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[ayetstudies]

trying to expand my english vocab 💪

[languagestudyblr]

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[xotsukare]

Learning german atm 😊🌟 -Dzseni

[tiny-personal-university-thing]

101 Ways to be Productive When Classes Are Not In Session

Get a job

Learn guitar

Learn piano

Study a new language

Purchase new study materials for the next semester (i.e new notebooks, a new pencil bag, a new backpack, new pencils, pens, or highlighters – 10/10 would recommend Crayola SuperTips they are extremely cheap!)

Clean your room

Clean your apartment/home

Make your bed

Make a list of your goals

Exercise

Write

Find a new podcast (for my pre-law friends, I recommend Think Like A Lawyer)

Read a new book or read all of the books you have bought but not been able to read yet

Clean out your closet - donate clothes you do not wear anymore to Goodwill

Clean out your car/wash your car (actually necessary to ensure that dirt does not accumulate in its parts - TRUST ME) 

Be a tourist in your own city - find a new coffee shop you might like to study at when classes resume

Try new recipes - learn to cook by watching Youtube videos

Start a new skin care routine (I recommend Noxema {app $4} for your face wash, follow it up with Witch Hazel {app $6} and finish with Tea Tree Oil {app $8}!)

Start a new blog (or check out my new blog @tiny-personal-aesthetics-thing I know I’m shameless)

Volunteer at local animal shelters, retirement homes, hospitals, libraries, Habitat for Humanity, etc. 

Redecorate your room - try moving your bed or furniture around and see how it changes the fung shui (if you are into that)

Learn about photography

Work on your mental and physical health

Take your dog for a walk - I’m sure they would appreciate it

Ride a horse

Create a budget for yourself

Start a bujo

Draw

Paint

Watch a documentary

Create goals for next semester

Reflect on this past semester

Learn self-defense

Visit a museum or a park

Sell items you don’t want anymore on apps such as Letgo or via the Facebook Market

Start gardening

Call friends/family you haven’t heard from in awhile

Write friends/family you haven’t heard from in awhile

Go for a hike

Improve your vocabulary using resources such as: vocabulary.com, or enhancemyvocabulary.com

Fix your sleep schedule (!!!)

Learn about your family history

Utilize Khan Academy videos to brush up on math, science, or humanities

Clean out your email inbox

Get a test prep book for the LSAT/MCAT/GRE

Talk to an adultier adult in the field you wish to enter regarding your career options

Work on your resume

Increase your typing speed using websites such as: typing.com, typeracer.com, or rapidtyping.com

Write thank you notes to professors/instructors/advisors that you found particularly helpful - or to friends/family/mentors that also helped you out

Get your planner organized for the new semester (or buy a planner if you haven’t already)

Find and price the textbooks and access codes you will need for the coming semester

Jazz up/update your social media accounts (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) to reflect more on your professionalism (if you have those)

Update your style - new semester, new clothes, new you

Go swimming - nice low impact exercise 

Find a professional to shadow

Find an internship

Find scholarship opportunities (create a new email account to specifically use for scholarships!) 

Get a head start on the classes you will be taking by self-studying (a plethora of free information exists on the internet)

Be a mentor - tutor high schoolers/junior high students for SAT/ACT prep, or generally for whatever subjects they need help in 

Do manual labor - fix something, build something, mow the yard, clean the gutters

Do yoga

Work on breathing exercises

Treat yourself

Learn to say no

Go on graduate school tours

Travel (can be near or far, cheap or expensive - know your budget)

Do your own research project

Take an online sample course via edX,or Coursera

Start your graduate school application

Pet sit for someone

House sit for someone

Start your own Youtube channel

Work on your handwriting

Try sculpting

Attend networking events

Attend leadership events

Start a fundraiser for a cause

Learn to code

Study abroad - or solidify a study abroad trip

Create a four year plan for your degree

Visit family

Visit a friend

Get letters of recommendation

Get crafty

Take a practice test for the LSAT/ MCAT/ GRE

Take all of your loose change to a CoinStar and exchange them for cash

Learn about where your food comes from

Drink more water

Find an audio book to listen to when you are in the car or on the bus

Catch up on your laundry

Forge new good habits such as utilizing a planner or making your bed every day

Start a compost pile 

Grow your own herbs

Start meal prepping/meal planning 

Play basketball

Play tennis 

Get a haircut

Organize your desk 

Organize your laptop

Learn about astronomy

Rest, relax, and recuperate for the semester to come   

[dateacutiesuggestion]

Date a cutie who learns your native language to surprise you

[studyskylar]

busy week 🐝

[ammg-old]

Aerial photo of Reykjavík (Iceland, 2015).

