u/cup-of-starlight

TLDR; Will trying to add another language into my learning really screw up my French learning?

Hi folks! I am a native English speaker and have been studying French intensively for the last year. I live near Quebec and am finding it much easier/faster when I can spend my days out and about listening to conversation. In the last year I’ve gone from A1 to B1 (hooray! 🎉)

I’ve made a great group of friends who all speak Arabic, and I’d love to start learning their language as well. My concern is really just this: Is trying to shove two languages in my brain at once a terrible idea? Do the languages have much in common, and does that matter if they don’t? I’d love to keep my pace with French, and that’s my main goal as it’s my partner’s first language.

If you’ve had an experience or any advice I’d love to hear it! Merci beaucoup
شكراً جزيلاً!

Gooood morning! This weekend we are hosting our friends for brunch, and between all of us, we’ve got:

- strict vegan
- severe egg allergy
- severe butt NUT allergy
- mild to mid allergies to some fresh fruit: kiwis, strawberries, and pretty much every stone fruit.

I’m a pretty accomplished home cook but god am I struggling with this one. Many things that I could make with an alternative milk take nut milks, and that’s a no go. The only thing popping into my head is toast & jam and maybe some tofu eggs.

For the love of god please save an idiot 😂

Edit: Thank you everyone for all the suggestions, I have about a hundred to choose from. You’re the best! Also, I’d like to address this comment in plain view:

> Someone with that level of restrictions can bring their own food. I'm not accommodating that, and it's unreasonable to ask people who don't forcibly restrict their diets to do so because they do.

Hi, it’s me, cup-of-starlight, the person who invited people over to visit and offered to cook. Two of these allergens are mine, one belongs to a friend, another belongs to another friend, and the other friend is vegan. I don’t exactly owe a breakdown of our allergies in order to justify posting here, but I’m more than happy to cook for my friends and do not consider it a burden to accommodate. Thank you for the assumption! 💕 butgoddamn I didn’t know people with allergies were such a trigger for so many of y’all in my inbox wtf. Calm down and eat a kitkat. unless you’re allergic.

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