chaotic language learning @chaoticlanguagelearning - Tumblr Blog

S'y- expressions

S'y casser les dents - failing something hard

S'y coller - taking charge of a task (slang)

S'y connaître - knowing lots about a topic: Je m'y connais en maths, j'ai un master et dix ans d'expérience en tant que prof

S'y croire - being pretentious

S'y mettre - getting to work

S'y prendre - handling something the right way: Tu ne sais pas t'y prendre, il faut faire autrement

S'y prendre comme un manche - doing something clumsily

pompadourpink

Youngster slang

À balle: in large quantities

Avoir le seum: being angry

Bananer: fooling someone

Barré/cramé/fêlé/flingué/ouf/taré: crazy

Bébar/chourave/chourrer/karna/piquer/taper: stealing

Bebom: verlan for Bombe, super hot girl

Bédo/oinj/sandwich/splif: joint

Beuh/beu/chichon/hash/herbe/shit/teuchi: weed

Bicher, bolosser, faire la misère: annoying/harassing someone

Biff, fric, moula, oseille, thune: money

Binks, cité, tèce, téci, tess, tiécar, zone: Parisian suburbs

Blinde, f: a lot

Boloss: loser

Ça caille/pèle: it’s cold

Ça me saoule/gonfle/fait chier: that’s pissing me off

Capter: understanding (T’as capté?)

Carrément: you bet! (- Do you want to come over? - Carrément!)

C’est bon: that’s enough, shut up

C’est carré: it works for me, it’s all good

C’est clair: totally

C’est claqué (au sol): it’s shit

C’est le sang: I love that person, we’re like relatives

C’est mort: that’s not happening

C’est tout pété: it sucks

Chelou: verlan for Louche, Weird

Chienne: bitch

Clope, f: cigarette

Comme jaja: like never before - short for Comme jamais

Crever: to die (Je crève de faim)

Dalleux, chien de la casse: annoying horny man

Darons: parents (un daron, une daronne)

De ouf: yes, a lot (Je bosse de ouf en ce moment)

Délire/kif: something cool, exciting

Démonter: fucking someone up

Disquette/douille/pilule, f: a lie

Eins: verlan for Seins, Boobs

Être chaud: being excited about doing something

Être en chien: being horny

Être en PLS (position latérale de sécurité): being exhausted/uneasy

Faire du sale: doing bad or illegal things

Faire le canard: acting like a simp

Faire le gars: acting tough

Faire tiep: verlan for Faire pitié, being pitiful

Feumeu: verlan for Meuf, verlan for Femme, Woman

Fonsdé: verlan for Défoncé, High (on drugs)

Galocher: kissing (Je l’ai galoche)

Gérer: being good at something

Gérer, ken, pécho, serrer: having sex (Je vais ken ce soir)

Gratter: con something out of someone (Je peux te gratter une clope?)

J’ai la dalle: I’m hungry

Je m’en bats les couilles: I don’t give a damn

Je suis refait: I’m lucky again after being unlucky

La flemme: can’t be bothered

Larchouma, tehon: shame

La vie de ma mère: I swear to God (rude)

Malaisant-e: cringy

Mes couilles/mon cul: yeah right

Mettre un coup de pression/stress: scaring someone with authority

Mettre une disquette: fooling someone

Meuf: verlan for Femme, Woman

Michto: nice, hot

Michetonneuse: sex worker

Mifa: verlan for Famille, Family (usually about close friends)

Morfler/prendre cher: being harmed, going through a lot

Mytho: liar

Narvalo, m: dumbass, dude

Nique sa race: fuck it

Oim: verlan for Moi, Me (Je rentre chez oim)

Pélo: dude

Perso: short for Personally

Puer la mort: stinking

Psartek: congratulations

Quetru: verlan for Truc, Thingy

Ras le cul: I don’t give a damn anymore

Relou: verlan for Lourd, Annoying (technically Heavy)

Reuch: verlan for Cher, Expensive

Reuf: verlan for Frère, Brother

Reuss: verlan for Soeur, Sister

Rien à battre/carrer/cogner/foutre/taper: I don’t give a damn

S’arracher/se casser/se tailler: leaving quickly during a bad situation

Se capter: meeting with someone (On se capte après manger?)

