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I'd rather be in outer space 🛸
he wasn't even looking at me and he found me
sheepfilms
i don't do bad sauce passes
Three Goblin Art
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Love Begins
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Bright Ideas for Your Home, 1978
Punk is POC
Punk is Queer
Punk is Community
Punk has no room for your moldy white dreads and self entitlement
Introduction cause I realized I didn't do one (or it's old) 09/01/23
I am Mirko, I have 20 yo and I'm a mix of a few things. I have a one year old child, and I'm planning on studying art directing and acting!
I'm autistic (diagnosed 2022) and adhd (undiagnosed), so coming here to showcase my progress learning has always been a struggle, can't stick to a routine and need to switch languages cause FFS all languages are so beautiful.
I am cureently learning LSA (Lengua de Señas Argentina) by myself level 1, I'm planning in going back to Japanese and I should improve my German 🦦
I have a C1 English and B2 Portuguese but my mother language is actually Spanish 🌼
Not much else to say other than, hope if you're new to my page: enjoy your stay and share your thoughts and experiences, I appreciate seeing other people invested in learning languages. ♡
How to Commit to Learning a Language When You Have ADHD (or other attention issues)
imo one of the biggest challenges for learning other languages when you have ADHD (or other attention issues) is trying to pick one to learn and stick with it
and it's not just choosing one in the first place or motivating yourself, it's trying to avoid getting sidetracked by passing interests as you're exposed to other languages
I have really struggled with this over the years and it's led to me being somewhere between a beginner and intermediate level in a number of languages and not being where I want to be in any of them
SO here my advice as I've tried to tackle this
this is SO useful, I always struggle sticking to one language, gonna go back to japane RN since it' been like 3 months that I've forgotten I was getting really into it 💀
Basic words in Japanese Starter Pack
こんにちは | konnichiwa | hello こんばんは | konbanwa | good afternoon おはよございます | ohayo gozaimasu | good morning ありがとう | arigatou | thank you ごめんなさい | gomennasai | I’m sorry すみません | sumimasen | excuse me
Since I had gotten into a basic japanese course last year that I couldn't finish, cause I was pregnant, I got the classes recorded on Google drive and I'm giving them a go now with a bit more time that my son is a bit older and doesn't depend on me feeding him that often.
Apuntes de Historia (y como aprobé)
Perdí los primeros apuntes rápidos que hice, aunque estaban desprolijos así que 🐛
El resumen de mi cuaderno:
Cuadros/mapas de resumen:
¿Cómo aprobé?
Busqué los temas en internet y guardé las páginas que iba a usar.
Usando la técnica pomodoro, prendí un cronómetro y empecé a anotar apuntes de los temas en hojas aparte (desprolijos, solamente tiene que entenderse la letra).
Anoté en el cuaderno la información que necesitaba del examen (materia, temas, fecha del examen y recursos, páginas, trabajos, libros, etc).
En el cuaderno, pasé los apuntes a una versión más prolija. Resaltando las palabras más importantes y decorando un poco las hojas.
Repasé del cuaderno casi todo el día, a la tarde/noche hice los mapas MUY resumidos.
Con ayuda de alguien, dejar que te hagan preguntas del tema usando de guía los mapas (¿causas?¿consecuencias? O similares/equivalentes).
Releer lo mapas conceptuales hasta el momento del examen, si hay tiempo de anotar en otra hoja lo que te acuerdes de memoria para saber que no te vas a bloquear en ese momento (lo hice para otro examen y me sirvió saber si estaba preparado).
resharing from my old studyblr cause I'll be using this blog for study and language learning from now on!
comparto de mi viejo studyblr porque voy a usar este blog para estudiar y aprender idiomas desde ahora en adelante!
Tips to learn a new language
The 75 most common words make up 40% of occurrences The 200 most common words make up 50% of occurrences The 524 most common words make up 60% of occurrences The 1257 most common words make up 70% of occurrences The 2925 most common words make up 80% of occurrences The 7444 most common words make up 90% of occurrences The 13374 most common words make up 95% of occurrences The 25508 most common words make up 99% of occurrences
(Sources: 5 Steps to Speak a New Language by Hung Quang Pham)
This article has an excellent summary on how to rapidly learn a new language within 90 days.
We can begin with studying the first 600 words. Of course chucking is an effective way to memorize words readily. Here’s a list to translate into the language you desire to learn that I grabbed from here! :)
EXPRESSIONS OF POLITENESS (about 50 expressions)
‘Yes’ and ‘no’: yes, no, absolutely, no way, exactly.
