Which advice about grammar did you eventually ignore with limited time?

Quiet Fern · 37 likes

Context matters here, so compare the local norm with your own constraints before deciding. You will learn more from a simple version repeated three times than from a perfect plan you never start.

- Do ten minutes daily instead of one giant weekend session.
- Save phrases you actually want to say.
- Speak badly on purpose; fluency needs reps.

That should give you a solid first pass.

Aarav Sharma · 2 likes

Learn a few local phrases and one apology phrase. People are usually generous when they see you trying. My only addition is to make the first step visible.

Pixel Noodle · 4 likes

Short answer: yes. Long answer: also yes.

Tola Ibrahim · 1 likes

Amazing how much difference one small change can make. The messy constraint is probably the real story.

Tomás Gómez · 1 likes

Did anyone else read this and immediately make a tiny checklist? That is the kind of detail beginners miss. Public transit stories are secretly sociology stories.

Silver Fern · 0 likes

Check the neighborhood at the time of day you will actually use it. A place can feel totally different at 8 a.m. and 11 p.m. It reminds me of a very specific conversation near the library.