bulgarian & more

Hi! My name is Nikola from Bulgaria. Currently living in the USA.I take requests for lessons! Feel free to msg me! Currently learning Arabic,Polish, Serbian, French, and Spanish

[bulgarianlanguage]

Hello! Are you still here?

My dad's side of the family is Bulgarian but never taught me the language growing up, do you happen to know any good online resources for teaching yourself? Preferably free but if it's really good I could probably convince my mom to let me buy it as long as it's low cost ^-^

Hello,

I know it's been a while since you asked your question :/ I am rarely on here nowadays.

I am glad you want to learn Bulgarian, you got this! The best method is to find someone to speak it with. Maybe a family friend, or someone fluent from Discord? Those are some ideas. Besides that there is the Learn Bulgarian discord server and there you will find many resources. I think my blog has a link to it somewhere. If not, use Disboard :DD You can find the books list there. Some of the ones included are used by the Foreign Service and whatnot. Just look online for some books for learning Bulgarian. Some of them come with recordings. This is only second best to learning by speaking with a native speaker Good luck! please let me know how it's been going so far

[bulgarianlanguage]

Hi! I was wondering if you know websites where you can find Bulgarian books for free :) (books for reading, like the hunger games and Harry Potter etc.)

Yes indeed, chitanka.info has many many books. here is the Hunger Games https://chitanka.info/text/26631-igrite-na-glada#text-toc - This one is best for popular books and novels.

[trzpiotka]

support Polish lgbtq teens

Hey guys, you probably heard about the situation of queer folks in Poland. The ruling party has made homo- and transphobia into a new national virtue. Around 1/3 of local authorities adopted resolutions about fighting “gender ideology”. Gender transition in Poland is a very complicated and expensive process. All of this puts young queer people in a vulnerable situation, resulting in appalling rates of mental illness affecting them. On top of that, children’s psychiatric wards are overcrowded and one region doesn’t have such ward at all. (It’s Podlasie with a population of 1,8 million people.)

The poster above was made by the illustrator Szarosen. It reads “[Please] love me, mom and dad”. It’s a response to posters with the slogan “Love each other, mom and dad” which appeared across many towns in Poland. The organization responsible for those is known to be anti-divorce and has fundamentalist ties, advocating for married couples staying together despite home abuse. Szarosen’s drawing points to the lack of support, discrimination and even violence which many queer kids have to face, sometimes from their own families.

Anyway, here are links to some fundraising campaigns:

1 initially fundraising for the posters, now for psychological and legal help for lgbt individuals 

2 transitions 

[erriga]

We need representation in the public space, because many people won’t even realize there’s a problem before they are confronted with it!

Let’s highlight the violence lgbt+ kids and teenagers have to face everyday!

[girldionysus]

The series ‘Young Slavonian Women’ explores the queer identity in the rural areas of the Balkan. The paintings realistically depicts imaginary scenes from the life of young women, that might have happened but were not historically recorded and were not part of the collective memory.

 by Helena Janecic  [1][2][3][4][5][6]

[leviathan-supersystem]

walk into the club wearing all 4 at once to indicate my utter disdain for our fraud of a political system

[tschaikovsky]

[barelyup]

Oh my god ❤️

[madilik]

i do understand the experience of yr native language feeling too intimate and close to talk about certain topics, and preferring english instead. it happens to people growing up in non-anglo countries too, like me and most people in my social circles. i experienced that a lot as a mentally ill gay teenager alienated from most of my peers and environment. (i still do to an extent, even though nowadays it's really a symptom of denial or avoidance for me, if i can't discuss something in my native language i know it's because i'm avoiding the topic in my mind in general. it almost serves as an indicator.)

but like it definitely gets better the more you do it.. when i noticed this in myself, i put in effort to read and write in turkish both casually and with purpose, and i started expressing things to myself in turkish and it's been really valuable to build that connection to myself, my sexuality and my body. it's also made me a better writer and poet in both turkish and english, and like just overall has been good for my mental wellbeing..

