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“It's not so strange that when your memories change, the world changes.”

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Reblog if English isn't your native language

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Zu Hause:

backen | to bake

basteln | to do arts and crafts

ein Scrapbook basteln | to make a scrapbook

fotografieren | to do photography

häkeln | to crochet

jonglieren | to juggle

kochen | to cook

lesen | to read

malen | to paint

Musik hören | to listen to music

Briefmarken sammeln | to collect stamps

schreiben | to write

singen | to sing

Brettspiele spielen | to play board games

Dame spielen | to play checkers

Schach spielen | to play chess

Sprachen lernen | to study languages

Videospiele spielen | to play video games

sticken | to embroider

stricken | to knit

tanzen | to dance

Draußen:

angeln | to fish

im Garten arbeiten | to garden

Vögel beobachten | to bird watch

boxen | to box

Fahrrad fahren | to bike

Schlittschuh fahren | to ice skate

Ski fahren | to go skiing

ins Kino gehen | to go to the movies

spazieren gehen | to go for a walk

joggen | to jog

kegeln | to bowl

reisen | to travel

reiten | to go horseback riding

schwimmen gehen | to go swimming

Eishockey spielen | to play hockey

Fußball spielen | to play football/soccer

Tennis spielen | to play tennis

Sport treiben | to do sports, to work out

turnen | to do gymnastics

wandern | to hike

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Polyglot Diary Ideas

I recently saw a post (sorry I don’t have your @) about what a good idea it is to keep a diary in your target language. It will help you realize what words you don’t know, you need, and want to learn! Plus it’s great practice!

So I thought I’d drop some ideas/prompts for you to try once a day, or at your own pace.

Keys

Underline words you use often, so you can later look up synonyms!

Write words you aren’t sure you’re using correctly in a different color.

Put a * next to words you’re having trouble memorizing, and put definitions of that word at the bottom of the page. 

Prompts

Introduce yourself!

Introduce your family. 

How many siblings do you have?

What are they like? (Try to use at least three adjectives!)

What do you like to do?

What are your favorite foods?

When you go to a restaurant, what do you like to order?

What year are you in school?

What subjects did you take in school?

What is your favorite season?

Why is it your favorite?

What don’t you like? 

Say something about one of your friends!  (Try to use at least three adjectives!) 

Name a memory with your friend.

What’s your favorite color/animal?

Introduce your pets!

What are they like?

Name a memory with your family!

What is your favorite thing to wear?

What is your favorite type of weather?

What is your favorite holiday?

What do you look like? 

Where do you work?

What do you do there?

What did you have for dinner last night? Who was there?

What is your favorite book/show/movie?

What’s it about?

Recite a poem or quote in your target language! 

What is your house like? (Ex: My house is small. / I have a brown couch.)

How are you feeling?

What was the last thing you read/watched?

 How was it?

What was the last thing you read/watched in your target language?

Do you have any hobbies?  (Ex: sports, knitting)

Who did you last see?

What did you guys do?

Where is the last place you went?

How was your day?

Who is your favorite celebrity? 

Describe something you saw today. 

What did you do yesterday/last week?

What do you hope to do in the future? (Ex: “There’s a concert next week..”)  

This is all I can come up with for now, but remember! You do it how you want to do it! It doesn’t have to be artsy, it doesn’t have to be long, or detailed, your handwriting doesn’t have to be pretty. My first page of a language diary was - “Hello, my name is ___, I am __ years old. My moms’ name is ___, I have __ brothers/sisters. Their names are ___.” It’s not supposed to sound sophisticated, it’s supposed to help you learn as you grow.  Happy Learning!

