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Vocab List/Grammar from My Blog Masterpost

if only i actually knew all these words

these are not in any real order. please message me with any mistakes. last updated on 2020-10-07. 

Čeština 

ancient rome 

art/umění from @davna-minulost

Atomic Bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki from @mediocrelanguagelearner

birthdays in czech from @multilingualpotato

bookish words from @smetanovarevoluce

Christmas words

city words from @monicas-langblr

clothes 

the date and how to talk about it from @mediocrelanguagelearner

Fairy Tales from @zuzajic

fruits and veggies

grains and forest

grammar words from @thebenika

halloween 

Harry Potter from @mediocrelanguagelearner

jewelry 

linking words from @davna-minulost

love

love from @multilingualpotato

months (with etymology) from @hangugo

politics from @mediocrelanguagelearner​

room vocab from @monicas-langblr

sleep vocab

space vocab from @diegoalvesisgod

study time from @thebenika 

Wanderlust 

counting from @zuzajic

another czech vocab masterpost from @mediocrelanguagelearner​

Miscellaneous Vocab

miscellaneous vocab

miscellaneous vocab #2

random a2/b1 from @bergerlanguages​

Español

Grammar

agotar, use of from @spanishskulduggery​

demonstratives from @lettreparfumee​

qué versus cuál from @spanishlandia​

use of quedar from @lucylangblr​

the imperfect from @lavenderwysteria​

todavía vs ya vs aún from @spanishboone​

Vocab Lists

ancient history from @thatwordofmine​

Ancient Rome

animals from @multilingualpotato​

animal adjacent words from @cadalengua​

August Polyglot Challenge 2019

August Polyglot Challenge 2018

beach vocab from @thatwordofmine​

BLM in spanish from @maeve--studies​

bookish vocab from @foxlanguages​

castle vocab from @thatwordofmine​

coffee vocab from @halo-bish​

coronavirus words from @katarina-languages​

Countries and nations from @leo-does-languages​

distracted vocab 

essay words from @polyglottraveler​

essay words again from @cadalengua​

European Geography from @study-early​

false friends with French from @thatwordofmine​

filler words from @estudioscaoticos​

i am a mess 

Lovely Vocab

menos, expressions with from @cadalengua​

my neighbor totoro from @trilingual-girl-carol​

ocean vocab from @spanishvoyage​

physical conditions from @gray-learns-languages​

science vocab from @fluentbygraduation​

sleep vocab 

Social Media from @adventures-in-iberia​

verbs with de from @langsandculture​

Wanderlust

Miscellaneous Vocab

El Prisionero de Azkaban #1

El Prisionero de Azkaban #2

El Prisionero de Azkaban #3

El Prisionero de Azkaban #4

random useful words from @polyglotten​

random vocab from @cadalengua​

Vocabulario Misceláneo #1

Vocabulario Miscelaneo #2

Vocabulario de Investigación #1

Vocabulario de Investigación #2

Vocabulario de Investigación #3

random useful expressions from @aventuraslinguisticas​ 

Korean

masterpost from @fromirelandtokorea​

hobbies from @snubiwriteskorean​

self care vocab from @eplakaka-nnn​

Finnish 

duolingo vocab #1 from @languagessi​

duolingo vocab from @languagessi​

opinions, expressing your from @languagessi​

Français

lockdown masterpost from @frenchy-french​

Vocab Lists

avoir expressions from @futurefrenchprof​

a1 words from @lovelybluepanda​

cant be assed from @marschuldigung​

Cat Vocab from @languagenerds-archive​

beauty vocab from @cause-french​

Daily Routine from @fausse-francaise​

diary writing phrases from @lucylangblr​

election (usa) from @fluencylevelfrench​

essay phrases from @sprachgoettin​

essay words from @polyglottraveler

faire le expressions from @frenchy-french​

false friends with english from @studystrivesucceed​

more false friends from @vangoghs-other-ear​

false friends with spanish from @thatwordofmine​

fantasy words from @jackalopiel​

filler words from @estudioscaoticos​

German words that never fail to trip me up from @languagebutter​

Harry Potter à L’École des Sorciers, Chapitre 1 from @mossandbooks​

lazy, i’m from @lucylangblr​

lgbt words from @une-boule-de-suif​

mean words in french from @lucylangblr​

quantity from @er-cryptid​

school vocab from @frenchaise​

sleep 

small talk from @frenchaise​

social media from @adventures-in-iberia​

space vocab from @astronoray​

study vocab from @lucylangblr​

-yer verb study from @vangoghs-other-ear​

Grammar

à and infinitives from @littlepolyglot​

de and infinitives from @littlepolyglot​

demonstratives from @lettreparfumee​

dr mrs vandertramp verbs from @lucylanguage​

encoure versus toujours from @frenchy-french

en versus dans from @frenchy-french

Prepositions: Au,  à la,  à l’, aux from @lucylanguage

Present Tense from @lucylangblr

where are we going from @vangoghs-other-ear

Russian

makeup from @thebeaujar​

Deutsch

masterpost from @athenastudying​

Vocab

adjectives, a basic list from @crazy-languages

adverbs of time form @serpentainne-langblr

books and literature words from @marvelous-language

