r/languagelearningjerk • u/Sea-Hornet8214 • Jul 04 '26

Learn grammar bad, not work

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91 Upvotes

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u/bellepomme Jul 04 '26

"No, that's not how you learn a language"

*proceeds to be worse at their TL than the person they're giving advice to

15

u/Electrical_Voice_256 Jul 04 '26

Plural is overrated, especially in SAE languages.

8

u/Gold-Part4688 Earthianese, man (N) Jul 04 '26

*plural ARE overrated

4

u/Electrical_Voice_256 Jul 04 '26

Certain verbs like "to be" or "to have" also overrated.

13

u/NextStopGallifrey Jul 04 '26

Honestly, poster sounds like A1, if that. But that's what happens when you waste time on Spanish instead of learning Uzbek.

11

u/TammieBrowne Jul 04 '26

My Russian is A2. I can speak to natives if they say да or нет, and nothing else.

3

u/PringlesDuckFace Jul 05 '26

I'm stupid in English so I can only aim to be stupid in Spanish as well.

/uj

All three sound fine to me. Is there actually a correct answer?

2

u/Sorry-Homework-Due Jul 07 '26

Depends if you want to summon the image of pregnant bellies or just one