Question words: when? where? how? how much? how many? why? what? who? which? whose?
Apologizing: excuse me, sorry to interrupt, well now, I’m afraid so, I’m afraid not.
Meeting and parting: good morning, good afternoon, good evening, hello, goodbye, cheers, see you later, pleased to meet you, nice to have met.
Interjections: please, thank you, don’t mention it, sorry, it’ll be done, I agree, congratulations, thank heavens, nonsense.
NOUNS (about 120 words)
Time: morning, afternoon, evening, night; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; spring, summer, autumn, winter; time, occasion, minute, half-hour, hour, day, week, month, year.
People: family, relative, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, husband, wife; colleague, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend; people, person, human being, man, woman, lady, gentleman, boy, girl, child.
Objects: address, bag, book, car, clothes, key, letter (=to post), light (=lamp), money, name, newspaper, pen, pencil, picture, suitcase, thing, ticket.
Places: place, world, country, town, street, road, school, shop, house, apartment, room, ground; Britain, name of the foreign country, British town-names, foreign town-names.
Abstract: accident, beginning, change, color, damage, fun, half, help, joke, journey, language, English, name of the foreign language, letter (of alphabet), life, love, mistake, news, page, pain, part, question, reason, sort, surprise, way (=method), weather, work.
Other: hand, foot, head, eye, mouth, voice; the left, the right; the top, the bottom, the side; air, water, sun, bread, food, paper, noise.
PREPOSITIONS (about 40 words)
General: of, to, at, for, from, in, on.
Logical: about, according-to, except, like, against, with, without, by, despite, instead of.
Space: into, out of, outside, towards, away from, behind, in front of, beside, next to, between, above, on top of, below, under, underneath, near to, a long way from, through.
Time: after, ago, before, during, since, until.
DETERMINERS (about 80 words)
Articles and numbers: a, the; nos. 0–20; nos. 30–100; nos. 200–1000; last, next, 1st–12th.
Demonstrative: this, that.
Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.
Quantifiers: all, some, no, any, many, much, more, less, a few, several, whole, a little, a lot of.
Comparators: both, neither, each, every, other, another, same, different, such.
ADJECTIVES (about 80 words)
Color: black, blue, green, red, white, yellow.
Evaluative: bad, good, terrible; important, urgent, necessary; possible, impossible; right, wrong, true.
General: big, little, small, heavy; high, low; hot, cold, warm; easy, difficult; cheap, expensive; clean, dirty; beautiful, funny (=comical), funny (=odd), usual, common (=shared), nice, pretty, wonderful; boring, interesting, dangerous, safe; short, tall, long; new, old; calm, clear, dry; fast, slow; finished, free, full, light (=not dark), open, quiet, ready, strong.
Personal: afraid, alone, angry, certain, cheerful, dead, famous, glad, happy, ill, kind, married, pleased, sorry, stupid, surprised, tired, well, worried, young.
VERBS (about 100 words)
arrive, ask, be, be able to, become, begin, believe, borrow, bring, buy, can, change, check, collect, come, continue, cry, do, drop, eat, fall, feel, find, finish, forget, give, going to, have, have to, hear, help, hold, hope, hurt (oneself), hurt (someone else), keep, know, laugh, learn, leave, lend, let (=allow), lie down, like, listen, live (=be alive), live (=reside), look (at), look for, lose, love, make, may (=permission), may (=possibility), mean, meet, must, need, obtain, open, ought to, pay, play, put, read, remember, say, see, sell, send, should, show, shut, sing, sleep, speak, stand, stay, stop, suggest, take, talk, teach, think, travel, try, understand, use, used to, wait for, walk, want, watch, will, work (=operate), work (=toil), worry, would, write.
PRONOUNS (about 40 words)
Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, one; myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.
Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.
Demonstrative: this, that.
Universal: everyone, everybody, everything, each, both, all, one, another.
Indefinite: someone, somebody, something, some, a few, a little, more, less; anyone, anybody, anything, any, either, much, many.
Negative: no-one, nobody, nothing, none, neither.
ADVERBS (about 60 words)
Place: here, there, above, over, below, in front, behind, nearby, a long way away, inside, outside, to the right, to the left, somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, home, upstairs, downstairs.
