I’ve just learned the following ubrania ‘clothes’, spodnie ‘trousers’, szafa ‘wardrobe’, koszula ‘shirt’ and naczynia ‘dishes’. I’ve also learned diluns, dimarts, dimecres, dijous, divendres, dissabte and diumenge which are the days of the week in Catalan. I then panicked as … Continue reading
On my morning walk (in the drizzle and under grey west country skies) I found myself wondering about the above saying. I returned to my gaff and googled. I knew roughly what it meant, but Literally Buscarle très pies al … Continue reading
I have had a website called easy afrikaans for years. One of my grandfathers was an Afrikaner and Afrikaans was his first language. So, I created an Afrikaans website in part because of this. I think. I’ve never changed it since. Or … Continue reading
One of the things that I find fascinating with languages are proverbs often encapsulating some pearl of wisdom or folk knowledge from years gone by and sometimes just plain cryptic. I also love idioms, and find it fascinating how other languages … Continue reading
You are all wonderful. A lot of people visit Surface Languages. Hundreds of thousands of you. Virtually no-one stumbles onto my blog. It is like a secret room, to which only a privileged few have entry. Besos MoOnFaCe
Sometimes I read all these frankly tediously upbeat blog posts about language learning, personal growth, how to overcome any obstacle in ten easy steps and so on and so forth. Honestly. My mood today is not suitable for all this … Continue reading
Well there I was thinking that crema meant ‘cream’ in Italian when suddenly it is brought to my attention that it means custard. You could’ve knocked me down with a feather. If you want to ask for a hot chocolate with … Continue reading
There is an internet meme regarding language learning, and is states ‘all languages are equally easy to learn’ with the inference that they all take a similar amount of time. My experience of learning Polish for the last 18 months … Continue reading
I’ve just added a section on Belarusian to Surface Languages. Audio will be coming shortly. I hope. I had mentioned adding Basque, but as yet have been unable to find a translator. Peace, MF.
Sup doods? I’m going to add sections on the Belarusian and Basque languages over the coming weeks – assuming I can find translators who respond to my emails. But, but, but …. I have another idea for another website, and … Continue reading