keep on runnin' in cruise control.

sara. 16.

[3xpr]

⟶ we won't numb the pain ⟵

ayo!! my name is sara. she/they is fine, not too worried about it. christian. writer. poetess. pianist. language learner. high school student. k-pop fan. from account @elektrosonix.

k-pop layouts/icons blog: @starcar

i'm still deciding what i want this account to be, so i'm going to follow a range of blogs to see what fits me best. eventually i may start to post my art/writing. #— q. (queue tag) and #-> [interest].

cheers!!

[jpn-langblr]

It's been a while since I did one of these, but if you need a bit of extra practice in your target language, here's one way to do it.

So, what even is this?

NVA stands for Noun, Verb, Adjective. The goal is to write a sentence or a small paragraph containing all the words prompted that day, as seen in the images above. You get to be creative, maybe learn some new words, and overall just practice your target language. Win-win!

How do I participate?

Easy peasy - just write! Write in your notebook, on your mirror, on your hand, or post to tumblr, just write something for that day and see if you can do it throughout the whole month. Of course, if you post it online, the whole langblr community can help each other out and come with corrections, so we all learn even more!

Rad! Anything else I should know?

You have to use all three words in your entry for the day, but you may of course conjugate all you want. If you post it to tumblr, be sure to tag it either as #nva challenge or #nva august, and I’ll check it out and reblog things! If you still have questions, feel free to message me at any time.

What if I miss a day?

No sweat! Just do your very best. You can catch up if you want to, or just pick up from wherever we are. Hell, continue after August if you like the format!

Go forth and conquer your target language!

Full word list under the cut.

nap - to sleep - hot

blanket - to fold - fluffy

sculpture - to carve - red

landfill - to recycle - useful

soda - to drink - fizzy

spatula - to forget - flat

mouse - to squeal - hidden

candle - to smoke - bright

sadness - to sense - cloudy

plate - to drop - slippery

diary - to lose - empty

game - to want - scary

flower - to fall - shiny

wall - to paint - favorite

walk - to travel - sunny

finish line - to reach - satisfying

bell - to ring - surprised

apple - to rot - upsetting

fan - to cool - expensive

podcast - to finish - exciting

chest - to lift - heavy

animal - to love - soft

nightmare - to scream - quiet

relationship - to hang out - encouraging

basement - to smell - dank

mushroom - to blend - creamy

park - to miss - empty

jug - to fill - sour

axe - to chop - chipped

motivation - to increase - friendly

pigeon - to fly - gray

[hoshees]

find someone who looks at you the way boo seungkwan looks at carats

[scottlangs]

thanks for following me but you’re gonna regret it later

[3xpr]

i always feel the urge to do the weirdest shit when i wake up. this morning? write my middle name with my finger on my calf and chant "all the frog" three times. tf are my dreams about.

[garii72]

Seokjin: You can’t spell cat without a

Hoseok: Without a what

Seokjin: Without a

Hoseok: Without a what

[catcrumb]

[japanese-lingots]

words about words in japanese

I just watched 舟を編む, it was crazy good. I want more animes about dictionaries!!! So anyway I made a vocab list inspired by that anime :) please let me know if there are any mistakes.

言語　「げんご」　language

言語学　「げんごがく」　linguistics

言葉　「ことば」　words

単語　「たんご」　vocabulary

文　「ぶん」　sentence

語彙　「ごい」　vocabulary

辞書　「じしょ」　dictionary

辞典　「じてん」　dictionary

字引　「じびき」　dictionary

（辞書・辞典・字引）を引く　「ひく」　look up in a dictionary

語幹　「ごかん」　word root, stem 

語末　「ごまつ」　ending, suffix

語感　「ごかん」　feeling of a word, nuance

文語　「ぶんご」　literary language

語釈　「ごしゃく」　interpretation of a word

定義　「ていぎ」　definition

語源　「ごげん」　etymology

語学　「ごがく」　language study

語学者　「ごがくしゃ」　linguist

文法　「ぶんぽう」　grammar

古語　「こご」　old, archaic word

古語辞典　「こごじてん」　dictionary of classical japanese

手話　「しゅわ」　sign language

対訳　「たいやく」　dual language book, bilingual book

言葉を大事にする　「ことばをだいじにする」　to take care with your expressions

表現　「ひょうげん」　expression, phrase

dictionaries:

言海　「げんかい」：  the first modern japanese dictionary, written by 大槻文彦　（おおつきふみひこ）　in 1891. meaning “great sea of words” (this was mentioned in 舟を編む!)

広辞苑　「こうじえん」：  the most authoritative single-volume dictionary of　Japanese, literally “wide garden of words”

大辞林　「だいじりん」：  another single-volume dictionary created to　compete with Koujien. Literally “Great forest of words”  

漢和辞典　「かんわじてん」：  kanji dictionary  (general)

⇒大漢和辞典 「だいかんわじてん」　is the most definitive kanji dictionary, with over 50,000 characters, and 530,000 kanji compound words. 

大渡海　「だいとかい」： the fictional dictionary from 舟を編む, literally “great passage”, created to cross the sea of words （言海）

I think Japanese has very pretty dictionary naming practices. Do other languages have this? I’m not sure.