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Found this wonderful Ancient Greek textbook!
If you’re reading this I hope in 2020 you get
Language books
Cute stationery
New friends to practice your target languages with
To travel to the countries where your target languages are spoken
Fluency
2+ Months of Language Learning Prompts!
Sometimes it can be tricky to know what to learn if you are teaching yourself a language. Here are some ideas for what you can focus on learning each day for the first two months of learning a new language! I formatted it so there is the general topic for the day and then in parentheses are some ideas to get you started but you can definitely learn a lot more than what I’ve written down! These are just to help generate some ideas!
This definitely would move pretty quickly if you covered all this material in 2 months so you could definitely spend more time on each topic if you need! This would require quite a bit of time each day in order to learn it all. This could totally work for a 4 or 6-month challenge where you spend 2 or 3 days on each of the topics I listed if you don’t have enough time to cover each topic in just one day!
Polite phrases (thank you, please, yes/no, you’re welcome, I’m sorry)
Introductory phrases (hi, my name is, I’m from, I speak, how are you?)
Pronouns (I, you, he, she, they, we)
Basic people vocab (girl, boy, man, woman, person, child)
Basic verbs in present tense (to eat, to drink, to walk, to read, to write, to say)
Sentence structure (how to form some basic sentences)
Negative sentences (I do not __)
Question words (who, what, where, when, why, how, how to form questions)
Numbers (0-20, 30, 40, 50, 100, 1,000, 1,000,000)
Time (hour, minute, half hour, reading the time)
Meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, dessert, appetizer)
Basic foods (apple, banana, rice, bread, pasta, carrot, soup, water)
More foods (beef, pork, fruit, vegetable, juice, coffee, tea, chocolate, cake)
Kitchen (stove, oven, kitchen, fridge, table, chair, bake, boil)
Eating supplies (knife, spoon, fork, plate, bowl, cup, glass)
More verbs (to make, to have, to see, to like, to go, to be able to, to want, to need)
Family (father, mother, son, daughter, aunt, uncle, cousin, grandmother, grandfather, parents, grandparents)
Transportation (car, train, plane, bus, bicycle, airport, train station)
City locations (apartment, building, restaurant, movie theater, market, hotel, bank)
Directions (north, south, east, west, right, left)
Adjectives (good, bad, smart, delicious, nice, fun)
More verbs (to give, to send, to wake up, to cry, to love, to hate, to laugh)
Colors (red, yellow, blue, green, purple, black, white, brown)
Emotions (happy, sad, calm, angry)
Physical descriptions (tall, short, blonde, brunette, redhead, eye color)
Body parts (arm, leg, hand, finger, foot, toe, face, eye, mouth, nose, ears)
Descriptors (rich, poor, beautiful, ugly, expensive, inexpensive)
Basic clothing (shirt, pants, dress, skirt, jacket, sweater, skirt, shorts)
Accessories (belt, hat, wallet, gloves, sunglasses, purse, watch)
More verbs (to keep, to smile, to run, to drive, to wear, to remember)
Animals (cat, dog, horse, cow, bear, pig, chicken, duck, fish)
More animals (turtle, sheep, fox, mouse, lion, deer)
Months (January, February, March, April, May, June, July, August, September, October, November, December)
Seasons (fall, winter, spring, summer)
Weather (sunny, cloudy, hot, cold, snowing, raining)
States of being (I’m hungry, I’m tired, I’m thirsty)
House (bedroom, living room, bathroom, stairs)
Furniture (bed, lamp, couch, door, window)
Electronics (phone, TV, computer, camera, radio, headphones)
Nature (tree, flower, plant, animal, grass, animal, outside, sky, sun, moon, clouds)
More verbs (to teach, to learn, to understand, to know, to listen, to hear)
School (classroom, elementary school, high school, college, student, class, grade, homework, test)
School subjects (math, science, English, art, music, chemistry, biology, physics)
School supplies (book, pencil, pen, paper, notebook, folder, backpack, calculator)
Classroom features (student desk, teacher desk, whiteboard, chalk, clock, bell)
Jobs (teacher, scientist, doctor, artist, dancer, musician)
More jobs (surgeon, manager, engineer, architect, lawyer, dentist, writer)
More verbs (to buy, to sell, to work, to ask, to answer, to dance, to leave, to come)
Comparisons (less than, more than, same, __er than)
Languages (French, German, Chinese, Russian, Spanish, English, Japanese)
Countries (France, Germany, China, Russia, Spain, Mexico, United States, Japan)
Religion (church, temple, mosque, to pray, Judaism, Christianity, Islam)
Past tense (I was, he ran, she wrote)
Hobbies (shopping, sports, soccer, chess, fishing, gardening, photography)
More verbs (to describe, to sleep, to find, to wish, to enter, to feel, to think)
Art (paint, draw, painting, gallery, frame, brush)
Morning routine (to wake up, to brush teeth, toothbrush, toothpaste, comb, soap)
Future tense (I will run, he will write)
TV + internet (online, internet, to watch TV, TV show, movie, documentary, cartoon)
More verbs (to look for, to stay, to touch, to meet, to show, to rent, to wash, to play)
PDF files
Still on the handwriting topic, this is a 11 pages PDF file. It shows how to write letter by letter and then it gives you a list of words to practice.
