Cenlyra
@cenlyra.bsky.social
#langsky
Fluent: EN
Comfortable: ES, DE, NL, FR
Also learning: RU, KO, EU, PT-BR and countless dabbles
Fluent: EN
Comfortable: ES, DE, NL, FR
Also learning: RU, KO, EU, PT-BR and countless dabbles
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Cenlyra
@cenlyra.bsky.social
· Nov 27
It’s about time for me to come up with my language goals for 2025 (before I vanish into the ether and don’t keep up with them all year).
Focus languages: I’m upping them to 7 this year—Spanish, French, German, Dutch, and to a lesser extent Russian, Korean and Basque, which is brand new to me
Focus languages: I’m upping them to 7 this year—Spanish, French, German, Dutch, and to a lesser extent Russian, Korean and Basque, which is brand new to me
Explain your user name:
Cenlyra is the single last remaining piece of a childhood fantasy story I tried to create. She was the main character, and I remember nothing about her except that her name, like the Bel- and Pol- names in the Belgariad, was a prefixed Cen- attached to the original Lyra.
Cenlyra is the single last remaining piece of a childhood fantasy story I tried to create. She was the main character, and I remember nothing about her except that her name, like the Bel- and Pol- names in the Belgariad, was a prefixed Cen- attached to the original Lyra.
1/3 Explain your user name:
This is a great opportunity for me to clarify. 🧵
The idea was never that I use “The Digital Global Citizen” to refer to *myself* as a name.
The digital global citizen is YOU. (& me).
Also, it’s an idea. A mindset. A way of life. Maybe a movement
#langsky
This is a great opportunity for me to clarify. 🧵
The idea was never that I use “The Digital Global Citizen” to refer to *myself* as a name.
The digital global citizen is YOU. (& me).
Also, it’s an idea. A mindset. A way of life. Maybe a movement
#langsky
Explain your username:
Mine is a mix of my favourite Catalonian village, Sant Pol, and my love for languages. Sant Pol + Polyglot = Santpolyglot! 🗺️ What’s the story behind your username? Let’s hear it!
#LangSky
Mine is a mix of my favourite Catalonian village, Sant Pol, and my love for languages. Sant Pol + Polyglot = Santpolyglot! 🗺️ What’s the story behind your username? Let’s hear it!
#LangSky
January 18, 2025 at 3:46 PM
Explain your user name:
Cenlyra is the single last remaining piece of a childhood fantasy story I tried to create. She was the main character, and I remember nothing about her except that her name, like the Bel- and Pol- names in the Belgariad, was a prefixed Cen- attached to the original Lyra.
Cenlyra is the single last remaining piece of a childhood fantasy story I tried to create. She was the main character, and I remember nothing about her except that her name, like the Bel- and Pol- names in the Belgariad, was a prefixed Cen- attached to the original Lyra.
And here it is
youtu.be/MDHpYNnVyWs
(please go easy on me, I haven't actually spoken with other people in any of these languages in years, if at all)
youtu.be/MDHpYNnVyWs
(please go easy on me, I haven't actually spoken with other people in any of these languages in years, if at all)
January 10, 2025 at 3:39 AM
And here it is
youtu.be/MDHpYNnVyWs
(please go easy on me, I haven't actually spoken with other people in any of these languages in years, if at all)
youtu.be/MDHpYNnVyWs
(please go easy on me, I haven't actually spoken with other people in any of these languages in years, if at all)
#langsky
Any of you recall where I was talking about how I might maybe record myself speaking in my target languages so I’d have a baseline to judge against as the year goes by?
Well I did the thing.
Stand by for YT link—I’m still exporting the video file from editing/subtitling.
Any of you recall where I was talking about how I might maybe record myself speaking in my target languages so I’d have a baseline to judge against as the year goes by?
Well I did the thing.
Stand by for YT link—I’m still exporting the video file from editing/subtitling.
January 10, 2025 at 1:35 AM
#langsky
Any of you recall where I was talking about how I might maybe record myself speaking in my target languages so I’d have a baseline to judge against as the year goes by?