cozy words from @living-languages​

cute words from @wowmuchpolyglot​

forest words from @prepolyglot

free time from @semiotics-studies

German words that never fail to trip me up from @languagebutter

grammar words from @suplanguages

halloween from @hannahbeelanguages

i love you from @mayihelpyouwithgerman

immediately (Difficult German Synonyms) from @deutsian

language related words from @hannahbeelanguages

language words form @suplanguages

library vocab from @deutschedinge​

lovely vocab from @hannahbeelanguages

makeup from @thebeaujar

misc (with examples) from @languagepotato

presentation words from @semiotics-studies

rainy days from @talen-en-regendagen

sleep vocab from @talen-en-regendagen

social media from @adventures-in-iberia

self care vocab from @eplakaka-nnn

useful expressions from @urdulanguageclub

witchy vocab from @gofod-alle-rymd

Grammar

nicht, where to put from @hannahbeelanguagesmiscellaneous

opinion, how to express from @marvelous-language

prepositions, intro to from @crazy-languages​

Polish 

my neighbor totoro from @trilingual-girl-carol​

norwegian masterpost from @mylanguagesandme (taken from a duolingo comment)

guarani masterpost from @wonderful-language-sounds​

classical languages masterpost from @myth-boy​

[tealingual]

Sport vocabulary in German

Das Aerobic - aerobics Das Badminton - badminton Das Ballett - ballet Das Bergsteigen - mountaineering, mountain climbing Das Bowling - bowling Das Boxen - boxing Das Doping - doping Das Eishockey - ice-hockey Das Fahrrad - bicycle Das Feld - field Das Fitnesscenter - fitness center Das Gewichtheben - weightlifting Das Hallenbad - indoor public swimming pool Das Hallenhockey - field hockey Das Inlineskaten - in-line skating Das Jogging - jogging Das Judo - judo Das Karate - karate Das Kegeln - bowling Das Klettern - climbing Das Laufen - running Das Länderspiel - international, international match Das Nordic Walking - nordic walking Das Paddeln - paddling Das Radfahren - cycling Das Reiten - horse-riding Das Ringen - wrestling Das Rudern - rowing Das Schwimmbad - swimming pool Das Schwimmbecken - swimming pool Das Segeln - sailing Das Skateboard - skateboard Das Skaten - skateboarding Das Skifahren, das Skilaufen - skiing Das Skispringen - ski jumping Das Snowboard - snowboard Das Spiel - game Das Tanzen -  dancing Das Tauchen - diving Das Team - team Das Tennis - tennis Das Tor - goal Das Training - training Das Turnen - gymnastics Das Ziel - goal Das/der Yoga - yoga Der Anhänger - follower, fan Der Ball - ball Der Basketball - basketball Der Boxing - boxing Der Europameister - European champion Der Federball - badminton; shuttlecock Der Fußball - football Der Handball - handball Der Korbball - basketball, netball Der Leistungssport - competitive sport Der Motorsport - motorsport Der Orientierungslauf - orienteering Der Preis - prize, award Der Profi - pro Der Schlagball - rounders Der Schläger - bat, racquet, stick Der Sieger - winner, champion Der Spieler - player Der Spitzensportler - top athlete Der Sport - sport Der Sportclub - sports club Der Sportler - sportsman, athlete Der Sportplatz - sports field Der Sportverein - sports team Der Start - start, takeoff Der Swimmingpool - swimming pool Der Trainer - trainer Der Verlust - loss Der Volleyball - volleyball Der Wettbewerb - competition Der Wettkampf - contest, competition Die Ausrüstung - equipment, gear Die Bewegung - motion, move, movement Die Bronzemedaille - bronze medal Die Goldmedaille - gold medal Die Gymnastik - gymnastics Die Kondition - condition Die Leichtathletik - track and field Die Loipe - loipe, cross-country skiing trail Die Mannschaft - team Die Nationalmannschaft - national sports team Die Niederlage - defeat, loss Die Olympischen Spiele - olympics Die Piste - piste Die Schwimmhalle - indoor swimming pool Die Silbermedaille - silver medal Die Sportart - sport, type of sport Die Sporthalle - gym, sports hall Die Weltmeisterschaft - world cup, world championship Gewinnen - to win Laufen - to run Schlagen - to hit; to beat Siegen - to win Spielen - to play Sport machen - to play sports Sport treiben - to play sports Springen -  to jump Trainieren - to train Verlieren - to lose Fit - fit Sportlich - athletic, sporty

[tealingual]

Some vocabulary related to drinking in German

Das Vorglühen - pre-drinking Der Fusel - booze Der Schuss - shot Beschwipst - tipsy Besoffen - drunk Bekifft - stoned, baked Verkatert - hungover Vom Fass - on tap Auf Eis - on the rocks Abschleppen - to pick up (a person in a pub etc.) Anstoßen - to clink glasses, to propose a toast Bechern - to booze  Picheln - to tipple  Saufen - to consume alcohol excessively

[pompadourpink]

Queer culture

Here is a list of french terms used to talk about queer culture, some info and also ressources you might want to check out. Let me point out right away that I indicated slurs because they have been reclaimed by the community. I’m hoping no one here will use them to hurt anyone.

