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[loveyourlanguages]

Hello everyone!

i moved to my main blog @missandeistudies which will from now on be my studyblr/langblr!

[loveyourlanguages]

Hello everyone!

i moved to my main blog @missandeistudies which will from now on be my studyblr/langblr!

[languagessi-deactivated20210423]

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[sinfonia-antarctica]

The thing that frustrates me the most is when you know that you’re making mistakes when you’re speaking in a foreign language but no one corrects you. 😥

[polish-vintage]

What are some polish idioms? I know there's some but I can never remember off the top of my head

Hello, check out these links: 1. http://inpolish.tumblr.com/post/140445391126/nature-in-polish-idioms2. https://cloudenglishpl.tumblr.com/post/160347708622/idiomy-13. http://slaviclanguages.tumblr.com/post/111306891510/polish-idioms-you-dont-have-in-other-languages4.https://matadornetwork.com/notebook/20-funniest-polish-phrases-use/2/my favourites are “nie mój cyrk nie moje małpy” (not my circus, not my monkeys) = not my business and “psy szczekają, karawana idzie dalej” (dogs are barking but the caravan keep going) = people can protest/don’t agree with sth but life goes on

[hillanguages]

who says you need to have a “good” reason to want to learn a language

I’d like to learn Dutch bc it sounds surreal and cute and also the writing makes me happy

I’d like to learn Estonian bc it is so similar to my language and i cannot wait to discover the similarities its like going to an adventure

I want to learn Danish bc its so precious like nice hug in the form of language and im not even a hugger

I’d like to learn a sign language (not decided which) bc it is so visual i cant, also try speaking in a loud space or underwater i dare you

I’d to learn Greek bc my relative speaks it and sometimes i hear a word and i get flashbacks like one time i saw a dog and remembered the word out of nowhere

I wanted to learn Irish bc i had no idea what Irish was like

I want to learn even a little bit Latin bc i think it would be cool to have a dog and talk to it in Latin 

i just wanna learn a language bc i just want to learn a language

[salvadorbonaparte]

* I want to learn Spanish because we used to have a house there when I was 5 * I want to learn Galician because we listened to one song in class * I want to learn Portuguese because of Galician *I fell in love with the Cherokee alphabet * I want to learn Welsh and Zulu and Czech because of the way it sounds and looks * I want to learn French because it’s so melodic and I want to read pretentious high literature * I want to learn Yiddish because it sounds like German and looks foreign * I want to learn Hebrew because I learned some basics for my exchange and now I can’t stop

[dragonflydc]

*I want to learn French because I been waiting for 3rd language classes to open in my collage and only French was in a convenient scheduled *I want to learn Korean because I think the writing is cute *I want to learn Guatemala sight language because I think is cool when I saw two teenage talking in sight language *I want to learn hindi because I like the clothes and bollywood * I want to learn a bit of Thai because this one series I love (lovesick and now 2moons)

When it was the beginning of a class they always ask “why you want to learn _______” and everyone was like “because I will study there my college or master or because of work or my boyfriend/husband is from…” my reason weren’t good enough… If I go by that logic I only have a good reason with English for academic reasons and work opportunities…

[polyglotpal]

* i want to learn dutch bc dutch guys are super cute and the language highkey makes me super happy when i hear it

* i want to learn spanish bc the language has deep emotional ties for me and makes me feel like im in a dream when i speak/hear it

* i want to learn greek bc it reminds me of spanish and i also want to talk to the greek families at my town’s greek festival

* i want to learn vietnamese bc i believe it is a language with one of the highest information densities which i find interesting and my sister is living in hanoi (and i’m visiting her)

* i want to learn some zulu bc i would like to learn how people speak with clicks bc its god awfully hard for me lmao

* i want to learn farsi bc i want to read original rumi poems

* i want to learn guaraní and/or quechua bc i feel like learning an indigenous language is something i should at least strive to do, to play my part in preserving that culture and identity. also i love native south american culture 😁

but everyone i know says i should learn mandarin bc it’s an actual ‘useful’ language. like i ever want to visit china in my life…

[langsandlit]

Mirko who is "Maria" in Uomini Donne?

