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Hi! I'm Vi, I'm from Spain, and this is my studyblr. If you want someone to talk in spanish I'm always here :D Studying right now: Chinese, Italian, and the uni entrance exams. Also this is a sideblog!

[jacobandtheangel]

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[windsweptscholar]

language resources: UNAEL

trying to revive this blog while doing college ! anyway, here’s a link to a LOT of Latin resources and more: UNAEL, a site focused on ancient, extinct and endangered languages, and from that page:

Thesaurus Anbrutalis (LATIN - links to dictionaries, multilingual dictionaries, books, readers, audio, teaching resources, collections, links to websites, podcasts, filedumps, forums, etc. - it has everything)

AEL Resources: Part 1  |  Part 2 (resources on ancient/endangered languages, a long list of languages): 

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[pol-ski]

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[hindisoup]

[honorthegods]

Updated The Monster Compilation of Free Online Resources for Classical Studies.

[theancientgeekoroman]

I'm a Latin student translating Lucretius for homework... What books can you recommend me to make translation easier?

Hi! Sorry for the delay in getting back to you, Nonny, work was super busy today. If you’re not using Wheelock’s Latin for your course, I suggest to get the book and its companion workbook, which is what I used for my introduction to Latin and I found it taught translation really well. Textbook is here: https://www.amazon.com/Wheelocks-Latin-7th/dp/0061997226 and workbook is here: https://www.amazon.com/Workbook-Wheelocks-Latin-Paul-Comeau/dp/0060956429/

Some online resources that might help you out that I like to use are the following:

https://www.latinitium.com/ - a site built to help you teach yourself Latin with a ton of resources

http://lexicity.com/language/latin/ - contains links for dictionaries, grammar, charts & aids, texts, and other resources

http://latin-dictionary.net/ - a dictionary and resource site

Additionally, @myth-boy put together a great Classical Language Learning Masterpost that might give you some other resources I haven’t suggested, but you might find helpful here: http://myth-boy.tumblr.com/post/149723526290/classical-language-learning-masterpost-im-not

[amillionlanguages]

Hello! Do you have any resources for people trying to learn Latin? Anything would be helpful, be it langblrs, websites, apps, anything. Thank you ⭐

Yeah definitely:

Langblrs:

@official-latin-cult

@loquella

@latinusorator

@dionysiusi

@lana-loves-lingua-latina

@labentiasidera

@interretialia

Websites + apps:

Clozemaster Latin exercises

Surface Languages

Latin Wisdom - iPhone app

Latin Word of the Day - iPhone app

Latin trainer - Google Play app

Learn Basic Latin - Google Play app

The Little Prince in Latin - pdf (it looks sketchy but it’s actually legit!)

Podcasts + YouTube:

Grammatica latina podcast

Latinitium podcast

LatinTutorial YouTube channel

Learn Latin Now Beginners’ Series YouTube playlist

Good luck! x

[sunscreenbear]

My Language Learning Resources-

Quenya-

Quenya is one of the languages Tolkien created, and the most developed one. I found that the site https://www.elvish.org/ contains most resources I could ask for, with good reviews of them and many in depth courses, all free. Right now I am studying with the following course (review is from the elvish site posted above):

https://folk.uib.no/hnohf/qcourse.htm

Quenya Course By Helge Fauskanger.

Helge offers the most up-to-date and accurate account of Neo-Quenya (that is, a synthetic and regularized form of Quenya formed by the selective piecing-together of evidences from across decades of Tolkien’s successive versions and elaborations of Quenya) as a series of graded courses. The course is presented in a series of RTF (text) files. Highly recommended as an introduction to more rigorous and detailed study of Tolkien’s own Quenya(s).

French-

I use Pimsleur, an audio course (available in many languages) to practice speaking and listening, and read simple books to improve beyond that. I find french to be similar enough to English for me to be able to learn a lot from just opening a book (with a dictionary open if needed).

