Daydreamer Studies

23|Law Student|Philippines|ENTP Main Blog: https://dreameranddaydreamer.tumblr.com I also blog about books http://thebookwormdaydreamer.wordpress.com

[juliaxyn]

Optimism is the faith that leads to achievement. Nothing can be done without hope and confidence.

pic: endofthelifee

[asimplelanguageblog]

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

[lafilledanslaville]

✎ 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

[daydreamerstudies]

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. 

[daydreamerstudies]

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. 

[arktoi-folklore]

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

[sunandhubris]

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:

le restaurant - restaurant la pizzeria - the pizzeria le bar - the bar (sells all types of drinks) la librairie - bookshop le magasin - shop le cinéma - movie theatre le théâtre - the theatre le patinoire - the ice rink la piscine - the swimming pool le stade - stadium l’aire de jeux - playground

autres lieux importants:

l’aéroport - the airport l’hôpital - the hospital la pharmacie - drug store le marché - market la boulangerie - the bakery le coiffeur/la coiffeuse - barber’s shop, hairdresser’s le tabac - the tabacconist’s

[daydreamerstudies]

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.

[medievalthymes]

“On an October night when witchery can occur…”

— Anne Sexton, from The Complete Poems (1999); “February Third,”

[studyblrspace]

| 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.

[nordlin]

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[genericaestheticist]

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.

[castudies]

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

[aerospaceengineer-deactivated20]

“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

[essayisms]

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.

ig: rhiharper

[acadernia]

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

[vintageanalogy-deactivated20211]

may 01st, 2021

saturday night, organizing my studies for the new month ahead.