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Mandarin Tones Are Not As Hard As You Think

Mandarin tones do take some getting used to, but they are not as complicated as you might think! I have noticed that language learners often decide not to try learning Mandarin because they are daunted by the …

Shadowing: This Exercise Will Make You Sound Like a Native

Since I posted my blog post on the importance of prosody, many of you wrote to ask for more explanation of how my shadowing exercise works. It is a very powerful exercise and has helped me immeasurably. …

Linguistics 101 Series: Why You Need to Master Prosody to Speak a Foreign Language

When you learn a foreign language, you usually study pronunciation, grammar, and vocabulary. Maybe even a new alphabet. But how many of your language teachers have ever mentioned prosody? Prosody is the “music” of language. In spoken …

studying a minority language with a Swadesh List

Learn Like a Linguist: Using Swadesh Lists for Rare or Minority Languages

The United Nations has declared 2019 the Year of Indigenous Languages. I know a lot of you are taking that as your cue to try your hand at learning a minority language, from Occitan to Teochew …

Sara Maria Hasbun 韩梅 사라 (misslinguistic)Follow

14 Sep

TIL that in Chinese, your ring finger is called 无名指, or "the finger without a name".

I'm just loving the idea that someone 1) left that finger for last, and 2) decided it just wasn't worth their time to name.

Or maybe they got called away urgently, to name other things.

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Learn like a linguist. Tips and inspiration for lovers of language.

Latest blog posts

Mandarin Tones Are Not As Hard As You Think

Shadowing: This Exercise Will Make You Sound Like a Native

Linguistics 101 Series: Why You Need to Master Prosody to Speak a Foreign Language

Learn Like a Linguist: Using Swadesh Lists for Rare or Minority Languages

Why You Should Learn Chinese

Not A Moment Wasted: Hyper-Efficient Language Learning with the Monologue Method

So You’re Not Fluent Yet: Should You Blame Duolingo?

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Learn like a linguist. Tips and inspiration for lovers of language.

Latest blog posts

Mandarin Tones Are Not As Hard As You Think

Shadowing: This Exercise Will Make You Sound Like a Native

Linguistics 101 Series: Why You Need to Master Prosody to Speak a Foreign Language

Learn Like a Linguist: Using Swadesh Lists for Rare or Minority Languages

Why You Should Learn Chinese

Not A Moment Wasted: Hyper-Efficient Language Learning with the Monologue Method

So You’re Not Fluent Yet: Should You Blame Duolingo?

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