Kurso Saluton: 50%
Wed, Dec. 5th, 2018 09:54 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
scvdderFor about a year (longer than I'd like to admit tbh), I've been studying Esperanto (everyone's favourite international auxiliary language) when I can grab the time and the focus between lectures. I've always enjoyed learning languages, being one of the only students to give a shit about Mandarin classes in grade five and going on to adore German in high school.
I started using kurso saluton ages ago and today I finished the 100th lesson!! I'm so proud of this achievement, especially because I've always been bad at studying outside of class hours. I'm hoping to finish the second half in a shorter period (I still have two and a half months before uni returns so I expect that will help a lot), but I'm just glad that I've pursued this and not given up after the first burst of passion has dissolved. I'll have to plan a proper celebration for when I finish.
For reference, I've found two things really helping me be motivated to continue this despite the condescension I get when I tell people I'm learning Esperanto: videos from Evildea, the most popular Esperanto youtuber who has a backlog of videos discussing the culture and his experience learning the language; and I've found a thriving Esperanto community on Mastodon, an open-source, decentralised social network similar in twitter. I've made an account on the Esperanto server although at this point I'm just translating posts as I go and remaining quiet.
I started using kurso saluton ages ago and today I finished the 100th lesson!! I'm so proud of this achievement, especially because I've always been bad at studying outside of class hours. I'm hoping to finish the second half in a shorter period (I still have two and a half months before uni returns so I expect that will help a lot), but I'm just glad that I've pursued this and not given up after the first burst of passion has dissolved. I'll have to plan a proper celebration for when I finish.
For reference, I've found two things really helping me be motivated to continue this despite the condescension I get when I tell people I'm learning Esperanto: videos from Evildea, the most popular Esperanto youtuber who has a backlog of videos discussing the culture and his experience learning the language; and I've found a thriving Esperanto community on Mastodon, an open-source, decentralised social network similar in twitter. I've made an account on the Esperanto server although at this point I'm just translating posts as I go and remaining quiet.