Se faire cramer: being catched red-handed

Se la raconter: bragging

Se maquer: seriously dating someone (Il s’est maqué l’an passé)

Se taper: doing, watching a movie, reading a book, having sex, fighting, eating (Je me suis tapé le dernier Fast and furious)

Squatter: crashing somewhere and chilling with friends

Tchoin, timp: slut

Téma: verlan for Matter, Look! (Téma la meuf)

Ter-ter: short for Territoire; someone’s block

Tu connais les bails: you know what I mean

Tu m’as tué: you killed me (after a joke usually)

Vénère: angry

Vivre sa meilleure vie: living one’s best life

Wesh: aight

Zyva: verlan for Vas-y, Come on

rainy-dayslove

Japanese Verb list Part 1

食べる (たべる) to eat

飲む (のむ) to drink

買う (かう) to buy

売る (うる) to sell

居る (いる) to be; to have; to exist (animated)

有る (ある) to be; to have; to exist (non-animated)

帰る (かえる) to return; to go home

為る (する) to do

来る (くる) to come

行く (いく) to go

分かる (わかる) to understand

勉強(を)する (べんきょう(を)する) to study

頑張る (がんばる) to do your best

lortay

Japanese Word of the Week

Week 8

(not my gif)

october

じゅうがつ

ｊｕｕｇａｔｓｕ

the-bibrarian

The french Hola > Houlala continuum

“Hola!”

What was that?

For real?

Well that’s not great.

Let me help you with that!

“Holaaaa!”

Now wait a minute!

Can’t say I agree with you there.

Calm the fuck down!

One does not simply walk into Mordor.

“Houla!”

Well that sure was… something.

Are you alright?!

Is this really a good idea?

Now we don’t have time to unpack All of That.

“Houlala!”*

I can’t believe that just happened!!

He said WHaT.

I’m so sorry that happened to you! <3

Now let me make sure I understand this right: [insert nothing good here]??

Bonus:

“Houlalalalalala!”

This is such a mess!

You sure can go on about it, huh?

Well, if you’re going to be that way…

* I’m sorry to inform anyone who might have been mislead by the media that houlala is never used in a flirty way. It is, in fact, deeply unsexy 😔

pompadourpink

Sentiment-related expressions

Avoir le béguin pour quelqu’un : having a crush on someone

Avoir le coeur gros/serré : having a heavy heart

Avoir le sang qui bout : being angry

Avoir le sang qui ne fait qu’un tour : feeling a strong, negative emotion

Avoir les boules : being upset

Avoir mauvaise conscience : feeling guilty

Avoir un coeur d’artichaut : to fall in love easily

Avoir un noeud dans la gorge : choking up

Broyer du noir : feeling down

Faire grise mine : sulking

Faire la soupe à la grimace : looking annoyed, upset

Faire une drôle de tête : looking sad, upset

Fleur bleue : romantic

Heureux comme un roi : very happy

Joie de vivre : happiness

Malheureux comme les pierres : very sad

Méchant comme une teigne : very mean

Mi-figue mi-raisin : unsure about what to think

Péter un plomb : going ballistic

Prendre aux tripes : shaking up, moving, overwhelming

Rester de marbre : remaining stoic

Sauter au plafond : being very enthusiastic

Se mettre en boule : getting angry

Se mordre les doigts : regretting something

Se replier sur soi-même : withdrawing into oneself

Tirer son chapeau à quelqu’un : to take one’s hat off to someone

Tourner autour de quelqu’un : flirting with someone

Tourner comme un lion en cage : being restless, frustrated

Vider son sac : pouring out one’s heart

tryingfor100times

Quelques adjectifs français pour enrichir ton vocabulaire

séduisant.e - charming, appealing

sûr.e de soi - confident ← sûr.e de moi, de toi, d'elle, de lui, sûr.e.s de nous, de vous, d´elles, d´eux

passionné.e - passionate, enthusiastic

épanoui.e - fulfilled

efficace - efficient

contradictoire - contradictory

raffiné.e - sophisticated, elegant

chic - stylish

coquet.te - trendy

intemporel.le - timeless

sulfureux.euse - scandalous

désirable - desirable

serein.e - calm, peaceful

svelte - slim, slender

intransigeant.e - adamant

exquis.e - exquisite, delicious

dernier cri - state-of-the-art

ancré.e - established

primordial.e - essential, vital

bienveillant.e - kind

gourmand.e - gluttonous

influent.e - influential

moindre - least

sobre - plain, simple, not pattern (e.g. clothing, makeup, colours)

complémentaire - compatible

lettré.e, éduqué.e, cultivé.e, formé.e - educated

se cultiver - educate yourself

Follow me for more!

