duolingo and chill

hi, my name is raye, and i like languages! [native ENG, learning DE/DA/ZH - 16, they/them]

[stopbeingbored]

Underappreciated German Words

Today: Vorführeffekt, der (n.)

That moment when something that always works suddenly goes wrong the moment you want to show it to someone.

[thespecsappeal]

Japanese Vocabulary - Geography

Studygram: @thespecsappeal​

地理（ちり）- geography

島（しま）- island

島国（しまぐに）- island nation

気候（きこう）- climate

気温（きおん）- temperature

名所（めいしょ）- famous place

名物（めいぶつ）- specialty products

建物（たてもの）- building

形（かたち）- shape, form

景色（けしき）- scenery, landscape

自然（しぜん）- nature

都市（とし）- town, city

田舎（いなか）- countryside

行事（ぎょうじ）- event, function

見学（けんがく）- field trip, tour

国土（こくど）- country, realm

都道府県（とどうふけん）- prefectures (都/道/府/県 are essentially all different names for prefectures. Tokyo is referred to as 東京都, Hokkaido is 北海道, Kyoto and Osaka are 京都府 and 大阪府, whilst the rest are all ~県.)

首都（しゅと）- capital city

南北（なんぼく）- north and south

城（しろ）- castle

壁（かべ）- wall

火山（かざん）- volcano

土産話（みやげばなし）- travel anecdote/story

地方（ちほう）- region

昔話（むかしばなし）- folklore, legend

周り（まわり）- surroundings, vicinity

地名（ちめい）- place name

出身（しゅっしん）- birthplace, person’s origin

梅雨（つゆ）- the rainy season

湿度（しつど）- (level of) humidity

観光客（かんこうきゃく）- tourist

[the-movemnt-deactivated20170912]

Associating the entire religion of Islam with terrorism or oppression is narrow-minded and wrong. For centuries, Muslims around the world have been responsible for scientific discoveries, works of art, and major technological advancements. There is a great deal of diversity in the way Islam is practiced by the 1.6 billion Muslims around the world, it is a vastly complex and diverse religion. Read more

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[katygreyeyes]

Send me "have you evers" and I'm gonna answer with yes or no

[heliophobique]

Hindi Space Vocabulary

अंतरिक्ष (antariksh)[m]- space ब्रह्मणड (brahmāṇḍ)[m]- universe विश्व (vishva)[m]- cosmos बिग बैंग सिद्धांत (big bang siddhaṅt)- big bang (siddhaṅt means theory) आकाश गंगा (ākāsh gaṅga)[m]- galaxy (literally sky ganges) सौर मण्डल (saur maṇḍal)[m]- solar system तारा (tārā)[m]- star राश् (rāsh)[f]- constellation ध्रुव तारा (dhruv tārā)[m] - northern star सुर्य (surya)[m]- the Sun चाँद (cāṅd)[m]- the Moon ग्रहण (grahaṇ)[m]- eclipse ग्रह (graha)[m]- planet बैना ग्रह (beina graha)[m]- dwarf planet बुध (budh)[m]- Mercury शुक्र (shukra)[m]- Venus पृथ्वी (prthvī)[f]- Earth मंगल (maṅgal)[m]- Mars शनि (shani)[m]- Saturn बृहस्पति (brhaspati)[m]- Jupiter अरुण (aruṇ)[m]- Uranus वरुण (varuṇ)[m]- Neptune यम (yam)[m]- Pluto काला छिद्र (kālā chidra)[m]- black hole उल्का (ulkā)[f]- meteorite नीहरिका (nīhārikā)[f]- nebula माहनेव​ (māhaneva)[m]- supernova ध्रुवीय ज्योति (dhruvīya jyoti)[f]- aurora (literally northern flame) इन्द्रधनुष (indradhanūsh)[m]- rainbow वायुमण्डल (vāyumaṇḍal)[m]- atmosphere सम्तप मण्डल​ (samtāp maṇḍal)[m]- stratosphere हवा (havā)[f]- air आकाश​ (ākāsh)[m]- sky, heaven गुरूत्वाकर्षण (gurūtvākarshaṇ)[m]- gravity विकिरण (vikiraṇ)[m]- radiation खगोल विज्ञान​ (khagol vijñān)[m]- astronomy खगोल विज्ञानी (khagol vijñanī)- astronomer ज्योतिषशास्त्र​ (jyotishshāstra)[m]- astrology अंतरिक्ष यात्री (anatriksh yātrī)- astronaut (yātrī means traveler) अंतरिक्ष केंद्र​ (antariksh kendra)[m]- space station अंतरिक्ष यान​ (antariksh yān)[m]- spacecraft (yān means vehicle) रॉकेट (rōkeṭ)[m]- rocket उपग्रह​ (upagraha)[m]- satellite कक्ष (kaksh)[m]- orbit दूरदर्शी (dūrdarshī)[f]- telescope वेधशाला (vedhshālā)[f]- observatory अपर देशीय​ (apar deshīya)[f]- extraterrestrial life उड़न तश्तरी (uṛān tashtarī)[f]- UFO (literally flying saucer)

