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user-inactivated · 1757 days ago · link · · parent · post: Linguists of Hubski, what are some ways you learn a new language outside of a formal, educational setting?
That is indeed a blessing. The other thing is, and I've learned this both through my love of books and the ESL speakers in my life, is that as I build my vocabulary, I can combine words to make up for words I don't know. For example, I don't know the spanish word for "humanity," but maybe if I need to say it I could say something like "los todos de familia de hombres," and hope it works in a pinch.So yeah... especially in Spanish (or most of the romance languages) you can get the conjugation or gender of a word phenomenally wrong, and they can still understand what you are saying.