Languages and Translation Studies

I'm Parvin, Studying Translation Studies, I'm bilingual, Learning Spanish,Deutsch

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Eight Ways to Remember Anything by Alex Lickerman M.D.

Reference: Research-based strategies to boost your memory and keep it strong via psychology today

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Finding things on anyone’s blog

Tumblr won’t tell you this (or maybe they do and it’s just really hard to find) so here’s how to find anything on anyone’s blog. I mostly use this on my own blog because I have over 150k posts. I realized this might not be common knowledge and decided to write up a guide.

Tags

You want to find a post on someone’s very active blog about, say, an analysis of a moment in your favorite show that you want to find a month later. Did they tag it? Go to

(url).tumblr.com/tagged/(tag-with-dashes-for-spaces)

and you’ll find every post where they used that tag.

Search

That gets you to their tag, but what if that’s still too much to comb through? Unfortunately you can’t use /tagged to search more than one tag at once. Here’s where search comes in. 

(url).tumblr.com/search/put+words+here

(url).tumblr.com/search/put-words-here

Using “+” between the search parameters finds you posts that contain those three words anywhere in the content. (Eg you want to search their recipes tag for cheesecake? /search/recipe+cheesecake) This can also be used to search multiple tags or narrow down results within a tag.  Note that search parameters will pick up on usernames as well.

Using “-” in the search parameters finds you posts with that exact phrase, those words in that order. Didn’t tag that creepy horse picture you want to show a friend but remember the caption was “valid to eat fingers”? /search/valid-to-eat-fingers

You CAN combine multiple phrase searches with +! For example

 (url).tumblr.com/search/vox-machina+critical-role 

will bring up all posts containing both the phrases “vox machina” and “critical role”. 

At the moment I don’t know of any way to search untagged image or video posts with no text in them. 

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Scandinavian languages masterpost

DANISH

Websites

Ordnet MyLanguages Dansk her og nu Netdansk VFS Meet the Danes Duolingo Speak Danish Babbel 101languages IE Languages IE Languages - General words and phrases

TV shows

Broen Forbrydelsen Borgen Rita The Team Heartless Norskov Arvingerne Den som dræber Klovn Drengene fra Angora Paradise Hotel Danmark

News

Ekstrabladet Jyllands-Posten Politiken Søndagsavisen

Movies

Jagten (2012) En kongelig affære (2012) En chance til (2014) Hævnen (2010) Festen (1998) Fasandræberne (2014)

Music

Carl Nielsen Oh Land Anne Gadegaard Basim Agnes Obel Lars Ulrich Medina Anti-Social Media MØ Lukas Graham

NORWEGIAN

Websites

NTNU 101languages Loecsen Babbel Omniglot IE languages NRK TV Duolingo Gramatikk.com Nynorsk Senter Lexin | Bildteman | Bokmål & Nynorsk Picture Dictionary Book2 | English-Norwegian Audio Course Klartale

TV shows

Lilyhammer Okkupert Modus Dag Frikjent Mamon Kampen for tilværelsen Neste sommer Jul i Blåfjell Helt perfekt I kveld med Ylvis Øyevitne

News

VG NRK Dagladet Morgenbladet Bergens Tidende

Movies

Bølgen (2015) Kon-Tiki (2012) Trolljegeren (2010) Hodejegerne (2011) Død snø (2009) Død snø 2 (2014) Fritt vilt (2006) Fritt vilt 2 (2008) Fritt vilt 3 (2010) Max Manus (2008) Villmark (2003) Varg Veum (2007-2012)

Music

Susanne Sundfør Alexander Rybak Ylvis DeLillos Bertine Zetlitz Bobbysocks Jarle Bernhoft Lene Marlin Marie Mena Sissel Kyrkjebø Marit Larsen Nico & Vinz Lars Vaular Maria Arredondo Vassangutane Einherjer Enslaved Kampfar Taake Vreid Windir Mayhem Emperor Satyricon Darkthrone 1349 Gorgoroth Immortal Kaptein Sabeltann Tsjuder Wardruna

