[mijomii]

miguel and miniguel

[mijomii]

This is my current source of happiness I love people translating the Miguel & Miniguel joke in their language 😭

[misgnomer]

multilinguel 

[bauliya]

miguel aur nanhaguel

[alpine-langblr]

miguel ve miguelcik?

[languagessi-deactivated20210423]

Masterpost of my posts for Linguistic Diversity Challenges

Linguistic Diversity Challenge • Cebuano • Vai • Sorani • Lao • Zarma • Georgian • Tahitian • Kabyle • Kazakh • Tsonga • Tamang • Uyghur • Herero • Chechen • S’gaw Karen • Malagasy • Buryat • Brahui

Linguistic Diversity Challenge: Region Edition • Lepcha • Ilocano • Yami • Bashkir • Aleut • Xavante • Soqotri • Luchazi • Yao • Veps • Damin • Sinaugoro Linguistic Diversity Challenge: Languages of Africa • Gonja • Acholi • Kanuri • Yalunka • Fon • Basaa • Bari • Ngambay • Maasai • Zande • Twi • Bassa • Kalenjin • Northern Ndebele Linguistic Diversity Challenge: Languages of Asia • Bumthang • Balochi • Nganasan • Maithili • Shan • Maldivian • Mon Linguistic Diversity Challenge: Languages of Australia and Oceania • Rotuman • ‘Are’are • North Efate • Belep • Marquesan • Chamorro • Warlpiri Linguistic Diversity Challenge: Indigenous Languages of the Americas • Inuktitut • K’iche’ • Urarina • Macushi • Wiyot • Shuswap • Kutenai Linguistic Diversity Challenge: Minority Languages of Europe • Karelian • Inari Sámi • Udmurt • Moksha • Võro • Votic • Meänkieli Endangered Languages Challenge  • Ainu • Livonian • Yukaghir • Yeyi • Chipewyan • Tehuelche • Palawa Kani

[teacupful-of-languages]

“Language x is difficult”, says a person who has never even tried to learn that language.

[lagom-languages-deactivated2022]

“Language x is easy”, says a person who has never even tried to learn that language.

[linguisten]

…. or a person who has never even tried to learn any language.

[everydayanth]

I learned about tally marks yesterday!

(I cross mine from R to L, but Jake does his straight through)

I was watching a kdrama and they were tallying a vote and I was just like: 😍😍😍😍

Cus I’d never considered the cultural implications of tally marks. Lol, I just thought lines to five are lines to 5, ya know? Then I read the whole wiki page and now I want to learn more!

Are there other ways? How do you make tallies? Tell me moooooooore lol ^-^

[vethyourhalflingmother]

my biology professor has such a chaotic energy about him, last week i went to his office hours and somehow we ended up on the topic of gay marriage:

he said that when he lived in texas they changed the law to define marriage as “between a man and a woman in a house of religious worship with the intention to have children” so he filed his taxes as single and when they called him up like “you filed married last year” he was like “you changed the law, i was married by a judge in a courthouse and i have no intention of having kids” and they told him “you know who that law was for” and i guess he hung up on them and did not, in fact, pay taxes as a married man that year

[fromwolfsandgods]

Chaotic good

[swordshapedleaves]

NO! This is Lawful Good! He is following the LAW! Chaotic doesn't just mean cheeky!

[dragkingandreweldritch]

this is like how Sweden stopped classifying homosexuality as an illness because people started a campaign of calling in gay to work

malicious compliance is one of the best tools in the arsenal of civil rights activism

[dracogotgame]

Always reblog for malicious compliance

[linguisten]

communicative guerrilla

[researchwithaciir]

my specialty is reblogging language resources and never use them

[wishful-polyglot-deactivated202]

Swedish Cooking Vocab

Mixer - blender

Konservburk - can (of food)

Kokbok - cookbook

Korkskruv - corkscrew

Rivjärn - grater

Slev - ladle

Elvisp - mixer

Bunke - mixing bowl

Nötknäppare - nutcracker

Pepparkvarn - pepper mill

Svamp - sponge

Sil - strainer

Termometer - thermometer

Brödrost - toaster

Visp - whisk

[autumnian]

svenska: conjunctions

om - eller - men - när - som - och - därför - eftersom - att - utan - medan - innan

om - if eller - or men - but när - when, at som - like, as, who (pronoun) och - and därför (att) - because, is that why eftersom - because, since att - that utan - but (jag menade inte dig, utan honom.) medan - while innan - before 

[kristallers]

Mandarin vocab from c-drama

in todays episode: all I want for love is you

Mandarin Chinese – Swedish – English

不是吧！bù shì ba！ – det är inte sant! – no way!

