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Tips to learn a new language

The 75 most common words make up 40% of occurrences The 200 most common words make up 50% of occurrences The 524 most common words make up 60% of occurrences The 1257 most common words make up 70% of occurrences The 2925 most common words make up 80% of occurrences The 7444 most common words make up 90% of occurrences The 13374 most common words make up 95% of occurrences The 25508 most common words make up 99% of occurrences

(Sources: 5 Steps to Speak a New Language by Hung Quang Pham)

This article has an excellent summary on how to rapidly learn a new language within 90 days.

We can begin with studying the first 600 words. Of course chucking is an effective way to memorize words readily. Here’s a list to translate into the language you desire to learn that I grabbed from here! :)

EXPRESSIONS OF POLITENESS (about 50 expressions)

‘Yes’ and ‘no’: yes, no, absolutely, no way, exactly.

Question words: when? where? how? how much? how many? why? what? who? which? whose?

Apologizing: excuse me, sorry to interrupt, well now, I’m afraid so, I’m afraid not.

Meeting and parting: good morning, good afternoon, good evening, hello, goodbye, cheers, see you later, pleased to meet you, nice to have met.

Interjections: please, thank you, don’t mention it, sorry, it’ll be done, I agree, congratulations, thank heavens, nonsense.

NOUNS (about 120 words)

Time: morning, afternoon, evening, night; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; spring, summer, autumn, winter; time, occasion, minute, half-hour, hour, day, week, month, year.

People: family, relative, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, husband, wife; colleague, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend; people, person, human being, man, woman, lady, gentleman, boy, girl, child.

Objects: address, bag, book, car, clothes, key, letter (=to post), light (=lamp), money, name, newspaper, pen, pencil, picture, suitcase, thing, ticket.

Places: place, world, country, town, street, road, school, shop, house, apartment, room, ground; Britain, name of the foreign country, British town-names, foreign town-names.

Abstract: accident, beginning, change, color, damage, fun, half, help, joke, journey, language, English, name of the foreign language, letter (of alphabet), life, love, mistake, news, page, pain, part, question, reason, sort, surprise, way (=method), weather, work.

Other: hand, foot, head, eye, mouth, voice; the left, the right; the top, the bottom, the side; air, water, sun, bread, food, paper, noise.

PREPOSITIONS (about 40 words)

General: of, to, at, for, from, in, on.

Logical: about, according-to, except, like, against, with, without, by, despite, instead of.

Space: into, out of, outside, towards, away from, behind, in front of, beside, next to, between, above, on top of, below, under, underneath, near to, a long way from, through.

Time: after, ago, before, during, since, until.

DETERMINERS (about 80 words)

Articles and numbers: a, the; nos. 0–20; nos. 30–100; nos. 200–1000; last, next, 1st–12th.

Demonstrative: this, that.

Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.

Quantifiers: all, some, no, any, many, much, more, less, a few, several, whole, a little, a lot of.

Comparators: both, neither, each, every, other, another, same, different, such.

ADJECTIVES (about 80 words)

Color: black, blue, green, red, white, yellow.

Evaluative: bad, good, terrible; important, urgent, necessary; possible, impossible; right, wrong, true.

General: big, little, small, heavy; high, low; hot, cold, warm; easy, difficult; cheap, expensive; clean, dirty; beautiful, funny (=comical), funny (=odd), usual, common (=shared), nice, pretty, wonderful; boring, interesting, dangerous, safe; short, tall, long; new, old; calm, clear, dry; fast, slow; finished, free, full, light (=not dark), open, quiet, ready, strong.

Personal: afraid, alone, angry, certain, cheerful, dead, famous, glad, happy, ill, kind, married, pleased, sorry, stupid, surprised, tired, well, worried, young.

