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[hellallamerican]

a grad student at NYU, Alía Warsco, has created a free and open-source library of Quechua and Andean-related materials (and other global indigenous resources), called Runakunaq Bibliotecanku (The People's Library). i highly suggest checking it out

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official linguistics post

[neechees]

As someone whos Hard of hearing with a mostly deaf mother, I was always taught ASL was based on French Sign Language, it’s not????

It's not. There's probably French influence as well, but there's still a BIG influence from PISL, and PISL is documented to have existed before French sign. Native Americans have been using sign language for hundreds and hundreds of years before the arrival of colonizers. In 1541 the Spanish conquistador had already noted that multiple Plains Tribes spoke a developed sign language & could communicate with each other (Ceil Lucas, 1995, The Sociolinguistics of the Deaf Community), plus the Native oral history that says the same thing. But the oldest example of French sign goes back to the 18th century, so I wouldn't be surprised if some French colonizers brought back some info of sign language from North America and got it there as well. However it also could have just developed independently and ASL also took French influence.

You can see below in this video that many of the signs match up or are VERY close in ASL & PISL, just like I said.

[hungarian-words]

Hungarian 🐶 vocabulary

General dog

kutya - dog; plural: kutyák eb - dog; plural: ebek kiskutya - puppy; plural: kiskutyák

kutyus - doggy; plural: kutyusok kiskutyus - puppy; plural: kiskutyusok (same endearment as above, but can’t express it in English) kutyuska - doggy; plural: kutyuskák kutyuli-mutyuli - doggy-dog; plural: kutyuli-mutyulik

öleb - dog; literal: lap-dog plural: ölebek véreb - dog; literally: blood-dog; plural: vérebek 

blöki - dog; plural: blökik házőrző - dog; literally: home-guard; plural: házőrzők bolhazsák - dog; literally: flea-bag; plural: bolhazsákok

éjjeli bátor - dog; literally: brave of the night; used in the country

csahos - dog; literally: barker; plural: csahosok (older) vahúr - dog; plural: vahúrok (really old word for dog, my computer even marks it with red)

faj - species; plural: fajok fajta - breed; plural: fajták kutyafajta - dog breed; plural: kutyafajták fajtatiszta - purebred

[ - Milyen fajtájú ez a kutya?] “What breed is this dog?” [ - Milyen fajta?] “What breed?” (e.g. when you ask and point your chin at the dog) [ - Fajtatiszta?] “Is he purebred?”

[ - Kutyás vagyok.] “I’m a dog person.”

Keep reading

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Hungarian language and its two closest relatives: Khanty and Mansi

[hazelsmazecave]

The whole Finno-Ugric map is pretty great:

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Ez tök menő. Kis taktikai érzékkel elfoglalhatnánk Moszkvát

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[csapassuk]

Hungarian practice Oct 2nd!

words I recognize while watching a movie magyarul

Semmi baj -- Nothing wrong, No problems/ it's all good

akkor -- then

Mit csinálsz -- What are you doing

hol van ... -- Where is ...

mindig -- always

látok -- I see

Tessék -- Here you go (like when you're giving someone or showing something)

nem tudom -- I don't know

Bocsánat/ Bocsi -- Sorry

Köszönöm/ köszi -- Thanks

segítség -- help

mikor -- when

macskám -- my cat

magas -- high, tall,

kilenc -- nine

jól -- well, good

rendben -- ok, alright

Baszd meg -- Fuck off, fuck you

kicsit -- a little, kind of, a bit

kicsi -- small, little (adj)

túl sok ‐‐ too much

Mi az -- What is that

mi ez -- what is this

uram -- Sir

lassabban -- slower ( like asking someone to go slower)

rendőrség -- police

minden -- all

mellett -- next to, beside, near

új -- new

értem -- I understand

valamit -- something

drága -- expensive

Szia! -- Hi!

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[csapassuk]

Sept 15th 2022

Hungarian practice from ig/hungarian_daily

Egy kis segítség -- a little help

az élet vize - the water of life

A fiatalok még ma is élnek, ha meg nem haltak. - literally means: The youngsters still live, if they haven’t pass away yet. Meaning: They lived happy ever after. (You may also see it as: még ma is boldogan élnek ha meg nem haltak. )

Élt egyszer egy ... - There lived once a...

gyógyír - cure, medicine

sose búsoljon - never worry

édesapám - (very endearing) my father

ment, mendegélt - went, ambled, (past tense) to have gone along

tudd meg Jakab - Jacob, you should know

hogy engem a boszorkány változtatott madárrá. - that the witch turned me into a bird

jó voltál hozzám - you were good to me

ahány madár létezik a Földön, az mind ott termett - all existing birds from the planet suddenly were there/appeared there.

otthon bezzeg kétszeresen is nagy volt az öröm. - at home there was a doubly pleasure/happiness.

