Kati

Sharing my journey learning languages.

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To all of you who studied, practiced, spoke, or immersed yourself to your target language today: keep up the good work, I’m proud of you!

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🌠My experience dreaming in other languages🌠:

Ok. It's been almost 4 months that I've been learning french. I just had my first dream in french, where I was in a place full of people talking french and I didn't understand. I just freak out and scream: JE NE PARLE PAS FRANÇAIS! That's not the weird thing. The weird thing is that I've been studying english for years now and I had my first dream in english last year. What's wrong with me? 😂

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Colori in italiano 🎨

English:

Colori: Colors

Bianco: White

Nero: Black

Giallo: Yellow

Verde: Green

Rosso: Red

Viola: Purple

Arancia: Orange

Lilla: Lilac

Grigio: Gray

Marrone: Brown

Beige: Beige

Blu marino: Blue marine

Turchese: Turquoise

Dorato: Golden

Argentato: Silver

Chiaro: Light

Scuro: Dark

Español:

Colori: Colores

Bianco: Blanco

Nero: Negro

Giallo: Amarillo

Verde: Verde

Rosso: Rojo

Viola: Morado

Arancia: Naranja

Lilla: Lila

Grigio: Gris

Marrone: Café

Beige: Beige

Blu marino: Azul marino

Turchese: Turquesa

Dorato: Dorado

Argentato: Plateado

Chiaro: Claro

Scuro: Oscuro

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Whenever you do journal do you end up looking some words/phrases up? (Or should you only use what you know?)

Because there’s absolutely no way for me to write all of what I’m thinking with the amount I have learned in my target language!

Yes and no hehe 😅, and don’t worry, I absolutely understand you! 😭 So, what works for me is:

✔️ Sometimes I search for quotes and the translation and If I like what means I go to my journal and write it down with its meaning, can be the lyrics of a song, a quote from a book,  or something that will be helpful to sound more like a “native” like an expression, slang, idiom, etc.

✔️ Sometimes I combine my native language and words that I know in my target language, then I’ll search the words that I don’t know.

✔️ My last but most used method is to write with the help of reverso, I write in my native laguage and then I translate in my target language. I personally like to use reverso, I think it’s very complete, you can search the meaning of words, examples of the words, the conjugation and many more things.

📌 There’s a video that was really helpful for me that talks about how to write in a foreign language, it’s by this youtuber Lindie Botes and I’m sure her content will help you a lot (here’s the video) (:

Finally, in my opinion,✨ there’s not a right way to write or journal in your target language✨. Even writing a journal in your native language is something personal, you just have to try and see what it looks better for you, it can be clean and organised with some notes here and there, or it can be an absolutely mess haha, but that’s fine! Thank you for asking, hope it helps you ;)

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Journaling in you target language.

Oh mon Dieu! Where do I begin? Ok, so I'm going to talk about my experience journaling. I love it. I don't know why, there's just something so pleasing writing whatever your mind says, screams or whoever you feel. Maybe that's what everybody feels, or maybe I'm a weirdo, but I love writing. So I've been reading about other people journaling in their target language and I was like: Let's do it! But God, it is hard to put EVERYTHING you want to say in a language that you are learning, because your vocabulary isn't as fluent as your native langue, but instead of writing EVERYTHING that I want to say, I focus on small phrases. Again, I know I'm probably going to make mistakes doing this, but as Italians says: Sbagliando s'impara (which means that you learn by your mistakes) and...voilà! That's something I wanted to share with you guys. Hope your day is going great.

🇫🇷:À bientôt! 🇮🇹:Ciao! 🇧🇷:Tchau! 🇺🇸:Bye bye 🇲🇽:Adiosito

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 This is a friendly reminder to:

Relax your shoulders.

Use blue filter on your screen or wear blue light glasses.

Give your eyes a break.

Eat some ice-cream.

Don’t be so hard on yourself. You got this ❤️

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🇮🇹 Persone, famiglia e amici.

Persone: Personas

Bebè: Bebé

Bambina: Niña

Bambine: Niñas

Bambino: Niño

Bambini: Niños

Ragazza: Chica

Ragazze: Chicas

Ragazzo: Chico

Ragazzi: Chicos

Donna: Mujer

Donne: Mujeres

Uomo: Hombre

Uomini: Hombres

Famiglia: Familia

Bisnonno: Bisabuelo

Bisnonna: Bisabuela

Nonno: Abuelo

Nonna: Abuela

Padre: Padre

Papà: Papá

Madre: Madre

Mamma: Mamá

Genitori: Padres

Marito: Esposo

Moglie: Esposa

Figlio: Hijo

Figli: Hijos

Figlia: Hija

Figlie: Hijas

Fratello: Hermano

Fratelli: Hermanos

Sorella: Hermana

Sorelle: Hermanas

Nipote: Nieto(a), Sobrino(a)

