Multilingual Dork

Norwegian is my best friend. Polish is my worst enemy. Side blog for learning languages. English (American) native speaker. I'm currently learning Norwegian, German, French, Japanese, and Spanish.

[tokidokitokyo]

夏の音・The Sound of Summer

じりじり　scorchingly (of the sun)

きんきん　ice-cold

チリンチリン　the sound of a windchime (風鈴)

ゴロゴロ　rumbling (of thunder)

ごろごろ　idly, lazily, slothfully

ポツリポツリ　in drops (e.g. of rain)

のたりのたり　slowly (of undulating waves), gently (swelling, rolling, etc.)

ザーザー　waves lapping on the shore

ミーンミーン　call of the cicada

スイスイ　swiftly, glidingly (e.g. fish in a stream)

かなかな　call of the cicada at dusk

[moby-grapes]

so my friend is studying abroad in germany this semester

[nextlevelwaterpanic]

[onigiri-studies]

Any recommended resources to learn german? I tried to get into studying german again after a ling time. Thank u💖

Hello! Thank you for the ask! 🫶🏻🩷✨ Here are some resources to learn German:

Textbooks

grammar

vocabulary

idioms: 1 , 2 , 3

Listening comprehension

coffee break german

coffee break german advanced

news in slow german

german stories-learn german with stories

Youtube channels

24h Deutsch

Lingster Academy

Easy german

Reading comprehension

Projekt Gutenberg (you can find many books on this platform)

[bisexual-engineer-girl]

Language is universal

[just-an-evil-immortal]

As a native german speaker I sometimes need to remind myself, when writing in english, that I cant just keep going with a sentence and that, unlike german, where you can make a sentence go on for as long as you want if you're a true lover of Nebensätze, english sentences are usually shorter and aren't supposed to go on for multiple lines or god forbid a whole paragraph.

[almostbilingual]

this list has been sat in my drafts for probably close to two years, for no reason in particular, so i tidied it up and voila

hvedemel (et) - flour

grahamsmel - graham’s flour

rugmel - rye flour

speltmel - spelt flour

majsmel/maizena - cornflour

havregryn (et) - oats/oatmeal

frø (et)- seeds

gær (en)- yeast

sukker (et) - sugar

rørsukker - caster sugar

brun/lys farin (en/et)- dark/light brown sugar

flormelis (en)- icing sugar

mørk/lys sirup (en) - treacle (molasses)/golden syrup

kakao (en) - cocoa powder

smør (et) - butter

olje (en) - oil

æg (et) - egg

mælk (en) - milk

piskefløde (en) - whipping cream

flødeost (en) - cream cheese

bagepulver (et) - baking powder

natron (en/et) - baking soda/bicarbonate of soda

vaniljesukker (et) - vanilla sugar

husblas (en) - gelatine

kage (en) - cake

brød (et) - bread

wienerbrød - danish pastry

bolle (en) - bun (the bread kind)

kiks (en) - biscuit

tærte (en) - tart/pie

butterdej (en) - puff pastry

tærtedej - shortcrust pastry

pizzadej - pizza dough

surdej - sourdough

[tealingual]

Arabic in ~300 in words

The original post by @funwithlanguages can be found here. 

First Verbs

be - no equivalent in Arabic there is - هُنَاكَ have - عِنْدَ do - فَعَلَ go - ذَهَبَ want - أَرَادَ can - قَدَرَ need - اِحْتَاجَ think - فَكَّرَ know - عَرَفَ say - قَالَ like - حَبَّ speak - تَكَلَّمَ learn - تَعَلَّمَ understand - فَهِمَ

Conjunctions

that - اَلَّذِي; أَنَّ and - وَ or - أَوْ, أَمْ but - لٰكِنْ because - لِأَنَّ though - رَغْم أَنّ so (meaning “therefore”) - لِذٰلِكَ if - إِذَا, لَوْ , إِنْ