Time: now, soon, immediately, quickly, finally, again, once, for a long time, today, generally, sometimes, always, often, before, after, early, late, never, not yet, still, already, then (=at that time), then (=next), yesterday, tomorrow, tonight.
Quantifiers: a little, about (=approximately), almost, at least, completely, very, enough, exactly, just, not, too much, more, less.
Manner: also, especially, gradually, of course, only, otherwise, perhaps, probably, quite, so, then (=therefore), too (=also), unfortunately, very much, well.
CONJUNCTIONS (about 30 words)
Coordinating: and, but, or; as, than, like.
Time & Place: when, while, before, after, since (=time), until; where.
Manner & Logic: how, why, because, since (=because), although, if; what, who, whom, whose, which, that.
Finally doing an introduction
so, I realized I never introduced myself and wanted to do a brief summary of who I am.
I'm a 19 year old non binary guy from Argentina. I'm currently learning Russian and German ig, but I'm open to improving others (French, Italian, Portuguese).
I'm polyamorous, into witchcraft and art, if you wanna talk about any of those my DMs are open!
I want movies, TV shows, and music recommendations on my TLs, if they're LGBT, or fantasy genre that'd be awesome
favourite musician: David bowie
favourite movies: perks of being a wallflower, Labyrinth, Princess bride and neverending story
I like watching reality shows and making fun of the contestants
religion: Asatruar (norse polytheism)
Russia. “clinic of happiness” (2021).
I am proud that Russian cinema is progressing.
I kind of really need russian LGBT (or otherwise inclusive) movies and shows
And you ask me why I love the Russian language lmao
my tips for learning Russian 🇷🇺~
/// notice that I am not a professional tutor or anything, it’s just some “insider” tips from a teenager - native Russian speaker (*´∇`)ノ & sorry for my English ///
Поехали! Let’s go! 👏 👇
1) Listen!👂
I think it can be applied to any language though listening is still important. If you’re not familiar with Slavic languages (Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech…) the phonetics may seem challenging for you, however it’s pretty easy, trust me. (Oh, the famous Russian “R” in accents!) Try watching films, TV shows in Russian (with subtitles if you want), listening to Russian music etc. Even if you don’t understand anything, an essential thing is to get used to the speech.
(btw, I heard the letter “Ы” is difficult to pronounce for foreigners, are you able to do this?)🤔
2) The alphabet!🔤
Of course, knowing Romanized version of Russian alphabet (and how to read it) can be useful too but I recommend to simply learn Russian letters in Cyrillic script (А, Б, В, Г, Д, Е, Ё, Ж, З, И, Й, К, Л, М, Н, О, П, Р, С, Т, У, Ф, Х, Ц, Ч, Ш, Щ, Ъ, Ы, Ь, Э, Ю, Я). I think you can draw an analogy with the language I’m currently learning - Japanese. Reading romaji is cool but without kana you’re getting nowhere.
3) Similar words!🆗
I noticed that every year the Russian language adapts more and more foreign words. You can say, 10% of the Russian words resemble English. Many of them from all over the world used in business, politics, technology, food and so on found their way in Russian. The sounds are veeery similar, adjust it to Russian phonetics and you’re good, for example:
Internet - Интернет
computer - компьютер
manager - менеджер
restaurant - ресторан
burger - бургер
deadline - дедлайн (I use this one all the time at school as an experienced procrastinator)
user - юзер
impeachment - импичмент
And many more! Look them up on the Интернет (haha)
4) Grammar!🆒
There are grammatical cases, conjugations, etc. in Russian. Yep, with each Russian case, there’s a set of rules dictating the spelling and pronunciation of nouns and any adjectives that modify them.🇷🇺 Try learning one thing at a time with the help of examples and context. I won’t write a lot here as it is a whole big system but in case (is it a pun? no? case? падеж?) of grammar my advice is to look up tables, use flashcards and mnemonics. I am sure that almost first grammar rule Russian children are taught at primary school is a rhyming “жи/ши пиши с буквой и” (write letter “и” in the “жи” and “ши” syllables even though you hear it as “ы”). Here’s another one we are taught at primary school to learn cases:
Иван Родил Девчонку Велел Тащить Пелёнку – the beginning letters of each word correspond with the beginning letters of the noun cases – именительный (nominative), родительный (genitive), дательный (dative), винительный (accusative), творительный (instrumental), предложный (prepositional).
