Re: Wanderlust support group 5
Posted: 2019-03-04, 13:15
Lur wrote:I wonder wether Finnish stuff I like is really Karelian and wether I should study Karelian instead
What Finnish stuff do you like?
Btw, I'd love to learn Karelian too.
Lur wrote:I wonder wether Finnish stuff I like is really Karelian and wether I should study Karelian instead
Naava wrote:Lur wrote:I wonder wether Finnish stuff I like is really Karelian and wether I should study Karelian instead
What Finnish stuff do you like?
Btw, I'd love to learn Karelian too.
n8an wrote:I think I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'll never be as multi-lingual as I want to be; I'll always just have bits and pieces of like 20 languages in my mind all the time, decreasing in proficiency with every passing few months.
n8an wrote:I'm basically wanderlusting all the languages I used to learn and have become terrible at, since I'm now far too lazy to study anything.
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linguoboy wrote:Same.
Antea wrote:Don’t you have a favourite language, like one you always go back to learn, or to practice in your free time, even if you’re not much aware of doing so? (and obviously not your mother tongue).
n8an wrote:I think I'm coming to terms with the fact that I'll never be as multi-lingual as I want to be
n8an wrote:This is what adulting is, isn't it? I feel like languages were such a huge part of my teens and early 20s, and now I just don't know if I have what it takes anymore
linguoboy wrote:Same.
I still try reading fiction in various languages to keep that loss from getting out of hand, but some days it feels like sandbagging a scoured-out levee.
Antea wrote:Don’t you have a favourite language, like one you always go back to learn, or to practice in your free time, even if you’re not much aware of doing so? (and obviously not your mother tongue).
Luís wrote:Yep. I feel pretty much the same.
I decided to focus on just a few languages I actually use on a daily basis, but even that is hard sometimes. It's still possible to enjoy languages even if you're not actively learning them, though.
mōdgethanc wrote:Does anyone else find themself lusting over a language because of the cuisine?
Could you elaborate?vijayjohn wrote:Yep.
mōdgethanc wrote:Could you elaborate?vijayjohn wrote:Yep.
vijayjohn wrote:(Although to be honest, I was more preoccupied by the fact that I was sitting with two co-workers speaking Mandarin and my listening comprehension really seems to have gone down the drain
Saim wrote:How often have you listened in on natives speaking spontaneously amongst themselves in the real world? Because in my experience that can be quite challenging to understand even at C1 level. You often have too little context to grapple onto anything.