Other stuff

Pronunciation Guide Språkrådet Kaleido | Lek med språket 

SWEDISH

Websites

Duolingo Babbel IE Languages LiveMocha 101languages

TV shows

Bron Beck Wallander Solsidan Oskyldigt dömd Maria Wern Svenska Hollywoodfruar Kontoret Modus Äkta människor Ögonvittnet Welcome to Sweden

News

Aftonbladet Expressen Dagen Jönköpings-Posten Sydsvenskan 

Movies

Män som hatar kvinnor (2009) Låt den rätta komma in (2008) Flickan som lekte med elden (2009) Kyss mig (2009) Ronja (1981) Hundraåringen som klev ut genom fönstret och försvann (2013)

Music

Avicii Lykke Li Eric Saade Loreen Tove Lo Robin Basshunter ABBA Bjørn Afzelius

Other stuff

List of nouns with vowel change (umlaut) in the plural. Some general rules for forming the plural of nouns Swedish-English false friends Words for relatives ‘Du’ and ‘ni’ The gender neutral pronoun hen Tycka, tänka and tro, what’s the difference? Infinitives with or without att Locations Some cases of nouns without an article Professions and similar without an article  Speaking about body parts in Swedish Deponent verbs En or ett – some tendencies Simple present vs present progressive The det är construction - how to start talking about things Introduction to Swedish word order A guide to pronunciation

Here is also a nice video that teaches you the most basic Scandinavian phrases in all three languages at the same time.

I’ll continue to expand this list when I encounter more material I find suitable. If you need help finding a place to watch the TV shows/movies, send me a message and I’ll help you. Feel free to propose suggestions for this list :)

[parvinm]

Bizim Garfield di :D ^•^ Our cutie Garfield

[polyglottraveler]

French Songs Playlist

My favorite French songs:  Emmenez-moi - Charles Aznavour Il est où le bonheur - Christophe Maé Et si en plus y a personne - Alain Souchon J’ai demandé à la lune - Indochine Le vent nous portera - Noir désir Ma liberté de penser - Florent Pagny Schengen - Raphaël Caravane - Raphaël Manhattan Kaboul - Renaud Jeunesse lève-toi - Saez Les lumières dans la plaine - Mickey 3D Sur la route - Gérard de Palmas J’t’emmène au vent - Louise Attaque La lettre - Renan Luce Santiano - Hugues Aufray Les yeux revolvers - Marc Lavoine Envole-moi - Jean-Jacques Goldman Le SOS d’un terrien en détresse - Grégory Lemarchal Sur ma route - Black M

French songs about regions of France:  Les champs Elysées - Joe Dassin (about Paris) Paris - Willy William (about Paris) Les corons - Les Stentors (about the north of France) Chanson pour l’auvergnat - George Brassens (about the region of Auvergne) Le sud - Nino Ferrer (about the south of France) Je viens du sud - Chimène Badi (about the south of France) Belle-Ile-En-Mer - Laurent Voulzy (about the island of Belle-Ile en Mer)

Other well-known French songs:  Le chant des partisans (a french song from world war two) La Marseillaise (our national hymn) Non je ne regrette rien - Edith Piaf Je l’aime à mourir - Francis Cabrel Ne me quitte pas - Jacques Brel Mistral gagnant - Renaud Foule sentimentale - Alain Souchon L’aigle noir - Barbara

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Today, the 13th of Novermber, marks two years after the terrorists attacks in Paris that took the life of 130 persons. I’m reblogging this again with some other amazing French songs, from all types of styles and time periods in tribute of France. Keeping Paris in my thoughts tonight <3

Je suis - BigFlo&Oli

Basique - Orelsan

Alors on danse - Stromae 

Tous les mêmes - Stromae 

Poupée de cire poupée de son - France Gall 

Il jouait du piano debout - France Gall 

La bohème - Charles Aznavour 

Envole moi - Jean-Jacques Goldman

Les yeux de la mama - Kendji Girac 

Ego - Willy William 

Les lacs du Connemara - Michel Sardou 

Belle - Notre-Dame de Paris 

C’est la vie - Khaled 

Vois sur ton chemin - Les Choristes 

Caresse sur l’océan - Les Choristes 

La mer - Charles Trenet 

Douce France - Charles Trenet 

La vie est belle - Indochine 

Mistral Gagnants - Renaud 

Dès que le vent soufflera - Renaud 

Mon fils ma bataille - Daniel Balavoine 

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Advanced English vocabulary

The vocabulary list has been taken from here.

