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Language, Politics, and Randomness - 3 things to talk about, and 1 place to talk about all of them! Choose from the options below to go directly to tagged posts of each category, or check out some of the other pages :)

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bolt down my coffin

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[spraak-och-lunnefaaglar]

So here’s a folder containing grammar from eVERY LANGUAGE I CAN THINK OF holy shit

Seriously, there’s like even 10 Aboriginal languages

Enjoy it lol

[quesodemono]

Holy shit this is bitchin'! Um, so THANK YOU!!

[ikasieuskera]

Euskera free resources/recursos gratuitos I

En castellano

Curso para aprender euskera

Sistema de ayuda (Santurtziko Euskaltegia)

Curso Deusto de euskera

Componentes del sintagma nominal

In English

Quia Basic Basque games

A brief grammar of the Basque language

Euskaraz

Tabla de conjugación

A itsatsia duten hitzak

Kasu marken eta postposizio itsatsien taula

EHUko Euskara Institutuko esteka interesgarriak

Euskal deklinabidea

Arian-arian online ikastaroa

Gramatika eranskina

Euskal gramatika lehen urratsak

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How do you say “I don't know” in your native language or the language you are learning?

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Portuguese: eu não sei Spanish: yo no sé German: ich weiß nicht

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In Arabic : لا أعرف/ لا أدري

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In french: Je (ne) sais pas In lebanese dialect: ما بعرف

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In Swedish: Jag vet inte

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Norwegian: Jeg vet ikke

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Hebrew: אני לא יודע / יודעת Ukrainian: я не знаю

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Malay: Saya tak tahu/ Aku tak tau/ Aku tak tau/ Saya tak tau

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Filipino: -Janet Napoles voice- Hindi ko po alam

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Slovene: Ne vem Hittite: UL/natta šākḫi (UL/na-at-ta ša-a-ak-ḫi)

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Thai:: ไม่ทราบ(Mai-saab; polite form) / ไม่รู้(Mai-roo; informal form)

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Welsh: Dw i ddim yn gwybod.

[quesodemono]

Irish: Níl a fhios agam. Esperanto: Mi ne scias. Basque: Ez dakit.

[linguastic]

Resources for Learning Irish

General

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irish_language

http://www.omniglot.com/writing/irish.htm

http://www.irishlanguage.net/

Basics

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~irelandlist/phrases.html

http://www.smo.uhi.ac.uk/sengoidelc/donncha/labhairt.html

http://www.irishverbs.com/index/pronunciation-guide/

http://www.spellingsociety.org/journals/j22/irish.php

http://www.nualeargais.ie/gnag/ortho.htm

Keep reading

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they: german is the language of poets and thinkers

me:

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Top 10 Medieval Butt-Licking Cats

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The nastiest habit of medieval cats seen via illuminated manuscripts.

10. Regular licking

Thomas of Cantimpré, Liber de natura rerum, France ca. 1290 (Valenciennes, Bibliothèque municipale, ms. 320, fol. 72r)

9. Licking and mouse-hunting

Ashmole Bestiary, England 13th century (Bodleian Library, MS. Ashmole 1511, fol. 35v)

8. Licking, mouse-hunting and bird-stealing

Bestiary, England 13th century (Bodleian Library, MS. Bodl. 764, fol. 51r)

7. Hey cat! Stop licking your butt on the Book of Maccabees or you’ll get an arrow!

below the cat: 1Maccabees 16:18-20. Bible, France 13th century (Bibliothèque cantonale et universitaire de Lausanne, U 964, fol. 376r)

6. Otter-like cat

Bestiary, England 15th century (København, Kongelige Bibliotek, GkS 1633 4º, fol. 28v)

5. Devil and the cat worshippers licking the cat’s butt

Jean Tinctor, Traittié du crisme de vauderie (Sermo contra sectam vaudensium), Bruges ca. 1470-1480 (Paris, BnF, Français 961, fol. 1r)

4. Prayerbook cats

Hours of Charlotte of Savoy, Paris ca. 1420-1425 (NY, Morgan Library & Museum, MS M.1004, fol. 125r, 172r)

3. Weirdly long tongue

Book of Hours, Lyon, ca. 1505-1510 (Lyon, BM, Ms 6881, fol. 30r)

2. Villard’s cat

Sketchbook of Villard de Honnecourt, France ca. 1230 (BnF, Français 19093, fol. 7v)

1. Licking Cat of Apocalypse

Christ on Majesty flanked by two angels blowing trumpets of the Last Judgement and a little grey guy licking its butt. Missal, Bavaria ca. 1440-1460 (New York Public Library, MA 112, fol. 7r)

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[quesodemono]

More langblr asks in the spirit of Valentine's Day

1: What language are you married to?

2: The langblr gods are watching: what is one language you think is overrated and why?

3: What language saw you cry?

4: If you're learning European languages, are you a romance hoe, germanic hoe, or cheating hoe?

5: Are you a noun language nerd or verb language nerd?

6: Three favorite songs in any of your target languages.

7: Advice you would give to your younger self who is first starting to learn languages?

8: Your favorite word in one of your target languages and why?

9: How does your personality and voice change as you speak your target languages?

10: At what point did you fall in love with language learning?

[shiny-cyndaquil]

You know, in Ireland, they don’t say “I love you”, they say “póg mo thóin” which translates to “My better half”. As if the language wasn’t beautiful enough.