[inlanguagewedontsay]

In Basque we don’t say “In love” , we say “maiteminduta” which roughly translates to “hurt by love”.

In Basque we don’t say “cancer”, we say “minbizia” which roughly translates to “intense pain” and I think it’s quite accurate in every sense.

In Basque we don’t say “give birth”, we say “erditu” which translates to “divide by two” and I think it’s beautiful.

In Basque we don’t say “moon” we say “Ilargi” which translates to “the light of the dead”.

In Basque we don’t say “desert”, we say “basamortu”, which roughly translates to “dead forest”.

In Basque we don’t say “free”, we say “musutruk” which translates to “in exchange of a kiss”. Example: Musutruk emango dizut. Translation: I’ll give it to you for free (I’ll give it to you in exchange of a kiss).

Explanation: The Basque language is an ancestral language spoken in the north of Spain and in the south of France. It’s the oldest language of Europe.

Submitted by @peopleinahurry

[studyspiration-coffee]

Sometimes you need to get real with yourself. Don’t pretend those tabs of youtube videos and fanfiction take precedence over that maths homework you need to get done. Don’t tell yourself you’ll get up early and do it, because chances are, your alarms will go off and you’ll snooze it automatically. Then right before the dreaded fourth period you will be stressed to no end and you’ll feel the feeling. You know, the feeling. When you can genuinely feel the list of tasks and responsibilities build up on your shoulders. That stationery will do nothing to save your grades if you don’t actually use it to make your revision materials. Don’t click onto youtube as a study break and find that 3 hours and only 4 pages of reading later, the glare of the screen gets a little blurry when you look at the time and look at your to do list with your priorities highlighted. I don’t care how much self control you think you have, or how much discipline you think you’ve honed, because when you make the decision to put of work that needs to get done and you’re relying on this new found immense self discipline that future you will just suddenly obtain, you know you’ve already lost. And it’s a double loss because not only have you lost to laziness and short term ‘happiness’, future you has lost to stress and possibly even not getting the grades or the qualifications you could’ve gotten that would’ve led you to take the path you’ve wanted to take. So please, for the love of your future self, get it done now. 

[languagestudyblr]

studying languages at uni was probably one of the worst ideas I've ever had. I love languages, I love learning and practicing them, but I also love passing from one language to another whenever I want, and I like taking my time to reach a high level, and these things are not possible at uni. languages are my greatest passion, but are they what I want to build a career on? I'll probably shift to a business and marketing graduate program and I know it won't be easy, and I'm feeling bad about "abandoning" my academic field, but a BA in languages didn't make me as happy as I hoped I would be, so this is my choice right now and I feel so relieved.

[hotairballoon221]