About people :

gay : homo(sexuel-le), pédé (fag) / lesbian : lesbienne, gouine (dyke) 

bi : bisexuel-le, bigoudou (fam) 

pan : pan(sexuel-le) 

ace : asexuel-le, ace (ep) 

straight : hétéro(sexuel-le) 

transgender : transgenre (ep) / cisgender : cisgenre (ep) 

intersex : intersexe 

third gender : troisième sexe (m)

assigned : assigné-e 

LGBT : LGBT (elgébété)

phobia : phobie (f)

butch : butch, camionneuse (female truck driver) 

androgynous : androgyne (ep) 

non-binary : non binaire (ep) - more about that in the pinned comment

queen : folle (f)

pronoun : pronom (m) / she : elle / he : il / they : iel 

agender : agenre (ep) / feminine : féminin / masculine : masculin

ally : allié-e

Please note : all the specific vocabulary (grey, demi…) is kept in the english version but you change the last “a” for a “e” just as you see above.

General notions :

gender : genre (m) / identity : identité (f) 

sexual orientation : orientation (f) sexuelle 

sexuality : sexualité (f) / birth : naissance (f) 

body : corps (m) 

binarity : binarité (f) 

neutral : neutre (ep) 

coming-out : faire son coming-out (m) 

getting out of the closet : sortir du placard 

same : même (ep) / binder : binder (m) 

slur : insulte (f)

transitioning : transitionner, v / transition (f) 

hormon : hormone (f) > testostérone-progestérone-oestrogène 

treatment : traitement (m)

pride : fierté (f) / walk : marche (f) / justice : justice (f) / fight : combat (m)

Some naughty vocab :

top : actif/ve, dominant-e 

bottom : passif/ve, dominé-e, soumis-e

twink : un minet

have sex : coucher, v / fuck : baiser, v / make love : faire l’amour, v

one-night stand : coup (m) d’un soir (m)  

fuck buddy : plan (m) cul (m)

looking for sex : chercher du cul (: ass), v

condom : préservatif (m), capote (f)(fam)

Politics :

Marriage has been opened to same-sex partners in France on the 13th of may, 2013, despite lots of pressure, especially from a large group called LMPT ‘la manif pour tous” (’the protest march for all’) - whose slogan was ‘on ne lâche rien’ (we won’t give up) and linked to the right and far-right french parties and the catholic church. They have been criticized and/or sued for homophobia, racism and children instrumentalization.

While gay women can give blood since 2002 (had been forbidden to ‘gay and bisexual people with multiple partners’ since 1983 because of health prejudice linked to AIDS), gay men can since july 2016 if they have been single for a year. It’s still asked on the form when you go give blood currently.

Books :

*french theory*

Queer Zones + Sexpolitiques by trans activist and uni teacher Sam or Marie-Hélène Bourcier (who introduced queer theory to France, where gender studies are barely a thing)(I’m mentioning his dead name bc the transition is recent and most of his work is only available under it)

La Pensée Straight, Monique Wittig, 1992

C'est pour un garçon ou pour une fille ? Georges-Claude Guilbert, 2004

*french fiction*

Le Journal, Fabrice Néaud, 1996 : a man draws the story of how he fell in love with another man then gets dumped, when gay men had to hide. It’s very pretty, very sad and absolutely beautiful.

En finir avec Eddy Bellegueule, Edouard Louis, 2014 : autobiographic novel from a bright young man ; his life, his bullies, his acceptance.

Sodome et Gomorrhe, Marcel Proust, 1921 : not a gay novel but a gay relationship within one of the biggest french novels of the last century.

Le bleu est une couleur chaude, Julie Marot, 2010 : you might have heard of La Vie d’Adèle aka Blue is the warmest color. It’s from that comic.

Mémoires d’Hadrien, Marguerite Yourcenar, 1951 : a book about Hadrian, roman emperor, who built a wall and was very gay.

Corydon, André Gide, 1911 : essay about homosexuality

Corps à corps, journal de SIDA, Alain Emmanuel Dreuilhe, 1987 : autobiographic, a man’s fight with AIDS.

Sarrasine, Honoré de Balzac, 1830 (trans, gay, cross dressing, v v pretty)

Movies :

Tomboy, Célina Sciamma, 2011 (transgender, kids)

Laurence Anyways, Xavier Dolan, 2012 (transgender)

N’être ni fille ni garçon, TV documentary, 2010 (intersex)

Le Mystère Alexina, René Féret, 1985 (intersex)

Huit femmes, François Ozon, 2002 (lesbians briefly, cluedo movie)

Elles, Małgorzata Szumowska, 2011 (lesbians) > french movie but amazing polish director who also made In the name of (gay, religion)

Les onze mille Verges, Éric Lipmann, 1974 (after Guillaume Apollinaire’s novel, 1907, that’s amazing and pretty graphic)(the title means literally ‘the 11 000 penises’) (porn, gay, orgies, bdsm, necrophilia…)