Prepositions

to - إِلَى from, of - مِنْ in - فِي at (a place) - عِنْدَ at (a time) - فِي, عَلَى with - مَعَ about - عَنْ like (meaning “similar to”) - مِثْل before - قَبْلَ after - بَعْدَ during - خِلَالَ

Question Words

who - مَنْ what - مَاذَا, مَا where - أَيْنَ when - مَتَى why - لِمَاذَا how - كَيْفَ how much - كَمْ which - أَيّ

Adverbs

a lot - كَثِير a little - قَلِيلًا well - جَيِّدًا badly - بِشَكْلٍ سَيِّئٍ only - فَقَطْ also - أَيْضًا very - جِدًّا too (as in “too tall”) - جِدًّا so (as in “so tall”) - جِدًّا more - أَكْثَرَ less - أَقَلّ than (etc. "bigger than", "easier than") - مِنْ as - كَمَا most - مُعْظَم, أَغْلَب least - أَقَلّ at least - عَلَى اَلْأَقَلّ better - أَفْضَل, أحسن best - أَفْضَل worse, worst - أَسْوَأ worst - أَسْوَأ now - الْآنَ then - ثُمَّ here - هُنَا there - هُنَاكَ maybe - رُبَّمَا always - دَائِمًا usually - عَادَةً often - كَثِيرًا sometimes - أَحْيَانًا never - أَبَدًا today - الْيَوْمَ yesterday - أَمْس tomorrow - غَدًا soon - قَرِيبًا almost - تَقْرِيبًا already - قَدْ still - لَا يَزَال even - حَتَّى enough - كَافٍ

Adjectives

the - اَلْ this (masculine) - هٰذَا this (feminine) - هٰذِهِ that (masculine) - ذٰلِكَ that (feminine) - تِلْكَ good - جَيِّد bad - سَيِّئ all - كُلّ some - بَعْض no - لَا any - أَيّ many - كَثِير few - قَلِيل other - آخَر same - نَفْس different - مُخْتَلِف enough - كَافٍ one - وَاحِد two - اِثْنَان first - أَوَّل next (meaning "coming", e.g. "next week") - قَادِم last (meaning “past”, e.g. “last Friday”) - مَاضٍ last (meaning “final”) - آخِر easy - سَهْل hard - صَعْب early - بَاكِر late - مُتَأَخِّر important - مُهِمّ interesting - مُشَوِّق fun - مُمْتِع boring - مُمِلّ beautiful - جَمِيل big - كَبِير small - صَغِير happy - سَعِيد sad - حَزِين busy - مَشْغُول excited - مُتَحَمِّس tired - مُتْعَب ready - مُسْتَعِدّ favorite - مُفَضَّل new - جَدِيد right, correct - صَوَاب wrong - خَطَأ true - صَحِيح

Pronouns

I - أَنَا you (masculine) - أَنْتَ you (feminine) - أَنْتِ you two - أَنْتُمَا he - هُوَ she - هِيَ the two of them, they - هُمَا we - نَحْنُ you (masculine, more than two) - أَنْتُمْ you (feminine, more than two) - أَنْتُنَّ they (masculine) - هُمْ they (feminine) - هُنَّ

Nouns

everything - كُلّ شَيْء something - شَيْء nothing - لَا شَيْء everyone - الْجَمِيع someone - أَحَد no one - أَحَد لَا Arabic - الْعَرَبِيَّة‎ English - إِنْجْلِيزِيَّة thing - شَيْء person - شَخْص place - مَكَان time - زَمَان, وَقْت time (as in “I did it 3 times”) - مَرَّة friend - صَدِيق woman - اِمْرَأَة man - رَجُل money - مَال country - بَلَد city - مَدِينَة language - لُغَة word - كَلِمَة food - طَعَام, أَكْل house - بَيْت store - مَحَلّ, مَتْجَر office - مَكْتَب company - شَرِكَة manager - مُدِير coworker - زَمِيل job, work - عَمَل problem - مُشْكِلَة question - سُؤَال idea - فِكْرَة life - حَيَاة world - عَالَم day - يَوْم year - عَام, سَنَة week - أُسْبُوع month - شَهْر hour - سَاعَة mother - أُمّ father - أَب parents - وَالِدَان daughter - اِبْنَة, بِنْت son - اِبْن child - طِفْل wife - زَوْجَة husband - زَوْج girlfriend - حَبِيب boyfriend - حَبِيبَة

