itt: stories of yr attempts to master tongues via DUOLINGO

Houd het wisselgeld maar.

A little on the new content added to the Spanish, French and English (for Spanish & Portuguese speakers) courses and how they align with CEFR levels, which is somewhat interesting though not very in depth: https://making.duolingo.com/how-are-duolingo-courses-evolving

Apparently these particular courses now cover to A2 level with the additional content. It says they aim to expand other languages to the same A2 level and to push the Spanish, French and English toward B1.

Please listen to Gorki.

https://open.spotify.com/track/1AvAl5fj5mhoLHVo0to1xr?si=0h2Thu1fRJmBDcf-ivTEBg

One of the haunting songs in Belgian pop. The singer drank himself to death after his divorce.

Grayed out, song unavailable :(

Still doing french. Going more slowly. Mais ce n'est pas tellement difficile. The only prob: Don't know when to use en or à. :-(

Gorki-Mia. It's so beautiful.

But it is on YouTube.

https://youtu.be/lgIcl5fS6g8

Rare appelflap die je bent!

Kroketten en frikadellen kan je tot aan de Spaanse kust bestellen.

xpost nathom, on youtube Learn French With Alexa is useful for very specific things like that. The videos are short enough and very clear. There might be other good online videos, but I really like how she explains things.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CxlsIfvf3LE
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHQPlvD1ypc

Thanks! *merciekes* as we say in dialect. ;-)

Almost done with the Dutch tree -those last two sentences are from the NL lesson- so you won’t have to watch me mangle your language for much longer.

Jammer!

Ik ben niet veranderd.

At the risk of getting all *huggles*, I have really enjoyed working through this Dutch tree. There is something extra about this language that seems to have gotten a hook in me.

Haven’t got to the advanced part of Dutch-language culture yet to understand the appropriate balance of huggles and distance/irony

Depends on where you live. We don't do huggles here in West Flanders. I do though. But then I feel an outsider/buitenstaander.

A dialect word: muilen. (Lewd word for kissing. Mainly used in East Flanders)

That would be our Dutch “bekken”, I guess. Kissing as in French kissing, right?

Wil jij dat ik gek word?

Sorry, that was the last sentence I got from Duo.

Oh god, bekken. Ewww. That sounds awful. But yeah, french kissing.

Sounds weird, "wil je dat ik gek word?"

Spring eens in de lucht.

Doe het lekker zelf!

Ik voel me niet lekker.

Ik doe het lekker niet

Lekker is maar een vinger lang.

Lekkere jongen ben jij

Dat zit me niet lekker

Slaap lekker!

That would be our Dutch “bekken”, I guess. Kissing as in French kissing, right?

ottt = onvoltooid tegenwoordige toekomende tijd

Langzaam maar zeker

Oh no, Leaderboards!

ottt = onvoltooid tegenwoordige toekomende tijd

What's a leaderboard?

Ah yeah nevermind. I know. :-)

Heb je zin in koffie?

Hoogachtend,
JR&B

Beste meneer breastcrawl....

Geachte Meneer James,

Met deze post wil ik aantonen dat men de eerste zin nooit mag starten met ik. Dit gezegd zijnde, beken ik een egoïste te zijn. Alles draait rond mij. Zoals we hier zeggen: "Ikke ikke ikke en de rest kan stikken."

Mvg
Nathalie

Heb ik zin in koffie? Schijt de paus in het bos?

Zegt u het eens, beste meneer Redd and the Blecchs?

Heb je een beter idee?

Opzij!

Sorry, kunt u een beetje opzij gaan, alstublieft?

Van harte gefeliciteerd. Hieperdepiep, hoera!

Eet men pindakaas in Nederland?