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Brutally Honest Rules for Language Learners

If you can`t make your own examples to a grammar rule, you don`t know this grammar rule.

Learning words without context is almost useless. You may repeat something like “road” or “deeply” millions of times and still forgetting them in the most important situations. Memorize phrases instead. e. g. “I crossed the road” and “to be deeply ashamed”.

Prioritize. There are almost 500 000 words in the English language and even more in some non-European languages. If you decide to learn 5 words a day, you`ll need a shitload of time to cover at least the third of the whole vocabulary. So, know precisely what words are the most frequent and the most important for you personally.

No, you won`t learn a language by listening to songs ONLY.

If your level of knowledge is Intermediate or higher, you don`t need the fucking subtitles. Well, in the beginning, you will have a terrible headache and doubts about the whole thing, but every video will be making you a little better. You`ll slowly get used to the accents and intonation. It`ll stop to sound like the endless phrase without any pauses. Just give yourself some time.

Translation from the native language to the target language is useless (if you`re not going to become an interpreter). Write the short texts in your target language instead.

Forget about boring topics from the textbooks. Argue with somebody in the comment section under your fav YouTube videos. Try to persuade me that the Earth is flat (I know it`s insane, but you`ll remember it much better than writing the essay “The current problems of ecology”). Rewrite your own posts. Write down 15 phrases do describe Donald Trump. I mean… Everything is better than a standard way of learning that doesn`t express your inner self. 

Check the pronunciation of ALL the words. ALL the time. Your intuition is a great tool. However, it doesn`t cure all the irregular cases. Just look at English words “daughter” and “laughter”, “head” and “heat”, “though” and “thought”. They look almost similar but they sound in ABSOLUTELY different ways. There`s a possibility that your target language also has a lot of such cases. Just spend few seconds on looking at the transcriptions. It doesn`t hurt, I promise.

The post/challenge for those who want to find a language partner.  

[athenastudying-deactivated20220]

i can’t read books in one sitting anymore because every time i sense that shit is about to go down i have to stop reading and emotionally prepare for it for at least an hour

[toastpotent-deactivated20250619]

the fact that apple took an entire product market and changed not just the product, but the market, to fit to their desire... like, electronic products are supposed to last, they are made to last for extended periods of time, that's the point. but then apple came along, and they suddenly realized they could change the whole game, because they got ahead on the smartphone trend and every other company was looking to them to decide what to do. so apple created "generations". usually, if your product isn't broken, you don't need a new one. you don't need to reenter the market. but they found a way to convince people, "oh, but just because you don't need a new one, doesn't mean you shouldn't get a new one. look, this new one is way cooler than the old one!" they turned a smartphone into a fashion piece, something that you should only have if it's "in-season". and people fall for it, hook-line-and-sinker, obediantly waiting in lines the week of the new iphone release while they have what should be a perfectly good phone sitting in their pocket, which is promptly going to be either sold third party for pocket change compared to the original price, or thrown straight into a landfill. perfectly fine, working parts, rare and valuable things, thrown straight away. but then, then, apple realized they could go further with it. because not everyone was doing that, and in fact many people either couldn't or didn't want to get replacements for their perfectly-good products, and that is how they became the forefront of planned obsolesence. if they had their hardware components abruptly stop working, people would become upset and outraged, and would demand investigation. so they turned to software. they said, "every once in a while, your device will need to update. these updates are good, because they will bring you new and improved features!"- but that was only half-true. if your phone was new, yes, this would happen, but if it was older, the update would slightly degrade it, so much so that you wouldn't notice it. but then after only a couple of years, you would notice it- your phone slowing down, lagging randomly, maybe a few weird glitches here and there, not enough to brick your phone but enough to make its original sleekness seem distant. and you would be frustrated, and you would wonder why this was happening, and apple would reach down and say, "why, that is because your phone is getting old. you need the next generation!" so then even those resistant to change would be forced to get a new phone every couple of generations, and anyone who didn't was fully seen as an outcast or an idiot. and apple realized how well this work, and they extended it in full to tablets and computers, and other companies took note, and they began to very slowly do the same. and now, instead of electronics being the old, ugly tv your grandparents have that still works, or the vintage computer in your dad's attic that has a graphical hole in the corner but still works, or your aunt's old record player that has gather decades' worth of grime and dust but still works, electronics is your friend's beautiful, clean iphone from two and a half years ago that has the capacity to do a thousand things, but it won't turn on because the charger port is fried, and when you ask them why, they go, "oh, it's out of season."

