English is not my mother tongue. But I want to have better understanding

The Greeks

A book that you have difficulty reading.

It makes sense. If you don't have to think a whole lot, then you aren't learning a whole lot.

Lolita.

>>9003848
^^^^^^^this

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>>9003799

>Joseph Conrad learned English in his twenties
>as his third language
>writes better in English than I ever will
>mfw

Read him.

I started with Henry Miller. Go and dive.

>>9003799
>English
>beauty

ahahahahha

>>9003848
Writing Lolita in English, then translating it to Russian himself, iirc, made Nabokov stop writing in Russian because it couldn't reach the beauty of the English language.

>>9003799
try learning a scandinavian language
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wgzkQ8oktD4

>>9003799
>English is not my mother tongue
>mother tongue

Clearly.

>>9007588
Not op but in the same boat, this is how i learned it in school. What would you say? Native language?

>>9007618
First language is what I am used to. Not a big deal, though, I was just being obnoxious.

I actually prefer mother tongue but I could never get away with it.