Postby Ailish » Fri Oct 18, 2019 7:23 pm
Hey! I'm Ailish, and I *might* have been registered on the old HTLAL forums but I don't quite remember... In any case, I'm a longtime lurker on both HTLAL and this forum.
I was raised mostly in Frisian, although hearing Dutch all around me growing up and when I went to school. I consider both languages to be my native language although Frisian just a teeny, tiny bit more...
I'm currently trying to improve my German. It's such a beautiful language, but also a frustrating one, because I can understand it so well - reading novels and listening to things is easy - but the minute I open my mouth and try to speak, or write something, for that matter, I come across as a three year old. So, to improve that, I'm doing a distance learning course, but at times finding motivation is hard, even though I enjoy doing the assignments. That might have a lot to do with having a busy job as a programmer, but if I'm honest, I'm also mildly scared of getting the assignments graded.
So, to get myself back in the groove of language learning I decided to finally start keeping a language log here. I hope it'll keep me motivated and maybe I'll find some encouragement along the way.
In the long term, when I'm finished with formally studying German, there are two other frustrating languages that I'm eyeing: Swedish and French. Swedish because whenever I hear it, I feel as if I *should* be able to understand it (but I don't yet), and French because I can read a little bit but I would like to be able to have touristy chats with people on holiday.
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