[scholar-for-eternity]

Space but in German

★ Star - der Star / der Stern

★ Space - der Weltraum

★ Galaxy - die Galaxis

★ Universe - das Universum

★ Earth - die Erde

★ Planet - der Planet

★ the Sun - die Sonne

★ the Moon - der Mond

★ Satellite - der Satellit

★ Milky Way - die Milchstraße

★ Constellation - die Konstellation / das Sternbild

★ Astronomy - die Astronomie / die Sternkunde

★ Black Hole - das schwarzes Loch

★ Dark Matter - Dunkle Materie

★ Big Bang - der Urknall

★ Light Year - Lichtjahr

★ Gravity - die Schwerkraft

…und die Sterne - sie sehen heute so sehr anders aus

[areistotle]

yooo it’s me again with part two of my reference masterpost, now focusing on life in general a little bit more (see part one for more school-based things)! enjoy ✨

health + food

food masterpost

stress relief

self-care tag

infused waters

staying healthy in college

some exercise for weight loss

cheap food to make

bad days

feel better

got sick?

studying with a cold

studying sick

periods

study munchies

managing stress during finals

getting up early

self-care reminders

overcoming burnout

getting better rest

getting enough sleep

wake up early

reduce exam stress

avoiding burnout

manage and reduce stress

getting a good night’s sleep

food

study breaks (1)

study breaks (2)

make the most of your day

time to sleep

it’s coffee o’clock

it’s time for tea

how to have a good morning

staying awake w/o caffeine

what to eat while studying

waking up early and refreshed

presentations

ace the individual oral presentation

make a great powerpoint

class presentations + public speaking

public speaking tips

how to rock public speaking

how to do presentations when you suck at them

how to: public speaking

debate tips

music

my 8tracks

my spotify

melodic studying

ambient noise

music according to your mood

filling silence

study sounds (1)

study sounds (2)

harry potter study music

study music

summers + holidays

how to stay productive during holidays

summer productivity (1)

summer productivity (2)

keep your brain working on holidays

make the most of christmas holidays

planning for breaks/holidays

stay productive during winter break

journals + notebooks

travel journals

bullet journals (1)

bullet journals (2)

bullet journals (3)

bullet journaling (1)

bullet journaling (2)

bullet journal tips

bullet journals vs. planners

bullet journals vs. diary planners

bullet journal page/list ideas

what to do w/ notebooks (1)

what to do w/ notebooks (2)

why it’s good to keep a journal

the everything book

diy notebooks

websites + apps

really great apps

best iphone apps

useful school websites

subjects + problems website

learn things for free

15 websites that will make you smarter

a website that grades your essays

wallpaper

wallpaper masterpost

educational youtube channels

online courses + a guide

succeeding in online classes

apps everyone should have

printables tag

printables mp

useful websites to help you study

planning + to-do apps

study apps

apps for studying

study apps + extensions

30 websites to kill boredom

life in general

what do i do with my life?

jobs tag

get your life back on track

things no one tells you about getting an apartment

organisation

get organised

money

jobs + careers

things i wish i knew before i started ‘adulting’

save money on food in college

diy!

discounts for your student id

how to take studyblr photos

how to choose a career

making masterposts

college students

muslim studyblr masterpost

hope you liked both of the masterposts! please check out my study instagram and part one of this masterpost, ily all!!

ps here is a list of all my masterposts just in case 🐝

- helena xx

[hotaruishi8]

You: Learning lots of languages in order to make my CV look good & bc grades & extra credits

Me: Learning languages bc it's hella fun and interesting

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Them: *knows MS Arabic and wants to learn my dialect*

Me: ثمة بلاصة (Nope this has French roots and surely they won’t understand it!!) ثمة مكان ياسر طيارة (Plane= cool?? They’ll think our dialect is really weird. Better change this word) ثمة مكان ياسر .. ياسر.. رائع!! نجموا نمشيولوا توة (oh! Oh! Too many words they may not underdstand! God! Why we conjugate verbs so differently from MSA? I hope they don’t give up on wanting to learn our dialect)..

Them: .......

Them: are you sure u are a native speaker?

