11 questions tag
I was tagged by @princess-turandot and @languages-and-tea, thank you and sorry for taking so long to answer!
Rules: answer 11 questions, ask 11 questions.
1. When did you realize you had fallen in love with your target language? - English when I realized how good I was at picking it up, Japanese the first time I heard it, Swedish when I got an amazing teacher in upper secondary school, German when I started taking classes in upper secondary school, Hungarian when ByeAlex performed in ESC, Arabic when I found out good night literally means “may you wake up to something good”
2. If you could choose to have any animal for a pet, which one would you pick? - A kitten or a bunny
3. What is a grammatical concept you found/find difficult to understand? - This is not a grammatical concept but I find tones difficult
4. At what time during the day do you feel the most productive? - Night
5. Describe your hometown using one sentence. - My hometown is a small municipality in Northern Finland.
6. Have you ever felt at home abroad? - Yes
7. What is a habit of yours you find annoying? - Procrastination
8. What do you consider to be your best trait? - Empathy
9. Is there a song/movie/animation that you can’t help but associate with your childhood? - There are plenty, but for example pokémon, moomin…
10. You get to tell your favourite celebrity a single sentence. What will it be? (and who would you tell it to) - Ariana Grande is not my favourite celebrity, but I really want to tell her “it was not your fault”.
11. What is the first thing you notice about a person you meet? - Eyes, smile
1. What was the last language you started learning? (Even if you dropped it) - Arabic
2. Do you play an instrument? - No
3. Where in the world would you be most happy? - Anywhere where my girlfriend is
4. Do you think that your TL will help you get a good job? Or do you prefer them to be a by-side thing? - I do hope and think my target languages will help me get a good job and in fact I would love it to be something to do with my target languages
5. If you ever have children, will you teach them your target languages? - Absolutely
6. Did you grow up as monolingual or bilingual? Do you wish that it had been different? - I grew up monolingual, I don’t necessarily wish it had been different but it sure would have been cool
7. What’s the last book you read and what language was it in? - Harry Potter and Philosopher’s Stone in German (I didn’t finish it yet though)
8. Do you have friends near you who speak more than one language? - Yes
9. What is/are the official language/s of your country? - Finnish and Swedish
10. Have you ever been to a city where they speak one of your TL? - Yes
11. Have you ever tried to teach your native language or one of your TLs to another person? - Yes I tag: @languagemoose, @german-hobbit, @rahaflearns, @ricardastudies, @whatlanguageisthis, @emilialearnslanguages, @lvnguistics, @lovelybluepanda, @polyglossa, @csillagkep-stadt
Questions: 1. What are your goals for your target languages? 2. How does your personality change when you speak your native and target languages? 3. What was the last movie you watched in your target language? 4. Do you have a favourite food from the country where your target language is spoken? 5. What was the last language textbook/dictionary/book in your target language you bought? 6. What stationery do you use when studying your target languages? 7. How would you attempt to convince someone to start learning your target languages? 8. Do you think having a langblr benefits your language studies? 9. What is some word/phrase/idiom that exists in your target language but not in your native language? 10. Which cities would you like to visit in a country/in the countries where your target languages are spoken? 11. What languages would you like to learn in the future?