Disparity (noun) A state of inequality, a great difference Every year economic disparities in the world grow larger and larger.

Facilitate (verb) To make easier The teachers put some of their course materials on the Internet to facilitate resource sharing.

Fraudulent (adjective) Dishonest, deceptive Richie Rich received his wealth through fraudulent means.

Ludicrous (adjective) Laughable. The politician’s attempts to cover up his crimes were ludicrous.

Opportunist (noun) A person who pursues and exploits any kind of opportunity without being guided by principles, plans or any ethical considerations Most politicians are opportunists who will jump at any advantage without any ethical considerations.

Shirk (verb) Avoid, ignore or neglect responsibility Many politicians’ sole purpose is to shirk their duties and make as much money as possible.

Spite (noun) A desire to hurt, annoy, vengeance Shortly after Max and Mary broke up, Mary scratched Max’s car out of spite.

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Vocab Lists

Basics

A Big List of French Adjectives

Adverbs in French - Part 1

Basic Vocabulary

Casual French Phrases

Colors

Common French Phrases

French Slang Masterpost

French Verbs

Small talk in French

Top 100 Most Common French Verbs

Ways to say “yes” in French

School and Academics

At School and in the Classroom in French

Back-to-School French Vocab

French Novel Analysis Phrases/Vocab

French Novel Analysis Phrases Part 2

French School Vocabulary

French Vocab: University

Periodic Table in French

Studying in French

Vocab for Essays: Spanish/French/English 

Writing Essays in French Pt. 3

Weather and Seasons

Cold Weather in French 

French Spring Vocabulary and Spring Vocabulary in French

French Summer vocabulary 

French Vocabulary: Weather

Rain and Wind in French

Warm and Hot Weather in French

Nature, Animals, and the Environment

Animals in French/Spanish/Portuguese/Italian 

Flowers in French 

French Garden Vocabulary

French Geographic Vocab 

French Nighttime Vocab, and  French Vocab - Nighttime and Getting Ready for Bed

Nature French Vocabulary 

Pet Vocabulary in French

Sea Vocab

Emotions/Feelings

Compassion in French 

Emotions/Feelings in French 

French Vocab: Feelings

Helping Others - French Vocab 

“I can’t make a decision” in French 

“I Hate Things” in French 

“I’m Brave” in French

“I’m Uncomfortable” in French 

Laziness in French 

Love in French

Some Feelings in French

Vocab for Awkward Situations in French

Food

Baking in French

Breakfast in French 

Cooking Techniques in French 

French Vegetarian Vocabulary 

Fruits and Vegetables in French

Activities and Actions

Art French Vocabulary 

Body Actions 

French Camping Vocab

French Vocab: Online Dating

Knitting Vocab

Shopping in French

Social Media in Spanish and French

Travel and Politics

Countries of Europe in French

French City Vocabulary 

French Travel Vocabulary

Government Vocab 

Politics and News Vocabulary in French

Miscellaneous

Accessories in French 

French Bedroom Vocabulary and Bedroom Vocabulary in French 

French Birthday Vocabulary 

French Body Vocab 

French Vocabulary: Professions 

Funeral Vocabulary in French

Middle Ages French Vocabulary 

Routine Vocabulary in French

Space Vocab in French

Grammar

Different Types of “New” in French 

Expressing Your Opinion in French

French Essentials: Tenses Masterpost

French Grammar: Questions

French Verb Review: Future

French Verb Tenses

How to Ask Questions in French 

How to Guess the Gender of Most French Nouns

How to Sound More Natural in French

Resources

Websites and Apps

BaBa Dum 

French Conjugation App

French Resources Masterpost

TV and YouTube

Charlie and Lola in Many Languages

Cultural French TV Shows

Films to Watch

French TV Shows Rec List

French Youtubers!

