A language learners’ forum

Q: How do you feel about "momentarily"?
A: Whoa! I feel good, I knew that I would, now

Q: Why "It isn't teddy bear" is correct?
A: Because it wasn't teddy bear, it was teddy roosevelt.

Q: All posts should be in English, apart from ___?
A: Those that should be in other languages.

Q: Anyone doing the Language Jam?
A: Don't know, personally I'm doing Strawberry Jam.

Q: Is HTLAL down again?
A: And again, and again, and again, and again.......

Q: Your input needed: Should I keep in contact or take a break?
A: Don't know, ask Jeremy Kyle.

Q: The limits of comprehensible input?
A: 30 MPH

Q: Staying in a Certain Register
A: You'll have to ask the Headmaster to change homerooms.

Q: This kid has mastered the art of "the island" and put it to work!
A: So he is a professional hula dancer now?

Q: Why is Italian more popular than Portuguese?
A: More carbs.

Q: What have you learned about language learning in the last two years?
A: It is best avoided.

Q: How long did it take before you "got it"?
A: The problem wasn't getting it, the problem was getting rid of it. At least that is what the doctor told me.

Q: How would you study a language with 3 hours per day?
A: Slowly

Q: Unique Terms In Different Languages
A: are commonly called "words"

Q: Persian Plan of Action
A: This years new summer blockbuster, starting Al Pacino and Jet Li.

Q: How to Start French?
A: After you start to kiss, open your lips a little and put your tongue out.

Q: Moving on with French
A: Yeah, she was never good for you.

Q: Alternative wording for a phrase in English
A: "in English a phrase"

Q: You Speak Korean! Paradigm Busters
A: Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage star in this new Mythbuster spin-off. What now on Dave TV.

Q: Proposal: Starting a Modern Greek Study Group!
A: Don't forget to get on one knee and hold the ring high!

Q: Do you like Duolingo?
A: Does he like me!? Will he ask me out? OMG... Let me take a selfie.

Q: Staying in a Certain Register
A: These days, it harder to get out of certain registers. Check your country's laws on the personal data protection.

Q: Why is Italian more popular than Portuguese?
A: Pizza.

Q: How would you study a language with 3 hours per day?
A: Comfortably.

Q: Unique MEDICAL Terms In Different Languages
A: We should get rid of them. Latin is the best.

Q: Alternative wording for a phrase in English
A: Yoda ask you should.

Q: How do you feel about "momentarily"?
A: I feel our society is too focused on instant gratification.

Q: Efficacy of "stacking" programs
A: Ever heard of bookshelves? Those contraptions were invented exactly for keeping books you are not using right now.

Q: Most inappropriate book cover ever
A: Talk to that guy in the alleyway, he might be able to help you out.

Q: Wiki Administrators?
A: I'm sorry, the number you are trying to reach has been disconnected.

Q: Why aren't you learning our language?
A: Them's fightin' words.

Q: Korean Resources?
A: Natural resources are not a primary contributor to the country's economy. However, chief among them are coal, graphite, and molybdenum.

Q:Why aren't you learning our language?
A:Why aren't you learning mine?
A:Too few fantasy books, sorry.
A:Oh, you wouldn't want me speaking it, I'd have a really bad accent

Q: What telenovelas should I watch to learn Spanish?
A: Find ones that have plot lines similar to the soap operas that you watch in your native language.

Q. Has anyone gone from massive input to massive output?
A. Only the one time I ate 27 consecutive doughnuts.

Q: What is your preferred novel-reading medium?
A: Rebecca Rosen, not only an Oprah-level famous psychic, and she loves Harry Potter.

Q. Has anyone gone from massive input to massive output?
A. I once ate the Friday Night Chilli Special. Suddenly everything went dark, two exits, no waiting.

Q: Which way should flashcards face?
A: Up.

Q: Language mistakes that changed history
A: Your failed exam

Q: How long does it take to be able to speak like a 6 years old child in X language?
A: 6 years

Q: IRISH: Not all those who wander are lost
A: .. but they may never hit upon the Gaeltacht just by wandering aimlessly around (it's a very small thing in a very big world). Try asking for directions or download a map from the idirlíon.

Q: Shoot the Moon (FR, ES) - 2019
A: Even Nasa won't hit the Moon in 2019 - and Nasa speaks English

Q: Eido's Literary Liturgy - Pray to The God of The Pen
A: Oh pennates....

Q: How to learn a language through listening
A: Read the usermanual to the language first and then do the actual assembly. Afterwards use the assembled language to listen to native speakers until you more or less understand what they say.

Q: I want to build an app. What do you think?
A: I think you need to discover that you really need something first and then find out whether somebody already made a suitable app to satisfy that need.

Q: An opera fan's log - Deutsch bis zum Maximum!
A: So willkommen Mozart, Lortzing, Marschner und Wagner - aber Verdi, Puccini, Saint-Saëns, Janacek und Mussorgsky, bitte draußen bleiben (Ach du lieber Augustin, alles ist weg weg weg)

Q: Cellar Door - Afrikaans in 1 year
A: You could also try to learn Afrikaans without going to prison

Q: I fail words -- devilyoudont's ja/es/eo log
A: I fail understand syntax this ... don't ...

Q: Using Anki as an intermediate or advanced learner
A: You can't teach Anki a whole language just by telling it words - it will just repeat things like a parrot

Q: Please recommend an anki alternative
A:Three-column wordlists on paper

Q: There are worse things I could do... (FR, RU, ES)
A: Definitely: like trying to learn Navaho,Warlpiri, Piraya or the tax laws of your home country only by listening

Q: dark mode
A: ████████ depression depression depression ████████