A few weeks ago I gave you all a progress report on how things were working out for me actually being in Italy, using the the Italian language as I had learned it from here at home.
Once you're using the language, you will know right away what you need, and you won't need any salesmen or coworkers or bloggers to tell you.
Triune Brain Theory describes the brain in three parts: the reptilian brain, the mammal brain, and the human brain.
Learning a language is a lot like learning to play a video game. The concept of video game mechanics can also apply to languages.
It's really inspiring to see people acting on what they believe to be right, for the good of the world, rather than trying to find ways to milk every last penny out of people.
To start, I know you're all bright readers, so I'm sure you already figured out that 'yearlyglot' is a play on the word 'polyglot', indicating that I learn one language every year.
My trip to Italy is More than half over now, but it's been quite interesting so far. The experience has been rather eye-opening!
The very first thing I learned about Turkish this year was actually an interesting revelation about languages and translation tools.
Ongoing action in Turkish is indicated by the -iyor ending. Here's what I've discovered about how it's used.