Jerbear
@jer-oso.bsky.social
Filipino-American in Madrid yelling at languages
Entering my third-life crisis era
I speak 🇺🇸🇵🇭🇪🇸
Currently studying 🇮🇩🇫🇷
🏳️🌈
Entering my third-life crisis era
I speak 🇺🇸🇵🇭🇪🇸
Currently studying 🇮🇩🇫🇷
🏳️🌈
Omg people aren’t automatically switching to English when I speak Portuguese?? Am I…fluent?
April 25, 2025 at 12:06 PM
Omg people aren’t automatically switching to English when I speak Portuguese?? Am I…fluent?
One porto in, and all of a sudden, I’m fluent in Portuguese (allegedly)
April 25, 2025 at 11:17 AM
One porto in, and all of a sudden, I’m fluent in Portuguese (allegedly)
I honestly feel ridiculous trying to speak a language I’ve barely studied, but it’s kinda crazy to hear and feel Portuguese coming out of my mouth.
April 25, 2025 at 7:41 AM
I honestly feel ridiculous trying to speak a language I’ve barely studied, but it’s kinda crazy to hear and feel Portuguese coming out of my mouth.
In Porto now, right outside my accommodation, trying to hype myself up for my first Portuguese conversation. Here goes nothing…
April 25, 2025 at 7:00 AM
In Porto now, right outside my accommodation, trying to hype myself up for my first Portuguese conversation. Here goes nothing…
I just wanna use the word ‘obsequious’ in an argument. Anyone wanna fight?
April 16, 2025 at 9:16 AM
I just wanna use the word ‘obsequious’ in an argument. Anyone wanna fight?
I keep repeating the word ‘gender’ in (what I think is) an Australian accent to amuse myself. Jeen-dah, jeen-dah, jeen-dah. Did I get that right?
April 4, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I keep repeating the word ‘gender’ in (what I think is) an Australian accent to amuse myself. Jeen-dah, jeen-dah, jeen-dah. Did I get that right?
Me: I think I can take on the Spanish C2 exam!
Also me: *googles ‘ir conjugation’*
Also me: *googles ‘ir conjugation’*
April 4, 2025 at 9:05 AM
Me: I think I can take on the Spanish C2 exam!
Also me: *googles ‘ir conjugation’*
Also me: *googles ‘ir conjugation’*
Is it weird that I get offended whenever I see people going to the Philippines without telling me, even if I don’t know them that well or even at all? It is, isn’t it?
March 28, 2025 at 2:04 PM
Is it weird that I get offended whenever I see people going to the Philippines without telling me, even if I don’t know them that well or even at all? It is, isn’t it?
My friend in Indonesia: banyak gossip
Me: spill-lah!
Me: spill-lah!
March 28, 2025 at 2:02 PM
My friend in Indonesia: banyak gossip
Me: spill-lah!
Me: spill-lah!
What time does everyone do their daily ‘regretting something wrong I said in some language’? Mine’s at 8:15 am today.
March 26, 2025 at 7:15 AM
What time does everyone do their daily ‘regretting something wrong I said in some language’? Mine’s at 8:15 am today.
Used the English expression ‘for what it’s worth’ earlier today, and honestly, I don’t know if I used it right.
March 25, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Used the English expression ‘for what it’s worth’ earlier today, and honestly, I don’t know if I used it right.
I just keep randomly repeating the phrase “Sou dos Estados Unidos” to myself for when I go to Portugal next month.
March 24, 2025 at 8:24 AM
I just keep randomly repeating the phrase “Sou dos Estados Unidos” to myself for when I go to Portugal next month.
At a Chinese restaurant in Madrid right now, and although it was already established from the start that I was Filipino and did not speak Chinese, the owner seems to keep forgetting and keeps on speaking to me in Chinese anyway.
March 16, 2025 at 3:11 PM
At a Chinese restaurant in Madrid right now, and although it was already established from the start that I was Filipino and did not speak Chinese, the owner seems to keep forgetting and keeps on speaking to me in Chinese anyway.
Going for the first time to Portugal next month, and so I’m finally gonna take on some Portuguese. Let’s see how far I get in a month knowing Spanish.
March 16, 2025 at 2:53 PM
Going for the first time to Portugal next month, and so I’m finally gonna take on some Portuguese. Let’s see how far I get in a month knowing Spanish.