Nipoti: Nietos(as), Sobrinos(as)

Suocero: Suegro

Suocera: Suegra

Suoceri: Suegros

Zio: Tío

Zii: Tíos

Zia: Tía

Zie: Tías

Cugino: Primo

Cugini: Primos

Cugina: Prima

Cugine: Primas

Cognato: Cuñado

Cognati: Cuñados

Cognata: Cuñada

Cognate: Cuñadas

Genero: Yerno

Generi: Yernos

Nuora: Nuera

Nuore: Nueras

Patrigno: Padrastro

Matrigna: Madrastra

Padrino: Padrino

Madrina: Madrina

Amici: Amigos

Amico: Amigo

Amici: Amigos

Amica: Amiga

Amiche: Amigas

Vicino: Vecino

Vicini: Vecinos

Vicina: Vecina

Vicine: Vecinas

Photo by Kristijan Arsov on Unsplash

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🇮🇹 Persone, famiglia e amici 🇮🇹

Persone: People Bebè: Baby Bambina: Little Girl Bambine: Little Girls Bambino: Little Boy Bambini: Little Boys Ragazza: Girl Ragazze: Girls Ragazzo: Boy Ragazzi: Boys Donna: Woman Donne: Women Uomo: Man Uomini: Men

Famiglia: Family Bisnonno: Great-grandpa Bisnonna: Great-grandma Nonno: Grandpa Nonna: Grandma Padre: Father Papà: Dad Madre: Mother Mamma: Mom Genitori: Parents Marito: Husband Moglie: Wife Figlio: Son Figli: Sons Figlia: Daughter Figlie: Daughters Fratello: Brother Fratelli: Brothers Sorella: Sister Sorelle: Sisters Nipote: Grandchild, Nephew, Niece Nipoti: Grandkids, Nephews, Nieces Suocero: Father-in-law Suocera: Mother-in-law Suoceri: Parents-in-law Zio: Uncle Zii: Uncles Zia: Aunt Zie: Aunts Cugino: Cousin (m) Cugini: Cousins (m. plural) Cugina: Cousin (f) Cugine: Cousins (f. plural) Cognato: Brother-in-law Cognati: Brothers-in-law Cognata: Sister-in-law Cognate: Sisters-in-law Genero: Son-in-law Generi: Sons-in-law Nuora: Daughter-in-law Nuore: Daughters-in-law Patrigno: Stepfather Matrigna: Stepmother Padrino: Godfather Madrina: Godmother

Amici: Friends Amico: Friend (m) Amici: Friends (m. plural) Amica: Friend (f) Amiche: Friends (f. plural)

Vicino: Neighbor (m) Vicini: Neighbors (m. plural) Vicina: Neighbor (f) Vicine: Neighbors (f. plural)

Photo by Kristijan Arsov on Unsplash

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How language shapes the way we think.

Languages have all kinds of structural quirks. Lots languages have gramatical gender, every noun gets assigned a gender, ofter masculine or feminine. And these genders differ across languages. So, for example, the sun is feminine in German but masculine in Spanish, and the moon, the reverse. Could this actually have any consequence for how people think? Do German speakers think of the sun as somehow more female-like, and the moon somehow more male-like? Actually, it turns out that’s the case.

…speakers of different languages think differently, but of course, that's not about how people elsewhere think. It's about how you think. It's how the language that you speak shapes the way that you think. And that gives you the opportunity to ask, "Why do I think the way that I do?" "How could I think differently?" And also, "What thoughts do I wish to create?"

- Lera Boroditsky. Cognitive scientist.

You can watch the video here

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Learning a language must be an experience. 

You have to live it so you won’t forget it. It’s known that we get stuck with things that we have a sentiment connections. Experiences, memories, feelings, senses, that’s because we are humans. Personally I like to learn with music, I feel the music, and it works for me because It’s more efficient if I learn a song that I can sing, enjoy and repeat many times as I want while I’m dancing or crying (depends the song) instead of making a list of words to memorize (maybe works for some people, but not me). So here’s some tips that helps me learning with music:

Search new music in your target language.

Find one you really enjoy.

Listen again and again and again...

Sing. Yes, just trust me. Try to sing!

Lyrics. Search the lyrics and the translation (you can use a translator, I like “reverso”)

Do a karaoke, give a concert for yourself while you wash the dishes, and if you play an instrument learn that song, dedicate it to someone, your friends, your grandma, or yourself, idk but make it an experience.

Repeat and enjoy.