LazyTown in Different Languages 

Miraculous Ladybug in Different Languages

TV5MONDE

Listening and Music

Podcasts in French for Intermediate & Advanced Learners

Random French Music

Reading

Using Buzzfeed for Reading Practice 

Miscellaneous

French Pronunciation Notes 

How I Study Languages 

How to Set Up a Language Journal

Pronunciation Resources

Blogs

@lucylangblr​

@sciogli-lingua​

@my-french-resources

@french-stuff

@learningallthelanguages

@naomisfrench

@french-vocab

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French Autumn Vocabulary 🍁

& some Halloween vocab too, of course! 👻🎃

Automne (m) - Autumn Septembre - September Octobre - October Novembre - November L’équinoxe (m) d’automne - The Autumn equinox 

Feuille(s) (f) - Leaf, leaves  Citrouille(s) (f) - Pumpkin(s) Pomme(s) (f) - Apple(s)  Gland(s) (m) - Acorn(s) Châtaigne(s) (f) - Chestnut(s) Canneberge(s) (f) - Cranberry, cranberries  Moisson (f) - Harvest Épouvantail (m) - Scarecrow Cidre (m) - Cider  Gants (m) - Gloves  Écharpe (f) - Scarf Manteau (m) - Coat  Imperméable (m) - Raincoat  Parapluie (m) - Umbrella  Bottes (f) - Boots  Pull (m) - Pullover, jumper, sweater Chocolat chaud (m) - Hot chocolate  Feu (m) - Fire Cheminée (f) - Fireplace  Bougie(s) (f) - Candle(s) Flamme(s) (f) - Flame(s) Obscurité (f) - Darkness  Grisaille (f) - Gloom, greyness  Couverture(s) (f) - Blanket(s)  Couette (f) - Duvet, quilt 

Vent (m) - Wind Pluie (f) - Rain  Bruine (f) - Drizzle Nuage (m) - Cloud Tempête (f) - Storm Brouillard (m) - Fog

Halloween (f) - Halloween Bonbons (m) - Sweets Chauve-souris (f) - Bat Chat (m) noir - Black cat  Fantôme (m) - Ghost  Film (m) d’horreur - Horror film  Costume (m) - Costume  Décorations (f) - Decorations Squelette (m) - Skeleton Monstre (m) - Monster Vampire (m) - Vampire Zombie (m) - Zombie Cimetière (m) - Graveyard  Pierre (f) tombale - Gravestone  Maison (f) hantée - Haunted house 

Rouge - Red Jaune - Yellow Orange - Orange Or - Gold Doré - Golden Gris - Grey 

Froid - Cold Frais - Fresh Douillet - Cosy, snug Croustillant - Crisp, crunchy  Effrayant - Scary, frightening Sombre - Dark Orageux - Stormy Pluvieux - Rainy Nuageux - Cloudy  Brumeux - Foggy Fantomatique - Ghostly 

Brûler - To burn Allumer - To light up Réchauffer - To warm up Effrayer - To scare Avoir peur - To be scared  Crier, hurler - To scream  Trembler - To shiver (with fear)  Frissonner - To shiver (with cold) Croustiller - To crunch  Tomber - To fall Siffler - To whistle  Se balancer - To sway (trees, branches) 

[polyglottraveler]

Favorite love song in different languages

English: Love me now - John Legend

French: La vie est belle - Indochine

Spanish: Mi universo - Red Wine

Portuguese: Enamorado - Eduardo Costa 

Italian: Con te partiro - Andre Bocelli 

Greek: De fevgo - Michalis Hatzigiannis ( Δε φεύγω -  Μιχάλης Χατζηγιάννης)

German: Nur ein Herzschlag entfernt – Wincent Weiss

Russian: Europe’s skies - Alexander Rybak ( Небеса Европы -  Александр Рыбак)

Japanese: First love - Utada Hikaru

Arabic: Razan - Taala 

[thelanguagecommunity]