She is the ✨Goddess, Queen and Saviour of Mediaset 👸🏼✨

This is Maria De Filippi 🌟 in the 90′s 🤠:

This is her now: ✨👸🏼✨

She’s a television host and creator of loads of original programmes! 💁🏼 She is most famous for Uomini e Donne, Amici and C’è posta per te. She’s married to Maurizio Costanzo 👨🏻, television host and journalist.

They both work for the same broadcaster– 📺 Mediaset, the largest broadcaster in Italy, owned by Silvio Berlusconi 🤑🤑🤑

As I’ve explained elsewhere, Uomini e Donne is about people sitting on thrones ‼️ and dating a bunch of attractive people at The 👏🏼 Same 👏🏼 Time 💁🏼‍♂️✨ in order to subsequently leave the programme and start their relationship with the person they fell in love with 💓👨‍❤️‍👨💘💑💕

Amici is sort of as if 🅱️ig 🅱️rother and X-Factor had a 🅱️aby… 🌈🇮🇹 It’s a house/school where these really talented people live all together and study to become a singer or dancer 💃🏻 until the nightly episodes where they all wear nice outfits and duet with literally everyone famous in existence

C’è posta per te… is the best programme of all time. People send anonymous invitations to the programme and if the other person is down they’ll talk through a huge envelope….. I’m not kidding…. There’s usually a lot of family drama involved so we all go 👀 when it’s an interesting story…. 🌝

She also created a programme called Temptation Island… and one called Selfie (which is great), where people who are really insecure about their body are given free surgery to help them fix what they don’t like about their body. Plus the programme features a moving mirror called Robertino Robottino (literally: Little Robert Little Robot)

 whose entrance is announce in the funniest way (0.21)

[geschiedenis-en-talen]

Wait a sec what is temptation island like

[langsandlit]

Straight Couples With Issues go on an island where they get separated and put with tons of attractive boys and girls respectively in order to test them. At some point either the boy or the girl watched a video of how their partner is behaving and if they’re acting flirty with someone else they break up ~

[geschiedenis-en-talen]

oh my god i fucking knew it we have it here too and i hate it

[loveyourlanguages]

lmao temptation island

[ecc-poetry]

“La sirena y el pescador,” Elisa Chavez.

Hey all! This poem is part of my chapbook Miss Translated, which I produced in a limited run as Town Hall Seattle’s Spring 2017 artist-in-residence. The main conceit behind this work is that to accurately portray my relationship with Spanish, I have to explore the pain and ambiguity of not speaking the language of my grandparents and ancestors. As a result, these poems are bilingual … sort of. Each one is translated into English incorrectly.

The poems I produced have secrets, horrific twists, emotional rants, and confessions hiding in the Spanish. It’s my hope that people can appreciate them regardless of their level of Spanish proficiency.

[kranja]

oh shit.  my spanish is pretty shaky, but i’m pretty sure “te perdono” is “i forgive you.”  wow understanding just that much is pretty chilling.

and something about…blood? and transformation?  oooh yikes.  she didn’t want legs in the spanish version did she.  and it was a painful process.

so this poem is about…misunderstandings leading to pain for the person misunderstood?  whish is really effective with the way it’s written, wow.  this is the most meta poem form i’ve ever seen.  wow.

[ecc-poetry]

#reblog#photoset#poetry#i later ran it thru google translate to confirm my theories#won’t post said translation or say how right i was#cuz i feel like that’s missing the point

<— This right here is AMAZING. Look at the journey this person went on reading my poem! Secret fact, I have been stalking tags and reblogs of this because what I wanted more than anything was to provide an experience for people and LOOK AT YOU ALL GO. Your engagement and enthusiasm is amazing and so humbling for me.