Song of the day: Ben Mazué - Élodie

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🇮🇹 I saluti  🇪🇸 Saludos

Ciao:  Hola/Adios (Informal)

Salve: Hola (formal)

Buongiorno: Buenos días

Buon pomeriggio: Buenas tardes

Buonasera: Buenas tardes/noches (después de las 6 p.m/18hrs)

Buonnanotte: Buenas noches (despedida)

Come sta?: ¿Cómo está? (formal)

Come stai?: ¿Cómo estás? (informal)

Come state?: ¿Cómo están? (plural)

Come va?: ¿Cómo va?

(Va) Tutto bene?: ¿Va todo bien?

Tutto a posto?: ¿Todo está bien?

Come butta?: ¿Qué hay? (slang)

Comme vanno le cose?: ¿Cómo van las cosas?

Sto bene: Estoy bien

Tutto bene: Todo bien

Così così: Más o menos

Non c’è male: Nada mal

Come ti chiami?: ¿Cómo te llamas?

Mi chiamo: Me llamo/ Mi nombre es

Sono: Soy

E tu?: ¿Y tú?

Quanti anni hai?: ¿Cuántos años tienes?

Ho ____ anni: Tengo _____ años

Da dove vieni?: ¿De dónde vienes?

Vengo da... : Vengo de...

Di dove sei?: ¿De dónde eres?

Io sono di: Soy de...

Cosa fai nella vita?: ¿A qué te dedicas/trabajas?

Mi occupo di: Me ocupo a...

Mi dedico a: Me dedico a...

Che cosa ti piace fare?: ¿Qué te gusta hacer?

Mi piace...: Me gusta...

Quali sono i tuoi hobby?: ¿Cuáles son tus hobbies?

Miei hobby sono...: Mis hobbies son...

Anche me / Anch'io: Yo también

Piacere di conoscerti: Gusto en conocerte

il piacere è mio / Piacere mio: El placer es mío

A presto: Hasta pronto

Ci vediamo dopo: Nos vemos luego

Arrivederci: Adiós (formal)

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🇮🇹 I saluti 🇺🇸 Greetings

Ciao:  Hi/Bye (Informal)

Salve: Hello (formal)

Buongiorno: Good morning

Buon pomeriggio: Good afternoon

Buonasera: Good evening/night (after 6 p.m/18hrs)

Buonnanotte: Good night (farewell)

Come sta?: How are you (formal)

Come stai?: How are you (informal)

Come state?: How are you? (plural)

Come va?: How’s it going?

(Va) Tutto bene?: Is everything going well?

Tutto a posto?: Everything okay?

Come butta?: What’s up? (slang)

Comme vanno le cose?: How things are going?

Sto bene: I’m good

Tutto bene: It’s all good

Così così: So-so

Non c’è male: Not that bad

Come ti chiami?: What’s your name?

Mi chiamo: My name is

Sono: I am

E tu?: And you?

Quanti anni hai?: How old are you?

Ho ____ anni: I’m _____ years old.

Da dove vieni?: Where you come from?

Vengo da... : I’m come from...

Di dove sei?: Where are you from?

Io sono di: I’m from...

Cosa fai nella vita?: What do you do in life/for living?

Mi occupo di: I work on...

Mi dedico a: I dedicate myself to...

Che cosa ti piace fare?: What do you like to do?

Mi piace...: I like...

Quali sono i tuoi hobby?: What are your hobbies?

Miei hobby sono...: My hobbies are...

Piacere di conoscerti: Nice to meet you

Anche me / Anch'io: Me too

il piacere è mio / Piacere mio: The pleasure is mine / My pleasure

A presto: See you soon

Ci vediamo dopo: I'll see you later

Arrivederci: Goodbye (formal)

Photo by Simona Sergi on Unsplash  

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Ciao Aprile 🇮🇹

April is here and it’s time to study a new language. After studying French for almost 3 months I decided to study Italian now, and even if I wasn’t really sure because I have a long list of languages to study hehe I finally decided for Italian. I feel comfortable because it’s a Romance language, and it’s very similar to Spanish (my maternal language). So that’s how my April is going so far. March was full of french studies and it was good. So far so good. Btw, I wonder if most of people study with music. Sometimes I do, and I recommend this one:

Italian Music - Background Chill out 👌

Ciao!

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Le printemps. He estado un poco desaparecida y con los ánimos bajos principalmente por la “nueva realidad” pero llegó la primavera y esta canción la escuché de modo random y simplemente me pareció resonar conmigo ahora mismo en muchas de sus rimas. Creo que aprender idiomas va más allá de entender las reglas gramaticales y tener certificaciones... Quizá es entender sentimientos universales pero dicho de otra forma, con otras palabras y otros acentos.  Lindo inicio de primavera 🌼 

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