magicallanguagelearning

Chinese character of the day: 另

Pinyin: lìng

Meaning: other, another, separate

Characters containing 另:

别 (bié) - do not, to leave, to separate

拐 (guǎi) - to turn, to kidnap, to abduct

哵 (bā) - the cry of a bird

Words containing 另:

另外 (lìngwài) - additional, in addition to, moreover, separate

另类 (lìnglèi) - offbeat, alternative, unconventional

另见 (lìngjiàn) - cf., see also

linghxr

Album a Day August Challenge

This month I am embarking on an ambitious challenge which I am calling Album a Day August. Basically, my goal is to listen to a new album each day of the month. I tried to pick a relatively diverse array of artists, specifically artists whose music I haven’t had a lot of exposure to. Which means no 张惠妹 or 戴佩妮 or 薛之谦 because I’ve listened to at least several of these artists’ albums before (in the case of 张惠妹, I’ve listened to almost all of her albums). For some of these artists, I’ve heard a couple of their songs here and there, but for others, I’m going in completely blind!

张杰 - 爱，不解释

焦迈奇 - 我的名字

胡彦斌 - 入目三分

周杰伦 - 十一月的肖邦

梁静茹 - 崇拜

余佳运 - Since 1994

F.I.R - 飞儿乐团

丁当 - 敢爱敢当

胡天渝/福克斯 - 生来如此

周深 - 深的深

林宥嘉 - 大/小说家

程响 - 邂逅

林凡 - 岁月这把刀

周兴哲 - 如果雨之后

潘玮柏 - 异类

王力宏 - 盖世英雄

马雨阳 - 雨中的骄阳

毕书尽 - Be Better

袁娅维 - TIARA

沈以诚 - 玩家

李荣浩 - 耳朵

郭静 - 我们会相爱

林俊杰 - 伟大的渺小

萧敬腾 - 欲望反光

刘宇宁 - 十

杨宗纬 - 初·爱

汪苏泷 - 万有引力

陈奕迅 - 认了吧

魏恩佳 - EnjiA

草东没有派对 - 丑奴儿

Wanfang - 那些美丽的相遇

So I guess you can listen along if you’d like? All the albums are available on US Spotify (and I’ve linked them above). I’m not going to be posting daily or anything, but I might do some sort of writeup in September about my favorite albums or artists. Let’s see if I can actually accomplish this challenge!

polyglottraveler

Untranslatable French words

(Be careful, these are casual expressions you can use with your friends but do NOT write them in essays!)

Putain

We use this word for literally anything: when we’re happy, amazed, annoyed, disgusted… Examples: “C’est génial putain!”, “Putain, ça me fait chier!”, “Mais bouge-là ta caisse putain!”. We also use it in front of nouns: “Cette putain de machine”

Ouf

When something is great, amazing. It’s the “verlan” (reverse) of the word “fou”, which means crazy. Examples: “Ce match est ouf!”, “C’est un ouf lui!”, “C’est un truc de ouf!” We also use it when something bad or scary happened but we finally made it, it’s a word of relief. Examples: “Ouf, on s’en est sorti!”, “Ouf, on a eu chaud”

De ouf

This expression uses the same words as before but means something different. We use “de ouf” to mean that something is extra, too much. It’s usually a reply to agree with someone. Examples: “- Il était tellement bourré hier soir! - De ouf!”

