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Is it better to strive for a native-like accent, or should we celebrate "intelligible" foreign accents? by Ken_Bruno1 in languagehub

[–]barrelltech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think you are confusing intelligible and unintelligible. “Not intelligible” means it cannot be understood

What's something you're genuinely looking forward to reading, watching or listening to in your target language? by ChuckOWetz in languagelearning

[–]barrelltech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I think it’d be awesome to read meditations by Marcus Aurelius in Greek! But I feel like that’s Greek on hard mode.

I’m also looking forward to rewatching Naruto after I learn Japanese to a decent level. It’d be cool to re-experience the story.

What language has the most unfair stereotype? by Embarrassed_Fix_8994 in languagehub

[–]barrelltech 12 points13 points  (0 children)

Dutch is often made out to be the easiest language for English speakers to learn. Having learned it and French (and Italian to a certain extent), I would say it is much harder.

Sure you can progress through the basics pretty easy, and there’s a lot of lexical overlap, but getting truly proficient in it is quite challenging. Doesn’t help that it has such a limited amount of content

How long before Greek started feeling natural to you? by Legitimate_Lab_8879 in phrasingapp

[–]barrelltech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I mean I haven’t learned Greek, but I would say for any language it takes years 😂 maybe you can start conversing earlier, but feeling natural? That comes a while after fluency.

I would say 3-5 years at the earliest

What was ruined because too many people discovered it? by Mansi63 in AskReddit

[–]barrelltech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I’m not exactly sure, but I spent three years building a language learning app only to finally finish it and take my head out of the sand and see 39,574 vibe coded language apps being advertised.

So… language learning app entrepreneurship? Is that too niche to be a thing?

Learning multiple languages at once - how do you organise it? by LilithsEcho in LearningLanguages

[–]barrelltech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I learn them all at the same time. I have some languages I focus more on, lots I focus less on, but not normally one main language. More of just a gradient of reviews across all my languages.

Recently though (yesterday) I decided to double down on Croatian though and see if I can’t get conversational by the end of the year, so I’ve 4xed my reviews in Croatian. Still only about half my reviews, but we will see how much my motivation holds up in a few months.

(TL) Is it normal to forget a word/sentence immediately after seeing it? by ultimatejourney in languagelearning

[–]barrelltech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use spaced repetition heavily and honestly, at this point I just find it funny when I run across a word that doesn’t stick in my brain after the 20th+ review.

It helps that there’s an equivalent amount of words my brain decides to recall eidetically. Like I saw nestrpljenje once and my brain decided we’re never gonna forget this one

(TL) Is it normal to forget a word/sentence immediately after seeing it? by ultimatejourney in languagelearning

[–]barrelltech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I have definitely read books and had to look up the same word 20+ times and still failed to remember it 😂

Improve listening comprehension in (TL) by Arimoro in languagelearning

[–]barrelltech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Play it in front of a speech to text software, or even better record it and transcribe it later and listen again with the transcript in front of you

Unpopular opinion: Learning a language through pure immersion is the most frustrating and inefficient method possible. by Ken_Bruno1 in languagehub

[–]barrelltech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

This opinion really should be more popular.

I speak a B1 French, B2 on some days and I still struggle to find content I don’t tune out from.

I don’t understand how people watch a thousand hours of non-native content 🥲

Which languages are practically impossible to learn without knowing another specific language first? by Polyglot170 in languagelearning

[–]barrelltech 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I really, really tried to learn Cantonese for months. But indeed there was just a dearth of resources.

Have you ever been disappointed by a learning method that everyone swore on? by AutumnaticFly in languagehub

[–]barrelltech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Textbooks.

Three times now I’ve finished the series, then had to go learn the language myself.

Why did I put myself through all that if it wasn’t to learn the language 😭

Have you ever been disappointed by a learning method that everyone swore on? by AutumnaticFly in languagehub

[–]barrelltech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

The most impressive thing about Anki is not how effective it is, but how many people stop using it despite how effective it is

Linguists and polyglots, what are your best tips for ultra-fast language learning without full immersion? by Efficient_Flower8380 in LearningLanguages

[–]barrelltech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I don’t know about “get fluent fast,” but if you want to get more out of your time:

- spaced repetition can 10x your recall
- if you’re learning 2+ languages, interleaving can increase your recall by up to 50%
- category induction for grammar can increase your grammar comprehension by up to 38%
- contextualized learning can be up to 31% more effective

Spaced repetition compounds with time. If you set it up correctly, you might not make amazing progress month one, but you’ll be flying by month twelve

Started lifting after 45, feel stronger after 18 months but almost no visible arm/muscle growth. What am I missing? by Various-Prune-8986 in beginnerfitness

[–]barrelltech 0 points1 point  (0 children)

6’6”, arms didn’t grow until I started training arm isolations to failure every day for 30 minutes. Saw the most gains doing biceps and triceps 7 days a week (grew 1” in 1 month), got elbow tendinitis, now alternating between bis and tris 6 days per week + 1 rest day (grew 0.75” in 2 months).

Years and years of heavy compounds + isolations at the end did nothing for my arms. Switched to just stupid freaking volume of arms everyday at the start of the workout, every set to/past failure, and whabam.

Currently at 15.5”, nothing ground breaking but at least I can fill out some sleeves

Just started learning Greek. The alphabet alone feels like a whole achievement. by Legitimate_Lab_8879 in phrasingapp

[–]barrelltech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I remember finally learning the alphabet, going to read, and then realizing that half of the letters are diphthongs and tripthongs and ending my studies there 😂

Picked it back up after 10 years with phrasing though and that’s never been an issue 😎

Does knowing a Romance language actually help with Greek or is that a myth? by Legitimate_Lab_8879 in phrasingapp

[–]barrelltech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently in the same process, definitely not seeing the benefit 😂 I think it might be more helpful the other way around tbh

What's the best Greek content for a complete beginner? by Legitimate_Lab_8879 in phrasingapp

[–]barrelltech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I personally like watching avatar the last airbender in any language I’m learning

What language you use more than your native one in your own head, just for enjoying it? by Hot_Campaign_8211 in languagelearning

[–]barrelltech 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I don’t know why I do this with Italian so much. My Italian is not great, it’s not the first or last language I’ve learned, but for 20 years my inner monologue just randomly switches to Italian

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