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"Either I overestimated my ability to read (short stories for language learners) in French, or... this is not truly for beginners.
I read the first story, written in what I suspect to be l'imparfait, and while I could suss out the plot from the context, it was a tad too advanced for me.
Will I continue reading, or will I DNF (and find a true A1-level graded reader)?" — May 30, 2026 03:03PM
"Either I overestimated my ability to read (short stories for language learners) in French, or... this is not truly for beginners.
I read the first story, written in what I suspect to be l'imparfait, and while I could suss out the plot from the context, it was a tad too advanced for me.
Will I continue reading, or will I DNF (and find a true A1-level graded reader)?" — May 30, 2026 03:03PM
“His geekiness was that bizarre failure to care about the one thing that everybody agreed really mattered: kudos, while his coolness came from the same source, because not caring about kudos—not obsessing about it, not chasing it down wherever it might be found, not constantly measuring one’s own coolness against that of one’s peers—was in itself kind of cool.”
― The Algebraist
― The Algebraist
“Il rapporto tra l'imperfetto e il passato prossimo è un sistema, complesso e preciso, per rendere puú tangibile, piú vivido, il tempo già trascorso. Un modo di raccontare qualcosa di astratto, di percepire qualcosa che non c'è.
Inutile dire che questo blocco mi fa sentire, appunto, molto imperfetta. Per quanto frustrante, mi sembra un destino. Mi identifico con l'imperfetto, perché un senso d'imperfezione ha segnato la mia vita. Sto provando da sempre a migliorarmi, a correggermi, perché mi sono sempre sentita una persona difettosa.”
― In Other Words
Inutile dire che questo blocco mi fa sentire, appunto, molto imperfetta. Per quanto frustrante, mi sembra un destino. Mi identifico con l'imperfetto, perché un senso d'imperfezione ha segnato la mia vita. Sto provando da sempre a migliorarmi, a correggermi, perché mi sono sempre sentita una persona difettosa.”
― In Other Words
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