La flemme

The closer translation to “avoir la flemme” would be “to be lazy”. But I don’t think that there is any word in English that comes close to the concept of “flemme”. You can have “la flemme” to do basically anything. Examples: “ -Tu viens à la soirée ce soir? -Non, j’ai trop la flemme” , “J’ai la flemme de la faire la vaisselle”

Ras-le-bol

It literally means “at the edge of the bowl”, we use this expression when we’re over something, when we can’t stand it anymore, when it’s annoying us. It can be used for a thing or for a person. Examples: “J’en ai ras-le-bol de mes voisins”, “J’en ai ras-le-bol de répéter tout le temps la même chose”

Flâner

Probably the only word of this list which is not a slang but actually a word that you would find in books and that you can use in essays etc. “Flâner” means to walk slowly, to enjoy your time, to wander aimlessly just for the pleasure to walk and to enjoy your environment. Example: “Elle a flâné dans les rues de Lille tout l’après-midi”, “Ils aiment flâner dans les allées du magasin”

Ringard

When something is out, when it’s not trending anymore and it’s a bit shameful to like it or wear it. Example: “Cette chanson est trop ringarde”, “Porter des pantalons pattes d’eph c’est ringard”

Relou

This is the “verlan” (reverse) of the word “lourd”, which means heavy. “Relou” means that something or someone is annoying you or that it’s boring or annoying. Example: “Le bus a 15 minutes de retard, c’est relou”, “Ce mec est tellement relou”

Pêter un cable

To go crazy, to burn out Example: “Si ça continue comme ça je vais péter un cable”, “Il a pété un cable au bar hier soir”

Un beauf

Someone who wears old or ridiculous clothes such as socks with flip-flops. The stereotype is that these persons are white, not very educated, live in the countryside, are quite poor, like drinking alcohol, listen to bad music, have bad hair etc… I’ll join a picture so that you can portray better what is means

The man from the picture is actually “Jeff Tuche”, a character from a popular movie in France called “Les Tuche” which is the story of a beauf family who wins the lottery. Examples: “C’est un camping de beauf”, “Patrick Sébastien ne fait que des chansons de beauf”

Avoir le seum

To be mad, to be petty about something. We mainly use it when we’re annoyed because we lost or when we wanted something to happen but it’s not happening. Examples: “Ma mère veut pas que je sorte ce soir, j’ai le seum”, “Les belges ont le seum d’avoir perdu contre les français”

Bric à brac

A mix of random objects Examples: “C’est un vrai bric à brac ta voiture”, “Je n’arrive plus à retrouver mon briquet dans ce bric à brac”

And the last one: Pouloulou, it’s not a word, it’s a feeling

mali-umkin

The French oh là là

To begin I just would like to say that yes, French people do say oh là là all the time. It's not a cliché. But! We like to do our own thing with it. Here is my understanding of the variants (used in all kinds of contexts).

Rah là là - we must accept it/what can we do about it anyway?

Ex : Elle a décidé d'y aller. Rah là là... Mais qu'est-ce qu'on peut y faire ?

Roh là là - Really? This is happening? That's a bit annoying/I'm pretending to be annoyed/grumpy about something but in fact it is not very serious

Ex : Roh là là le chat a renversé le vase... c'est malin !

Ah là là - Used to express weariness, or a certain fatalistic contrariety (often affectionate connotation).

Ex : Ah là là, c'est pas facile, je sais. Mais tu vas y arriver, pas vrai ?

Ouh là là - Something is worrying/quite serious and this expresses surprise/contrariety (but can be used in a ironic way)

Ex : Ils se sont disputés ? Ouh là là il va y avoir du grabuge.../ Il pleut, et alors ? Ouh là là, c'est la fin du monde !

pompadourpink

Salut! So I’m in French 103 at university and I just failed a quiz on the indirect and direct pronouns and, like, placing in the sentence. (She lives in Paris- Elle y vit) that kind of thing. Can you help me out?

Hello,

I. DIRECT PRONOUNS :

WHAT :

Me, m’, moi = me (ex : tu me connais - you know me)

Te, t’, toi = you (ex : je te connais - i know you)

Le, l’ = him, it (ex : tu le connais - you know him)

La, l’ = her, it (ex : nous la connaissons - we know her)

Nous = us (ex : tu nous connais - you know us)

Vous = you (ex : ils vous connaissent - they know you)

Les = them (ex : elle les connaît - she knows them)

Please note :

M’, t’ and l’ are contracted forms and used before a vowel or a mute h (Ex : Tu m’appelles, je l’adore, tu t’habilles bien)

Moi, toi are stressed forms and used in imperative constructions (Ex : Donne-le-moi - Give it to me)

We don’t have It in french, everything is gendered (Ex : That chair is hurting my back - Elle me fait mal au dos)

WHEN :

A direct object (complément d’objet direct - COD) :

