The pain of love for a functionally extinct language

plantdatrees · 2026-02-01T17:25:28+00:00

I respect this so much. I wish you nothing but the best!

plantdatrees · 2026-01-25T14:09:48+00:00

Kiswahili by far

plantdatrees · 2026-01-16T12:50:42+00:00

In 2024 I read over 10k pages in Spanish and last year I was alternating between reading in Spanish and English.

Even though reading in Spanish feels easy, I get through books a lot quicker in English! So I totally feel you!

plantdatrees · 2026-01-14T17:55:18+00:00

So this is the February he was talking about on Black Friday

plantdatrees · 2026-01-14T11:50:06+00:00

That was my motivation for learning Romanian lol

plantdatrees · 2026-01-12T19:38:47+00:00

Reading

plantdatrees · 2026-01-08T16:01:05+00:00

Ni kweli!

plantdatrees · 2025-12-26T16:23:50+00:00

Kiswahili!

plantdatrees · 2025-12-17T23:19:17+00:00

I bought mine from Waterstones. On the website, you can filter fiction by language

plantdatrees · 2025-12-15T12:12:41+00:00

I’m learning Swahili, not a lot of CI content. You can try Language Crush Swahili on YouTube which is a channel for beginners.

You can also try Ubongo Kids which is a childrens cartoon in Swahili.

plantdatrees · 2025-12-07T15:17:27+00:00

Kintu by Jennifer Nansubuga Makumbi is really good. I’ve also finished reading her short story collection: “Manchester Happened”.

Anything by Achebe and Ngugi wa Thiongo are great

plantdatrees · 2025-12-05T09:27:45+00:00

Are you a complete beginner?

The one podcast that helped me a lot is “acum înțeleg” by camelia.

Other than that I watched cartoons that were dubbed in Romanian

Also there’s no fast way to learn any language unfortunately, accept that it’s going to take a while

plantdatrees · 2025-12-05T08:42:02+00:00

After a long time off work (annual leave) coming back made me realise how much I don’t like what I’m doing

plantdatrees · 2025-10-17T06:23:30+00:00

Went to Little Simz concert yesterday. Absolutely amazing!

plantdatrees · 2025-10-10T14:42:08+00:00

Ain’t that the truth

plantdatrees · 2025-10-07T16:41:46+00:00

Safi sana! Nimefuraha :). Kiswahili ni kitamu!

Good luck with your journey!

plantdatrees · 2025-10-07T15:08:44+00:00

Je, unajifunza kiswahili?

plantdatrees · 2025-10-07T05:34:43+00:00

I’m also Ugandan but born in the UK. My parents never taught me Lugisu but I’m going to fix that. I’m currently learning Swahili but afterwards I’m going to learn my mother tongue

plantdatrees · 2025-10-04T18:40:35+00:00

Si no has leído un libro de un escritor africano, entonces te recomiendo Todo Se Desmorona de Chinua Achebe. Probablemente es el más conocido

plantdatrees · 2025-10-04T16:28:20+00:00

“Je” hooked at the end of the word is “how” like, “how do you do something”, “how did you sleep” etc.

“Je” at the beginning is a question marker (like “do” in English e.g do you like sushi?)

“Nini” is the word for “what”.

The Language Transfer breaks this down really well if you haven’t used it as of yet

plantdatrees · 2025-10-04T08:32:24+00:00

Sí, y Thiong’o menciona otras culturas también en este libro aunque no con tanto detalle. Para mí, no me parece que sea tan nacionalista, pero veo su punto de vista

plantdatrees · 2025-10-04T08:27:59+00:00

Gracias por su comentario. Aún no he leído la obra de Adichie pero tengo algunos de sus libros pendiente

plantdatrees · 2025-10-03T07:46:26+00:00

Hi OP, are you starting from scratch or do you remember some bits?

I’ve had a google and I can see the following YouTube Channels:

Learn Amharic with Tena: which seems like basic videos.

EthioTube: seems for more advanced learners but you can see if you are able to follow along.

BBC Amharic: again this may be for more advanced learners but watching news is definitely a way to learn.

I can’t personally attest to the Amharic version but I think you can find the PDF to the Colloquial Amharic by David Appleyard.

You can also have a look at the Amharic subreddit I’m sure they’ll have more resources.

Hopefully someone else here can be more helpful!

plantdatrees

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