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Hi. I am in my Second Year of university in the Netherlands. I'm studying international media and entertainment management in English. this blog is primarily for me to keep track of bujo posts, lists etc. and positive energy. (this is a side blog and all follows etc will be through my main @irrelevanterblog)

[resqectable]

“Don’t think about what can happen in a month. Don’t think about what can happen in a year. Just focus on the 24 hours in front of you and do what you can to get closer to where you want to be.”

— Eric Thomas

[wedarkacademia]

[mxjackparker]

You can become fluent in a language without living somewhere that it's spoken widely. You can immerse yourself if you make the choice and put in the work. Do not give up. Fluency is attainable, and not just for people with some sort of natural gift. Find things made in the language, things that are better in that language, things that are only available in that language, and love them with your whole heart. You will become fluent.

[bookwyrminspiration]

no sé cómo decir nadaaa

[bookwyrminspiration]

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"

[a-pop-of-korean]

One-Page Masterlist

안녕하세요! Hey everyone! I recently got an ask about my old masterlist, which is the same as my broken-down masterlist except it has all of my lessons on one page, rather than on multiple separate posts. Some may find this expanded version easier to navigate, so I’ll keep this up for y’all! My broken-up masterlist, of course, will still be available for those who find that more helpful :)

Hangul Lessons

Consonants

Vowels

Writing/Reading Korean Syllables

Some 받침 Rules

Diphthongs

Stroke Order

Some More 받침 Rules

Irregular Verbs

The Basics

Common Phrases

Numbers

Sino-Korean vs. Native Korean Numbers (Instagram Post)

Sentence Structure and Particles

Present-Tense Conjugations and Formal Language

Adjectives

Questions

Honorifics and Casual Language

Beginner

Negative Sentences

잘 and 못

Past Tense

Future Tense (-ㄹ / 을 것이다)

-ㄹ / 을 까요? (Shall we…? / I wonder…?)

-(으)세요 (Giving Commands / Asking Questions)

Telling Time

-고 싶다 (I want to…)

How to Say “And”

-지만 (However)

아/어/여서 (So…)

Negative Commands

Spacing (띄어쓰기)

Adverbs

ㅂ Irregular

Comparatives and Superlatives

난, 날, & 내가

Upper-Beginner

 -(으)면 (If…)

아/어/여도 (Even though…/Even if…)

(으)면 되다 / 아/어/여도 되다 (I can…/You may…)

-아/어도 되다: Asking for and Giving Permission (Instagram post)

-(으)면 되다 & -(으)면 안 되다 (Instagram post)

아/어/여야 되다 and 아/어/여야 하다(Have to / Should)

Present Progressive (-고 있다)

How to Say “Or”

-아/어/여하다

All About 중

How to Use -(으)로

Before & After

-ㄴ/은 채로

Intermediate

Describing Nouns with Verbs (-는 것)

Describing Nouns with Verbs - Past & Future Tense (-ㄴ/은 / -ㄹ/을 것)

Nominalization

것 같다 (I think… / It seems…)

-러 가다 / -러 오다

-(으)려고 (In order to…)

-기로 하다 (to Decide to do Smth)

척하다 (To Pretend)

-게 되다 

-군요 / -구나

아/어/여 보다 (to try…)

-은/ㄴ 적 있다 / 없다 (I have / have not)

-ㄹ/을 게요 (Future Tense)

겠다 

-ㄹ/을 수 있다/없다 (I can / cannot)

-ㄹ/을 때 (When…)

-ㄴ/는다면 (If)

-(으)면서 and -(으)며

-(으)니까 (Because / So)

-아/어/여주다

-(ㄴ/는)다 (Narrative Form)

Quoting

Let’s…

Quoting continued

(으)ㄹ래요? (Wanna…?)

