Goran
@santpolyglot.bsky.social
🌍Polyglot
📍Barcelona
👨🎓Engineer
💻 Digital Marketer since 2006
Love 🏊♂️⛷️🏓🚴♂️
Native level: HR, ES, CA
C1: EN
B2: DE, FR, SV, IT
B1: PL, RU, NL, MK, PT
A2: ZH, RO
A1-A2: HU
Dabbling: EU, EL, JP, FI, TR, BG, CS
Posting only about languages.
#LangSky
📍Barcelona
👨🎓Engineer
💻 Digital Marketer since 2006
Love 🏊♂️⛷️🏓🚴♂️
Native level: HR, ES, CA
C1: EN
B2: DE, FR, SV, IT
B1: PL, RU, NL, MK, PT
A2: ZH, RO
A1-A2: HU
Dabbling: EU, EL, JP, FI, TR, BG, CS
Posting only about languages.
#LangSky
November 8, 2025 at 7:06 PM
Reposted by Goran
The German word ‘Pferd’ and its Dutch cognate ‘paard’ are horses of mixed breed parentage.
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
November 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The German word ‘Pferd’ and its Dutch cognate ‘paard’ are horses of mixed breed parentage.
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
Their common ancestor came from Latin ‘paraverēdus’ (substitute post-horse), a word composed of an Ancient Greek element and a Gaulish one.
Zoom in on my new infographic to learn everything about it:
People freak out when they see German like:
neunzehnhundertneunundneunzig 😱
But imagine English smashed together:
onethousandninehundredandninetynine
Or Spanish:
milnovecientosnoventaynueve
Any language looks confusing written like this.
German just looks scary at first, but it's not! 😉
#LangSky
neunzehnhundertneunundneunzig 😱
But imagine English smashed together:
onethousandninehundredandninetynine
Or Spanish:
milnovecientosnoventaynueve
Any language looks confusing written like this.
German just looks scary at first, but it's not! 😉
#LangSky
October 24, 2025 at 8:46 AM
People freak out when they see German like:
neunzehnhundertneunundneunzig 😱
But imagine English smashed together:
onethousandninehundredandninetynine
Or Spanish:
milnovecientosnoventaynueve
Any language looks confusing written like this.
German just looks scary at first, but it's not! 😉
#LangSky
neunzehnhundertneunundneunzig 😱
But imagine English smashed together:
onethousandninehundredandninetynine
Or Spanish:
milnovecientosnoventaynueve
Any language looks confusing written like this.
German just looks scary at first, but it's not! 😉
#LangSky
It’s funny how some people hate the sound of the Spanish “Z” and “C” (before E or I)… but “think” or “thin” in English? No problem. 😏
#LangSky
#LangSky
October 11, 2025 at 1:47 PM
It’s funny how some people hate the sound of the Spanish “Z” and “C” (before E or I)… but “think” or “thin” in English? No problem. 😏
#LangSky
#LangSky
October 11, 2025 at 11:32 AM
The University of Minnesota’s Open Textbook Library offers free language textbooks in French, Spanish, German, Chinese & more.
Perfect for students, teachers or anyone curious about languages! 👍
open.umn.edu/opentextbook...
#LangSky
Perfect for students, teachers or anyone curious about languages! 👍
open.umn.edu/opentextbook...
#LangSky
September 11, 2025 at 2:13 PM
The University of Minnesota’s Open Textbook Library offers free language textbooks in French, Spanish, German, Chinese & more.
Perfect for students, teachers or anyone curious about languages! 👍
open.umn.edu/opentextbook...
#LangSky
Perfect for students, teachers or anyone curious about languages! 👍
open.umn.edu/opentextbook...
#LangSky
Reposted by Goran
My favourite podcasts for learning French:
🎙️Inner French (free transcripts on their web)
🎙️Français Authentique (free transcripts on their app)
Other podcasts I've heard of:
🎙️News in Slow French
🎙️Le journal en Français facile
🎙️French Blabla
🎙️Coffee Break French
🎙️Easy French
#LangSky #Polyglot
🎙️Inner French (free transcripts on their web)
🎙️Français Authentique (free transcripts on their app)
Other podcasts I've heard of:
🎙️News in Slow French
🎙️Le journal en Français facile
🎙️French Blabla
🎙️Coffee Break French
🎙️Easy French
#LangSky #Polyglot
January 25, 2025 at 12:59 PM
C2 Proficiency Manuel, Jules and Thiago
YouTube video by English with Cambridge
www.youtube.com
September 5, 2025 at 2:37 PM
Polish vs Other Slavic Languages | Easy Polish 251
YouTube video by Easy Polish
youtu.be
August 30, 2025 at 12:49 PM
Listening to the TeaTime Chinese Podcast.
The transcripts are available for free on their website in traditional characters.
With Google AI Studio, I created a format that displays the content sentence by sentence:
Sentence in simplified characters [bold]
Pinyin [bold]
English
#LangSky
The transcripts are available for free on their website in traditional characters.
With Google AI Studio, I created a format that displays the content sentence by sentence:
Sentence in simplified characters [bold]
Pinyin [bold]
English
#LangSky
![The transcripts are available for free on their website in traditional Chinese characters.
