I saw a sign saying <-C1 / C2-> and my language-nerd brain was like: "Ah yes, advanced language learners only.” 🤓 Nope. Just a hallway telling me where to walk... #Langsky

I've been using HANLY lately and it’s honestly the best free app I’ve found for learning Chinese characters. It breaks down each Hanzi into components, shows stroke order, evolution and super helpful mnemonics. If you’re learning Chinese characters, this app is free and really good. #LangSky

Have you seen this film? It’s great for people who are learning Spanish. 🙂 #LangSky

The German word ‘Pferd’ and its Dutch cognate ‘paard’ are horses of mixed breed parentage. Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one. Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:

People freak out when they see German like: neunzehnhundertneunundneunzig 😱 But imagine English smashed together: onethousandninehundredandninetynine Or Spanish: milnovecientosnoventaynueve Any language looks confusing written like this. German just looks scary at first, but it's not! 😉 #LangSky

It’s funny how some people hate the sound of the Spanish “Z” and “C” (before E or I)… but “think” or “thin” in English? No problem. 😏 #LangSky

Polish is tough… unless it’s not your first Slavic rodeo. 😜 #LangSky

How many languages can you spot in this napkin? #LangSky

What do you think about this, #langsky? 😜

The University of Minnesota’s Open Textbook Library offers free language textbooks in French, Spanish, German, Chinese & more. Perfect for students, teachers or anyone curious about languages! 👍 open.umn.edu/opentextbook... #LangSky

My favourite podcasts for learning French: 🎙️Inner French (free transcripts on their web) 🎙️Français Authentique (free transcripts on their app) Other podcasts I've heard of: 🎙️News in Slow French 🎙️Le journal en Français facile 🎙️French Blabla 🎙️Coffee Break French 🎙️Easy French #LangSky #Polyglot

C2 Proficiency English Test – Spain #LangSky

In this restaurant in Les Angles (France), "La carte" became "El mapa" in Catalan. I am pretty sure Google Translate was the chef here. Lunch just turned into a road trip. 😜 #LangSky #Català

Polish vs other Slavic languages #LangSky

Listening to the TeaTime Chinese Podcast. The transcripts are available for free on their website in traditional characters. With Google AI Studio, I created a format that displays the content sentence by sentence: Sentence in simplified characters [bold] Pinyin [bold] English #LangSky

Normal people: Just a random license plate. 🚘 Me: Let’s see how many words I can make from these three letters in the languages I know. 🤓 #LangSky

Language Preference Challenge! Pick 1 from each pair: 1. Early-morning study or late-night study? 2. Perfect pronunciation or flawless grammar? 3. Focus on 1 language at a time or juggle 3 at once? 4. Study on a phone or on a laptop? 5. Speak from day one or wait until you're ready? #LangSky

Hey #langtwt 👋 We moved from X to #langsky… and then it got really quiet. Still here, still learning, still talking about languages… Anybody here, or just me and the crickets? 🤔😜

The Spanish word for 'film' is 'película'. As different as they are, these words derive from the same Proto-Indo-European root. They originally only meant "thin layer" but they came to denote film tapes as well when these were invented. My new graphics shows more words belonging to this family:

The entire history of English in 22 minutes. #LangSky

Picked up another Assimil book for my collection. #LangSky

Have you already tried using Google AI Studio for language learning? There are so many possibilities! #LangSky

12 words that were recently added to the dictionary #LangSky

Whether it’s from new technology needing new words to talk about it, or young people inventing and repurposing slang, words and their definitions change all the time. #LangSky

#langsky #langtwt #studysky Thanks to the Comprehensible Japanese Youtube channel, I found a comic called “Pepper and Carrot” that’s translated into 68 languages!!! This may be useful for those that are looking for accessible resources in their target language!