More Verbs

work - عَمِلَ see - رَأَى use - اِسْتَخْدَمَ should - يَجِبْ أنْ believe - اِعْتَقَدَ practice - تَدَرَّبَ it seems - يَبدو come - جَاءَ leave - غَادَرَ return - رَجَعَ give - أَعْطَى take - أَخَذَ bring - أَحْضَرَ look for - بَحَثَ find - وَجَدَ get (meaning “obtain”) - يَحْصُلُ عَلَى receive - اِسْتَلَمَ buy - اِشْتَرَى try - حَاوَلَ start - بَدَأَ stop (doing something) - وَقَفَ finish - خَلَّصَ continue - تَابَعَ, اِسْتَمَرَّ wake up - صَحَّى get up - قَامَ eat - أَكَلَ happen - حَدَثَ feel - شَعَرَ create - خَلَقَ cause (aka “make”) - جَعَلَ meet - اِلْتَقَى, تَقَابَلَ ask (a question) - سَأَلَ wonder - تَسَاءَلَ reply - أَجَابَ mean - عَنَى, قَصَدَ read - قَرَأَ write - كَتَبَ listen - اِسْتَمَعَ hear - سَمِعَ remember - تَذَكَّرَ forget - نَسِيَ choose - اِخْتَارَ decide - قَرَّرَ be born - وُلِدَ die - مَاتَ kill - قَتَلَ live - حَيِيَ stay - بَقِيَ change - غَيَّرَ, تَغَيَّرَ help - سَاعَدَ send - أَرْسَلَ study - دَرَسَ improve - حَسَّنَ, تحسن hope - أَمَلَ care - اِهْتَمَّ

Phrases

hello - مَرْحَبًا, أَهْلًا, سَلَام, السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ goodbye - مَعَ السَّلَامَة, إِلَى اللِّقَاء thank you - شُكْرًا you’re welcome - عَفْوًا excuse me - لَوْ سَمَحْت sorry - آسِف it’s fine (response to an apology) - عفواً, لَا مُشْكِلَة please - مِن فَضْلِك yes - نَعَم no - لَا okay - حَسَنًا My name is - اِسْمِي What’s your name? - مَا ِاسْمُك؟ Nice to meet you. - تَشَرَّفْنَا How are you? - كَيْف الْحال؟ I’m doing well - أَنَا بِخَيْر How do you say ... ? - …كَيْفَ تَقُولْ What does ... mean? - …مَا مَعْنَى I don’t understand. - لَا أَفْهَمُ Could you repeat that? - هَلْ يُمْكِنُكَ إِعَادَة ذٰلِكَ؟ Could you speak more slowly, please? - َهَلْ يُمْكِنُكَ التَّحَدُثَ بِبُطْءٍ أَكْثَرَ؟ Well (as in “well, I think…”) - حَسَنًا Really? - حَقًّا؟ I guess that - أَعْتَقِد ذٰلِكَ It’s hot. (talking about the weather) - الْجَوّ حَارّ It’s cold. (talking about the weather) - الْجَوّ بَارِد

[literaryvein-reblogs]

A List of "Beautiful" Danish Words

for your next poem/story

Åndeløs - breathless

Ærlig - honest

Bagstiv - waking up drunk from the night before

Efterår - autumn

Fløjl - velvet

Forelsket - euphoria you experience when you’re first falling in love

Forgårs - the day before yesterday

Forhåbningsfuld - hopeful

Fraværende - missing, absent

Hygge - an atmosphere of warmth, wellbeing, and coziness when you feel at peace and able to enjoy simple pleasures and being in the moment

Kærlighed - love

Kirkegård - cemetery

Læsning - reading

Mareridt - nightmare

Medfølelse - compassion

Orke - when you can’t be bothered to do something or that you don’t have the strength or energy for it

Solsikke - sunflower

Spøgelse - ghost

Sympatisk - when you have a good gut feeling about someone you have just met

Tilbedelse - adoration

If any of these words make their way into your next poem/story, please tag me, or send me a link. I would love to read them!

