2,000,000 words!

Congratulations!

I’ve read 2 million words in 24 months in Greek, keep in mind I have a full time job and I’m a freelance interpreter as well, long term relationship and commitments.

That doesn’t include all the books that I’ve read so I’m probably well above 3 million…

Learned simultaneously and reached C1 in Greek in 2 years and Spanish in 1 and a half (I have certificates to prove it as it’s needed for my 2nd job).

Started to speak both languages after 4 months into learning.

My passive skills for both languages are C2.

Time spent on each language daily: on average 2-3 hours listening to radio/podcasts/music and reading news articles, books…

I have about 70 hours of conversation on both on italki, that doesn’t include the time I spent talking with the natives while travelling.

I read aloud for 20 or 30 minutes when I can/feel motivated, maybe twice a week.

Now I mostly just listen passively to maintain, I don’t read as much, maybe 20 minutes max/day.

Now the Greeks believe I’m Greek when I speak with them, and are blown away when I tell them that I’m French… I think you can call that end game.

Keep up the good work!

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