I know a lot of you only use smartphone apps to learn languages, but I will never love them as much as I love old school book and audio courses (especially Linguaphone, if we're talking about a series with many languages).
This famous Japanese proverb teaches that no matter how good you are at something, you will always be prone to making mistakes and encountering failures. So it's used in 2 ways: (1) to reassure people that it's ok to make mistakes and fail whle they're learning and growing, and (2) to warn people who are overconfident or cocky that they are not immune to failure, and should stay modest.
This is a graphic I made many years ago to explain the difference between "diglossia" and "code-switching".
These are how they are used in linguistics terminology. But note that in the United States you might hear people refer to switching between Standard English and AAVE (African American Vernacular English) as "code-switching", even though I would say that switching is more like diglossia (according to these definitions).
This graphic from one of my videos shows how an earlier form of the Malay language is the root of both Standard Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), and Standard Malay (Bahasa Melayu) used in Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore.
You might think these words have no connection to English unless you know the Latin word they developed from! (A cool screenshot from one of my old videos.)
This image I made back in 2017 became the inspiration for the video "The Indo-European Connection". Check out that video again: https://youtu.be/SqK7XXvfiXs
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I know a lot of you only use smartphone apps to learn languages, but I will never love them as much as I love old school book and audio courses (especially Linguaphone, if we're talking about a series with many languages).
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This famous Japanese proverb teaches that no matter how good you are at something, you will always be prone to making mistakes and encountering failures. So it's used in 2 ways: (1) to reassure people that it's ok to make mistakes and fail whle they're learning and growing, and (2) to warn people who are overconfident or cocky that they are not immune to failure, and should stay modest.
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Languages ranked by the number of countries they're official in. What's the official language (or languages) in your country?
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This is a graphic I made many years ago to explain the difference between "diglossia" and "code-switching".
These are how they are used in linguistics terminology. But note that in the United States you might hear people refer to switching between Standard English and AAVE (African American Vernacular English) as "code-switching", even though I would say that switching is more like diglossia (according to these definitions).
Check out this video I made about code-switching: https://youtu.be/7Na4UvRIhu4
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This graphic from one of my videos shows how an earlier form of the Malay language is the root of both Standard Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia), and Standard Malay (Bahasa Melayu) used in Malaysia, Brunei, and Singapore.
Learn more about them in this video: https://youtu.be/3kAbNdot4e0
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You might think these words have no connection to English unless you know the Latin word they developed from!
(A cool screenshot from one of my old videos.)
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This image I made back in 2017 became the inspiration for the video "The Indo-European Connection". Check out that video again: https://youtu.be/SqK7XXvfiXs
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Every meme has a kernel of truth!
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It's always amazing when someone from more than a thousand years ago said something I totally vibe with today!
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I know this list isn't totally accurate, but it's good for a laugh! ;)
Is your language on this list? Is it correct?
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