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Stumbling through Spanish and German and more. Feel free to ask me questions or just talk. If anything's wrong please tell me so I can fix it! general blog

[deutschtaeglich]

Seen in a bathroom in Münster, Germany

[linguavert]

die Toilette – the toilet

die Bürste – the brush

die Benutzung – the use

die Anweisung – the instruction

Alles klar?

[hownottolearnalanguage]

When you learn another language in the same family and can feel your power growing

[soracities]

“Bilingualism strikes me as a kind of synesthesia. Instead of seeing colors associated with letters and words, instead of hearing melodies, what I hear with language is the play and echo of the other language. The option to say it differently, and thus to live it differently…”

— Yoojin Grace Wuertz, from “Mother Tongue" (via weissewiese)

[polyglotten]

TED TALKS IN DIFFERENT LANGAUGES

I was watching TED talks, as you do, and thought ha I wonder how many languages they have and I stumbled across this language heaven! They have over 100 languages and subtitles are available in various languages which is honestly terrific! I think the scope and depth of topics offered by TED talks could be a great way to broaden your vocabulary in areas which you wouldn’t otherwise be able to particularly for intermediate and advanced learners. Anyway happy watching and learning! (Links down below, click read-more link.)

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[languageaddict044]

GUYS IMMA CRY THATS JUST LIKE HEAVEN FOR ME OMAGAD people talking clearly in several languages AND WITH SUBTITLES OMG reblog to save a life

[wonderful-language-sounds]

Here are some podcasts for those of you that learn or speak Spanish.  Many you can find on  iTunes, on Android using Pocket Casts, or on their own websites/RSS feed. Other podcasts: Arabic| French | German | Italian| Russian| Ukrainian| Eurasia

Language Learning

Accelerated Spanish

Coffee Break Spanish

Discover Spanish

Language Transfer: Complete Spanish

Learn Spanish Daily Podcast

Learning Spanish for Beginners 

Light Speed Spanish

Medical Spanish Podcast

Notes in Spanish: Beginner

Notes in Spanish: Intermediate

Notes in Spanish: Advanced

One Minute Spanish

One Minute Latin American Spanish

Real Deal Spanish

Spanish by Choice: Transcripts here.

SpanishPod101

Spanish - SurvivalPhrases

Speak Spanish with Maria Fernandez

Beginner-Advanced Listening

Advanced Spanish with Spanish Obsessed

Español Automático: Includes transcripts.

Españolistos

Hablemos Español (Mexico)

La Casa Rojas: Transcripts can be bought.

Learn Argentinian Spanish

My Spanish Podcasts

News in Slow Spanish (Spain):  Includes transcripts.

News in Slow Spanish (Latin America): Includes transcripts.

Notes in Spanish: Gold: Transcripts can be bought.

Podcast en Spanish

Spanishpodcast: Includes transcripts.

SpanishPodcast.net: Includes transcripts.

Show Time Spanish

Unlimited Spanish: Includes transcripts.

Spanish Only

00 Podcast: Movies

Al Filo de la Realidad: Occult, UFO’s, pseudoscience.

Campamento Krypton: Pop culture.

CienciaEs: Science podcasts

Cultura, contracultura, y recontracultura: Culture.

Economía para la Ciudadanía: Economics.

El Amor Después : Relationships and love.

Engadget: Technology.

Es Salud: Health.

Es una Trampa: Star Wars

Fallo de sistema: Sci-fi, comics, movies.

Gameover: Video games.

Histocast: History

Juego de Tronos : Game of Thrones.

La Papa: Answers to unique questions.

La  Parroquia: Humor.

La Rosa de los Vientos: Mystery

Lo-Fi: Relationships.

Melomania: Classical music.

Memorias de un Tambor: Spanish history.

Nadie sabe nada: Humor.

Negá Todo : X-files

Nunca Ayudes a Nadie: Productivity

Oh My LOL: Humor

Radio Ambulante: Like This American Life

Radioshock: Random interesting topics.

SBS Radio: News

Señaladores: Literature.

Sexopolis: Sex & sexuality.

Siglo 21: Music.

Son y sabor: Music

Terror Y Nada Más: Horror.

Verne y Wells Ciencia Ficción: Sci-fi and stories.

Argentina Podcastera: Several interesting podcasts from Argentina.

iVoox: Several podcasts can be found here.

Radio Nacional: Several podcasts from Colombia.

RTVE: Several podcasts from Spain that you narrow by category.