但是 dànshì – hursomhelst, men – however, but

休息 xiūxī – att vila – to rest

走 zǒu – att gå, att åka – to go

花痴 huāchī – förälskad idiot (this really doesn’t translate well into swedish lol) – lovestruck fool

你有事吗？nǐ yǒu shì ma？ – vill du något? – is something the matter?

我没事 wǒ méi shì – det var inget – it’s nothing

到底 dào dǐ – slutligen – finally

书呆子 shū dāi zi – (en) bokmal – bookworm

斯文 sī wén – bildad – refined, cultured

这不关你的事！zhè bù guān nǐ de shì！– det angår inte dig! – none of your business!

无知 wú zhī – ignorans/ignorant – ignorance/ignorant

无聊 wú liáo – tråkigt – boring

自尊心 zì zūn xīn – (ett) självförtroende – self-esteem

缩头乌龟 suō tóu wū guī – en person som vägrar konfrontera verkligheten; fegis – a person who refuses to confront reality; coward

昨天晚上 zuó tiān wǎn shàng – igår kväll – last night

误会 wù huì – att missförstå – to misunderstand

没事了 méi shì le – det är lugnt – that’s alright

刚刚 gāng gāng – nyss – just a moment ago

没关系 méi guān xì – det spelar ingen roll – it doens’t matter

游泳 yóu yǒng – att simma – to swim

希望 xī wàng – att hoppas – to hope

比赛 bǐ sài – att tävla (i sport osv) – to compete (in sports etc)

明白 míng bái – att förstå – to understand

又 yòu – återigen, båda – once again, both

打败 dǎ bài – att slå (i en tävling) – to beat (in a competiton)

犯规 fàn guī – en foul (i sport) – a foul (in sports)

再来！ zài lái！ – vi kör igen! – let’s recur!

哭 kū – att gråta – to cry

怕 pà – att vara rädd, att frukta – to be afraid, to fear

学霸 xué bà (slang) – A-barn (slang, lit. A-child) – top student

出事 chū shì – att ske en olycka – to have an accident

ex) 今天在学校出事了 (idag skedde det en olycka på skolan)

咱们 zán men – vi (inkluderar både talaren och den/dem som talas till) – we (including both the speaker and the one/s being spoken to)

态度 tài dù – (en) attityd – attitude

怎么回事？ zěn me huí shì？– vad är det som pågår? – what’s going on?

乱说话 luàn shuō huà – att prata struntprat – to talk nonsense

记过 jì guò – att ge ngn en anmärkning – to give sb a demerit

不会 bú huì – osannolikt – unprobable

背 bèi – att bära på ryggen/över axeln – to carry on ones back/over ones shoulder

等一下 děng yī xià – vänta (en stund) – wait (a moment)

打断 dǎ duàn – at avbryta – to interrupt

不好意思 bù hǎo yì sī – förlåt (för att ha besvärat ngn) – sorry (for having inconvenienced sb)

糊涂 hú tú – förvirrad – confused

越 yuè – ju mer … desto … – the more …  the more …

ex) 你越说越糊涂了 (ju mer du säger desto mer förvirrad blir jag)

因为 yīn wèi – för att, eftersom – because

不知天高地厚 bù zhī tiān gāo dì hòu – att inte veta himlens och jordens ofantlighet, att överskatta sina förmågor - to not know the immensity of heaven and earth, to overestimate ones abilities

[wishful-polyglot-deactivated202]

Questions and Question Words in Swedish

Question Words

Var - where

Vart - where (to where)

Varifrån - where from

Vem - who

Vad - what

Hur - how

Varför - why

Vilken - which (en words)

Vilket - which (ett words)

Vilka - which (plural)

Hur mycket - how much

När - when

Forming Questions

Yes/No Questions: Invert the subject and the verb so that the verb begins the question.

Regnar det? -> Is it raining?

Question Words: The question word begins the question. Next comes the verb, and then the subject.

Vad gör du? -> What are you doing?

