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poliglotona.bsky.social
@poliglotona.bsky.social
Documenting my language study journey for fun. I also post about my studies on other topics in social sciences and humanities. Sociolinguist. ES/EN/CAT/JP/FR/KO
I've taken a couple of 8-week courses on beginner Middle Egyptian and it was so much fun.

I can't wait to have the time and mental space to go back to it

I mean look at these handwritten exercises, what other language course will make you draw tiny birbs and pharaohs

#langsky
November 8, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Mostly Japanese in October:

🎃 Japanese 21.4h
🌰 Italian 1h
🍂 Latin 0.7h
🍄 French 0.2h
November 7, 2025 at 7:52 PM
Notas de vocab reciente de francés:

Guetter: acechar
Fauve: fiera
Paquebot: transatlántico
Obtempér (a): Obedecer
Quai: andén
Fanion: banderín, símbolo
Châtié: esmerado, pulido (ej. lenguaje)

#langsky #study
November 7, 2025 at 7:40 PM
November personal curriculum goals:

- Review French and see where my level's at
- 20h of Japanese practice
- Continue with Statistics textbook

#study #langsky
October 29, 2025 at 9:48 AM
Read in your target language until your cat lets you go, and other innovative strategies

#Japanese #langsky #booksky
October 19, 2025 at 8:27 AM
I just got back from a conference I was organizing and I have two articles awaiting revision and another one ready to send as well as a million emails wish me luck

#academia
October 17, 2025 at 10:03 AM
September:

Japanese 16.8h
Latin 2.3h
French 1h
Sanskrit 0.5h
October 8, 2025 at 10:50 AM
August:

Japanese 11h
Latin 1.9h
Basque 1.4h
Sanskrit 0.8h
French 0.4h
October 8, 2025 at 10:48 AM
July:

Japanese 13.9h
Latin 2.9h
French 0.3h
October 8, 2025 at 10:46 AM
June:

Japanese 6.7h
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
May:

Japanese 11.1h
October 8, 2025 at 10:44 AM
April:

Japanese 23.4h
Middle Egyptian 0.9h
Latin 0.3h
October 8, 2025 at 10:43 AM
March:

Japanese 15h
Middle Egyptian 12.9h
French 0.5h

#langsky #study
October 8, 2025 at 10:41 AM
February:

Middle Egyptian 16.8h
French 12.9 h
Japanese 3.8h
Arabic 0.3h
October 8, 2025 at 10:39 AM
My year in language learning:

I use the forest app to track the time I spend studying or using my target languages.

This helps me keep track and stay motivated (not for comparison, everyone has their own journey 💜)

January:
Middle Egyptian 14.5h
French 12.5 h
Japanese 8h

#langsky #study
October 8, 2025 at 10:37 AM
Japanese study hack: have a cat on your lap.

My credentials: just trust me

#Japanese #study #nowreading #langsky
October 8, 2025 at 10:20 AM
Well I guess no more reading today

#study #personalcurriculum #studysky #nowreading #cat
October 1, 2025 at 8:42 AM
Reading about migration policy in different EU countries today

#personalcurriculum #studysky
September 28, 2025 at 9:45 AM
Trying to finish up some work today 💪

#studysky
September 16, 2025 at 9:22 AM
Reading novels in your target language is great to improve your vocabulary and reading speed, but I've been told that they're great to scratch your face too

#booksky #langsky #studysky
September 15, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Japanese reading today 📖

Some words I learnt:
ダブダブしたマント: Baggy/loose cloak
オールバックにした髪: swept back hair
ロイド眼鏡: Round glasses with thick plastic rims (apparently because they're made from celluloid and famously worn by actor Harold Lloyd)
上気: flushed (face)
妖術: black magic
襞: folds, pleats

#langsky
September 15, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Autumn, a book, a cat, and the countryside 💚

#Nowreading #booksky
September 10, 2025 at 5:30 PM
So I was reading about classical Japanese and the book talked about an expression of Buddhist origins and one thing led to another and I'm learning the Sanskrit alphabet.

(The saying was something like "With varying degrees but everyone has the three poisons")

#langsky #studysky
September 5, 2025 at 10:34 AM
Some people's notebooks are beautiful but there's nothing funnier than Ancient Egyptian handwriting on a beginner's notebook.

#langtwt #langsky
September 4, 2025 at 7:50 PM
Today I did some latin! I've been going through a beginner textbook to review what I studied in high school.

Today I worked on an adapted versión of a woman's travel diary through Palestine, which is a genre I love. I would love to read the original when I'm more advanced.

#langsky #langtwt
September 4, 2025 at 10:43 AM