[langernameohnebedeutung]

I just realised that the rest of the world doesn’t know about one of my favourite New Year’s Eve in Germany things:

Angela Merkel getting out her shiny blazers for her speech.

They’re only for New Year’s Eve. The shiny Merkel is very rare and can only be spotted on the 31st of December.

[langernameohnebedeutung]

This year we got shiny with some sort of rococo pattern.

[langernameohnebedeutung]

Silvery Merkel of 2018.

[not-a-sidekick]

Shiny Merkel of 2019! I really enjoy the color this year.

[langernameohnebedeutung]

An adventurous duochrome!

[langernameohnebedeutung]

shinier than ever for 2020

[arvit]

As New Year’s Eve 2021 approaches I find myself remembering this post and wondering…

Will Olaf Scholz wear a stylish shiny suit? Can someone photoshop him into one regardless?

If he is in a boring black suit like I expect, will he at least wear a shiny tie?

[julyjuno]

Shiny Olaf Sneak Peak 2021

[unscharf-an-den-raendern]

[thatswhywelovegermany]

Honestly, as a German I can not quite understand the obsession of the English speaking world with the question whether a word exists or not. If you have to express something for which there is no word, you have to make a new one, preferably by combining well-known words, and in the very same moment it starts to exist. Agree?

[latveriansnailmail]

Deutsche Freunde, could you please create for me a word for the extreme depression I feel when I bend down to pick up a piece of litter and discover two more pieces of litter?

[thatswhywelovegermany]

um = around

die Welt = world

die Umwelt = environment

ver = prefix to indicate something difficult or negative, a change that leads to deterioration or even destruction that is difficult to reverse or to undo, or a strong negative change of the mental state of a person

der Müll = garbage, trash, rubbish, litter

-ung = -ing

die Vermüllung = littering

ver- = see before

zweifeln = to doubt

-ung = see before

die Verzweiflung = despair, exasperation, desperation

die Umweltvermüllungsverzweiflung = …

[serhumfreysbrokencollarbone]

This is a german compound on the spot master class and I am LIVING

[thatswhywelovegermany]

#my german is still too basic for this but I desperately want a compound word for how much these compound words piss me off

das Monster = monster

das Wort = word

der Groll = grudge, anger, malice, rancor

der Monsterwortgroll = …

[linguistikforum]

Monsterwortbildungsimitationsunfähigkeitsverzweiflungsgroll

[thatswhywelovegermany]

die Bildung = formation

die Imitation = imitation

un- = un-, in-

fähig = able

-keit = -ility

die Unfähigkeit = inability

der Monsterwortbildungsimitationsunfähigkeitsverzweiflungsgroll = anger about the inability to imitate the formation of monster words

[wildflower182]

Linguistikfehdenhandschuhwurf

[thatswhywelovegermany]

die Linguistik = linguistics

die Fehde = feud

der Handschuh = glove

der Fehdehandschuh = gauntlet

der Wurf = throw

der Linguistikfehdenhandschuhwurf = throwing down the linguistic gauntlet

[shiplocks-of-love]

*slowly backs in fear*

[meetinginsamarra]

@shiplocks-of-love, @thatswhywelovegermany

Monsterwortbildungsunfähigkeitsangstverzweiflungsrückzugsecke

Monster=monster // wort=word // bildung(s)=formation

unfähigkeit (s)=incabability  // angst=anxiety

verzweiflung(s)=desperation  // rückzug(s)=retreat // ecke=corner

=the corner in which you retreat when you´re desperate because of your fear when being unable to form monster words

[shiplocks-of-love]

*eye twitch*

But what I want to see now is two germans arguing over the construction of one of these monster words.

[melmey]

@shiplocks-of-love I don’t think that will happen. The words make perfect sense. I think if German is your mother tongue you get a feeling for combining words, like a 

Monsterwortbildungsgespür

Monster = monster 

Wort = word 

Bildung(s) = formation

Gespür = intuition

;-)

[a-german-learning-clown]

🤡

[enigmasandepiphanies]

The impulsive urge to be fluent in every language in the world so I could read their poetry and literature is back again.