[burritomurritodorito]

GERMAN CAR/DRIVING VOCABULARY

Der Führerschein - license

Das Auto - car

Die Tür - door

Das Lenkrad - steering wheel

Der Gurt - seat belt

Die Windschutzscheibe - windshield

Die Scheibenwischer - winshield wipers

Der Fahrer - driver

Das Fahrzeug - vehicle

Die Autoversicherung - car insurance

Der Kofferraum - trunk

Das Kupplungspedal - clutch pedal

Die Autoschlüssel - car keys

Die Bremse - brake

Das Armaturenbrett - dashboard

Das Handschuhfach - glove box

Die Motorhaube - hood

Der Reifen - tire

Das Benzin - petrol

Die Tankstelle - petrol station

Die Höchstgeschwindigkeit - speed limit

Der Autounfall - car crash

Der Fußgänger - pedestrian

Der Beifahrer - (front seat) passenger

Der Radio - radio

Die Ampel - traffic light

Der Zebrastreifen - cross walk

Die Scheinwerfer - headlights

Der Rückblickspiegel - rear-view mirror

Der Parkplatz - parking spot

Der Behindertenparkplatz - handicapped parking spot

Das Nummernschild - numberplate

Der Sitz - seat

sitzen - (to) sit

bremsen - (to) brake

anschnallen - (to) fasten your seatbelt

fahren - (to) drive

Radio hören - (to) listen to the radio

lenken - (to) steer

jmd. überholen - (to) overtake sb.

im Auto - in the car

[koreanbreeze]

Routledge Masterpost

Here are all of the Routledge Grammar PDFs that I currently have. I’ll be updating whenever I find more. Let me know if there’s one in particular you want me to look for^^

Last Update: 2017/04/24

Fixed Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook link 

Added books for Czech, English, French, French Creoles, Persian, Ukranian

Added more books in Cantonese, Danish, Greek, Polish, Spanish, Swedish

Arabic

Arabic: An Essential Grammar Basic Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook Modern Written Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar

Cantonese

Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook

Czech

Czech: An Essential Grammar

Danish

Danish: A Comprehensive Grammar Danish: An Essential Grammar

Dutch

Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar Dutch: An Essential Grammar Intermediate Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook

English

English: An Essential Grammar

Finnish

Finnish: An Essential Grammar

French

Modern French Grammar Workbook

French Creoles

French Creoles: A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar

German

Basic German: A Grammar and Workbook German: An Essential Grammar Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook

Greek

Greek: A Comprehensive Grammar Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language

Hindi

Hindi: An Essential Grammar

Hebrew

Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

Hungarian

Hungarian: An Essential Grammar

Indonesian

Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar

Irish

Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Irish: A Grammar and Workbook

Italian

Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook

Japanese

Basic Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar

Korean

Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar

Latin

Intensive Basic Latin: A Grammar and Workbook Intensive Intermediate Latin: A Grammar and Workbook

Latvian

Latvian: An Essential Grammar

Mandarin Chinese

Basic Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar Chinese: An Essential Grammar

Norwegian

Norwegian: An Essential Grammar

Persian

Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook

Polish

Basic Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Polish: A Comprehensive Grammar Polish: An Essential Grammar

Portuguese

Portuguese: An Essential Grammar

Romanian

Romanian: An Essential Grammar

Russian

Basic Russian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook

Serbian

Serbian: An Essential Grammar

Spanish

Basic Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Spanish: An Essential Grammar

Swahili

Swahili Grammar and Workbook

Swedish

Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar Swedish: An Essential Grammar

Thai

Thai: An Essential Grammar

Turkish

Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar

Ukrainian

Ukrainian: A Comprehensive Grammar

Urdu

Urdu: An Essential Grammar

Welsh

Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar

Yiddish

Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Textbook

Hope this helps everyone out a bit! Happy studying^^

-koreanbreeze

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Updated!

[memoryarchaeologist]

Hope is not illusion.

Cassandra Clare, Clockwork Princess (via memoryarchaeologist)

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Untranslatable Arabic words

Many thanks for @poliglota2020 for coming up with the suggestion for this post!

I’m using words from the Palestinian dialect, I’ll make another post for Modern Standard Arabic soon.

مبلم mballem : is a word to refer to the stupid expression that someone makes when they don’t understand what’s going on

مدندش mdandash : is a word to refer to someone wearing an accessory that has certain decorations on the ends

مسفط msaffat : is a word to refer to someone who is sitting down very politely ti the point that it resembles folded laundry.