[lassukmiboolelunk]

Sajnos találtam a neten egy bolgár üvegfúvót, és elképesztő igényem támadt egy boroszilikát egreses karkötőre :C

[mistressorinoco]

Kontakt infó pls?

[lassukmiboolelunk]

petrovna-lampwork.com

[macipower]

Nagyon nem mozgatnak meg az ékszerek, de ez most igen… 💚💙

[catbusengineer]

KELL

[lassukmiboolelunk]

amit elfelejtettem hozzátenni:

hamvas szeder

málna

meg pomegránát is! <3

[swingyourlifee]

van áfonya és citrom is! meg cukorborsó fülbevaló!

[naivan]

Pacalt tud? Egy barátom kérdezi.

[lassukmiboolelunk]

foGhagyma meg hegyeserős monduk van hozzá, a százrejtekűt viszont nehéz kifaragni

[greenteaforbreakfast]

Az istenit már, nem is szeretem az üvegcuccokat. Mondjuk ezeket sem hordanám :D de legalább elképesztően faszák.

[csakazertis]

emberi történetek rovatunkban: megrendeltem ma egy egres fülbevalót a barátnőm szülinapjára. egyszer csak kapok egy emailt a lánytól, hogy ugyan áruljam már el neki, hogy honnan hallottam róla, mert azelőtt soha nem rendelt tőle senki Magyarországról, de most 2 napon belül én vagyok az ötödik. Mondtam neki, hogy ment egy kört a tumblr-en és biztos sokaknak tetszett. milyen csodálatos, mondja, itt ülök egy kicsi faluban, minden határ zárva a vírus miatt, és a világ mégis nyitva van a művészet előtt.

rendeljetek még, lányok, igazán nem drága, csináljunk jó bizniszt ennek a kedves lánynak.

[lassukmiboolelunk]

keretes történet! ♥

[lassukmiboolelunk]

megírtam neki, mert ez fantasztikusan csodás, erre aszondta, csak ezért regisztrált a tumlira, hátha megtalálja a szredet

Nem találta, de megosztotta velem, hogy a macskája, Arkagyij így is fürdőzik a világhír érzetében:

Arkagyij ♥

[greenteaforbreakfast]

Ez a sztori egyre jobb! <3

Vegyetek csodás ékszereket a lánytól, akinek a macskáját Arkagyijnak hívják!

És azóta már én is találtam nála olyanokat, amiket hordanék:

Nagyon szépek, bármik is legyenek ezek :)

[magoriasocrah]

megőrző reblog

[babyanimalgifs]

[switching-to-glide]

Can’t reblog this enough.

[bluestatesaint]

Not the way I figured it would turn out, but I learned something here.

[thecringeandwincefactory-deacti]

This is called Trophic Cascade in ecology.

[mierac]

This was controversial when they released the wolves, as I recall. There were complaints about the wolves being dangerous to tourists, that they would actually damage the park and kill so much wildlife no one would want to go anymore. 

[vampirebriar]

Saw this video in my biology class and so glad to see it again

[sosuperawesome]

Lara Hacker on Instagram / Etsy

[vacuously-true]

I accidentally changed a setting on my keyboard and while trying to fix it (no luck) I discovered that my phone has obtained German Duolingo stickers out of nowhere, which is both whimsical and totally on brand with Duo's creepy stalker vibe. I'm scared.

[twitblr]

That’s what I call justice

[the-subservient-human-deactivat]

WHOOP THERE IT IS

[non-state-actor]

There is something monumental that the OP is leaving out.

Most of these “billionaires” that are “stealing” “”“"Chinese”“”“” art, AREN’T doing that. They are doing so on favor of the CCP to steal Tibetan art so it can be destroyed.

There’s been a long standing string of *Tibetan art goes on auction* and some unknown man from China in a suit and glasses out bids the fuck out of everyone else, gets the art, and the art is never seen again.

Why is this happening? The CCP actively tries to destroy Tibetan culture, to deny it’s existence and weaken it’s claim to the Tibetan Plateau to make it’s active military occupation look more “justified”.

Actual Tibetan refugees, including the mother of the Dalai Lama during the beginning of the military occupation WILLINGLY gave away prized Tibetan and Buddhist historical artifacts and antiquities because they knew the PLA had orders to confiscate them for destruction.