[featherquillpen]

Holy crap, this is incredible. As a natively bilingual Latina woman, allow me to dive into a full analysis.

First, I should tell you my experience of reading this. I didn’t even look at the English at first, because I didn’t know that the mistranslation was the point, and of course I didn’t need it. So I read the whole poem in Spanish and thought it was really sad and moving. Then I looked at the English and my eyebrows went right up to my hairline. Why the hell would you translate it this way, I thought. 

Then I read the caption and realized that this is a genius way of demonstrating how translation into English can be an act of colonization and violence.

I would translate the first two lines as “The mermaid rose from the sea / To see the dry world.” They’re very neutral lines. She was curious about the dry world, so she went to check it out. That’s a very different connotation from the mistranslation, which tells you that the mermaid preferred the land to the sea.

The second two lines I would say mean “She found a fisherman on the beach / this beautiful fish without a net.” She’s the one with agency here, not the fisherman, and she thinks of herself as a free fish, unconstrained by a net, not as a fish without a home.

The next three lines by my lights read “She had a gleaming tail; scales / that covered her breasts, arms, and face / and a wake of lacy waves.” Again, it’s from her perspective, not the fisherman’s, and she thinks of herself as having a gleaming rather than oily tail, a lacy wake rather than a frothing one.

Next stanza: “The fisherman caught her by the tail / and cut it in half.” From her point of view, the fisherman has committed a sudden and senseless mutilation. Then he goes, “’Now,’ he said to her, ‘you have legs. / Why don’t you walk?’” It’s almost like an accusation. You have legs now, why don’t you just get up and walk?

My read on the next stanza is: “The mermaid began to sing to the sea / for aid, her blood transforming / the sand of the beach into rainbows.” The sea is her home, not the land, and she’s crying out to her home in pain as she bleeds.

Then the poem ends with “She sang to the fisherman, ‘I forgive you, I forgive you, I forgive you.’”

The reason this mistranslation is so brilliant is that it takes a story about a mermaid trying to forgive a man who’s committed senseless violence against her, and turns it into a story about a man who uplifts a woman to a better life out of the kindness of his heart. And the thing is, that’s exactly what happens to so many stories from colonized cultures when they’re adapted by the oppressor. Translation into English, and further the cultural language of the oppressor, can be an act of violence and erasure rather than one of respect.

This is why I have worked so hard to translate poetry from Spanish to English that has previously only been translated by white Americans who learned Spanish in college. I can bring something to the translation that they can’t. It’s usually not this extreme, but this exists to some degree in all translations by people who don’t truly understand the culture that produced the work they’re translating.

[languagemadness]

Character Traits in Polish

BEGINNER

All the words listed below are adjectives. Remember that in Polish, adjectives inflect by gender. As always, I listed the words in their masculine form.