VERBS (about 100 words)

arrive, ask, be, be able to, become, begin, believe, borrow, bring, buy, can, change, check, collect, come, continue, cry, do, drop, eat, fall, feel, find, finish, forget, give, going to, have, have to, hear, help, hold, hope, hurt (oneself), hurt (someone else), keep, know, laugh, learn, leave, lend, let (=allow), lie down, like, listen, live (=be alive), live (=reside), look (at), look for, lose, love, make, may (=permission), may (=possibility), mean, meet, must, need, obtain, open, ought to, pay, play, put, read, remember, say, see, sell, send, should, show, shut, sing, sleep, speak, stand, stay, stop, suggest, take, talk, teach, think, travel, try, understand, use, used to, wait for, walk, want, watch, will, work (=operate), work (=toil), worry, would, write.

PRONOUNS (about 40 words)

Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, one; myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.

Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.

Demonstrative: this, that.

Universal: everyone, everybody, everything, each, both, all, one, another.

Indefinite: someone, somebody, something, some, a few, a little, more, less; anyone, anybody, anything, any, either, much, many.

Negative: no-one, nobody, nothing, none, neither.

ADVERBS (about 60 words)

Place: here, there, above, over, below, in front, behind, nearby, a long way away, inside, outside, to the right, to the left, somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, home, upstairs, downstairs.

Time: now, soon, immediately, quickly, finally, again, once, for a long time, today, generally, sometimes, always, often, before, after, early, late, never, not yet, still, already, then (=at that time), then (=next), yesterday, tomorrow, tonight.

Quantifiers: a little, about (=approximately), almost, at least, completely, very, enough, exactly, just, not, too much, more, less.

Manner: also, especially, gradually, of course, only, otherwise, perhaps, probably, quite, so, then (=therefore), too (=also), unfortunately, very much, well.

CONJUNCTIONS (about 30 words)

Coordinating: and, but, or; as, than, like.

Time & Place: when, while, before, after, since (=time), until; where.

Manner & Logic: how, why, because, since (=because), although, if; what, who, whom, whose, which, that.

thepolyglotblog

Oh i love this concept!

amateurlanguager

I love it too! I love it mostly because it makes me feel less overwhelmed. When you break it down like this, everything seems so much more manageable. Like, hey, I could memorize 20 words at a time (even if ‘at a time’ varies wildly for me), and just do that like ten times. That’s a HUGE chunk of a language.

(And since I have the habit of doing languages that are similar to ones I’m already familiar with, the grammar part usually comes pretty easy, too.)

#Ref

lmaonade

this is gonna sound fake i know but i had a dream someone drew a personification of the polar vortex as like an anime girl with ice hair in an art style that screams “this isn’t directly horny but you can tell i only draw porn most of the time” and it got super popular like bowsette and it was so stupid what the hell

donesparce

There are three breeds of cat:

Chonk

Goblin

Yeah that looks like a cat

donesparce

Subcategories of breeds:

Floof

Naked

Normal

argentinelakeduck

littletetra

When you’re stuck in a point and click adventure game:

over-sleep

lancecharleson

As if I’m not already scared for the future of the internet enough.

As if I’m not already losing enough sleep over the upcoming Article 13 threatening the lives of content creators everywhere in europe, I only find out JUST LAST NIGHT that the reason tumblr staff have been cracking down on adult content and forcing EN ES EF DOUBLE-U artists to disperse to multiple sites on the internet, is because of a set of US based bills called SESTA and FOSTA thanks to this twitter thread I came across while looking through my timeline.

What to they have to do with Article 13 or tumblr’s rampant crackdown?

Let me explain for those who aren’t in the know, what are these bills exactly?

Their acronyms stand for Stop Enabling Sex Traffickers Act and Fight Online Sex Trafficking Act. These bills where passed on the false pretence and lies that it would make sex trafficking illegal and protect victims of sexual misconduct, even democrats opted for these bills with good but misguided intentions of “protecting the children.” Here’s the truth however; SESTA and FOSTA does NEITHER of those things.

So what do these bills really do? Make it so that ANY website advertising third-party content related to sex work or having any kind of sexual content for that matter, will be sued.