100 Verbs in Dutch

Inspired by this post by @colonelstudy

To be - Zijn

To have - Hebben

To be able to - Kunnen

To make - Maken

To do - Doen

To put - Zetten

To place - Plaatsen

To say - Zeggen

To tell - Vertellen

To talk - Praten

To have to - Moeten

To take - Nemen, pakken

To catch - Vangen

To give - Geven

To go - Gaan

To want - Willen

To wish - Wensen

To know - Weten, kennen

To see - Zien

To ask - Vragen

To find - Vinden

To return - Terugkeren

To give back - Teruggeven

To come - Komen

To go past (someone) - Passeren

To understand - Snappen

To stay - Blijven

To hold - (Vast)houden

To keep - Houden

To carry - Dragen

To wear - Dragen

To show - Tonen

To continue - Doorgaan

To think - Denken

To follow - Volgen

To believe - Geloven

To begin - Beginnen

To count - Tellen

To hear - Horen

To wait - Wachten

To expect - Verwachten

To call - Bellen

To allow - Toestaan

To grow - Groeien

To leave - Vertrekken

To decide - Beslissen

To arrive - Arriveren

To serve - Serveren

To reply - Antwoorden

To answer - Antwoorden

To live - Leven

To remember - Herinneren

To introduce - Voorstellen

To accept - Accepteren

To behave - Gedragen

To play - Spelen

To recognize - Herkennen

To choose - Kiezen

To touch - Aanraken

To feel - Voelen

To like - Mogen, leuk vinden

To love - Houden van

To find - Vinden

To meet - Ontmoeten

To lose - Verliezen

To explain - Uitleggen

To open - Openen

To win - Winnen

To exist - Bestaan

To read - Lezen

To refuse - Weigeren

To change - Veranderen

To work - Werken

To try - Proberen

To prevent - Voorkomen

To stop - Stoppen

To go out - Uitgaan

To lead - Leiden

To risk - Riskeren

To learn - Leren

To teach - Leren

To meet - Ontmoeten

To create - Creëren

To get - Krijgen

To look for - Zoeken

To bring - Brengen

To cause - Veroorzaken

To use - Gebruiken

To reach - Reiken

To achieve - Bereiken

To produce - Produceren

To import - Importeren

To add - Toevoegen

To stand up - Opstaan

To prepare - Klaarmaken, voorbereiden

To write - Schrijven

To defend - Beschermen

To pull - Trekken

To draw - Tekenen

To build - Bouwen

[geschiedenis-en-talen]

‘Er’: what, when, how and why

This weird word has many different functions. In this post, requested by @studerendutch, I’ll try to tackle all of them!

Note: as you’ll notice, a Dutch synonym of ‘er’ will often be ‘daar’ but they’re not always interchangeable!

1. Indication of place

In this case, you replace a certain location by ‘er’, as it has already been mentioned and you know what you’re talking about.

Examples

Ik ben gisteren in Rotterdam gaan shoppen, ik heb er een t-shirt en een paar schoenen gekocht.

I went shopping in Rotterdam yesterday, I’ve bought a t-shirt and a pair of shoes.

‘Rotterdam’ is replaced by ‘er’ in the second part of the sentence. As you can see, I left out any English translation, although you could use ‘there’.

Hanna: ”Volgende week gaan we met de klas op uitstap naar Brussel.”  Tom: “Zo leuk! Je moet er zeker een Brusselse wafel gaan eten, die vind ik nog beter dan de Luikse.”

Hanna: “Next week, we’re going on a trip to Brussels with our class.”                                                                                            Tom: “So nice! You must go eat a Belgian waffle, I think they’re even better than the waffles from Liège.”

‘Er’ replaces ‘Brussels’ here, but that’s really the only difference. Again, you see I didn’t use an English equivalent, though you could use ‘there’ again.

2. In combination with a preposition

When you have preposition + part of a sentence, ‘er’ will replace the ‘part of the sentence’ while the preposition will stay. In this case, er and the preposition are written as one word (with ‘er’ first and then the preposition’) if there are no words in between. Mind structures like ‘ernaartoe/er naartoe’: even most native speakers have no idea when to write them as one word and when not! (When in doubt, you can always go to taaltelefoon.be)

Examples

Felix: “Ga je een essay schrijven over het gebruik van pesticiden in de landbouw?”                                                                                          Evelien: “Nee, ik ga er een toespraak over houden.”

Felix: “Are you going to write an essay about the use of pesticides in agriculture?”                                                                                Evelien: “No, I’m going to do a speech about it.”

Here, ‘er’ and ‘over’ aren’t written as one word, because the direct object comes in between. In English, ‘er’ is replaced by ‘it’.

Heleen: “Heb je je pakje al aangekregen?”                                         Tobias: “Nee, ik ben erop aan het wachten.”

Heleen: “Have you gotten your package yet?”                                     Tobias: “No, I’m waiting for it.”

The preposition in the second sentence, ‘op’, isn’t used in the first sentence. Still, Tobias refers to the direct object of the first sentence in his sentence by ‘er’, because otherwise he’d have to repeat it. In the second sentence, it’s an object by the verb but that doesn’t matter to the use of ‘er’.

3. In combination with a numeral

Only used with integer numbers, so not if you’re talking about “3/4 of a cake”, for example.

Examples

Annelies: “Hoeveel appels heb je gekocht?”                                          Emma: “Ik heb er tien gekocht, zou dat genoeg zijn?”

Annelies: “How many apples did you buy?”                                Emma: “I’ve bought ten, would that be enough?”

Here, there is really no English equivalent for ‘er’. 