For those who would like to learn Persian

http://www.easypersian.com/lesson-archive-1/  -  lots of lessons covering a variety of topics

http://www.wdgco.com/dic/ - dictionary

http://www.easypersian.com/ - lots and lots of lessons

http://www.gbarto.com/multilingua/ittybitty/blog/2004/10/itty-bitty-dari-course.html - 5 little lessons for the Dari dialect

http://www.angelfire.com/rnb/bashiri/Lessons/Contents.html - downloadable lessons

http://www.farhangsara.com/Farsi0.htm - simple vocabulary

http://www.nyu.edu/pages/gsasweb/dept/mideast/virtualpersian/index.html - lessons for more intermediate learners

http://www.radiojavan.com/ - persian music

http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Persian -wikibook

http://shahriar.tripod.com/persian/titlepage.htm - lessons that touch on vocabulary, grammar, with exercises at the end

http://tehran.stanford.edu/ - information on culture

http://sites.la.utexas.edu/persian_online_resources/ - grammar guide

http://www.linguanaut.com/english_farsi.htm - phrases and vocabulary

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Celtic Languages Resource List

Soooo since I’ve been learning Welsh for a while I thought about making a list to share a few resources to learn Celtic languages! (I’ll keep updating this post!)

Welsh

General information and links: Wikipedia, Omniglot

Online courses: BBC + Big Welsh Challenge, Say Something in Welsh, Learn Welsh Now

Online dictionaries: here, here and here 

Learning vocabulary: Memrise is a good start, I highly recommend this course. 

Course books and dictionaries to buy: Teach Yourself Welsh (also look for the older versions ‘cause some of them are better), Colloquial Welsh, Welsh in Three Months, Basic Welsh, Intermediate Welsh, Modern Welsh Grammar, Modern Welsh Dictionary

Books for the Welsh learner (beginner to intermediate level): E-Ffrindiau, Bywyd Blodwen Jones, Cant Y Cant

Books in Welsh (translation): Harry Potter, The Very Hungry Caterpillar, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Welsh books: here’s a website

Other cool stuff: Welsh songs, Welsh mythology in Welsh, BBC Cymru, S4C (Welsh TV), Welsh radio

Irish

General information and links: Wikipedia, Omniglot

Online courses: Duolingo, Bitesize Irish Gaelic (not free), Erin’s Web

Online dictionaries: here, here and here

Learning vocabulary: Duolingo vocabulary + other

Course books and dictionaries to buy: Gaeilge Gan Stró, Basic Irish, Intermediate Irish, Teach Yourself Irish, Spoken World: Irish, Progress in Irish, Colloquial Irish, Irish Grammar, Irish Dictionary

Books in Irish (translation): The Hobbit, Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Other cool stuff: Irish covers of English songs, Irish TV channel and radio, 

Scottish Gaelic

General information and links: Wikipedia, Omniglot

Online courses: Gàidhlig air YouTube, BBC, Speaking Our Language, and this list of useful links 

Online dictionaries: here, here and here

Learning vocabulary: Memrise offers lots of courses 

Course books and dictionaries to buy: Teach Yourself Scottish Gaelic, Colloquial Scottish Gaelic, Scottish Gaelic in Three Months, Everyday Gaelic, Gaelic Verbs, Scottish Gaelic Dictionary

Books in Scottish Gaelic: Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland

Breton

General information and links: Wikipedia, Omniglot

Online courses: Loecsen (only basics!), Langoland, Kervaker

Online dictionaries: here and here (this one’s French <-> Breton)

Learning vocabulary: Memrise again

Course books and dictionaries to buy: Colloquial Breton, Breton Grammar, Breton Dictionary and Phrase Book – if you know French, there is more: Le breton pour les nuls, Assimil Breton, Parler breton comme un Breton 

Other cool stuff: Breton radio

Cornish

General information and links: Wikipedia, Omniglot

Online courses: Say Something in Cornish, BBC, A Handbook of the Cornish Language

Online dictionaries: here and here (this one’s Welsh <-> Cornish) 

Learning vocabulary: Memrise again

Course books and dictionaries to buy: My First Words in Cornish, The Lexicon of Revived Cornish