-죠

-대로

More Quoting - 대 & 래

잘하다 & 못하다 vs. 잘 하다 & 못 하다 

-아/어 가지고

-(으)려면

-는 길에 & -는 길이다

-(으)면 vs. -ㄴ/는다면 (Instagram Post)

-았/었을 것이다

-느라고

-는 데(에)

-ㄹ/을 뻔하다

Upper-Intermediate

-ㄴ/는데

-(으)ㄴ/는지 (Whether or not)

-(이)라는…

All About 아무리

-잖아요

Expressing Surprise

-시 (Honorific)

Making Comparisons

-아/어/여지다

I might…

So that…/To the point where…

Causative Verbs

시키다

Passive Verbs (part 1)

Passive Verbs (part 2)

-ㄴ/은가 보다 & -나 보다 (I guess…)

-ㄹ/을수록

Other Meanings of 싶다

-자마자 & -는 대로(As soon as…)

-긴 하다

-치고

-김에

차라리 (Rather)

-(으)ㅁ Nominalization

-기는 무슨 & -기는 개뿔

-고 보니까

-듯(이)

버리다

-(으)면 좋겠다 & -(으)면 하다

-길 바라다

Advanced

-거든(요)

-줄 알다/모르다

-ㄹ/을 테니까 and -ㄹ/을 텐데

-았/었던

아니라 and 대신에

-ㄹ/을 리가 없다

편이다, 별로, and More

-지 그렇다 (Why don’t you…?)

-ㄹ/을 걸

-ㄹ/을 까 보다

-다면서요

-다니 part 1 

-다니 part 2

뜻이다 & 말이다

-다가

-더라고(요)

-더니

Some colloquialisms: 아니시에이팅 and 뭐 이렇게

-(으)ㅁ Sentence Ending

 -다 보니까

What does 따위 mean?

-ㄴ/는데도

Korean Idioms

Vocabulary

Must-Know People

Must-Know Places

Must-Know Things

Must-Know Verbs

Must-Know Adjectives

Countries

Months, Days of the Week, and More

Clothing (옷)

School (학교)

Autumn (가을)

Autumn (w/Pictures!)

More Questions

House / Apartment (집 / 아파트)

Emotions / Feelings ( 감정)

Animals (동물)

Loan / Konglish Words

Food and Drink (먹을 것과 마실 것)

Parts of the Body (몸)

Counters

Modes of Transportation (교통 수단)

Colors (색깔)

Colors (with Pictures!)

Weather (날씨)

Winter (겨울)

Music & Instruments (음악과 악기)

Baking Gingerbread Cookies

Emergency (비상)

Hygiene & Bathroom (위생 & 화장실)

Indefinite Pronouns

Work / Office (일 / 사무실)

Spring (봄)

Coronavirus Prevention (코로나바이러스 방역)

How to Wash Your Hands (손을 씻기)

Time (시간)

Korean Cuisine (한식)

Summer (여름)

Summer (여름) w/Pictures!

Graduation (졸업)

Identity (독자성)

Korean Text Slang

Similar Words

Makeup w/Pictures! (화장품)

Family (with Pictures!)

Pronouns

How to Say “Still” and “Already” in Korean

Tastes & Textures (맛과 질감)

K-Pop Audition

K-Pop Fandom Terminology

Different Ways to Say “Change”

Flower Names

What Does 원래 Mean?

What does 오히려 Mean?

College

Hanja Lessons

최

수

악

식

급

동

부 & 불

애

출

퇴

예

음

중

학

습

연

생

대

입

인

문

감

과 

원

특 

만

후 

무

Charts

Present, Past, and Future Tense

Question Words

잘 vs. 못 and Negative Conjugations 

Future Tenses 

-았/었던 vs. -던 (at end of lesson)

Particles

Some 받침 Rules

Gifving Commands

Conjunctions and -아/어/여서 vs. -(으)니까

-(으)면 vs. -다/라면 and Different Ways to Say “And”

How to Say “Or” (at end of lesson)

Telling Time (at end of lesson)

Comparatives and Superlatives

잘하다 & 못하다 vs. 잘 하다 & 못 하다 (at end of lesson)

Comparing 잘하다/못하다, 잘 하다/못 하다, & 수 있다/수 없다

Irregular Verbs

Pop Quizzes

Level 1

K-Pop Breakdowns

TXT - “Cat & Dog”

Twice - “Feel Special”

Enhypen - “Fever”

2NE1 - “Go Away”

Lee Hi - “Only”

“기억을 걷는 시간 (Time Spent Walking Through Memories)”

KCM - “An Old Love Story (흑백사진)”

Taeyeon - “Can’t Control Myself”

Epik High - “Lost One”

Colde - “A Song Nobody Knows”

IU - “My Sea”

Enhypen - “Polaroid Love”

