Made mah day.

[mikey]

what was your thesis on/may I read it?

[FireArrow]

snip

I was duolingo, memrise, vocab, and grammar daily which would amount to around 2-3 hours. I think the difference is that you were translating actual things (books, music, news, conversations, etc.) whereas I was trying to learn in a vacuum. Switching to japanese because spanish is near useless in Hawaii but yeah, definitly going to incorporate your techniques!

[Harvest]

what was your thesis on/may I read it?

It was a Political Science/International Development thesis comparing secular development NGOs and Christian faith-based organizations in Guatemala.  Mostly looking at personal motivations/resiliency and the use of religion as a tool to build trust. If you still want to read it I can send it to you.

duolingo,

I used to use duolingo a lot but these days I find it to be pretty annoying and useless.  To make great progress you need something you can enjoy...hence me translating fairy tales.  2-3 hours a day is a very good amount.  Sometimes I get that or more, sometimes much less.

[mikey]

It was a Political Science/International Development thesis comparing secular development NGOs and Christian faith-based organizations in Guatemala.  Mostly looking at personal motivations/resiliency and the use of religion as a tool to build trust. If you still want to read it I can send it to you.

most definitely

[Maelstrom]

I was duolingo, memrise, vocab, and grammar daily which would amount to around 2-3 hours. I think the difference is that you were translating actual things (books, music, news, conversations, etc.) whereas I was trying to learn in a vacuum. Switching to japanese because spanish is near useless in Hawaii but yeah, definitly going to incorporate your techniques!

If you switch to japanese, don't  try to translate folk tales. Instead, try to translate light novels. Those have intentionally simplified vocabularies and sentence structure.

[Harvest]

^yes, I may have forgotten to mention, the fairy tales I have been translating have been perhaps too literary for a beginner.  They probably weren't a good starting point as some of the vocab isn't used regularly in common speech, but I stuck with it because I have been enjoying it so much.  I sometimes ask my friend in Mexico about certain words that I suspect aren't used much.  I once used the verb aflijar (to get upset) and she said I sounded like her grandma, maybe even older.

[E. Gadd Industries]

I found a roommate for cooleg!

[Dudeman]

is it brainy

[E. Gadd Industries]

Brainy isn't going to UK, so no. I'll leave it to him to tell where he's going, in case he doesn't want to say

[Dudeman]

woah man you're going to Britain??! that's awesome man

[AmpharosAndy]

y u com her leaf me be
wear bouts m8?

[BrainyLucario]

y u com her leaf me be
wear bouts m8?

He means University of Kentucky. I'm going to Murray state university

[E. Gadd Industries]

I gotta remember to stop abbreviating X)
@Andy yeahhhh sorry mang. :/ I would love to travel one day to Britain, though, and if I do, you will definitely hear about it!

[SlowPokemon]

this actually happened last week but I finished my 17 page paper about Beethoven's hammerklavier sonata almost two weeks early and no offense but it's amazing

[AmpharosAndy]

no offense but it's amazing

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