Other cool stuff: Cornish radio/podcasts

Manx

General Information and links: Wikipedia, Omniglot

Online courses: Learn Manx, 

Online dictionaries: here

Learning vocabulary: Memrise

Course books and dictionaries to buy: Talk Now! Manx, Manx Dictionary

Other cool stuff: read in Manx, Manx radio, Manx YouTube channel

Gaulish and Modern Gaulish (revived Old Gaulish)

General information and links: Wikipedia, Omniglot

Online courses: The Modern Gaulish Language

Learning vocabulary: Memrise 

If you’re learning one of the more “popular” Celtic languages, you can also use lang-8 to practice your writing skills! 

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welsh resources im fainting

[travellingual]

IRISH (GAEILGE)

Learning:

Bitesize Irish Gaelic (via sign up) - 163 lessons with audio (note: if you sign up for free, you can only access the lessons for 20 days. this will either be a great inconvenience or a great motivator.)

Erin’s Web - 128 lessons filled with in-depth grammar

EasyIrish! - Short course by RTÉ

EasyIrish.com - 28 basic podcast lessons

Daltaí na Gaeilge - Phrases, grammar and more

Gramadach na Gaeilge - In-depth grammar guide

Memrise | Basic Irish

E-books & PDFs

Colloquial Irish

Basic Irish & Intermediate Irish - Grammar workbooks

Tools

/r/gaeilge

Pota Focal - EN<=>GA dictionary

Forvo - Listen to native pronunciation of words

Ranganna Test - gauge your level of understanding

Media

Radio | RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta (Irish music)

Tumblogs | thar-cionn, fuckyeahgaeilge

WELSH (CYMRAEG)

Say Something in Welsh - Short audio course

Memrise | All-Around Confidence: Everyday Vocab, 150 Welsh verbs for everyday conversation

BBC Welsh Grammar

Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar - Link to download PDF

/r/Cymru

Geiriadur - EN<=>CY dictionary

Forvo - Listen to native pronunciation of words

Radio | BBC Radio Cymru  (Welsh music, talk)

Tumblogs | thatcelticlad

TV | S4C (live TV and segments, available in UK only)

BRETON (BREZHONEG)

Kervaker - 19 lessons

Memrise | Basic Breton, thefartydoctor’s vocab-specific courses

Colloquial Breton - Link to download PDF

Breton Grammar

Forvo - Listen to native pronunciation of words

Radio | Radio Breizh (group of stations)

TV | France 3 Bretagne (live broadcast location-restricted, segments)

SCOTTISH GAELIC (GÀIDHLIG)

Beag air Bheag - 35 lesson course with audio by the BBC

LearnGaelic - A collection of courses and other resources

Memrise | Learn Basic Scottish Gaelic

Colloquial Scottish Gaelic

Gaelic Verbs: Systemised and Simplified

/r/gaidhlig

LearnGaelic Dictionary - EN<=>GD dictionary

Forvo - Listen to native pronunciation of words

Radio | BBC Nan Gaidheal (talk, music)

TV | BBC Alba (live and segments, available in UK only)

CORNISH (KERNOWEK/KERNEWEK)

Kesva: First Grade Course & Second/Third Grade Course - Text and audio course

Learn Cornish Now: First Steps - A small collection of vocab lessons

cornish dictionary - EN<=>KW dictionary

Forvo - Listen to native pronunciation of words

MANX (GAELG)

LearnManx.com - Lessons, texts and more

Kelly’s Manx Grammar - Brief guides

Fockleyreen - EN<=>GV dictionary

Forvo - Listen to native pronunciation of words

If you know of any good free online resources - for any language - message me! Any updates will be announced on my blog.

Dutch & Afrikaans + West Frisian · Limburgish

Finnish & Estonian + Sami · Võro

[desidrake]

If anyone’s trying to learn a language I’ve recently discovered this company called the Language Pod Company and it is so much better than Rosetta Stone and it’s completely free (unless you’d like one-one-one teacher-student help then it’s like $25 a month which tbh you shouldn’t really need because they make it really clear in the lessons). It’s super easy to navigate and it even gives you a history of the language. There are audio and video lessons. Real-life situations and different speakers. They even write the letters for you because I know sometime it’s hard to learn to write in a language that doesn’t use the same alphabet that you’re used to. You’re welcome.  

