Sometimes I’m like ‘oh man teaching people a language is hard when they’re asking intricate mechanics questions and you have to figure out a way to explain it using the mechanics of their starting language’ and then i have to teach someone from zero and i realise that no, the hardest part about teaching a language is the very start where only 2% is sticking and the rest is sliding off.

Reinforcing the same six things over and over until all of them stick while ALSO trying not to demotivate the student is so fucking hard dude. I’ve worked jobs where i have a time limit, life or death outcomes, and extremely hazardous work conditions all at once but the brain exhaustion from teaching someone basic conversation blocks from zero is… unreal. I could read a book after work in the engine room, but after this? I’m just on my back mentally wiped unable to do shit.

Diary entry 1171

2026년 03월 15일

다음 주에 약속:
- 월요일에: 운동하고 마사지 받다 [물리치료사랑 말해야겠다 그거 전에]
- 수요일에: 미용실에 가다 [머리를 염색하고 좀 자르다]
- 목요일에: 또 운동하다
- 한국어를 공부하고 듣다 [많이 들어야지]
- [할 수 있을 때마다]: 쉬다. 피곤하지만 나를 위해 이걸 해야지… 미용실에 가는지 많이 생각했는데 다른 색으로 염색하고 싶어서 그냥 정말 좀 잘라야 돼서 갈 거야

Next week appointments:
- Mon: work out and get a massage [I need to talk with the physio before that]
- Wed: go to the hair salon [dye my hair and get a trim]
- Thu: work out again
- study and listen to Korean [I have to listen to it a lot]
- [whenever I can]: rest. I’m tired but I have to do these things for me… I thought a lot if to go to the hair salon or not but I want to color my hair in a different color and I just really need a trim so I’ll go

LOL thanks spotify so on point

The truth about language consistency. Stop feeling GUILTY!

so I accidentally made a coffee shop au for language

So I was watching a Jan Misali video and he said “if language was good then the 5 vowel system would be water” and then I thought “wait what IF language WAS food” and then I thought that the customers would be speakers of the languages and the employees would be the different language families like Romance and Germanic and stuff and the dishes/meals would be the actual languages and the drink would represent the vowels in the language and the consonant inventory would be the side dish or the seasoning and and stuff like whether individual symbols are for syllables or sounds or entire words could decide if it is a part of the breakfast or lunch or dinner menus and oh my God I did it again I overthunk(or whatever the past tense of ‘overthinking’ is) a single sentence in a YouTube video again

so uhh thanks @hbmmaster for give me thoughts in my brain that I cannot draw because you can’t draw language itself in a barista uniform

word-by-word breakdown of akmu’s ‘how can i love the heartbreak, you’re the one i love’ for anyone trying to learn languages!

Diary entry 1170

2026년 03월 14일

목이 많이 아파서 파라세타몰을 먹을 거예요
입이 잘 열리지도 않다 ㅠ
아마도.. 지난 날에 마사지 때문이다
아무튼 오늘 날씨가 안 좋다. 오늘 밤에 비가 많이 올 거 같다고 했다… 3월과 11월도 어려운 달이다 그러니까 재앙이 없었으면 좋겠다

My neck hurts a lotso I will take paracetamol
I cannot even open my mouth well
Maybe… It’s because of the massage the other day
Anyway today the weather is not good. They said this night it will rain a lot… March and November are difficult months so I hope there won’t be disasters

Awotwe - Eight.

Astronomers who wouldn’t know the origins of the word “sun” or of the meanings and origins of astronomical signs and symbols.

Not even the fraudulent NASA will know the origins of the word, sun or the origins and meaning of the symbol representing the number 8. Before Europeans came into a realisation of self, the world was already instituted.

Language diversity map. That green corridor follows the mountains almost exactly — Caucasus, Hindu Kush, Himalayas, all the way down to Southeast Asia. The Caucasus alone holds 35–40 indigenous languages across three families that share no common ancestor. Nepal has 123.

i have personal beef with the kazakh orthography.

