extralean wrote:And the regions of the world that it opens up to me. With English, French, and Spanish - I cover all the important bits.
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extralean wrote:And the regions of the world that it opens up to me. With English, French, and Spanish - I cover all the important bits.
Serpent wrote:extralean wrote:And the regions of the world that it opens up to me. With English, French, and Spanish - I cover all the important bits.
You may want to add "important for me"
coler1 wrote:My reason to love Estonian is a little more sentimental - its my heritage as my grandparents were forced out of Estonia/through Europe in WWII and as children and had to assimilate to Australian English speaking culture and so have suppressed almost the entirety of the language. So learning it feels like connecting with my heritage and like its meant for me.
Serpent wrote:extralean wrote:And the regions of the world that it opens up to me. With English, French, and Spanish - I cover all the important bits.
You may want to add "important for me"
extralean wrote:coler1 wrote:My reason to love Estonian is a little more sentimental - its my heritage as my grandparents were forced out of Estonia/through Europe in WWII and as children and had to assimilate to Australian English speaking culture and so have suppressed almost the entirety of the language. So learning it feels like connecting with my heritage and like its meant for me.
This is the best thing. Where are you in Aus? Is there an estonian community?
coler1 wrote:extralean wrote:coler1 wrote:My reason to love Estonian is a little more sentimental - its my heritage as my grandparents were forced out of Estonia/through Europe in WWII and as children and had to assimilate to Australian English speaking culture and so have suppressed almost the entirety of the language. So learning it feels like connecting with my heritage and like its meant for me.
This is the best thing. Where are you in Aus? Is there an estonian community?
I'm in Victoria! There is an "Estonian House" in Melbourne but I've never been to an event... very intimidating! But on 11 October there is a Baltic Festival event so I might see if I can have a look at that...
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