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Lame german language blog. Desperate bi girl. Keysjore is God (This is a sideblog, main blog at @rookiethatsnookie, will reblog sad German quotes) 

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Language is wine upon the lips.

Virginia Woolf (via quotemadness)

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Ok I laugh whenever I see the pic on the top but I also love the bottom picture so happy Pride Month to my funky little LGBT+ followers

[halloalice]

falling into you.

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[linguavert]

… Relationship Goals …

… Beziehungsziele …

… (I can’t believe I don’t know how to say this in Tagalog) …

… (Ich kann nicht glauben, dass ich nicht weiß, wie man das in Tagalog sagt) …

[thatswhywelovegermany]

Lecturer almost hit by falling chalk board at Technical University of Munich

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“habt ihr das auf video? geil” - lecturers in a nutshell

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So many languages so little brain

[peterkavnsky-deactivated2020051]

you know what? accents are actually lovely. like you can learn all the languages in the world and you still have a part of your own with you. that’s cute

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coming soon: the duolingo owl will break into your home at night and beat the shit out of you if you don’t know the word for potato in french

[dragontamereg]

POMME DE TERRE!

P…please… spare me…

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now say it in german

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@galaxyfreak4infinity

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[currylangs]

Hindi Lesson 10: Verbs

This lesson is going to focus on vocabulary, because after all, you can know all the grammar but if you don’t know any words, you still can’t say anything. People use verbs all the time, so let’s start here.

Some of the most common verbs are:

होना - hona - to be

करना - karna - to do

बनाना - banana - to make

लेना - lena - to take

देना - dena - to give

आना - aana - to come

जाना - jaana - to go

देखना - dekhna - to see, to look

सुनना - sunna - to hear, to listen

बैठना - baithna - to sit

हँसना - hansna - to laugh (sometimes also to smile)

सोना - sona - to sleep (in some dialects this also means to lie down)

जागना - jaagna - to wake (one’s self)

Now, Hindi has a very common thing called “compound verbs” where you take a noun or adjective and add a verb right after it (most commonly karna) to express doing that thing. The noun or adjective stays the same (you don’t have to worry about any cases or postpositions), while the verb takes the tense markings.

Some common ones are:

काम करना - kaam karna - to work

पढ़ाई करना - padhai karna - to study, to do studies

शुरु करना - shuru karna - to start

बंद करना - band karna - to close, to turn off

तय करना - tay karna - to decide

In the simple present tense it works like this:

मैं काम करती हूँ। main kaam kartee hoon. - I (f) work.

आप पढ़ाई करते हैं। aap padhai karte hain. - you (m, polite) study.

This is an extremely useful structure to know, for one reason: 90% of loan words from English are used as compound verbs with karna. Hindi speakers use a lot of English in their vocabulary, so if you don’t know the word for something, you can stick ANY English word into this structure and chances are very good you’ll be understood. In fact, you might be right and sound natural!

This doesn’t mean you shouldn’t learn the actual Hindi words for things - you absolutely should, if only for the sake of linguistic preservation but also because many of them are used - but when you’re practicing speaking and want to express yourself? This will take you a long way.

Some commonly used words (and their slightly less common shuddh hindi counterparts) are:

dance karna डैंस करना (नाचना naacna) to dance

count karna कउंट करना (गिनना ginna) to count

cancel karna कैंसेल करना (रद्द करना radd karna) to cancel

choose karna चूज़ करना (चुनना cunna) to choose

Example: हम सब लोग रात भर डैंस करते हैं। hum sab log raat bhar dance karte hain. We all dance all night long.

Bonus words:

सब - sab - all, every

लोग - log - people (only exists in the plural)

रात - raat (f) - night

दिन - din (m) - day

भर - bhar - entire, the whole time

[blaalokkerogspraak]

The Aestics of Languages, from a girl w/ synesthesia

Norwegian: a clear babbling stream, snowy mountaintops, sea birds, reindeer, sledding down a hill

German: strong black coffe, cobblestone roads, cloudy skies, lustful gazes, red lipstick

Mandarin Chinese: walking down a city street, bustling crowds, stationary, the sound of opening a new book

Spanish: warm summer sun, laughter, bright smiles, dancing until you can’t anymore, gold earrings

Dutch: warm hugs, waffles with cream, good cheese, the smell of an old library

Hindi: marigold flowers, a sense of peace, brilliantly colored vegetables, flowing vibrant clothes

Icelandic: wind rolling over hills, crashing waves, tinkling bells, icicles

French: early morning sunrises, sleeping under a new duvet, strawberries, sharply drawn eyeliner

Italian: home cooked meals, singing alone in your room, boats

Swahili: music that you can’t help but dance to, winning at your favorite game, water dripping into a puddle, golden eyes, dark hair

Arabic: body art, mosaics, glitter, rainbows cast from sunlight through crystal

Japanese: delicate flowers, well made machinery, studying with friends, fireflies, the first snow of winter

Irish: flute music, wet grass, fairy whispers, a full moon, playing with children

Russian: alcohol, runner’s high, bronze statues, old buildings, heartfelt conversations

Feel free to add your own!!

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i bet this joke has already been made but ..

おはよう

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[inoffizielles-deutschland]

@5qui99l3 schickte mir gestern dieses Bild  aus einem Laden und es ist einfach unglaublich wie viel daran falsch ist:

Die total verschiedenen Zeichenstile: Links der Erstversuch eines 9-Jährigen an einem Anime-Charakter, rechts eine schlecht abgepauste Angelica aus Rugrats.

Die Behauptung das Kaugummi-Zigaretten Kinder vom rauchen abhalten

Sind es jetzt Denk- oder Sprechblasen? Man weiß es nicht.

Der rechte Text kommt zeitlich vor dem linken

Das Wort “Kauretten”

Glaubt man dem Bild ist rauchen nicht nur uncool, sondern lässt Augen auch um 300% wachsen

Das Mädchen raucht zwei Zigaretten gleichzeitig

DIE HÄNDE VON DEM MÄDCHEN

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Summer Nights - German Vocabulary

Lind - Balmy

Luftig - Breezy

Glühend - Blistering

Gemütlich - Leisurely

Benebelt - Hazy

Am Seeufer - Lakeside

Verträumt - Dreamy

Erfrischend - Refreshing

Sommerlich - Summery

Wunderschön - Lovely

der Apfelkuchen - Apple Pie

der Hinterhof - Backyard

der Badeanzug - Bathing Suit

der Mais - Corn

der Löwenzahn - Dandelion

der Tagtraum - Daydream

die Libelle - Dragonfly

der Leuchtkäfer - Firefly

die Knallkörper - Firecrackers

der Marienkäfer - Ladybug

Tagträumen - to daydream 

Erforschen - to explore

Schwitzen - to sweat

Entspannen - to relax

[linguavert]

Wortschatz von Twitter 115

In this series I share tweets that helped me learn new words and expressions. This tweet also has a great pun!

(mit jemandem) turteln – to whisper sweet nothings (to someone)

I like to end my Wortschatz von Twitter posts with a practice sentence. Feel free to correct me if I make a mistake or to share a sentence of your own!

Obwohl meine Eltern über 40 Jahre verheiratet sind, turteln sie noch ständig miteinder!

Link to original tweet

[sprachtraeume]

Why are you learning arabic?

Why aren’t you

[sprachtraeume]

you’re absolutely disgusting, anon

[foxlanguages]

Wtf?!