… to fluency. There is this idea that if you learn 10,000 sentences (or so) you will more or less become fluent in a language.  There are wiki pages etc. written about this – perhaps in too much detail as … Continue reading →

Well, call me a geek but Vultus est index animi has long been one of my favourite expressions. And now I know it in Spanish as well: Los ojos son el espejo del alma. Now all I need to do … Continue reading →

I am (which isn’t surprising) as I run Surface Languages interested in language learning. I’m not a particularly talented learner (I learn languages extremely slowly)  but I get a large amount of enjoyment through learning what I do, and as … Continue reading →

It’s been a while since my last post. I’ve been working on various (non language related) projects – although I will before long (I hope) add some free iPhone language learning apps to SurfaceLanguages. Enough of that.  I want to … Continue reading →

Hi y’all. I’ve been metaphorically speaking umming and aaring about whether or not to carry on learning Polish. I’m finding it extremely difficult. I learn a Polish word. I forget it. I read inspiring stories about language learning. Enthused I … Continue reading →

I have a dilemma. It is pretty much halfway through the year and I’ve now been learning Polish for a year and a half. My level is very low although I more or less understand how the language works and how to … Continue reading →

I think Polish my have defeated me for the time being, and am considering taking a break in my attempts to learn it. The problem I face is that I don’t really need it. In fact I don’t have any … Continue reading →

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 →

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 →