Linguistics and Regret

hi i am a native English speaker with advanced knowledge of German, intermediate knowledge of Hebrew, elementary knowledge of Persian, and basic knowledge of like 80 other languages that I Won't List Here.

[wordsinpersian]

اتحاد جماهیر شوروی سوسیالیستی

Transcription: ettehād-e jamāhir-e šuravi-ye sosyālisti

Meaning: Union of Soviet Socialist Republics

[imtryingtolearngerman]

Getting to know someone in German

 Basic questions you can ask when you meet someone and how to answer them 

Sie is used in formal situations and du is used in informal ones

Name (name): Wie heißen Sie?/ heißt du? or: Wie ist Ihr/dein Name? Answer: Ich bin (your name) or Mein Name ist (your name) 

Alter (age): Wie alt sind Sie/bist du? Answer: Ich bin (number)

Land (country): Woher kommen Sie?/kommst du? Answer: Ich komme aus (country name)

Wohnort (place of residence): Wo wohnen Sie?/wohnst du?  Answer: Ich wohne in (place name) 

Beruf (profession): Was sind Sie/ bist du von Beruf? or: Was machen Sie/ machst du beruflich? Answer: Ich bin (your profession)

Hobbys: Was sind Ihre/deine Hobbys? or: Was machen Sie/ machst du gern? Answer: Meine Hobbys sind (your hobbies) or Ich (verb) gern (noun if necessary). For example: ich höre gern Musik 

[wordsinpersian]

فحش

Transcription: fohš

Meaning: curse word, cuss word, swear word

[wordsinpersian]

صربستان

Transcription: serbestān

Meaning: Serbia

[wordsinpersian]

جنگ داخلی سوریه

Transcription: jang-e dāxeli-ye suriye

Meaning: Syrian Civil War

[iamlearningtoomanylanguages]

Here's an annotated Cuneiform corpus in case anyone was looking for one!

[nijuusansai-deactivated20200125]

First day: (a few) useful phrase - frases útiles

Cómo se dice ... ? // How do you say ... ?

Cómo se escribe ... ? // How do you spell ... ?

Repite, por favor // repeat, please

Qué significa ... ? // What does — mean?

[miss-manley]

Unit 1 Vocab:

Father - اب

August - آب

Door - باب

Furniture - اثاث

Firm, solid - ثابت

Son - ابن

Daughter, girl - بنت

I - أنا

You - أنت

Vegetation - نبات

House - بيت

Two - اثنين

[iamlearningtoomanylanguages]

Fyi Mondly Languages updated all its speaking lessons and for the Persian ones it's using colloquial Persian.

[wordsinpersian]

صادق هدایت

Transcription: sādeq hedāyat

Meaning: Sādeq Hedāyat (1903-1951), one of the most renowned Iranian novelists of the 20th century. Considered by some to be the father of modern Iranian literature, he is also knwon as a translator of French and Middle Persian literature, a literary and social critic, and an intellectual.

[languagessi-deactivated20210423]

Chapter 6

ポ / ポホ [po / póho] - son  ウタㇻ [utar] - pluralizing suffix シリ [siri] - state (of affairs), situation, circumstances ペライ [perái] - to fish    スプン [supún] - dace    キㇰレッポ [kíkreppo] - masu salmon トゥクシㇱ [tukúsis] - white-spotted char ホシッパ [hosíppa] - to return, to go back  ヤクン [yakun] - if, in case; when チェㇷ゚ [cep] - fish エトコ [etóko] - before that  ペッ [pet] - river  オルン [or un] - to… ホシッパレ [hosíppare] - to return, to put/give back クス ネ [kusu ne] - plan to…, intend to… ハウェ ネ ヤクン [hawe ne yakun] - if that’s so, in that case エアニ [eáni] - you     フナクン エアㇻパ？ [hunak un e=arpa] - Where are you going? アエㇷ゚ [aép] - food    ホㇰ [hok] - to buy    クス [kusu] - for (the sake of) マチヤ [macíya] - town オヌマン [onúman] - evening  カㇺ [kam] - meat 

[pigeonphilosophy]

Broke: pronouncing the two languages you’re leaning correctly

Woke: pronouncing language A with language B’s phonetic system

[iamlearningtoomanylanguages]

Me: *Practises speaking my TL for 5 minutes once every 3 weeks*

Me: Why am I so bad at speaking

[comepraisetheinfanta]

[murder-squash-highways-deactiva]

People who romanticize the Latin language for their beautiful quotes clearly haven’t studied it in an academic setting

bc lemme tell you that shits only cute for the first week. Then it’s all verb charts and anger. It’s not marble columns and old parchment it’s crumpled line paper and three hours on the computer. I could be learning Italian for all I know. End your sentences with verbs and jump into hell.

[redcarnationss-deactivated20250]

Persian (Farsi) is such a beautiful language.

This is today’s public announcement because it really is beautiful.

[deutschtext]

German Content on Youtube  Part 1

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