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I’m trying to teach myself Irish so if you have any tips or words you know in Irish then I would really appreciate it. Thanks.

Tails

Officer Pixie Squirrel

Star Reviewer

Are u using duolingo if so I am to good luck
I learn languages like French, Korean and others

Madam Sapphire Bucket

Too

Madam Sapphire Bucket

Same

Director Wanda Wellington

Korean is super hard to learn.

Officer Pixie Squirrel

Ikr I wish I could learn it quicker

Madam Sapphire Bucket

Are you using Duolingo? I am learning lots of languages, but unfortunately not Irish yet.

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

No, not yet. I think I might go to a bookshop and see if they have an Irish phrasebook. What languages are you learning? I know English (obviously) Vietnamese and hopefully Irish soon.

Officer Pixie Squirrel

Wow! I know English, Spanish, French, Italian, and a tiny bit of Latin. On this one website I use for learning Spanish,(Dreaming Spanish) the guy who created it says not to LEARN languages, but to ACQUIRE them. (This basically means listen to native Spanish speakers, and not just learn from a textbook, because when you learn it from a textbook, it’s very easy to forget) I agree with this from personal experience, but everyone is different!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

How do you know all of those? You’re like a human translaty-thing-a-ma-gummy (I forgot what they’re called)!

Officer Pixie Squirrel

A polyglot? I can say Hello in most of them too! Hello, (English) Hola, (Spanish), Salut, (French) and Ciao! (Italian) I love learning languages, it’s so much fun!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Same

Director Wanda Wellington

Yeah, aren’t languages great! I love all kinds of learning!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Really? Do you know any other languages?

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

French, African, and a little bit if german or Ukrainian

Director Wanda Wellington

That’s great! I’m learning French too!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Cool

Director Wanda Wellington

Yeah, cool. What’s your favourite movie?

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Trolls band together

Director Wanda Wellington

Nice! I love The Aristocats!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Oh yeah

Director Wanda Wellington

Yup! They’re super!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Huh

Director Wanda Wellington

:-)

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

It is such a weird feeling being fluent in more then one language – it’s like your brain being divided in half (or more.) In Vietnamese I’m fluent in all the words I know but I only know words that you would say to your family – everyone down my Mum’s side lives in Vietnam and only speaks Vietnamese.

Officer Pixie Squirrel

Yeah, absolutely. I once had a dream in Spanish, and my brother says I sometimes sleep talk in French!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

You have a brother too? I have one and he’s seven.
Once, at school, the teacher asked a question and I accidentally answered in Vietnamese which is way more embarrassing than it sounds

Officer Pixie Squirrel

I bet that was embarrassing! I wouldn’t have liked to be in your shoes! I think it’s good to speak two languages very fluently like that!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

You’re wayyyyy better at languages then I am – you probably speak two hundred fluently!

Officer Pixie Squirrel

Ha! I wish I did, wouldn’t that be cool!! But I only speak 3 languages decently fluently. (Including English) Italian is coming along well, but not Latin, it’s really hard!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Same

Director Wanda Wellington

Really? How many languages are you learning?

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

A few

Director Wanda Wellington

Which ones, if you don’t mind me asking?

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

French
African and Ukrainian

Director Wanda Wellington

Great!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Yeah

Director Wanda Wellington

Do you want to learn any other languages in the future?

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Norwegian

Director Wanda Wellington

Nice! I really want to learn Portuguese and German!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

I went to portugal

Director Wanda Wellington

Really? Me too, but it was when I was quite little, so I don’t remember it too good, sadly.

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

I went when I was 6

Director Wanda Wellington

Nice! I bet it was really fun!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

It was

Director Wanda Wellington

I hope we go to Spain next year!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

That sounds awesome

Director Wanda Wellington

It so would be! I’d also love to go to Egypt, or Argentina!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

We have lots in common

Director Wanda Wellington

I know! Don’t we just!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Yes Duolingo is very useful I use it to improve my french I’m already fluent but it is useful for more than just learning a language you also get very in depth stuff. That’s so cool ur learning Irish! Do you live in Ireland or are you doing it for fun

Madam Wanda Bungalow

I just want to learn. I also want to help stop it dying out because Irish is a really endangered language and I intend to visit Ireland some day.