palota - palace

palotában - in the palace

király - king

szita - sieve

okos - clever, smart

galamb - pigeon

aki nem hiszi járjon utána - if you don’t believe (what happened) go and find out

aki nem hiszi -- (one) who doesn't believe

[alhamdulillah10]

Words that will help you to understand Arabic when memorised:

1. The. (Al) أل

2. Of. (Min) من

3. To. (Ilah). إلي

4. And. (Wa) و

5. In. (Fee) في

6. it (Huwa/hiya) هو/ هي لغير عاقل

7. You (anta). أنت

8. That. (Dzaka). ذاك

9. He. (Huwa). هو

10. She. ( Hiya). هي

11. For. (Lee) لي

12. On. (Alah) علي

13. With. (Ma'a) مع

14. As. (Ka). گ

15. I. (Anaa). أنا

16. They. (Hum). هم

17. Be. (Kun). كن

18. At ( fee/alah). في علي

19. Have. (Lahu). له

20. This. (Hadza) هذا

21. From. (Min). من

22. Or. (Au); أو

23. Had. (Lahu). له

24. By. (Bawaasidatu) بواسطة

25. Hot (haarun saakin) حارساكن

26.but. (Lakin). لكن

27. Some. (Ba'adu). بعض

28. What. (Maadzaa). ماذا

29. There (hunaaka) هناك

30. We. (Nahnu). نحن

31. Can. (Yastadee'u) يستطيع

32. Other. (AkhAr). أخر

33. Out. (Khaarijan). خارجا

34. Where. (Aina). أين

35. All. (Kullu). كل

36. When. (Mataa) متي

37. Up. (Aaliyan) عاليا

38. Down. (Sufliyyu). سفلي

39. Use. (Isti'imal). إستعمل

40. Word. (Kalimatu). كلمة

41. How (kaifa). كيف

42. Said. (Qaala). قال

43. Each. (Kullu waahidu). كل واحد

44. Which. (Ayyi). أي

45. Do. (Adhaa). أدي

46. Their. (Lahum) لهم

47.time. ( waqtu). وقت

48. If. (Idzan). إذا

49. Will. (Saufa). سوف

50. Way (dariqatu). طريقة

51. About (taqriban). تقريبا

52. Many. (Kaseeran). كثيرا

53. Then. (Ba'ada dzalik). بعدذالك

54. Would. (Saufa). سوف

55. Write (kataba). كتب

56. Them. (Him). هم

57. Like (hubbu). حب

58. So. (Hakadzaa). هكذا

59. These. (Haa'ulaa'i). هؤلاء

60. Long. (Daweelun). طويل

61. Make. (Ja'ala). جعل

62. Made. (Ma'amuulun). معمول

63. Thing. (Shai'un). شيع

64. See. (Unzur). أنظر

65.him. (Huwa). هو

66. Himself. (Nafsahu). نفسه

67. Herself. (Nafsaha) نفسها

68. Myself. (Nafsee). نفسي

69. Yours (laka/lakum/lakuma). لك/لكم/لكما

70. Yourself (nafsaka/nafsaki). نفسك

71. Themselves (Nafsakum). نفسكم

72. Has. (Lahu). له

73. Look. (Nazru). نظر

74. More. (AksAr). أكثر

75. Day. (Alyaum); اليوم

76. Go. (Dzahaba). ذهب

77. Come. (Ta'al). تعل

78. My (Lee). لي

79. Sound. (Sautu) صوت

80. No. (Laa). لا

81. Most (bidharajatu kabeer) بدرجةكبير

82. Number. (Adad). عدد

83. Who. (Man) من

84. Over. (Zaa'ida). زاءد

85. Know. ( arif). عرف

86.water. (maa'u). ماء

87. Than. (MinA). من

88. Call. (Yad'u). يدعو

89 first. (Auwalan). أولا

90. Last. (Akhiran). أخرا

91. People. (Alnaasu); الناس

92. Side. (Naahiyatu). ناحية

93. Been. (Kaana) كان

94. Now. (Al'An). الآن

95. Find. ( Aujad) أوجد

96.any. (Ayyi). أي

97. New. (Jadeed). جديد

98. Work. (amalu) عمل

99. Part. (Juz'u). جزء

100. Take. (Khudz). خذ

101. Get. (Sal) صل

102. Place. (Makaan). مكان

103. Live. (Ish). عش

104. After. (Feema ba'ad). فيمابعد

📩Please forward to all. Jazakumullahu khaiyran

[szollibisz]

It's stand in the river wrap your szűr around your girlfriend and kiss her under a weeping willow saturday

[happibeans]

"... so the translation for referring to ur own body would be “the foot” like, 'I hurt the foot when i feel...' And it sounds counterintuitive in english bc it feels like ur referring to urself in third person" It depends, because the first part can change, like people say "Ayer ME golpeé el pie" which indicates it's yours despite using "the foot", or something like "Herí MI pie" in which the translation would be using "my" and not "the" :) anyways good post! luvya

Ah gotchu!!! Thank u sm for the clarification! I figured it was more releative in its use but this explains how in detail. ¡Gracias! 💋💗💗

[csapassuk]

Hungarian Practice !