meg akkurat nå 😂
(Me right now) [moi, maintenant]
la letteratura – literature la biblioteca – library la casa editrice – publishing house l'editore (m.) – publishing house il giornale – newspaper la libreria – bookstore / bookcase il libro – book la recensione – review la rivista – magazine il testo – text
PERSONE / PEOPLE
l'autore – author (m.) l'autrice – author (f.) il bibliotecario / la bibliotecaria – librarian (m. and f.) il correttore di bozze – proofreader (m.) la correttrice di bozze – proofreader (f.) il critico letterario – literary critic l'editore – editor (m.) l'editrice – editor (f.) il / la giornalista – journalist il lettore – reader (m.) la lettrice – reader (f.) il libraio / la libraia – the bookseller (m. and f.) lo scrittore – writer (m.) la scrittrice – writer (f.)
GENERI LETTERARI / LITERARY GENRES
la prosa – prose
il romanzo – novel il romanzo d'avventura – adventure novel il romanzo di formazione – Bildungsroman il romanzo epistolare – epistolary novel il romanzo gotico – gothic novel il romanzo rosa – romance novel / chick lit il romanzo storico – historical novel la fantascienza – science fiction il fantasy – fantasy il giallo – crime novel il racconto breve – short story la storia – story il thriller – thriller
la saggistica – nonfiction la biografia – biography il saggio – essay il trattato – treatise
la poesia – poetry / poem
l'epica (f.) – epic la lirica – lyric poetry / poem la ballata – ballad l'elegia (f.) – elegy il sonetto – sonnet
PARTI DI UN LIBRO / DI UN TESTO / PARTS OF A BOOK / TEXT
la brossura – paperback il carattere / il font – font la copertina – cover la copertina cartonata – hardcover la costa – spine / back il frontespizio – title page l'impaginazione (f.) – layout l'inchiostro (m.) – ink l'indice (m.) – index la pagina – page il paragrafo – paragraph la quarta di copertina – back cover la rilegatura – binding
PERSONAGGI / CHARACTERS
l'antagonista (m./f.) – antagonist il cattivo / la cattiva – villain (m. and f.) l'eroe – hero l'eroina – heroin il/la protagonista – protagonist, main character (m./f.)
VERBI / VERBS
correggere – to proofread (also: to correct) distribuire – to distribute leggere – to read pubblicare – to publish scrivere – to write stampare – to print
We need to talk about LingoHut
I’m supposed to be studying some Italian, but instead, I was googling in my computer how to learn a new language (no, googling how to learn will not teach you shit, you have to sit down and learn your target language not how to do it, I know but I’m lazy.) and I came across LingoHut, and I have to share it.
I don’t know if someone ever talked about this page, but if they did is worth mentioning again.
So basically you go to the website and in the Home Page you have to choose what is your first language and what language are you trying to learn.
Once you choose it’ll take you to another page in which you have tons of lessons, for ex. In Italian, there are 109 lessons.
I haven’t checked every lesson yet but for example, the first one is greetings and such. You click that lesson and you have 16 flashcards that will show you the word in your target language and the translation, at the same time that someone pronounces the words.
Below the flashcards, you have this ⬇️
And basically is a bunch of game, an easy matching words kind of game, some kind of tic tac toe with words, a memory game do you know the one that kids play in which they have to find the matching pictures? Same but with words and lastly a listening and matching game.
Below the bar of the games, we have the vocabulary list of the words we are taught in that lesson, and you can click the word and listen the pronunciation.
In the end, you have a bunch of the next lessons.
The lessons vary from the content it can be greetings, numbers, health stuff, office words, computer terminology, etc.
The website doesn’t have every language in the world, but it has a lot of them. choose your target language, in my case Italian, and enjoy, is fun and simple if you want to practice or do something related to your target language but you don’t have the willingness that day to study something more consistent like structure.
