#bilangual

[pepirsalt]

being able to read/hear a language but not speak it is so annoying 😭 like sure I can understand what you’re saying/writing in Spanish or German but I am physically incapable of responding without thinking for 5 minutes about conjugations

[caw4brandon]

Anis Strikes Again!

Sadie: Hey Anis, do you have other friends aside from us?

Anis: I do. His name is, O'Fallanay...

Sadie: Oh, I would love to meet O'Fallana-wait!

*taking time to compute then stare in annoyance, proceeds to pull out Hector's sword*

Anis: What? He's Irish. You'd get along really well~ No, wait...Wait! Wait! Wait! Wait!

Editor's note: O'Fallanay is read as (o-fall-an-ay) which if interpreted in Cantonese is, 好煩呀你 (Ho Fan Ah Lay) meaning, "You're so Annoying" This is a borrowed insult from [The Outcasts Podcast] it's not really a joke but I can definitely see Anis using this to troll Sadie.

[mymyteatea]

Me: Tired and not understanding English

Also me: So if your phone ‘dies’ and you charge it does that mean you’re doing necromancy???

[the-eboys-incorrect-quotes]

James: So I’m bi-

Alex: *gasps hopefully*

James: -lingual, bilingual, I speak two languages.

Alex: *takes a sip of water disappointed*

James: oh and I also like dudes.

Alex: *spits out water*

[myshitliveshere]

this made my day

It was actually two years ago, but today I remembered when I volunteered at a special needs pre-school for a semester. One of the four year olds in my classroom, like many, was autistic. He was middle eastern unlike his other classmates and was starting some kind of muslim school (i’m sorry, I don’t know the proper name) at the same time as this special needs preschool.

Our class started to learn the ABCs that year. While learning the english alphabet, the teacher stopped this boy’s parents one day and asked if they could give her a copy of the arabic alphabet. The teacher wanted to learn it, so the boy (whose autism has come with learning hurdles) will not get confused while learning both alphabets at the same time. It was the sweetest gesture to me and the parents were so impressed that an older, white lady wanted to learn arabic. They promised to bring a copy and help the teacher learn the proper sounds. To this day, I remember it and it makes my day happy.

[the-last-airblender]

Most people when they hear that you’re learning their language: OMG that’s great! Here are some tips!!11!!1! If you ever need help or if you have any questions just ask me!!1!!1! You’re so good at speaking my language already!!!!! Yay!!!! 

Dutch people when they hear that you’re learning Dutch: oh cool but

why

[thils-studyblr]

Heyyy for sleepover Sunday! 1&7 please!

1: What language(s) aside from English do you speak? 

I can speak Dutch (I’m dutch), a little bit of German and French (cause I was forced to take these classes in high school) and I am currently learning Spanish.

7: What role do you take on when you have a group project?

I usually end up being the leader. I can’t handle when people procastinate until the last few days before the assignment is due, so I usually make a to-do list for everyone and make sure to ask regularly how for along they are on their part. I’m not a bossy person or like to take on the role of a leader, but my perfectionism and stress kinda forces me to if others don’t want to work.

[ho-thank-you]

Is it better to learn a bunch of languages at once or one at a time?