Category: Learning a Language

Cross Cultural Living · Learning a Language · Life

So…Where is this relationship going, anyway?

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It’s funny the things that stick in your craw when you learn a new language. For some its pronunciations. For others its words in the new language that sound like swear words in their mother tongue (Irish had some real humdingers!). For me, one of the hardest things to adjust to with German is the… Continue reading So…Where is this relationship going, anyway?

Cross Cultural Living · Learning a Language · Life

7 Ways Learning a Language is Like Being the Parent of a Newborn

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We are currently in the middle of learning our third language (not counting the snippets of Spanish and American Sign Language we both picked up growing up). As I’m going through this process again, it struck me once again how humbling it is to start learning to communicate from scratch. A friend recently asked me… Continue reading 7 Ways Learning a Language is Like Being the Parent of a Newborn