And the best part is that as far as I went looking around in this page it’s fucking free. Sure, you won’t end the one hundred and something lessons speaking like a native from whatever target language you’re learning, but it can be useful to expand your vocabulary.
Japanese listening practice for beginners - Youtube videos
“キッズボンボン for Children” channel
All of the videos on this list have Japanese subtitles. It is mostly in ひらがな and the words are separated. This and the fact that these videos are aimed for children, makes them great for beginners.
PEACH BOY - MOMOTARO (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
KINTARO (Japanese) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
USHIWAKAMARU (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
SHINING PRINCESS (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
THE TONGUELESS SPARROW (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
THE DANCING KETTLE (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
THE STORY OF THE MONKEY AND THE CRAB (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
CLACK CLACK MOUNTAIN (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
OLD MAN WITH THE LUMP (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
OLD MAN FLOWER (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
THE YOUNG MONK IKKYU (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
THE GRATEFUL CRANE (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
URASHIMA TARO (JAPANESE) / うらしまたろう - 浦島太郎(日本語版)Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
THE SNOW WOMAN (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
THE ROLLING RICE BALL (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy
INCH BOY (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
THE CHILD GODS (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
THE STORY OF THE ZODIAC (JAPANESE) Japanese classical stories | fairy tale
All of these videos have an English version on this channel. Search for them or click on this playlist. You can use both versions to study what’s being said.
SNOW WHITE (JAPANESE) fairytale | Folktales | bedtime stories
THUMBLINA (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
JACK AND THE BEANSTALK (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
PETER PAN (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
A DOG OF FLANDERS (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
PINOCCHIO (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
PUSS IN BOOTS (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
ALADDIN AND THE MAGIC LAMP (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
THE WOLF AND THE SEVEN LITTLE GOATS (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
CINDERELLA (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
THE LITTLE MATCH SELLER | Folktales | bedtime stories
HE MERMAID PRINCESS | Folktales | bedtime stories
LITTLE RED RIDING HOOD | Folktales | bedtime stories
THE THREE LITTLE PIGS (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
THE ADVENTURE OF TOM SAWYER (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime
THE WIZARD OF OZ (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
THE UGLY DUCKLING (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
ALICE IN WONDERLAND (JAPANESE) | Folktales | bedtime stories
All of these videos have an English version on this channel. Search for them or click on this playlist. You can use both versions to study what’s being said.
The reality about spoken french
We don’t use the negation ne. We say Je sais pas (I don’t know) or On a pas à le faire (we don’t have to do it),
Speaking of which, we prefer using on rather than the pompous nous : On est arrivé-es (we’ve arrived), On y va? (shall we go)
Speaking of which, our questions are often affirmative sentences ending with a question mark (i.e. : a high-pitched tone) : Tu viens? (are you coming), T’en veux un-e? (do you want one).
Speaking of which, we chew words. When followed by words starting with a consonant, personal pronouns can lose their final letter : J’te l’dis! rather than Je te le dis (I’m telling you).
Speaking of which, we’re lazy : Je can be Che (chais pas), Il can be Y (r’garde, y’a un chat!) and grunt : many euh (uh), ah, bah (hum), ben (well), hein (tf?) and rhooo/rhaaa (ffs). We often start sentences with but : Mais tu saoules! (you’re annoying) to express displeasure.
Speaking of which, on top of dropping négations, we drop pronouns : You’re being a pain in my ass should be Tu me fais chier but can be Tu fais chier - maybe to make it universal or dramatic.
Speaking of which, we thrive on sarcasm and irony. To someone who’s babbling, we’ll answer It makes my leg look good.
Speaking of which, we repeat (personal) pronouns at the beginning or end of sentences. We’re likely to ask Qu’est-ce qu’il en dit, lui? and answer Moi, je veux bien (tonic pronouns, careful!).
Speaking of which, we like to use the conditional mode to indicate a wish or hypothesis : lots of Si j’avais su, j’aurais dit oui (had i known, i’d have said yes), J’aimerais bien pouvoir- (I wish I could-), etc.
Speaking of which, we add useless words : Bien (j’irais bien), Petit (un petit peu), Très (très vrai), Trop (je ne sais pas trop), ça (C’est quoi, ça?)…
Speaking of which, let’s stop before you all get disgusted and unfollow me. Remember this is spoken, private french and doesn’t apply to formal situations!