سهرة sahra : staying up at night for an enjoyable evening (with family or friends).

ملعلط mla’let : someone who is very fair skinned or too white (it’s not a compliment).

يتمعمل yetma’mal : the act of someone rolling on the ground having sand stuck on them.

مسخم mshakham : سخام skham means “soot”, the word mshakkham means someone who is covered by soot, which is used to refer to someone who is unlucky.

ملطم mlattam : لطم is the act of slapping one’s own face to express regret or deep saddness or shock. The word ملطم is used to refer to someone who keep slapping their own face a lot referring that they are unlucky.

معمي قماره : ma’mi qmaruh, litterally means his moons are blinded, is an expression that is used to refer to someone who is not able to think properly or clearly.

 مصوصو  msawsew (mn el jou’) : used to refer to someone who is very hungry that his stomache is making sounds that resemble chicks.

مطزع mtazze’ : it’s used to refer to someone who is following someone so closely (and annoyingly) to the point that they’re almost stuck to that person’s back

متشتش mtashtesh : is used to refer to the bread or pastries that have absorbed too much water or syrup, etc. that resembles a pudding.

خالع khalee’: literally means dislocated (object), it is used to jokingly refer to someone who is acting in a very silly manner (as if they have dislocated their brain).

مصفرن msafren : refers to someone who is feeling dizzy and is about to faint, so their face turns yellowish because of their illness.

مفنجل mfangel : has their eyes wide open at night (or at a time when others are expected to sleep).

متسرسب mtsarseb : someone who is shivering with fear

دعدورة : daa’doura : the small lump that forms on someone’s head after hitting something hard

If anyone can think of expressions from their dialects please feel free to reblog and add them!

[somestudy]

most of the questions i’ve been getting lately are asking how i’m learning korean, so i’m compiling some resources into a post for convenience ᕕ( ᐛ )ᕗ

disclaimer: my korean is extremely basic at the time being, and i’m not qualified to be giving advice on how to actually speak/write in korean at all. these are just the things i’m using to hopefully be able to speak and write in korean. ^^

BOOKS

korean for beginners: mastering conversational korean (this is the one i’m using!)

korean made simple: a beginner’s guide to learning the korean language

elementary korean + workbook

ONLINE

how to study korean

koreanclass101 (youtube)

talktomeinkorean (youtube)

common vocabulary

grammar/vocabulary reference

vocabulary games

quizlet!!

MISC

korean keyboard

culture notes

text slang

crash course on honorifics

children’s books

the chosun ilbo (read the news in korean!! good practice)

koreanclass101 podcast (if you have an iphone/ipod/itunes you can download them for free!!)

talktomeinkorean podcast (ditto)

BLOGS TO CHECK OUT

unyounglearnskorean

study-korean

translatingkorea

please feel free to add more to the list if you want to! (•̀ᴗ•́)و ̑̑

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Autumn vocabulary - Finnish 🇫🇮

autumn/fall 🍂 syksy

September 🍂 syyskuu

October 🍂 lokakuu

November 🍂 marraskuu

All Hallows’/Saints’ day 🍂 Pyhäinpäivä

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rain 🍂 sade

wind 🍂 tuuli

fallen leaves 🍂 pudonneet lehdet

pumpkin 🍂 kurpitsa

apple 🍂 omena

pie 🍂 piirakka (add fruit ~> omenapiirakka)

coffee 🍂 kahvi

brown 🍂 ruskea

orange 🍂 oranssi

grey 🍂 harmaa

first snow 🍂 ensilumi

scarf 🍂 huivi

gloves 🍂 hanskat

candle 🍂 kynttilä

broom 🍂 luuta

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creepy 🍂 karmiva

scary 🍂 pelottava

horror movie 🍂kauhuelokuva

celebrate 🍂 juhlia

clown 🍂 pelle

zombie 🍂 zombi, elävä kuollut (living dead)

witch 🍂 noita

demon 🍂 demoni

monster 🍂 hirviö

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The leaves are falling. 🍂 Lehdet putoavat.