Guillaume et les garçons, Guillaume Gallienne, 2013 (trans, sexuality)

Yves Saint-Laurent, Jalil Lespert, 2014 (gay)

[sprachgefuehle]

The hardest thing about studying languages and/or linguistics is actually to not make random noises in public because you were thinking too much about a phoneme

[tealingual]

Health and illness vocabulary in German

Das Blut - blood Das Fieber - fever Das Heilmittel - remedy Das Krankenhaus - hospital Das Medikament - medicine Das Mittel - medicament, remedy Das Pflaster - band-aid, plaster Das Rezept - prescription Das Symptom - symptom Das Verband - bandage Das Verhütungsmittel - contraceptive Der Arzt - doctor Der Durchfall - diarrhea Der Gesundheitszustand - health, state of health Der Hautausschlag - rash Der Herzinfarkt - heart attack Der Husten - cough Der Krankenpfleger - nurse Der Krankenurlaub - medical leave, sick leave Der Krankenwagen - ambulance Der Patient - patient Der Schmerz - pain Der Schnupfen - cold Der Stress - stress Der Termin - appointment Der Tod - death Der Zahnarzt - dentist Der/Das Kondom - condom Die Allergie - allergy Die Apotheke - pharmacy Die Betäubung - anesthesia Die Blutprobe - blood test Die Erkältung - cold Die Erste Hilfe - first-aid Die Essstörung - eating disorder Die Geburt - birth Die Gesundheit - health Die Gesundheitskontrolle - health check Die Grippe - flu Die Impfung - vaccination Die Infektion - infection Die Injektion - injection Die Intensivstation - intensive care unit Die Klinik - clinic Die Krankenkasse - health insurance company Die Krankenversicherung - health insurance Die Krankheit - disease, illness Die Magenbeschwerde - stomachache Die Medizin - medicine Die Menstruation - menstruation Die Migräne - migraine Die Narkose - general anesthesia Die Operation - operation, surgery Die Periode - period Die Pille - pill Die Praxis - surgery, doctor’s office, practice Die Schwangerschaft - pregnancy Die Sprechstunde - consultation hour Die Spritze - syringe; injection Die Tablette - tablet Die Untersuchung - examination Die Wunde - wound Allergisch - allergic Ansteckend - contagious Bewusstlos - unconscious Blass - pale Fit - fit (in good physical condition) Gebrochen - broken Gesund - healthy Krank - ill, sick Müde - tired Schwach - weak Schwanger - pregnant Schwindelig - dizzy Tot - dead Ungesund - unhealthy Bluten - to bleed Das Medikament einnehmen - to take the medicine Die Temperatur messen - to take the temperature Einen Arzt rufen - to call a doctor Frieren - to be cold Heilen - to heal, to become healed Husten - to cough In Lebensgefahr sein - to be in danger of dying Krankgeschrieben werden - to be on sick leave Leiden an - to suffer from Niesen - to sneeze Operieren - to operate Pflegen - to nurse Schwitzen - to sweat Schützen vor - to protect from Sich ausruhen - to rest, to recover through rest and relaxation Sich brechen - to break Sich erholen - to recover Sich erkälten - to catch a cold Sich fühlen - to feel Sich impfen lassen - to get vaccinated Sich ins Bett legen - to lay in bed Sich verletzen - to hurt oneself Sich übergeben - to throw up Sterben - to die Untersuchen - to examine Wehtun - to hurt Zum Arzt gehen - to go to the doctor

[brotkehlchen]

Dear @hilema - it's been a while but here it is! I hope you like it :)

**nouns**

die Liebe - love

die Geborgenheit - there’s no equivalent word in English. it is a feeling of security and warmth.

das Vertrauen - trust

die Zugehörigkeit - belonging, affiliation

die (romantische) Beziehung - (romantic) relationship

die Familie - family

die Verwandtschaft - relations, relatives

die Freundschaft - friendship

die Ehe - marriage

die Scheidung - divorce

die Verlobung - engagement

die Hochzeit - wedding

der Freund; die Freundin - friend

der beste Freund; die beste Freundin - best friend

der Schwarm - crush

der Partner; die Partnerin - partner (both romantic and like... in a business way)

der Ehemann; die Ehefrau - husband; wife

der Lebensgefährte; die Lebensgefährtin - (civil) partner, significant other, spouse

der Verlobte; die Verlobte - fiancé; fiancée

die Mutter - mother

der Vater - father

die Eltern (plural) - parents

das Kind - child

die Tochter - daughter

der Sohn - son

die Geschwister (plural) - siblings

die Schwester - sister

der Bruder - brother

die große Schwester; der große Bruder - big sister; big brother

die kleine Schwester; der kleine Bruder - little sister; little brother

der Zwilling - twin [Zwilling also means gemini]

