26 things I've learned while learning a language

Notes from someone who's working on it

1. Acquisition requires repetition. And repetition. And repetition. Acquisition requires repetition.

2. Learn young, if you can.

3. Don’t not learn old, if you can’t.

4. Language is embodied. Have you seen those tiktoks? Of people mimicking the way actors speak? And when they mimic the way those actors speak, their face changes and almost becomes the actor they’re mi…