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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

Omg people aren’t automatically switching to English when I speak Portuguese?? Am I…fluent?

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

One porto in, and all of a sudden, I’m fluent in Portuguese (allegedly)

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

I honestly feel ridiculous trying to speak a language I’ve barely studied, but it’s kinda crazy to hear and feel Portuguese coming out of my mouth.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 25/04/2025

In Porto now, right outside my accommodation, trying to hype myself up for my first Portuguese conversation. Here goes nothing…

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 16/04/2025

I just wanna use the word ‘obsequious’ in an argument. Anyone wanna fight?

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

I keep repeating the word ‘gender’ in (what I think is) an Australian accent to amuse myself. Jeen-dah, jeen-dah, jeen-dah. Did I get that right?

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 04/04/2025

Me: I think I can take on the Spanish C2 exam! Also me: *googles ‘ir conjugation’*

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

Is it weird that I get offended whenever I see people going to the Philippines without telling me, even if I don’t know them that well or even at all? It is, isn’t it?

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 28/03/2025

My friend in Indonesia: banyak gossip Me: spill-lah!

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 26/03/2025

What time does everyone do their daily ‘regretting something wrong I said in some language’? Mine’s at 8:15 am today.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 25/03/2025

Used the English expression ‘for what it’s worth’ earlier today, and honestly, I don’t know if I used it right.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I just keep randomly repeating the phrase “Sou dos Estados Unidos” to myself for when I go to Portugal next month.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

At a Chinese restaurant in Madrid right now, and although it was already established from the start that I was Filipino and did not speak Chinese, the owner seems to keep forgetting and keeps on speaking to me in Chinese anyway.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 16/03/2025

Going for the first time to Portugal next month, and so I’m finally gonna take on some Portuguese. Let’s see how far I get in a month knowing Spanish.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 21/02/2025

Another day, another pat in the back for a masterful use of the Spanish past subjunctive

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 10/02/2025

Code-switched to corporatese at a meeting this morning, and I’m torn between feeling proud of myself and vomiting my brains out.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 09/02/2025

Spanish really said “Y’all on your own” when it dropped all the conjugations for ser and ir.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 29/01/2025

I always like to think that at some point, I must have had Malay-speaking Tagalog ancestors that were disappointed that their kids weren't learning Malay anymore, which at the time was considered a prestigious language. Don’t worry, lolo and lola, I got you.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Does anyone else use glosbe.com? I typically rely on Reverso for looking up sample sentences for vocab, but, while it's good for many European languages, it doesn't offer many languages in other regions. But Glosbe does! So far, the sample sentences in Indonesian have been helpful! #langsky

glosbe.com

Glosbe Dictionary - All Languages of the World in One Place

Glosbe dictionary - one place, all languages! Translations, example sentences, pronunciation recordings and grammar references. Check it out!

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 20/01/2025

Duolingo, Clozemaster, and Anki for Indonesian done before 7 am. Let’s see how long this lasts. #langsky

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 19/01/2025

Saw a French news headline and was thrown off by the spelling of ‘otage.’ I would’ve expected something like ‘hôtage.’ #langsky please explain.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

Magpapakain sana ako kanina, pero yung mga papakainin ko e nakakain na pala, kaya kinain ko na lang nang mag-isa yung ipapakain ko, nag-aalala na ang hindi ko makain sa huli ay kailangang kong ipakain na lang sa kahit sinong gustong kumain ng mga tirang hindi nakain ng ibang tao.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 18/01/2025

At a Dutch restaurant in Jakarta, and I wondered: Imagine you’re an alien visiting Earth. You land in Indonesia and discover the local cuisine, realizing spicy food isn’t for you. You stumble into a Dutch restaurant, and you cautiously ask if the food is spicy. The way I would laugh as the waiter…

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

Tagalog gossip sesh I just had with a friend felt soooo good.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