It’s raining. 🍂 Sataa vettä. (raining water)

Let’s bake pumpkin pie. 🍂 Leivotaan kurpitsapiirakka.

It’s windy outside. 🍂 Ulkona tuulee.

This scarf is warm. 🍂 Tämä huivi on lämmin.

The first snow melted last night. 🍂 Ensilumi suli viime yönä.

I’m going to dress up as a clown. 🍂 Minä aion pukeutua pelleksi.

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On earlier mentioned Pyhäinpäivä (All Hallows’ day), we visit our relatives’ and/or friends’ graves to light a candle or bring flowers. We don’t really celebrate Halloween, though children and teens mostly do by throwing a spooky party or watching horror movies. We don’t go out trick or treating (but the clowns media has spoken about can be found here, too).

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Studying languages is difficult but it’s so rewarding and fun once you get better thanks to all the hard work.

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Greetings in Modern Standard Arabic

Here’s a list of greetings and some expressions in Modern Standard Arabic.

Here’s an audio of the expressions mentioned in this post [link]

Requested by @sp1816

Hello مرحَبًا  marhaban / mar7aban

Goodbye مع السلامة  ma’a assalaama/ ma3a assalaama

Good morning صباح الخير  sabahul khair/ saba7ul 5air

Good morning (reply) صباح النور  sabahunnoor/ saba7unnoor

Good evening عمت مساءً  ‘imta masaa’an/ 3imta masaa2an

>> If you’re addressing a female : عمت مساءَ/ ‘imti masaa’an/ 3imti masaa2an

Good night (literally, may you wake up to something good) تصبح على خير / tusbih ‘alaa khair/ tu9bi7 3alaa 5air

>> If you’re addressing a female : تصبحين على خير / tusbiheen ‘alaa khair/ tu9bi7een 3ala 5air

Good night (reply) و أنت من أهله / wa antaa min ahlih

>>If you’re addressing a female : و أنت من أهله/ wa anti min ahlih

Goodbye (may safety be with you) مع السلامة  ma’a assalaama/ ma3a assalaama

Goodbye (see you again) إلى اللقاء / ila alliqaa’/ ila alliqaa2

See you tomorrow أراك غدًا / araaka ghadan/ araaka 3’adan

>> If you’re addressing a female : أراك غدًا araaki ghadan/ araaki 3’adan

Take care اعتن بنفسك / I’tai bi nafseka/ i3tani bi nafseka

>>>>If you’re addressing a female :اعتني بنفسك / iitani bi nafsiki/ i3tani bi nafsiki

How are you? كيف حالك؟  / kayfa haaluka/ kayfa 7aaluka

>>> If you’re addressing a female : كيف حالك؟ / kayfa haaluki/ kayfa 7aaluki

I’m fine. أنا بخير / anaa bikhair/ ana bi5air

I’m tired. أنا متعب  / anaa mut’ab/ anaa mut3ab

>> If the speaker is female : أنا متعبة / anaa mut’aba / anaa mut3aba

I’m bored. أشعر بالملل  / ash’uru bil malal/ ash3uru bil malal

I’m not fine لست بخير / lastu bi khair/ lastu bi 5air

(You can also say أنا لست بخير)

Excuse me أرجو المعذرة  / arju alma’thira/ arju alma3thira

I’m sorry أنا آسف / anaa aasif

>> If the speaker is female : أنا آسفة / anaa aasifa

No problem لا بأس / laa ba’s/ laa ba2s

There’s no need to apologize لا داعي للاعتذار/ laa daa’i lil I’tithaar/ laa daa3i lil i3tithaar

سررت بلقائك It’s nice to meet you/ surertu bi liqaa2ek/ surertu bi liqaa2eka

>>If you’re addressing a female : سررت بقائك/surertu bi liqaa’iki /surertu bi liqaa2iki

me too/ وأنا أيضًا  wa anaa aydhan/ wa anaa ay9’an