#cause every priest novel is like 100 pages and hard words I wanna improveeee

[rigelmejo]

Just an unneeded update lol:

Rereading hanshe like it said and it took me like 3-4 days to read case 1 arc this time around. I am not quite speed reading (except dialogue which is much easier than the rest), but it’s going decently paced!

Like. First time I read hanshe the first case took me 20-30 days to read and I’d read 30 minutes to an hour a day. And I remember each chapter would take like 2 days at least. This time a full chapter is taking me like 20 minutes it is so much fasterrrr

#February reading #February goals #February progress #my dream is I read more hanshe #then when I go back to tian ya ke THAT IS easier #because the biggest wall for me rn is priest novels take me SO long to get thru a chapter #when I do extensive reading and read the English first it’s faster yeah like 20-30 minutes #but when I intensive read? cant WAIT for it to go that fast #cause every priest novel is like 100 pages and hard words I wanna improveeee #anyway I’m glad I didn’t lose skills?? #language learning is weird cause 99% sure I’ve lost speaking skills #I feel way less confident of my grammar every day #but also reading just gets easier and easier #it feels hard whenever I hit a milestone and NOTICE more things I didn’t comprehend before #but it basically only linearly improves #same with watching a show or listening #the skills are easier they just steadily increase. grammar tho like... production is hard I need an eventual plan #when reading now there’s grammar I can easily follow but absolutely could not speak/write myself without gratuitous mistakes #BUT I see those grammar constructions so often my brain tries to do them anyway then I have no idea WHY I’m doing them #one of the much simpler is when to use 一点儿 一会儿 I instinctively wanna say/write them in certain situations #but I could not fucking explain why one sounds right. or 一下 I can’t explain why I wanna say it in certain context #I know there’s a grammar pattern but have no way to understand it just that I pick up on it?? and then more complicated shit #a lot of double negatives and clauses u see in novels #like 否则 却 成了 除了除非非但 etc idk #I read a lot of negative clauses tonight and it struck me how easy they are to follow but how I have NO idea how to make them myself #also ooohhh I jusr looked at the reading list I have and I bet sci will be doable to read soon #but priest first!! I really wanna read guardian ToT