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The Second Person Personal Informal Singular Nominative Pronoun in Europe.

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logic

[polyglotaspirations-blog]

Say it a lil louder for the people in the back

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[rosealllday-blog]

Them: Are you a boy or a girl?

Me: I'm a polyglot

Them: But what's in your pants?

Me: Vocab sheets

[awesome-picz]

This Cat Eating A Cake On His Birthday Is Hilariously Adorable.

[zimnyi-soldat-blog]

French Internet Abbreviations

I gathered a rather long list of abbreviations you might encounter, these are the most common ones I could think of. 

jsp: “je sais pas” / “idk" 

mdr: “mort de rire” / “lol”, can be interpreted in different ways depending on the context 

jpp: “je peux pas” / “i can’t”, used as a reaction to something funny 

ptdr: “pété(e) de rire” / “lmao”, either used ironically or as a reaction to something funny 

tg: “ta gueule” / “shut up" 

ftg: “ferme ta gueule” / “shut up”, more aggressive than tg 

frr: “frère” / “bro”, sometimes used amongst girls too 

c: “c'est” / “it is” 

ptn: “putain” / “fuck/fucking” (not the verb but the interjection) 

t: “t'es” / “you are" 

g: “j'ai” / “i have" 

wsh: “wesh” / “hey/yo” (?) as an interjection, not a greeting 

slp: “salope” / “bitch" 

msk: “miskine” (arabic term) / “poor”, used to talk about something/someone unfortunate 

tmtc: “toi-même tu sais” / “you know it" 

fdp: “fils de pute” / “son of a bitch" 

jdcjdr: “je dis ça, je dis rien” / “i’m just saying" 

wlh: “wallah” (arabic term) / “i swear to god" 

bz: “baise(r/é(e))” / “fuck(ed)” as the verb 

bb: “bébé” / “baby” amr: “amour” / “love” used as a petname 

bg: “beau/belle gosse” / “hottie" 

mrc: “merci” / “thanks" 

bcp: “beaucoup” / “a lot" 

tt: “tout” / “all" 

pq/pk: "pourquoi” / “why” 

pcq/pck: “parce que” / “because" 

ds: "dans” / “in" 

ntm/nvm: "nique ta mère/niquez vos mères” / “fuck your mom/moms" 

If you know any more, feel free to add them!

[themusicalsciencegirl-deactivat]

The law forbidding citizens to criticize Henry VIII’s marriage to Anne Boleyn has just been repealed in Ireland what a time to be alive. 

[ryfkah]

time at last to achieve my long-held dream of flying to Ireland and shouting ‘HONESTLY YOU COULD’VE DONE BETTER, ANNE’

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some feelings in french

j’en ai marre - I’m fed up

j’ai le cafard - I’m depressed (literally: I have the cockroach)

affreux/affreuse - awful

je n’ai pas le moral - I feel down.

j’ai le moral à zéro - I feel really down

je suis en plein form - I feel really well

je me sens mal dans ma peau - I feel down (I don’t feel good in my skin)

il/elle est de bonne humeur - he/she is in a good mood

il/elle est de mauvaise humeur - he/she is in a bad mood

ça ne va pas du tout - things are not going well

j’en ai ras le bol - I’ve had enough

je suis déprimé(e) - I’m depressed

il/elle est triste - he/she’s sad

je croque la vie - life’s great

[weirdbuzzfeed]

[toolers]

i’d like to nominate this for an oscar 

[brucesterling]

*There is no way that anecdote is gonna work out like anybody anywhere expects it to

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#bilingualproblems

me, in English class: okay brain, I need a synonym for "discovery"

brain: Entdeckung

me: ah, not quite

brain: Findung?

me: I need it in English

brain: discovery

me: a different word

brain: in English?

me: yes

brain: idk lol

me: smh

[studyinding]

In summer, most people don’t take classes. What better time to learn a language? Here are a bunch of tips, tricks, and resources for learning languages!

When picking which language to learn, you should consider a couple factors. First, consider availability. Are there classes nearby you can take? You should also consider how useful it will be. Is it commonly spoken where you live? Do you frequently travel to countries where it’s spoken? You should also consider difficulty, or how easy your chosen language will be to learn. Finally, if you work, you should keep in mind that employers might like if if you spoke certain languages. This quiz can also help, and the following diagram shows where the most commonly spoken languages are spoken.

Web resources:

Duolingo makes language learning game-like, and has a large user community as well as a variety of languages to learn. It’s great for structured learners.

Memrise also offers a ton of languages, and strives to make learning fun. It’s great for visual learners.

Busuu doesn’t have as many languages, but is to-the-point and useful. It’s great for audio learners.

Reverso is a translator, conjugator, dictionary, and grammar aide in one!

Wordreference is a dictionary, translator, and conjugator (and recommended by nearly every language teacher I’ve met)!

Cooljugator is an AMAZING conjugator!

App resources (all free):

Duolingo, memrise, and busuu all have app versions that work well.

MindSnacks has puzzles and games relating to languages.

Conjuverb (only for Spanish) conjugates verbs.

FluentU turns real-world things into a language learning opportunity.

Printable: conjugation sheets!

Music:

German music playlist

Spanish music playlist

French music

Spotify has a ton more if you just search for it!

Other helpful posts/masterposts:

Japanese masterpost

Hindi masterpost

How to learn a new language

French masterpost

Ukrainian masterpost

Spanish masterpost

Good luck, and have fun!

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I have a degree in French and decided to take the duolinguo French fluency test for funsies and it said I was only 59% fluent in French. I'll have you know I've studied the language for over 12 years, spent part of my schooling in immersion settings and am a TA at a French language instruction university so ignoring the fact that I don't believe in fluency in a language, I'm damn sure I'm more than 59% fluent if we're going by Duolinguo terms. What I'm trying to say here is don't let duolinguo affect how you think of yourself as a speaker. No one will ever be fluent, not even native speakers so keep studying, speaking, writing, reading and listening because you're better than you think and you're only going to get better.

[rosealllday-blog]

I don't remember ever not being tired. Je ne me souviens pas un temps où je n'étais pas fatiguée.

[useless-irelandfacts]

Irish comedian Dara Ó Briain on “muslim jokes”

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Brazilian Portuguese Word of the Day 6/20

seguir

to follow; verb

Eu sigo o Adir Ferreira no Twitter, mas quem não segue? (I follow Adir Ferreira on Twitter, but who doesn’t?)

Present Tense Conjugation:

eu sigo (tu segues) ele/ela/você segue nós seguimos —- eles/elas/vocês seguem

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[zodiaccity]

Some of the things a GEMINI likes….do you agree?