유라 (youra) - “하양 (RAL 9002)″

BTS - “Ddaeng”

Stray Kids - “For You”

Woozie - “어떤 미래 (What Kind of Future)

TXT - “Eternally”

LOONA - “Heart Attack”

Stray Kids - “Muddy Water”

LOONA - “Girl Front”

Pentagon - “Daisy”

BTS - “Sea”

Semester in SK

Nami Island (남이섬)

Things to Buy at Daiso

Shopping Phrases

Ordering Coffee

Signs in Korea

Ordering at a Restaurant

Riding the Seoul Subway

Things at the 편의점

Korean Curse Words

Etiquette in South Korea

Drinking Culture

Hanja in Real Life

Holidays in South Korea

Korean Cuisine

Concert Ticketing in South Korea

K-pop Comebacks in Korea

Summer in South Korea

What I Learned

[polyglot-sock]

A1-A2: man, there're so many words I need to know in order to say literally anything

B1-B2: wow, what I know is enough now

C1-C2: man, there're so many weirdly specific words I need to know in order to describe these weirdly specific things I've only seen once in my life. Also I forgot how to say ceiling.

[linguistness]

Learning a language = learning a culture

To truly understand a language and the people speaking that language, you also have to make a conscious effort to learn about the culture and history of these people. I know that the cultures of the countries where a language is spoken can be very different (e.g. Mexico vs. Spain, France vs. all African states where French is spoken, and even England vs. Ireland vs. Australia), so these suggestions work best if you have a specific target country in mind.

Here are some ideas on where to start: 

look at the political system of your target country/culture: how does it work? Who are the most important people right now? Is there a monarchy? 

look at the (broad) history of your target country/culture: since when is it an official country? Has it been in any wars? If so, with who and why? Was this country ever colonised or a coloniser? 

research the most popular TV shows from the last 20 - 30 years and watch some of them

find out the most popular sport of this target country/culture and the culture surrounding it 

research the holidays and how they are celebrated and whether there are any special holidays & what they mean to your target country/culture

watch some movies and TV shows that were made in your target country/culture, so you can get insights into the everyday lives of these people and how they interact

watch/read some news of your target country to find out what’s happening there right now & what the most important topics are for them

research how the school & education system works

research how the healthcare system works

research the typical cuisine of your target country/culture

find out whether there is some kind of traditional wear, its history, and what it means to the people

find out whether there are any indigenous people living in your target country, what their history is, and how they are perceived/treated in the country’s society nowadays

are there any stereotypes about this country/culture? Research whether or not they are true and why they exist in the first place

find out whether there is some kind of traditional folk music. Listen to it and find out its history and what it means to your target country/culture

what are the main religions of your target country/culture and how incorporated are their practices in society?

are there any social divides in your target country/culture? If so, what are they based on?

how is your target country’s relationship to its neighbouring countries?

.

If you have any other ideas or suggestions, feel free to comment or reblog!

.

[inthewaytoamultilinguallife]

Do you want to learn a sign language?

If you are hearing and want to learn a sign language, there is a few stuff you need to know about before you start -maybe even before you chose a sign language to learn.

I want to clarify that, while I was born hard of hearing, and have several HoH family members myself, I've only started learning my country's sign language a few years ago. I've, nevertheless, been around too many hearing folks that have expressed a desire to learn sign language to know what they always get wrong. So, from your local hard of hearing folk that is tired of hearing folks being not educated enough:

Sign languages are languages. They have grammar, morphology, and all the complexity and history of a language.

Sign languages aren't universal, that is: there is not only one sign language that is used by every person that knows how to sign. While the number is not known exactly, there are around 300 sign languages in use around the world nowadays.

On the same note, there is not such a thing as "South America's sign language" or "Latinoamerica's sign language". Neither there is an "Africa's sign language". Different countries of South America and Africa have their own sign language.

Sign language can and have linguistic variations. Like any other language, they are not monoliths. Don't treat them like that.

Those "exaggerated" facial expressions you see D/deaf people make as they sign? More often than not it is part of the sign language grammar

If you are learning a sign language, you will have to learn Deaf culture, even if you are learning it for your mute friend, or alike. This is mostly because there is a lot of things you won't understand otherwise, to be respectful and because most hearing people don't know sign language anyway. I know there are mute, autistic, and trans folks that want to learn sign language for a variety of reasons and don't want anything to do with D/deaf and HoH folks. While there is nothing wrong with wanting to learn a SL to hide your voice or be able to communicate, know that you will not be able to detach yourself from the Deaf community or deaf folks, as your primary source of communication in sign language would be deaf and HoH folks that sign.

