peaufiner folie

| an attempt language motivation |

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journal jar challenge

100 journal prompts for you to pick out each day: make and decorate a little jar, write all these prompts on bits of paper (or just print them out) and put them in the jar, and then pick out one each day and write about it in your journal. if you are thinking about starting one, this is a good excuse to start!

1. your favourite band right now 2. the last concert you went to 3. dear ______, here is something ive never told you 4. yourself 5. body positivity 6. what kept you awake last night? 7. food 8. some things that make you happy 9. cultural appropriation 10. colours 11. dear past me 12. fluffy blankets 13. highs and lows of today 14. a playlist for when you are feeling sad   15. how did you feel this morning? 16. your favourite book  17. your friends 18. ten quotes you love 19. someone you really want to punch 20. dear future me 21. your pets 22. the most fun you have ever had 23. your sunshine 24. what did you dream last night?  25. what are you worrying about? 26. places you have enjoyed visiting 27. a playlist for when you’re angry 28. what song makes you dance?   29. draw your feelings 30. someone who inspires you  31. how was your week? 32. write something down that you can’t tell a soul 33. who, from your past, would you not mind seeing? 34. something that scared you today 35. write a wishlist 36. what are the world’s problems today? 37. ten restaurants you love 38. what is your saddest memory? 39. what are you looking forward to? 40. a playlist for when you are happy 41. your favourite season 42. a headline from the newspaper today 43. what did you learn this week? 44. write a letter to someone you need to forgive (this could be yourself). 45. how do you stand out from the crowd? 46. short term goals 47. what would you like to do today? 48. list your otps 49. what have you been thinking about the most today? 50. your strangest talent 51. thoughts on religion 52. reality check: something you need to realise but can’t admit to yourself 53. do you believe in karma? 54. what is your greatest weakness and strength? 55. do you feel like you belong? 56. five songs that make you smile 57. are you happy with yourself? 58. a memory with a family member 59. why you are grateful for someone 60. where are you right now? 61. someone you admire 62. a good movie you watched recently 63. what can you smell right now? 64. dear ______, i love you because 65. a playlist for when you’re uninspired 66. the worst place you have been to 67. a song that really resonates with you 68. what does your dream room look like? 69. what is the weather like right now? 70. if you wanted someone to really understand who you are, what would they have to read, listen to, and watch? 71. where do you see yourself in 10 years? 72. have you been bullied? 73. are you an artist? 74. one word that describes your mood 75. how are you feeling, pal? 76. do you feel you were born in the wrong era? 77. something that inspires you to become an activist 78. what do you dislike about yourself and why? 79. something that makes you laugh 80. top ten movies to watch 81. who is the most supportive person in your life right now? 82. make a collage that is aesthetically pleasing for you 83. don’t hold back, just vent until your hand hurts 84. if you were an animal, what animal would you be? 85. who do you miss? 86. first five words that come to your mind 87. do you sometimes doubt your existence? 88. a playlist for dancing to 89. long term goals 90. the most disappointed you have ever been 91. how are your relationships with others going? 92. your ideal world 93. paste an image here 94. somewher you would like to be right now 95. why are you upset? 96. talk about your best friend 97. ten people you want to meet 98. a poem you like 99. your favourite story 100. what makes you smile?

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It’s okay if you write your journal entries in 10¢ notebooks or loose-leaf paper instead of expensive name brand journals. 

It’s okay if you don’t use your journal every day. 

It’s okay if you only complete an entry once a month. It’s okay if you don’t write down every single detail from your life. 

It’s okay if you use supplies that you find around the house or you find at the dollar store instead of using supplies from Michaels or Hobby Lobby. 

It’s okay if you only write in black ink. 

It’s okay if you write in pencil. 

It’s okay if you don’t use perfect grammar or spelling in your entries. 

It’s okay if you run a studyblr and you don’t get good grades/marks. 

It’s okay if you quit journaling for a while. 

It’s okay if you can never fill up a journal cover to cover. 

It’s okay if your journal is only full of negative things. 

It’s okay if your journal is only full of positive things. 

It’s okay if you don’t feel like journaling for weeks at a time. 

It’s okay if your journal is ripped or damaged. 

It’s okay if you only write instead of drawing or putting in stickers or photos. 

It’s okay if you can’t write about exciting things. 

It’s okay if you have writers block. 

It’s okay if you have sloppy handwriting. 