agresywny - aggressive

chamski - offensive

samolubny - selfish

głupi - stupid

leniwy - lazy

naiwny - naive

niecierpliwy - impatient

tajemniczy - mysterious

tchórzliwy - coward

uparty - stubborn

zazdrosny - jealous

dziki - wild

cierpliwy - patient

ambitny - ambitious

ciekawski - curious

dobry - good

gościnny - hospitable

grzeczny - polite

inteligentny - intelligent

lojalny - loyal

mądry - smart

odpowiedzialny - responsible

odważny - brave

poważny - serious

skromny - modest

sprytny - clever

szczery - honest

uczciwy - sincere

wrażliwy / czuły - sensitive

zabawny - funny

pewny siebie - self-confident

dziecinny - childish

szalony - crazy

INTERMEDIATE

arogancki / bezczelny - arrogant

bezmyślny - thoughtless

chytry - tricky

cyniczny - cynical

egoistyczny - egoistic

lekkomyślny - frivolous

beztroski - carefree

nieuczciwy - unfair

niewierny - unfaithful

okrutny - cruel

podejrzliwy - suspicious

podły - vicious

próżny - vain

brutalny - brutal

skąpy - stingy

kłótliwy - argumentative

marudny - fussy

nikczemny - evil

chciwy - greedy

gadatliwy - talkative

bezinteresowny - selfless

małomówny - quiet

niewinny - innocent

ostrożny - careful

oszczędny - thrifty

pobożny - devout

punktualny - punctual

rozsądny - reasonable

sprawiedliwy - fair

utalentowany - talented

uprzejmy - kind

wyrozumiały - charitable

łagodny - gentle

życzliwy / przyjacielski - friendly

bystry - smart

dowcipny - witty

NOUNS

charakter (m.) - character

cecha charakteru (f.) - character trait

introwertyk (m.) - introvert

ekstrawertyk (m.) - extrovert

cham (m.) - lout

samolub (m.) / egoista (m.) - egoist

głupek (m.) - fool

naiwniak (m.) - a naive person

tchórz (m.) - coward

zazdrośnik (m.) - envier

chwalipięta (f./m.) - cracker

arogant (m.) - an arrogant person

konformista (m.) - conformist

maruda (f./m.) - complainer

cwaniak (m.) - angler

mądrala (f./m.) - know-it-all

pesymista (m.) - pessimist

optymista (m.) - optimist

szaleniec (m.) - madman

spryciarz (m.) - smarty-pants

gaduła (f./m.) - talker

* words that have “(f./m.)” can be used to describe both a male and a female. For the rest of them, there’s usually a female equivalent.

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[languagemadness]

Movie Vocabulary in Polish 🎬

BEGINNER

film (m.) - movie

rozrywka (f.) - entertainment

aktorstwo (n.) - acting

bohater (m.) - hero

bohaterka (f.). - heroine

rola (f.) - role

Akcja! (f.) - Action!

Cięcie! (n.) - cut

fabuła (f.) - plot

scenariusz (m.) - script

kamera (f.) - camera

scena (f.) - scene

zdjęcia (f.,pl.) - camerawork

recenzja (f.) - review

kostium (m.) - costume

obsada (f.) - cast

reżyser (m.) - director

scenarzysta (m.) - scriptwriter

aktor (m.) - actor

producent (m.) - producer

asystent (m.) - assistant

krytyk (m.) - critic

kino (n.) - cinema

ekran (m.) - screen

siedzenie (n.) - seat

repertuar (m.) - program

seans (m.) - pic

gatunek (m.) - genre

komedia (f.) - comedy

thriller (m.) - thriller

horror (m.) - horror

film akcji (m.) - action movie

science fiction (n.) - science fiction

dramat (m.) - drama

animacja (f.) - cartoon

fantasy (n.) - fantasy

komedia romantyczna (f.) - rom-com

musical (m.) - musical

przygodowy (m.) - adventure movie

romans (m.) - romance movie

dokument (m.) - documentary

oglądać - to watch

komentować - to comment

krytykować - to criticize

grać - to play

produkować - to produce

reżyserować - to direct

nagrywać - to shoot

dramatyczny - dramatic

nudny - boring

emocjonujący - exciting

zaskakujący - surprising

wciągający - gripping

brutalny - brutal

trzymający w napięciu - suspenseful

INTERMEDIATE

główna rola (f.) - lead

rola drugoplanowa (f.) - supporting role

rekwizyt (m.) - prop

produkcja (f.) - production

choreografia (f.) - choreography

montaż (m.) - editing

budżet (m.) - budget

dialog (m.) - dialogue

efekty specjalne (f.,pl.) - special effects

plan zdjęciowy (m.) - movie set

ścieżka dźwiękowa (f.) - soundtrack

klaps (m.) - clapper

punkt kulminacyjny (m.) - climax

taśma filmowa (f.) - film strip

scenograf (m.) - production designer

kamerzysta (m.) - cameraman

montażysta (m.) - editor

kostiumograf (m.) - costume designer

kaskader (m.) - stuntman

kompozytor (m.) - composer

choreograf (m.) - choreographer

statysta (m.) - extra

melodramat (m.) - melodrama

film biograficzny (m.) - biographical

film niemy (m.) - silent movie

wojenny (m.) - war movie

film długometrażowy (m.) - feature

film krótkometrażowy (m.) - one-reeler

dający do myślenia - thought-provoking

ujmujący - winning

przewidywalny - predictable

drugorzędny - second-rate

niesmaczny - distasteful

kretyński - moronic

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[spanishsecondlanguage]