Italians when they notice the temperatures rising:
Short Italian Vocabulary Recap
I giorni della settimana - the days of the week
lunedì - Monday martedì - Tuesday mercoledì - Wednesday giovedì - Thursday venerdì - Friday sabato - Saturday domenica - Sunday
I mesi - the months
gennaio - January febbraio - February marzo - March aprile - April maggio - May giugno - June luglio - July agosto- August settembre - September ottobre - October novembre - November dicembre - December
Le stagioni - the seasons
la primavera - Spring l'estate- Summer l'autunno- Autumn l'inverno - Winter
I numeri - the numbers (1-10)
uno - one due - two tre - three quattro - four cinque - five sei - six sette - seven otto - eight nove - nine dieci - ten
I colori - the colours
rosso (m,s.)* rossa (f.,s.) rossi (m.,p.) rosse (f.,p.)* - red giallo (m,s.) gialla (f.,s.) gialli (m.,p.) gialle (f.,p.) - yellow blu - blue nero (m,s.) nera (f.,s.) neri (m.,p.) nere (f.,p.) - black bianco (m,s.) bianca (f.,s.) bianchi (m.,p.) bianche (f.,p.) - white verde (m./f.,s.) verdi (m./f.,p.) - green grigio (m,s.) grigia (f.,s.) grigi (m.,p.) grigie (f.,p.) - grey marrone (m./f.,s.) marroni (m./f.,p.) - brown rosa - pink
Il sole è giallo. - The sun is yellow. La notte è nera. - The night is black. Il mare è blu. - The sea is blue.
Pronomi interrogativi - the question words
chi - who cosa, che cosa - what perché - why quando - when dove - where come - how quanto/quanti - how much/many quale/quali - which/what
Espressioni base - basic phrases
Sì. - Yes. No. - No. Buongiorno. - Hello/Good day/Good morning. Buonasera. - Good evening. Buonanotte. - Good night. Ciao! (informal) - Hi/Bye! Buongiorno, Buonasera (according on the hour), Salve (formal) - Hi/Bye! Arrivederci. - Goodbye. Per favore, Per piacere - Please Prego, Di nulla, Di niente, Non c’è problema, Nessun problema - You’re welcome. Si figuri (formal) - You’re welcome Figurati (informal) - You’re welcome Grazie - Thank you. La ringrazio (formal) - Thank you Ti ringrazio (informal) - Thank you Grazie mille - Thank you very much. Benvenuto/a - Welcome. A dopo, A più tardi. - See you later. A presto. - See you soon. A domani. - See you tomorrow. Mi (di)spiace. - I am sorry. Mi scusi, Mi perdoni (formal) - Excuse me! Scusami, Perdonami (informal) - Excuse me! Come va?, Come stai? (informal) - How are you? Come sta? (formal) - How are you? Tutto okay, (Tutto) bene, Sto bene. - I am fine. Molto bene, Benissimo. - Very good. Non male - Not bad. Male - Bad. Come si chiama?, (…) il suo nome? (formal) - What is your name? Come ti chiami? (informal) - What is your name? Mi chiamo … - My name is … Piacere di conoscerla!, Piacere di fare la sua conoscenza (formal) - Nice to meet you! Piacere di conoscerti! (informal) - Nice to meet you! Da dove viene? (formal) - Where are you from? Da dove vieni?, Di dove sei? (informal) - Where are you from? Vengo da … - I am from … Dove vive? (formal) - Where do you live? Dove vivi?, Dove abiti? (informal) - Where do you live? Vivo a…, Abito a… - I live in … Quanti anni ha? (formal) - How old are you? Quanti anni hai? (informal) - How old are you? ____, Ho _____ anni - I am____years old. Parla italiano? (informal) - Do you speak Italian? Parli italiano? (informal) - Do you speak Italian? Parlo italiano. - I speak Italian. Non lo so. - I don’t know. Certamente, Sicuramente, Di sicuro. - Of course. Le serve aiuto? (formal) - Do you need help? Ti serve aiuto? (informal) - Do you need help? Hai fame? (informal) - Are you hungry? Hai sete? (informal) - Are you thirsty?
