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Nov. 22, 2021
Adult language learning: Using what you know to learn what you don't know | Ep. #6
Is learning a language more difficult as an adult? Have you missed your window of opportunity? There are many ways to make language stick, and in this solo episode we take a look at one way to do that.
Is learning a language more difficult as an adult? Have you missed your window of opportunity? There are many ways to make language stick, and in this solo episode we take a look at one way to do that.
The examples used in this episode: Using what you know to learn what you don’t know:
| Language | Sample sentence | Pronunciation (IPA) | Grammatical (literal) translation into English |
| English | I love coffee | [aɪ lʌv ˈkɒ.fɪ] | -- |
| Norwegian | Jeg elsker kaffe. | [jæɪ ˈel.skɘɾ ˈkɑ.fe] | I - love - coffee |
| French | J’aime le café. | [ʒem lɘ ka.ˈfe] | I - love - "the" - coffee |
| Spanish | Me encanta el café. | [me en.ˈkan.ta el ka.ˈfe] | me - enchants/pleases - the - coffee |
| Swahili | Ninapenda kahawa. | [ni.na.ˈpen.da ka.ˈha.wa] | "I-love" - coffee |
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