It’s incredibly frustrating to see “”“”“woke”“”“” Twitter and Tumblr actively shilling for the CCP in their effort to undermine and destroy Tibetan culture and spread news that only further shoves the Tibetan Genocide from the records, especially when I’ve spoken with western Tibetan Culture scholars, and seen all the art and culture that the CCP has had destroyed or has gone missing over the past 50 years.

It’s sick and if you support China “buying” their art back, you’re a POS.

[caroldanversenthusiast]

yes this is her best look

no i will not elaborate

[sew-much-to-do]

DIY Gemstone Necklace

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sew-much-to-do: a visual collection of sewing tutorials/patterns, knitting, diy, crafts, recipes, etc.

[whitepeopletwitter]

[enjolrassuggestions]

thank you Wikipedia, I would certainly love to help

[ubercharge]

look. look at this beautiful sword meme. i’m going to cry

[literallybyronic]

@petermorwood

[petermorwood]

I saw and reblogged this one a while back, but it’s always worth repeating, and this time I’m adding a bit of background info comparing common fantasy sword features to the Real Thing (with pictures, of course.)

Leaf-bladed swords are a very popular fantasy style and were real, though unlike modern hand-and-a-half longsword versions, the real things were mostly if not always shortswords.

Here are Celtic bronze swords…

…Ancient Greek Xiphoi…

… and a Roman “Mainz-pattern” gladius…

Saw or downright jagged edges, either full-length or as small sections (often where they serve no discernible purpose) are a frequent part of fantasy blades, especially at the more, er, imaginatively unrestrained end of the market.

Real swords also had saw edges, such as these two 19th century shortswords, but not to make them cool or interesting. They’re weapons if necessary…

…but since they were carried by Pioneer Corps who needed them for cutting branches and other construction-type tasks, their principal use was as brush cutters and saws.

This dussack (cutlass) in the Wallace Collection is also a fighting weapon, like the one beside it…

…but may also have had the secondary function of being a saw.

A couple of internet captions say it’s for “cutting ropes” which makes sense - heavy ropes and hawsers on board a ship were so soaked with tar that they were often more like lengths of wood, and a Hollywood-style slice from the Hero’s rapier (!!) wouldn’t be anything like enough to sever them. However swords like this are extremely rare, which suggests they didn’t work as well as intended for any purpose.

I photographed these in Basel, Switzerland, about 20 years ago. Look at the one on the bottom (I prefer the basket-hilt schiavona in the middle).

A lot of “flamberge” (wavy-edge) swords actually started out with conventional blades which then had the edges ground to shape - the dussack, that Basel broadsword and this Zweihander were all made that way.

The giveaway is the centreline: if it’s straight, the entire blade probably started out straight.

Increased use of water power for bellows, hammers and of course grinders made shaping blades easier than when it had to be done by hand. This flamberge Zweihander, however, was forged that way.

Again, the clue is the centre-line.

Incidentally those Parierhaken (parrying hooks - a secondary crossguard) are among the only real-life examples of another common fantasy feature - hooks and spikes sticking out from the blade.

Here are some rapiers and a couple of daggers showing the same difference between forged to shape and ground to shape. The top and bottom rapiers in the first picture started as straights, and only the middle rapier came from the forge with a flamberge blade.

There’s no doubt about this one either.

The reason - though that was a part of it - wasn’t just to look cool and show off what the owner could afford (any and all extra or unusual work added to the price) but may actually have had a function: a parry would have been juddery and unsettling for someone not used to it, and any advantage is worth having.

However, like the saw-edged dussack, flamberge blades are unusual - which suggests the advantage wasn’t that much of an advantage after all.

Here’s a Circassian kindjal, forged wiggly…

…and an Italian parrying dagger forged straight then ground wiggly…

There were also parrying daggers with another fantasy-blade feature, deep notches and serrations which in fantasy versions often resemble fangs or thorns.

These more practical historical versions are usually called “sword-breakers” but I prefer “sword-catcher”, since a steel blade isn’t that easy to break. Taking the opponent’s blade out of play for just long enough to nail him works fine.

NB - the curvature on the top one in this next image is AFAIK because of the book-page it was copied from, not the blade itself.

The missing tooth on that second dagger, and the crack halfway down this next one’s blade, shows what happens when design features cause weak spots.