[catsandcataluna]

Vocabulary list: Summer vacation

Happy first day of summer, my lil’ agaves! Here’s a vocabulary list to celebrate today, and maybe help prepare you for that inevitable “what did you do this summer?” essay.

las vacaciones vacation el verano summer el sol sun hace calor it’s hot la ola de calor heat wave la tormenta thunderstorm el atardecer sunset al aire libre outdoors el bloqueador solar sunblock la playa beach la piscina pool el traje de baño swimsuit la toalla towel nadar to swim broncearse to get a tan las gafas de sol sunglasses la pelota de playa beach ball el voleibol volleyball el básquetbol/el baloncesto basketball el béisbol baseball el parque acuático water park el parque de atracciones amusement park la feria de condado county fair el algodón de azúcar cotton candy el perro caliente hot dog el helado ice cream la parrillada/el asado/la barbacoa barbeque el jardín trasero backyard el barrio neighborhood pasar tiempo con amigos to spend time with friends divertirse to have fun/to enjoy lecturas de verano summer reading

[paralegal-activity]

Oh no 😬

[inkecl]

saw this on twitter, thought it might be helpful!

source: alisonykim

[caffenotes]

My Spanish professor also suggested this 😊

[hilarioushumorfromouterspace]

[cfluffiness]

Someone in facebook also posted this too

[xmagnet-o]

Omg

[halcyonjester]

Mediglyphics

[klubbhead]

This shit’s infuriating

[pseudonymsobriquet]

Oh, this is a type of shorthand!

There are 3 main types, but from my research, this looks to be American Gregg Shorthand.

As you can see, there are set symbols for every letter.

Let’s break one of the words down:

Using the Gregg Alphabet as reference, we can see most of the letters in “atrophied” are present. But why no “o” vowel, and why is “ph” written as “f”?

Simple. In shorthand, you cut out all vowels in a word when writing it down, with the exception of words that BEGIN or END with a vowel (hence the “a” at the start being present), or like in the “i” in “atrophied”, to make it more readable when the sound could be harder to distinguish if it isn’t written. In “atrophied” if the the “i” isn’t written, it could be hard to tell if the writer meant a “fud”, “fad”, “fod” or “fid” sound, for example.

Also, since Shorthand is a phonetic writing system, you are encouraged to write down the phonetic sounds of words rather than the actual letter blends - in this case, write an “f” instead of a “ph”.

So in actuality, these aren’t just meaningless scribbles - it’s Gregg Shorthand, a writing system developed to take down notes more quickly than when written out in full, which is very useful in a medical or journalistic environment.

Some people can even write over 100 words in a minute! And, it’s been in use since John Robert Gregg invented it in 1888! Wow! So old!

Isn’t language amazing~?

[linguisten]

Ling & Lang Bingo sets — how to play:

Multiplayer version:

Each player gets a randomly selected piece of popular journalism dealing with language(s), linguistics, or linguists. Taking turns, you could read one paragraph each, everyone crossing off what they think they detected in the presented passages. The first one to complete a row (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) shouts “Bingo!” and wins.

Note: Of course one should rearrange the table cells, otherwise there’d be multiple winners. (Do some actual copying and pasting if necessary.)

Solitaire version:

Grab yourself a news article on ling & lang or listen to anyone from outside linguistics talk about ling & lang. Make sure you only yell “Bingo!” if that doesn’t get you expelled from a lecture.

Pro tip:

If you want to make the game a little bit harder, do the same with scholarly articles.

[1esknineteen]

[decoy-ocelot]

Oh, oh, this reminds me of the only known bilingual palindrome:

Anger? ‘Tis safe never. Bar it! Use love.

Spell that backward and you get:

Evoles ut ira breve nefas sit; regna!

Which is Latin for:

Rise up, in order that your anger may be but a brief madness; control it!

[pinglederry]

@copperbadge

[copperbadge]

Whenever I see stuff like this I wonder how people even come up with it. 

[antique-scarecrow]

i’m so glad you people are out there being clever so i don’t have to be

[balzabul]

I remember seeing many maaaany years ago like within my first years of Tumblr, a handy post/chart for learning the differences between shared (and unshared) symbols used in Chinese, Korean and Japanese, and so I wanted to throw something together quick to help people learn the differences between languages using the Arabic script– they’re not all Arabic!! These are just some of the more common ones you see online.

Many many languages use a modified Arabic script, and I couldn’t possibly detail each and every one, so here are links to some info about others as well! Including:

Azerbaijani

Sindhi

Balochi

Luri

Mandinka

Arabi Malayalam

Kyrgyz

Pegon script (Javanese, Madurese, Sundanese)

This is also just a basic list of all languages current using a modified Arabic script in one way or another