Sources: 1 2 3 ⚜ More: Word Lists

[fairyinthetrees]

hi hello i am online and ready to bother you

[eingedeutscht]

feenindenbaeumen

Hallihallo hallöchen, ich bin online und bereit, Ihnen auf die Nerven zu gehen

[dagenssvenska]

hej hallå jag är på nätet och redo att störa dig

[grapehyasynth]

the word "nog" kept showing up in Swedish texts I've been reading, so I finally looked it up and it has a couple meanings, but one of those is "enough", and that immediately clicked - just like "genug" in German! nog, genug... and they have a shared ancestor word, Proto-German *ganōgaz... which is also where the word "enough" comes from! and now of course I see that, nog, genug, enough! language is so cool

[unearthitaly]

Masterpost about Italian Culture

[I have already posted it on the SayItaliano Community, but I am publishing it in my account as well.]

I took advantage of a pause from work to go through all my past entries here on the platform and I've decided to make 2/3 masterposts that might be useful if you're looking into Italian culture/language/tourism.

Here you are a masterpost about ITALIAN CULTURE, broken into different topics. Enjoy!

ITALIAN HISTORY

Italian Republic Day ;

Italian "Day of the Faith" ;

Pompeii and Herculaneum: How they ended up buried by the Vesuvius [+ Resources for studying and visiting];

The Holy Shroud of Turin;

The executioner;

The history of Vespa;

Dubbing in Italy;

Italian Iconic Pictures.

ITALIAN MUSIC

Spotify Playlist with 30 tunes Italians consider great classics;

Lyrics of “La Guerra di Piero”, the Italian “Blowin’ in the Wind” ( + Translation )

EATING IN ITALY

Are Italians food-nazis? [WordPress];

Etiquette in Restaurants in Italy;

Is the “11 am Rule” Concerning Italian Cappuccino Real?

Pizza Margherita;

Italian Bread;

Rice in Italy;

Chocolate in Italy;

Neapolitan Street Food: 6 Snacks you should try;

Desserts from the Campania region;

Biscuits from the Liguria region;

Desserts from South Tyrol, Italy;

Italian Amaretti Cookies;

Mussels in Italian language and culture;

Pumpkin in Italian Culture and Language.

ITALIAN MENTALITY

Understanding the Italians: traits and peculiarities [wordpress];

4 Popular Stereotypes that Annoy Italians;

Love-hate relationship Italians have with Italy;

Italian Culture: Sacred and Profane;

What's campanilismo?

Doors in Italy.

ITALIAN CUSTOMS AND LIFESTYLE

How to dress like an Italian [wordpress];

Most Common Carnival "Pranks" in Italy.

If you have questions about these topics or also concerning other things, my ask box is open :)

Hi! I’m Sara, unearthitaly on tumblr! I have a formal education in cultural and linguistic mediation and I work in the hotels in one of Italy's most developed tourist destinations, Alto Adige/South Tyrol. I embody some sort of "bridge" between Italian and other cultures professionally but also vocationally. I like to help Italophiles discover Italy beyond the obvious and I share tips on travel, culture, lifestyle and language.

You can also find me on my blog, Instagram and Threads. A presto!

[adhd-languages]

I reblogged a kickstarter for this game a while back, and it’s in early access on steam now!