【许你十年】vocab ep.3

• 麻药 (máyào) = anesthetic
• 麻醉 (mázuì) = anesthesia / to anesthetize
• 耍 (shuǎ) = to play / to juggle / to joke / (slang) to mess with someone
• 上火 (shànghuǒ) = to get inflamed / to get angry
• 捉弄人 (zhuōnòng rén) = to tease / to play tricks on someone
• 支吾 (zhīwú) = to hem and haw / to speak evasively
• 处境 (chǔjìng) = situation / predicament / circumstances
• 千万 (qiānwàn) = ten million / (before negative) absolutely (must not) / (before positive) be sure to
• 差错 (chācuò) = mistake / error / mishap
• 痒 (yǎng) = to itch / ticklish
• 激动 (jīdòng) = excited / agitated / thrilling
• 胡说 (húshuō) = to talk nonsense
• 德行 (déxing) = (coll.) disgusting / shameful / (used to rebuke sb’s behavior)
• 赶紧 (gǎnjǐn) = quickly / without delay
• 马上 (mǎshàng) = immediately / right away
• 熬夜 (áoyè) = to stay up late / to stay overnight
• 难道 (nándào) = (used in rhetorical questions) Could it be that…?
• 主攻 (zhǔgōng) = main attack / major specialty
• 俗话说 (súhuà shuō) = as the saying goes
• 蚂蚁 (mǎyǐ) = ant
• 民俗 (mínsú) = folk custom / folklore
• 蚊子 (wénzi) = mosquito
• 惊讶 (jīngyà) = astonished / surprised
• 失望 (shīwàng) = disappointed / to lose hope
• 透顶 (tòudǐng) = thoroughly / extremely (used after adjectives like 糟糕, 失望)
• 别墅 (biéshù) = villa
• 海景 (hǎijǐng) = sea view / seascape
• 显 (xiǎn) = to show / to display / prominent
• 想不到 (xiǎng bú dào) = didn’t expect / unexpected
• 虽然 (suīrán) = although / even though
• 仿佛 (fǎngfú) = as if / seemingly / to be more or less the same
• 童话 (tónghuà) = fairy tale / children’s story
• 硬 (yìng) = hard / stiff / stubborn / forcibly / barely
• 勉为其难 (miǎn wéi qí nán) = to tackle a difficult task / to agree to do sth beyond one’s ability
• 介意 (jièyì) = to mind / to take offense / to care about
• 而已 (éryǐ) = that’s all / nothing more
• 故意 (gùyì) = deliberately / on purpose
• 约法三章 (yuē fǎ sān zhāng) = to agree on three rules / simple agreement
• 癖好 (pǐhào) = favorite hobby / special interest / mania
• 果然 (guǒrán) = really / as expected / sure enough

【许你十年】vocab ep. 2

• 一辈子 yíbèizi = a lifetime, all one’s life, the whole of one’s life
• 自私 zìsī = selfish
• 熟睡 shúshuì = to be fast asleep, to sleep soundly
• 说重点 shuō zhòngdiǎn = get to the point, stop beating around the bush
• 志愿者 zhìyuànzhě = volunteer
• 失眠 shīmián = insomnia
• 环节 huánjié = link (as in a chain), segment, stage, phase
• 取决于 qǔjuéyú = to depend on…, to hinge on…
• 危险 wēixiǎn = dangerous, perilous
• 矫情 jiǎoqíng = spoiled/pampered
• 绊伤 bànshāng = (This is usually two words) to trip and get injured / an injury caused by tripping
• 初战告捷 chūzhàn gàojié = to win the first battle / to be successful in the first attempt
• 严重 yánzhòng = serious, grave, critical
• 舍不得 shěbùdé = to hate to do something, to be reluctant to part with someone/something, to grudge
• 抽签 chōuqiān = to draw lots, to cast lots
• 自生自灭 zìshēngzìmiè = (lit. to live and die alone) to be left to fend for oneself / to abandon (someone/something) to its fate / to leave to rot

I need to improve my English lol

Diary entry 1169

2026년 03월 13일

어느 밤 며칠 전에 그냥 우리 가족이랑 말하고 있었으면서 갑자기 거의 ‘맞습니다'라고 했다. 그래서 스스로에게 '왜 한국어로?’ 물었다. 나도 놀랐다 사실 ㅋㅋㅋ
오늘 오후에는 좀 낮잠을 자려고 한다

One night a few days ago I was just talking with my family when suddenly I almost said “맞습니다” (right). So I asked myself “Why in Korean?”. I was actually surprised too lol
I’m planning to take a nap this afternoon

So weird thinking abt languages like. I’m listening to prófugos by soda stereo and it’s getting me emotional even though I can understand like 5words total but like just astounding to think abt that ppl each have their own language that they experience life in and it’s a different way of experiencing life through every person and every language

Tu - To Make a Hole.

Roots and origins of the words, tunnel or tube. To make a hole through something.

Do you know the origins of the language you speak? Can you substantiate the language you claim to speak?

How do you postulate about history if you do not know the origins of the language you speak? Afrika is the primary origin of language.

Lo feliz que me haría saber un idioma mas pero lo miserable que me hace aprender un idioma mas.

Speaking different languages is fun because you switch languages and with that switch your tone, volume, personality, gestures, and even ability to smile. I’m far more smiley, jokey and have what I call my “work persona” in English, than in my native tongue.

ich mag vocaloid ?

안녕하세요!

my name is suzie. (she/ve) i am from poland and im 19 (2006) (*≧∀≦*) i am currently a uni student and my major is linguistics with english and korean.

i used to learn japanese but i stopped after starting university. i want to go back now! i also consider adding chinese to the list.

why those three countries? i loooove jfashion and chinese traditional clothing. i listen to kpop and korean jazz. love japanese and korean literature. also skin care!!! the food is AMAZING anddd one day i plan to work in a language school orrrr be a translator:P

my other hobbies are: journaling, drawing, video games, writing, collecting trinkets, yuri manga, plants, baking and yoga.

important note: NO i am not a weeb nor a koreaboo 😭 i take my studies seriously and i am not an anime uwu baka girl 🙏