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Jan. 20, 2020

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Emotional connections to languages

I've discovered that I have different emotional connections to the languages that I speak. And now I can't stop wondering if it's just me or more people feel this way.

Let me explain. I’m from Galicia (northwest of Spain) and there, we have two official languages, Spanish and Galician. Both are romance languages and have quite a lot of similarities in their structures, grammar and so on… So, both are studied in school and they’re present in everyday life. However, even thought I’m a native in both of them, I find that Spanish for me is just kind of neutral, whereas Galician is like my sweet child that I would fight for until eternity. That being said, I’ve always used so much more Spanish than Galician, but I’m extremely proud of the latter and it saddens me when people belittle it just because it’s smaller (around 3 million speakers).

A large part of my family lives abroad (mainly England and Germany) so when we’re together, usually during summer, it’s a mix of English, German, Spanish and Galician. With time, I became quite fluent at English, but to me is more like a tool. Knowledge of English gives me access to so much more, academically, personally and professionally. So in essence, my connection to English is that it gets me places, so it’s sort like the cool cousin that helps you get where you want.

With German, even though I know practically nothing, I can understand the basics and follow conversations. And my connection to it is also like a cousin that you don’t see very often but with whom you have this special chemistry.

Right now I’m learning Korean and Mandarin, but I didn’t develop a connection yet. I discovered that I love learning Mandarin on my own, just the feeling of learning it and slowly (veeeery slowly) recognize patters and words. And I absolutely love the Korean script and everything on written form, but not a connection yet.

So, summarizing, Spanish is like a neutral friend, Galician is my baby, English is the cool cousin and German the special cousin. Do any of you have some sort of connection like this?

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Emotional connections to languages

I've discovered that I have different emotional connections to the languages that I speak.

And nNow I can't stop wondering if it's just me, or if more people feel this way.

Let me explain.

I’m from Galicia, in (northwest ofern Spain), and there, we have two official languages, Spanish and Galician.

Both are romance languages and have quite a lot of similarities in their structures, grammar and so on… So, both are studied in school, and they’re present in everyday life.

However, even thought I’m a native in both of them, I find that Spanish for me is just kind of neutral, whereas Galician is like my sweet child that I would fight for until eternity.

That being said, I’ve always used so much more Spanish than Galician, but I’m extremely proud of the latter (language), and it saddens me when people belittle it just because it’s small has fewer speakers (around 3 million speakers).

I added "language" in there as optional because it isn't totally necessary, but it smooths things out a bit.

A large part of my family lives abroad (mainly in England and Germany) so when we’re together, usually during summer, it’s a mix of English, German, Spanish and Galician.

WithOver time, I became quite fluent atin English, but to me, it is more like a tool.

Knowledge of English gives me access to so much more, academically, personally, and professionally.

So iIn essence, my connection to English is that it gets me places, so it’s sort of like the cool cousin that helps you get where you want.

And mMy connection to it is also like having a cousin that you don’t see very often but with whom you have this special chemistry.

Right now I’m learning Korean and Mandarin, but I didn’haven't developed a connection yet.

I discovered that I love learning Mandarin on my own, just the feeling of learning it and slowly (veeeery slowly) recognizeing patterns and words.

And I absolutely love the Korean script and everything oin written form, but not athere's no connection yet.

So,In summarizingy, Spanish is like a neutral friend, Galician is my baby, English is the cool cousin , and German is the special cousin.

Do any of you have someany sort of connection like this?

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Be careful of starting too many sentences with words like "and" and "so"! A lot of the time, they aren't necessary at all.

I find I have similar connections with languages, and even with different dialects. Standard American English is my working default, the dialect of English I speak with my family and friends is my cozy home, Korean is my second home, French is a friend I lost and am trying to find again, Mandarin is that friend that always pushes me to work harder, and Japanese and German are like those friends who never have a good reason for anything other than "Why not?".

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ellopa

Jan. 21, 2020

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Thank you! I'll keep that in mind in the future, since it's a thing that I struggle with.

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ellopa

Jan. 22, 2020

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Thank you! Most of those error could be avoided if I reread the text one more time but... we are here to improve.

Emotional connections to languages

I've discovered that I have different emotional connections to the languages that I speak.

And now I can't stop wondering if it's just me or more people feel this way.

And nNow I can't stop wondering if it's just me, or if more people feel this way.

Let me explain.

I’m from Galicia (northwest of Spain) and there, we have two official languages, Spanish and Galician.

I’m from Galicia, in (northwest ofern Spain), and there, we have two official languages, Spanish and Galician.

Both are romance languages and have quite a lot of similarities in their structures, grammar and so on… So, both are studied in school and they’re present in everyday life.

Both are romance languages and have quite a lot of similarities in their structures, grammar and so on… So, both are studied in school, and they’re present in everyday life.

However, even thought I’m a native in both of them, I find that Spanish for me is just kind of neutral, whereas Galician is like my sweet child that I would fight for until eternity.

That being said, I’ve always used so much more Spanish than Galician, but I’m extremely proud of the latter and it saddens me when people belittle it just because it’s smaller (around 3 million speakers).

That being said, I’ve always used so much more Spanish than Galician, but I’m extremely proud of the latter (language), and it saddens me when people belittle it just because it’s small has fewer speakers (around 3 million speakers).

A large part of my family lives abroad (mainly England and Germany) so when we’re together, usually during summer, it’s a mix of English, German, Spanish and Galician.

A large part of my family lives abroad (mainly in England and Germany) so when we’re together, usually during summer, it’s a mix of English, German, Spanish and Galician.

With time, I became quite fluent at English, but to me is more like a tool.

WithOver time, I became quite fluent atin English, but to me, it is more like a tool.

Knowledge of English gives me access to so much more, academically, personally and professionally.

Knowledge of English gives me access to so much more, academically, personally, and professionally.

So in essence, my connection to English is that it gets me places, so it’s sort like the cool cousin that helps you get where you want.

So iIn essence, my connection to English is that it gets me places, so it’s sort of like the cool cousin that helps you get where you want.

With German, even though I know practically nothing, I can understand the basics and follow conversations.

And my connection to it is also like a cousin that you don’t see very often but with whom you have this special chemistry.

And mMy connection to it is also like having a cousin that you don’t see very often but with whom you have this special chemistry.

Right now I’m learning Korean and Mandarin, but I didn’t develop a connection yet.

Right now I’m learning Korean and Mandarin, but I didn’haven't developed a connection yet.

I discovered that I love learning Mandarin on my own, just the feeling of learning it and slowly (veeeery slowly) recognize patters and words.

I discovered that I love learning Mandarin on my own, just the feeling of learning it and slowly (veeeery slowly) recognizeing patterns and words.

And I absolutely love the Korean script and everything on written form, but not a connection yet.

And I absolutely love the Korean script and everything oin written form, but not athere's no connection yet.

So, summarizing, Spanish is like a neutral friend, Galician is my baby, English is the cool cousin and German the special cousin.

So,In summarizingy, Spanish is like a neutral friend, Galician is my baby, English is the cool cousin , and German is the special cousin.

Do any of you have some sort of connection like this?

Do any of you have someany sort of connection like this?

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