You can find waaay more podcasts in Spanish simply by going through Spanish radio stations. I’ve seen podcasts for Pokemon, poetry, geology, and beer. You’re bound to find something you like :D

[colachampagnedad]

[spanishlandia]

Phases of the Moon in Spanish🌙

🌑Luna nueva. New moon

🌒Luna creciente / Creciente cóncava. Waxing crescent

🌓Cuarto creciente. First quarter 

🌔Luna creciente convexa / Creciente gibosa. Waxing gibbous

🌕Luna llena. Full moon

🌖Luna menguante convexa / Menguante gibosa. Waning gibbous

🌗Cuarto menguante. Third quarter / Last quarter

🌘Luna menguante / Menguante cóncava. Waning crescent 

[pictoline]

(Algunas) cosas de la comida en México que suelen desconcertar a más de un extranjero 😁🌶🍋🌽🌮🦗 🔥👀

[langsandculture]

the workers who have to exhume franco’s body when they exhume franco’s body 

[germanenthusiast]

Determining Gender

Masculine

nouns referring to males: der Vater, der Junge

many nouns ending in -er, -en, or -el: der Lehrer, der Wagen, der Mantel

days, months, seasons: der Montag, der Januar, der Herbst

foreign words with the accent on the last syllable: der Soldat, der Elefant

nouns formed from an infinitive minus the -en: der Besuch, der Lohn

many nouns that form their plural by adding (occasionally an umlaut) always -e: der Brief, der Satz

nouns ending in -ich, -ig, -ismus, -ist, -ling, or -us: der Teppich, der Käfig, der Kommunismus, der Kapitalist, der Lehrling, der Rhythmus

Feminine

nouns that refer to females: die Mutter, die Frau

names of numerals: die Eins, die Hundert

names of many numbers: die Elbe, die Mosel

many nouns ending in -e: die Lampe, die Ernte

nouns ending in -in that identify females in professions: die Lehrerin, die Ärztin

many nouns ending in -a: die Kamera, die Pizza

many nouns that form their plural by -en or -n: die Tante, die Zeitschrift

nouns ending in -ei, -heit, -keit, -ie, -ik, -nz, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ung, or -ur: die Schweinerei, die Einheit, die Einsamkeit, die Fotografie, die Topik, die Konferenz, die Landschaft, die Position, die Universität, die Prüfung, die Natur

Neuter

diminutive nouns that end in -chen or -lein: das Mädchen, das Röslein

nouns formed from an infinitive: das Einkommen, das Singen

most nouns that end in -nis: das Bekenntnis, das Gedächtnis

many nouns with the prefix Ge-: das Gemälde, das Gelächter

nouns that refer to metals: das Gold, das Silber

nouns that end in -ment: das Regiment, das Experiment

most nouns that form their plural by (occasionally an umlaut) and always -er: das Haus, das Kind

nouns that end in -tel, -tum, or -um: das Viertel, das Königtum, das Gymnasium

[silkm4chine]

anyone wanna be my german penpal? 🙃 i’m losing the language so i need someone to talk to consistently

[animestan69]

Liebe Schwester,

bis du dies gelesen hast, werde ich schon tot sein. Ich denke, dass es so passieren wird: Dieter wird mich erschießen, dann werde ich Dieter erschießen, dann wird Erich hereinkommen und von Dieter erschossen werden. Dann wirst du kommen und von Erich, Dieter und mir mehrere Male erschossen werden.

Hochachtungsvoll,

Dein Bruder Konrad

PS: Dann werden zwei Bullen diesen Brief lesen und sich gegenseitig erschießen

[mercigracies]

En temps com aquest, els gats em curaràn el cor.

(Font)

[langsandlit]

In tempi come questi, i gatti mi cureranno il cuore.

[spanishskulduggery]

En tiempos como estos, los gatos me curarán el corazón.

[peoplecallmecarfanatic]

I just love how in English you say “great minds think alike”, which is a completely positive thing since you’re kinda praising yourself, but in German you go like “zwei Dumme, ein Gedanke” = “two fools, one thought” 

German is beautiful, isn’t it

[letslearn-spanish-andmore]

can any explain the difference between german Zahl and Nummer bitte

[loveforculture-deactivated20220]

From what I know, Zahl is used in more specific situations, like when you talk about weight or mathematics. Nummer is more of a general term used in everyday life.

[letslearn-spanish-andmore]

so would saying something like the number of soldiers be Zahl bcos it’s specific and something like your house number be Nummer?

[letslearn-spanish-andmore]

can any explain the difference between german Zahl and Nummer bitte

[scandiblr]

Audio books in Nordic languages

Here’s where you can buy and listen to books in Nordic languages, but for some sites you have to use that country’s credit card

Icelandic:

Hlusta

Hljóðbók

Storytel

Penninn

Forlagið

Norwegian:

Ebok

Storytel

Lydbokforlaget

Fabel

CDON

Bokklubben

Danish:

eReolen

Mofibo

PolitikenBooks

Saxo

Swedish:

Storytel

Ljudböcker

Adlibris

BookBeat

Bokus

Nextory

Finnish:

eKirjasto

BookBeat

Storytel

Adlibris

Celia

[just-another-mutant-fangirl]

In light of those Russian fish memes

I would like to bring to you all a wonderful discovery: The German ‘Verwechslungsgefahr’ memes!

The meme translates into ‘danger/risk of confusion’ and depicts a series of homonyms and amusing situations. I’ve actually been using this to expand my German vocabulary. Here are some of my favorite examples: 

BEWARE! If you type it into google images, you’ll most likely come across a few offensive examples, so browse carefully!

Enjoy your European memeing