Anyways, the key is to not let the grammar hold you back, all you really need to learn is how to express your ideas and sentences in a natural way.✨
5) Practice!⭐️
Now, once you know the Russian alphabet (if even more then that’s awesome!) - it’s time to put it into practice. Learn a handful of words, read something, find a tutor, a Russian pen pal/Internet friend (привет), use apps (I recommend Duolingo - classic; SpeakEasy Russian - free but there is a paid version, I noticed the pronunciation and phrases are good; Drops Russian - nice for visual learners, liked the interface; Bravolol Russian - I use the same app with Japanese version). Finally, here are some basic Russian phrases & words (I highlighted the emphasis) :
Привет - Preevyet - Hi (informal)
Здравствуйте - Zdrastvooyte - Hello (formal)
Как дела? - Kak diela? - How are you?
Хорошо, спасибо - Khorosho, spaseebo - Fine, thanks
Спасибо - Spaseebo - Thank you
Да - Da - Yes
Нет - Nyet - No
До свидания - Da sveedaneeya - Good bye
Пока - Paka - Bye
Удачи - Udachi - Good luck
Вы говорите по-русски? - Vy govoritye po-russki? - Do you speak Russian?
Вы - Vy - You (can be used in formal or plural context)
Ты - Ty - You (can be used in informal or singular context)
Я - Ya - I/me
In conclusion, I hope these tips somehow helped you if you’re learning Russian or is interested! Don’t forget that you can always write me or ask me anything, I’ll do my best. Russian is the most widespread language over Eurasia, so have fun and good luck :)
Удачи! 😊
Masterpost of my Russian Content
O that sounds like an A in Russian
Russian can be quite confusing and challenging when it goes to reading. Here I collected some explanations which can clarify the concept of reading an O as an A.
1/ There is no actual rule behind it but an O can't be pronounced as an A if it is stressed. Usually, if the word starts with an O or has an O in it chances are these sounds are pronounced more like an A if they are not stressed.
2/ But! The sound itself is somewhere between O and A, it is not a pure A sound. And, since the letter is not stressed the sound is very unclear and muffled.
Examples:
спаси́бо (thank you) is pronounced more like спа_си́_ба [spɐˈsʲibə] because an O is not stressed
огуре́ц - а_гу_рец (cucumber)
почему́ - па_че_му (why)
Москва́ - Маск_ва (Moscow)
столи́ца - ста_лица (capital)
очки́- ач_ки (glasses)
она́ - а_на (she)
But о́сень [ˈosʲɪnʲ] (autumn) pronounced as it's written because an O is stressed
о́чень (very)
сто́л (table)
телефо́н (phone)
О́мск (Omsk - a Russian city)
If there is more than one O in a word then the stressed one is pronounced as O and the pronunciation of others is usually more flexible
коро́ва - ка_ро_ва (cow)
окно́ - а_кно (window)
остано́вка - а_ста_нов_ка (bus stop)
про́сто - прос_та (just)
воро́на - ва_ро_на (raven)
3/ You can use wiktionary to check the pronunciation of each word through transcription and recording. It contains semantic properties of each word, their definitions and much much more!
idk but it seems tumblr won't let me add a clickable link to the fully educational source... so here it is so you can manually add to the search bar or so
https://ru.wiktionary.org/wiki/Викисловарь:Заглавная_страница
4/ It is about dialect. Moscow's pronunciation is different from the northern regions of Russia. The same refers to the southern regions. But because Moscow is a huge city with millions of citizens their pronunciation is well-known and widely used.
Moscow residents tend to use the A sound more often and the northern Russians usually pronounce words with an O as they are written. So, technically there is nothing wrong with reading those words as they are.
5/ my conclusion. I suggest not to pay too much attention to it if you are a beginner. There is nothing wrong with your accent tho so just keep going. Listen more to Russian speech through you-tube, music, podcasts, movies etc and try to repeat the sentences out loud after you hear them so you get used to the sounds and you will naturally adapt to pronounce them properly.
#russian
langblr playlists
Hello :)
Listening to music in my target language(s) always helped me a lot with pronunciation, vocabulary and use of language, so i’ve decided to share my spotify playlists that each focus on one language!
Some of them are still under construction and don’t have a lot of songs, but they will grow, I promise!