It’s okay if you lose joy in journaling or can’t seem to concentrate on it. 

It’s okay if you have incomplete entries. 

It’s okay if you never travel around with your journal or take it places. 

It’s okay if you quit journaling. 

It’s okay if you journal on the floor or in bed instead of at a fancy, organized desk space. 

It’s okay if you have to trace or copy drawings from online. 

It’s okay if you’re not the best at drawing. 

It’s okay if you can’t come up with original ideas or creations. 

It’s okay whether you decide to let other people read your entries or if you keep it completely secret. You do you.

It is never okay to: 

Read someone’s journal without their permission. 

Steal someone’s journal. 

Give their journal to someone else. 

Destroy someone’s journal.

Try to find someone’s journal or tell someone else where it might be.

Rip a page in their journal.

Write or draw in their journal.

Hide their journal. 

Take photos or videos of their entries. 

Blackmail them. 

Share their private information. 

It doesn’t matter if the journal belongs to a 6 year old, 16 year old, or a 60 year old. Everyone deserves privacy, respect, and a safe place for their thoughts. I’m glad we had this talk.

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Things to put in your journal:

•Poetry

•Drawings and doodles

•Stickers

•Photos

•Cut-outs from magazines or old books

•Maps

•Stencil drawings

•Stories

•Receipts

•Tags from clothing

•Magazine or newspaper articles

•Stuff you printed from online

•Funny/sweet conversations you’ve had

•Leaves

•Flowers

•Plants

•Grass

•Thin rocks or shells

•Letters written by loved ones

•Birthday cards

•Certificates

•Ribbons

•Duct tape

•Washi tape

•Sparkles

•Glitter

•Sequins

•Stamps

•Candy wrappers

•Tokens

•Tickets (from carnivals, planes, theaters, concerts, etc)

•Feathers

•Lipstick kisses

•Wrapping paper from gifts you’ve received

•Food labels

•Recipes

•Tracings of your hand

•Zentangles

•Awards

•Nail polish/makeup samples

•Calendars

•Labels from medicines

•The label from your first ____

•Invitations

•Old bookmarks

•Envelopes

•Pamphlets

•Flyers

•Comics

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journal/writing prompts!!

Words:

Rain

The future

Reality

Friendship

Dreaming

Disconnect

Flower petals

Cracked

Hope

Fearful/fearless

Fulfilled

Burned out

Comfort

Uneasy

Trust

Terrified

Lists:

The best things about fall/winter/summer/spring

Little things that make you happy

Places that feel like home

Places that don’t feel like home

Things you love about (insert name here)

Where you’d rather be right now

Snapshot childhood memories

Scary things about the future

Things to do less of

Things to do more of

Books to read

A playlist to describe how you feel right now

Where you hope to travel

Wishes you made as a kid when throwing coins into a fountain

Things you wish you were better at

Dreams you’ve had

Dreams you wish you’ve had

Things to think about:

Factors that led you to be the person you are today

What heavy things have been weighing your heart down recently?

What is happiness to you?

Things that scare you about the world right now

If you could rewrite one thing about your story, what would it be?

The questions you’ve been asking yourself lately

When was the last time you cried?

What place feels like a huge breath of fresh air?

If you were going to conjure a Patronus, what happy memory would you use?

What things are different about you this year than last year?

What would you want people to remember about you?

Things you can do now you never thought you’d be able to do

What is alternate-universe-you like?

Listen to your favorite song - Draw it, write down what it makes you think of

Why do you love the people you love?

Your favorite kind of adventures

What are you thankful for today?

Are you actually experiencing life? Or are you just going through the motions?

Advice you would give yourself

Things to do for your own personal self care

Ways you say “I love you”

Remember:

Don’t be afraid to make ugly art

It does NOT have to be perfect

It probably won’t be perfect

Don’t compare your work to other people’s!

Creating art and writing is COOL. Keep doing it!!

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Journal Prompts

figured i’d take a stab at making some prompts. Tag me if you use them!! I wanna see what you make :>>>

1. Pick a year, maybe the year you/your friend/your crush was born. Find out important things that happened that year. The top song played on the radio, the movie that won at the oscars, any notable inventions? 

