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You can call me Ev [17 years old] Native: English Learning: German, Spanish, Swedish [ Feel free to message me whenever also I love asks]

[studyfroggity]

I will die on this hill

[vigilantmoon]

My favorite resources for studying German. You can also check them out :) NB! As for “Nicos Weg”, you should download “DW Learn German”, though i named it just “Deutsche Welle”.

[nordic-language-love]

norsk (bokmål) | español | english

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hode (n) | cabeza (f) | head

ansikt (n) | cara (f) | face

hår (n) | pelo (m) | hair

panne (m/f) | frente (f) | forehead

øye (n) | ojo (m) | eye

øyenbryn (n) | ceja (f) | eyebrow

øyenvippe (m) | pestaña (f) | eyelash

øyelokk (n) | párpado (m) | eyelid

nese (m/f) | nariz (f) | nose

nesebor (n) | fosa nasal (f) | nostril

munn (m) | boca (f) | mouth

leppe (m/f) | labio (m) | lip

tunge (m/f) | lengua (f) | tongue

tann (m) | diente (m) | tooth

øre (n) | oreja (f) | ear

kinn (n) | mejilla (f) | cheek

hake (m/f) | barbilla (f) | chin

nakke (m) | cuello (m) | neck

hals (m) | garganta (f) | throat

kjeve (m) | mandíbula (f) | jaw

bart (m) | bigote (m) | moustache

skjegg (n) | barba (f) | beard

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Please let me know if I’ve made any mistakes!

[lemsdabreaks]

The online Japanese course that no one talks about

Okay so I’m not a langblr and I never plan to be. However. What I do know from following a ton of them is that no one talks about Minato.

Now you may be thinking, ‘What’s Minato?’. It’s a website that was recommended to me by a Japanese Studies university professor for learning Japanse at home.

It’s literally the best resource out there and it’s free (funded by the Japanese government). You can choose between self-study and tutor support-led courses.

There are courses in Hiragana, Katakana, and the general language (from levels A1 to A2), and you can download a certificate and study record after completion of a course.

Here’s the link. Or if you want to type it: https://minato-jf.jp

Go. Learn some actual Japanese.

[nyahongo]

What a wonderful website! Check this out, everybody! :D

[languageundliebe]

Sewing vocabulary

Some German sewing vocabulary. I am no expert and a lot of what I have learnt is just what I’ve picked up through watching videos so please let me know if you spot any mistakes

Nouns

der Abnäher (Abnäher)  - dart der Ärmel (Ärmel) - sleeve der Ausschnitt (Ausschnitte) - neckline die Baumwolle - cotton der Faden (Fäden) - thread das Gummiband (Gummibänder) - elastic band die Hüfte (Hüften) - hips der Knopf (Knöpfe) - button der Overlock - overlocker die Nähmaschine (Nähmaschinen) - sewing machine die Naht (Nähte) - seam die Wiener Naht - princess seam die französische Naht - french seam die Nahtzugabe (Nahtzugaben) - seam allowance die Nadel (Nadeln) - needle der Samt - velvet die Seide - silk das Schnittmuster (Schnittmuster) - pattern der Schritt (Schritte) - crotch die Spule (Spulen) - spool die Stecknadel (Stecknadel) - pin der Stoff (Stoffe) - fabric die Taille (Taillen) - waist der Träger (Träger) - strap der Verschluss (Verschlüsse) - fastener die Vorlage (Vorlagen) - template

Verbs

einfädeln - to thread sth. messen - to measure nähen - to sew schneiden - to cut stecken/pinnen - to pin  steppen - stitch im Nahtschatten steppen - stitch in the ditch versäubern - to neaten

Adjectives

eng - tight dünn - thin kratzig - scratchy kurz - short lang - long leicht - light schwer - heavy weich - soft weit - wide

rechts auf rechts - right sides together links auf links - wrong sides together

[firstfullmoon]

wish i could speak every language in the world so i could fully grasp every book and poem ever written in its original form

[studynorwegian]

Learning a language is hard. Yes, it can come “naturally” to some people, but it’s still fricking hard. I’m proud of all of you.

I’m proud of the one who has high fluency in 3 languages and is learning another.

I’m proud of the one who has been studying the same language for years and is still not where they’d like to be in regards to their fluency level.

I’m so proud that you have been working at something you love or are interested in. I don’t care if you are slow to learn or fast. You are doing it, and you deserve a pat on the back!

[study-to-rule-the-world]

Boyfriend vs Friend in German

In German the word “Freund” can mean both “male friend” or “boyfriend”, and “Freundin” can mean both “female friend” or “girlfriend”. In order to avoid sending the wrong message, it’s best to stick to the indefinite “ein/eine” for buddies, and the possessive “mein/meine” for romantic relationships:

“Eine Freundin von dir ist hier.” – “A friend of yours (who is a girl) is here.”

“Mein Freund ist sehr nett.” – “My boyfriend is very nice.”

“Meine Freundin ist da.” – “My girlfriend is there.”

“Er ist ein Freund von mir.” – “He is a friend of mine.”

[gringoslur]

@spanish speakers te amo feels weird to say??????