Officer Pixie Squirrel

I know I heard that that’s really sad I always find it so sad when a language dies out- that language might be really precious to someone!!!

Madam Wanda Bungalow

No one uses Cornish any more and Duolingo doesn’t do a course for it and Cornish schools/Universitys/colleges don’t teach it any more and if no one is able to learn Cornish it will just die out.

Officer Pixie Squirrel

hiello

Callum

Master Trigger Toothpaste

Hiello to you too

Madam Sapphire Bucket

Hiello sis

Corporal Pongo Godzilla

Hiello

Corporal Pongo Godzilla

Hiello

Madam Wanda Bungalow

Hiello!

Professor Flash Aardvark

Hi, I am going to start a book challenge! So you have to try to name as many books as you can in 10 seconds ! the winner will be announced on Monday!!

Willow

Viscountess Pixie Teacup

21 books !

Inspector Virgil Sheep-Dip

Amazing!

Viscountess Pixie Teacup

who was the winner I didn’t see what happened

Captain Jewel Washington

I think i would do book in 10 seconds!

Duchess Rapunzel Sparrow

How are you going to know they definitely did it in ten seconds and they are gonna be typing.

Don Pudsey Pennyfarthing

Oh, well i don’t know but I guess it is just the person that says the most books

Viscountess Pixie Teacup

It’s hard to type fast, but okay.
1. Cursed Crowns
2. Murder Most Unladylike
3. Twin crowns
4. Burning crowns
5. Arsenic for tea
6. The School for Good and Evil
7. Morte Darthur
8. Don Quixote
9. To Kill a Mockingbird
10. The mystery of Red Gate Farm.

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Gosh did u type that all in 10 seconds

Madam Wanda Bungalow

Uhhhh…. I hope? Maybe more like fifteen – thirty.

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

Still very well done

Madam Wanda Bungalow

I know, right? I was quite impressed!

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

harry potter

percy jackson

explorer

bfg

the wizard of oz

fantastic mr fox

ballet shoes

detectives club

dork diaries

the twits

The girl ink and stars

the colour of hope

grim fairy tales

the secret garden

the ice monster

beast quest

great dream robbery

the magic finger

the magic tree

the wind in the willows

Senorita Beany Moonlight

U can’t have done that in 10 seconds

Madam Wanda Bungalow

Those are so many!!

Viscountess Pixie Teacup

Hi! how do I start the book challenge?

Lady Ariel Bobble-hat

just write any books that you can remember in 10 secs!

Viscountess Pixie Teacup

Good idea

Senorita Iggy Colly-Wobbles

Thank you!

Viscountess Pixie Teacup

Percy J
Harry P
Mr Gum
Lord of the rings
Dork diaries
Diary of a wimpy kid

Corporal Pongo Godzilla

32!

Professor Flash Aardvark

Oh my gosh!

Viscountess Pixie Teacup

29

Sergeant Leach Ketchup

That is so many!

Viscountess Pixie Teacup

Hey there. Unfortunately, we were delayed for our holiday so we are going tomorrow so here’s the next challenge! Think of your favourite book and give it a new name and a new blurb. Make sure you add the book your changing. The same rules apply from the previous challenges. I would also love it if before I go you could tell me if you like my challenges, if I should do more and some challenge ideas. This competition ends in two weeks and soon we will be announcing the Pokemon mash up competition winner. If you haven’t done any of my earlier challenges, I would appreciate it if you joined. Good luck everyone and keep them coming!

Aesop

Don Pudsey Pennyfarthing

I’ve noticed that two other challenges I’ve written haven’t been replied to get so could you please see if you could find them. Thanks.

Don Pudsey Pennyfarthing

Diary of a Wimpy kid-the long haul into Dairy of a Wobbly kid-the loud howl. New blurb-Jeff going on a camp out with his family but it didn’t go right when a wolf disturbed it…

Professor Flash Aardvark

i LIKE this! please please please do more!
Please?

Director Aphrodite Wellington

Name of book I’m changing: harry potter and the philosophers stone.

Hairy pottery and the para gliders goggles.

