LazyLinguist Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5604 days ago 105 posts - 125 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 1009 of 3737 16 August 2010 at 4:54pm | IP Logged |
ellasevia wrote:
johntm93 wrote:
ReneeMona wrote:
You know you're a language nerd
when adding languages to your hit list
feels a lot like being a kid in a candy store; “Oh, I want this one! Ooooh, and that
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When you don't add languages to your hit list for this very reason.
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Good strategy. I have "upgraded" several languages (Finnish, Hungarian, Georgian,
Romanian, Persian) to high priority on there and now I want to learn all of them really
badly! I don't know what I'm going to do, because I just don't have time right now...
EDIT: Originally I wrote "a couple languages" and then realized that five is a bit more
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...When you are slightly ashamed that you only have 2 languages on your hit list after
reading this..... better go add some more, excuse me for a moment.....:)
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psy88 Senior Member United States Joined 5592 days ago 469 posts - 882 votes Studies: Spanish*, Japanese, Latin, French
| Message 1010 of 3737 17 August 2010 at 4:04am | IP Logged |
when you have been studying your second target language for several months (while continuing with your first, of course!)and finally get it posted on your profile and now, when you see it posted, it gives you such a great feeling of pride that you redouble your efforts,committing yourself even more fully to the challenge of learning the second language. When, by making a public statement about it, you feel a greater sense of responsibility to pursue your goals.
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Pau20 Triglot Newbie MexicoRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5221 days ago 9 posts - 11 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, Italian Studies: French, German
| Message 1011 of 3737 17 August 2010 at 6:15am | IP Logged |
When you punish yourself not buying a Dutch dictionary because you feel haven't studied enough French and German on this summer vacays :/
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5568 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 1012 of 3737 17 August 2010 at 6:37pm | IP Logged |
...when you don't care how much your hand hurts, you're going to enter that whole book into your SRS, dammit!
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mashmusic11235 Groupie United States Joined 5500 days ago 85 posts - 122 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Cantonese
| Message 1013 of 3737 17 August 2010 at 7:06pm | IP Logged |
Levi wrote:
...when you don't care how much your hand hurts, you're going to enter that whole book into your SRS, dammit! |
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What's an SRS? Does not knowing get me rejected from the ranks of the language nerds? >.<
When you wonder what foreign languages have the most foreign language resources written in them.
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Levi Pentaglot Senior Member United States Joined 5568 days ago 2268 posts - 3328 votes Speaks: English*, French, Esperanto, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Dutch, Portuguese, Mandarin, Japanese, Italian
| Message 1014 of 3737 17 August 2010 at 7:33pm | IP Logged |
It's a spaced repitition system.
What is an SRS?
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LazyLinguist Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5604 days ago 105 posts - 125 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Spanish
| Message 1015 of 3737 17 August 2010 at 8:56pm | IP Logged |
When you try to keep yourself disciplined by saying "OK, no more Lernu! until you've done
Assimil for today!"
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Tenebrarum Groupie United States Joined 5407 days ago 84 posts - 115 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Hindi
| Message 1016 of 3737 17 August 2010 at 10:20pm | IP Logged |
When you get a lot more excited about the "learn chinese" part of a fortune cookie than
the people around you do.
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