trying to teach yourself a new language is really hard, how do people do it...
kitty
[languages] trying to teach yourself a new language is really hard, how do people do it...
trying to teach yourself a new language is really hard, how do people do it...
♓︎ᴍᴇɢᴀɴᴇ ʟɪsᴀ♌︎
I feel this. I'm usually really good with languages, but anytime I try to self-study it's... idk. I have yet to succeed.
sib
get a textbook!!
sib
and just make yourself do exercises a little a day... and/or find a website that helps teach you
epika ☆
same
sib
it just takes a lot of discipline and determination
sib
and patience cuz it takes a while to git gud... i've been teaching myself japanese for a few years and i still suck ass
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What are you trying to learn?
tsugumi.
you've got to really want it.
tsugumi.
I'm occasionally frustrated by how comparatively little japanese I still know, but really, really wanting it is what keeps me coming back to learn more
sib
^ yeah, that definitely makes a huge difference
proтoвadger
what language are you learning
kitty
turkish
kitty
it profoundly helps that i live in a house with people who speak it and already know a lot of the basics but i'm still poopy diapers
steve boobly
ask them to speak it around / exclusively to you if you're familiar enough with it!
steve boobly
I learned my basic italian almost completely through immersion with my mom and nonna
ᴇʟɪsᴀsᴜᴇ 💉
i feel the pain kitty
ᴇʟɪsᴀsᴜᴇ 💉
i need to get fluent with tagalog but im also really embarrassed at my abysmal tagalog
kitty
ME TOO DANNI... whenever family is at y house i leave the premises immediately
kitty
also i'm not that good nata 
i wouldn't be able to understand unless they spoke to me like a babby
i wouldn't be able to understand unless they spoke to me like a babby