[panlingual]

other language learners: I have learned so much about my own languages from language study. I now have a greater understanding of linguistics and the nuances of grammar and sentence structure. language learning is just so good for your brain!

me: learning to type in Russian has made my typing in English far worse than it used to be. I am slowly becoming equally mediocre at both languages. soon I will have forgotten where all the letters are

[shinimegami]

[thestormscrolls]

no way in hell am i passing this up

[6-couture-deactivated20171109]

a student from uni scrolled past this and ended up failing all of his courses, even the ones he thought he passed… not gonna take this chance.

[firestarterstudios-deactivated2]

WAAAAY TOO GODDAMN RISKY.

[culturenlifestyle]

The First Braille Smartwatch Allows Blind People to Feel Their Messages on the Screen

South Korean initiative Dot has created the world’s first Braille smartwatch.

Czytaj dalej

[dirtbagbarbie]

Loving yourself is not (necessarily):

Thinking you’re gorgeous

Not wanting to change anything about your body, personality, or life

Loving yourself is:

Knowing you have inherent worth regardless of your physical appearance or life circumstance

Knowing you deserve good things

Wanting to take care of yourself because you deserve good things

[ayoyeee]

SWEAR LIKE A QUÉBÉCOIS ♯1:

If you live in Canada, you’ve probably heard this one, it’s the most popular Quebec swear outside the province itself. Tabernak is, like most swears in Quebec, a religious reference (from tabernacle)

On its own, tabernak is used, roughly, like fuck or shit. – Tabernak! – Qu’est qu’il s’est passé?? – Mon ordi a planché

But it gets better: les sacres tend to be strung along together to make a long rage-filled sentence, like this example from wikipedia: – Criss de calice de tabarnak d'osti de sacrament!!!

Furthermore, one can use en tabernak to describe two things

 Someone is angry : Il est en tabernak! : He’s super pissed

 In place of beaucoup : Il a pris la cocaïne en tabernak! : He took a shit-ton of coke Je t’aime en tabernak : I fucking love you

[prettyboyshyflizzy]

why do black people use you in the wrong context? such is "you ugly" instead of "you're ugly" I know u guys can differentiate, it's a nuisance

you a bitch

[rsbenedict-deactivated20181216]

It’s called copula deletion, or zero copula. Many languages and dialects, including Ancient Greek and Russian, delete the copula (the verb to be) when the context is obvious.

So an utterance like “you a bitch” in AAVE is not an example of a misused you, but an example of a sentence that deletes the copular verb (are), which is a perfectly valid thing to do in that dialect, just as deleting an /r/ after a vowel is a perfectly valid thing to do in an upper-class British dialect.

