how socially awkward I am, you ask? I got my first mutual on xhs and they messaged me, and I spent 20min googling if the message (which tbf was a generic 'since we're moots let's talk!') is automatic every time you become moots w somebody 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

Of course I decided to finally get a xhs account in the middle of the tiktok refugees fleeing there 🤣🤣 if nothing else me and my shaky mandarin can benefit from this ^^

It's the Forest app!

I prioritize speaking in every language because I hate it 😅😅 Other than that, I try to pay equal attention to all skill, but ngl I've been shafting listening for years excluding music...

Ooh, that's a good catch! It's a pronunciation of L called 'darkening' (it's supposed to be Ł phonetically, but some ppl overdo it until it becomes a W/U) and it happens when after L comes A, O, U or Ъ. I haven't come across dialects that don't have this, but maybe around the Serbian borders? 🤷🏻‍♀️

#100DayLang (1-3/100)
Did a lot of flashcards in Japanese and reread the texts from my Chinese textbooks out loud (not only has my pronunciation suffered during the break I took, now I sound like an obnoxious mix of foreigner and Southern-transplant-Beijing accent...

I've made some progress with my mandarin chinese after passing hsk3 two years ago but it's been largely inconsistent, so perhaps a good goal for this year would be passing hsk4? Perhaps even hsk5 if I can push it (which seems to be smthn I can do now...)

It's the same for me with Croatian and Serbian! The softer pronunciation always trips me up... If you have any questions about Bulgarian I'd be happy to help ^^

(heavily in denial) I managed to fix my nail, it's like new! 😀

jk i haven't buffed the nail silk down to shape yet, but for my first repair job i think i've done quite well lol

Ich will gerne ein Dirndl für mich selbst (ich hab theoretisch zwei aber sie sind seit Jahren zu klein, also: sie sind meine Schwesterns) und es ist SO schwer kein auf Kleinanzeigen zu kaufen ufffff ich muss selbstdiszipliniert seinnnn

1. Bulgarian
2. Mandarin Chinese
3. German, because it's very similar to English
4. Greek
5. Currently Thai and Cantonese

#langsky

Thank you! ☺️☺️

Went on a walk today, Germany really is so pretty when it's snowy...

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🇻🇳 & 🇹🇭 Focus on tones above all else, get used to the language with music
Additionally, because I don't know where to put this, I'm hoping to sign up for a DolmetscherInnen class this year (most likely DE<->EN)

2025 is the year of serious progress in all of my languages, I promise 🫡

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📔 2025 Language Goals:
🇩🇪 Focus on casual vernacular; read more
🇨🇳 Pronunciation; use more complicated grammar irl; read more
🇯🇵 Focus on vocabulary, keigo grammar
🇰🇷 Pronunciation, vocabulary and grammar; A1.2
🇮🇹 Re-familiarize self w grammar and vocabulary
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What is your Top 3 most beautiful languages (to listen to)??? (you don't need to speak them)

my top 3:
🇨🇮 Irish Gaelic
🇰🇿 Kazakh
🇹🇭 Thai