Is placed right after the verb,

Answers the question what/who,

Refers to the person or thing making the action

Ex : Le chat mange des croquettes. Le chat mange quoi ? Des croquettes

HOW :

In regular sentences :

Determiner + pronoun + verb

Ex : Je t’aime / I love you

In sentences involving compound tenses :

(Perfect tense, pluperfect, future and conditional perfect, past anterior, past infinitive, past and pluperfect subjunctive, past imperative, perfect participle) :

Determiner + pronoun + auxiliary + verb

Ex : Il te l’avait montrée / He had shown it to you

In sentences involving semi-auxiliary verbs :

(Aller - to go, venir - to come, savoir - to know, vouloir - to want, faire - to do, devoir - to have to, pouvoir - to can) :

Determiner + semi-auxiliary verb + pronoun + infinitive

Ex : Vous pouvez les appeler / You can call them

II. INDIRECT PRONOUNS :

WHAT :

Me, m’, moi = me

Te, t’, toi = you

Lui = him, her, it

Nous = us

Vous = you

Leur = them

Y : replaces a proposition or an infinitive introduced par à, au, à la, à l’ or aux (at)(Elle pense à partir - Elle y pense = She’s thinking about leaving - She’s thinking about it)

En : replaces a verb introduced by du, de la, des (Elle s’occupe du chat - Elle s’en occupe = She’s taking care of the cat - She’s taking care of it)

Please note :

M’-, t’- and l’- are contracted forms and used before a vowel or a mute h

Moi, toi are stressed forms and used in imperative constructions (Ex : Ramène-la-lui / Bring it to him/her)

Lui is used for masculine + feminine words, use the context to identify the object’s gender (Ex : Je lui manque = He or she’s missing me)

WHEN :

An indirect object (complément d’objet indirect - COI) :

Is separated from the verb by a preposition (The main ones being : à - at, chez - at (someone’s place), dans - in, de - of, from, since, by…, entre - between, jusque - as far as, hors - except (for), par - by, with, out of, pour - for, sans - without et vers - towards),

Answers the question of who? of what? to who? to what?,

Refers to the person or thing experiencing the action,

Can be : a noun/nominal group (Nous sommes partis sans lui), pronoun (Tu leur expliqueras), an infinitive (Il est allé jusqu’à prendre la route de nuit) or a subordinate clause (Nous avons obéi à ce que tu as demandé)

Ex : Sophie discute avec Jules. Sophie discute avec qui ? Jules

HOW :

When replacing à (to) + someone :

Determiner + pronoun (me, te, lui, nous, vous, leur) + verb + indirect object

Ex : Je donne un cadeau à Camille et Madeleine = Je leur donne un cadeau

When replacing à (to) + a thing :

Determiner + y + verb (+ adverb)

Ex : Sophie pense à sa poupée = Sophie y pense

When replacing de (about) + someone/a thing :

Determiner + verb + de/d’ + pronoun (moi, toi, lui/elle, nous, vous, eux/elles)

Ex : Sophie parle de M. et Mlle. de Réan = Sophie parle d’eux

Hope this helps! x

foxlanguages

me when I’ve just started a new language and all I know is the present tense: i never look back darling, it distracts from the now

awed-frog

Here is the link! What an amazing idea ❤️

liu-anhuaming

必须 vs 必需 (bìxū)

thanks to @foolscapify for suggesting this post!

必须 and 必需 have the exact same pronunciation but different usage/meanings so here’s my best shot at a breakdown of their meanings:

必须

this bìxū means “must” or “to have to” as in something that is compulsory or necessary (必 means “certainly”, “must”, or “necessarily” and 须 means “must” or “to have to”)

你必须休息一会儿

You must get some rest

你必须听我的

You have to listen to me

我的爸妈必须参加

My parents have to attend

我必须去看病

I must go see the doctor

必需

this bìxū means “to need” or “to require” as in something that is essential or indispensable (the character 需 means “to require/need” or “necessity/need” and can also be seen in the word 需要 xūyào to need)

考试时，千万别忘带上必需的文具用品

You absolutely can’t forget to bring the materials you need for the exam

出国旅游，护照和钱是必需的

When traveling abroad, your passport and money are necessary items

我没有必需的课本

I don’t have the necessary textbooks

你必需躺着休息

You need to lie down and rest

if i made any mistakes please let me know! thank you