So there you go: a quick overview of fantasy sword features in real life.

Here’s a real-life weapon that looks like it belongs in a fantasy story or film - and this doesn’t even have an odd-shaped blade…

Just a very flexible one…

If you want more odd blades, Moghul India is a good place to start…

[ubercharge]

i could not ask for a better addition to my meme post than blade education thank you so much

[arabicgrammarfornerds]

TV shows/movies

@breatheordreamm 

Watching TV shows and movies is a great way to improve your Arabic! I think I’ve reblogged a few lists by other blogs, I’ll try to reblog them again. 

Al-jazeerah is a great news channel which has a 24-hour news coverage as well as some really interesting documentaries. Their website also has articles - all in standard Arabic, of course. 

Wajdah is the first Saudi film directed by a woman - it discusses important issues and is so heartwarming and funny. The Arabic is good and clear, if a little informal. Not too hard to follow.

The Omar series is a biography of the second Caliph of Islam. Really good if you are into Islamic history. The Arabic is very clear. 

Al Tabaq al Taer is a really cute kid’s cooking channel - the Arabic is really clear and simple, as are many kid’s TV shows. I reccomend watching these for beginners. 

Jana Vlogs - not a TV show or movie but still! This girl is so interesting and her Arabic is really easy to follow, plus she has taken the liberty to caption all of her videos. 

These are a few Egyptian films that I enjoyed. If you do learn a dialect, it’s worth learning the Egyptian one since so many films and songs are in the Egyptian dialect.  

Asal Aswad - pretty damn funny. I loved it, but you will probably need subtitles. 

Hassan wa Marcus - see above. 

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Animated movies in Arabic

This post was inspired by @ainarstargo’s question. Thank you!

Note : to find a movie, press Control+f then type the name of the movie you’re looking for.

Not all movies are available in Modern Standard Arabic, some movies are only available in the Egyptian Dialect but their sequel can be in Modern Standard Arabic and vice versa.

Note: to find a movie, press Control+f then type the name of the movie you’re looking for.

Not all movies are available in Modern Standard Arabic, some movies are only available in the Egyptian Dialect but their sequel can be in Modern Standard Arabic and vice versa.

Some of these sites have ads which are annoying, just be patient and click the link again if it’s redirected all the links work and the movies should play.

I. DreamWorks

Bee movie

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs 

Cloudy with a chance of meatballs 2

Despicable me [Arabic sub]

Despicable me 2

Flushed away

Hotel Transylvania

Hotel Transylvania 2

Home

How to train your dragon

How to train your dragon 2

Ice Age

Ice Age 2: the Meltdown

Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs

Ice Age 4: Continental drift

Ice Age: Collision Course

Kung Fu Panda

Kung Fu Panda 2

Kung Fu Panda 3

Monsters vs Aliens

Madagscar

Madagascar 2 

Madagascar 3

Megamind

Mr. Peabody and Sherman

Minions

Penguins of Madagascar 

Puss in Boots

Shark Tale

Sinbad: Legend of the seven seas

Shrek [Arabic subs]

Shrek the third

Shrek: Forever After

Spirit

The Croods

II. Disney and Pixar 

An extremely Goofy movie 

Bambi

Bambi 2

Brave

Big Hero 6 

Bolt

Brother Bear

Brother Bear 2

Cinderella

Cinderella 3

Finding nemo

Frozen

Frozen Fever 2015

Finding dory (the movie is mostly in MSA but with a little bit Egyptian dialect included)

Inside out 

Mulan

Monsters University 

Planes

Tarzan and Jane

Treasure Planet 

Toy story

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 3

The Fox and the hound

Tigger movie

The Lion King II

The Lion King III

The Lion Guard

The Three Musketeers

The Wild

Ratatouille

Robin Hood

Valiant

Wreck it Ralph

Up 

Zootopia

III. Other movies

A monster in Paris 

Astroboy 

Anastasia 

Asterix in Britain 

Barbie and the magic door 2014 (mostly MSA with some Lebanese dialect)

Barbie and the Swan lake

Baribie and the magic door (2017)

Black beauty

Bartok the Magnificent 

Border Town

Cinderella monogatari

Epic 

Elena and the secret of avalor

Flipper and Lopaka the movie

Great women in the Prophet’s time (Islamic Movie) 

Happily never after

Heidi 

Hi no ame ga furu

Howl’s moving castle

Kubo And The Two Strings

Little Red Riding Hood (1995)

Lion of Oz

Mohamed the last Prophet (Islamic movie) 

Monster House 

Niko Flight To The Stars

Salman Al Farisi (Islamic movie)

The adventure of Tintin 

The angry birds (2016)

The blind man’s daughter

The boxtrolls

The Sun of Egypt (Islamic movie)

The Nutcracker Prince (1990)

The pirate fairy

The Prince and the pauper

The Swan Princess

The Swan Princess 2 : the secret of the castle

The Secret life of pets

The snow queen

The peanuts movie

The Lorax

The Princess Castle 

The Ice Queen

Over the garden wall

Planet 51

Rango

Rail of the Star - A True Story of Children 

Rio (subbed)

Rio II

Sango-sho Densetsu: Aoi Umi no Erufii (Child of the sea)

Sleeping beauty

Violin in the starry sky 

Who’s left behind

I. Disney and Pixar movies

101 Dalmatians

101 Dalmatians 2

An extremely goofy movie

A bug’s life 

Alice in Wonderland

Aladdin

Aladdin : Jafar’s return

Aladdin and the King of Thieves

Atlantis the lost empire

Atlantis: Milo’s return

Beauty and the beast

Bambi

Brother bear 2

Cinderella

Cinderella 2

Chicken Little 

Dinosaur 

Dumbo

Emperor’s New Groove 

Finding Nemo                  

Home on the range

Hercules 

Lilo and stitch

Lilo and stitch 2

Mulan

Mulan 2

Monsters Inc.

Meet the Robinsons

Moana (this movie has a mix of Egyptian dialect and MSA)

Oliver and company 

Peter Pan

Peter Pan : return to Neverland 

Piglet’s big movie

Pinocchio

Princess and the frog

Ratatouille

Snow White 

Lady and the Tramp 

The aristocats

The Sleeping Beauty

The Lion King

The Lion King 2

The Lion King III

The Incredibles

Toy story

Toy Story 2

Toy Story 3

Toy Story Hawaiian Vacation

The tigger movie

The jungle book

The jungle book 2                        

The hunchback of Notre Dame

Tangled

Tangled: ever after

Tarzan

Treasure planet

The little mermaid

Wall-E 

Winnie the pooh: the heffalump movie

Up

II. Dreamworks

Horton hears a who 

Madagascar

III. Other movies

Thumbelina

If there’s any other animated movie that I’ve missed and you would like to see please send me an ask and I’ll add it.

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As requested, I fixed the broken links.

In case one of the links don’t redirect please let me know about it, meanwhile feel free to check this backup document that I’ve created with all the links. [link to the document].

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Prepositions in Arabic (حُرُوفِ الجَرّ) by lass-uns-studieren

Taken the liberty to briefly note down this key concept in Arabic grammar. Tagging @wonderful-language-sounds, @malteseboy and @arabskaya-devushka. If you wish to add more information, feel free!

The prepositions take the kasra form of pronunciation (can be either singular or double) in nouns but not in verbs or particles. Further, feminine nouns take fatha

فِي: in إلى : to عَلَى: on مِن: from لِ: for مَعَ: with Pronouns can be used at the end as well to denote the object: معها : with her معَكَ : with you  معنا : with us  بِ: at/in/with حتى : until مُنذُ: since عَن: about كَ: like/as  عِنْدَ : at 

[wonderful-language-sounds]

Do you have any Arabic resources for beginners?

Textbooks & PDFs:

Al-Kitaab 3rd Edition

Arabic Grammar in Context

Arabic Grammar Tables

Arabic Plural System

Build Your Arabic Vocabulary

Easy Arabic Grammar

Easy Arabic Reader

Ultimate Arabic Beginner-Intermediate (what I use)

Websites:

Huruf extension to make font bigger [Chrome] [Firefox]

ACON Verb Conjugator

Al Jazeera Learn Arabic

Arabic Without Walls

Gateways to Arabic Videos

Glossika (use the free trial)

Khallina

Language Transfer Course

Learn Arabic with Maha Videos

Madinah Arabic

Talk in Arabic

UT Austin Listening Materials

Dictionaries:

Almaany

Forvo

Hans Wehr

Lughatuna

Other:

Apps

Alphabet Resources

Podcasts