Arabic

French

Spanish

Italian

German

Swahili

Thai

Portuguese 

Japanese

Russian

Turkish

Chinese

Vietnamese

Swedish

Polish

Persian

Norwegian

Korean

Indonesian

Hungarian

Hindi

Hebrew

Greek

Finnish

Filipino

English

Dutch

Danish

Czech

Cantonese

Bulgarian  

[obsessedwithlanguages]

this is important

[ky-yle]

Personally I wouldn’t recommend their service to people looking to learn a language from the start for several reasons, I’ll outline them below:

1. They will consistently spam your e-mails, you’ll receive two or three marketing e-mails a day and I have so far not found a way to unsubscribe to them (even though I haven’t been on the service in close to a year now, they continue to send them to me in some vain hope that they will entice me into rejoining them);

2. They only offer this ‘free’ access to you for one week, after which you have to pay for an upgrade in order to access the previous lesson podcasts for your course*s (which I can guarantee you that you’ll need in order to actually follow the course), and you can only access ten of the materials that accompany the audio lessons whilst using your trial account (or, “Lifetime Free Account”, as they wish to call it);

3. Their lessons don’t actually help that much.  For one, the language of instruction is English, which is not useful at all for non-native English speakers, and secondly, they speak English for the majority of the podcasts that I have listened to;

4. All of their related apps that they so helpfully recommend you to use are ridiculously expensive, and not worth the money - their vocabulary apps, for example, aren’t a patch on what you can get for free from Memrise or Anki (Memrise being my preferred SRS software, even though their iOS app is ugly as hell);

5. They sell their product in a way that leads you to believe that by giving them several hundred dollars, you will be able to pick up a language and master the ability to speak, write, read and listen to it, just by listening to their weekly podcasts - which, I can assure you, you can’t.

I mean there are some good things about their service - their late-intermediate/advanced listening-only podcasts are very good for building up listening comprehension, as they consist purely of dialogue in the target language (and thus are accessible to all, regardless of native language), and you can download as many of their podcasts as you want during your seven-day free trial, during which I downloaded all of their listening practice lessons for my target languages and have used them in preparation for listening exams (although in my opinion, you’re better off using the past paper listening tapes if you can find them).

To be brutally honest, I’d only recommend this to people who are already somewhat competent in their target language and looking for listening practice, and if you do choose to sign up, do not sign up with your primary e-mail address unless you really REALLY  R E A L L Y  love spam e-mails (many of which actually worm their way through Google/Hotmail’s spam detection software and into your primary inbox).

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ネイディーン日本語 ULTIMATE JAPANESE RESOURCES LIST

Some resources cover more than one skill or section, so there are duplicates. First, resources are organised by skill, and then there’s some broader sections.

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HIRAGANA & KATAKANA

- English to Katakana Converter - Kana Invaders  - Learning Hiragana

KANJI

- Kanji Damage - WaniKani [Review] - Memrise [Review] - Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese [Review] (textbook) - Renshuu - Skritter - Handwritten Kanji Dictionary - Duke University Kanji Site - Benefits of writing Kanji 

VOCABULARY

- Memrise [Review] - Kokugo Jiten [Review] (textbook) - Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese [Review] (textbook) - Common Japanese Collocations: A learner’s guide to frequent word pairings (textbook) - WordReference Forums (Japanese) - Renshuu - 6000 most used words - Large Phrase List - Japanese Onomatopoeia  - Keigo Cheatsheet

GRAMMAR

- Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese [Review] (textbook) - Donna Toki, Dou Tsukau [Review](textbook) - Nihongo Resources - JGram - Renshuu - TaeKim’s Guide to Japanese - Tatoeba - Learn Japanese with Erin

