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happy birthday to myself lol

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still remember the video tape of my 3rd birthday and everyone trying to get me to care about presents and friends and cannot get my eyes away from barney on the tv

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MANOOOO QUE SITE DAORA D+

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asgooffeeasme 4 weeks ago

Obrigado! Seu site também é bem legal, gostaria de ver mais coisas nele! Ele é muito lindo, continue!

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College... Ugh... (The whole reason why there has not been an update in three+ months.)

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urkelly 4 weeks ago

awwhwh hope u'll have more time for updating eventually, dont abandon this site its so good

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projectc190 4 weeks ago

i just woke up but im reading this immediately

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letslearntogether 4 weeks ago

Thank you so much for the interesting observations and resources! I've always wanted to learn Russian and German for scientific purposes. I really ought to pick them back up again. I would imagine that many language learners who persist to fluency do so for reasons similar to that quote attributed to Nelson Mandela. To paraphrase: "If you talk to a person in their language, it goes to their heart."

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letslearntogether 4 weeks ago

The joys of human connection! Unfortunately, as you've eloquently pointed out, there are two significant obstacles: The most effective way for one to approach their own study of a language often only becomes apparent in hindsight, and a significant core of every langauge is idiomatic and conditioned through use rather than the result of some type of inherent logic.

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letslearntogether 4 weeks ago

I also agree with much of what suboptimalism mentioned. It often comes down to cultivating a mindset, having a clear intention and a strong motivation. Learning materials that try to shoehorn one language into the structure of another are more of a hinderance than a help, while translation is often an attempt at fitting a square peg into a round hole.

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letslearntogether 4 weeks ago

Therefore, it becomes a matter of learning a few fundamental pieces thoroughly, and then using them to "bootstrap" the rest of that core by repeatedly relating the language to itself through a steady stream of input and personal experiences. Developing these associations is vital if one wants to avoid my mistake of learning a lot *about* languages versus actually *using them*.

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iwillneverbehappy 4 weeks ago

I hope you find it useful, Hui! Your recent remark on Russian is what reminded me I had this file on hand, after all :)

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iwillneverbehappy 4 weeks ago

Thanks as always for the thoughtful comments, LLT. That Mandela quote is a classic and it endures because it's true. I like your description of "bootstrapping" the language. I've made the same mistake of learning /about/ the language; in fact this mistake is by no means unique to language learning. It reminds me of the comment you left some months ago about the act of /doing/ mathematics and how procedural knowledge

iwillneverbehappy 4 weeks ago

is often overlooked in favour of declarative knowledge. The gap between them hurts.

letslearntogether 4 weeks ago

I feel your pain 😩 Haha! Well, at least sharing experiences can shorten the gap between them. Thanks again!

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