Gilles: “Heb je ooit al antilopes gezien?”                                            Ismaël: “Ja, ik heb er zelfs ooit al één in het wild gezien!”

Gilles: “Have you ever seen antelopes?                                     Ismaël: “Yeah, I even saw one in the wild once!”

Again, no English equivalent for ‘er’

4. As the subject of a passive sentence

‘Er’ is used in passive sentences who don’t really have a subject. These kind of sentences are also called ‘subject clauses’. Subject clauses can also have ‘het’ as a subject (e.g. het regent = it rains), but ‘er’ and ‘het’ aren’t interchangeable and ‘er’ is used most of the time.

Examples

Er was eens een mooi meisje met haren zo zwart als ebbenhout en een huid zo wit als sneeuw. Daarom werd ze Sneeuwwitje genoemd.

Once upon a time (literally: there was once) a girl with hair as black as ebony and a skin as white as snow. That’s why she was called Snow-white.

The classic beginning of fairy tails is a nice example of a subject clause. As you can see, the direct English equivalent would be ‘there’.

Er heeft iemand voor je gebeld, ik heb het nummer opgeschreven.

Someone called for you, I’ve written the number down.

As you see, this sentence is active in English but passive in Dutch! You could make it active in Dutch (’Iemand heeft voor je gebeld’) but that sounds a lot less natural.

5. As temporary subject

I was kind of shocked by this one myself. Temporary subject, what? Apparently, a temporary subject would be a subject that’s placed somewhere in the beginning of the sentence, while the ‘real’ subject is to be found further in the sentence. That ‘real’ subject can only be indefinite. so you can’t put de/het in front of it, only een. ‘Er’ is not placed in the beginning of certain questions.  I’ve noticed ‘er’ often functions as an adverb of place here. Sounds complicated, right? Here come some examples:

Examples

Er zijn nog mensen in het gebouw!

There are still people in the building!

“Mensen zijn nog in het gebouw” is a sentence! Just not a very naturally-sounding sentence. So that’s why you use ‘er’ here: to make it all a bit smoother. As you can see, ‘er’ becomes ‘there’ in English.

Zijn je vrienden er nog?

Are your friends still there?

Er = there

Sources

I used two sources (of which one used the other as a source), both in Dutch but I thought I’d include them anyway.

https://educatie-en-school.infonu.nl/taal/27737-het-gebruik-van-het-woord-er-in-het-nederlands.html

http://taalgroepnl.nl/wp-content/uploads/2015/09/bijwoorden-gebruik-van-er.pdf

[sixpenceee]

Illustrations of cute things people call their significant other. (Source)

[join-the-dutch-clan]

Hey, I'm going to start trying to learn Dutch by myself, do you have any suggestions on where I should start?

Hi there,

First of all, it’s very important to learn vocabulary. A lot of people use Duolingo or Memrise for this, which is great, but I’ll also give you some other resources. 

Video series: 1000 most common words in Dutch + some of the words from the lessons in a file.

Some random vocabulary files: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Another important thing is the grammar of course. You can find some good resources for Dutch grammar here. I’ve checked out the files in this post and the best books I’ve found are: teach yourself dutch grammar, dutch an essential grammar, dutch reference grammar and dutch a comprehensive grammar. Just choose the grammar book you like and study a new chapter every other day. 

You can also check out some of my grammar posts and a few websites:

Irregular verbs, I’ve also found another list of irregular verbs that might be more useful because of the translations. 

Regular verbs: past

Regular verbs: present

Website for conjugating verbs

Linking words

Articles, and a useful website.

Degrees of comparison

After learning some basic vocabulary and grammar you can start practising your reading, listening and speaking skills. Resources:

Pronouncing vowels: Dutch , Flemish

Pronouncing consonants: Dutch, Flemish

News: 1, 2

Fanfiction and stuff

Articles about science

Youtube videos: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

In short, start with basic vocabulary and choose a grammar book to work through. After that, you can practise your reading, listening and speaking skills. It might also be useful to start this free beginners course (it starts 20 November). 

