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Cake day: September 6th, 2023

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  • Yes, we often call them “long” and “short” E but the short E is actually halfway to A. It’s a different vowel even though it’s written the same. The last E is the vowel we often have in unstressed syllables like gekommen, same in English upon, about. We write it as E but it’s basically the most relaxed vowel possible.

    Look at this vowel chart to see and hear the differences.

















  • If this is serious, it doesn’t work and there are other businesses claiming to be like L1 acquisition.

    But the age window is real. Kids who for some reason didn’t learn any language have a hard time learning it later and when you move to other language area, there is an age after which you can’t learn the new language accent free (about 12 I think)