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Fluent in 4 languages. Learning 13. Russian | Turkish | Uzbek | Arabic | Georgian | Armenian

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I love how potato in French is pomme de terre, which pretty much means “earth apple.”

like what stupid frenchman saw this:

and said “zis petite légume looks like a, how you say, APPLE! hmmm… but it grows in ze earth… HON HON HON! MAIS OUI! C’EST UNE POMME DE TERRE!”

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j’adore comment ananas se dit pineapple en anglais, ce qui veut littéralement dire “pomme de pin”, genre quel type anglais a vu ça:

et s’est dit : “ow cette étrange big fruit ressemble à une, how do you say, POMME! hmmm… mais plutôt une pomme qui pousse dans les pins… HU HU HU! OH YES, IT’S A PINEAPPLE!” (z’avez vu, on peut le faire aussi… hon hon hon!)

[academicfeminist]

I can’t even read French and I’m laughing my ass off

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This is good

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What do french people call a really bad thursday?

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a trajeudi

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update: if you tell this joke to someone living in france they will refuse to look at you

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Don’t apologize for your “poor English”; at least you have an understanding of more than one language and that is more than a lot of people who would criticize you can say.

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See my Arabic vocabulary printables in action. 

Nouns: Singular and Plural forms - DOWNLOAD HERE! - A table to jot down nouns and adjectives in their singular and plural forms.

Misc. Vocabulary Definitions - DOWNLOAD HERE! - A table for new bits of vocab you come across on your journey into the language.

Verb Conjugation Table - DOWNLOAD HERE! - A table for practicing verb conjugations in the past, present and imperative forms.  - 3 versions available 

[leashedknight]

ok langblrs lets get real: who else translates the lyrics to songs in their tagret languages in their head just for fun?

[langurikas-blog]

Some pretty Lev. Arabic and Swedish vocab pages I’ve been working on ~

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Uzbek Masterpost

So I haven’t seen many, if any, langblrs posting about learning the Uzbek language. For those who don’t know, Uzbekistan is a central Asian nation that borders almost all the -Stan countries. Uzbek is a Turkic language and is spoken by 27 million native speakers. If you speak Turkish, you’ll pick it up pretty quickly.

However, Uzbek does use the Cyrillic alphabet like it’s Russian counterpart.

Because it’s a relatively unknown language I thought I’d help anyone who wants to learn out and put some resources here.

http://www.ozodlik.org/

I can’t stress how helpful Ozodlik (which means freedom) is for learning. They have a bunch of podcasts, the news and it’s a branch of Radio Free/Radio Liberty. The actual site is blocked in Uzbekistan itself though.

http://www.ismanov.com/

English/Uzbek dictionary, also has Uzbek/Arabic and even the Turkmen language, bonus. It’s very useful considering there are very little actual paper Uzbek dictionaries available.

 if you, like me, prefer a physical dictionary I reccomend;

Uzbek-English / English-Uzbek Concise Dictionary by Kamran M. Khakimov

Because it’s in an easy to read format and has a ton of entries, at least a lot for a dictionary of such a little-spoken language.

https://cails.languageinstitute.wisc.edu/lessons.html

Some content based lessons that mainly focus on issues in Uzbekistan and Kazakhstan, but useful none-the-less. They’re all written by professors so they should be relatively good translation wise.

http://www.oxuscom.com/250words.htm

More further information about Uzbek as a language, including a word list and a bunch of other goodies.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=95FeRJl6QtA

If you want to watch another foreigner speaking Uzbek, this is one of the few videos of such around on the internet.

http://aboutworldlanguages.com/uzbek

Useful information about the different Uzbek dialects, since there are two that slightly differ (but are mutually intelligible).

teachyourselfuzbek.com/

Lessons! Teach yourself! O wonder!

www.17-minute-world-languages.com/en/uzbek/

17 minutes and you could learn the 50 most ‘important’ Uzbek words and phrases!

Also as a warning, Uzbek doesn’t have many good movies or music to listen to/watch so if you want any good ones you’ll have to go digging, or just put up with the old Soviet Union ones. Not that there are many of them either. The Uzbek government also blocked Rap and Rock music because they’re ‘evil’ so you’ll struggle to find those genres as well.

And here are some Uzbek phrases to get you going:

Greeting - Uchrashuv, salomlashuv Hello! - Assalomu alaykum! Good afternoon! - Salom! (More of an informal Hi than anything) Hi! - Qalaysiz! Welcome! - Xush kelibsiz! Sir - Janob Madam - Xonim Sit down, please - Marhamat, o'tiring Who are you? - Kimsiz? What is your name? - Ismingiz nima? Let me introduce myself. I'm... - Ruxsat eting, o'zimni tanishtiray. Men... May I introduce myself! I am... - Sizga o'zimni tanishtirsam. Mening ismim... I am glad to meet you! - Tanishganimdan hursandman! How do you do? - Ishlaringiz qalay? How do you feel? - Qalaisiz? Tuzukmisiz? Is everything all right (OK)? - Hammasi joyidami? Thank you, fine - Rahmat, yaxshi Very well, thank you - Juda yaxshi, rahmat Fine, thanks - Rahmat, yaxshi I am OK, thanks - Yaxshiman, rahmat So so - Sekin-sekin Where do you come from? - Qayerdan siz? I come from... - Men... dan keldim I am from United States - Men Amerikadanman 

More phrases can be found at;

https://orexca.com/uzbek_language.shtml 

http://uzbek-glossary.com

This is my first langblr post so if you re-posted ir or whatever it is on tumblr I’d be eternally greaful! Help other Uzbek learners out! Bring attention to this beautiful language and fascinating country!

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Giveaway!!!

Hallo my friends of the sun! So t’is time for a little giveaway ayy

What you can win/ choose!

- a package full of fancy stationery (with individual wishes so you actually get stuff you need and want!)

or

- a new German book of your choosing OR 3 books I will select with your help from the ones I already have

or

- any kind of language or school/uni related book ~ 15€

plus additionally if you fancy I’ll include German sweets, postcards/key chains or an ugly drawing but that’s all optional!

Who can win and how to do it!

- 3 people will be selected as winners and can choose between all three (also ok if all 3 want stationery so you got free choice)

- make sure you’re allowed to give your address to me if you’re under 18; worldwide shipping is completely okay

- reblog this and follow me

Winners will be chosen on the 14th November!

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asdfghjkl I'm crossing my fingers