On a similar note, not all deaf and HoH folks sign. Some sign and speak, others only speak, and others only sign. That is up to the individual, and one is not lesser than the other.

Blind folks, as well as amputees, can and do sign too

Most of the songs translated to sign languages by hearing folks are wrong. I know a lot of people use them to study or practice, but unless you are advanced enough to spot mistakes, or know by a fact that the translation/ interpretation was made by a D/deaf or HoH folk that signs, or a professional interpreter, stay away from it. The Deaf community had spoken about other issues with hearing people interpreting songs at length before, you can look it up if you want to learn more.

Don't go fishing for a sign name, and stop treating it like some sort of trophy to show off. Is incredibly rude and irritating.

Deaf culture is not a monolith, it changes from country to country, and in some cases, from race to race. Learn the Deaf culture from the sign language you are learning, and don't judge or politicize the Deaf culture from another one

And most importantly: Deaf and HoH people don't own you anything. Nor congratulations or gratefulness for learning a sign language, nor teaching you about deaf culture. Not even teaching you signs or how to sign at all

Deaf and HoH folks are always welcome to add more!

[castudies]

09.25.21 | More studying, more exploring. Feat my lovely friend and my first blind date with a book!!

Anyway being a college senior in COVID era is…. a lot. I’m changing every day and so are the people and places that surround me. It is both joyful and painful. Onward

[luxinyourlife]

Affirmations to add to your day this week:

I am worthy.

I am deserving of happiness, love, health and peace.

I am safe.

I deserve good in my life.

I am a good person.

I am enough.

I have been struggling with some long-term health issues over the past week, and it has affected my productivity. But how do we really measure “productivity”? A lot of times when I think of the word “productivity”, my mind conjures pictures of actively completing physical activities, briskly walking down a street with a purpose, furiously typing on a computer. Really, it’s from a capitalist society lense. Myself, my body, does not exist within that model. It tells me nearly every day that I need to cut down my expectations for the day, narrow my to-do list, migrate tasks to the next day, and the next. I tend to get frustrated and down on myself. To combat that, I’ve been trying to focus on the importance of rest the past few months.

Many studies have proven that spending more time resting and less time actively engaged in work not only boosts creativity and the ability to problem-solve, but it also makes the time actually spent on work more efficient. So I’m going for efficiency. I am looking to enjoy my life, not to constantly feel that guilt instilled in me by the society I live in. I will live outside of what could be said are normal expectations. I am doing what works for me, in my condition. And hopefully one day soon I won’t feel so resentful for what my body tells me each day, but I will commune with it and we’ll walk hand in hand to face the days.

Thanks for reading.

IG luxinyourlife

[mirai-studies-languages]

How to practice writing in a foreign language

Hi! Writing is a very difficult skill to hone, because there is really nowhere to hide. Spelling and grammar errors are painfully obvious, and it is very easy to give a bad impression. In this post, I’m going to try and offer some advice on how you can improve and practice your writing. I’m basing this mostly on my French studies, though I have dabbled in other languages.

Figure out what you need to write! For a beginner, I would recommend texting people on language exchange apps. You will need to call on a lot of the basic vocabulary and phrases that you are learning at the beginning. It will also mean that you will have somebody correcting your mistakes at the beginning, instead of you just continuing to use the same mistakes and developing bad habits. You can also practice writing a few paragraphs on a subject that you have just learnt the vocabulary for. For an intermediate learner, I would say that you have a number of options. You could journal, which is a simple but effective habit that yields very good results, and allows you to find out what gaps you have in your basic knowledge. You could also try your hand at different styles of writing, like essay writing or writing fanfiction. This is difficult, but if you can master these skills, then you will seem much more competent in the language. For advanced learners, I would suggest trying harder to write both creatively and academically. You might want to try translating your favourite short stories into your target language. Better yet, you could write your own short story instead! You could also try practicing academic writing, by writing a university-style essay in your target language. This is extremely difficult and will take a long time, but if you want to take that extra step with your target language, then being able to write academically in your target language will open a lot of doors to you.  For both intermediate and advanced learners, just writing emails, to-do lists, articles or maybe even starting a blog could be good ways of improving your writing (just look at @lovelybluepanda  and @frenchy-french​!). 

