In a couple months, when my health appointments settle down, I recently decided I'm going to make a serious effort to learn basic French. I'm a quarter French, after all, from my mom's side.

I've been so daunted by hearing that, if you do not speak it perfectly, you are ridiculed. I'd like to think that's just an urban legend. But I've dwelled on it for decades, and it's time to cultivate this special interest.

Where I live in Colorado, there aren't real opportunities to use it IRL. So lots of films, here we come! I've enjoyed French films for a long time with subtitles, so it'll be great to understand nuances lost across the language barrier.

#LearningLanguages #French #Colorado

Can anybody recommend some decent resources for learning to speak French that don't cost a lot of money?

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RE: https://hachyderm.io/@liztai/116355499241040122

The most difficult thing about writing in Chinese is that I have "patches" in my vocab so it's difficult to string entire sentences, especially on difficult subjects like politics. Yet, it's a mystery that I comprehend much more than I can speak/write.

It's like the two brain spheres are not connected. (prob sound neurological reasons for this)

So the only way to bridge this gap is to speak and write more.

#LearningLanguages #Chinese

I try to translate these headlines as best I can, but it takes a lot of concentration. It’s pure joy to mumble out a translation and then realise you’ve just said the words “slutty chef” out loud without realising
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