WordBrewery is great for improving your vocabulary.  It gives you a random sentence at either beginner, intermediate, advanced or master level, and you can make lists of words or sentences that you’d like to learn.   It includes the following languages:

Spanish

English

Chinese

Arabic

Portuguese

Russian

Japanese

German

French

Italian

Polish

Ukrainian

Korean

Serbian (Latin)

Serbian (Cryillic)

Hungarian

Greek

Swedish

Norwegian

[leandra-kinard]

We have a great saying in German when people are saying or doing something stupid: 

“Herr, wirf Hirn vom Himmel!”

“Lord, throw some brains from the heavens.“ 

[dokidokiwaluigi]

fave follow-up: “oder Steine, Hauptsache er trifft.” - “or stones as long as he hits the mark”

[theuserformerlyknownasscas-deac]

Germans don’t fuck about.

[studyplants]

bonjour! since i started teaching myself french a few months ago, i thought it would be a good idea to immerse myself by listening to some french music. a lot of french music, actually. here are some of my favorites! (requested by @athenastudying)

cœur de pirate 

my absolute favorite french artist at the moment! her songs are more on the melancholy side, but they have a lovely vintage vibe. also her music videos are v creative so definitely check those out as well! faves: crier tout bas, adieu, ensemble

indila

i’m not usually crazy about indie pop in english but I love indila’s music in french! her songs have a good beat and i often find myself belting out her songs during my solo dance parties. oops. faves: dernière danse, tourner dans le vide, sos

stromae

stromae’s music is actually one of the things that inspired me to start learning french!! his music is a blend of hip hop and electronic, which isn’t usually my thing, but i absolutely adore his music. faves: papaoutai, tous les memes, alors on danse

mika

his songs are super catchy and upbeat! i listened to “boum boum boum” for the first time (w the music video) when i knew about four words of french and ended up thinking it was about guns? (spoiler alert: it’s about sex), but i still love it. p sure these are his only two songs in french but i have played them on repeat more times than i care to admit. faves: elle me dit, boum boum boum

fréro delavega

i only discovered their music recently (Fréro Delavega is a two-man duo), and it took me about 0.3 seconds to fall in love with their songs. their songs have a lot of great harmony, and they’re lighthearted and fun to listen to. faves: mon petit pays, ton visage 

joyce jonathan

another recent find! i like to play her music on my phone when i walk to school in the mornings because it’s p relaxing. faves: je ne sais pas, ça ira

édith piaf

i practically grew up on edith piaf, even before i started learning french properly. her music is wonderful and definitely classic. faves: la vie en rose, a l'enseigne de la fille sans coeur,  non, je ne regrette rien

+more

i love these songs, but i have yet to listen to more music from these artists! they’re still fantastic

badaboum / buridane  coups et blessures / bb brunes  l’air de rien / margaux avril  les jours electriques / jenifer  on trace ma route / christophe maé  on ira / zaz  on ne vit qu'une fois /  sidoine  sur ma route / black m  tombé sous le charme / christophe mae

au revoir + shoutout @ciralism​ for recommending coeur de pirate to me in the first place!! xx

[geschiedenis-en-talen]

I keep being surprised when stromae is included in one of these lists even tho I know he’s super popular in the french speaking communities

[blindbee]

[avodaco]

me when i get my student loan

[g8dtier]

this is the money cat. reblog in 30 seconds and you will find yourself with more wealth

[strikercorbie]

#this is the only money cat i will reblog because it’s actually doing the manekineko pose151,646 notes (via lolwhutninja)

OMG YOU’RE RIGHT

[nonespark-blog]

and it has its right paw up! the correct paw for this. and from the markings on its ears, it looks like it might be a calico cat. which is the luckiest kind!

