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dirt enthusiast
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Lint Roller? I Barely Know Her
if i look back, i am lost
Sade Olutola
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Cosmic Funnies
cherry valley forever
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Peter Solarz
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@calslang
name: 卡里 (callie)
main: @dykebyulyi
target languages: chinese (mandarin) , korean
to improve: german, french
languages: spanish (native), english
started learning chinese: august 11th 2022
other tags: not lang, chinese vocabulary (my posts), general, japanese, challenges, diary (where i practice forming sentences)
was mndrn
constantly torn between "i wish I could magically learn this language immediately and speak it perfectly" and "part of language acquisition is the process, and learning it immediately wouldn't have as much meaning or significance to me"
South German vs. North German beer commercials
这是我的猫！
this is my cat!
esse é o meu gato!
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这也是我的猫！
this is also my cat!
esse é meu gato também!
writing 这 and 猫 by hand is kinda tricky right now but i'll keep practicing!
langblr playlists
Hello :)
Listening to music in my target language(s) always helped me a lot with pronunciation, vocabulary and use of language, so i’ve decided to share my spotify playlists that each focus on one language!
Some of them are still under construction and don’t have a lot of songs, but they will grow, I promise!
Links:
A Arabic Assamese Aymar aru Austrian German
B Belarusian Bulgarian
C Chinese Croatian
D Dutch
E Estonian
F Finnish French
G Georgian German Gujarati
H Hindi Hungarian
I Italian
J Japanese
K Kazakh Khmer Korean
L Latvian Lithuanian
M Marathi
N Norwegian
P Polish Portuguese Punjabi
Q Quechua
R Romanian Russian
S Serbian Sámi Slovene Spanish
T Tagalog Tamil Telugu Thai Turkish
U Ukrainian Urdu
V Vietnamese
W Welsh
Big playlist with non-English songs only: click here
If the playlist links do not work, this link will lead you to my page!
❗ The Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish playlists are also available on YouTube! Unfortunately I don’t have the capacity to add more playlists to YT or update these existing ones atm ❗
Note: These playlists are sorted by language, not by country! You might notice different accents!
Keep reading
I can’t believe the German word for dessert is just aftertable
I fucking love 成语. Thanks @calystarose for letting me know about this one!
见色忘义 jiàn sè wàng yì - to forget loyalty when in love; hoes before bros
Android app for German Learning
Do note * - it is means that I use apps only with apk/premium unlocker, bc for one reason or another, free version of the app is not usable/not so great.
And yes, I have duolingo as well - but we all had it at some point, so heh.
LingoDeer*:
great for picking up vocab;
better prononciation than in Duolingo;
though it is quite better for asian languages.
Chatterbug:
German videos;
German "shorts" like Youtubes/TikTok one;
Learngerman DW:
Basically cheating, bc we all love DW here, and if you don't - check it out, it is really great;
Easy German:
Learn german by reading newspaper articles!
Seedlang*:
Similar to an old duolingo with its tree, but quite lacking w/o premium.
LingQ*:
Read, listen, add your own sites/apps/videos for it to create a captions in German!
Create flashcards.
Readle:
Great app with a lot of short stories to test your reading skills;
little test at the end of each text to check if you understand what you have read;
Voice overs for every text!
Flashcards:
Better than Anki for me, since it is a lot easier to set up;
Avaliable voice overs for both sides of a flashcard.
Beelinguapp*:
App for reading!
Have a split screen and read 2 text (in your native & in German) at the same time;
Create flashcards~
Chinese vocabulary I’ve learned recently
消费 = to consume, consumerism
听力 = hearing
收到 = to receive
顾客 = client
合适 = appropriate, suitable
服务 = to serve, service
上升 = to ascend, to rise
变成 = to become, to turn into
方便 = convenient
环境 = environment
凉快 = cool (for weather)
暖和 = warm
交通 = traffic, transportation
热闹 = lively
命运 = destiny, fate
必要 = necessary, elemental
楼 = building
地下室 = basement
笑话 = joke
秘密 = secret
预报 = forecast
我最爱西瓜🍉💕好吃极了💕🍉 我正在吃西瓜 🍉💕
🙅🚫DNI要你不喜欢西瓜🚫🙅
I think my biggest problem in studying languages is actually study them.
