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:-) // @sofour's lang blog // (español, italiano, tiếng Việt, ptbr) (+ others)

[atusion]

had a moment earlier where i thought in portuguese :0

[mateymedialunas]

nice little spanish tidbit: a way of saying receiving some unexpected news, first hearing about something (particularly if it's bad news) is by using "desayunar" (to breakfast) as a pronominal verb. for example el lunes nos desayunamos que teníamos un evento hoy. i like it it's like first thing in the morning you eat this piece of bad info. i guess.

[atusion]

in my portuguese lesson today we were going over the various pronunciations of "x" because it can be pronounced 4 different ways depending on the context. and when we got to the final examples with the "ks" sound (paradoxo, ortodoxo, sintaxe, etc) we were commenting how similar it was to english and it suddenly hit me like. oh my god. most of these words are from greek. it finally clicked LOL

[atusion]

vi um vídeo das 100 palavras mais usadas em ptbr e sei o mais delas e tô feliz!

[atusion]

words/phrases i learned recently from my ptbr lessons!

fiquei aguardando - I'm waiting (vibe of 'I can't wait' in English)

pode ser - sounds good, we can do that (lit. 'it can be')

por lá - over there

animais selvagens - wildlife

linha amarela - yellow line (referring to the train line in SP)

violão - (honestly i still don't know, is it a viola?) (edit: IT'S A GUITAR???)

violino - violin

ótimo - excellent (in cool / great way)

ficaria melhor - (it would be better)

cartão (de crédito) - credit card (been using this one a lot lol)

.... até... - (i forget the exact context, i know it means 'until,' but it was used in more of a positional sense, like going to [place])

disse - i said (i keep messing up the past tense forms)

also got refreshed on a lot of words i forgot lmfao but knew passively thru listening to music!

escolhar - CHOOSE (i keep mixing it up with escutar)

also learned about Carlinhos Brown and Sítio de (.... show im forgetting the name of bc a hora eh muita tarde kkkkk)

[atusion]

It's my 8 year anniversary on Tumblr 🥳

yipee!

[autumnian]

Directions in Portuguese

top - topo, superior bottom - fundo, inferior side - lado front - frente back - trás outside - fora inside - dentro up - (prep.) cima, acima down - (prep.) baixo, abaixo left - a esquerda right - a direita straight - direto north - o norte south - o sul east - o leste west - o oeste direction - a direção

625 words to know: Portuguese (prep.) > bc you will most likely add a preposition to that: em cima, de cima, para cima, por cima. Same thing with baixo. 

[autumnian]

Verbs in Portuguese

work - trabalhar play - jogar, brincar, tocar (um instrumento) walk - caminhar, andar run - correr drive - dirigir fly - voar swim - nadar go - ir stop - parar follow - seguir think - pensar speak/say - falar eat - comer drink - beber kill - matar die - morrer smile - sorrir laugh - rir cry - chorar buy - comprar pay - pagar sell - vender shoot(a gun) - atirar learn - aprender jump - pular smell - cheirar hear (a sound) - ouvir (um som) listen (music) - escutar (música) taste - provar touch - tocar see (a bird) - ver (um pássaro) watch (TV) - assistir (TV) kiss - beijar burn - queimar melt - derreter dig - cavar explode - explodir sit - sentar stand - ficar em pé love - amar pass by - passar (por algo/alguém) cut - cortar fight - lutar, brigar lie down - se deitar dance - dançar sleep - dormir wake up - acordar sing - cantar count - contar marry - se casar pray - rezar win - ganhar, vencer lose - perder mix/stir - misturar / mexer / agitar bend - dobrar, torcer wash - lavar cook - cozinhar open - abrir close - fechar write - escrever call - chamar turn - virar build - construir teach - ensinar grow - crescer draw - desenhar feed - (se) alimentar catch - pegar throw - jogar, lançar clean - limpar find - achar, encontrar fall - cair push - empurrar pull - puxar carry - levar, carregar break - quebrar wear - vestir, usar hang - pendurar  shake - agitar sign - assinar beat - bater / vencer, derrotar lift - levantar

625 words to know: Portuguese

[autumnian]

625 words to know: Portuguese

Inspired by this great post and this other great post~ [I’ll post the themes separately and link them all here!]