like what im saying is that, it's possible to overcome that, and for me personally it was necessary for some healing processes to happen. it therefore seems really alarming and concerning to see everyone talk about this and accept it as a fact that just Happens and almost as fate. like you can go and read, write, watch, listen in your language and work thru the uncomfortableness, awkwardness, the crying and weeping and whatever and build that relationship. it's an uncomfortable but simultaneously very rewarding, exciting and once again, healing process. like i recommend that instead of taking that as an inevitable tbh. like it's at least partially a choice you (we) made for many valid reasons as a kid / early teen and you (we) can make the other choice to heal those wounds imo, not to be sappy but it is what i think

[madilik]

and personal stuff aside, there is value in building and normalizing the vocabulary and discourse in non-english languages. it helps the people trying to find that vocabulary to talk about themselves right now. i find it to be also politically, just a generally good thing to do..

[cundtcake]

[geekyfeminist-love]

This is an example of two things.

1) amazing focus 

2) some sort of post-modern, absurdist geopolitical commentary

[balkanica]

her doing a bouncy little dance to modern music with her covid-19 mask on as a coup gets ready… if this doesn’t become a historical document in the future then I give up on humanity.

[bulgarianlanguage]

this should be a new tiktok dance

[s0irenic]

A conductor on the Pskov-Moscow train feeds a cat named Felix sausage during a short stop in Staraya, Russa. Felix shows up every day at 22:40 & has for several years. All conductors are aware of Felix & prepare sausage in advance.(Source: Reddit)

[hauntedhookah]

my aunt sent me these photos of the subway in Armenia because she thought I would love it

[bulgarianlanguage]

omg we need to make this in Sofia’s metro!!!

[balkanica]

In elementary school (in Serbia) my class had 3 different Jovanas :(

LMAO that's a nightmare for everyone involved

[bulgarianlanguage]

OMFF we had Jovana in my uni who came as an int-l student for a semester from Serbia. 

[lovinmybaguettes]

Proverbs/sayings

Il faut se méfier de l’eau qui dort (beware of sleeping waters) : means that the quiet ones can turn out to be the worst and that you shouldn’t assume what they’re really like (it’s pretty negative)

Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre : All things come to those who wait (à point means at just the right time)

Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras (a ‘here you go’ is better than two ‘you’ll have it’) : A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (tbvh I prefer the French way of saying it, it’s just a bit clearer lol)

Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir (preventing is better than healing) : better safe than sorry

[Il ne faut pas] mettre tous ses oeufs dans le même panier : you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket

[Il ne faut pas] mettre la charrue avant les boeufs (one shouldn’t put the plow before the steers) : you shouldn’t put the cart before the horse

Mieux vaut être seul que mal accompagné : it’s better to be alone than in bad company

Les bons comptes font les bons amis (good reckonings make good friends) : a debt paid is a friend kept; short reckonings make long friends (you should have a healthy financial relationship with your friends if you want to stay on good terms)

Paris ne s’est pas fait en un jour (Paris wasn’t built in one day) : French version of ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ (we still use the Rome version from time to time)

Tel père, tel fils/telle mère, telle fille : like father, like son/like mother, like daughter, etc. (obv ‘tel père telle fille’ and ‘telle mère, tel fils’ work too)

C’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase (it’s the water drop that makes the vase overflow) : it’s the final straw

C’est la cerise sur le gâteau (it’s the cherry on the cake) : it’s the icing on the cake

Il n’y a que la vérité qui blesse : only the truth hurts

[bulgarianlanguage]

Hello! Do you know apps please that give Bulgarian language as a study option? I'm thinking like duolingo, but it doesn't have Bulgarian, so I'm wondering if there's a similar app I can check? Also, anything (app, book, anything at all) you think would be best for beginners? Thank you!

