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Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.
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French essential verbs
AVOIR = TO HAVE
ETRÊ= TO BE
MANGER = TO EAT
BOIRE = TO DRINK
MARCHER : TO WALK
VOIR = TO SEE
DORMIR =TO SLEEP
ACHETER =TO BUY
VENDRE = TO SELL
PARLER = TO TALK, TO SPEAK
DIRE = TO SAY, TO TELL
LIRE = TO READ
ALLER = TO GO
VENIR = TO COME
APPRENDRE = TO LEARN
LAVER : TO WASH
UTILISER : TO USE
COUPER : TO CUT ,TO CHOP
CUISINER =TO COOK
METTRE: TO PUT
DÉPENSER : TO SPEND
ESSAYER :TO TRY ,TO TRY ON
OUBLIER : TO FORGET
FERMER : TO CLOSE
OUVRIR: TO OPEN
VERSER = TO POUR
ÉCRIR = TO WRITE
CHERCHE : TO LOOK FOR
SAVOIR = TO KNOW, TO KNOW HOW TO DO SOMETHING
VOULOUIR : TO WANT
POUVOIR = CAN , BE ABLE TO
✎ vocabulaire pour les hôtels
duolingo vocab
réserver un hôtel - to book a hotel
la réception - reception (desk)
« vous voulez rester combien de nuits ? » - how many nights do you want to stay?
« je voudrais rester … nuit(s) » - i would like to stay … night(s)
une chambre - a bedroom
une clé - a key
un lit - a bed
« combien de … ? » - how much/how many…?
une télévision - a television
une serviette - a towel
« je voudrais… » - i would like…
l’adresse - the address
propre - clean
tout est compris - all is included
cher/chère - expensive
une chambre double - a double room
la douche - the shower
une chambre simple - a single room
le wifi - the wifi
le mot de passe (du wifi) - the password (to the wifi)
ne marche pas - doesn’t work
non-fumeur - nonsmoking
interdits - prohibited
du (jour) au (jour) (mois) - from (month + day) to (day) ~ par exemple: du six au huit juillet = from july sixth to the eighth
So far, I’ve read about 1500 pages of French which translates to about 8 books. All of them are classics and of varying difficulty. These are:
1. Le Horla by Guy de Maupassant (short story collection) 2. Le Petit Prince by Antoine de Saint-Exupery 3. Le Crime de l’Orient-Express by Agatha Christie 4. Le Petit Nicolas by Sempe and Goscinny 5. La Marquise by George Sand 6. Hier et Demain by Jules Verne 7. Les Mille et Un Fantômes by Alexandre Dumas 8. La femme au collier de velours by Alexandre Dumas
I think of all of them the easiest to read was Le Crime de l’Orient-Express followed by Hier et Demain. Some were difficult but I kept reading due to interest. I tried out Le Petit Nicolas because reading children’s books is a common advice in the language learning community. However, I think it’s not for me. It’s better for me to pick something which may be above my level (but not too above my level) but is interesting enough to keep me going. Reading using an e-reader works great because it makes lookups less tiresome and annoying.
For the most part, I do extensive reading but I would occasionally look up or translate words and sentences if I don’t understand something. I think this approach really works best once you know about 2000 words although it helps a lot that French shares a lot of vocab with English.
I think I’ve posted about this on my main, but deastheticizing my studying has been helpful for my studying. I still want to post on this blog but the past few years, I really struggled with stuff, took breaks from law school, and came back. But that’s okay. As we’re frequently reminded, law school is not a race but a marathon.
Anyway, I mentioned that I’m learning French. I’m taking a lighter load for my law classes while I wait for on-site classes which gives me quite a bit of time for my language learning. Something I found really helpful is jumping into native content early, which in my case is reading books, instead of waiting until I understand everything. I think that in my previous language learning endeavors, waiting has really held me back and caused me to get demotivated and stop studying only to pick it up again later. Not taking copious amounts of notes I won’t revisit has helped me manage my time better and study better.