Newcomer : A Language Learning RPG on Steam

✨A language learning adventure where you must learn and communicate in a second language to save the kingdom and befriend its people! 🎮

If you didn’t see the original post — it’s an immersion based language game good for beginners, the idea being you’re dropped on an island and have to figure out the language.

It has a surprising number of languages too.

Latin-American Spanish

Castilian Spanish

French

Italian

German

Brazilian Portuguese

Tagalog

Dutch

Turkish

I haven’t tried it yet, I’ll get back to you lot when I do. I’ll probably test the Spanish and then maybe try Dutch or Tagalog :-)

Let me know if you’ve tried it and what you think!

[sayitaliano]

BTW in Italian you not only can say "Non ho parole..." (=I have no words -literal translation), but when things are heavy/you feel nervous or angry you can also add "... solo parolacce!" (=only curse words!) and I think it's beautiful

[unhonestlymirror]

In Ukrainian language, instead of using "stupid idiot", we say "shell(s)" (ракушка -і from surzhyk) - which means approximately "a person who consciously chooses to be close-minded", "someone who's intentionally avoiding facing the unpleasant truth", "the one who speaks/does any kind of bullshit because they do not want to admit they're wrong that much." Which, in our culture, is way worse than being naturally stupid.

[saltylangblr]

some favorites from r/languagelearningjerk

[literaryvein-reblogs]

A List of "Beautiful" Norwegian Words

for your next poem/story

Døgnvill - not being able to tell whether it's day or night

Dørstokkmil - the daunting first step; the feeling of not being able to leave a place or take the first step

Eventyrlysten - adventure; a desire to try something new or travel to a unique place

Fellesferie - "common holiday"; when many people to take their summer holiday at the same time

Forelsket - the euphoric feeling you have when first falling in love, but prior to being "in love"

Friluftsliv - outdoor life

Fysen - when craving for something, but not sure exactly what

Gruglede - "happy dread"; Å gruglede seg means to look forward to an event with a mix of dread and excited anticipation

Ildsjel - "fire soul"; a person who is very enthusiastic and active about a cause

Kjæreste - romantic partner

Koselig - cosy; refers to a mood more than to a specific thing; taking the necessary steps to enjoy the moment

Kulturminne - a physical remnant of the past

Marka - the forested areas that surround Oslo and other Norwegian cities

Oppholdsvær - weather that’s neither rainy nor sunny, but somewhere in between

Selvplukk - picking your own fruit and berries, etc.

Sludd - a type of precipitation that’s a mix of snow and rain; it’s not slush, which is already on the ground; instead, it’s like a wet, slushy snow that’s still falling

Svaberg - a massive, smooth rock, often sloping down into the sea; rocky outcroppings that line the Norwegian coastline

Tropenatt - a summer night where the temperature stays above 20 degrees Celsius (68 degrees Fahrenheit); it’s a rare occurrence in Norway, but when it happens, it’s definitely a cause for celebration

Uff da - an incredibly common phrase used to express a range of emotions, from sympathy to concern for someone who’s going through a difficult time to even surprise or relief at an outcome; it’s like saying “Oh dear” or even just “Oh!”

Verdensrommet - "the room of the world"; outer space

If any of these words make their way into your next poem/story, please tag me, or send me a link. I would love to read them!

Sources: 1 2 3 4 ⚜ More: Word Lists

[er-cryptid]

When (Norwegian)

Morgen = Morning

Om morgenen = In the morning

Middag = Midday, noon

Om ettermiddagen = In the afternoon

Kveld = Evening

Om kvelden = In the evening

Natt = Night

Om natta = At night

Midnatt = Midnight

Sekund = Second

Minutt = Minute

Time = Hour

Halvtime = Half an hour

Kvarter = A quarter-hour

Femten minutter = Fifteen minutes

Døgn = 24 hours

Soloppgang = Sunrise

Daggry = Dawn

Tidlig morgen = Early morning

Solnedgang = Sunset

Tidlig om morgenen = Early in the morning

I morges = This morning

I morgen tidlig = Tomorrow morning

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