Norwegian-

I use Pimsleur to work on speaking and listening, and “The Mystery of Nils“ by Sonja Anderle and Werner Skalla to improve reading and writing. It is a mystery book written in Norwegian (with vocab and grammer explained, and exercises in the book) and the language skills used to read it increase as you progress.

Japanese-

I use Anki to memories Kanji (cannot recommend enough).

For grammar I use “A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar”  by Seiichi Makino and Michio Tsutsui, which has in depth explanation of over 200 grammatical points.

http://nihongoshticks.blogspot.com/ has very little information, but written in a fun, memorable way.

Latin-

Lingva Latina is an amazing book to learn Latin from. The entire book is in Latin, not a single English word (or any other language for that matter) and slowly teaches you all you need to know. There are complementary books with exercise and more information of grammar, but I usually create my own exercises.

[neoteroi-suggestions]

Latin resource reviews

Part III: Clozemaster

Clozemaster is, well, a similar deal to duolingo. Call it duo lite if you will. The whole app is like something between duo and memrise - you learn vocab by filling in the blanks in sentences, which also gives you some insight into how grammar and context work in your TL.

Pros:

Huge amount of content - 20k sentences for Latin alone

You can choose between multiple choice and type-in answers, depending on whether you feel like doing or have the energy for the latter

Cons:

Content is randomised - unlike for other languages, the Latin deck has no progression from basic to advanced

No macrons

No audio for Latin

Final verdict: 3/5

Tips:

The best use for clozemaster, regardless of language, is to help you get past the intermediate plateau

Look for patterns between sentences you're given - you might learn more about what sounds natural and what doesn't

Links:

Google Play

Browser version

[windsweptscholar]

language resources: UNAEL

trying to revive this blog while doing college ! anyway, here’s a link to a LOT of Latin resources and more: UNAEL, a site focused on ancient, extinct and endangered languages, and from that page:

Thesaurus Anbrutalis (LATIN - links to dictionaries, multilingual dictionaries, books, readers, audio, teaching resources, collections, links to websites, podcasts, filedumps, forums, etc. - it has everything)

AEL Resources: Part 1  |  Part 2 (resources on ancient/endangered languages, a long list of languages): 

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[neoteroi-suggestions]

Latin resource reviews

Part I: Lingua Latina per se Illustrata

Ok, so, I'm definitely biased here, and I won't even try to hide that. I've learnt most of my Latin with this book and it has never let me down. It's simply amazing. It's well written, has an active and helpful community, and its original per se illustrata approach is a lifesaver for autodidacts

Full review under the cut

Pros:

Well-written plot that explores ancient Roman culture and daily life, with characters from all walks of life

New grammar and vocab are introduced naturally through context and a consistent system of marginal notes

Very effective at teaching - Familia Romana alone goes from elementary to upper intermediate levels

Easy to access in a digital form

Active community providing support and additional content

Cons:

Some chapters introduce too much new grammar and vocabulary, which might be a bit of a roadblock at times

The grammar parts only being in Latin can make it harder for someone unfamiliar with the general concepts to understand

The physical books are hella expensive

Final verdict: 5/5

Tips:

Read everything in order: the main chapter first, then the corresponding colloquium in Colloquia Personārum. This makes the story make way more sense

Print out chapters you struggle with and highlight all the difficult parts. Review them more and do the associated exercitia

Use the playlist linked below to review. It will help your pronunciation and listening comprehension while still allowing you to actually read the text. You should still use the book itself at first though, as the grammar and exercises parts are both pretty important to go over

Review all chapters regularly. The ideal approach is to re-read each chapter until you understand them perfectly, but just reviewing stuff regularly is good enough

Links:

All the books (PDF)

The playlist

[kim-inlaw]

🌼 Anyone want to learn Korean or latin together with me?

I could use friends as support but also help! We'll figure it out together.

Do reblog so we can get a group going for either language🌼

[linghxr]

Learning Chinese with Lyrics: 李荣浩 - 戒烟

I’ve decided that at least for a couple months I’ll increasing my Learning Chinese with Lyrics posts to twice a month. I know they aren’t usually as popular, but I have a backlog of songs/lyrics to share!

