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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 25/09/2026

Discover how to say in some Romance languages: "It's raining cats and dogs"! 🌧️🐱🐶 #langsky

SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 20/04/2026

When you've been studying Hungarian and you see the locative case everywhere. 😜 Finally I found eye drops that respect vowel harmony. If it were "Optiban" it wouldn't feel right, but Optiben? It's perfect! 👍 #Magyar #LanguageLearning #Polyglot #Hungarian

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 04/12/2025

I saw a sign saying <-C1 / C2-> and my language-nerd brain was like: "Ah yes, advanced language learners only.” 🤓 Nope. Just a hallway telling me where to walk... #Langsky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 16/11/2025

I've been using HANLY lately and it’s honestly the best free app I’ve found for learning Chinese characters. It breaks down each Hanzi into components, shows stroke order, evolution and super helpful mnemonics. If you’re learning Chinese characters, this app is free and really good. #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 08/11/2025

Have you seen this film? It’s great for people who are learning Spanish. 🙂 #LangSky

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

The German word ‘Pferd’ and its Dutch cognate ‘paard’ are horses of mixed breed parentage. Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one. Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 24/10/2025

People freak out when they see German like: neunzehnhundertneunundneunzig 😱 But imagine English smashed together: onethousandninehundredandninetynine Or Spanish: milnovecientosnoventaynueve Any language looks confusing written like this. German just looks scary at first, but it's not! 😉 #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

It’s funny how some people hate the sound of the Spanish “Z” and “C” (before E or I)… but “think” or “thin” in English? No problem. 😏 #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 11/10/2025

Polish is tough… unless it’s not your first Slavic rodeo. 😜 #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 01/10/2025

How many languages can you spot in this napkin? #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 11/09/2025

The University of Minnesota’s Open Textbook Library offers free language textbooks in French, Spanish, German, Chinese & more. Perfect for students, teachers or anyone curious about languages! 👍 open.umn.edu/opentextbook... #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 25/01/2025

My favourite podcasts for learning French: 🎙️Inner French (free transcripts on their web) 🎙️Français Authentique (free transcripts on their app) Other podcasts I've heard of: 🎙️News in Slow French 🎙️Le journal en Français facile 🎙️French Blabla 🎙️Coffee Break French 🎙️Easy French #LangSky #Polyglot

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 30/08/2025

In this restaurant in Les Angles (France), "La carte" became "El mapa" in Catalan. I am pretty sure Google Translate was the chef here. Lunch just turned into a road trip. 😜 #LangSky #Català

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 15/08/2025

Listening to the TeaTime Chinese Podcast. The transcripts are available for free on their website in traditional characters. With Google AI Studio, I created a format that displays the content sentence by sentence: Sentence in simplified characters [bold] Pinyin [bold] English #LangSky

The transcripts are available for free on their website in traditional Chinese characters.

Using Google AI, I created a format that displays the content sentence by sentence:

Sentence in Simplified Characters [bold]
Pinyin [bold]
English Translation

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 13/08/2025

Normal people: Just a random license plate. 🚘 Me: Let’s see how many words I can make from these three letters in the languages I know. 🤓 #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 12/08/2025

Language Preference Challenge! Pick 1 from each pair: 1. Early-morning study or late-night study? 2. Perfect pronunciation or flawless grammar? 3. Focus on 1 language at a time or juggle 3 at once? 4. Study on a phone or on a laptop? 5. Speak from day one or wait until you're ready? #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

Hey #langtwt 👋 We moved from X to #langsky… and then it got really quiet. Still here, still learning, still talking about languages… Anybody here, or just me and the crickets? 🤔😜

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Yoïn van Spijk @yvanspijk.bsky.social · 04/08/2025

The Spanish word for 'film' is 'película'. As different as they are, these words derive from the same Proto-Indo-European root. They originally only meant "thin layer" but they came to denote film tapes as well when these were invented. My new graphics shows more words belonging to this family:

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 27/05/2025

Picked up another Assimil book for my collection. #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 25/05/2025

Have you already tried using Google AI Studio for language learning? There are so many possibilities! #LangSky

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Lena @lelelelena.bsky.social · 15/05/2025

#langsky #langtwt #studysky Thanks to the Comprehensible Japanese Youtube channel, I found a comic called “Pepper and Carrot” that’s translated into 68 languages!!! This may be useful for those that are looking for accessible resources in their target language!

