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Thing 1: Learning another language is hard! Thing 2: I know, memorizing words, learning the syntax, conjugating verbs, the brain freeze of actual conversations. Thing 1: And that’s not the hardest bit! Thing 1: I keep falling in love with the stories behind the words. The way metaphors are constructed and how senses are described. Thing 1: And in my excitement, I forget to memorize the words Thing 2: The word part is important. Thing 1: Yes, yes it is.

Learning Languages With the Things (English version) (Comic #553)
Posted on October 17, 2017 by liz
Thing 1: Learning another language is hard!
Thing 2: I know, memorizing words, learning the syntax, conjugating verbs, the brain freeze of actual conversations.
Thing 1: And that’s not the hardest bit!
Thing 1: I keep falling in love with the stories behind the words. The way metaphors are constructed and how senses are described.
Thing 1: And in my excitement, I forget to memorize the words
Thing 2: The word part is important.
Thing 1: Yes, yes it is.
 

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