[icebluecyanide]

there’s this post going around that’s like ‘what if alien languages had pronouns that didn’t include gender information!’ and there’s about five different enthusiastic replies and like, i get the excitement but i’m begging you to learn about languages other than english

[perplexingly]

Strojeludowe.net

Polskie stroje ludowe (teksty, galerie zdjęć i ilustracji)

I found this website with references and descriptions of regional clothing from Poland, and some of them even have downloadable patterns for sewing and for embroidery. Thought it might be useful or interesting for some people.

It’s in Polish, but the website is Google Translate-friendly and also for extra guide, here’s how you can download the patterns:

[salvadorbonaparte]

Hey did you know I keep a google drive folder with linguistics and language books  that I try to update regularly 

[salvadorbonaparte]

**UPDATE**

I have restructured the folders to make them easier to use and managed to add almost all languages requested and then some

Please let me know any further suggestions

[salvadorbonaparte]

[clockworktardis]

….holy shit. You found the holy grail.

[passionpeachy-deactivated202312]

I know “slut/slutet” just means “end” in swedish but I literally don’t know how I’m supposed to compose myself looking at these images

[willyoufckinglookatthat]

[csocscsirke]

just hungarian gals…. being pals……

[trek-tracks]

Oh, sorry, my mistake

[spindletrees]

Defend indigenous languages.

Defend minority languages.

Defend “economically useless” languages.

Sigh loudly at anyone who says that things have to be productive to be worth fighting for.

[polyglottraveler]

Andean Songs to jam to

Ch'uwa yaku kawsaypuni - Luzmima Carpio (Nicola Cruz Remix)

Tarpuricusum Sarata - Luzmila Carpilo (captin planet remix)

Tarajchi - Los Kjarkas 

Porque te vas - Los Pukas 

El Condor pasa - Leo Rojas (originally by Daniel Alomía Robles ). There’s also an Inkahuasi version and an english version by Simon & Garfunkel 

[polyglottraveler]

Best Peruvian food

Meals: 

Ceviche - a meal made of fresh fish/sea food, there’s many types of ceviches all around South America and it’s one of the best food I tried there. I really recommend eating ceviche for lunch at local markets, but it’s also a common starter in restaurants 

Lomo saltado - a meal made of beef (or pork), rice, some vegetables like tomatoes and pepper and some herbs 

Cuy - guinea pig, a traditional dish from the andes, I personally did not want to try it but if you like meat it’s a good traditional food to try

Alpaca - another traditional meal I did not try is the alpaca. A lot of restaurants propose this meal in Cusco. (Whatever you think about eating alpacas, please know that this is a traditional meal for a lot of communities in the Andes and that it helped them survive during generations because it’s a type of food easily available for them, so please don’t judge these communities, you are not better than them because you wouldn’t eat this “cute animal”)

Pollada - a traditional meal made with chicken accompanied by stuff such as potatoes, rice, vegetables… In Peru it’s very popular to have a pollada to raise some money (basically people pay you to eat the pollada so that you can earn money). I ate one in the slums I was volunteering in so that a mother could buy orthopedic shoes for her disabled son

Papa a la huancahina - sliced potatoes drown in a delicious sauce, it’s one of my favorite meals from Peru :)

Anticucho - stew meat that you can eat on the street or at restaurants, it’s quite cheap and can be eaten with a lot of different spices/sauces 

Corn soup and quinua soup - a popular dish from the andes. People make soup with produce from their fields, such as corn, quinua, potatoes… If you do a homestay, for example at Lake Titicaca, you will eat of lot of these :)

Trucha (del lago) - at Lake Titicaca, you will also have the opportunity to try some fresh trout from the Lake

Arroz chaufa - fried rice, a meal that mixes traditional Peruvian and Chinese food and was created by Chinese immigrants in Peru 

Aji de Gallina - a chicken dish with a spicy yellow sauce

Street food: 