Animals Transportation Location Clothing Colors People Jobs Society Art Beverages Food Home Electronics Body Nature Materials Math/Measurements Miscellaneous Nouns Directions Seasons Numbers Months Days of the week Time Verbs Adjectives Pronouns

[anxietycomments]

ok but are the names for "hide and seek", "tag", and "merry-go-round" in your og language literally "hide-hide", "grab-grab", and "spin-spin"? no? yea thats what i THOUGHT

[enbaluka-tokyo-drift]

Fun fact: the etymology of "Chengdu" (the capital of Sichuan province) has nothing to do with the meaning of the character used to write it (成都). 成都 is a phonetic transcription of an ancient indigenous name for the area of unknown meaning. We have no idea what language family it (and other cities in Sichuan written with 都 at the end) belongs to, which kinda sucks. We do know that those ancient inhabitants of Sichuan were called the Ba (pronounced in old Chinese as *pˤra or *praː) and Shu (pronounced in Old Chinese as *djoɡ or *dok)

[uyghurlanguagewatermelon-deacti]

Uyghur language facts #1!

Uyghur has a rich body of literature and poetry stretching back hundreds of years - I have heard it is the pride of Uyghur scholars and academics. I for one hope I will be able to read them when my Uyghur is better!

Uyghur grammar is very similar to Turkish and other Turkic language grammar. So learning Uyghur grammar will make it easier to learn a language like Turkish or Uzbek, and vice versa! :)

Uyghur has no grammatical gender (unlike French with le and la)

You can make some complete sentences without verbs. For example پولۇ تەملىك ('Polu temlik') - literally 'Rice-pilaf tasty' means "Rice pilaf is tasty" without needing the verb 'to be'.

A lot of Uyghur words also exist in other Turkic languages. Even the word رەھمەت ('Rehmet') meaning "thank you" exists in Turkish even though they are from two different branches of the Turkic language family!

If you learn Uyghur everyone you pass on the street will think "d*mn, I wish I was as cool as them". 😎

[atusion]

i know that the beginner stages of learning a lang are super exciting because of the rapid growth, but i will say i do feel super (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ everytime i recognize a russian word out in the wild. such a high cannot be taken for granted

[atusion]

on the flip side, my hubris in assuming a person was speaking russian bc i recognized это - they were actually hungarian 😭 and idk any hungarian or enough russian so who's to say if they were speaking one or the other, but definitely need to not overestimate myself. lmfao. i got too excited

[atusion]

clozemaster + russian weeks 4 and 5!

definitely understanding a lot more when i hear it! it feels like im doing a lot but the fact it only ends up being an hr a week max because of their paywall, i definitely need to branch out soon and start working on gaining more vocab independently

[atusion]

i know that the beginner stages of learning a lang are super exciting because of the rapid growth, but i will say i do feel super (๑˃ᴗ˂)ﻭ everytime i recognize a russian word out in the wild. such a high cannot be taken for granted

[atusion]

the proliferation of ads on every major language app (many of which are copies of each other, too) is so annoying and sad. they all have the same marketing tactic. here's a pop-up for premium when you open the app. here's a little ever-present reminder of our premium sale (with a timer) on the top/bottom of the screen. here's a tab to subscribe. here's a timed ad for our premium service after your lesson. did you remember you can pay to get rid of our ads that weren't there a few years ago? don't you hate time watching these pesky ads instead of language learning? don't you know learners with premium are 40x more likely to finish their course bc they aren't constantly bombarded with ads? do you want premium? it's 60% off! it's 90% off! limited time offer! want to review the words you got wrong in your lesson? try premium! want to practice your listening skills exclusively? you guessed it. pay us! tired of our advertising? go onto another app and get the same thing. you'll come back to us, don't worry. you will pay or you will quit or you will push through but you won't escape our subscription service. want to pay for a 10 year subscription? it breaks down to $1.39 per month! it's cheaper to buy a yearly subscription upfront than pay per month, silly. we're going to highlight this deal in green so you will know you should definitely not miss out on this amazing offer! save now! pay now. pay forever

[unearthitaly]

I very much agree with these suggestions. Forcing myself to write was the way I could finally start to become an active rather than a passive user of the target language.