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 →

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 →

… of languages. Ever since starting to learn Polish, I’ve had a bit of a ‘thing’ for slavic languages – not that I can speak any of them well (yet). Macedonian is a Slavic language and so I naturally I … Continue reading →

Si annis multis vixerit homo et in his omnibus laetatus fuerit, meminisse debet tenebrosi temporis, et diorum multorum, qui cum venerint, vanitatis arguentur praeterita. Well yes. A pithy quote from Ecclesiastes 11 which as I understand it, reminds us that … Continue reading →

Due to circs. outside my control, I write this in bed along with a sleeping dog. Disgusting I know, and no doubt horribly unhygienic, but almost certainly good for a healthy immune system. And he isn’t actually under the dovet … Continue reading →

So, Surface Texts now mainly works. Surface Texts is my (initial) attempt at a foreign language reader. The idea is that you :- 1. Read a text. 2. Click to translate words. 3. Learn the words using flashcards. 4. Export … Continue reading →