Blurb: hairy pottery is always longing to fly, let alone walk and talk. Soon it discovered snakehead poison. It transforms absolutely anything to absolutely anything! The only problem is… He can’t drink either.

Go on a hairy adventure with the hariest pottery!!!

Doctor Quicksand Sausage-Roll

Hi! Sad about ur holiday.This isn’t my favourite book ever, but I quite like Ballet shoes. Another name for that one could be dancer because the name ballet shoes doesn’t cover all three of them- they all like different types of dancing. The new blurb would be something like: “Three adopted children; all different; but all love dancing. Read this book for adventure and fun.” Sorry, I know that’s not the best but I haven’t read that book for ages!!! 8)

Madam Wanda Bungalow

I’m gonna change diary of a wimpy kid to the dramatic frame

Nurse Wanda Rubber-duck

Dork Diaries (the first one)

I would rename it Diaries Of Nicki Maxwell , A young high-school student
My blurb would be
“Join me, Nicki Maxwell on my adventures at my new highschool there will be ups and downs lefts and rights but ill find my way to make it through them, this will include enemies friends and crushes, open the page to start your journey through my crazy life "
Have fun on holiday!!

Madam Sapphire Bucket

I love your challenges, they’re superb! My book I’m changing is Cursed Crowns. It’s new name is A kingdom divided. It’s blurb is: Rose and Wren are now the queens of Eana. Wren runs away in the night to find her grandmother, and Rose is left to do the Royal trip around the country with Shen. But mysteries and curses rise, and will Rose and Wren manage to keep their kingdom , and their hearts, united?

Countess Majorca Bacon-slicer

I love the summer reading challenge!

Sophia

Queen Pinky Biscuits

I also do

Doctor Quicksand Sausage-Roll

Same

Director Aphrodite Wellington

Me too

Duchess Rapunzel Sparrow

Me to

Senorita Iggy Colly-Wobbles

Me too!

Professor Flash Aardvark

I know right it’s fun

Madam Wanda Bungalow

Anybody know how you get the top fan badge? Thanks.

Sophia

Queen Pinky Biscuits

No

Doctor Quicksand Sausage-Roll

Sorry, now idea

Madam Wanda Bungalow

Did you find out? I would like to know too. Thanks!

Countess Phoenix Nuggets

I dont know

Duchess Rapunzel Sparrow

Sry but idk I somehow just got it

Princess Angel Squirrel

Yeah anyone know

Nurse Wanda Rubber-duck

No

Senorita Iggy Colly-Wobbles

i think have to read 6

Sergeant Leach Ketchup

This is my first time to be in the summer reading challenge and I’m having so much fun here it’s like I’m in a different world when I’m reading

Amelia

Director Letizia Quarantine

when it was my first time i had so much fun too

Duchess Rapunzel Sparrow

Are u saying I don’t now

Madam Wanda Bungalow

The challenge is really good and it encourages kids who don’t like reading so much to read more books.

Officer Pixie Squirrel

Nice one

Senorita Iggy Colly-Wobbles

Same here!

Professor Flash Aardvark

same

Sergeant Leach Ketchup

same here books are beautiful

Countess Lacey Dangerous

Hey guys. I’m going on holiday so you’ll have to wait for the next challenge but here’s one more before I go. Think of your dream holiday and describe it. When I come back, the winner will be announced. The same rules apply for the other challenges. Have a great summer holiday everyone!!!

Aesop

Don Pudsey Pennyfarthing

Going to an exotic beach in a luxury hotel with a wonderful view and a pool and everything and exotic place would have

Madam Sapphire Bucket

I’m doing all ur challenges btw

Anyway, my dream holiday would be in a massive theme park resort like Alton towers, except with a private booking so there’s no queues. I would invite all my friends, and we would have the BEST WEEK EVER!!!!! I love rollercoasters, and most of my friends do to so it would be very amazing. There would be loop the loop rollercoasters, and those massive pirate boats where u feel like ur going to fall out, and every other ride imaginable! There would also be the opportunity to fly, like u see people do at the circus. Oh, and the food would be the best, like roast, and nice pizza, and croissants and everything!!!

Thank you very much for making all these fun challenges! Bye bye bye!!!!

Madam Wanda Bungalow

Thanks!

Professor Flash Aardvark