2. Pick a color. Do everything in that color. Try different shades of the same color, or do it all in one shade for hard mode

3. Draw a self portrait without looking at yourself on one page, and another one while seeing your reflection/a picture of yourself

4. Make a playlist of your current favorite songs / use their lyrics 

5. What’s your favorite room? Your bedroom, a class room? Why do you like it? What’s in it? Draw it. 

6. draw an alternative world. Maybe it’s the same as our current word but some people have horns? Maybe it’s a world entirely encompassed in an hourglass? 

7. Are you superstitious? If yes, write/draw about you biggest superstition. If no, write/draw about one that interests you. 

8. Where would you go on a roadtrip? Write/draw about the locations you’d love to see.

9. Write/draw about how you feel at 3am. 

10. Whats your first ever memory?

11. Sit in front of a mirror and make 5 funny faces and draw yourself. 

12. Write / draw your favorite myth. 

13. Draw your hands 

14. Collect all the ‘left over’ bits for a week: receipts, fruit stickers, notes, wrappers. Then make a journal page out of them. 

15. Print out one of your favorite poems. Cut each word out and rearrange it. It probably wont make any sense but it will still somehow feel like your favorite poem. 

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Proverbs/sayings

Il faut se méfier de l’eau qui dort (beware of sleeping waters) : means that the quiet ones can turn out to be the worst and that you shouldn’t assume what they’re really like (it’s pretty negative)

Tout vient à point à qui sait attendre : All things come to those who wait (à point means at just the right time)

Un tiens vaut mieux que deux tu l’auras (a ‘here you go’ is better than two ‘you’ll have it’) : A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush (tbvh I prefer the French way of saying it, it’s just a bit clearer lol)

Mieux vaut prévenir que guérir (preventing is better than healing) : better safe than sorry

[Il ne faut pas] mettre tous ses oeufs dans le même panier : you shouldn’t put all your eggs in one basket

[Il ne faut pas] mettre la charrue avant les boeufs (one shouldn’t put the plow before the steers) : you shouldn’t put the cart before the horse

Mieux vaut être seul que mal accompagné : it’s better to be alone than in bad company

Les bons comptes font les bons amis (good reckonings make good friends) : a debt paid is a friend kept; short reckonings make long friends (you should have a healthy financial relationship with your friends if you want to stay on good terms)

Paris ne s’est pas fait en un jour (Paris wasn’t built in one day) : French version of ‘Rome wasn’t built in a day’ (we still use the Rome version from time to time)

Tel père, tel fils/telle mère, telle fille : like father, like son/like mother, like daughter, etc. (obv ‘tel père telle fille’ and ‘telle mère, tel fils’ work too)

C’est la goutte d’eau qui fait déborder le vase (it’s the water drop that makes the vase overflow) : it’s the final straw

C’est la cerise sur le gâteau (it’s the cherry on the cake) : it’s the icing on the cake

Il n’y a que la vérité qui blesse : only the truth hurts

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How to learn a language

Tips from a language major:

•When learning new vocabulary write the meaning in your language once and the new word at least three times

•If you are learning a new writing style (I.e. Hanzi, kanji, Sanskrit, etc.) write the character at least three times, the meaning and the pronunciation once. -do not write the pronunciation above the character, write it to the side, otherwise you won’t even try to read it. -Learn! Stroke! Order!

•when reviewing vocab try to use the word in a sentence.

•do not pay attention to the technicalities of the grammar. Do not attempt to compare it to your own language. This will seriously mess you up for 80 years. Just pay attention to the sentence structure and make similar sentences.

•if you are learning a tonal language (I.e Chinese) or language that has sounds that don’t exist in your language watch videos of people pronouncing things and try to match their mouth movements.

•if all else fails on your tones just speak quickly.

•watch TV shows in that language and yes watch them with subtitles. But please be aware that may not be how people speak in real life (I’m looking at you, Japanese/Chinese/Korean learners)

•DO NOT BE AFRIAD TO MAKE MISTAKES of you mess up during a sentence just correct yourself and keep going.

•flash cards, flash cards, flash cards. Real and digital.

•spend at least an hour a day on it (OUTSIDE of class), if you’re trying to learn on your own you’re gonna need more time.

•talk to yourself in that language, take notes in it, set your phone to it. You probably look crazy but that is a-ok.

•listen to music in that language, while it probably won’t do much for your ability in the beginning it will help you distinguish sounds once you get pretty good.

•and lastly, don’t give up. It took you like ten years to grasp your own language it’s gonna take awhile to grasp another.

-How I learned 2 ½ languages at once.

