I mean songs or podcasts or even TV in target language in the background, when did you start to understand it enough to learn from them without paying 100% attention?

Hey everyone. I'm wondering whether language exchange actually works (teaching your native language to someone who teaches you theirs in return). I know this method can be very effective and I see lots of people using it, but I feel something is missing to make it work really well
If you've had a partner (or several):
- How long did it last?
- what made it stop, or keep going?
And if you tried and it never really took off, I'd love to hear that too. Thanks!

Did you think it's better or worse?

Most people miss the crossing — can you spot it? No. 21

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Today's two-word Telugu mini — No. 20. can you find both?

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Hey everyone,
I’m currently in that prime 15 to 20 age window and looking to add a heavy-hitting language to my belt. I am already completely fluent in English and Spanish, and I lucked out by not really having a heavy accent in either.
I want to take full advantage of my current neuroplasticity and vocal/auditory flexibility before the biological window starts slamming shut in my 20s and 30s. My goals are simple: I want maximum career leverage, a massive cognitive challenge, bragging rights, and to lock in a clean accent.
Because of this, I'm leaning heavily toward a "hard-to-easy" strategy. I want to smash a genuinely brutal language first while my brain is highly elastic, so that any languages I learn later in life will feel like a breeze.
I am looking at a few different paths and can't decide where to throw my energy:
• Arabic: This feels like the smartest biological move for my age. I know the deep throat mechanics and pharyngeals are incredibly hard to pick up without an accent later in life. The script and root-system grammar seem like the ultimate challenge and open massive global doors.
• Mandarin Chinese: On par with Arabic for difficulty but a totally different workout. Memorizing thousands of characters and training my ear to master the 4 tones sounds like an incredible visual and auditory challenge. Speaking EN, ES, and Mandarin would give me access to the biggest economic hubs on Earth.
•Polish: The ultimate grammar puzzle. I looked at the 7 cases and how nouns morph, and it looks like a crazy mental workout. I feel like mastering Polish cases would make German's 4 cases feel like a joke later on.
•German: A massive career powerhouse for business and tech. It's an easier win than the others since I speak English, but it still gives me a rigid, logic-driven grammar system to master.
•Farsi (Persian): A fascinating option because it uses the Arabic script but has shockingly simple grammar with no cases and no gender.

The Catch: I live in the US. Unless I'm speaking Spanish or English, I am not going to just run into people speaking these languages on the street. To keep myself sharp, I am going to have to be incredibly intentional. My plan is to purposely seek out native communities online, or jump onto foreign regional servers for video games so I am forced to voice-chat and communicate under pressure.

ذکرِ عدل و دادِ پادشاه

سپاس و ستایش مر خداوندی را سزاست که آفتابِ دولت را بر افقِ جهان افروخت و سایۀ عنایت خویش بر سرِ بندگان گسترد. در روزگارِ فرخندۀ پادشاهی، بنیادِ عدل و داد استوار گشت و رعایا در پرتوِ امن و امان به آسایش و آرامش روزگار گذراندند. فرمانِ همایون چون خورشیدِ جهان‌تاب بر آفاقِ ممالک تابید و نامِ شهریار به نیک‌نامی در صحایفِ ایام ثبت گردید.

i recently started taking private Spanish lessons to work on my speaking. having a tutor has been really helpful. she can actually show me how to position my mouth and correct me when i say something wrong.

the problem is i forget a lot of what she corrected after class. During the lesson everything makes sense, but a few days later i can't always remember how she explained something or what i was doing wrong.

i'm thinking about recording our lessons so i can go back and review the parts I struggled with. does anyone else do this? or is there a better way to review speaking practice?

Do people use this as a normal greeting, or does it sound old-fashioned where you are?

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Salut tout le monde !

Je suis heureux de vous présenter Jogolinga, une application que j’ai développée pour faciliter l’apprentissage de nombreuses langues africaines.

L’objectif est simple : rendre les langues africaines plus accessibles à tous, que vous souhaitiez apprendre la langue de vos origines, communiquer avec votre famille, découvrir une nouvelle culture ou simplement apprendre quelque chose de nouveau.

Je ne compte pas m'arrêter à ces langues mais je souhaite mettre en évidence les liens (ethymologie, culture etc...) entre chacune d'entre elles.

📱 Vous pouvez découvrir l’application ici :
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L’application est également disponible sur Google Play. Une version pour iOS est prévue prochainement.

Comme il s’agit d’un projet que je développe moi-même, vos retours me seraient vraiment précieux !

N’hésitez pas à essayer l’application et à me dire ce que vous en pensez :

• Quelles fonctionnalités aimeriez-vous voir ?
• Qu’est-ce qui pourrait améliorer votre expérience d’apprentissage ?
• Quelles langues africaines aimeriez-vous apprendre ?

I realized this recently.. the more languages you learn, the more difficult it gets to keep them all alive without forgetting!

Dutch, Swedish, Danish, or Norwegian? I know that the Nordic/Scandinavian languages are quite similar, but I'm still curious, as some fundamental grammatical structures might be closer to German.