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

It's curious how often this mistake appears in the media. 'Acta' is a feminine noun, so the correct form is 'la última acta', not 'el último acta'. Native fluency doesn’t always mean grammatical accuracy. 'Último' is an adjective and must match the noun’s gender which is feminine. #LangSky

Curious how often this mistake appears in the media: 'Acta' is a feminine noun, so the correct form is 'la última acta', not 'el último acta'. Native fluency doesn’t always mean grammatical accuracy.

'Último' is an adjective and must match the noun’s gender which is feminine.

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Google introduces AI-powered language practice tools with personalized lessons. #LangSky labs.google/lll/en

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 29/12/2024

Free textbooks for Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Arabic, Swahili, and more! 🌍📚 Great for students and teachers. #LangSky 🔗 open.umn.edu/opentextbook...

Free textbooks for Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Arabic, Swahili, and more!

🌍📚 Great for students and teachers.

#LangSky

🔗 https://open.umn.edu/opentextbooks/textbooks

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Polyglot Pancake @polyglot-pancake.bsky.social · 20/04/2025

Hi #langsky !! Here I come with a personal review: This is the app I am using to read in #italian on my phone. It has a lot of useful functionalities. ++

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

Sometimes I learn a phrase or expression in my target language and instantly remember where I learned it from: podcast, blog, random film scene, etc. It seems that my memory is tagging locations! Does anyone else's brain work like that? 🙂 #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 14/03/2025

A question for native Mandarin speakers or people with an advanced level: Which word do you normally use for a restaurant? 1. 饭馆 2. 餐馆 3. 饭店 4. 餐厅 Thanks! #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

Have you heard of VocabTracker? It's a free tool inspired by LingQ, ReadLang and LWT. It allows you to import texts, look up new words and save them to their personal vocabulary list. It also offers a built-in flashcard system for vocabulary review. 🔗 www.vocabtracker.com #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 27/02/2025

A family at a restaurant today: The dad spoke fluent but not native English on the phone, ordered in perfect Spanish, and chatted with his wife in Brazilian Portuguese… but their kid? Only answered in Swedish 😂 The parents mixed languages, but the kid stayed loyal to Swedish. 😍 #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

Normal people: 'I listen to music to relax.' Me: 'I listen to music to learn new vocabulary.' #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 22/02/2025

Måste man öva ett språk bara med modersmålstalare? Nej! Att prata med andra som också lär sig kan vara superbra. Du lär dig i din egen takt, bygger självförtroende och får vänner på köpet. Vad tycker du om det? 🤔 #LangSky #Swedish

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

🐱 in the Slavic languages: BCMS: mačka SL: mačka MK: мачка BG: котка PL: kot CS: kočka SK: mačka RU: кошка UK: кіт BE: кошка Did the Hungarian word 'macska' originate from a Slavic language, or is it the other way around? #LangSky #etymology

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Me packing for a trip: I'll bring my A1 textbook. Also me: Maybe the A2 book too… in case I suddenly level up. 🤣 Next thing I know, my bag is 80% books, 20% essentials. Me on the trip: Never even opens A1. 😅📚 Anyone else do this? #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

It's interesting how different this word is in some Romance languages, right? 😉 FR: papillon ES: mariposa IT: farfalla PT: borboleta RO: fluture CA: papallona GL: bolboreta #LangSky

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SantPolyglot (Goran) @santpolyglot.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

J'aime l'application 'Français Authentique' parce qu'il y a beaucoup d'épisodes intéressants et des transcriptions gratuites, ce qui me permet de lire et d'écouter en même temps. #LangSky

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