How Much Time Do You Need In A Place Before You Can Say You "Lived" There?
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How Much Time Do You Need In A Place Before You Can Say You "Lived" There?
Saved by Brian Wiesner
You don’t have to pick three months for your major end goal; I’ve also had missions of “conversational in one to two months” and “get by as a confident tourist in a few weeks,” but my successes have more often been with a three-month time line.
“You don’t know a language, you live it. You don’t learn a language, you get used to it.”
Aim for a conversational level (or lower) first and then strive for fluency. Mastery can indeed come with time (even if perfection in any language is not possible), but have short-term goals first.