Another day, another pat in the back for a masterful use of the Spanish past subjunctive
February 21, 2025 at 9:59 AM
Another day, another pat in the back for a masterful use of the Spanish past subjunctive
Code-switched to corporatese at a meeting this morning, and I’m torn between feeling proud of myself and vomiting my brains out.
February 10, 2025 at 9:04 AM
Code-switched to corporatese at a meeting this morning, and I’m torn between feeling proud of myself and vomiting my brains out.
Spanish really said “Y’all on your own” when it dropped all the conjugations for ser and ir.
February 9, 2025 at 12:43 PM
Spanish really said “Y’all on your own” when it dropped all the conjugations for ser and ir.
I always like to think that at some point, I must have had Malay-speaking Tagalog ancestors that were disappointed that their kids weren't learning Malay anymore, which at the time was considered a prestigious language.
Don’t worry, lolo and lola, I got you.
Don’t worry, lolo and lola, I got you.
January 29, 2025 at 7:19 AM
I always like to think that at some point, I must have had Malay-speaking Tagalog ancestors that were disappointed that their kids weren't learning Malay anymore, which at the time was considered a prestigious language.
Don’t worry, lolo and lola, I got you.
Don’t worry, lolo and lola, I got you.
Does anyone else use glosbe.com? I typically rely on Reverso for looking up sample sentences for vocab, but, while it's good for many European languages, it doesn't offer many languages in other regions. But Glosbe does! So far, the sample sentences in Indonesian have been helpful! #langsky
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January 20, 2025 at 3:15 AM
Does anyone else use glosbe.com? I typically rely on Reverso for looking up sample sentences for vocab, but, while it's good for many European languages, it doesn't offer many languages in other regions. But Glosbe does! So far, the sample sentences in Indonesian have been helpful! #langsky
Saw a French news headline and was thrown off by the spelling of ‘otage.’ I would’ve expected something like ‘hôtage.’ #langsky please explain.
January 19, 2025 at 2:32 AM
Saw a French news headline and was thrown off by the spelling of ‘otage.’ I would’ve expected something like ‘hôtage.’ #langsky please explain.
Magpapakain sana ako kanina, pero yung mga papakainin ko e nakakain na pala, kaya kinain ko na lang nang mag-isa yung ipapakain ko, nag-aalala na ang hindi ko makain sa huli ay kailangang kong ipakain na lang sa kahit sinong gustong kumain ng mga tirang hindi nakain ng ibang tao.
austronesian languages are sick. why do you have 200 verb conjugations for eating food
January 18, 2025 at 8:40 AM
Magpapakain sana ako kanina, pero yung mga papakainin ko e nakakain na pala, kaya kinain ko na lang nang mag-isa yung ipapakain ko, nag-aalala na ang hindi ko makain sa huli ay kailangang kong ipakain na lang sa kahit sinong gustong kumain ng mga tirang hindi nakain ng ibang tao.
At a Dutch restaurant in Jakarta, and I wondered:
Imagine you’re an alien visiting Earth. You land in Indonesia and discover the local cuisine, realizing spicy food isn’t for you. You stumble into a Dutch restaurant, and you cautiously ask if the food is spicy.
The way I would laugh as the waiter…
Imagine you’re an alien visiting Earth. You land in Indonesia and discover the local cuisine, realizing spicy food isn’t for you. You stumble into a Dutch restaurant, and you cautiously ask if the food is spicy.
The way I would laugh as the waiter…
January 18, 2025 at 6:57 AM
At a Dutch restaurant in Jakarta, and I wondered:
Imagine you’re an alien visiting Earth. You land in Indonesia and discover the local cuisine, realizing spicy food isn’t for you. You stumble into a Dutch restaurant, and you cautiously ask if the food is spicy.
The way I would laugh as the waiter…
Imagine you’re an alien visiting Earth. You land in Indonesia and discover the local cuisine, realizing spicy food isn’t for you. You stumble into a Dutch restaurant, and you cautiously ask if the food is spicy.
The way I would laugh as the waiter…
Tagalog gossip sesh I just had with a friend felt soooo good.
January 17, 2025 at 8:17 AM
Tagalog gossip sesh I just had with a friend felt soooo good.