die Zwillingsschwester; der Zwillingsbruder - twin sister; twin brother

die Tante - aunt

der Onkel - uncle

die Großmutter - grandmother

der Großvater - grandfather

die Oma - grandma

der Opa - grandpa

der Enkel; die Enkelin - grandchild, grandson; granddaughter

der Cousin; die Cousine - cousin

der Schwager; die Schwägerin - brother-in-law; sister-in-law

das Stiefkind - stepchild

der Stiefsohn; die Stieftochter - stepson; stepdaughter

der Stiefbruder; die Stiefschwester - stepbrother; stepsister

die Stiefmutter; der Stiefvater - stepmother; stepfather

der Witwer; die Witwe - widower; widow

der Single - single

**adjectives**

befreundet - to be friends with someone

verwandt - related

verheiratet - married

geschieden - divorced

verlobt - engaged

verwitwet - widowed

verliebt - to be in love with someone, enamored

**verbs**

sich anfreunden - to befriend

jemanden mögen - to like someone

jemanden lieb haben/jemanden gern haben - to like someone a lot*

sich verlieben - to fall in love

sich verloben - to engage

sich scheiden (lassen) - to divorce

heiraten - to marry

lieben - to love

eine Familie gründen - to start a family

mit jemandem zusammen sein/ mit jemandem eine Beziehung führen/in einer Beziehung sein - to be in a relationship with someone

**expressions**

Ich liebe dich. - I love you.

Ich habe mich in dich verliebt. - I’ve fallen in love with you.

Ich habe dich lieb/Ich hab dich gern. - I like you a lot.*

Ich mag dich. - I like you.

Du gefällst mir. - You’re to my liking.

Du bist mir wichtig. - You’re important to me.

Du fehlst mir. - I miss you.**

Ich vermisse dich. - I miss you.

Willst du mich heiraten? - Will you marry me?

Du machst mich glücklich. - You make me (truly) happy.

____________

*Well, these expressions are open for discussion. While I strongly believe that “Ich hab dich lieb” or “Ich hab dich gern” are things you say to friends and/or family instead of to romantic partners, I know married couples who use it.

** “Du fehlst mir” is a more intense expression than “Ich vermisse dich“, at least to my understanding.

[solecito-study]

Palabras de comida en español 🍜

Meat + seafood

La salchicha - sausage

El jamón - ham

El pollo - chicken

El pollo asado - roast chicken

El pollo frito - fried chicken

El pavo - turkey

El salmón - salmon

El cerdo - pork

El cangrejo - crab

La langosta - lobster

El pescado - fish (culinary)