It's curious how often this mistake appears in the media. 'Acta' is a feminine noun, so the correct form is 'la última acta', not 'el último acta'. Native fluency doesn’t always mean grammatical accuracy. 'Último' is an adjective and must match the noun’s gender which is feminine. #LangSky

Imitating an accent with the help of science. #LangSky

Así cambia tu cerebro cuando hablas varios idiomas. #LangSky

Google introduces AI-powered language practice tools with personalized lessons. #LangSky labs.google/lll/en

Free textbooks for Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Arabic, Swahili, and more! 🌍📚 Great for students and teachers. #LangSky 🔗 open.umn.edu/opentextbook...

Hi #langsky !! Here I come with a personal review: This is the app I am using to read in #italian on my phone. It has a lot of useful functionalities. ++

Sometimes I learn a phrase or expression in my target language and instantly remember where I learned it from: podcast, blog, random film scene, etc. It seems that my memory is tagging locations! Does anyone else's brain work like that? 🙂 #LangSky

The most spoken languages in the world by number of native speakers. #LangSky

A question for native Mandarin speakers or people with an advanced level: Which word do you normally use for a restaurant? 1. 饭馆 2. 餐馆 3. 饭店 4. 餐厅 Thanks! #LangSky

Have you heard of VocabTracker? It's a free tool inspired by LingQ, ReadLang and LWT. It allows you to import texts, look up new words and save them to their personal vocabulary list. It also offers a built-in flashcard system for vocabulary review. 🔗 www.vocabtracker.com #LangSky

Will the EU take on three new official languages? #LangSky

A family at a restaurant today: The dad spoke fluent but not native English on the phone, ordered in perfect Spanish, and chatted with his wife in Brazilian Portuguese… but their kid? Only answered in Swedish 😂 The parents mixed languages, but the kid stayed loyal to Swedish. 😍 #LangSky

Which EU country has the most people learning multiple languages? #LangSky

Normal people: 'I listen to music to relax.' Me: 'I listen to music to learn new vocabulary.' #LangSky

What do you guys think about mirroring? Is it more effective than shadowing? 🤔 #LangSky

Love these videos! 😁I know not all of us speak like this, but many do. #LangSky

Måste man öva ett språk bara med modersmålstalare? Nej! Att prata med andra som också lär sig kan vara superbra. Du lär dig i din egen takt, bygger självförtroende och får vänner på köpet. Vad tycker du om det? 🤔 #LangSky #Swedish

🐱 in the Slavic languages: BCMS: mačka SL: mačka MK: мачка BG: котка PL: kot CS: kočka SK: mačka RU: кошка UK: кіт BE: кошка Did the Hungarian word 'macska' originate from a Slavic language, or is it the other way around? #LangSky #etymology

Me packing for a trip: I'll bring my A1 textbook. Also me: Maybe the A2 book too… in case I suddenly level up. 🤣 Next thing I know, my bag is 80% books, 20% essentials. Me on the trip: Never even opens A1. 😅📚 Anyone else do this? #LangSky

It's interesting how different this word is in some Romance languages, right? 😉 FR: papillon ES: mariposa IT: farfalla PT: borboleta RO: fluture CA: papallona GL: bolboreta #LangSky

J'aime l'application 'Français Authentique' parce qu'il y a beaucoup d'épisodes intéressants et des transcriptions gratuites, ce qui me permet de lire et d'écouter en même temps. #LangSky

Is there a language you love but also find super frustrating? Maybe it sounds amazing but has weird rules, or it’s fun to speak but hard to write. 🤔 #LangSky

‘Child ~ children’ means the same as German ‘Kind ~ Kinder’ and Dutch ‘kind ~ kinderen’, and they look alike too. However, it’s not etymologically related to them in any way. ‘Kind’ is distantly related to Greek ‘génesis’ (creation) and Italian ‘gente’ (people). ‘Child’ has a different origin:

Here's a new conversation placemat / chat mat for novice French learners on the topic of city and countryside / la ville et la campagne. I'm slowly training my students to create their own chat mats, which is why there are some blank boxes. #langsky #edusky #french #proficiency #scaffolding

For those learning German, don’t forget to check out Rhababerbarbara youtu.be/gG62zay3kck. It won’t help you with German at all (in fact it may even make it worse), but it’s a classic. #langsky