[gringoslur]

TE AMO! IS TOO! INTIMATE!! maybe if you say it quickly and in a jokey way its ok but in a serious talk??? it feels too much!!!!!!!

[gringoslur]

“i love you” is NOTHING compared to te amo. i love you feels like a kiss on the check and te amo feels like fucking marriage. 

[gringoslur]

#I have like a whole thing on saying te amo to anyone

YEA. i had a relationship with someone and she dropped the “te amo” super quicky and i was like…………”thats ok, thank you, but im gonna be honest w you….i’m not saying te amo until i really feel it” thats how serious it is. 

[morsking]

[tindez]

te amo IS very serious, very deep, very intimate. when you want to tell someone that you love them without it being massive, the term you want is te quiero

[vatupassi-deactivated20221120]

cant believe no one had contributed this

[two-nipples-maybe-more]

[mutantenfisch]

Same for German imho?!??? Ich liebe dich is THE confession. You don’t drop it in a joking way.

[livia-arida-deactivated20201018]

It might just be me, but I wouldn’t randomly pepper Я люблю тебя into conversation either. It feels… too much.

[itsensakaljastaja]

Maybe it is the English one that is weird

[shylockgnomes]

[jay-kwellyn]

I tell my close friends “I love you” all the time. I think It’s different if I were to say “I’m in love with you”.

[elfwreck]

In these non-English languages, do parents not tell their children “I love you?” Or is it only romantic?

[ebonyheartnet]

Oh, I’m monolingual but I know a bit about this one! :D

So, in a lot of languages, there are multiple verbs that mean, “to love,” which are each situational, while, in English, we derive the meaning through context

Like, “Te quiero,” refers to love for friends and family, aka platonic love, while , “Te amo,” or, “Ai shiteru,” in Japanese, is so achingly tender and romantic that you might as well write the other person a receipt for your heart, because it’s theirs now

At some point, English did have multiple verbs for, “to love,” but eventually English speakers decided, “to hell with it, I only want 1 broad term for these big mushy feelings,” because we hate having multiple words for things almost as much as we hate punctuation

TL;DR: cultures that are non-English speaking do tell their kids they love them, they just have multiple words that mean, “To love,” and English is the odd man out because it got tired of that and went

[jessica-problems]

man, as an american, I will say “I love you” if you pick me up a snack when you pop down to the store

[petermorwood]

Different cultures, different customs.

Never mind the variants of “I love you”, in some languages it’s a considerable step up in closeness just to be told you can use the informal mode of address: in German that’s “du” not “sie”, in French it’s “tu” not “vous” (there are many other examples).

English prides itself on having many subtle variations of words for things, but that particular subtlety is long gone. Good bit of worldbuilding material, though.

[ongreywings]

languages are so amazing.

[physishit]

All other tags are left as an exercise to the reader.

Thanks ani and @sadcypher for helping me with this!

[studynorwegian]

I’ve never been so offended in my life

(Found on @ foreignlanguagecollective on IG)

[language-sanctuary]

I was thinking “I wish people talked more about being neurodivergent or mentally ill in the studyblr/langblr/academia community” until I realized I could do just that. 

So hey, you can be part of this community and be depressed. You can be part of this community and have learning disabilities. It’s fucking hard. So many of the tips you see won’t work for you and will seem like a joke. Try again, try something else. You have as much potential as anyone else, even though it seems like following the same path will be ten times harder. Don’t feel guilty because of something you can’t change. Don’t tell yourself you’re faking it because you’re lazy. Remind youself that you don’t have to live up to anyone else’s standard. I’ve been heavily depressed for four years now and every day has been a challenge and I have felt so useless compared to other people. I tend to forget I am working towards my goals despite my depression, and my anxiety and my constant tiredness. It makes everything so much harder but I have so much faith in myself and I do in you too. We will accomplish our goals. 

[studynorwegian]

Fun fact: I’m dyslexic. I often don’t tell people because there is still a stereotype that dyslexic people can’t read, or that we are stupid etc.

But I am dyslexic and I love to read and love learning languages. Two things that I “shouldn’t” like to do or I “shouldn’t waste my time trying to learn”.

There is nothing you can or should do based on the box society puts you in. Yes, it was harder for me to read at a young age, but now? Reading was my highest score in the ACT (but even if it wasn’t? Who cares because he ACT is a arbitrary and classist measurement of intelligence, but that’s a different post lol) . Do I still make mistakes? Yes. Do I still suck at spelling? Yup. Do I have to find my own way to learn? Yes, because the way a lot of people learn doesn’t work for me.

Does it make language learning more difficult? Yes it does. It’s frustrating to not be able to spell in another language and knowing It’s hard to spell in my own. It’s hard when a lot of language teachers don’t teach in a way that clicks in my brain. Sometimes it feels like nothing sticks in my brain, until I have that satisfying “oh! I understood what they said!” Moment. I fucking love it, and I will not let this stop me from doing what I love. Don’t let people put you in a box.