[carrionbeast]

extremely lucky cat

[ladynorbert]

I don’t even care if it actually works, I’m mostly reblogging because it’s freaking adorable.

[sweet-cherry-fairy-deactivated2]

cute cat and need money, good post, 10/10

[allthenamesilikearetaken]

in case anyones interested in the other versions

http://www.namaii.com/manekineko/maneki-neko-types.html

[mmusclechan]

Y’know I reblogged this a bit ago and was saved from financial probation and getting kicked out of school because of it, just mere months from graduation. Got a call from the financial aid advisor telling me that they made a mistake with filing my account (or some other sort of clerical error) and said that, basically, they owe me money. Welp.

[winjennster]

Last time I reblogged the money cat, I won two $100 gift cards at work.

[gumiguta]

CASES!

I’m really curious about this one. I’d appreciate any comment, especially from natives speakers of languages that don’t have cases!

How are you learning what case you should use for XYZ verb? Do you have any pattern or you must learn it by heart? Since I am a Polish native speaker, it’s interesting to me how you usually learn it?

[celestudials]

the quote that struck me most from this post. if it’s worth it, fight for it.

[nativemoonmag]

20 THINGS YOU SHOULD DO EVERYDAY 1. Wake up earlier. Not only does this improve productivity but it also gives you more time to make a good, hearty breakfast. 2. Make your bed. Let’s be real, being welcomed to a tidy bed after a long day at work/school (or a long day in general) is probably the best feeling anyone will ever experience. 3. If you want, spend a little more time on your appearance. Take some time choosing an outfit, applying make up or whatever. Do what helps you boost your confidence and self-esteem. 4. Stay hydrated, folks. Keep a bottle of water with you wherever you go. 5. Stretch everyday or start yoga (or do both, why not?) 6. Create a playlist consisting of songs that make you happy and listen to it. Listen to songs for the mood you want to be in, instead of the mood you are in. 7. Compliment at least one person per day. This could be an acquaintance, co-worker, class mate, stranger, whoever! 8. Use your manners. If someone holds the door for you, lets you go first etc, they did it voluntarily and didn’t have to do it, so a “thank you” wouldn’t hurt. 9. Eat your fruit and vegetables and always choose the healthy version over the junk food. 10. Have a good laugh. Catch up with friends, watch some ‘Parks and Recreation’, go see some stand-up comedy, reminisce about funny moments that have happened to you. You don’t need to be a doctor to know that humour has many benefits. 11. Be optimistic. Always look at the positives. There’s no point on focusing on the negatives because that isn’t going to help anyones mood at all. 12. Exercise. It doesn’t have to be anything to intense. A run around the block, a walk with your dog or even a ‘Just Dance’ session will do the job.  13.Bring a book/magazine or collect the daily newspaper with you. Spend you spare time reading. 14. Try and learn something new everyday. This can either be an interesting fact you saw online or a new skill someone taught you. 15. Help others when you are able to. Help your classmates with school work or offer to help you struggling neighbour lift those heavy objects. 16. Stop procrastinating. No matter how unmotivated you are to, push yourself and complete what you need to complete. Do what you gotta do. You know you’ll love yourself for doing it. 17. Drink some tea, because that stuff is goooooood (and also beneficial). 18.Make time to do things that help you relax, whether that’s painting, having baths, doing you nails or going for a run. 19. Don’t dwell on your mistakes, but instead grow and learn from them. 20. And lastly, be kind to yourself. If you love who you are, everyone else will

Chloe for Native Moon Magazine (via nativemoonmag)

love this !! 

(via incessantlystudying)