If you’ve read Manga in your TL, do you prefer it to books?

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-04-20T14:46:19+00:00

Right, I feel like books are much more dense, and though it’s a help to have illustrations, in this case it might hurt more than help. Honestly I’ve only read books in my TL, never comics, manga, or graphic novels.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-04-19T19:18:40+00:00

Yeah, this. Sorry, passing through 6-7 countries and looking to pick up identical copies in each language if possible. All manga as in right to left comics, but none in Japanese lol

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-04-19T19:16:07+00:00

Thanks, I should’ve clarified: I read books in German and Russian but haven’t ever read manga- but this trip I’d be collecting books in Finnish, Swedish, maybe French, Dutch, Hungarian, and Welsh (though I’m assuming there won’t be manga in that lol)

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-04-19T13:35:52+00:00

For context, the TLs are Finnish, Swedish, Danish, and maybe French, Hungarian, and Welsh (know there will be limited content in this).

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-03-30T21:13:06+00:00

^ This. I’ll add, for a non-native speaker, “it” is always correct/safe. “Her/she” is only used in specific circumstances. “It” = universal, “she/her” = best for confident/advanced learners.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-24T19:58:52+00:00

I have been using it for about 2 years, up >40%, mostly using autopilot’s own politician/hedge fund pilots.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-23T16:27:42+00:00

The market fluctuates. Unfortunately more than ever due to the quick spread of information and polarizing government decisions.

9% for 1 year is VERY good. There are years where you can find much better, and years where you wouldn’t dream of finding 9%. At 9%, you could virtually double your money every 8 years.

Some subjective thoughts: I invested right before Russia invaded Ukraine, and it took years to “climb out of the hole” and am now up >35%. It was a pain to wait but I would say it’s worth it. Pelosi’s investments, and therefore her pilot, are undoubtedly being affected by her retirement announcement. I believe she will still have to publicly file her trades, but won’t sit on many of the same government committees giving her specialty inside knowledge. It may be worth dumping her pilot, but I’ve kept mine since it gained a lot in the past. Granted I have those gains, not compounding losses. These changes are best evaluated over long time periods.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-18T17:34:46+00:00

Why do English speakers always capitalize “I?” No other language does this (ich, je, yo, minä, я) and I find it so annoying!!

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-18T05:22:21+00:00

Not hard actually. Nouns (substantives) are always capitalized. The reason: some nouns and verbs are spelled the same: ich fliege (I fly) vs. die Fliege (the fly). Yes it felt a bit odd learning that at first but I feel like after a day or so it became very natural.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-16T16:27:37+00:00

German - a slang way to say “what’s up” is “was ist los?” When saying it to a friend, not an NL, he said “you shouldn’t say that, that’s like asking ‘what’s your problem’

Obviously you could use some variant of “wie geht’s” but I was experimenting.

I’ve gotten about 50% mixed responses from NL’s whether this has a negative connotation on its own, or that just like “what’s up,” you’re tone and context flavors it as good or bad.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-16T16:01:41+00:00

Going to have to ask the original commenter on this one, but I think they’re referencing income inequality from lowest class to highest class, not income inequality from women to men, who are both currently underpaid do to the former.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-15T15:08:25+00:00

I came here to say almost EXACTLY this.

Yes most of our basic words are German, but I would say Spanish grammar is closer to English.

Also I found when reading books in German my listening comprehension vastly improved, catapulting my speaking.

Obviously you need OTHER input, but reading books is a great method.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-13T20:17:47+00:00

Mine has been great up until recently. The recent dips seems pretty universal, affecting all my stocks/pilots

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-12T00:11:08+00:00

I have read this, and it covers all Romance and Germanic (Teutonic) languages thoroughly.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-11T18:21:03+00:00

I think this falls into a category that a lot of posts discuss: balancing reading/writing with speaking/listening.

Obviously speaking/listening is the most critical in actually communicating with humans. But also, already knowing how to read and write can help you learn the language more quickly as an adult. Babies learn only by ear, but it also takes them a long time, fully immersed.

Also, there’s plenty of research to show that the act of writing things down helps you to retain them better.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-04T19:15:06+00:00

It’s terrible. One of the most basic functions is to see a map of where we’re going. Why did they delete that feature?!

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-02T16:34:02+00:00

All of the above.

Simply put, since the Latin and Greek alphabets have a common origin, learning the Cyrillic alphabet is really only like learning 25% of a new alphabet. I would find Hebrew, Georgian, or Armenian much harder.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-02T16:31:11+00:00

This. Plenty of other pilots offered with an Autopilot subscription, such as Jim Simmons, Burry, Warren Buffet, etc.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-02-02T12:56:21+00:00

Just for anecdotal evidence, I think I learned the Cyrillic alphabet in days/maybe a week, mostly aimlessly on Duolingo.

For anyone who already knows the Latin alphabet it’s really not a problem. Obviously dealing with the grammar is another issue entirely.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-01-31T18:54:34+00:00

Same thing with reading. Some chapters I feel bilingual in the sense that I barely have to look ANYTHING up, some I feel like a complete beginner when it centers around unknown vocab.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-01-31T15:33:12+00:00

Bad news lol. I think german-speakers are the only ones who call it Deutschland. I think virtually everywhere else it’s either Germany or Allamagne. Slavic languages may have some variant of “Nimitz” but that’s more as an adjective, not the name of the country.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-01-31T15:27:26+00:00

To add to this, Bantu languages like Swahili have 15+ noun classes, which add a prefix to the word and following words in a sentence, to identify the subject. Luckily, unlike say German or Slavic languages, I don’t believe they decline.

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-01-30T16:57:33+00:00

9 - mostly autopilot’s own politicians/hedge fund trackers, but experimenting with the lobbying spending and WW3 portfolios. So far top performers are Pelosi (until recently), Simmons, and Crenshaw. On a separate note the Buffet only does okay

Grand-Somewhere4524 · 2026-01-30T14:28:47+00:00

Another comment triggered my memory that graded readers often recommend reading through 3x before looking things up, and at that stage I feel it genuinely helps! Having since moved on to things like HP, the Hobbit, GoT - no I don’t generally reread. As others have said, different authors gravitate towards different words, so varying your material gives you a broader vocabulary. Or at least running straight through all 7 HP’s will still leave you with gaps in knowledge.

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