Using Google AI, I created a format that displays the content sentence by sentence:
Sentence in Simplified Characters [bold]
Pinyin [bold]
English Translation](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nfkmrmazzfakv3rxxk2owkkn/bafkreided6c5sliio2p5yx75rfki5mhnvntl36znhzz7qoxlz7nszf6vki@jpeg)
![The transcripts are available for free on their website in traditional Chinese characters.
Using Google AI, I created a format that displays the content sentence by sentence:
Sentence in Simplified Characters [bold]
Pinyin [bold]
English Translation](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:nfkmrmazzfakv3rxxk2owkkn/bafkreiepl6xcwoprfr2adwkjiqyzfyexxoz3qqigbsai7ef3n7h5egvmou@jpeg)
August 15, 2025 at 8:59 AM
Listening to the TeaTime Chinese Podcast.
The transcripts are available for free on their website in traditional characters.
With Google AI Studio, I created a format that displays the content sentence by sentence:
Sentence in simplified characters [bold]
Pinyin [bold]
English
#LangSky
The transcripts are available for free on their website in traditional characters.
With Google AI Studio, I created a format that displays the content sentence by sentence:
Sentence in simplified characters [bold]
Pinyin [bold]
English
#LangSky
Normal people:
Just a random license plate. 🚘
Me:
Let’s see how many words I can make from these three letters in the languages I know. 🤓
#LangSky
Just a random license plate. 🚘
Me:
Let’s see how many words I can make from these three letters in the languages I know. 🤓
#LangSky
August 13, 2025 at 9:23 AM
Normal people:
Just a random license plate. 🚘
Me:
Let’s see how many words I can make from these three letters in the languages I know. 🤓
#LangSky
Just a random license plate. 🚘
Me:
Let’s see how many words I can make from these three letters in the languages I know. 🤓
#LangSky
Language Preference Challenge!
Pick 1 from each pair:
1. Early-morning study or late-night study?
2. Perfect pronunciation or flawless grammar?
3. Focus on 1 language at a time or juggle 3 at once?
4. Study on a phone or on a laptop?
5. Speak from day one or wait until you're ready?
#LangSky
Pick 1 from each pair:
1. Early-morning study or late-night study?
2. Perfect pronunciation or flawless grammar?
3. Focus on 1 language at a time or juggle 3 at once?
4. Study on a phone or on a laptop?
5. Speak from day one or wait until you're ready?
#LangSky
August 12, 2025 at 11:04 AM
Language Preference Challenge!
Pick 1 from each pair:
1. Early-morning study or late-night study?
2. Perfect pronunciation or flawless grammar?
3. Focus on 1 language at a time or juggle 3 at once?
4. Study on a phone or on a laptop?
5. Speak from day one or wait until you're ready?
#LangSky
Pick 1 from each pair:
1. Early-morning study or late-night study?
2. Perfect pronunciation or flawless grammar?
3. Focus on 1 language at a time or juggle 3 at once?
4. Study on a phone or on a laptop?
5. Speak from day one or wait until you're ready?
#LangSky
Reposted by Goran
The Spanish word for 'film' is 'película'.
As different as they are, these words derive from the same Proto-Indo-European root.
They originally only meant "thin layer" but they came to denote film tapes as well when these were invented.
My new graphics shows more words belonging to this family:
As different as they are, these words derive from the same Proto-Indo-European root.
They originally only meant "thin layer" but they came to denote film tapes as well when these were invented.
My new graphics shows more words belonging to this family:
August 4, 2025 at 6:40 PM
The Spanish word for 'film' is 'película'.
As different as they are, these words derive from the same Proto-Indo-European root.
They originally only meant "thin layer" but they came to denote film tapes as well when these were invented.
My new graphics shows more words belonging to this family:
As different as they are, these words derive from the same Proto-Indo-European root.
They originally only meant "thin layer" but they came to denote film tapes as well when these were invented.
My new graphics shows more words belonging to this family:
The entire history of English in 22 minutes
YouTube video by RobWords
youtu.be
July 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
May 27, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Whether it’s from new technology needing new words to talk about it, or young people inventing and repurposing slang, words and their definitions change all the time.
#LangSky
#LangSky
5 Words That Have Changed Definitions Over Time
Whether it’s from new technology needing new words to talk about it, or young people inventing and repurposing slang, words and their definitions change all the time.
wordsmarts.com
May 21, 2025 at 6:37 PM
Whether it’s from new technology needing new words to talk about it, or young people inventing and repurposing slang, words and their definitions change all the time.
#LangSky
#LangSky
Reposted by Goran
It's curious how often this mistake appears in the media. 'Acta' is a feminine noun, so the correct form is 'la última acta', not 'el último acta'. Native fluency doesn’t always mean grammatical accuracy.
'Último' is an adjective and must match the noun’s gender which is feminine.
#LangSky
'Último' is an adjective and must match the noun’s gender which is feminine.
#LangSky
May 13, 2025 at 11:28 AM
It's curious how often this mistake appears in the media. 'Acta' is a feminine noun, so the correct form is 'la última acta', not 'el último acta'. Native fluency doesn’t always mean grammatical accuracy.
'Último' is an adjective and must match the noun’s gender which is feminine.
#LangSky
'Último' is an adjective and must match the noun’s gender which is feminine.
#LangSky
Imitating an accent with the help of science
YouTube video by The Nature of Things
youtu.be
May 11, 2025 at 12:18 PM