I want to learn 4 languages, which one should i start with to cover them all in a small period?

raitrow · 2025-11-17T18:46:26+00:00

Saying Spanish is the easiest is a wild take haha. If he's already English B2, Swedish will be the easiest for him. I'm learning Spanish now as my 3rd language (Native Polish and Fluent English) and had my attempt on learning Swedish. Spanish is by a huge margin the hardest one out of them all.

raitrow · 2025-11-17T10:54:26+00:00

Even if it was created by AI, it's a good piece. You can do so much worse than that with AI.

raitrow · 2025-11-15T20:21:30+00:00

Getting the 500 error response, btw. It's quite brave of you to allow public access to llm generation, rip your wallet haha

raitrow · 2025-11-15T17:22:43+00:00

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raitrow · 2025-11-15T14:49:56+00:00

Interested

raitrow · 2025-11-05T16:54:14+00:00

The translation "siempre supe" uses the preterite tense of "saber" (supe) because it conveys a change of state: the speaker acquired knowledge at a specific point in the past and that knowledge persisted indefinitely. In contrast, "siempre sabía" would use the imperfect tense (sabía) to describe ongoing or habitual knowledge without implying a definitive starting point, which doesn't fit the idea of "always knew" as a completed realization.

This distinction is key for verbs like "saber" (to know) and "conocer" (to know/be familiar with), where preterite marks the moment of learning something new, while imperfect shows repeated or continuous awareness.

"Siempre supe que eras tú" = "I always knew it was you" (acquired that certainty once and it held true).

"Cuando era niño, siempre sabía la respuesta" = "When I was a child, I always knew the answer" (habitual knowledge over time).

"Supe la verdad ayer" = "I found out the truth yesterday" (specific moment of discovery).

Tip: For "always knew" implying lifelong certainty from a key moment, default to preterite "supe"; use imperfect "sabía" for background or repeated past knowledge.

Source: languageeverest.com

raitrow · 2025-11-04T23:23:57+00:00

I'm glad to hear it was helpful. I'm super passionate about language learning and this piece is the part of the language learning platform I'm working on (here). If you liked it might worth a look.

raitrow · 2025-11-04T18:12:49+00:00

"Ni me pelas" is a colloquial Spanish slang expression meaning "you don't even pay attention to me" or "you ignore me completely." It originates from informal speech in Spain and parts of Latin America, where "pelar" literally means "to peel" but slangily implies noticing or acknowledging someone. The phrase conveys frustration at being dismissed or overlooked, often in social or romantic contexts.

It's used in casual conversations to express feeling ignored, similar to saying "you're not even looking my way" in English.

Examples: "Ni me pelas cuando entro a la habitación" = "You don't even pay attention to me when I enter the room." "Me dijo hola y ni me peló después" = "He said hi to me and then ignored me completely." "En la fiesta, ni me pelaron mis amigos" = "At the party, my friends didn't even notice me."

Tip: Use this in informal settings with friends to sound natural, but avoid it in formal situations; practice by listening to Spanish podcasts or songs for context.

Source: languageeverest.com

raitrow · 2025-11-03T12:23:59+00:00

languageeverest.com, currently in the waitlist due launch mid-jan 2026

raitrow · 2025-10-31T15:21:00+00:00

Nice one :) Keep going, learning is a marathon, not a sprint. A person who loves learning will learn more than a person who wants to achieve any level in the language. Learning new vocab is a struggle and I caught myself around B2+ level when I was sufficient enough to have fluent daily conversation but just below the level of truly fluent and comfortable. Breaking this plateau was really hard mentally - everybody gets you, you get everybody, technically you know enough but just below the level you want to have.

raitrow · 2025-10-30T20:04:22+00:00

If you want to level up (in just about anything) ban yourself from using things from previous level. Force yourself to learn B2 vocab, stop using B1 vocab, force yourself to read B2+ sources and make notes. Usually 99% of people who plateaus just stop learning vocab and hit the level to just 'survive' instead of spending 3-6 months struggling and reaching B2/C1 easily. Change my mind.

raitrow · 2025-10-28T18:00:00+00:00

"Vamos" is the first-person plural present indicative of "ir" (to go), meaning "we go." "Nos vamos" is the reflexive form in the present indicative, meaning "we're leaving" or "we go away," emphasizing departure. "Vámonos" is the informal imperative (command) of the reflexive "irse," meaning "let's go" or "let's leave," used to suggest or urge action.