El mejillón - mussel

El jocho, perro caliente - hot dog

La vieira - scallop

La almeja - clam

La trucha - trout

La carne de res - beef

La hamburguesa - hamburger

El camarón - shrimp

El pulpo - octopus

El calamar - squid

El tocino - bacon

Produce

La manzana - apple

La pera - pear

La sandía - watermelon

El durazno - peach

El aguacate - avocado

La lechuga - lettuce

La fresa - strawberry

La frambuesa - raspberry

El arándano - blueberry

La mora - blackberry

La naranja - orange

El apio - celery

La piña - pineapple

La papaya - papaya

La uva - grape

La arveja - pea

El tomate - tomate

La lima - lime

La papa - potato

El arroz - rice

El coco - coconut

El pomelo - grapefruit

El plátano - banana, plantain

El esparrago - asparagus

El mango - mango

El morrón - red pepper

El pimiento - pepper

El pimiento verde - green pepper

El límon - lemon

La col - cabbage

La espinaca - spinach

La berenjena - eggplant

El maíz - corn

El elote - sweet corn

El rabano - radish

El nabo - turnip

El frijol - bean

La zanahoria - carrot

El brócoli - broccoli

La alcachofa - artichoke

La cebolla - onion

El molondrón - okra

El garbanzo - chickpea

Dairy

La leche - milk

La leche condensada - condensed milk

La leche entera - whole milk

La leche descremada - skim milk

La leche en polvo - powdered milk

La leche de soya - soy milk

El batido - milkshake

El queso - cheese

El queso crema - cream cheese

El requesón - cottage cheese

La crema - cream

La crema batida - whipped cream

La crema agria - sour cream

La crema pastelera - pastry cream

La mantequilla - butter

El helado - ice cream

El helado de fresa - strawberry ice cream

El helado de chocolate - chocolate ice cream

El helado de vainilla - vanilla icecream

El yogur - yogurt

El yogur helado - frozen yogurt

Beverages

El agua - water

El agua mineral - mineral water

El agua con gas - sparkling water

El café - coffee

El jugo - juice

El jugo de manzana - apple juice

El jugo de naranja - orange juice

El jugo de uva - grape juice

El jugo de piña - pineapple juice

La limonada - lemonade

El té - tea

El té verde - green tea

El té helado - iced tea

El cóctel - cocktail

El licor - liquor

El aliado - mixed drink

El vino - wine

El cerveza - beer

La mimosa - mimosa

La sidra - cider

El chocolate caliente - hot chocolate

El refresco - soda

El smoothie - smoothie

Condiments

La soja

La mermelada

La salsa picante

La salsa de tomate

La mayonesa - mayonnaise

La mostaza - mustard

La mantequilla de cacahuate - peanut butter

El kétchup - ketchup

Spices + herbs

La canela - cinnamon

El perejil

El ajo -garlic

El romero - rosemary

El tomillo - thyme

La lavanda - lavender

El cebollino - chives

La vainilla - vanilla

La sal - salt

La pimienta - pepper

La paprika - paprika

El orégano - oregano

La albahaca- basil

Tableware

El tenedor - fork

La cuchara - spoon

El cuchillo - knife

La cucharada - tablespoon

La cucharadita - teaspoon

La taza - cup, mug

El vaso - drinking glass

El plato - plate, dish

El bol - bowl

El tarro - jar

El cucharón - ladle

El rallador - grater

El abrelatas - can opener

El batidor - whisk

La paleta - spatula

La servilleta - napkin

Adjectives

Sabroso - tasty

Delicioso - delicious

Rico - rich, tasty

Maduro - ripe

Soso - bland

Amargo - bitter

Dulce - sweet

Azucarado - sugary

Salado - salty

Agrio - tart

Crujiente - crunchy

A la plancha - grilled

A la parrilla - broiled

Quemado - burnt

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french nighttime vocab 💤

🌙 night vocab 

la nuit: the night

la lune: the moon

les étoiles: the stars (f)

nocturne: nocturnal 

🛏️ bedroom vocab

la chambre à coucher: bedroom

la chambre: bedroom

la grande chambre: the master bedroom

un lit: a bed

l'oreiller: a pillow

un animal en peluche: a stuffed animal

une couverture: a blanket

la literie: bedding

la table de chevet: bedside table

le dessus-de-lit: bedspread

la taie d'oreiller: pillow case

douillet: cozy

la couette: comforter

faire le lit: make the bed

le lit est défait: the bed is unmade

un grand lit: a king sized bed

un lit à deux places: a bed for two people

un lit à une place: a bed for one person

un cadre d'un lit: bed frame

les draps: bed sheets (m)

un lit superposé: bunk bed 

  😴 sleep vocab 

un somme: a nap

un petit somme: a quick nap

la sieste: a siesta (nap in the afternoon)

le sommeil: sleep

la somnolence: sleepiness

un rêve: a dream

un cauchemar: a nightmare

une rêverie: a daydream

l'insomnie: insomnia (f)

le somnambule: sleepwalker

un noctambule: a night owl 

matinal: early riser

un réveil: an alarm clock

🌌 verbs

se lever: to wake up (literally to rise)

se coucher: to go to bed

se recoucher: to go back to bed

s'assoupir: to doze off

dormir: to sleep

rêver: to dream

rêvasser: to daydream 

pioncer: to sleep (informal)

🌃 phrases

bonne nuit: good night 

passer une nuit blanche: to pull an all nighter

être un lève-tôt: to be an early bird 

être un lève-tard: a late riser

sortir du lit: get out of bed 

dormir à poings fermés: sleep like a log

rester éveillé: to stay up

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I HATE THINGS in French

abhorrer - to abhor sth

avoir horreur de - to hate sth - e.g. j’ai horreur de ce genre de film

avoir une sainte horreur de - to hate s.body/sth with a passion

détester - to hate

être haineux - to be full of hate

haïr - to hate

honnir - to abhor/despise/revile

mépriser - to despise sth or s.o

rempli de haine - full of hate

un amour vache - a love hate relationship

une bête noire - a pet hate

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does anyone else who studies languages as a hobby just get random phrases in their head? like how you get songs in ur head. rn i have a robot voice saying "bitte rufen Sie an" in my head non stop and idk why

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Halloween en Français: 

original vocab list by @languagessi​, find her Halloween lists here

le Halloween - Halloween la veille de la Toussaint - All Hallow’s Eve des bonbons ou un sort - Trick or treat! Bouhh! - Boo! la fête - party l’automne (m) - autumn octobre (m) / le mois d’octobre- October les bonbons (pl,m)/ les sucreries (f, pl)- candy, sweet la pomme - apple la citrouille - pumpkin la lanterne - lantern la citrouille-lanterne -  Jack O’Lantern la bougie- candle le feu de joie - bonfire la superstition - superstition la divination  - divination la blague - prank noir - black orange - orange le chat - cat la chauve-souris - bat l’araignée (f) - spider la toile d’araignée - spiderweb le fantôme- ghost l’esprit (m) - ghost, spirit le fantôme, le spectre- phantom la sorcière - witch le sorcier- wizard le croque-mitaine - bogeyman le vampire - vampire la fée - fairy le gobelin - goblin la momie - mummy le zombie - zombie le diable - devil le démon - demon le loup-garou - werewolf le monstre - monster le troll  - troll l’extraterrestre (m) - alien le costume - costume le maquillage - makeup le maquillage de visage - face paint le masque - mask la perruque - wig l’os (m) - bone le squelette- skeleton le crâne - skull le sang - blood le corps - corpse mort/e  - dead la maison hantée - haunted house le cimetière - graveyard, cemetery la tombe - grave, tomb le cercueil - coffin, casket l’histoire de fantômes (f) - ghost story le cauchemar - nightmare la nuit - night minuit (m)/le milieu de la nuit - midnight la lune - moon l’ombre (f) - shadow le hurlement - howl sombre - dark la tempête, l’orage (m) - storm le cri - shout, scream, cry la peur- fear la frayeur- fear, fright l’effroi (m) - fright l’horreur (f), l’atrocité (f)- horror le choc - shock effrayer qn - to frighten, to scare; to be frightened, to be startled craindre qc - to fear, to be afraid avoir peur de qc - to be scared of something, to be afraid of something sinistre - creepy inquiétant/e, étrange - eerie effrayant/e - frightening angoissant/e, terrible - scary, terrible   surnaturel/le - supernatural

[Let me know if there are any mistakes! My vocab masterlist]

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EMOTIONS/FEELINGS in French

This is a culmination of all my french emotions posts, so it’s a long one!

