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[bilingualgal]

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.

[chloeskoreanblog]

Me: Oh yeah, I’m practically fluent at this point.

Native Speaker: *Speaks*

Me:

[gwendolynlerman]

Learn the IPA with me

Syllables

Speakers don’t tend to pronounce consonant or vowel sounds in isolation, but together. Speech sounds can be organized into beats or units known as syllables.

Structure and types of syllables

Syllables tend to be built around a vowel, which is the nucleus of the syllable. “Vowel” can be abbreviated as V. Consonants surround the nucleus. A syllable may have consonants before and after the nucleus. “Consonants” may be abbreviated as C. Consonants before the vowel are part of the syllable’s onset. Consonants after the vowel form the syllable’s coda (Italian for “tail”).

There are different syllable types:

V → ah! (/ɑ/): no consonants

(CC)CV → nah! (/næ/): consonants in onset, none in coda

VC(CC) → acts (/ækts/): consonants in coda, none in onset

(CC)CVC(CC) → splints (/splɪnts/): consonants in onset and coda

Complex vowels and consonants

There are more complicated vowel combinations. Diphthongs involve a vowel & vowel or vowel & glide in the nucleus of a syllable (glides include the y-sound /j/ and the w-sound /w/). What English speakers call “long vowels” also represent diphthongs under the guise of a single letter: "state" /stejt/, “time” /thajm/ and “rune” /ruwn/.

“True” long vowel phonemes involve holding the nucleus’ vowel sound out for a longer amount of time and are represented followed by “:”.

Long consonants may be thought of as doubled or geminate. They are almost always pronounced as single ones, such as "bigger" /bɪgər/. Double consonants may be held out longer when the last sound of one word matches the first sound of the next: “thick crust” /θɪkkhrəst/.

Combining syllables

It’s important to keep syllable structure in mind, since syllable divisions are based on the syllable structure of a language. They are represented in IPA with a low dot between syllables: “hand over” /hæn.dow.vər/, “astronomical” /æs.trə.nɑ.mɪ.kəl/.

EXERCISES

1) Take a look at the list of words and phrases below. Transliterate each word or phrase into IPA in a way that represents your pronunciation. Refer to the consonant and vowel sections as needed.

hint, language, reading, learned, he says, uh-oh, uneven

2) Represent each word or phrase above as a string of consonants © and vowels (V).

3) Finally, break the IPA strings into syllables the way I represented “hand over” as /hæn.dow.vər/.

(Answers below the cut)

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[suplanguages]

winwin being a big mood

[nordic-language-love]

*hears a foreign language i don’t speak*

me: *sobbing* it’s beautiful i must learn it

[multilingualpotato]

Learning French on YouTube

Hey guys, here are some of my favorite channels on youtube for learning French.

Francais avec Pierre  - great channel if you want to know more about grammar rules and expressions, how to sound really French and natural. He also makes videos about the DELF/DALF exams…

Comme une Française  - also very good if you are confused about certain things… you can learn a lot about used expressions and words you would not find in a book

1 jour, 1 question - the main purpose of this channel is to explain things to kids, but in a fun way. It’s animated and short, but it’s great for obtaining a wide range of vocabulary, because the themes go from politics, geography and history to something like animals and food. Also might be good for learning about some history things, and interesting new facts, not just learning French.

Learn French with FrenchPod101.com  - again… grammar, expressions, vocabulary channel

Cyprien - this is the only channel that is just a normal channel, not meant for learning French (but I am sure everyone knows Cyprien anyway). I just really enjoy his videos and it’s very useful for learning new words and of course for some listening practice.

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I am sure there are many more channels like these… but I just wanted to write down my favorite ones for you guys

[languagehoe101]

Damon and Jo is a great channel too!!! Lots of lil French learning tips but also videos en français for you to listen to (and I think you can put English subtitles if you need!)

[spanishlandia]

me: hears a foreign language on a show

[langblrwhy]

I have only two modes:

1. Oh, I want to stay in bed all day and pretend to be a depressed cinnamon roll, please

2. I want to clean the house, learn japanese, hawaiian, russian, arabic, sign language, linguistic, geographical stuff, read 5 books and practice watercolor

[gipsylilya]

English word “pal” is from Romani “phral” (brother) and “tiny” is from “tiny / tikny” (little).

Russian street word “havayu” (I am eating) is from Romani “hava” (I am eating) and “lave” (money) is from “love” (money).

Spanish word “chingar” is indeed Romani.