Well I did the thing.
Stand by for YT link—I’m still exporting the video file from editing/subtitling.
Any of you recall where I was talking about how I might maybe record myself speaking in my target languages so I’d have a baseline to judge against as the year goes by?
Well I did the thing.
Stand by for YT link—I’m still exporting the video file from editing/subtitling.
Might try this if I can pull together some time for it.
Before the first day is up, I want to give a shoutout to @quothalinguist.bsky.social and Conlang Year. If you missed it last year, you can jump in right now and start a new conlang this year! Just start with this entry and begin your #conlang journey. #language #linguistics
Day 1: January 1, 2024 – Quothalinguist
Quothalinguist
buff.ly
January 2, 2025 at 6:40 AM
Might try this if I can pull together some time for it.
Reposted by Cenlyra
Free textbooks for Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Arabic, Swahili, and more!
🌍📚 Great for students and teachers.
#LangSky
🔗 open.umn.edu/opentextbook...
🌍📚 Great for students and teachers.
#LangSky
🔗 open.umn.edu/opentextbook...
December 29, 2024 at 4:01 PM
Free textbooks for Japanese, Korean, Spanish, French, Arabic, Swahili, and more!
🌍📚 Great for students and teachers.
#LangSky
🔗 open.umn.edu/opentextbook...
🌍📚 Great for students and teachers.
#LangSky
🔗 open.umn.edu/opentextbook...
👀 👀
Ooh!
This is perfect! Bite-sized, pre-selected listening practice!
Ooh!
This is perfect! Bite-sized, pre-selected listening practice!
#langsky Sooo this just dropped www.commonear.com by @clozemaster
It let's you test your listening of snippets by native speakers and you can also get explanations of the individual words and grammar used
(It has Estonian!)
It let's you test your listening of snippets by native speakers and you can also get explanations of the individual words and grammar used
(It has Estonian!)
Common Ear
www.commonear.com
December 11, 2024 at 11:42 PM
👀 👀
Ooh!
This is perfect! Bite-sized, pre-selected listening practice!
Ooh!
This is perfect! Bite-sized, pre-selected listening practice!
IPA: yes, since age 18
Least favorite thing about English: hard for me to find language exchange partners for it
Gave up on: Japanese (for now at least)
Useful where I live: which TL? Spanish, maybe. Dutch, probably not
😺
Spanish
Yes I have duo but I don’t depend on it entirely
Am from US so 🇺🇸
Least favorite thing about English: hard for me to find language exchange partners for it
Gave up on: Japanese (for now at least)
Useful where I live: which TL? Spanish, maybe. Dutch, probably not
😺
Spanish
Yes I have duo but I don’t depend on it entirely
Am from US so 🇺🇸
Rapid fire questions for #langsky
• Do you know the International Phonetic Alphabet?
• What's your least favorite thing about your native lang?
• Lang you gave up on? 😔
• Is learning your target lang useful where you live? 😳
• 🐶 or 😺?
• Spanish or French?
• Do you have Duolingo?
• 🇬🇧 or 🇺🇸 English?
• Do you know the International Phonetic Alphabet?
• What's your least favorite thing about your native lang?
• Lang you gave up on? 😔
• Is learning your target lang useful where you live? 😳
• 🐶 or 😺?
• Spanish or French?
• Do you have Duolingo?
• 🇬🇧 or 🇺🇸 English?
December 9, 2024 at 7:16 PM
IPA: yes, since age 18
Least favorite thing about English: hard for me to find language exchange partners for it
Gave up on: Japanese (for now at least)
Useful where I live: which TL? Spanish, maybe. Dutch, probably not
😺
Spanish
Yes I have duo but I don’t depend on it entirely
Am from US so 🇺🇸
Least favorite thing about English: hard for me to find language exchange partners for it
Gave up on: Japanese (for now at least)
Useful where I live: which TL? Spanish, maybe. Dutch, probably not
😺
Spanish
Yes I have duo but I don’t depend on it entirely
Am from US so 🇺🇸
Good reminder for me and my plateaus
A thread of things I actually LOVE about being at the intermediate plateau level in a foreign language 🧵
December 1, 2024 at 6:06 PM
Good reminder for me and my plateaus
Don’t know about primary, but I’ve finally pulled Twitter/X off page 1 of my phone apps and replaced it with Bluesky
Repost if BlueSky is now your primary social media site.