TO BE HAPPY

être content(e)

être de bonne humeur

être en liesse - to be jubilant

être heureux/heureuse - to be happy

déborder de bonheur - to be overjoyed

être satisfait(e) - to be satisfied

être repu(e) - to be full/satiated/satisfied (food)

TO BE EXCITED

être emballé par - to be excited about sth (to be enthused by sth that’s happening)

être enthousiasmé - to be excited/enthused

être enthousiaste - to be excited

être en verve - to be entusiastic/excited about sth

être excité comme une puce - to be really excited

TO BE IN LOVE

Épris - lovestruck

Être amoureux de - to be in love with

Fou/follement amoureux de - head over heels in love with s.o

Être fou/folle de qqn - to be nuts for s.o

TO BE RELAXED

En prendre à son aise (avec) - to take things easy (péjoratif)

être détendu(e) - to be relaxed

TO BE SAD/UNHAPPY

être triste

être insatisfait(e) - to be unsatisfied

être mécontent(e) de/que - to be unsatisfied about/be unhappy about

TO BE ANGRY/FRUSTRATED

être fâché(e) - to be angry

être furieux/furieuse - to be furious

être de mauvaise humeur - to be in a bad mood

en avoir marre de - to have had enough of

avoir les boules - to be pissed off

être furax - to be furious/hopping mad

se fâcher tout rouge - to see red

se mettre en colère - to get angry

se mettre/foutre en pétard - to blow your top

se mettre en rogne - to get very angry

TO BE ANNOYED/IRRITATED

être agacé(e) - to be irritated/annoyed 

être énervé(e) - to be annoyed/irritated

être irrité(e) - to be irritated

être gêné(e) - (in this case) to feel annoyed - softer/gentler than agacer

Avoir les nerfs – to be irritated/annoyed/cross

Avoir les nerfs à vif – to be at your wit’s end

Avoir les nerfs en pelote – to be on edge

TO BE BORED (OR FEELING LAZY)

être ennuyé(e) - to be bored

être mort d’ennui - to be bored to death

avoir la flemme (de faire qch) - can’t be bothered doing sth

TO BE TIRED

être fatigué(e) - to be tired

être écrasé(e) - to be stuffed

être épuisé(e) - to be exhausted

être crevé(e) - to be dead tired

être vanné(e) - to be ready to drop

être claqué(e) - to be bushed/beat

TO BE STRESSED

être stressé(e) - to be stressed

Être sur les nerfs - to be strung out

Être surmené/débordé - to be stressed/overworked

Être tendu - to be stressed

TO FEEL SICK (TO DO WITH ILLNESS)

se sentir mal - to feel sick

se sentir mieux - to feel better

avoir mal - to be in pain

Avoir des courbatures - to feel stiff

TO BE SCARED

avoir peur (de) - to be scared (of)

avoir les jetons - to be scared stiff

avoir une peur bleue (de qch) - to be scared out of your wits (by sth)

avoir le trac - to be nervous

être effrayé(e) par - to be frightened by

être mort de peur - to be dead scared

TO BE SURPRISED/SHOCKED

être surpris(e) (par) - to be surprised

être stupéfait(e) - to be stunned

les bras m’en tombent - I am speechless

être choqué(e) (par) - to be shocked (by)

en être baba - to be gobsmacked (due to admiration)

être ébahi(e) - to be astonished

TO BE CONFUSED

ça m’embrouille - I’m confused - lit. this confuses me

J’ai du mal à suivre - I’m confused - I’m having trouble following

Je suis perdu(e) - I’m confused (lost) 

Je ne sais plus où j’en suis - I’m confused - in the sense that you don’t know where you are in something (figurative)

Je n’y comprends rien (or: j’y comprends rien - to be more colloquial) - I’m confused - I don’t get it

Je ne comprends pas - I don’t understand/I’m confused

J’te suis pas - I’m confused (I don’t follow you)

TO BE PROUD

Être fier de (note: feminine= fière) - to be proud of

Être orgueilleux - to be proud (to be a proud [as in haughty] as a person)

TO BE SMUG

Être hautain - to be proud (snobby/up yourself)

Être fiérot (fem= fiérote) - to be a proud person

Faire le fiérot - to be smug/pleased with yourself

TO BE JEALOUS

Crever de jalousie - to be eaten up with jealousy

Être jaloux de - to be jealous

Être envieux de (plus formel/soutenu) - to be envious

Jalouser - to envy/be jealous of

TO FEEL DESPAIR

être au comble du désespoir - to be in the depths of despair

Se désespérer - to despair/lose hope

TO BE GRATEFUL

être reconnaissant(e) - to be grateful

savoir gré à qqn de qch - to be grateful to s.o for sth e.g. je te sais gré de ton aide

