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vijayjohn wrote:You work for Google now?
voron wrote:vijayjohn wrote:How am I supposed to join the company you work for if you won't even tell me what its name is?!
Let me guess. Microsoft?
OldBoring wrote:Unfortunately Huawei is not popular in America...
księżycowy wrote:So, you'd want do a Quechua study group?
dEhiN wrote:What are you guys gonna use for Quechua? I might join your study group.
vijayjohn wrote:But also, contemplating trying to contact some hyperpolyglots. Again.
Are you kidding? Of course I'd love to. I once tried to get you to do Quechua with me! Not that long ago, either!
That's a good question, actually, because the only resources I've been using are kind of crappy in all honesty. We might use księżycowy's.
księżycowy wrote:vijayjohn wrote:But also, contemplating trying to contact some hyperpolyglots. Again.
To what end?
But seriously, I'm conflicted. I'd love to do Quechua, but I'm also loving Tibetan so far. (And nothing is touching my three heritage languages!) I don't want to ditch Tibetan, and I'm leery to add a fifth language. Plus there's the whole NAIL thing.
My what now?
And what have you been using?
vijayjohn wrote:To make friends, I guess.
I don't have Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram
Prove who wrong about what?Part of the reason why I'm so active in these study groups is because I'm kind of trying to prove him wrong.
Now I think I'm finding that while I have found a lot of fellow language nerds, I'm kind of weird even for them (you!), though not in a bad way.
It's possible I'm weird even for a hyperpolyglot
I figure if we can help and support each other as well instead of sticking only to whatever other polyglots we already know, then that's good, right? And if not, then at least I tried.
Then we can just stick with Tibetan for now.
Your resources! Kawsay Vida and all that.
Mainly a Spanish website for Ayacucho Quechua (though I'm trying to learn Cusco Quechua, which unless I'm mistaken is what you're specifically interested in, too. Ayacucho Quechua is pretty close, though).
księżycowy wrote:vijayjohn wrote:I don't have Facebook, Twitter, or Instagram
How do you live without any of these things?
Prove who wrong about what?
Now I think I'm finding that while I have found a lot of fellow language nerds, I'm kind of weird even for them (you!), though not in a bad way.
What are you trying to say about me here, Vijay....?It's possible I'm weird even for a hyperpolyglot
Define weird.
I am interested in Cuzco Quechua, but I'll take whatever I can find good English resources in.
vijayjohn wrote:I stay in my room using UniLang instead?
Oh, sorry. To prove Moses wrong about polyglots not collaborating enough.
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What I mean is that even for a polyglot, I study a ridiculously large number of languages. I'm wondering whether it's also a ridiculously large number even for a hyperpolyglot. It may be, but I'll never find out from a hyperpolyglot's perspective if I don't (try to ) ask, will I?
What if I translate them into English for you?
Anyway, I wrote Moses, he sent me a quick e-mail, and I wrote him back. I'm not sure yet whether anything more will come out of this exchange, though.
księżycowy wrote:I think it's all a matter of what you're end goal is. Is it to be able to speak a ginormous amount of languages, or simply to be acquainted with them? I've always thought you were shooting for the latter.
I could see that as being a temporary fix, but without a dictionary (and, dare I suggest, grammar) to access, in the long run I think it wouldn't work.
vijayjohn wrote:To make friends, I guess. I think I remember seeing a video by Moses Mccormick complaining that there isn't enough collaboration between polyglots in general. At the time, he seemed to think this was because we tend to be arrogant.
vijayjohn wrote:I'm not sure I have a clear end goal. It's to do whatever I can, I guess?
バカObviously, I can't learn these languages much as a 引き籠もり, but I can't stay in my room forever, either!
Which you have now, right?
Saim wrote:vijayjohn wrote:To make friends, I guess. I think I remember seeing a video by Moses Mccormick complaining that there isn't enough collaboration between polyglots in general. At the time, he seemed to think this was because we tend to be arrogant.
What does Moses Mccormick actually try to do with other language lovers? As far as I can tell he just runs around and accosts people and speaks to them in their language while they're at work.
księżycowy wrote:Which you have now, right?
I do? Where?
księżycowy wrote:I was actually thinking that when I do get into Quechua (if that ever happens ), I'd start with Imanalla by Nina Kinti-Moss. Mostly because it has audio that actually goes along with the text. Plus the whole dictionary in English.
księżycowy wrote:vijayjohn wrote:I'm not sure I have a clear end goal. It's to do whatever I can, I guess?
It may not be clear, but at least you have an idea. It's a start.
I didn't start with a clear idea in my head either. It just come as I did stuff. (And even then, I'm not all that sure it's any clearer than it was. )
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