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can’t wait for the final boss battle of duolingo when you fight the 50 foot owl armed with nothing but your wits, a sword, and your shaky grasp of verb conjugations

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oh my god… duel lingo

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Die Eule habe hat Hunger

True to form, I actually messed up the verb conjugation when I first put the words on this. XD

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holy crap

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French Vocab - Winter

Christmas || Noël

Winter || hiver

Snow || neige

Gifts || cadeau

Sweater || chandail

Velvet || velours

Santa Claus || Père Noël

Blue spruce || épinette bleue

Sleet || neige fondue

Dove || Colombe

Chocolate || Chocolat

Elf || elfe

Ornaments || ornements

Tinsel || guirlandes

Vacation || vacances

Yuletide || juletide

Winter solstice || solstice d'hiver

Cold || froid

Freezing || glacial

Fireplace || cheminée

cozy || douillet

Pajamas || pyjamas

Candles || bougie

Peace || paix

Reindeer || renne

Sleigh || traîneau

Nutcracker || casse Noisette

Gloves || gants

Scarf || écharpe

Ear muffs || cache-oreilles

Eggnog || Lait de poule

Let me know if there’s something to add ❄️

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Do you know these times when you’re sitting in front of your textbook, trying to learn these boring af vocabs you’ve seen 1000 times but still can’t remember and just wish to do something different (or hoping that the world explodes so you can at least stop)?

Well, there are more ways to learn a language and I think because we just learned how we “should” learn a language at school, we’re limited in creativity. Thanks to school it’s hard to think outside of this “textbook, vocab lists, tests, etc.” stuff but there are ENDLESS things you can do to learn a language. Remember: everything you do in your native language, you can try to do in your target language!

This is for all the people who are tired and exhausted, who are thinking about quitting or don’t have fun with their target language anymore. DON’T YOU DARE TO GIVE UP! YOU’VE COME SO FAR!

_____________________________________________ Examples for different ways of learning a language:

write a diary

summarise an article about a topic you like (cooking, fitness, etc.)

listen to a podcast/radio

listen to music (while reading the lyrics)

try to sing along with music

read out loud while reading a book/magazine/blog/etc.

watch movies/series/videos

record videos in your target language or about how studying is going (progress, problems, etc.)

write a blog (well hello there :))

use apps that make it more fun (duolingo, memrise, lingodeer)

chat with native speakers

actually talk to native speakers ( I know what a crazy idea)

read websites about things you’re interested in

use social media only available in your target language

change the language of your smartphone

change the language of your pc

change the language of your life

play games in your target language (like not necessarily for learning it, I mean just playing a normal game IN your target language)  

take online lessons with teachers that make you forget you’re learning

do a challenge! (I love this one so much)

find a learning group

be active in forums (no matter about language learning or a forum in your target language)

find a language exchange partner. (You should, seriously.)

watch lessons on youtube

read a (children-)book (with audio)

talk to yourself 

think in your target language (a fun way is to tell a story about your life while it’s happening like “I went down the road with a stranger always behind me, who could it be? What does he want? It got quite… too quite. I tried to keep calm but was it really a coincidence? All in the middle of nowhere?” I know I’m bad at this but I hope you get what I mean, think of it like reading a book.)

learn vocabs with pictures, type in the word you want to know and ONLY look for pictures, try to feel the word. If you google for “strawberry” (in your target language and don’t know what it means) look at the pictures, the colours, how could it smell? Make a sentence with the new word. When was the last time you ate it? How was it?

Write a story/book online or just for yourself.

Make a mindmap

Use a topic jar (a jar where you put in notes with different topics on it, you take one every day and write/talk about it)

use social media to find groups interested in learning a new language or your target language

translate texts and act like you’re a famous translator who’s the only person on earth who can translate your target language (for example if you’re reading articles about historical stuff, act like you’re the only one who can find out what happened back then and the whole world is counting on you!)

try to solve random online tests

listen to a song/audiobook/whatever and write down what you hear

search for words you want to learn and build up (funny!) sentences with them or even whole stories

read comics/mangas/etc.

search for receipts  in your target language and pray to god you’re doing it right… if not, well you won’t forget the vocab again. Win-win situation. :p

search for language learning groups near your living place and actually meet them (stay safe and check everything before)

listen to children songs (I still remember the first children song I learned in English lessons… like… 11 years ago in 5th grade) these songs are supposed to stick… *cough* head shoulders knees and toes knees and toes *cough* sorry where was I?