Thank you for asking me this important question! There is a Bulgarian website similar to duolingo that you can use, but you have to pay for it after lever 4:https://www.bulgaro.io/ Additionally, you can use memrise as it has many helpful courses.  Adjectives: https://www.memrise.com/course/111024/bg-adjectives-in-action/

Verbs: https://www.memrise.com/course/64187/all-about-bg-verbs-conjugations/

Nouns: https://www.memrise.com/course/507790/bg-nouns-types-of-people/

You can also practice your vocabulary in general by playing this game: https://www.clozemaster.com/dashboard

For English speakers, I found that this website has the best books. I recommend the DLI and the FSI courses, even though they are a bit older because they have audio recordings with them as well. The website also has other books which are also good and some are set up like workbooks which you might find useful as well.  Good luck studying!

[bulgarianlanguage]

aRE U GEJ?

OMg who is THis?? I am being StALked!!111!

ANyways no I am 100% straight and alpha male 

[vogelmeister]

Rating Train Stations by Aesthetics (and other various factors: part 5)

- a vogelmeister analysis-

Union Station (DC)- 8/10. Starting off with another union station and this time it’s in DC! There are three flags out the front just in case you forgot this is America, and the flagpoles are nice. By the photos of the interior I look at it seems to get lots and lots of natural light and I like that. Also the main hall reminds me of the kings cross scene in Harry Potter.

Haarlem- 6/10. She makes me sad, idk, the vibes here are slightly off. Kinda looks like a British private school.

Budapest- 7/10: I wanna say nice things about this because it’s nice but it’s nothing I haven’t seen before so idk fam. I like the giant window thing.

Lisbon- 8/10. It’s pretty and very Portuguese but it feels kind of like something is missing. But I like the vibes from this one.

Groningen- 9/10. This was voted the most beautiful station in the Netherlands and I see why. She’s very nice, kinda in the same way Amsterdam is which is why I like it. There is a Dutch flag so you are reminded where you are, which I for one find very helpful.

Auckland- 4/10. Like Wellington it looks like a US municipal building but much much worse

Toronto- 6/10. Can’t explain it but there’s no flavour here. Also I’d get lost here so... yoink.

Addison Road- 7/10. I was told to do any station on the silver line and low and behold I found this one. And ngl it’s kinda cute although gives me bus stop vibes.

Town Hall (Sydney)- 0/10. From the top she looks unassuming with her cool little glass roof but oh noooo. Not only is she extremely ugly but I can guarantee you that every person in Sydney has been personally victimised by this station at least once in their life.

Baku- 10/10. She’s so FUCKING PRETTY. she looks like a castle. I hate that I love this. I hate that I’m giving it a perfect score. But I love it! AHHHHHH

[bulgarianlanguage]

reblog for trains <3

[languagetrash]

German resources

For anon! (I’m going to leave out the most obvious ones like Memrise and Duolingo. Feel free to add ones that I’ve missed.)

YouTube:

Deutsch Für Euch Easy German Get Germanized Slow German (also a podcast)

Online Proficiency Tests:

Deutsch Lernen Transparent Heidelberg

General Websites:

lyricstraining DeutscheWelle Buzzfeed Deutschland German resources Tumblr tag My German tag (gotta get that self-promo) Goethe Institut deutsch.info deutschdrang Internet Polyglot 1000 Most Common German Words deutsch-perfekt yourdailygerman

Websites specifically for A1-A2

learn-german-online A1 Goethe Institut A1-A2 longua.org A1 longua.org A2 A1 Vocab list deutschakademie A2

Websites specifically for B1-B2

B1 vocab list B2 vocab list longua.org B1 longua.org B2 german-course-vienna B1 german-course-vienna B2

Websites specifically for C1-C2

longua.org C1 deutschakademie C1 schubert-verlag C1 and here schubert-verlag C2 and here Quizlet C1-C2 vocab flash cards

German News/TV

ZDF ORF TLC Deutschland Das Erste ProSieben

German Music

Disney songs Rap Rock My German playlist

Online German Dictionaries

Linguee dict.cc reverso Duden Austrian dictionary Austrian German Glossary Bavarian dictionary Colognian dictionary Swabian - English

Finding people to talk to:

@polyspeak‘s German community list italki

[serbka-deactivated20211120]

the nuisance of our language is stunning

[bulgarianlanguage]

ahh but true slavs know they all have slightly different meanings ;)