Imperfect Polyglot

ESL teacher and amateur linguist. Aspiring literacy specialist, translator and polyglot. Probably something else in the future. I study/ want to study: 🇩🇪🇵🇱🇪🇸🇫🇷/🇸🇪🇺🇦🇷🇺

[eastern-bloc-party-archive]

Auf Wiedersehen to a Dialect

When the local vernacular dies, what goes with it?

[imperfectpolyglot]

Sign the Petition

Request Google Translate to Support Sanskrit

If you can sign or donate to this cause, that would be amazing!

“Sanskrit is one of the oldest languages in human history and is used by millions of people today. Petition starter Vasuki says it would be helpful for so many people around the world. Sign now to tell Google to include Sanskrit in their translation tool.”

[mlle-mushroom94]

« Le cœur de l’homme est comme un oiseau enfermé dans la cage du corps. »

- Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt, Monsieur Ibrahim et les fleurs du coran

[24hoursinthelifeofawoman]

Remembering France Gall ,9 October 1947 – 7 January 2018 RIP

[mlle-mushroom94]

Il y a deux ans aujourd’hui ...💔

[isabelcostasixties]

France Gall. ♥️

[imperfectpolyglot]

Cette chanson me donne tellement de bonheur...❤️

[askr-deactivated20230503]

DO YOU EVER REALISE HOW AMAZING IT IS TO KNOW A SECOND LANGUAGE

LIKE ANY OTHER LANGUAGE IS JUST GIBBERISH BUT SOMEHOW YOU UNDERSTAND THESE DIFFERENT WORDS AND THEY MEAN THINGS AND JUST

LANGUAGES ARE SO FREAKING FASCINATING HOW DO OUR BRAINS EVEN FUNCTION WHAT ARE LANGUAGES

[imperfectpolyglot]

“Polish is difficult” is an understatement...😬

[imperfectpolyglot]

😍

[historymemesftw]

[imperfectpolyglot]

🤔😅

[haxyr3]

[imperfectpolyglot]

🤣😂😅😥😰😭

[imperfectpolyglot]

Should I start learning Japanese 🇯🇵?

I’m currently debating if I should start learning some Japanese. Like, maybe just start off slow with the alphabet (s) or something. I’m currently probably at A2 with French (although my speaking could do some work), and A1 in Polish. And although I’m a bit rusty (since I’m taking a break from it) I think I’m between B1-A2 in Russian. However, im also going very slowly with Polish too. Maybe it wouldn’t be a bad idea???

[imperfectpolyglot]

C’est vrai, “toutes les machines ont un cœur” 💓

J’aime beaucoup cette chanson. It’s quite deep.

[sillylangs]

reasons to learn Romanian

can’t decide whether you want to learn a romance or a slavic language? here u go. have both

next time dragostea din tei comes on you can impress all your friends by knowing the words. it’s iei not yay you fools

you get to say â and î which is weirdly addictive. i sometimes say câine, mâine, pâine under my breath while waiting for the bus 

diăcrițicș ăre fun

it’s pretty phonetic and the pronunciation isn’t too difficult

you will get an absolute bucket ton of new music. seriously, there is so much good romanian music out there and it sounds super catchy. my romanian playlist is twice as long as my english one

you get lots of new youtubers, comedians etc (btw you’ll never forget the first time you get a joke without having to look it up. bonus points if the joke was made by a guy dressed up as satan visiting a romanian middle school)

it’s an eastern romance language with influences from slavic languages and loanwords turkish, albanian and hungarian, while preserving some grammatical features from latin, making the whole thing a wonderful linguistic marvel

lots of diphthongs it’s greaeaeat

[jumpedoverthemoon]

Girls dont want boys. girls want to run away to the french countryside to live a secret life full of self love and gardening and hanging clothes up to dry and sketching by the river

[imperfectpolyglot]

Ouais 👍🏻

[salutcavaouiettoi]

How to sound dramatic in French 🇫🇷

Oh mon dieu = Oh my god

Je peux plus = I can’t anymore

J’en peux plus = I’ve had enough

C’est la fin du monde = It’s the end of the world

Je suis au bout de ma vie = I’m at the end of my life

Tout est foutu = Everything’s over

C’est mort = It’s dead

Je veux mourir = I want to die

Je suis mort = I’m dead

[salutcavaouiettoi]

Being in trouble in french ouh la la 🇫🇷

Oh non = Oh no

Meeeerde = Shitttt

Putain de sa mère (very rude lol) = Holy fuck

Oh putain = Oh fuck

C’est pas possible = It’s not possible

Je suis dans la merde =I’m in deep shit

Bordel de merde = sort of like “holy shit”

Zut = A cute way to say “darn”

Mince = Another way to say “darn”

Oh mon dieu = Oh my god

C’est pas vrai = I can’t believe it

Qu’est-ce que j’ai fait = What have I done

Tout est foutu = Everything’s over

J’ai tout gâché = I ruined everything