So there I was, this morning, lying in bed about to get up and take my dog for a walk in the rain and I thought ‘bloody hell, no peace for the wicked’. And then, I wondered how to say … Continue reading
Sup d00d’s? I’ve just added five hundred Afrikaans sentences to Surface languages, and random Afrikaans crosswords. The words for the crosswords use the vocabulary from the sentences as the clues, as a way of re-inforcing the words learnt. I am, … Continue reading
Sup d00d’s, I just subscribed to Hebdomada Aenigmatum, a monthly magazine with Latin crosswords and other stuff. So why is it called hebdomada? Maybe I need to get out more … but we all need things to fret about. Pax, MF.
Sup? The CERF language levels are A1, A2, B1, B2, C1 and C2. A1 is the lowest level, and C2 is more or less native. I read somewhere that it takes twice as long to reach level B2 from level … Continue reading
Sup d0ods? It’s been a while, and I hope you are all good. I’ve just added a large number of professionally translated Spanish sentences to Surface languages. There is no audio as yet, but it will come along shortly – over the … Continue reading
It is a typical July day in the West Country – everyone is wearing coats, there are damp paw prints everywhere and it is raining. And I have completed my first week of learning Romanian, or more accurately four days. The … Continue reading
Sup doods. Well, so, I have stopped learning Polish, and being the sort of person who thinks about these things (and tries to understand my own personality) , have wondered why and where I went wrong. In part I’m fairly sure … Continue reading
I’ve been learning Polish for two years or thereabouts, and I’m now going to take a break from it. I feel kind of bad about this, as my progress has been limited and I haven’t learnt very much. It is entirely … Continue reading
Sounds impressive does it not, and it is. Well, for the first time ever on Surface Languages, there is a guest post. It is about learning Czech and how Chapman Woodriff (the author) learnt Czech from scratch. You can read it … Continue reading
Are you sitting comfortably? I’m not, but that’s a story for another day. Then I will begin. But before I do let me tell you that I’ve just completed a new App which will be here as soon as it has … Continue reading