[pigeonstalking]

What’s more, it’s been shown that copula deletion occurs in AAVE exactly in those contexts where copula contraction occurs in so-called “Standard American English.” That is, the basic sentence “You are great” can become “You’re great” in SAE and “You great” in AAVE, but “I know who you are” cannot become “I know who you’re” in SAE, and according to reports, neither can you get “I know who you” in AAVE.

In other words, AAVE is a set of grammatical rules just as complex and systematic as SAE, and the widespread belief that it is not is nothing more than yet another manifestation of deeply internalized racism.

[kingkunta-md]

This is the most intellectual drag I’ve ever read.

[allthingslinguistic]

Anime Your Name’s English subtitles struggle to show difference between “I” and “I” in Japanese

You think the anime movie’s body-swapping teens have it rough? Its translators are the ones in a real jam.

I’m used to translation difficulties with second and third person pronouns, but here’s an example of the difficulties in translating first person pronouns, from the anime Your Name.

Actually, the character’s dialogue is four distinctly different words in Japanese. However, as shown in a series of photos Japanese Twitter user @notactor surreptitiously snapped at during a screening that he says took place in Beverly Hills, the lines are translated as

“I.” “I.” “I.” “I.”

So what’s going on? Well, at first, Mitusha (in Taki’s body) calls herself watashi, which is indeed the Japanese word for “I.” However, Japanese has multiple pronoun options for the first-person singular, and as with many things in the Japanese language, the relationship between the speaker and listener is extremely important.

Yes, watashi is the first thing you’ll see listed for “I” in an English/Japanese dictionary, and it’s also the first pronoun you’ll learn in any Japanese class. However, watashi has a very dry, polite nuance to it. In conversations with peers or close friends, Japanese males, just like their counterparts in other societies, tend to use more coarse language to show familiarity and a lack of pretentiousness, so when Taki’s friends hear watashi coming out of his mouth during a lunchtime conversation, it takes them completely by surprise, as it’s closer to the softer speech usually used by women in Japanese.

Flustered, Mitsuha takes another swing with watakushi, the “I” alternative that’s closest in pronunciation to watashi. However, watakushi is even more baroquely formal than watashi. She gets a little closer on her third try with boku, since that’s definitely a word males use for “I” when talking with their friends…provided they’re all pre-teens, that is. So while Taki’s friends no longer think he’s talking like a girl, he now sounds like a little boy.

Finally, Mitsuha gets it just right with ore. While it’s too rough for most conversations in the business or academic worlds, ore is indeed the go-to choice for teenaged and adult men when talking with their buddies, as it implies a certain masculine confidence that guys are generally expected to acquire as they mature.

Alas, all of this is more or less impossible to directly translate into English, which is why the subtitling team essentially threw their hands up and just added each Japanese pronoun after “I” in the subtitles. Unfortunately, that means that the only people in the audience who’d appreciate the humor are the ones who don’t need the subtitles in the first place.

Speaking of Japanese pronouns, I learned from a recent episode of @fansplaining that the word “otaku” for a anime/manga fan comes from a very formal second person pronoun, as fans would supposedly be socially awkward and use the formal “you” longer than necessary.

[heathens-and-kings]

It’s way too late for this, but it’s important to note that NASA didn’t discover the new earth-like planets. It was a group of astronomers lead by a dude name Michaël Gillon from the University of Liège in Belgium. Giving NASA credit for this gives the United States credit for something they didn’t do, and we already have a problem with making things about ourselves so. just like…be mindful. I’d be pissed if I discovered a small solar system and credit was wrongfully given to someone else.

[aslfan]

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[zukosgay]

is germany okay

[22121]

germany is never ok

[cary-elwes]

reblogging again because GERMANY IS NEVER OKAY. thank you my friend, you say it.

[kanojo-ga-suki-moved]

they: german is the language of poets and thinkers

me:

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[kanojo-ga-suki-moved]

[findeunaera]

Me when i’m watching a new skam clip