Links:
Arabic Aymar aru Austrian German Bulgarian Chinese Dutch Estonian Finnish French Georgian German Hungarian Italian Japanese Korean Lithuanian Norwegian Polish Portuguese Quechua Romanian Russian Serbian Sámi Slovene Spanish Tagalog Thai Turkish Ukrainian Vietnamese
Big playlist with non-English songs only: click here
If the playlist links do not work, this link will lead you to my page!
❗ The Chinese, French, German, Japanese, Portuguese, Romanian, Russian, and Spanish playlists are now also available on YouTube! If you need any of the other playlists on YT pls send me an ask! ❗
Note: These playlists are sorted by language, not by country! You might notice different accents!
Textbooks for Russian learners in documents
0-A1 — ELEMENTARY:
“Иллюстрированный словарь русского языка” Джой Оливьер
“Пять элементов” (A1) Т. Эсмантова
“Поехали!” С. Чернышов
“A living Russian grammar” N. Bitecktina
“Фонетические игры и упражнения” И.С. Милованова
“Русский с азов”
“Дорога в Россию” В.Е. Антонова
“Давайте знакомиться!” В.А. Красман
“Шкатулочка” М.Н. Баринцева
“10 уроков этикета” А.Л. Максимова (speaking, basic vocabulary)
“Русский в играх” А.А. Акишина (Russian language at play)
“Приглашение в Россию” (elementary practical course of Russian) Е.Л. Корчагина
“Лексический минимум по русскому языку как иностранному” Т.В. Козлова
“Лексический минимум по русскому языку как иностранному” Н.П. Андрюшина, Т.В. Козлова
A2-B1 — BASIC:
“Пять элементов” (А2) Т. Эсмантова
“Говорите правильно!” Н.Б. Караванова
“Очень простые истории” Н.В. Кабяк
“Русский язык в упражнениях” С.А. Хавронина
“Дорога в Россию” В.Е. Антонова
“Приходите!.. Приезжайте!.. Прилетайте..!” А.Н. Богомолов
“Поехали!” С. Чернышов
“Голоса” Richard Robin
New Russia: 127 Natural Dialogs and the Verbs You Need Most for Communication
“Русский язык в деловой среде” Larysa Fast (buisness language)
B2-C1:
“Владимир” Г.М. Левина
Учебно-тренировочные тесты. Грамматика. Лексика.
Учебно-тренировочные тесты. Чтение.
Учебно-тренировочные тесты. Письмо.
“Какой падеж? Какой предлог?” А.В. Величко
“Трудные случаи употребления семантически близких слов” С.И. Дерягина
“Игровые задания” (vocabulary and tactic of comunicating)
“Россия сегодня” А.Родимкина (reading & writing)
“Окно в Россию” Л.Ю. Скороходов, О.В. Хорохордина
“Русский язык в деловой среде” Larysa Fast (buisness language)
“В мире людей” М.Н. Макова, О.А. Ускова
“Вперед” О.В. Головко
ADVANCED:
“Русский язык: по страницам российской прессы” Н.Е. Сигова
“Россия: экономика и общество” А. Родимкина, Н. Ландсман
“Россия: день за днем” А. Родимкина, Н. Ландсман
“Россия: день сегодняшний” А. Родимкина, Н. Ландсман
“Чистая грамматика” Е.Р. Ласкарева
“Обсуждаем глобальные проблемы, повторяем грамматику” Н.В. Баско
“Человек в современном мире” Ю.А. Кумбашева
“Падежи! Ах, падежи” Кузьмич И.П., Лариохина Н.М.
“Русский язык в деловой среде” Larysa Fast (buisness language)
FOR LEARNERS WHO WAS BORN IN RUSSIAN-SPEAKING FAMILY:
Учебник для детей из русскоговорящих семей №1 Марина Низник
Учебник для детей из русскоговорящих семей №2 Марина Низник
Учебник для детей из русскоговорящих семей №3 Марина Низник
EXTRAS:
“Dirty Russian Everyday Slang” Erin Coyn & Igor Fisun
“Современная русская идеоматика” (idioms) Е.Е. Минакова
“Русские фразеологизмы в картинках” (idioms)
“Русский язык в грамматических таблицах” Редькина М.А.
Grammar materials in pictures and tables
Russian Grammar in Illustrations
Teach Yourself Begginer’s Russian Grammar
Texts and exercises for all learners (choose your level and practice readind & writing)
If you’re looking for something more specific ask me and I help you to find it! Feel free to refine anything and inquire texbooks for francophone/korean speaking/chinese speaking etc learners if you need them!
Add more textbooks in comments :3