November 29, 2024 at 2:07 PM
Don’t know about primary, but I’ve finally pulled Twitter/X off page 1 of my phone apps and replaced it with Bluesky
It’s about time for me to come up with my language goals for 2025 (before I vanish into the ether and don’t keep up with them all year).
Focus languages: I’m upping them to 7 this year—Spanish, French, German, Dutch, and to a lesser extent Russian, Korean and Basque, which is brand new to me
Focus languages: I’m upping them to 7 this year—Spanish, French, German, Dutch, and to a lesser extent Russian, Korean and Basque, which is brand new to me
November 27, 2024 at 4:48 PM
It’s about time for me to come up with my language goals for 2025 (before I vanish into the ether and don’t keep up with them all year).
Focus languages: I’m upping them to 7 this year—Spanish, French, German, Dutch, and to a lesser extent Russian, Korean and Basque, which is brand new to me
Focus languages: I’m upping them to 7 this year—Spanish, French, German, Dutch, and to a lesser extent Russian, Korean and Basque, which is brand new to me
All language levels here are estimates; I’ve never actually been tested.
Studying:
Spanish (B1)
French (A2 bc listening and speaking are so far behind)
German (A2-B1)
Dutch (A2-B1)
And a few other dabbles but nothing above A1-ish
Spanish I started in school when I was 13 bc the school offered it
Studying:
Spanish (B1)
French (A2 bc listening and speaking are so far behind)
German (A2-B1)
Dutch (A2-B1)
And a few other dabbles but nothing above A1-ish
Spanish I started in school when I was 13 bc the school offered it
November 23, 2024 at 5:38 PM
All language levels here are estimates; I’ve never actually been tested.
Studying:
Spanish (B1)
French (A2 bc listening and speaking are so far behind)
German (A2-B1)
Dutch (A2-B1)
And a few other dabbles but nothing above A1-ish
Spanish I started in school when I was 13 bc the school offered it
Studying:
Spanish (B1)
French (A2 bc listening and speaking are so far behind)
German (A2-B1)
Dutch (A2-B1)
And a few other dabbles but nothing above A1-ish
Spanish I started in school when I was 13 bc the school offered it
Y’all bring me back to #langsky
Copying over my pinned #langtwt posts for the year
My language abilities chart:
◾️ 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇱🇷🇺
🗣️ 🔵🟡🟠🟡🟡🔴
🎧 🔵🟢🟠🟢🟢🔴
📖 🔵🟢🟡🟢🟢🔴
✍️ 🔵🟡🟠🟡🟡🔴
🔵 = Fluent
🟢 = Comfortable
🟡 = May commit common mistakes
🟠 = Very insecure / Only the basics
🔴 = Little to no autonomous thought
Copying over my pinned #langtwt posts for the year
My language abilities chart:
◾️ 🇺🇸🇪🇸🇫🇷🇩🇪🇳🇱🇷🇺
🗣️ 🔵🟡🟠🟡🟡🔴
🎧 🔵🟢🟠🟢🟢🔴
📖 🔵🟢🟡🟢🟢🔴
✍️ 🔵🟡🟠🟡🟡🔴
🔵 = Fluent
🟢 = Comfortable
🟡 = May commit common mistakes
🟠 = Very insecure / Only the basics
🔴 = Little to no autonomous thought
November 18, 2024 at 3:09 PM
@gernowrimo.bsky.social (sorry this is in English) I want you all to be aware NaNo is planning to close their forums entirely, including regional ones. You might want to look into finding somewhere else for your region to gather.
December 11, 2023 at 2:19 AM
@gernowrimo.bsky.social (sorry this is in English) I want you all to be aware NaNo is planning to close their forums entirely, including regional ones. You might want to look into finding somewhere else for your region to gather.