As I mentioned in my recent Mandopop recs post, I’ve been listening to Li Ronghao lately. This song in particular has been stuck in my head a lot. I find the lyrics to be very moving and poignant. A sense of loss truly comes through. And thankfully, the lyrics are also relatively simple, so it’s easy to learn them. This song is nearly 5 minutes long, but it doesn’t feel too long or dragged out to me at all. To my knowledge, this song isn’t Li Ronghao’s biggest hit (that honor seems to go to 年少有为), but it’s still pretty popular. And my favorite by him right now.

李荣浩 - 戒烟

已经为了变的更好 去掉锋芒 一不小心成了你的 倾诉对象 电话约在从前约会的地方 要陪你唱歌吃饭我结账 保持优良习惯

锋芒 fēngmáng - tip (of pencil, spear etc) / sharp point / cutting edge / spearhead / vanguard 倾诉 qīngsù - to say everything (that is on one’s mind) 结账 jiézhàng - to pay the bill / to settle accounts *also written 结帐 优良 yōuliáng - fine / good / first-rate

你说最近过的还算 幸福美满 喝了几杯唱了几段 你却哭了 想去安慰却不知什么立场 听你说话看你哭湿头发 我得到了惩罚

立场 lìchǎng - position / standpoint 惩罚 chéngfá - penalty / punishment / to punish

戒了烟我不习惯 没有你我怎么办 三年零一个礼拜 才学会怎么忍耐 你给过我的伤害 是没有一句责怪 戒了烟 染上悲伤 我也不想

忍耐 rěnnài - to endure / to bear with / to exercise patience / to restrain oneself / patience / endurance 戒烟 jièyān - to give up smoking 染上 rǎnshàng - to catch (a disease) / to get (a bad habit)

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[malwizard]

im translating russian memes for practice and i... theyre so fucking funny

me: *flips pillow over to the cold side and goes back to sleep*

nurse who's been watching me in a coma for the past 5 years:

[goodplan-ipromise]

[sciogli-lingua]

"No way" / "Not happening": Italian edition

Inspired by this post by @frenchy-french

col cavolo (colloq.) -- "with the cabbage" ("cavolo" being a euphemism for "cazzo")

col cazzo (vulg.) -- "with the dick"

neanche per idea -- "not even as an idea"

neanche per sogno -- "not even in dreams"

neanche se mi pagano -- "not even if I got paid for it"

neanche mort* -- "not even [when I'm] dead"

assolutamente no -- "absolutely not"

non se ne parla -- "no talk of that"

non esiste -- "it doesn't exist"

proprio no -- "really, no"

te lo puoi scordare / ve lo potete scordare -- "you (singular/plural) can forget about it"

è fuori discussione -- "it's out of the question"

sì, domani! -- "sure, [I'll do that] tomorrow!"

[sayitaliano]

Le fasi lunari - Lunar Phases & others Moon related vocabs.

la luna = moon luna piena = full moon (luna) gibbosa calante = waning gibbous terzo quarto = third quarter luna calante = waning moon luna nuova = new moon luna crescente = waxing moon primo quarto = first quarter (luna) gibbosa crescente = waxing gibbous

mezza luna = half moon pietra lunare/di luna = moonstone quarto di luna = quarter moon ultimo quarto di luna = last quarter moon chiaro di luna = moonlight the dark side of the moon = il lato scuro della luna

il cratere lunare = lunar crater la macchia lunare = lunar spot il mare lunare = lunar sea il mese lunare = lunar month l'orbita lunare = lunar orbit l'asse lunare = lunar axis l'eclissi lunare/della luna = lunar eclipse l'eclissi parziale della luna = partial lunar eclipse

il sorgere della luna = moonrise il tramontare della luna = moonset il satellite = satellite questo lato, il lato vicino = near side l'altro lato, il lato lontano = far side la marea = tide la marea equatoriale = equatorial tide la marea sizigiale = spring tide il perigeo = perigee l'apogeo = apogee

avere la luna storta = to be in a bad moon (lit. to have a crooked moon - check instagram to read more)