Know the stroke orders of characters and the alphabet! To do this, just keep on writing them over and over, and check a grid or guide online to make sure you’re doing it right. After that, just keep on practicing your writing! Maybe check out those videos that talk about how you can attain native-like handwriting in a target language. As they say, practice makes perfect! Your handwriting will seem childish at first, but the more you practice, the more you will improve. 

Read more! Input is everything, especially when you are learning a foreign language. The more you are exposed to the spelling and grammar of the written language, the more you will see an improvement in your writing. If you want to improve your reading, here is a post that I have written about it!

Write words you misspell multiple times! It’ll just get them stuck in your head.

Expand your vocabulary! Flashcards, exposure and various apps (like Memrise, Duolingo, Anki and Quizlet are good for expanding your vocabulary) work for this. When you don’t know a word, then write it down and look it up later. You can also check out synonyms of words that you already know, which would really enrich your vocabulary.

Learn set phrases! This is especially good for essays and creative writing! There are usually a lot of lists to be found online of good set phrases depending on the convention you choose. You can also learn any particularly good phrases that you find when you are reading. You can learn them using the flashcard apps I mentioned earlier. This is a good way of learning complex phrases.

Make sure you have the grammar down! For this, I would simply recommend doing lots and lots of practice questions. Also, generally get more exposure to forms of writing that use complex grammar. This is particularly important for tenses and politeness levels.

Practice, practice, practice! Just keep on writing at every opportunity. Writing is something that only improves with a lot of time and effort, so the more you do it, the easier it will get.

Get feedback! You can do this by posting on websites like Journaly. You can also get a penpal or a native friend who will correct your writing.

Learn the conventions of different styles of writing! You can do this by finding a textbook online (maybe one for natives if you are intermediate/advanced!) or by reading articles and watching YouTube videos that explain the way you should write depending on the medium (story, e-mail, texting etc.) you are using. You can also use an online course. Figure out how formal and informal you need to be, and maybe learn some new phrases along the way. This is especially helpful for creative writing. 

Look up words you do not know as you go! It is important right from the beginning that you should fill in the gaps in your knowledge of vocabulary, so make sure that you learn anything that you do not already know. Perhaps try monitoring your writing, and look at the gaps in knowledge you have, and learn vocabulary lists for that (there are loads on this site alone).

Thanks for reading this post! I hope that it was useful to you!

[apricitystudies]

my life right now: american history + cat

(CW bottom right: book mentions firearms)

[mercifulstudie]

— death is the mother of beauty

and what is beauty?

— terror

[jeonchemstudy-closed]

7.25.21 | t-1 day until med school | i had a lovely day today! i went to a farmers market in the morning and bought a lot of vegetables, then spent my afternoon cleaning my apartment up, facetiming a friend, cooking, and getting materials ready for my first day of med school tomorrow!

day 25 of the summer studying challenge : Daytime or nighttime – what’s your favourite time during summer?

nighttime! god when the heat stops i am so thankful LMAO

[sun-flowerstudies]

25/07/21

my mushroom lockscreen 🍄

🎧i like that, bazzi

[beguines]

Prayer is prey to its addressee. In measuring itself by God, prayer is a speech that has always transgressed all measure, exceeded any ability to measure itself and know itself completely. In collapsing beneath him, prayer, like all lovers' speech, bears the weight of giving itself, that is to say, of losing itself. It suffers the other in coming unstuck from itself. In what way? How is the word of prayer wounded by its addressee? The man praying addresses his word to the divine ear. In distinction from a determinate human ear, this ear is always already awake, it does not need to be aroused by a call to attention. The hesitant speech of our voice resonates in and through a silent hearing that has forever preceded and awaited it. Being expected in this way renders it unexpected to itself. To be heard by God is an ordeal, speech being put to a test like no other; for our speech is exposed in all that it seeks to hide, excuse, justify, obtain. Speech appears in the attentive light of silence—the voice is truly naked.

Jean-Louis Chrétien, "The Wounded Word: The Phenomenology of Prayer", Phenomenology and the Theological Turn: The French Debate, trans. Bernard G. Prusak