One of my favorite things to do in Spanish is playing with word order. Like I’m just dragging the subject around because it feels right.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 15/01/2025

I liked one reel on Instagram from some telenovela, and now the algorithm thinks I love them. It is not wrong.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

It’s just Jerbear, a common nickname for Jeremies (Jeremy’s?), but in Spanish 💃🏽 When I first created it on Twitter, I meant for it to be an account for me to practice my Spanish. I never actually used it though. Then I discovered langtwt and then repurposed it for just general language tomfoolery.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 14/01/2025

Today, during a meeting where some colleagues where speaking in Indonesian, I recognized one particular word that I had studied that helped me follow the conversation even though I wasn’t understanding every word. It made me really happy because it was a clear indicator that I was making progress.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 12/01/2025

Meanwhile, I had to use the following Indonesian terms: ‘percobaan,’ ‘ledakan,’ and ‘yang dimaksud’: Jepang mau lakukan percobaan untuk ngebom suatu tempat tanpa ledakan. Percobaan yang dimaksud menurut negara lain bodoh.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

Ever since I switched from Dutch to Japanese on Duolingo, my spite streak™️ hasn’t needed to rely on streak freezes as much! Het spijt me, Nederlands.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

Gonna do karaoke tomorrow in Jakarta with a friend. Any suggestions for Indonesian songs I should sing?

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

I still have trouble trying to integrate ‘aja/saja’ in spoken Indonesian, but I think it’s basically ‘lang’ in Tagalog??

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

There’s a common way of writing Thai where you omit the loops in the letters, and I swear it looks like a mix of Armenian and Greek.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 18/12/2024

I need a full phase diagram now. What about at higher temperatures? Lower pressures? At the triple point??

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Martin @martinrue.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

I really enjoyed hanging out with @jer-oso.bsky.social yesterday in Bangkok, and chatting endlessly about languages. It's so nice when you can meet up with people IRL and continue the good energy. #langsky

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 17/12/2024

In Bangkok this week I ask someone in Thai where something is Person responds in Thai I think her response is her expressing she doesn’t understand It turns out she was telling me, ‘sixth floor’ I realize I don’t know what numbers in Thai are It turns out my pronunciation is better than I thought

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 11/12/2024

My Indonesian just made a surprise appearance in my Tagalog when I wrote ‘aku’ instead of ‘ako’ to a friend

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 10/12/2024

Back in Jakarta this week for work. Gotta remember to be kind to myself about how I’m still not as good in Indonesian as I’d like despite having studied it for a couple years and having stayed in Indonesia many times now.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 05/12/2024

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

How is Italian making pickpocketing sound so prestigious?? ‘Borseggiatore,’ really??

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Note to self: Do not confuse ‘uscito’ and ‘ucciso’ in Italian.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 04/12/2024

Wait, wait, wait—‘lounge chair’ comes from the French ‘chaise longue’?? English speakers just bastardized the pronunciation??

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 03/12/2024

I may be delusional, but I swear, give me one month in Italy, and my Italian level will skyrocket.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 02/12/2024

Practicing the excuse I’m gonna tell the train conductor in Italian if they catch me without a ticket. Wish me luck.

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Just buongiorno’ed during a buona sera hour…😔

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 01/12/2024

Some last-minute cramming for my little trip. Also, why does it look like this bitch knows more about the death than she’s letting on??

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 29/11/2024

Last night, I was making some lumpiang shanghai (Filipino spring rolls) for a party on Saturday, and although I’d made them many times before, I was still honestly so proud of them that I couldn’t help but think, ‘Ellerime sağlık.’

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

Whenever I use Duolingo in public here in Spain, I get a little self-conscious because I’m like, people are gonna automatically think I’m using it for Spanish, but I swear, I can speak Spanish! I’m using it for another language!

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Jerbear @jer-oso.bsky.social · 27/11/2024

New favorite word in Dutch just dropped—boterham

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