I highly recommend Lingvist since I’m not a huge fan of Anki. I like how it teaches vocabulary using cloze sentences so you have to type out the correct word. I also find the stats about what percentage of any text in your TL you can read motivating and somewhat accurate.
math-french vocab list
🍵 les formes • shapes
la circonférence-circumference
le cercle-circle
l’ovale-oval
la diagonale-diagonal
le rhombe-rhombus
le carré-square
le parallélogramme-parallelogram
l’octogone-octagon
le pentagone-pentagon
le trapèze-trapezium
la pyramide- pyramid
la sphère-sphere
le cylindre-cylinder
le cône-cone
le cube-cube
le côté-side
💌 les lignes • lines
droit-straight
parallèle-parallel
perpendiculaire-perpendicular
courbe-curved
☁️ les mesures • measurements
les dimensions-dimensions
la hauteur-height
la largeur-width
la profondeur-depth
la longueur-length
🌸 l’équipement • equipment
la calculatrice-calculator
la règle-ruler
🍃 vocabulaire • vocabulary
moins-minus
divisé par-divided by
fois-times
plus-plus
égale(nt)-equals
compter-count (v)
soustraire-subtract (v)
additionner-add (v)
multiplier-multiply (v)
diviser-divide (v)
le pourcentage-percentage
French city vocab
le centre ville - the city centre:
la poste - the post office l’hôtel de ville, la mairie - townhall le commissariat - police station la caserne des pompiers - fire station la banque - bank le bancomat - the ATM le tribunal - the court la bibliothèque - library le musée - museum le parc - the park le monument - monument la statue - the statue la fontaine - the fountain la place principale - the main square le trottoir - pavement, sidewalk le lampadaire - lightpost le métro - the underground la gare - train station la gare routière - the bus terminal l’église - church la mosquée - mosque la synagogue - synagogue le cimetière - the cemetery
amusement et plaisir:
Studying German again and honestly, studying other languages made me appreciate my native language more. I mostly learn languages to read literature and while I’m learning to appreciate contemporary filipino lit on wattpad for its accessibility, I wish more works are written entirely in Tagalog. I’ve been realizing how beautiful my native tongue sounds and how romantic and poetic it could be. I think I’ll make it a goal to write a book entirely in Tagalog someday.
“On an October night when witchery can occur…”
— Anne Sexton, from The Complete Poems (1999); “February Third,”
| 24 november 2021 |
today my goal is to relax, I will start my studying for finals tomorrow but I've just finished a bunch of assignments (hence why I didn't post yesterday) so I'm giving myself a rest day~
day eleven: What element do you feel most connected to and why? (Earth, Air, Fire, Water) I feel most connected to water, the feeling of fluidity is so interesting to me and I love being in the ocean or a pool. I just feel calm and weightless
day twelve: Do you ever wish that you could go back in time and change something about your life? If you did, what would be different now? I wish I had told someone earlier with urgency that I wasn't okay mentally (when I was like 14). I'm not sure how much it would've done because I don't think my parents would've believed me haha.
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4.11.21 | Yesterday was bad and awful, I got nothing done and was sad and angry all day. Today has been nice and productive, I’m getting through my to-do list with minimal procrastination, and might even have time to relax once I’m done.
The only conclusion I will draw from this is that sometimes things are shitty and sometimes they aren’t and I have literally no control over whether it’s one or the other.
02.06.21 | Woke up at 5:30am and couldn’t fall back asleep. Ended up grabbing coffee then spending the rest of the morning grinding thru lecture. Then promptly fell asleep. Then woke back up. My mind and body are no longer one
“Psychologists find that admitting we were wrong doesn’t make us look less competent. It’s a display of honesty and a willingness to learn.” - Adam Grant
there are so much work to doooo when will this enddddd 😩 anyway i cant believe i finished 15 seasons of greys anatomy on netflix 😐
🎵 ghost - justin bieber
Part of my morning routine is now this: almost as soon as I wake up I pull on layers of warm clothes, and go for a walk first thing in the morning. I make sure to walk around for at least half an hour. During that time, every morning I’ve been listening to my audiobook version of ‘The Odyssey’. And yep, that’s my genius visual representation of an audiobook.
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050121. wrapped up a (shockingly) forgiving math midterm yesterday & hyped for what's looking like a super fun weekend otherwise! can't believe it's already may — really don't know how to feel about that, tbh
may 01st, 2021
saturday night, organizing my studies for the new month ahead.