TO FEEL SAFE

se sentir à l’abri - to feel safe

TO BE HURT/BROKEN-HEARTED/UPSET

avoir le cœur brisé(e) - to be broken-hearted/broken up by something

en être malade - to be cut up/gutted by sth

être affecté(e) - to be cut up about something

être blessé(e) - to be hurt by sth

être bouleversé(e) - to be upset

être dans tous ses états - to be in a state

être désemparé(e) - to be distraught

être peiné(e) - to be hurt by sth

être accablé par le chagrin - to be grief-stricken

en être tout retourné - to be bowled over/to be devastated~shocked by

être anéanti - to be torn in two

avoir mal au cœur - to be very sad/heartbroken (can also mean to feel sick/nauseated) avoir un gros chagrin - to be grief-stricken/heartbroken

TO FEEL UNCOMFORTABLE

être dans ses petits souliers - to feel uncomfortable

être mal à l’aise - to be uncomfortable

être mal à son aise - to be ill at ease

se trouver mal - to be uncomfortable (uncomfortable position - e.g. sitting)

TO FEEL HUMILIATED

être humilié(e) - to be humiliated

être mortifié(e) - to be mortified

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Bread-related expressions

Avoir du pain sur la planche: having lots to do

Bon comme le bon pain: a generous, harmless person

Ça ne mange pas de pain: it’s harmless

Ça se vend comme des petits pains: it sells really well

Une bouchée de pain: very little money (cost)

Être au pain et à l’eau: living on bread and water/being punished

Faire passer le goût du pain: killing someone

Un gagne-pain: livelihood

Gagner son pain: making a living

Long comme un jour sans pain: very long and boring

Manger le pain du roi: going to jail

Ne pas manger de ce pain-là: refusing to doing stg shady

Ôter le pain de la bouche: taking someone’s livelihood away

Le pain quotidien, m: something daily, part of a routine

Du pain bénit, m: a godsend

Un pain dans la gueule: a punch in the mug

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english speakers wishing you good luck: break a leg!

czechs and slovaks wishing you good luck: break your neck! :)

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germans: Hals- und Beinbruch! (lit. Break neck and leg!)

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Caber. Anyone who has looked at this verb has probably found themselves shaking their head, wondering how humans could allow a such an evil verb to continue. It's slowly been gaining media attention, recently being the target of a defamatory attack by tumblr user portugue. But how did we get to this point? Is its existence a commentary on the cruelty of human nature, or just sound change?

If you don't know what I'm talking about, caber, which means 'to fit', is pretty irregular in Spanish. The first person present form is quepo, which carries over to the subjunctive forms (quepa, quepas, etc.). And the preterite also has its own irregularities - cupe, cupiste, cupo, cupimos, and cupieron. If you're a little observant, you'll notice something: this is almost exactly like another verb, saber! The only difference is that the first person present form for saber is just sé. But the two followed the same path to get there!

Caber comes from the Latin verb capĕre, while saber comes from sapĕre. The present subjunctive of these two verbs seems pretty normal (but let it be said here -- I am not a Latin knower or anything):

So you're probably thinking, little Cappy was such a good kid, where did I go wrong as a mother? But no worries -- it was a sound change in the making for a long time.

See the /i/ that comes after the /p/ in both words? In this position (hiatus), the /i/ becomes a /j/ over time. For those who aren't familiar with IPA, the /j/ sound is equivalent to the sound of y in English words like yolk and yellow. This also kicked into motion the chain of events that led to French sache, from savoir.

What happens next? In a process called metathesis, the /p/ and the newly formed /j/ switch places. Methasis is a familiar process - this is the reason you pronounced spaghetti as pasketty as a kid. So anyway, we've now gone from /kapja/ to /kajpa/ (and we've lost the word final /m/ in the first person conjugation, but that's not important to this story). My dear Portuguese speakers will recognize this change, since this is the subjunctive for saber & caber -- saiba & caiba!

From here, the new diphthong /aj/ coalesces and becomes an /e/, leaving us wretched souls with /sepa/ and /kepa/, spelled sepa and quepa respectively.

For the present indicative forms, I would assume the same thing happens (though I couldn't find a source for this) -- sapio becomes sajpo then sepo and then the -po is dropped for sé, while quepo keeps a hold of it.

Why, then, is caber such a strange verb, while saber is just, well, normal? Does caber resent being stuck in her older sister's shadow? Truthfully, it's probably a combination of the orthography (throwing that <qu> in there when the rest of the conjugations are spelled with c, i mean, come on), the fact that saber is just a much more common verb, and the fact that sé drops the -po (could you imagine if it was yo sepo??? we might hate it just as much). It couldn't be the other way around, imagine if it were qué (-- que no qué! --no haces qué? --no qué! --qué? --tú sí cabes, pero no qué!)

I hope you learned something today! I wanted to unravel this mystery so I got in contact with one of my professors and he explained it to me :) Thanks for reading!!