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+title: Language Checkpoint - April
+tags: language-learning
+date: 6 April 2026
+---
+
+This is my April 2026 language checkpoint.
+
+## Spanish
+
+I can still speak it. I think. I think I did not speak any Spanish today at all. Yikes.
+
+## English
+
+Good.
+
+## French
+
+I can understand 99% of what I hear without any effort at all. The same goes for reading, depending on what I'm 
+reading of course. Last test I had was reading "La Bête Humaine" by Zola and I knew 99% of the words. Speaking
+is still my greatest weakness, but last Sunday I spoke one hour with my new Russian friend Valery and I'm pretty
+proud of how I expressed myself.
+
+## German
+
+I can now understand 99% of what is said in the Easy German Podcast. I think the use easy language there, for the
+surprise of no one I guess. I say this because most YouTube content targeted for a German audience still sounds like
+gibberish to me haha. I'm starting to get a grasp of the form of German, grammar is starting to become more natural.
+I can write about my day without much trouble.
+
+## Portuguese
+
+My Portuguese is my greatest shame, honestly. I cannot get myself to practice it seriously outside of work. I'll
+get there eventually, I swear.