I picked this hobby which needs consistency in order to learn something, but probably I should have learnt "how to consistency" ... before.
mndrn → calslang
Emotions (Spanish)
love = amor
worried = preocupado
angry = enojado
sad = triste
embarassed = avergonzada
afraid = asustado
kind = tipo
happy = feliz
amazed = asombrado
delighted = encantado
bored = perforado
tired = cansado
sensitive = doloroso
hate = odio
i hope you don't mind me correcting some of these
@ is the ending either a for women o for men or e for non gendered language
in love = enamorad@
kind = amable
bored = aburrid@
(perforad@ is pierced)
sensitive = sensible
(doloroso is painful)
Making a Chinese lacquerware bracelet
song: 兰亭序 - 周杰伦
English added by me :)
English added by me :)
Word of Honor Vocab - Episode 2
after much too long, here we go
若 (ruò) - as if; like
美若天仙
诚意 (chéng'yì) - good faith/sincerity
表明诚意
变数 (biàn'shù) - variable
此事变数很大
步法 (bù'fǎ) - footwork
你的步法很厉害
偏偏 (piān'piān) - lightly/airily; unrestrained
蝴蝶在花丛中偏偏飞舞 翩翩少年
仙 (xiān) - celestial being; immortal
凡人和神仙
眼疾 (yǎn'ji2) - eye trouble/ eye disease
我爷爷有眼疾所以它不看清楚
飘飘 (piāo'piāo) - to float about/to flutter
红旗飘飘
流风 (liú'fēng) - customs handed down from past generations
流风余韵
仿佛 (fáng'fú) - seemingly/as if
这事她仿佛已经知道了
轻 (qīng) - light (weight)
工作很轻
所谓 (suǒ'wèi) - what is called/what is known as; so-called
所谓团结，并非一团和气 他所谓的朋友都背弃了他
壶 (hú) - kettle/pot
壶里是开水
独酌 (dú'zhuó) - to drink alone
如果你很难过，你应该不独酌
尾随 (wěi'suí) - to tag along after
尾随其后
究竟 (jīu'jìng) - outcome/what actually happened
大家都想知道个究竟
妨 (fáng) - hinder/hamper; harm
你试一试也无妨 会妨大事
明示 (míng'shì) - to explicitly instruct
我明示你得做你的功课但是你还没做完了！
傻 (shǎ) - stupid/muddleheaded
吓傻了
剑 (jiàn) - sword
剑柄 拔剑
Arabic influence on Spanish/Portuguese
Did you know that 4,000 words in Spanish and 3,000 words in Portuguese come from Arabic? This is due to Arabic influence on the Iberian peninsula, the height of which can be seen between 711 and 1492 during the kingdom of al-Andalus. In this period large parts of the peninsula were ruled by Muslim leaders. Remnants of Arabic vocab can be seen more in some areas than others. For example, culinary vocab and agricultural vocab:
(SPAN-PORT-ARABIC-ENG)
-azúcar -açúcar -as-suqar -sugar
-alcohol -álcool -al-kuhul -alcohol
Notably, many of these loan words begin with “al” as it is a definite article in Arabic:
-almohada -almofada -al muẖádda -pillow
-algodón -algodão -al-qutn -cotton
Other examples for the Arabic influence on Spanish include:
-bairro-bairro -al-barri -neighborhood
-aceite -azeite -al-zayt -(olive) oil
-atún -atum -al-tūn -tuna
-sofá -sofá -al-suffat -sofa
SOURCES: https://www.babbel.com/en/magazine/arabic-influence-on-spanish#:~:text=According%20to%20philologist%20Rafael%20Lapesa,modern%20Spanish%20come%20from%20Arabic.
As the world marks Arabic Language Day, it is only fair to pay tribute to this rich dialect that has inspired many western languages. Many y
**Note I don’t speak Arabic, so please feel free to correct any mistakes that you may find.
