I think that’s a great point. That seems to be what the other person who replied to me is saying. Immersion is #1, changing my relationship to language and the voice in my head, so to speak.
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crazycraw@crazypeople.online 11 hours agoHi! I remember that side, and the thing that separates isn’t the knowledge of the words in the language it’s the lack of ability to think in that language. instead of trying and failing at “enable real time translation from x language to my mother tongue” you must practice the language enough to think it. in your dreams and outloud. it starts to happen faster with immersion. but practice is the only means of success either way. your brain has to hear yourself speaking it to replay it at night.
PKscope@lemmy.world 4 hours ago
Valmond@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 hours ago
That’s so weird, I don’t think or dream in a language.