connect with language learners over Skype (useful groups of course like German trying to learn French, Frenchman trying to learn Turkish, Turk trying to learn German)

write a list (you know… like I do right know so I don’t forget English)

describe things you see (more fun with a partner)

teach your target language to others

listen to audio while sleeping

take notes in your target language (I don’t mean for grammar rules or something like that, I mean notes you would take in your native language anyway)

write a letter (so much better than an e-mail)

write an e-mail (who has time for letters)

learn rimes 

learn jokes (it’s also useful for social interaction)

talk to your pets (at least if they listen to you, if I start to talk to my cat she starts yelling into my face)

translate songs and learn the vocab of it so you have more fun listening to it later

think about a topic and write down every word you can think of and then translate them into your target language

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This is so helpful! Thanks!

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Easy Tips To Be More Familiar With Your Target Language

The key to getting familiar with your TL is to practise regularly so here are some fun things I do to familiarise myself with my TL(s).

Obviously, to get better at writing, you need to start a diary in your TL. It doesn’t have to be anything complicated or super personal. You can write about a dream you had or your lunch or a random encounter with a stranger..etc. One thing I’ve found that really helps you learn new vocabulary quickly is to explain to yourself topics you’re interested in in your TL. For example write about how the latest presidential election went in your country. That way you get to learn vocabulary related to a certain topic faster than if you’re just memorising words because you’re actually using them.

Start thinking in your TL. Even if you’re not advanced enough. Start bit by bit. Sentence by sentence. Train yourself to think a specific sentence in your TL. For example everytime you think “Oh that’s easy!” don’t say it in your native tongue, train yourself to think it in your TL. And that’s that. Keep adding sentences till it becomes natural for you to think in your TL.

If you’re anything like me and LOVE to daydream and imagine yourself in AUs or in some unrealistic scenarios then do it in your TL. It makes learning and practicing your TL much more fun. Again, if you’re not advanced enough just switch a couple of sentences and keep adding sentences untill you’re a fluent!

Write (some of) your tasks/To-Do lists/reminders in your TL.

Switch the language on your phone to your TL. If it’s too overwhelming, switch only one app. Something you go on frequently so you know where each setting is and having them in a different language won’t bother you.

Translate billboards/signs when you’re outside and you’re bored.

Randomly repeat words. For me, Mandarin is a very beautiful language and I love how the words sound so I’ll randomly start repeating all the words I know because I like how they roll off my tongue

Those are all the tips I have for now. Good luck!

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Accents 101

So if you’re a dm like me, you probably want to be relatively skilled in some typical fantasy accents for your game to make things feel that much more real. So i’ve decided to throw together a little master post of “how to” videos on some various accents. This is mostly for my own reference, but if you’d like to save this for yourself too, go right ahead. Feel free to add on to this, as well!

General Accent Tips

How To Learn Any Accent (1)

How To Learn Any Accent (2)

How To Do 12 Different Accents

US/UK/Aussie English Vocabulary Differences

One Woman, 17 British Accents

How To Lose Your Native Accent

How To Learn A Different Accent

Fun Tour of American Accents

Scottish

Scottish In Under 2 Minutes

How to Speak With A Scottish Accent

HOW TO DO A SCOTTISH ACCENT

Speaking Scottish 101

Scottish Slang

Gerard Butler Teaches You Scottish Slang

Scottish Insults

English or “British”

How To Do A British Accent

3 Ways to Sound More British

HOW TO DO A BRITISH ACCENT CONVINCINGLY (1)

HOW TO DO A BRITISH ACCENT CONVINCINGLY (2)

HOW TO DO A BRITISH ACCENT CONVINCINGLY (3)

Henry Cavill and Simon Pegg Teach You English Slang 

French

How To Speak With A French Accent 

How To Do A French Accent In UNDER TWO MINUTES

Tips on how to do a French Accent

French Accent Tip

Irish

How to do an Irish Accent

How To Do An Irish Accent

How To Do An Irish Accent

Guide to Irish Accents

How To Do An Irish Accent In UNDER TWO MINUTES

Russian

How To Speak With A Russian Accent 

How to Do a Russian Accent | Accent Training

How to speak with a Russian Accent

How Russians Speak English

How To Do A Russian Accent 

German

How To Have A German Accent 

How to do a GERMAN ACCENT?

