(the same thing happens when I try to learn a foreign language. I can read competently in my target language but with toddler level's understanding of audio messages. so it really blows my mind when I heard someone who learnt foreign languages primarily by listening or there are some amazing creatures called illiterate who can speak a language fluently without understanding its orthography). I've been clueless for really long time, and wh
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i truly have no idea, but i would suspect that all the things you are doing will work in due time