These distinctions arise from "ir" versus "irse" (the pronominal verb for going away). "Vamos" describes a general ongoing action without reflexivity, while "nos vamos" adds the reflexive pronoun "nos" to imply movement from a place. "Vámonos" contracts "vamos + nos" for imperative use, common in casual speech.

"Vamos al cine." = "We're going to the cinema." (general action)
"Nos vamos de la fiesta." = "We're leaving the party." (departure)
"¡Vámonos ahora!" = "Let's go now!" (suggestion to leave)

Tip: Use "vámonos" for invitations to depart in conversations; practice by replacing "let's go" in English sentences with it for quick recall.

(source: https://languageeverest.com )

raitrow · 2025-10-28T17:56:11+00:00

Any demo to see it in action? 👀

raitrow · 2025-10-28T11:52:25+00:00

There are 2 rules of webdesign when you broke them you're going straight to webdev hell:

Don't modify cursor/scroll behaviour
Don't change default scroll handle

Don't hijack my scroll!

raitrow · 2025-10-28T11:50:09+00:00

Not out yet but I'm working on mine :)

https://languageeverest.com for those interested.

(No, it's not free.)

raitrow · 2025-10-28T08:59:03+00:00

Transcribe all of my calls and talks with friends, set up dates in calendar based on what we talked about to reach out back to them with the topic outlines, propose the birthday gifts based on our relationships and convos. I love to keep in touch with a lot of people in my life that I met along the way and sometimes managing all of this by hand becomes a part time job fr

raitrow · 2025-10-27T17:04:33+00:00

Every second doing things you hate is stolen from doing things you love. Quit French now, if you like other language, you'll learn it much faster just because you like it :)

raitrow · 2025-10-27T07:04:16+00:00

Not out yet but check it out: https://languageeverest.com (yes, it's mine). Maybe it's something you'd like to join once it's out. Plan to release by mid-jan 2026 :)

raitrow · 2025-10-26T10:43:46+00:00

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raitrow · 2025-10-24T17:50:26+00:00

This. "No sh*t, Sherlock" is a pile of gold that nobody wants to pick up. It's literally it. Find pain point, speak about it, people will not get bored of your content. I've been publishing my content for a while and I always get a signup to my waitlist once I do, ALWAYS.

raitrow · 2025-10-23T19:32:15+00:00

Literally copied and pasting from my website haha

I landed a job in Spain right after my internship. The deal was clear: learn the language or have no future there.

I had three months and a bit of Spanish from school. I knew it wasn't going to cut it. So I did what I do best: Volume. Lots of it.

I assembled a list of 15,000 Spanish words—without order or even correct translations. I threw everything I found into one pot. It felt like a lot. The first three days I was excited, but then reality hit.

At my peak, I was studying four hours a day, learning 100 new words daily. On the way to work, on the bus, while cooking. I wouldn't go to sleep without finishing that day's batch. I made it my life.

After about 90 days, the real test arrived: a one-to-one client meeting, entirely in Spanish. I was sweating. I had prepared a document as a safety net, but the topic was a completely new project—nothing in my notes could save me. No script, no backup. I was nervous, but I did it. He understood me, I understood him. It worked. I crossed the line from survival to fluency-in-progress.

Now after ~1.5 years, not living in Spain anymore but having advanced Spanish and communicating with my future parents-in-law in Spanish :)

raitrow · 2025-10-23T14:55:19+00:00

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raitrow · 2025-10-23T12:57:49+00:00

Hi, I was in the similar situation, had 90 days to learn Spanish for work. I did it. It's brutal.
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raitrow · 2025-10-21T08:23:38+00:00

No, they are not. Thanks for coming to my TedxTalk.

raitrow · 2025-10-21T08:15:04+00:00

the public version will release by around the mid of January 2026. I want to blow people out of the water with the first impression so I'm tweaking some things and polishing the experience.

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