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The One Thing Ricky Martin and Gabriel García Marquez Have in Common
How to learn a language through pop-culture and literature
When I woke up today from a dream, I was over the moon. As usual, I don’t remember what it was really about, but I remembered clearly that I was having a conversation in Spanish — for the first time ever.
It might be just old wives tales, but I believe that it’s a great milestone in learning a foreign language when you dream in it. Somehow for me, it means that the language I learn when I am conscious has already crept into my unconscious and regardless of the level I am speaking it, it means that my efforts have been worth it.
I am a native Hungarian speaker who happens to write and speak in English a lot more than in her mother tongue and learning a foreign language is crucial in my life.
The Hungarian language is considered to be the second most difficult language in the world and apart from the 10 million Hungarian within the borders and 5 more million scattered around the globe, no one speaks it or understands it. It’s a unique language, not similar to any other — with extremely difficult grammar and impossible vocabulary. To be honest, it’s a completely useless language to learn and if I weren’t Hungarian, I would never study it for that reason.