[hannahbeelanguages]

Lovely German Vocabulary

die Brise - Breeze

der Bach - Stream

das Wasser - Water

der Spross - Sprout

die Sonne - Sun

die Wolke - Cloud

die Rose - Rose

Blühen - To bloom

Hüpfen - To skip

Entspannen - To relax

Rosa - Pink

Leise - Soft (Atmosphere)

Wolkig - Cloudy

Süß - Sweet

Sonnengeküsst - Sun-kissed

Angenehm - Pleasant

Erneuernd - Renewing

Üppig - Lush

Barfuß - Barefoot

Aufblühend - Blossoming

Fröhlich - Cheerful

Inspirierend - Inspiring

[foxlanguages]

It really doesn't matter if you only know three (3) sentences in your target language, that's already three (3) sentences in and it's impressive! Other people don't know how to say those three (3) sentences but you do. Keep going! Learn that fourth (4th) sentence~

[winstonpaul]

Honesty Hour, Ask me anything! Nothing will go unanswered

[dogwithpants]

Send asks!!

[lovey-dovey-writes-deactivated2]

I’ll do em when I wake up! Which means you got a lot more than a hour but please let there be some when I wake up! Love you guys and goodnight my loves!

[wonderlustbastard]

you get one hour. go c.r.a.z.y

[thecatprince]

Do it!!

[vokabular-blog]

Since I’m a psychology major I decided I should make a vocab list with psychology-related words!

English - Norwegian - German

Basics:

Psychology - Psykologi - Psychologie.   Psychologist - Psykolog - Psychologe/Psychologin.  Psychiatrist - Psykiater - Psychiater/Psychiaterin.  Cognition - Kognisjon - Kognition.  Brain - Hjerne - Gehirn.  Thought - Tanke - Gedanke.  Behaviour - Atferd - Verhalten.  Phobia - Fobi - Phobie.  Memory - Hukommelse - Gedächtnis/Erinnerung.  Long-term memory - Langtidshukommelse - Langzeitgedächtnis.  Short-term memory - Korttidshukommelse - Kurzzeitgedächtnis. Conditioning - Betinging - Konditionierung. Classical conditioning - Klassisk betinging - Klassische Konditionierung. Operant conditioning - Operant betinging - Operante Konditionierung. Heuristic - Heuristikk - Heuristik.  Cognitive bias - Kognitiv bias - Kognitive Verzerrung. 

Biology: 

The nervous system - Nervesystem - Nervensystem. Neuron - Nevron - Nervenzelle. The endocrine system - Det endokrine system - Das endokrine System. Hormone - Hormon - Hormon.  Action potential - Aksjonspotensiale - Aktionspotential.  Resting potential - Membranpotensial - Ruhemembranpotential.  Frontal lobe - Pannelappen* - Frontallappen.  Parietal lobe - Isselapp* - Parietallappen.  Temporal lobe - Tinninglapp* - Temporallappen.  Occipital lobe - Bakhodelapp* - Okzipitallappen.  Forebrain - Prosencephalon* - Vorderhirn.  Midbrain - Mesencephalon* - Mittelhirn.   Hindbrain - Rhombencephalon* - Rautenhirn.  Cerebellum - Lillehjernen - Kleinhirn. 

Branches of psychology: 

Social psychology - Sosialpsykologi - Sozialpsychologie. Developmental psychology - Utviklingspsykologi - Entwicklungspsychologie. Personality psychology - Personlighetspsykologi - Persönlichkeitspsychologie. Biological psychology - Biologisk psykologi - Biopsychologie. Cognitive psychology - Kognitiv psykologi - Kognitive psychologie. Neuropsychology - Nevropsykologi - Neuropsychologie.

Mental health: 

Mental health - Mental helse - Psychische Gesundheit.  Mental illness - Mental sykdom - Geisteskrankheit**/Psychische Störung.  Diagnosis - Diagnose - Diagnose.  Medicine - Medisin - Medikament.  Psychopharmacology - Psykofarmakologi - Psychopharmakologie. Depression - Depresjon - Depression.  Anxiety disorder - Angstlidelse - Angststörung.  Bipolar disorder - Bipolar lidelse - Bipolare Störung.  Schizophrenia - Schizofreni - Schizophrenie.  Personality disorder - Personlighetsforstyrrelse - Persönlichkeitsstörung. Eating disorder - Spiseforstyrrelse - Essstörung. 

* When it comes to the anatomy of the brain, you can also use the English names in Norwegian.  ** Geisteskrankheit can have a negative connotation, Psychische Störung is a bit more neutral. 

[jackalopiel]

I love people with obscure knowledge or useless academic insights. I want to hear your analysis of lighting in Ratatouille. Tell me about the history of soda pop or the references to classical mythology in Macbeth. I want to know about the underlying homoerotic context of that 1930s sci-fi paperback. I think all knowledge is worthwhile knowledge. Explain to me the ecosystems that komodo dragons inhabit. Don't be afraid to learn for the sake of learning.

[studynorwegian]

Me as I wrote a paper for myself about the Norwegian, English & German words for Easter and what it said about history. Don’t mind me, just studying etymology on my spare time.

[funkinssnakess-deactivated20200]

Can I see?👀👀

[studynorwegian]

Of course haha. It’s not the most amazing thing, but here it is