Hope this is helpful ^^

[burritomurritodorito]

GERMAN EMOTIONS/FEELINGS VOCABULARY

wütend, sauer - angry froh, fröhlich, glücklich - happy traurig - sad aufgeregt - excited, nervous nervös - nervous müde - tired dankbar - thankful faul - lazy stolz - proud gestresst - stressed überrascht - suprised erleichtert - relieved hungrig - hungry mutig - brave entschlossen - determined eifersüchtig - jealous verwirrt - confused einsam - lonely hoffnungsvoll/los - hopeful/less schuldig - guilty zufrieden - content frustriert - frustrated  gierig - greedy heiter - cheerful schockiert - shocked beleidigt - offended

[polyglotswede]

Saw some similarites to swedish , so here they are :

Nervous - nervös

Stressed - stressad

Hungry - hungrig

Lonely - ensam

Hopeful - förhoppningsfull

Guilty - skyldig

Frustrated - frustrerad

Greedy - girig

Shocked - chockad

[hotairballoon221]

Dutch Vocabulary List Masterpost.

Hey there! Since I’ve made quite a lot of vocabulary lists, I’ve decided to make a masterpost where I link them all! (This is a chonological list, the oldest ones are at the top, the most recent ones will be added on the bottom!)

Also check out my Grammar Masterpost and Dutch-related Questions Masterpost!

Beginner’s guide: Dutch - April 14th 2017

Beginner’s guide: Dutch (Part II) - April 17th 2017

Dutch words that don’t exist in English! - April 16th 2017

Dutch: Vrolijk Pasen! (Happy Easter!)  - April 16th 2017

Antonyms in Dutch! - April 16th 2017

Dutch School Vocabulary! - April 17th 2017

Dutch: Animals - April 17th 2017

Dutch Hospital and Illness Vocabulary - April 18th 2017

Dutch Office Vocabulary - April 18th 2017

Dutch Garden Vocabulary - April 18th 2017

Dutch City Vocabulary - April 19th 2017

Dutch Countryside Vocabulary - April 20th 2017

The Countries in Dutch! - April 20th 2017

Dutch Mail Vocabulary - April 21st 2017

Dutch Human Anatomy Vocabulary - April 21st 2017

Your House in Dutch - April 22nd 2017

Dutch Space Vocabulary - April 23rd 2017

Dutch Travel Vocabulary - April 23rd 2017

Dutch Personal Hygiene Vocabulary - April 23rd 2017

Dutch Technology Vocabulary - April 24th 2017

The numbers in Dutch (1-1000). - April 26th 2017

Dutch Bookworm’s Vocabulary! - April 28th 2017

Dutch Weather Vocabulary! - April 29th 2017

Dutch Swearwords. - April 29th 2017

Dutch Autumn Vocabulary. - August 9th 2017

Dutch Love, Relationships and Sex Vocabulary! - August 10th 2017

Dutch Harry Potter Vocabulary! -  August 10th 2017

Dutch Bullying Vocabulary. - August 12th 2017

Dutch Sports Vocabulary. - August 12th 2017

Your Relatives in Dutch! - August 13th 2017

Dutch: The Zodiac Signs! - August 14th 2017

Dutch Mental Health Vocabulary - August 17th 2017

Dutch Religions Vocabulary. - August 18th 2017

Dutch Beauty Vocabulary. - August 19th 2017

Dutch Art Vocabulary. - August 21st 2017

Dutch Period, Birth Control & Pregnancy Vocabulary. - August 22nd 2017

10 Dutch Idioms - 10 Nederlandse Spreekwoorden - August 25th 2017

Dutch Homonyms. - August 29th 2017

Dutch Emotions Vocabulary - September 6th 2017

Asking for / giving directions in Dutch🔍 - September 10th 2017

Dutch Camping Vocabulary!🌲 - September 12th 2017

Dutch TV Vocabulary.📺 - September 13th 2017

Dutch Question Words.💬❓ - September 13th 2017

Writing a Diary in Dutch.📕 - September 17th 2017

Dutch Cycling Vocabulary! - September 18th 2017

In a Dutch Clothing Store.👗 - September 21st 2017

Dutch Gaming Vocabulary 🎮 - April 3rd 2018

Dutch Tattoo Vocabulary. - April 5th 2018

Dutch Money Vocabulary. - April 5th 2018

Dutch Spring Vocabulary. - April 5th 2018

Dutch Archery Vocabulary. 🏹 - April 5th 2018

[wildersage]

non native english speaker culture is constantly switching between british and american spelling and writing words however you prefer without caring about consistency and you dont really always know which is which anyway