Get the Perfect German ACCENT

Me speaking in 12 GERMAN DIALECTS!

How To Do A German Accent

5 Steps to a perfect German Accent

Canadian

How To Do A Canadian Accent

All aboot Canadian accents

How To Speak Canadian, Without Knowing How!!

Is There A Canadian Accent?

The Canadian English Accent

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30 Days of Speaking Languages

I saw @fremmedsprak talking about a 30 day speaking challenge, which I though would be a very cool thing to do. It turned out to be something from a site you need to sign up to and stuff, which I didn’t really feel like. So I thought why not create a specific challenge like this on tumblr! You can do one language for a whole month, a different language every day, all of your target languages every day: you decide! If you don’t like a topic, just make one up yourself. You can make this as short or long as you want (I tried to come up with questions you can do both with). Just practice your speaking skills, if you want you can record your exercises and post them but of course you don’t have to. Have fun!

Introduce yourself.

How long have you been learning your TL? How did you choose to start learning it?

Do you prefer books or movies? Why? Which books/movies are your favorite?

What’s your favorite study method?

What’s your favorite way to relax?

What music do you listen to in your target language(s)?

What would you do if you had one million euro/dollar/…?

Unpopular opinion?

Have you ever been to a country where your TL is spoken? If yes, where did you go and how did you like it? If no, would you want to go and do you have any places you absolutely want to visit there?

Talk about someone you look up to.

Do you have any languages you want to learn later? Which and why?

How do you commute to your school/job? Is it easy? Would you like to try out another mean of transport?

What’s a field besides languages you’re interested in? Talk about some things you know about it!

Do you believe there is more between heaven and earth than we can see? Why (not)?

What’s a thing you passionately hate?

What’s a thing you passionately love?

Do you think your TL has a particularly hard pronunciation? Do you think pronunciation is very important or is it usually the last thing you focus on?

Do you have any inside jokes with your friends? Nicknames?

What’s a present you’d love to get for Christmas?

Languages are never easy to learn, but what do you think is the “easiest” you’ve ever learned? If you’ve only ever learned one language, do you think it was a particularly hard or easy one? Did it make you want to learn more languages?

Cats or dogs? Motivate your choice.

What are your hobbies?

What do you find more difficult to learn: vocabulary or grammar?

What’s your favorite city?

If you ever won a prize, what would it be for? 

Who are your favorite langblrs? Talk a bit about them, why do you like their blogs so much?

Is your desk usually very neat or are you that disorganized person? Do you think it’s important to have an organized and neat desk?

What do you like about your home country? What don’t you like? Would you like to move to another country?

What’s your favorite season? What’s the best temperature?

What’s your favorite study app/website? How does it work?

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weird study tip:

if u don’t feel motivated, pretend ur in a movie or tv show. you know the scenes where they’re on their bed with their feet tucked up and crossed at the ankle, and they’re cracking open highlighters with their teeth and poring over a textbook with smooth rock music playing? that. bonus points for a perfect messy bun and spencer hastings outfit.

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Adverbs in french - part 1 ✨

vraiment - truly

abominablement - abominably

absolument - absolutely

actuellement - currently

admirablement - admirably

attentivement - carefully

aucunement - not at all

autrement - otherwise, differently

assurément - certainly

carrément - totally

certainement - certainly

complètement - completely

crûment - crudely

diversement - variously

doucement - gently

entièrement - entirely

éperdument - desperately

exactement - exactly

excessivement - excessively

frugalement - frugally

gaiement - happily

gentiment - kindly

indûment - wrongly

lentement - slowly

longuement - extensively

malheureusement - unfortunately

médiocrement - poorly

naïvement - naively

naturellement - naturally

parfaitement - perfectly

péniblement - painfully

poliment - politely

précisément - precisely

prétendument - allegedly

progressivement - gradually

quasiment - almost

rapidement - quickly

réellement - actually

résolument - resolutely

sensiblement - substantially

solennellement - solemnly

tellement - so much

tranquillement - peacefully

uniformément - uniformly

vainement - vainly

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pronouns

vous = you

nous = we

je = I

ils, elles = they

il = he

elle = she

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expressions of politeness

oui = yes non = no absolument = absolutely pas de tout = not at all santé = cheers merci = thank you s’il vous plaît = please â bientôt = see you later bonne nuit = good night