Starting with my new favorite phrase:

Miért itatod az egereket? == why are you giving drinks to mice? (said to a small child who is crying)

Kenyérre lehet kenni == you can spread him/her on bread (good hearted)

Nesze semmi, fogd meg jól == here's nothing, hold it firmly (an ironic saying used when you receive something, an offer or information, that is useless to you)

Van egy macskám == I have a cat.

Szeretem a nyelvészetet == I like linguistics

Egyetértek == I agree

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[the-night-must-work]

WHAT THE FUCK HAPPENED TO YOUR SPACE BAR, HUNGARY?

[kaldannan]

This is almost as bad as Finnish.

[elenilote]

It’s called agglutination, when suffixes are used to change the word. And Finnish and Hungarian (alongside Estonian) are part of the Finno-Ugrian language tree and are considered closely related so yeah, that’s why it’s like Finnish in its construction.

[syrenpan]

@yoookissomuruschag Is this real? 

[yoookissomuruschag]

yep XD

as Elenilote explained well: it’s agglutination. but even it’s a grammar right, legit words, it’s more for the fun instead of create a word what u can use. the game of “how many suffixes can attach to get still a grammar right word”

there an another long one elkelkáposztásítottalanítottátok or legeslegtöredezettségmentesíthetetlenebbeskedéseitekért

(no XD i will not translate them)

[skopostheorie]

if you take english or latin as the centre, arabic and japanese are on total opposite ends of the spectrum, to the point where thy connect back together like a circle

[skopostheorie]

arabic: hello this language uses intense conjugations and thus doesn't use pronouns

japanese: hello this language uses literally no conjugations ever and also doesn't use any pronouns because fuck you

arabic and japanese:

[skopostheorie]

arabic: the word for “you” is “انت” (anta, anti) :)

japanese: the word for “you” is “あなた” (anata) :)

arabic and japanese:

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Turkish dative case: add ‘-e’ to the end of the word (or ‘-a’ for vowel harmony)

Japanese “dative” particle: add ‘e’ after the word

Turkish locative tense: add ‘-de’ (or ‘-da’ for vowel harmony)

Japanese “locative” particle: add ‘de’ after the word

“to the hotel”

Japanese: hoteru e

Turkish: otele

“at the hotel”

Japanese: hoteru de

Turkish: otelde

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Hungarian practice April 9th 2022

A nagyobbik fiam Amerikában él -- My older son lives in America.

A kislányom még velem èl -- My little daughter still lives with me. (kis- prefix means little)

Hol vannok a gyerekei? -- Where are your children?

A gyerekeim Magyarországon vannok -- My children are in Hungary. (-on suffix means on, we say we are on countries)

Ez az alma zöld-- this apple is green

Az a kutya fekete-- That dog is black

Az a macska fehér-- That cat is white

Ez a könyv piros -- This book is red.

Én szeretem a kenyerét -- I like bread (apply -t to the object of a verb)

Én látom azt a madarat-- I see that bird. (When the object is not a single word but has this/that prefixing it, then we must apply the ending to both parts)

a kislányom minden zöldséget megeszik, kivéve a céklát -- My little daughter eats all vegetables except beets.

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Hungarian practice!

March 30th 2022

Lassú vagyok -- I am slow

Te szomorú vagy-- you are sad

Ez érdekes -- this is interesting (When talking about it/she/he "is" ____ you leave out the verb and just add the descriptor)

Ezek nagyon -- These are big

Mi sérültek vagyunk -- We are injured

Ti csendesek vagytok -- You all are quiet

Ők hülyék -- They are stupid.

Azok keserűek -- Those are bitter ("azok" is the plural form of [that] aka. "az")

Én vidám vagyok -- I am happy

Te okos vagy -- you are smart

Ő magas -- he/she is tall

Mi éhesek vagyunk -- We are hungry (éhes is the singular form of hungry )

Ti viccesek vagytok -- You all are funny

Ők szegények -- They are poor

[csapassuk]

referencing Rev01Yeti on HiNative:

in words like tired [fáradt] native speakers don't pronounce the ending 'dt' becausr its very difficult. It sounds like [fáratt]. In other words, "dt" becomes "tt" in pronunciation. For example we write "adta", but say [atta]. The doubled consonant about doubles the length of the sound.

But these are advanced phonetics and will come naturally as you speak and hear more Hungarian. We write "színpad" yet say [szimpad] with a short i and an m, but foreign learners shouldn't really try memorizing all of these, they will come naturally.