Basically, not only are American NSFW artists and porn directors/ actors under threat of erasure from these new bills, but Sex Workers, Sex Educators and LGBTQIA people will now be under EVEN WORSE threat of violence AND criminalisation now that the US government has presented them with a set of bills designed to remove them from the only safe place they had left from this unforgiving world of puritans, non-sex worker civvies who are antsy about talking about sex publicly and SWERFS/TERFS; The free and open World Wide Web.

This bill was passed back in April with the communities deeply implicated as mentioned above, being the only ones speaking up about this relentlessly for months, only to be met with silence and absolutely no one else sharing this with other non-sex worker people who advocate for Net Neutrality.

If you’re mad about NSFW content being purged from this site or your posts being flagged for no real reason other than the poorly designed filter, be mad at these bills and how they threaten the lives of millions. Because those are the conditions to how Verizon ushering forth the tumblr apocalypse really came around.

After the the bills passed in April, many sex work sites where purged from the internet, and now with Facebook and tumblr following suit, I fear that twitter will be the next place that starts cracking down on adult content in order to abide by the new laws instated by SESTA/FOSTA, whose laws will come into full effect NEXT MONTH.

Not only will NSFW content creators be eventually shit out of luck trying to find new places on the internet to share their work anywhere, but sex workers, educators and LGBTQIA people will be DOOMED. Because any site they go to in order to continue their adult careers, which happen to have a US presence, will be pressured and under threat of lawsuit unless the site’s owners start feverishly disallowing adult content on their platform.

I’m actually both angry and upset at myself for not catching news about these bills anywhere on here or my twitter timeline, even more so that I didn’t hear NSFW content creators make any mention of how this implicates them or how this will hurts Sex Workers the most. If I did, I would’ve been sharing this info like wildfire.

Worst part is that some European countries have already adopted, or are thinking of adopting, laws similar to this like Sweden’s “Nordic Model” and now the UK is considering their own similar laws without even looking at the consequences already happening.

I wish there was something I could do to help stop this, but there IS something you American peeps can do to prevent these bills from going into full effect next month. Even if you found out way too late, it’s not too late to start pestering and begging your elected representatives not to let these bills take full control of the internet and have them repealed fast.

I defiantly don’t want to spend the rest of my Christmas worrying and losing sleep over how bad this suppression of sexual expression will be for everyone across the world, while all these puritan, SWERF and TERF fuckscoffs party it up while clinking champagne glasses on top of the graves of REAL HUMAN BEINGS.

Migrating to other social media platforms is not going to be any better. Protesting tumblr’s new policies by logging off for 24 hours isn’t going to get Verizon or staff to reconsider their decisions.

Your only options left (to my knowledge anyway) to prevent this false purification of the internet is call your representatives and demand that they have SESTA and FOSTA repealed immediately, ask your folks if you’re not old enough to call, or look up SESTA and FOSTA to learn more about how this will harm Sex Workers/educators and LGBTQIA people in the long term and search for ways to prevent the bills from taking full effect. Hell, speak up about this loudly and noisily on every social media site you’re on.

I don’t care what you do, just DO IT BEFORE NEXT MONTH HAPPENS. SESTA and FOSTA and bills like this absolutely must be opposed just as much as Article 13 and anti-Net Neutrality advocates if we really want the internet to be a free and safe place for everyone.

TL;DR: Sexual expression of anykind on the internet will be fucked over unless SESTA and FOSTA are repealed before next month.

#oh #boy #this has some. worrying implications

misbegottenmutt-deactivated2025

I think my favourite fact about the elder scrolls oblivion is that the reason the voice acting sounds soooooo disjointed is because the VA’s were given their lines in alphabetical order.

Not by quest.

Not by character.

Alphabetical.

#is this real #it makes sense though

toytheatre

Clown Eggs are a practice started by Stan Bult in 1946, as a way of recording different makeup looks for later reference and as a hobby. According to Clowns International, “The eggs are not just a record of the clown’s facial makeup, but an actual portraiture in miniature”. 169 of these, along with biographies of the clowns they portray, can be found in The Clown Register by Luke Stephenson. There are over 300 in total, and eggs continue to be added to the collection to this day.

