Anki fans out there). I programmed it myself, and I put my heart (and savings ;)) into it. Any help would go a long way.
Thank you so much! :)
#fedihelp

I know there are plenty of languages/vocabulary learning apps around, but are there any (I could use) for short trips? So focusing on things like ordering a beer or a coffee, asking for the bill, buying a bus ticket to somewhere, basics like “hello” and “thank you”…
Specifically looking for Hungarian and Romanian, from English or Dutch.
#LanguageLearning #iOS #app

I know there are plenty of languages/vocabulary learning apps around, but are there any (I could use) for short trips? So focusing on things like ordering a beer or a coffee, asking for the bill, buying a bus ticket to somewhere, basics like “hello” and “thank you”…
Specifically looking for Hungarian and Romanian, from English or Dutch.
#LanguageLearning #iOS #app

Something that should have occurred to me before I signed up for a 4 week intensive language course...

I don't actually know how to study?

More specifically, I don't really know how to memorize things. My two degrees were all about concepts and big picture ideas... theories and such. (yay science)

This has definitely been the struggle with learning Japanese. I don't really know HOW to memorize specific things.

I have been doing digital flashcards a bit.

#study#LanguageLearning

The language brain matters more for learning programming than the math brain

https://massivesci.com/articles/programming-math-language-python-women-in-science/

#HackerNews #languagelearning #programming #neuroscience#womeninSTEM#learningtoCode

Genuine question:

How does one go about learning to speak Cantonese?

I can find Mandarin resources all over the place but Cantonese resources seem to be libraries of dictionaries. My knowledge of the language (0%) means these aren't accessible to me yet.
#cantonese#LanguageLearning #languages#UK

Your personality changes when you speak another language, but that’s not always a bad thing / The Conversation

Un bell'aticolo sul Principio di Relatività Linguistica, formulato da Whorf negli anni '30.

Languages don’t just allow us to communicate – they also shape our perception of what surrounds us, and ourselves.

https://theconversation.com/your-personality-changes-when-you-speak-another-language-but-thats-not-always-a-bad-thing-245079

#Whorf#Sapir
#languages #linguistics #sociolinguistics #pragmatics#languageLearning

How to learn a language like a baby / The Conversation

Prima di tutto ascoltare e abituarsi alla musica della lingua. Scrivere verrà più in là.

[A new study] ... confirms that the relevant native-language acquisition mechanism remains intact in the adult brain.

https://theconversation.com/how-to-learn-a-language-like-a-baby-250551

#languages#languageAcquisition#languageLearning