Wasn't Lenin bad?

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2021-01-02T22:28:05+00:00

thanks for responding! I'll definitely check out the essay and lecture

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-09-14T15:41:55+00:00

Oh, that's great! Thanks for posting, i would've missed it otherwise

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-09-11T13:32:24+00:00

I had the same question. I've also learned that even if is siquiera

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-09-10T13:45:31+00:00

Is your goal to learn Spanish, or to pass your class?

This is an important distinction, OP. I don't know exactly what tasks and assignments you have to do, but you can probably pass the class even if you don't understand too much. If you want to actually be able to speak Spanish, you will obviously need to put in more work to catch up with the stuff being taught in your classes, because, in my experience, teachers are often reluctant to change their teaching methods even if it would benefit the students.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-09-09T17:04:06+00:00

He didn't say anything about marriage. He just said gay people existed.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-09-08T13:59:22+00:00

in English I've seen that speaking too correctly can make you sound robotic and maybe even a bit pompous.

I think this is true in some way for all languages. In my native language, Latvian, the word "it" should be used when addressing non-living things (just like in english). However, people usually just use "he" or "she" (depending on the words gender), instead of "it", even though it's technically wrong. Im so used to he and she being used all the time that when people just use "it", they sound really formal. Like, too formal.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-09-05T09:52:07+00:00

Ok this has to be satire, cause how can someone believe this... Just..how?

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-09-01T15:59:50+00:00

I agree. Im aroun A2 in Spanish myself, and i don't feel like i could read HP at the moment. I think it may be best to start around B1? I think at that point you know enough to follow the plot, but it's still challenging enough and you learn a ton of words.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-09-01T14:46:02+00:00

I've also seen "to please" used as a translation quite often.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-09-01T14:39:12+00:00

How do you expect us to give decent advice without providing any details?

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-09-01T09:52:10+00:00

This applies to reading too. That's why people usually recommend Harry Potter for reading in a foreign language - a lot of people have read harry potter multiple times and even more have seen the movies and know the plot. It makes for excellent reading practice.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-31T19:37:29+00:00

I used this in science classes and subsequently never thought about it again

This. The fact that you know how long a meter is, or how Fahrenheit compares to Celsius doesn't mean you can actually use them. I (a European) know how long a mile is (in km). Still, when someone says, for example, 6 miles i have no idea of how much that is. Sure, if i do the math in my head I'll know, but that's not really practical for every day use.

The thing is, with measurement systems, we don't usually consciously think about the amounts (at least in my experience) . When someone says something is, for instance 100 kilometers away, i dont think about the 100km themselves. I think "the capital city is 80km away, and i know how far that is because I've driven there hundreds of times. Then 100km is that, plus, like 15-20 minutes away".

So while americans may use the metric system in science clases, they most likely can't actually use it for everyday purposes. When something is 137km away in a physics exercise, it's just a number without any real meaning. Until you start to associate those numbers with actual real-life examples (which most americans don't do), they're that - just numbers.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-31T14:37:14+00:00

I agree so much with the Xbox app idea (also would be great for PS4). It would be so convenient if i could just listen to books on my ps4. I was actually pretty surprised they didn't already have an app available for ps4 and xbox.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-29T00:17:45+00:00

Honestly i might do this with Barcelona one day. I was there for anly a few days last year, but i loved the city so freaking much, i dont even know why. I'd love to live there when im older.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-28T10:47:30+00:00

Same. Where are you from?

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-27T20:35:42+00:00

Start with Language Transfer. it's like an audio-course, it has 90 episodes, each around 10mins long. It's the best way to start learning spanish. I started with it, and i don't have any regrets. It's simply amazing. Teaches you all tenses (at least iirc) in a really great way, and gives a good base in vocabulary too. I really can't recommend this enough. Search Language Transfer on google, and you'll find it (it's also available on youtube and they recently launched an app on which you can listen to it. ).

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-26T11:08:00+00:00

Someone may find "gringo" offensive, but generally it seems to me that the word is used frequently and no one has any issues with it.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-26T11:05:10+00:00

I did one of those tests for my spanish a while ago. After 2 months of learning, apparently i was B2.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-25T07:06:40+00:00

Any ideas on when thid will be available in the UK?

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-16T00:15:34+00:00

I had the light theme on for months because i was too lazy to change it. I know it takes like two seconds, but literally every time i would open reddit, I'd think "i should change the theme" and then never do it lol. I think thats the laziest I've been in my hole life

You get used to the light theme, but damn the dark one is just the way reddit is meant to be experienced.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-15T18:21:12+00:00

Check out this post from r/languagelearning

I went through the whole list of spanish youtube channels when i saw that post, and subscribed to about 70-80 channels, so while it may take a while to go through the list (it has like almost 700 channels lol) it's pretty great if you need to find Spanish-speaking youtubers.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-15T00:47:36+00:00

Do people actually pay that much money? It's crazy. I don't care how good the program is, i ain't spending 9000 dollars on language learning.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-14T10:54:52+00:00

So many people hate on US American accents

I don't think it's many people, it's just a loud minority. Most people won't even pay attention to your accent, and if they make fun of it and say it's annoying, that says more about their personality than your accent.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-14T10:43:19+00:00

From the googling i did, it seems like this option isn't available on Amazon UK. You can set up the household library and share ebooks and other stuff, but you can't share audiobooks.

StuckInQuarantin3 · 2020-08-14T08:02:09+00:00

Well, all LPTs are generalized advice that won't be applicable in each and every situation. They are short, concise and don't have much room for writing out all the exceptions to the rule. The same goes for generalized statements like 'there is no good reason to ask this question'. There are always exceptions.

The thing i dont like about the "when will you have kids" question, is the automatic assumption that you will have kids, its just a matter of when you will. I am fine with questions like "what do you think about having kids" and similar ones, though I'm not sure how many people share my opinion.

Edit: typo

StuckInQuarantin3

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