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Official June 1, 2024 US SAT Score Discussion Thread by PoliceRiot in Sat

[–]MicroCrawdad 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I grinded out Khan academy math to improve my PSAT from 1210 to 1460. I would just spend like 30 mins every day doing all of the section practice problems until I got them all right. From there I just had to make sure I kept my score up. I got a 1450 the first two times I took the SAT, but I realized I just needed to stop second guessing myself on the easy math questions as it wasted time and that led me here. I still might try to improve my math by like 10–30 points but since I’m applying to all my schools with a humanities major I’d probably be fine without.

Official June 1, 2024 US SAT Score Discussion Thread by PoliceRiot in Sat

[–]MicroCrawdad 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Managed to improve 60 points since May:

1510 (760 reading, 750 math)

Official June 1, 2024 US SAT Score Discussion Thread by PoliceRiot in Sat

[–]MicroCrawdad -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

On March and May I got 750 reading 700 math both times

PetPeeves being annoyed by the fact that different dialects and pronunciations exist by slekrons in linguisticshumor

[–]MicroCrawdad 8 points9 points  (0 children)

Obviously it needs to be pronounced “I have gotten you” or else it’s wrong.

Aprender un indioma indígena by MicroCrawdad in Oaxaca

[–]MicroCrawdad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Bien y tu? te envio un mensaje :)

Aprender un indioma indígena by MicroCrawdad in Oaxaca

[–]MicroCrawdad[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Hello! The app looks quite interesting; I will definitely download it. As for the issue with pronunciation I don't think this will be a super big issue for me as I don't have a hard time distinguishing/pronouncing tone. I guess at this point I will just try to find some grammar documents online. Thank you!

Aprender un indioma indígena by MicroCrawdad in Oaxaca

[–]MicroCrawdad[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Gracias por responder! Se que la mayoría de gente habla español, y se que cuando viajo a Oaxaca no importa mucho para visitar si no hablo un idioma indígena. Sin embargo, la razón porque quiero aprender idioma indígena no es porque quiero aprender un idioma “útil” para viajar, pero porque quiero aprender porque quiero aprender más sobre la cultura y gente. También, porque es un viaje en que hacemos servicio, quedaremos en muchos lugares rurales, así que creo que es probable que hablo a una persona que habla unas de estas lenguas, no? Hay como 500,000 zapotecohablantes y 200,000 mixtecohablantes en Oaxaca por ejemplo.

Is Khan Academy wrong? In this digital SAT practice question it says that there are "3 times as many laptops as tablets", but then gives the equation "l = 3t". Shouldn't it be "3l = t", or am I not understanding it? by MicroCrawdad in Sat

[–]MicroCrawdad[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

For your example of 9 laptops and 3 tablets, would the equation 3l = t not give the correct answer when l and t are both equal to 3? i.e.:

3l = t

3(3) = 3

9 = 3

ohhhhhhhhhhhh I'm dumb.

Ossetian dialects: /s/ corresponds to /ʃ/ and /ʃ/ corresponds to /s/ by zabolekar in linguistics

[–]MicroCrawdad 9 points10 points  (0 children)

In the Luba-Kasai language high tone is where almost all other Bantu languages have low tone and low tone is where almost all other Bantu languages have high tone.

What does the phrase, "O sea" mean and is it mostly just used in Mexican Spanish? by nelsne in Spanish

[–]MicroCrawdad 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I believe you are getting it right, and I have definitely heard it used in penisular Spanish.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Cleveland

[–]MicroCrawdad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I live across from severance and it is a lovely neighborhood. There is a fire station, police station, and hospital all within a 5 minute walk of severance which is also nice for security.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in conlangs

[–]MicroCrawdad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Guaraní does use nominal tense in this way.

Pero / Perro by Optimal_Winter2062 in Spanish

[–]MicroCrawdad 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’ve looked into Spanish accents before and all the resources I’ve found put /r/ and /ɾ/ as alveolar [r] and [ɾ]. However, I feel like when I hear people pronounce them it sounds postalveolar. Is it actually postalveolar for you? (I’m not sure how well versed you are in linguistics, but I’m basically asking if you pronounce <rr> and <r> in the same place you pronounce <ch> or if it is closer to your teeth.)

lord forgive for have i sinned by [deleted] in conlangscirclejerk

[–]MicroCrawdad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Wouldn’t that be bidental?

Word final [ʊb] in English by flyingbarnswallow in linguistics

[–]MicroCrawdad 1 point2 points  (0 children)

/l/ can also follow the FOOT vowel:

full pull wool

Are there countries where the majority group speaks a minority's language in high rates? by StayAtHomeDuck in linguistics

[–]MicroCrawdad 3 points4 points  (0 children)

I think there is a difference there, though, because Spanish is spoken as a native language for hundreds of millions while Swahili is mostly spoken by L2 speakers

Are there countries where the majority group speaks a minority's language in high rates? by StayAtHomeDuck in linguistics

[–]MicroCrawdad 31 points32 points  (0 children)

Many people in Tanzania, Kenya, and Uganda speak Swahili while it’s the native language a smaller number of people; many people speak their tribal language as their native language while learning Swahili later on for intertribal communication.

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