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I feel a bit discouraged. Tried speaking and it didn't go very well. Think I'll stop trying to talk in day to day activities because it really took the fun out of it.

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[–] Havatra@lemmy.zip 7 points 4 months ago (1 children)

I had the opposite experience the other day. I believe learning a language has plenty of ups and down depending on the people around you.

I surely sounded incredibly like a newbie, but I was asked in English, and I managed to find words that made sense in the other language. I took it simply word by word, skipping grammatical correctness and not caring about how unnaturally the sentence was constructed, added a swear word as a substitute for a noun I didn't know, and it all worked out! I was understood, and I was even indirectly praised by one present who didn't speak English! That made me feel encouraged to learn more, so that I can continue to impress!

This is after a lot of demotivating events however, so that made the upswing just even more powerful!

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 3 points 4 months ago

Super happy to hear that! Yeah there are ups and downs and it's all about not giving up and staying consistent / daring with trying it out.

Swear words to the rescue! Lol