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| iguanamon Pentaglot Senior Member Virgin Islands Speaks: Ladino Joined 5262 days ago 2241 posts - 6731 votes  Speaks: English*, Spanish, Portuguese, Haitian Creole, Creole (French) | Message 9 of 38 30 June 2012 at 2:59am | IP Logged | ||
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Sacrifices- none! I feel much more empowered using three languages than when I only knew one. Where would I be without El País in the morning and Rafinha Bastos on youtube. I'd be lost without bossa nova, salsa, merengue and reggae. How much poorer my life would be if I could only read Pablo Neruda and Fernando Pessoa in translation. I still make time for what I like to do in English as well. If I take on a next language my tale may be different!
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| hrhenry Octoglot Senior Member United States languagehopper.blogs Joined 5130 days ago 1871 posts - 3642 votes Speaks: English*, SpanishC2, ItalianC2, Norwegian, Catalan, Galician, Turkish, Portuguese Studies: Polish, Indonesian, Ojibwe | Message 10 of 38 30 June 2012 at 3:00am | IP Logged | ||
You know it's quite similar in both the languages you're studying, right? That said, I can understand your point if you're in an immersive environment where you're speaking no English (or very, very little) for an extended period. R. == 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Avid Learner Diglot Senior Member Canada Joined 4662 days ago 100 posts - 156 votes Speaks: French*, English Studies: German | Message 11 of 38 30 June 2012 at 4:13am | IP Logged | ||
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I would get more sleep.
I often choose to revise a little more instead of trying to fall asleep immediately. I would also go to bed earlier some days if I didn't study. The downside is that sometimes I am not as efficient as I could be when I study because I am too tired in the evenings (such as tonight...). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Spanky Senior Member Canada Joined 5956 days ago 1021 posts - 1714 votes Studies: French | Message 12 of 38 30 June 2012 at 7:12am | IP Logged | ||
For a period of time, I rendered simple offerings of food on a raised marble tablet as a sacrifice to Hermes, god of language and crafty wiles. Did not help one bit. 17 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| druckfehler Triglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4868 days ago 1181 posts - 1912 votes Speaks: German*, EnglishC2, Korean Studies: Persian | Message 13 of 38 30 June 2012 at 11:15am | IP Logged | ||
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I used to be quite serious about writing poetry, but ever since I got serious about Korean I have not written a single poem. I guess that German is not on my mind enough when I'm actively studying a new language. I tried, but it didn't work - the language would not flow in the way it used to. Although it could have other causes, I think it is at least partly connected to language learning. Right now my brain seems mostly busy with processing Korean words, so they'll float around in my consciousness and block out a lot of stuff that might otherwise take up their space. I hope one day I'll be able to recover that skill - or at least write poetry in Korean instead :D
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| simonov Senior Member Portugal Joined 5589 days ago 222 posts - 438 votes Speaks: English | Message 14 of 38 30 June 2012 at 12:35pm | IP Logged | ||
Good try, shame it didn't work. Made me chuckle and therefore deserved my vote. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| FuroraCeltica Triglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6865 days ago 1187 posts - 1427 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish, French | Message 15 of 38 30 June 2012 at 6:12pm | IP Logged | ||
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I don't regard doing something I enjoy as a sacrifice. If it ever felt like a sacrifice I
would stop. Languages should be a pleasant hobby, not some kind of obsession 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5335 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 16 of 38 30 June 2012 at 6:53pm | IP Logged | ||
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So far, I have sacrified time to spend on other hobbies, better grades, large amounts of
money and one pair of sunglasses. But then if I hadn't sacrificed all these things for my languages, I would have sacrificed them for something far less useful. 2 persons have voted this message useful |
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