READING - Read More Or Die - NHK Easy News [Review] - Macaronics - Lang 8 - The Great ChokoChoko Library - Japanese Reading Practice For Beginners - Kodomo Asahi (Kid’s Asahi News) - Yahoo! Kids Japanese Papercraft - Read Manga Online - Chunichi Kid’s News - Real World Japanese - Japanese Class News Reading

WRITING

- How to write on Japanese essay paper (Genkouyoushi) - Macaronics - Lang 8

LISTENING

- Erin’s Challenge! - RhinoSpike [Review] - NHK Easy News [Review] - KeyHole TV (stream live Japanese TV) [Review] - NHK WORLD TV - Documentaries About Japan You Can Watch For Free - Studying with J-Drama - Nihongo de Kurasou - Stream Japanese TV Online 

SPEAKING

- RhinoSpike [Review]

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DICTIONARIES/TRANSLATION TOOLS - Nouben - Weblio - Jisho.org - ALC - WWWJDIC

JLPT

- TANOS - ALC JLPT Drills (textbook) 

SOFTWARE

- Anki SRS [Review]

iPHONE APPS

- Japanese

TEXTBOOKS

- Tobira: Gateway to Advanced Japanese [Review] - Donna Toki, Dou Tsukau [Review] - Kokugo Jiten [Review] - My Japanese Bookshelf (several textbooks)

BLOGS (my recommendations only)

- Japanese-Revision - Nihongo Log - Fuck Yeah Native Japanese - Japanese Through Fandom - Julie Yumi - Holy Crap Japanese - Nihongo Ga Suki - Tooi Tardis - MaggieSensei - CultureJapan (Danny Choo) - KanjiBlog

EVENTS IN THE UK

- London Japan Matsuri - DokiDoki Japanese Festival (Manchester) - Manchester UK Nippon

UK - Japanese Foundations and Societies If you’re interested in Japan-related lectures, events, activities and meetings, visit these websites to see Japan-related activities in the UK.

British Association for Japanese Studies Daiwa Foundation Sasakawa Foundation The Japan Society

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NOTES:

- Some resources have reviews (listed as links), and others don’t but I hope to review all of the resources on here eventually. - If you have any suggestions, message me or reblog with a comment. These aren’t just my suggestions - I want the whole community involved to create an all-encompassing MASSIVE list for Japanese learners at all levels. - If you have your own reviews, I’ll link them here, too! - This post will frequently be updated, so check back periodically!

Last Updated: 19/10/2013

[language-obsession]

Hey! I really liked your post with resources for polish, i wondered if you could do the same for french? ^^ cheers from Poland ^^

Sure!

- Mcgraw Hill Complete French Grammar (pdf)

- Sites to Learn French (link)

- A French Masterpost (link) 

- Learn French in 200 words (link)

- Helpful Websites to Learn Languages (link)

- French Grammar (pdf) - lots of practice exercises!!

- languageramblings also posts a lot of French vocabulary lists 

Bonne chance :DD

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Charlie and Lola in many languages

Charlie and Lola is an actually very nice British kids program, with a unique art style and use of language. It has also been dubbed into several languages, some of which are available on YouTube, and it’s around A2 - B1 level. Note: in some languages there are very few episodes available, unfortunately

Arabic

Brazilian Portuguese

Czech

Dutch

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Italian

Polish

Spanish

Swedish

Other shows

Lazytown

Miraculous Ladybug

EDIT: All the links are fixed

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Miraculous Ladybug in different languages

Don’t like LazyTown? Why not try Miraculous Ladybug? It has goofy super hero adventures with a sprinkling of romance. It is also around 20 minutes per episode and around B1/B2 level. There isn’t as much available on YouTube, but still a fair amount, and there are a lot of compilations of the title song in different languages, or videos comparing the dub of a short clip between languages, which may be useful, idk.

Arabic

Bulgarian

Czech

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Hungarian

Italian

Norwegian

Polish

Portuguese

Romanian

Russian

Spanish 

Turkish

There is also an Indonesian fandub and a Japanese fandub, but I can’t attest for quality

Other shows

Lazy Town in different languages 

Charlie and Lola 

Edit: All the links are correct now! I have no idea why they were linking to the Hebrew one only, heh