Choclo con queso - I can’t tell you how many times I’ve had this for lunch. It’s pretty cheap, you can find it anywhere, it’s actually quite good and it’s the perfect backpacker lunch for when you don’t want to go to a restaurant 

Leche de tigre - this dish is almost like ceviche, it’s basically a seafood soup, made with sea food, lemon juice, onion… 

Pan con queso, pan con huevo, pan con palta - this is the perfect breakfast for when your hostel doesn’t have one. You can find this anywhere (which includes any bus station, good to know when you’re going on a day trip and want to buy some breakfast) and it’s super cheap, generally 1 sol 

Picarones - fried sweet potatoes donuts, they’re delicious :) 

Papa rellena - potato filled with beef and various ingredients such as onions, tomatoes, olives, garlic…

Queso helado - a traditional ice-cream with cinnamon on top, from the region of Arequipa, I tried it for dessert for my birthday and it was really good  :) 

Drinks: 

Chicha morada -  a very popular drink made with pineapple and purple corn. It is actually quite easy to make, almost like tea :)

Inka cola - basically Peru’s Coca-Cola, it is very sweet and almost tastes like medecine but if you like sugar and sodas then you should definitely give it a try if you come to Peru !

Coca tea - you’ll definitely have it if you plan on hiking the many Peruvian mountains. It’s perfect to avoid altitude sickness and to give you a good boost in the morning or after your hike 

Muña tea - another traditional tea from the andes, I personally did not really like it but it’s good for your health and very natural. You can have it for breakfast in most hostels and homestays 

Fruits: 

On the local markets you will be able to find a lot of fruits and vegetables known in Europe and North America for a very low price such as: bananas, tomatoes, cucumber, pineapple, blueberries, strawberries, mangoes… Avocado is a little bit more expensive but still really cheap compared to Europe. It’s quite easy to stay healthy and to be a vegetarian here in Peru :) 

But I also found a lot of exotic fruits I didn’t know existed, a few examples: 

Granadilla - an orange fruit of which you eat the seeds, it’s a bit like passion fruit 

Mamey - it’s a bigger fruit that you can share between a few people, I really liked it :)

I love Peru and its food so I wanted to share it with you guys :) Peruvian food is really diverse, there’s different cuisines depending on the regions and also a strong influence of foreigners who opened restaurants in Peru. If you come to Peru, try as much food as you can, you won’t regret it! I’m not Peruvian so I hope I didn’t make any mistake (I did my research^^) but if I did please tell me so I can correct it! And if there’s some good Peruvian dishes I did not talk about, feel free to add them in the comments :)

[langsandlit]

Is there any music you could recommend in Italian or just any language you like?

Of course!

First, I recommend all these Italian classics. We Italians have a special relationship with these songs (and more) because we always hear them, year after year, in tv shows, radios, films and adverts, and our parents have all very fond memories of these songs and the time they were released. Plus most of these singers are still alive today and keep doing music or at least appear on tv, so they’ve never been forgotten. If anything, our love for them has grown!

Italian:

“Luna” by Gianni Togni

“Soldi” by Mahmood

“Mi sento bene” by Arisa

“Un po’ come la vita” by Patty Pravo, Briga

“Ho cambiato i piani” by Arisa

“Cinque giorni” by Michele Zarrillo

“Strada facendo” by Claudio Baglioni

“Primavera” by Marina Rei

“La luna e la gatta” by Takagi & Ketra, Tommaso Paradiso, Jovanotti, Calcutta

“Se stiamo insieme” by Riccardo Cocciante

“LUNEDÌ” by Salmo

“La fine del mondo” by Anastasio

“Posso” by Carl Brave, Max Gazzé

“Se piovesse il tuo nome” by Elisa

“Voglio” by Marco Mengoni

“Bologna è una regola” by Luca Carboni

“Maledetto Luna-park” by Loredana Berté

“Amandoti” by Gianna Nannini

“Alexander Platz” by Milva

“L’estate sopra di noi” by I Segreti

“Orscopo” by Calcutta, Takagi, Ketra

“Domani” by Articolo 31, Paolo Folli

“Sempre” by Lisa

Catalan:

“Vell record” by El Diluvi

“Jo tenco una enamorada” by Ressonadors

“La xitxarra” by Pep Botifarra

“Esbrazers” by La Gossa Sorda

“Tot sol” by Xalera

“Jota Valenciana” by Obrint Pas

“Els amants” by Pau Alabajos

“Malaguenya De Barxeta” by Obrint Pas

“Caure no feia mal” by Joan Dausà, Santi Balmes

“El cant dels maulets” by Obrint Pas

“Que tinguem sort” by Lluís Llarch

“I tu, sols tu” by El Diluvi,

“A voltes en el cor” by Toti Soler

“La dansa del vestit” by Txarango

Occitan:

“Eth riu” by Alidé.

Italy’s minority languages (although technically Catalan and Occitan are minority languages in Italy too):

“Non potho reposare” by Maria Carta (Sardinian)

“Uellì, uellà (Pizzica di San Vito)” - Spakka-Neapolis5 (Salentino)

“Spusarizio ‘e marenaro” by Mario Merola (Neapolitan)

“Abbracciame” by Andrea Sannino (Neapolitan)

“Rumba dê scugnizzi” by Ebbanesis (Neapolitan)

“‘e stelle ‘e Napule” by Anna Merolla (Neapolitan)

“Tarantella internazionale” by Mario Trevi (Neapolitan)

“‘O paese dô sole” by Bruno Venturini (Neapolitan)

“Passame er sale” by Luca Barbarossa (Romanesco)

Arabic:

“Ah w noss” by Nancy Ajram

“Inta Eyh” by Nancy Ajram

“Ma tegi hena” by Nancy Ajram

“Ok” by Nancy Ajram

“Min elma endou” by Nancy Ajram

“Baya W Shater” by Nancy Ajram

“Kol ma teddi” by Nancy Ajram

“Lawn Ayounak” by Nancy Ajram

“Yay” by Nancy Ajram

“Lessa gaya a’oullou” by by Nancy Ajram

“Leih ya habiby” by Mojamed Hamaki

“Yana yana” by Sabah, Rola

“Mateegy Noro’s” by Haifa Wehbe

Swedish:

“Du swipa höger” by Emil Berg

“Jag kommer aldrig kunna dö med dig” by Emil Berg

“Snälla bli min” by Veronica Maggio

“Jag kommer” by Veronica Maggio

“Den första är alltid gratis” by Veronica Maggio

“Mitt hjärta blöder” by Veronica Maggio

“Höga klackar” by Mares

“Det som händer i Göteborg (Stannar i Göteborg)” by Petra Marklund

“Händerna mot himlen” by Petra Marklund

“Som du bäddar” by Petra Marklund

Portuguese:

“Voltas” by Fernando Daniel

“Como nossos pais” by Elis Regina

“Construção” by Chico Buarque

“Ser aquele” by Camane

Romanian:

“Azi e mare chef” by Nicoleta Guta, Cristi Dules, Brazilianu, Gerard, Roméo

“Eu te iubesc prea mult” by Nicoleta Guta

“Ma lupt cu aminitrea ta” Nicoleta Guta

Spanish:

“Tu que vienes a rondarme” by Maria Arnal i Marcel Bagés

“Tu refugio” by Pablo Alborán

“Uno x Uno” by Manuel Carrasco

“Kung fu” by Dasoul, Nacho

“Lovumba” by Daddy Yankee

“Brillo” by J Balvin, Rosalía

“Mi confesión” by Gotan Project

“Si tú supieras compañero” by Rosalía

“Pienso en tu mirá” by Rosalía

“Corazón” by Maluma, Nego do Borel

“Torero” by Chayanne

“La isla del amor (feat. Maki)” by Demarco Flamenco, Maki

“De plata” by Rosalía

“Ojalá” by Diana Navarro

“No te olvides de mí” by Diana Navarro

“Eterno” by Julieta Venegas

“Solamente tú” by Pablo Alborán

“El olvido” by Pablo Alborán

“Toda la noche” by Pablo Alborán

“Te he echado de menos” by Pablo Alborán

“Tabaco y Chanel” by Bacilos

“Mambeado” by Onda Vaga

“Ahora soy libre” by Paula Arenas

“Trátame suavemente” by Soda Stereo

“Morena mía” by Miguel Bosé

“Todavía” by Soleá Morente

Quechua:

“Mirando la misma luna” by Renata Flores

“Tijeras” by Renata Flores

Korean:

“너는 왜” by 신현희와김루트

“Mr.” by KARA

“Honey” by KARA

“Call me” by Taegoon

“U-Go-Girl” by Lee Hyo Ri

“LOVE BOMB” by Fromis_9

“So hot” by Wonder Girls

“Nobody” by Wonder Girls

this whole album by Bigbang

“Lollipop” by Bigbang & 2NE1

“Gee” by Girls’ Generation

Japanese:

“Polyrhythm” by Perfume

“Ceramic girl” by Perfume

“Chocolate disco” by Perfume

“Again” by YUI

This is generally what I listen to and what’s in my playlists. I hope this helps! :-)

[evilsufjanstevens]

People forget that Quechua, Nahuatl and the Mayan Languages aren’t just cool relics of past civilisations but still living languages that millions of people love, worry, talk to their children in. People live their lives through the medium of these languages and that shouldn’t be forgotten!

[quechuadictionary-blog]

English Words from Quechua

Although english and quechua don’t share a common root or history, there are some english words that come from Quechua.  Some common examples are:

Coca kuka - Leaf that is commonly chewed in the Andes due to it’s energizing and hunger-suppressing effects.

Condor kuntur - Large bird which is becoming increasingly rare in both the Andes and American south-west.

Jerky ch'arki - Dried llama meat, a dish still eaten in the Andres.  The use of the ‘explosive’ ch is one of the characteristic sounds of Quechua.

Quinoa kinwa - The (increasingly popular in America) grain that grows well in the Andes.

Vicuña wik'uña - Llama-like animal herded commonly in the Andes.  Quechua does not have a 'v’ sound, and as such w and v are used interchangeably when translated.  A common example of this is the Spanish word ventana, which is translated into Quechua as wintana.

[dailymagyar]

Nyasgem! [ˈɲɑʃgem] – Fuck off!; Get lost! Nyasgem is the abbreviation of Nyald ki a seggem! Nyald ki a seggem! [ˈɲɑld ki ɑ ʃɛgːem] – Fuck off!; Kiss my ass! (Literally: Lick my ass out!)

[dailymagyar]

sóska [ˈʃoːʃkɑ] – sorrel; garden sorrel (Rumex acetosa) sós [ˈʃoːʃ] – salty só [ˈʃoː] – salt Sóska is also called as ‘mezei sóska’, ‘réti sóska’ or ‘kerti sóska’. It’s archaic names are savanyúcska [ˈʃɑvɑɲuːtʃkɑ], which means ‘little sour thing‘, and savaska [ˈʃɑvɑʃkɑ], which is ‘little acidic thing‘. savanyú [ˈʃɑvɑɲuː] – sour savas [ˈʃɑvɑʃ] – acidic (archaic form is “sós”) sav [ˈʃɑv] – acid mező [ˈmɛzøː] – field mezei [ˈmɛzɛi] – from the field; something that lives in the field – comes from the field (e.g.: mezei nyúl – Europan hare (Lepus europaeus)) rét [ˈreːt] – meadow; grassland; fold réti [ˈreːti] – from the meadow; something that lives in the meadow – comes from the meadow (e.g.: rétisas; fehérfarkú rétisas – White-taled eagle (Haliaeetus albicilla)) kert [ˈkɛrt] – garden kerti [ˈkɛrti] – from the meadow; something that lives in the garden – comes from the meadow Photo: Hans Braxmeier (Pixabay)