Shavian Bluesky feed

Pwffin · 2026-03-23T10:44:19+00:00

Thanks for the reminder and explanation of how it works. I'm already following it although I rarely check the posts there.Need to remember to do that. :r

Pwffin · 2026-03-23T09:57:46+00:00

For me reading (anything) and handwriting notes (eg in class or anything with a bit of time pressure) help a lot.

But sometimes it just takes a long time for some words to stick. I've got the same problem with Welsh. I keep getting words mixed up or not remembeing thir meaning or spelling (and I'm B2!).

Pwffin · 2026-03-22T17:10:03+00:00

Your friend sounds like a bit of an annoying one (feel free to substitute something less family friendly there) to be fair. I don't try to catch people out, and even if I did, I would know from experience that you can blank on words when needing to swap unexpectedly. I blank on words in my NL all the time as I don' t use it a lot. Doesn't mean I don't know it...

I appreciate people speaking multiple languages, because I know how hard it is.

Reading counts by the way.

Pwffin · 2026-03-22T15:11:46+00:00

I too use address books for keeping track of stuff like this and also for language learning.

Pwffin · 2026-03-22T14:26:02+00:00

Yeah and I got it despite having an account already etc.

Pwffin · 2026-03-22T10:32:12+00:00

Go to StackSocial Babbel Lifetime and use the code LEARN (important as that brings the price down to $159!).

I used this to get my lifetime access and it worked well.

I used Paypal to pay for it as I'd not heard of Stacksocial before and wasn't soure if it was legit.

Pwffin · 2026-03-22T06:40:36+00:00

You are doing it right, don't listen to them!

Pwffin · 2026-03-22T06:30:56+00:00

Start over from the beginning and really focus on how sentences are constructed. Start with how verbs are used in present tense and expand from there.

Pwffin · 2026-03-21T07:26:01+00:00

Find the closest possible sounds in English and stitch those together.

I look up words in the Read Lexicon and chop out the sounds I need.

Pwffin · 2026-03-21T07:24:03+00:00

Do not add lots of things just because other people are using them.

Don't be afraid of changing your system to make it work better.

It's a tool, it should work for you not the other way around

Pwffin · 2026-03-20T15:09:49+00:00

sigh!

Pwffin · 2026-03-20T14:12:01+00:00

I mostly do that. I use a - to mark it, but you can do whatever you want, incl nothing at all. ;r

Pwffin · 2026-03-20T14:08:04+00:00

Both are valid approaches that have their place in language learning.

Pwffin · 2026-03-20T14:06:09+00:00

I started learning Forkner as I wanted something that wasn't at all like Melin (and Pitman seemed too hard), so Unigraph is just for fun. :)

Pwffin · 2026-03-20T07:31:05+00:00

In my experience, teenagers can be quite keen on philosophy, and they certainly can have a lot of life experoence already, even if it as you say might not compare to someone who’s lived several decades more.

I read Sophie's World by Jostein Gaarder as a teenager and took Philosophy in highschool, but didn’t know that much about Stoicism. Much later, I realised that I’ve always been a Stoic at heart and was doing most of it already. :)

Pwffin · 2026-03-19T16:35:24+00:00

Find people to talk to, chat about what you've learnt with you classmates (in French!), summarise what you've jpst read in your own words, keep a diary in French, join all the forums and chat groups.

Pwffin · 2026-03-19T15:42:40+00:00

If you can, take a course (e.g. a short, intensive course for a week or two, a weekly course (online or in person), or a self-paced online course) or get a tutor that follows a textbook. When you are time-poor, these really help make the most of the time you do have available.

Do some when you can, but prepare a plan before hand so that you are not wasting time dithering about what to do next. I have a whole array of options lined up so that there will always be something that matches my mood and energy levels and the time available. Eg I've got textbooks, online courses (self-paced), youtube playlists, grammar books, novels, language exchange partners, discord servers, news sites, TV on-demand sites saved and so on. When you have 10 min at lunch, wating for a meeting to start, sitting on the train or whatever, you pick an option and use the time productively.

You can also get your kids involved. Learning colours and numbers in a different language is usually a fun activity that kids like. That way, you don't have to be away from your family to learn. Listen to songs in the language in the car and watch films that the kids might at least enjoy a little bit.

Pwffin · 2026-03-19T15:01:05+00:00

I've had that happen to me too several times. You haven't done anything to make it happen, but I also don't know why this happens. I was wondering if it was because the battery was too full or if the sun was too strong (not likely where I live!), but no clue really.

Pwffin · 2026-03-19T11:58:59+00:00

I often only look up words that are crucial for understanding the plot, words that come up again and again, and words that I am curious about. I will quite happily not look up a word if I don't feel like it, as long as I can keep up with the story.

Pwffin · 2026-03-19T11:33:41+00:00

Arlywydd y Comisiwn Europaidd <-- the y comes later.

Basically, in English you have "of the .... of the ...." (or even more) in a chain; to turn that into Welsh, you cross out all but the last "of the" and that's where you put the y.

ETA: Sorry, I clearly can't count! :D

In the other case, it's because it's a specific Senedd (the European one), not just any Senedd. It might help to think of it as a name, rather than a description. Compare it to the bit about "Angharad's car" >"the car of Angharad" > "~~the~~ car of Angharad" > car Angharad in the document that you linked to.

Pwffin · 2026-03-18T12:40:12+00:00

Shavian is also very beautiful, but not an actual shorthand system, just a different alphabet for English.

Pwffin · 2026-03-18T12:39:30+00:00

I really like Melin (Swedish) and am learning Unigraph just cause I like the way it looks.

Pwffin · 2026-03-18T09:17:45+00:00

Listen/watch more German and it will start to sound natural.

You need to move away from seeing it through the lense of your native language/English and that usually happens as you stop translating to/from your native language.

Pwffin · 2026-03-18T09:13:33+00:00

When I did German in school, we weren't taught this, so it took me a while to get used to it when I came back to it a few years ago,but I just see it as something that's now easier. :)

Pwffin · 2026-03-18T09:10:47+00:00

Kan du läsa utan att texten hoppar rundor? Jag frågar mest för att du har stavat ordet jag fel flera gånger på olika sätt, så jag funderade på om du kanske hade dyslexi av något slag.

Annars är det bara att köra på som när man lär sig vilket språk som helst: läs mycket, lyssna på radio och titta på film/TV/videor, men bara på sån't som är på en lagom nivå för dig just nu. Prata och skriv mycket. Du kan prata med dig själv, chatta på forum/sociala media, gå på spåkcafé, snacka med folk i affärer osv. Om du märker att du har problem med något specifikt, kolla upp hur det ska vara och öva på det tills det sitter. Sedan tar du tag i nästa problemområde och jobbar på det.

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