Waking up, grabbing my phone, scrolling through Hive like every other morning… jeah, jeah… same old routine, you know? 😅 And then BAM 💥 I see this greaaaat post about languages.
LADIES OF HIVE COMMUNITY CONTEST!
Oh boy, now that’s a theme I can get behind! So let’s gooo 🏃♀️💨
How many languages do I speak? And which one would I LOVE to learn the most?
Soo… I was born in a tiny (like, really tiny) country in Europe with only two million people. Ever heard of Slovenia? Maybe because of Luka Dončić or Tadej Pogačar? Yep, that’s us. Small but mighty 💪💚
My mother tongue is Slovenian. It’s a beautiful mess of a language and, trust me, if you didn’t grow up with it….good luck learning it 😂 We even have second person dual (yup… that’s a thing). Oh, and every little part of the country has its own dialect. Mine? Of course it’s one of the hardest ones 😂 You drive 15 minutes and…surprise!…new dialect unlocked!
Now, growing up in the Balkans means one thing. You basically get a free language pack 😎 I can understand (and speak, not perfectly but enough!) Croatian, Serbian, and Bosnian. Thanks to all the music, movies, and TV shows. Honestly, how could you not pick it up?
Then comes English! Oh yesss. Started learning it at 7 and it was love at first word 😍 All the movies, music, books… English is everywhere! That’s also why I chose a tourism school. I even started reading English books because they weren’t translated. And movies? We don’t do dubbing. Subtitles only! Can you imagine Star Wars in Slovenian? “Luka, jaz sem tvoj oče” 😂😂 Ummm… no thank you 😂
And then… German. I learned it for 10 years and still couldn’t understand half of it 🙈 But then I moved to Austria and boom! real-life crash course! Now I can actually speak it. Woohoo! 🇩🇪🎉
And the one language I really, REALLY want to learn?
SPANISH. 😍 It just sings to my soul! I watched sooo many telenovelas as a kid (with Slovenian subtitles of course), so I picked up a few words here and there. But speaking it? Whole different story. I've been saying for years, “No time, no time…” but now? No more excuses! Online courses are everywhere.
So yep…this is my mission for the next two years. Vamos! 💃🇪🇸😂
Wishing you an awesome day and lots of language love! 🌍❤️
Check it out here: @ladiesofhive/ladies-of-hive-community-contest-240
With love, @tinabrezpike ❤️