[hannahbeelanguages]

Printemps - Vocabulaire français

Pieds nus - Barefoot Venteux - Breezy Lumineux - Bright Joyeux - Cheerful Ravissant - Delightful Floral - Floral Florissant - Flourishing Parfumé - Fragrant Frais - Fresh Doux - Gentle Herbeux - Grassy Inspirant - Inspiring Charmant - Lovely Luxuriante - Lush Magnifique - Magnificent Pastel - Pastel Tranquille - Peaceful Pluvieux - Rainy Rafraîchissant - Refreshing Ensoleillé - Sunny Vibrant - Vibrant Pâques - Easter La brise - Breeze Le lapin - Bunny La chenille - Caterpillar La jonquille - Daffodil La marguerite - Daisy Le champ - Field La fleur - Flower L'harmonie - Harmony La joie - Joy La coccinelle - Ladybug La prairie - Meadow Le nid - Nest La goutte de pluie - Raindrop Le rouge-gorge - Robin La tulipe - Tulip Gazouiller - to Chirp S’épanouir - to Flourish S’ébattre - to Frolic Renouveler - to Renew

[awesomefrench]

Dear people learning French, be aware of this

Your accent is more than fine, you don’t need to have a Parisian accent to be a legit francophone. French is spoken by 542 millions of people in 30 different countries, and I don’t even know how many different French dialects may exist… French language is multicultural, and you are part of this big community. 

You are a legit francophone even if you make some mistakes. Guess what, I make mistakes too, I check grammar online too, like everybody. French IS complex and French rules are HELL to us, native speakers, too. Seriously, I feel your pain. 

It’s okay if you started learning French a while ago, stopped, and then want to get back to it but don’t really know how to do it. You don’t have to apologize. You are not betraying anyone for stopping for a moment, a week, a month, a year… It’s totally okay. We all have ups and downs and you will find motivation in due time.  It’s okay if you read French well, write French well but struggle to speak. It takes time to get confidence and speak up. It will come some day, believe me. I learned English just like you are learning French, I had trouble speaking too. Hell, I was impressed by native speakers and lost all my words! You will get confidence as your knowledge will grow, you’ll get more practice and it’s going to be easier for you. Trust me, been there, done that, it’s legit. 

Don’t forget that French is awesome and you are awesome for learning it! 

[languagehoe101]

I’m back again after another school year! Here’s my freshman year update: I got a 4.0, I’m triple majoring (as of now) in French, Economics, and Global studies with a double concentration in International Affairs and Development and Social Justice, and I’ll be spending all of next year studying in Aix en Provence, France!

[thevintagethimble]

Garter (one of a pair) French, 18th century. Silk plain weave with silk tambour work and embroidery on silk ribbon. | ↳ MFA

[rheinstudy]

i’ll be honest: texting in french is somewhat of a nightmare. things are often written phonetically and literally nothing will look like the french in your textbook. however, just like actual french; it may be nonsense, but it’s nonsense with rules.

in general: - no apostrophes - no accents - je/tu + être and je/tu + avoir become one word je suis → jsuis tu as → tas - je + any verb can become one word je dois → jdois - objects become one word je l’ai → jlai - basically anything that can be combined is combined

ajd - aujourd’hui bcp - beaucoup c - c’est dac - daccord dmn - demain eske - est-ce que g - j’ai gt - j’étais je ss - je suis jcp - je ne comprends pas jpp - j’en peux plus jsp - je ne sais pas jtm - je t’aime koa - quoi koi - quoi mdr - mort de rire mm - même oklm - au calme pq - pourquoi pr - pour prcq - parce que psk - parce que ptn - putain ui - oui wi - oui we - ouais ue - ouais qqch - quelque chose qqn - quelqu’un qlqn - quelqu’un qlq - quelqu’un sa - ça slt - salut ski - ce qui squi - ce qui stp - s’il te plaît svp - s’il vous plaît tfk - tu fais quoi tg - ta gueule tjr - toujours tqt - t'inquiète tt - tout wsh - wesh ya - il y a

hope this helps! and although i did make this list based off of things my friends have said, not everyone texts like this - don’t be too afraid!

[pizzacantbebad]

a list of french slang

“je suis morte”/“je meurs”

litteraly “i am dead” it means it was really funny and you died because of it. but it can also mean that you are surprised by the situation in a bad or a good way.

“il fait trop le ouf”

litteraly “he is being crazy” it means this person is doing stuff or saying qtuff they are not supposed to say and you are angry about it. it can lead to a fight eventually.

“krary”

can’t translate that. but it means you are lying about something. slang as fuck don’t use it with everyone.

“il fait krary il est important” he thinks he is important

“tarpé”/“pétard”

it means ass. it is verlan. it is not polite but you can use it with your friends.

“téma son tarpé/pétar” look at her/his ass

“flag”

it means you have been caught. it is the short version of “en flagrant délit”.

“flipé”/“péfly” se pronnonce [pé fl aïe]

it means being scarred. like “j'ai grave péfly/flipé pendant ce film” i was super scarred during this movie.

i have more but just remember this is slang don’t use it with anybody otherwise people will think you have a very poor french or you are very rude.

[lingolden-deactivated20200629]

L I N G O L D E N : ( CHROME   STORE )

I’ve been working on this project for quite some time, but I think I’m ready to share it with you guys!

I really enjoy using tumblr to help other language learners through tips and vocab lists, so I thought it would be a good idea to combine my love for languages with my interest in coding :)

I created a Google Chrome extension that displays a new French word with each new tab. It also includes a corresponding image, IPA pronunciation, and usage of the word in context. It’s great for anyone who’s interested in learning French in bite-sized, manageable pieces.

If you’re interested in trying it out, you can download here.

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DUDE I FRIKIN LOVE THIS OMG THANK YOU