*m = masculine, f = feminine, s. = singular, p = plural
insp.
hearing your target language in a random place and being able to understand even the smallest, tiny bit of what they’re saying is the best feeling in the whole wide world
me: why are you destroying earth!!!
aliens: because theres people who think that english is the only language they need to speak
me: thats fair i understand
For some reason I find this all the more amusing because it’s written in English
moi: pourquoi vous détruisez le monde!!! l'extraterrestre: parce que il y a des gens qui pensent que l'anglais est le seule langue pour parler moi: ah ça c'est bien
ich: warum zerstört ihr die erde!!!
aliens: weil es leute gibt die glauben dass englisch die einzige sprache ist die sie sprechen müssen
ich: das ist fair ich verstehe
ég: af hverju eyðileggið þið jörðina!!! aliens: af því að það er fólk sem finnst að enska sé sú eina tungumál sem þau þurfa að tala ég: oh, það er vit í þessu. ég skil.
ik: waarom vernietig je de aarde!!!
aliens: omdat er mensen zijn die denken dat engels de enige taal is die ze hoeven te spreken
ik: oh zo, ik snap het
minä: miks te tuhootte maapalloo?
alienit: koska tääl on ihmisiä joitten mielestä englanti on ainoo kieli jota niitten täytyy puhua
minä: toi on reilua, ymmärrän
私: どうして地球を滅ぼしているんですか?
宇宙人: 英語しか喋る必要がないと思う人がいるからです
私: なるほど、わかりました
me: Wosück maakt ji de Welt twei!!!
aliens: wieldat dat Lüüd gifft, de dinkt dat Engelsch de allenige Spraak weer, de een snacken mütt
me: jo, daar seggst wat. Nu versta ik’t
aniga: dhulka maxaad u burburinaya !!!
shisheeyaha: dadka intiisa badani u malaynayaan in Ingiriisidu tahay afka oo kaliya ay u baahan yihiin inay la hadlaan
aniga: waxaan fahamsanahay. waa wax cadaalad
我:你们为什么在毁灭地球?!!
外星人:因为有人以为他们只会英语就可以了
我:懂了,说得有道理
ako: bakit niyo sinisira ang mundo!!!
taga-ibang planeta: kasi merong mga taong akala nila Ingles lang ang kailangan nilang matutunang lenggwahe
ako: ah, sige naiintindihan ko
Aku : kenapa kau hancurkan bumi!!! Alien : karena masih banyak orang berpikir hanya bahasa inggris satu-satunya bahasa yang terpenting Aku : oh, oke lah..
tôi: tại sao các người hủy diệt trái đất!!! người ngoài hành tinh: bởi vì có người nghĩ rằng tiếng Anh là thứ tiếng duy nhất mà họ cần biết tôi: ồ thế thì tôi hiểu
Eu: Por que vocês estão destruindo a Terra?! Aliens: Porque há pessoas que pensam que o inglês é a única língua que eles precisam falar. Eu: Isso é justo, eu entendo.
jag: varför förintar ni jorden!!!
utomjordingar: för det finns folk som tror att engelska är det ända språket de behöver kunna
jag: rimligt, jag förstår
Já: Proč ničíte Zemi?
Mimozemšťani: Protože tu jsou lidé, kteří si myslí, že angličtina je jediný jazyk, který potřebují znát
Já: To je fér, to chápu.
ja: dlaczego niszczycie Ziemię?
kosmici: ponieważ są ludzie, którzy myślą, że angielski to jedyny język, którego potrzebuję
ja: rozumiem, w porządku
io: perchè state distruggendo la terra!!!
alieni: perchè ci sono delle persone che credono che l’inglese sia l’unica lingua di cui hanno bisogno
io: capisco, mi sembra giusto
Yo: porqué estás destruyendo la tierra!?!?
Extraterrestre: porque hay personas quienes creen que inglés es la única lengua que se tiene que hablar.
Yo: te entiendo, es justo.
Я: Почему вы уничтожаете Землю?!?! Инопланетяне: Потому что есть люди, которые считают, что им нужно говорить только по-английски. Я: А, ну понятно, тогда ладно!
A modern Rosetta stone.
Onipa: ad3n ti na woo se3 ewuasi
3wiamu nii: efri s3 nk⊃fu⊃ bi w⊃ ho a ⊃mo fri s3 br⊃fo ne kasa p3 a ehyia ⊃mo
Onipa: a, ma te ase
Yessssssss I love the sign language addition! @polygamouscaterpillar
This is like the side-by-side plates of the Lord’s Prayer in the historical linguistics textbook except so much better
This is the most educational shitpost I’ve ever seen
Language Learning Tip #5:
Keep two notebooks specifically for languages: use one for writing down grammar rules/vocab and the other to write down practice sentences! I have one decorated notebook filled with notes and a second notebook of just simple sentences that I stumble across and write down for comprehension practice.
language app shaming me :((((
I don’t know how I didn’t figure this out but now that I have I don’t know what to do with this information
Norwegian: n+åtte (natt)
Finnish: n+kahdeksan (yö)
Goddammit Finnish
Dutch: n+acht