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Comment by LAC-Tech

2 months ago

I am starting to do this for Anglo-Saxon, instead of "Hūs", learn "þæt Hūs", instead of "Wer" learn "sē Wer", etc.

It didn't work for me in Mandarin though, where I can recall the sounds of words but not the tone.

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FabHK  2 months ago

In Mandarin you're also well advised to learn the measure word for any noun along with it.

  • thaumasiotes  2 months ago

    Well, you can. But if you're just learning the language, you're going to struggle to find words that don't use a predictable one. And if you do stumble across one of those, and you use 个 instead, people may not even notice.

    No one is out there watching to make fun of you if you count horses in 只 instead of 匹.

    • LAC-Tech  2 months ago

      I find eliminating doubt/confusing when speaking really helps.

      I used to have this mindset about german, oh who cares about grammar. it really limited me at upper intermediate level.

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