I love languages so much, I’ve made it my mission to always learn more of them! Native: 🇵🇹 Advanced: 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇩🇪 Intermediate: 🇹🇷🇲🇫 Beginner: 🇮🇹🇮🇳🇰
Berlin, Germany
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Maria Teixeira retweeted
I’m editing a German video right now and in it I thought I created the verb “gegooglet” in the moment but as it turns out that’s THE REAL WAY TO SAY GOOGLED
This is my new favourite verb in the past tense
Level of brain mess: watching a Turkish movie with German subtitles 🤣 (neither of these being my native languages, of course!)
Frieeends! 💫 started logging my language learning on Polylogger, so please feel free to join me and see what I'm up to in my language learning journey! 😊 I'll also follow you back and "clap" at your achievements so we don't feel lonely 💛 it's "@marialearning" on Polylogger!
Maria Teixeira retweeted
Polyglot phones really be like
*Interface in Hungarian*
*Keyboard in Spanish*
*Wallpaper is some verb conjugation*
*YouTube ad in French*
*Glitch shows Korean text somewhere*
*DMs in Chinese*
*Last phonecall in Japanese*
Amazing question and thread on active listening tips, I'm keeping it here for future reference 😌😌😌
Guten Morgen, friends! Has anyone here ever learned a language with the specific purpose of fitting their career path? (for example: English for engineers, French for diplomats, etc) I would like to learn German for my own career, but struggle with how to create a plan for that.
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Any suggestions of light-hearted/positive/cheerful Korean series on Netflix? 😊 like "feel good" type of thing?
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Maria Teixeira retweeted
Repeat after me:
LATINO PATIENTS ARE NOT ILLITERATE BC THEY DON’T SPEAK ENGLISH.
Stop using “health literacy” as an excuse for not wanting to take the time to explain things thoroughly to your non-English speaking pts. Use an interpreter. Provide the necessary details. Ty.
Don't mind me, I'm just over here clicking "like" on dozens of iTalki teachers to keep them on my profile😂 one day, iTalki teachers, one day....I shall have the money to book you all....
That's it...I've accepted that it's not a matter of "if", but a matter of "when" I'll look dumb or boring to others when speaking a foreign language I'm not fluent in yet 😂 I've made my peace with it. Now I just smile, listen a lot and let it happen 😂
Maria Teixeira retweeted
If you think that languages don’t matter to you, consider how Spanish unlocks most of a continent, how Arabic lets you access at least 25 countries & how Mandarin gives you a share in the most spoken native language on earth. The world is bigger with languages, whatever you love.
Also, I would totally recommend anyone who finds themselves stuck in levels B2/C1 to take an online course in their target language that is directed at native speakers! It's a little intimidating (especially if there's a lot of discussion with peers!) but it helped me a LOT!
