Tried using Chinese Blueprint's memorisation method and it could just be me honeymoon-phasing this but why does it actually seem to work??
Actually remembering how the characters look, sound, and mean now holy.
I have a headache from containing those images in my brain but like. No wonder memory champions use the whole mind palace thing I thought they were all bs-ing but there's actually a very sytematic way of doing it.
Fascinating! #LanguageLearner
Language Log » Yes-no questions in mathematics and in Chinese
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This one should have been obvious as a #LanguageLearner
TIL: the Korean and Mandarin translations for "vote" are pronounced very similar!
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One of the joys of listening to languages that build in relationship-indicators to their ways of speaking to each other.
The depth of a relationship indicated by a 형 vs 아저씨 or 선배님
Because of the complexity of its pronouns, the Vietnamese translation adds an extra layer of depth to the otherwise shallow dialogue of the Star Wars original trilogy, which I watched on TV in Vietnam. People speak to droids with the pronouns used to speak to pets or farm animals. Droids address people as professional superiors. Droids speak to each other like they are siblings. Vader speaks to everyone (except the emperor and Tarkin) as an arrogant superior addressing an underling.
#Inktober2025 #Inktober Day 31: award
Practicing vocabulary and writing in Mandarin and Hangeul
I feel like seeing this entire month's worth of practice is an award for me. Wow!
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I just realized, after seeing posts of Kyungsoo's Tokyo concerts this weekend, that Tokyo is spelled 도교 in Hangeul, where 도 is the same as Kyungsoo's last name. But 'D' versus 'T' in romanization.
With that realization, it finally occurred to me that ㅌ is like a double ㄷ just like ㅋ is a double ㄱ. 🤯 It looks so obvious now!
#Inktober2025 #Inktober days 20 & 21: rivals & blast
Practicing vocabulary and writing in Mandarin and Hangeul
Attention to detail is missing for me today, putting the Mandarin under the wrong days.
Korean "rivals" was super easy because it is literally the English word "rival" with the Korean plural particle 들 at the end.
Mandarin "blast" kicked my ass. Two complicated characters, and that second half of the first one has so many elements. 😩
#LanguageLearner
My elderly neighbor, who speaks no English, received my parcels, and I was able to handle the entire exchange, including discussing an extra unexpected parcel, entirely in Dutch.
Progress, I think?
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