#OH I REMEMBER THESE #FDHFBFHFHFYN #clowns

Did you know there’s an outtake from the 2000 Grinch movie where Jim Carrey leans in real close to Jeffrey Tambor’s face and then rips off Tambor’s prosthetic nose with his teeth

grimconversations

qwopflop

God I want him to do this to my clit

pietriarchy

#NIO #NO #NOO

jumex

Some people should walk around with circus music to match their energy

trueloveriri

what even is this photo

kruspesdoll

@cherrymoon75 Can you please elaborate on this one?

cherrymoon75-deactivated2020061

There was once a man, in a far away land. His name was Richard Kruspe, he was a fair lad with many women gawking at his side. One day he decided,

“ALAS, WOE IS MY LIFE! I have all the women and fame I could ask for, but I haven’t this one thing… the ability to fight hand to hand with a sword.

Richard then went on in a secluded town and mastered the ways of combat.

Through years of intense devotion, Lord Lindemann felt Kruspe deserved the mighty sword, one only fearless, brute warriors dreamed of.

Lord Lindemann advises Richard to become a priest, such a powerful sword can cause a man to be arrogant. Richard reluctantly agreed, his intention of using the sword was to show off to the ladies and make men jealous. He tried his hardest, oh so hard, but he could not be a selfless monk with such a sword.

Against Lord Lindemann’s wishes, he escaped the life of priesthood, and took his sword to town. Lord Lindemann found out and was enraged. He made a fool of Richard in the middle of town, all had watched the triumphant Kruspe bow his head in shame.

As Richard left, his tail between his legs, he heard the distinct laugh of Lord Lindemann in the distance.

THIS WAS THE LAST STRAW. Kruspe made it his life goal to exact revenge on Lord Lindemann for his mockery. Richard had conducted a meeting with all his close friends and family, it was supposed to be for “ celebrating the accomplishments of Richard.” He lined himself up behind Lord Lindemann when he was speaking with the guests and pulled his sword out with swift silence!

And positioned just behind Lord Lindemann’s Head, his end shall be swift and painless. Look how distracted he is, this is the perfect moment.

Before the deed was done, a man had caught this on camera, and this is the absolutely true, totally not just fake story of this picture.

@engelsdark the backstory for this one was so fun, you don’t even know

cherrymoon75-deactivated2020061

As the blade quickly dropped down towards Lord Lindemann, Richard smiled maliciously.

Finally he thought, once and for all this will end.

Richard could swear he felt blade penetrate cloth and skin, sickeningly, but suddenly the candles went out. Is this the magic of Lord Lindemann?

Strangely, the candles re-lit casting a dull glow upon a peculiar vision. Lord Lindemann and his blade began levitating into thin air.

Richard made a face like:

Lord Lindemann began to speak, the voice of a betrayed man (idk what that sounds like so imagine ✨✨👌🏻👌🏻)

“You have tried to kill your master with the weapon of destruction, so the weapon will kill you..”

Richard confused of what this meant, saw the blade transform into a man, that man was Paul Landers. He transformed into a divine being and recked havoc onto poor arrogant Richard.

Landers was not kind in delievering the punishment Richard deserved for his arrogance, but let him to die quietly on his own. In Richard last thoughts he thought:

Why was I so foolish?

I never should’ve tired to murder my mentor over a simple dispute in town.

Where did everyone in this celebration go when Lord Lindemann started levitating?

Quietly, Richard left this world and went on into the next. Moral of the story, never get a sword and be irresponsible with it or else Lord Lindemann will get you.

@darkestengel I suck at ending stories 😂😂😂, but @gottlostill gave me the idea of making Paul be the sword so I’m dying over here ahhah

kruspesdoll

P.S. Lad Kruspe sending “nudes” from the underworld: