Ginger James

attempted linguist of british nationality learning: russian B1 | italian B1 | german A1 I also attempt youtube if you're interested!

[plyglct]

Hello

Let’s stop the stigma that German and Russian are “violent” languages thank you

[ruspeach]

SOUND: https://www.ruspeach.com/en/news/6887/ столик [stòlik] - small table Во сколько вы будете ужинать? [va skòl'ka vy bùditi ùzhinat’] - At what time will you have dinner? Сколько времени? [skòl’ka vrèmini] - What time is it? Я вернусь через час. [ya virnùs’ chìris chas] - I’ll be back in an hour. У меня заказан столик на двенадцать часов. [u minyà zakàzan stòlik na dvinàtsat’ chisòf] - I have a table reserved for me for 12 o'clock. www.ruspeach.com

[polyglos]

I’m loving this east slavic distribution of graphemes

[sayitaliano]

Mahmood | Soldi

In periferia fa molto caldo In the suburbs it’s really hot Mamma stai tranquilla sto arrivando Mum don’t worry I’m coming Te la prenderai per un bugiardo You’ll get angry because of a liar Ti sembrava amore ma era altro It looked like love to you but it was something else Beve champagne sotto Ramadan He drinks champagne throughout Ramadan Alla TV danno Jackie Chan On TV there’s Jackie Chan Fuma narghilè mi chiede come va He smokes narghile he asks me what’s up Mi chiede come va come va come va He asks me what’s up what’s up what’s up Sai già come va come va come va You already know what’s up what’s up what’s up Penso più veloce per capire se domani tu mi fregherai I think much faster to understand if tomorrow you’ll fool me Non ho tempo per chiarire perché solo ora so cosa sei I don’t have time to clear up because only now I know what you are È difficile stare al mondo quando perdi l’orgoglio lasci casa in un giorno It’s hard to get by in this world when you lose your pride you leave home in a day Tu dimmi se You tell me if Pensavi solo ai soldi soldi You only thought about money money Come se avessi avuto soldi soldi As if I had money money Dimmi se ti manco o te ne fotti fotti Tell me if you miss me or you don’t care don’t care Mi chiedevi come va come va come va You asked me what’s up what’s up what’s up Adesso come va come va come va Now what’s up what’s up what’s up Ciò che devi dire non l’hai detto What you have to say you didn’t say it Tradire è una pallottola nel petto To betray is a bullet in the chest Prendi tutta la tua carità Take all your compassion Menti a casa ma lo sai che lo sa You lie at home but you know she knows Su una sedia lei mi chiederà (sitting) On a chair she’ll ask me Mi chiede come va come va come va She asks me what’s up what’s up what’s up Sai già come va come va come va You already know what’s up what’s up what’s up Penso più veloce per capire se domani tu mi fregherai I think much faster to understand if tomorrow you’ll fool me Non ho tempo per chiarire perché solo ora so cosa sei I don’t have time to clear up because only now I know what you are È difficile stare al mondo quando perdi l’orgoglio It’s hard to get by in this world when you lose your pride Ho capito in un secondo che tu da me I got it in a second that you from me Volevi solo ai soldi soldi You only wanted money money Come se avessi avuto soldi soldi As if I had money money Prima mi parlavi fino a tardi tardi You used to speak to me until late late before Mi chiedevi come va come va come va You asked me what’s up what’s up what’s up Adesso come va come va come va Now what’s up what’s up what’s up Waladi waladi habibi ta’aleena /* ……….. Mi dicevi giocando giocando con aria fiera You used to tell me playing playing with your proud face Waladi waladi habibi sembrava vera /* ……… it looked real La voglia la voglia di tornare come prima The will the will to come back as it used to be Io da te non ho voluto soldi… I didn’t want money from you… È difficile stare al mondo quando perdi l’orgoglio lasci casa in un giorno It’s hard to get by in this world when you lose your pride you leave home in a day Tu dimmi se You tell me if Volevi solo ai soldi soldi You only wanted money money Come se avessi avuto soldi soldi As if I had money money Lasci la città ma nessuno lo sa You leave the city but nobody knows Ieri eri qua ora dove sei papà Yesterday you were here now where are you dad Mi chiedi come va come va come va You ask me what’s up what’s up what’s up Sai già come va come va come va You already know what’s up what’s up what’s up

/* sorry I don’t know how to translate these lyrics in the most correct way (and I don’t trust very much google translate), if someone wants to help please do that.

[jackthebard]

Just remember. There is no such thing as a fake geek girl. There are only fake geek boys. Science fiction was invented by a woman.

[sourcedumal]

[shuttersmiley]

Specifically a teenage girl. You know, someone who would be a part of the demographic that some of these boys are violently rejecting.

[foxsan-deactivated20140515]

Isaac Asimov.

[sim0nbaz-deactivated20170205]

yo mary shelley wrote frankenstein in 1818 and isaac asimov was born in 1920 so you kinda get my point

[fancyeliza-deactivated20200804]

If you want to push it back even further Margaret Cavendish, the duchess of Newcastle (1623-1673) wrote The Blazing World in 1666, about a young woman who discovers a Utopian world that can only be accessed via the North Pole - oft credited as one of the first scifi novels

Women have always been at the forefront of literature, the first novel (what we would consider a novel in modern terms) was written by a woman (Lady Muraskai’s the Tale of Genji in the early 1000s) take your snide “Isaac Asimov” reblogs and stick it

even in terms of male scifi authors, asimov was predated by Jules Verne, HG Wells, George Orwell, you could have even cited Poe or Jonathan Swift has a case but Asimov?

PbbBFFTTBBBTBTTBBTBTTT so desperate to discredit the idea of Mary Shelly as the mother of modern science fiction you didn’t even do a frickin google search For Shame

[cryptovalid]

And if you want to go back even further, the first named, identified author in history was Enheduanna of Akkad, a Sumerian high priestess.

[wonderful-language-sounds]

Hello, can you give me some suggestions on good russian opera soaps/drama/movie(if possible with english sub)?

Below are movies that I have watched and recommend or have been recommended to me that are in Russian. If subtitles are not available, they will be listed with a *

Comedies

Операция «Ы» и другие приключения Шурика (1965)* 

Кавказская пленница, или Новые приключения Шурика (1965)

Бриллиантовая рука (1969)  

Иван Васильевич меняет профессию (1973)*

Ирония судьбы, или С легким паром! (1975)

Афоня (1975)

Двенадцать стульев (1976)

Кин-дза-дза! (1986)

Питер FM (2006)

Неадекватные люди (2011)

Бакенбарды (1990)*

Стиляги (2008)* 

Ёлки (2010)*

Выкрутасы (2011)*

Drama

Солярис (1972)*

Stalker (1979)

Иваново детство (1962)

Летят журавли(1957) 

Служебный роман (1977)

Москва слезам не верит (1979)

Осенний марафон (1979)

Окно в Париж (1993) 

Брат (1997) 

Остров (2006)

Марафон (2012) 

Возвращение (2003)*

Жмурки (2005)*

Дом солнца (2010)*

Как я провёл этим летом* (2010)

Метро (2012)*   

Leviathan (2014)

TV Shows

Drama:

Sherlock Holmes (New Version)

Sherlock Holmes (Soviet version; best one)

The Master and Margarita (Based on the book, amazing)

Метод Фрейда (Detective series)

Бригада (Crime drama)

Небесный суд (Legal drama)

Бесы* (Based on Demons by Dostoevsky)

Нюхач* (Detective show)

Школа* (Show about school in Russia)

Доктор Живаго* (Based on Doctor Zhivago by Pasternak)

Идиот* (Based on The Idiot by Dostoevsky)

Екатерина* (Historical drama about Catherine the Great)

Достоевский* (Drama about Dostoevsky)

Comedy/Other:

Кухня*(Hilarious show about a restaurant) 

Интерны* (like Scrubs but in its own way) 

Зайцев* (comedy about a student’s shenanigans)

Орёл и Решка* (Two people travel on two different budgets)

Вечерний Ургант* (Late night talkshow)

Как я стал русскиим* (American moves to Russia)

Отель Элеон* (Comedy about an hotel)

Лондонград* (Comedy-detective show)

Мамочки* (Relationships between 3 friends)

Голос* (Russian The Voice)

Х-Фактор* (Russian X-Factor)

Cartoons:

Чебурашка (a must-watch)

Трое из Простоквашино

Винни Пух

Кот и Лиса

Русалочка

Снежная Королева

Сказка сказок

Ежик в тумане

Снегурочка

Золушка

Мешок яблок

Ежик и Медвежонок 

Ну, погоди!* 

[lingolden-deactivated20200629]

625 Words to Know in your Target Language: A Masterpost

I noticed @linguangelica asking if there was one of these floating around, so I thought hey, why not start one? This is a directory of the 625 most useful words to know in your target lang, which you can find here. It’s by no means complete, so feel free to make one in your target/native langs!

Spanish by @tryingpolyglot

Spanish by @polyglotten

German 1 2 and 3 by @marvelous-language

Hungarian by @finnishfun

Finnish by @languagesandshootingstars

Norwegian by @lingolden

Turkish by @langrecs

Italian by @metamoros

Dutch by @helaas–pindakaas

French by @getshitdonetbh​

(Brazilian) Portuguese by @autumnian

Romanian by @wordsnnblues

Hindi by @she-learns

(Standard) Arabic by @polyglotten

Korean by @lingolden and @heyemmateach

Mandarin Chinese by @matthewko28​

Croatian by @lolazt​

Bulgarian by @bulgarblr

Russian by @belustudiesjapanese

(European) Portuguese by @the-european-portuguese

If there are any that I forgot to include, or if you decide to make one, please send me a message so that I can include it. Thanks!

[how-to-make-mistakes]

What do Russian animals say?

Onomatopoeias

Мяу = Meow

Мур = Purr

Гав = Woof

Кукареку = Cock-a-doodle-doo

Ко-ко-ко/Кудах-тах-тах = Cha-caw

Кря = Quack

Га = Honk

И-го-го = *the sound made by a horse*

Иа = Hee-haw

Ква = Croak

Чирик = Tweet

Кар = Caw

Му = Moo

Бе = baa (sheep)

Ме = baa (goats)

Хрю = Oink/grunt

Verbs

Мяукать — to meow

Мурлыкать — to purr

Лаять — to bark

Тявкать — to yelp

Скулить — to whine

Выть — to howl

Кукарекать — to crow

Куковать — to cuckoo

Кудахтать — to cluck, to cackle

Крякать — to quack

Гоготать — to honk (slang: to nicker, to guffaw)

Ржать — to neigh (slang: =гоготать)

Квакать — to croak

Чирикать/Щебетать (this one can also mean “to chat”) — to tweet

Каркать — to caw

Мычать — to moo

Блеять — to bleat, to baa (only for sheep)

Хрюкать — to oink, to grunt

Рычать — to roar

*Bonus: Fun Fact

Modern Russian literary language (Standard Russian) is also called «кодифицированный русский язык» (“codified Russian language”), and officially abbreviated as КРЯ. Just sayin’.

[tugoslavija-deactivated20161215]

Goethe-Institut did a web series a while back aimed at new arrivals in Germany and I like how it make sure to teach people that a lot of Germans are rude af

like, this is a genuine scene from an ep:

[involverad]

#Ok but for a second there I was like #this is a bit exaggerated #it’s not that rude to say hi to strangers #just a bit weird #but then I realised #the rude person is probably meant to be the one ignoring the ‘hi' 

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Well she’s obviously doing it wrong. You got to mumble “Guten Tag” in no one’s actual direction upon entering the waiting room. Then you don’t speak a word (you gotta grab a magazine though, because if you’re on your mobile people will find that asocial) until the doctor calls you and when you get back to retrieve your jacket you mumble “Auf Wiedersehen”.

If you say “Guten Tag” while sitting down it’s either because you’re passive-aggressively shaming the person you’re talking to for not saying “Guten Tag” (which is of course highly respectable, but weird if they did say it) or worse: 

You’re trying to make small-talk.

[relyabittooheavily]

See also: when entering a crowded bus, tram, subway or train, you do not say a single word. You look for an empty bench. If there are none, you will have a neighbour. You stop at an empty spot and mumble something like “tschulli-ng” or “s-nch-frei?” to the person occupying the other spot on the bench. You nod in an upward direction. They reply a mumbled “türlich” while vaguely looking somewhere near your face and moving their bag if neccessary. You sit down, nod gratefully, and keep your mouth shut for the rest of the ride. Neither of you wanted this. You wanted freedom. Don’t bother each other.

If an entire bench in front of you becomes available at the next stop, though, it is not the polite thing to free your neighbour and yourself up. No, you stay right where you are. The silent stranger next to you is your silent stranger now.

Welcome to Germany. This is how we express love.

[rohamburger]

None of these people are joking.

[ilikesallydonovan]

And if you’re the one sitting at the window and you want to get off at the next stop, you begin to loudly rustle with your bag whatever, because that way you can signal the other person that you need them to get up without having to speak to them.

[kaar-ne]

Clearly, Finns and German were separated at birth because we Finns are exactly the same.

[mannagryn1]

Swedes as well. Talking? Weird shit, tried it once, do not recommend.

[mediocrelanguagelearner]

Germans, Finns and Swedes are the long lost siblings of the Czech Republic. Same rules apply here

[learndeutsh]

[stabs]

My dad just saw my report card and started yelling at me because there was an F on it, but it actually was F for female as in gender

[sparrow-va]

“Are you a boy, or a girl?”

“I’m a failure.”

[ginger-james]

“No, but what’s in between your legs”

“Bad grades.”

[ruskiizek-deactivated20180227]

Russian girl doing a traditional Cossack sword dance 

[persephinae]

She was studying the blade while you were doing whatever the fuck you were doing

[tentacleteapot]

watching her study the blade, what the fuck did you think I was doing

[just-shower-thoughts]

The domestication of dogs started with a small number of particularly trusting, optimistic humans and a small number of particularly trusting, optimistic wolves looking at an extremely dangerous competing apex predator and thinking ”maybe it’s friendly.”

[lilicriticallanguages]

Self-Study Guide: How To (Actually) Study Grammar

Note: Hello, language learners! Just want to first apologize for a very late post! A lot has been going on since my move from China and it has been a doozy. Excuses aside, here is a fresh of the press post for your language learning needs.

Grammar Is a Nightmare

Grammar is always a nightmare for language learners. It doesn’t matter what language you’re learning, grammar is simply not always a basket of roses. It’s actually never a bucket of roses and the sooner you accept that,the better whole language learning process will go. Why is grammar such a nightmare for those of you who are bright eyed bushy tailed and new to language learning? Here’s a list:

Because there are ‘rules’ to grammar, but there are ALWAYS exceptions.

Sometimes the grammar itself makes no sense at all when explained in your native language

You often forget them right after

They may have specific usages that you must know of in order to avoid sounding like a plebe

There are a million and get more and more complex as you progress

What Is Grammar

Stop your scrolling! This is important!! I’m not going to explain the complex intricacies of the concept of grammar or even try to simplify it because if you speak a language, any language, you know what grammar is. HOWEVER, it is important to remember as you study grammar is that it is the written expression of how a group of people understand and synthesize the world around them. It is also how you learn more about the culture of the language you are learning. So take care to learn grammar thoroughly.

So how do you get through this total nightmare with your sanity intact? Fortunately for you, I’ve been studying languages for ten years and can tell you EXACTLY what to do. So before you resume or begin studying, here is my recommended step by step guide to studying grammar.

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[procrastinating-polyglot]

Where are all my lgbt langblrs at

[yayroos]

For everyone’s information:

The plan for the 17th, when the adult content ban comes in, is to protest.

To do that, we are making as much noise either side of the 17th as possible, and using the site as normal.

On the 17th, dead silence.

People are saying log off but what they really mean is don’t open the site or the app.

But, on the 17th make as much noise as possible on every other platform. Tweet about it and post on facebook and instagram and everywhere else.

What this does is causes a massive dip in ad revenue for one single day. That does not make staff think ‘oh everyone’s gone let’s shut down.’ What it actually makes them think is ‘oh shit people aren’t happy and if people don’t keep using our site we’re out of money and out of jobs.’

A boycott reminds a company that the users (consumers) have the power to make their site (business) worthless with one single coordinated decision.

If you want to join in, here’s what to do:

Do:

Close all open instances of the app and site on all your devices before the 17th

Make posts before and after the 17th on tumblr and other platforms, talking about why this ban is bad

Make posts on other sites during the 17th. Flood the official tumblr staff twitter and facebook with your anger and your opinion

Come back on the 18th and check in

Don’t:

Delete the app from your phone (this doesn’t affect their revenue and since it’s off the store at the moment it’ll be hard to get back)

Delete your account. I mean you can if you want to, but if you keep your account and don’t use it you’re saying to staff that there’s still time to save it. If you delete it’s hard work to come back.

Open the app or website (including specific blogs)

Make any posts (turn down/off your queue and make sure nothing is scheduled)

Go quiet elsewhere. Make it clear that this is just about tumblr, not a mass move away from all social media.

Remember: the execs don’t care about anything but money. Shutting down the site means there’s $0 further income from it. That’s their last possible course of action. If we make it clear we’re not happy, they’ll have to do something or we can do more and more until it becomes too expensive.

Protests take commitment. They’re a defiant action against a business that is doing something wrong. They will try to scare you into not participating, because they’re scared. We hold all the power here, sometimes the execs just need to be reminded of that.

[leaving-fragments]

I have one question though: What timezone for the 17th?

I’m guessing American West Coast time which for Europeans means also part of the 18th!! Or do we follow this protest each according to our timezone?

[yayroos]

For everyone’s information:

The plan for the 17th, when the adult content ban comes in, is to protest.

To do that, we are making as much noise either side of the 17th as possible, and using the site as normal.

On the 17th, dead silence.

People are saying log off but what they really mean is don’t open the site or the app.

But, on the 17th make as much noise as possible on every other platform. Tweet about it and post on facebook and instagram and everywhere else.

What this does is causes a massive dip in ad revenue for one single day. That does not make staff think ‘oh everyone’s gone let’s shut down.’ What it actually makes them think is ‘oh shit people aren’t happy and if people don’t keep using our site we’re out of money and out of jobs.’

A boycott reminds a company that the users (consumers) have the power to make their site (business) worthless with one single coordinated decision.

If you want to join in, here’s what to do:

Do:

Close all open instances of the app and site on all your devices before the 17th

Make posts before and after the 17th on tumblr and other platforms, talking about why this ban is bad

Make posts on other sites during the 17th. Flood the official tumblr staff twitter and facebook with your anger and your opinion

Come back on the 18th and check in

Don’t:

Delete the app from your phone (this doesn’t affect their revenue and since it’s off the store at the moment it’ll be hard to get back)

Delete your account. I mean you can if you want to, but if you keep your account and don’t use it you’re saying to staff that there’s still time to save it. If you delete it’s hard work to come back.

Open the app or website (including specific blogs)

Make any posts (turn down/off your queue and make sure nothing is scheduled)

Go quiet elsewhere. Make it clear that this is just about tumblr, not a mass move away from all social media.

Remember: the execs don’t care about anything but money. Shutting down the site means there’s $0 further income from it. That’s their last possible course of action. If we make it clear we’re not happy, they’ll have to do something or we can do more and more until it becomes too expensive.

Protests take commitment. They’re a defiant action against a business that is doing something wrong. They will try to scare you into not participating, because they’re scared. We hold all the power here, sometimes the execs just need to be reminded of that.

[savageymir]

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