Reading is to the mind what exercise is to the body

Working out, working as crazy and studying languages. I cannot stop: I need to know more and more. I am excited that I have a life ahead me, but looking at all the interesting languages and excellent books one lifetime is not enough. Welcome to my messy mind! #bookworm #language_nerd #fit_mind_fit_body

[sassytriumphant-blog]

OMG, It’s been a while... 24 hours are not always enough for everything... Also  I am getting old... am I still tumblr material?

[biblioartsbyemma]

A valentine to books.

[sassytriumphant-blog]

Vandaag is het dag van het Nederlands. Ik heb geen les omdat deze week Krokusvakantie is, maar woensdag is nog voor het Nederlands. Dus ik kijk naar Netflix in het Nederlands and ik zal met wat vertalingen oefenen.

Ik heb deze site gekozen om vertalingen te oefenen: https://www.grimmstories.com/en/grimm_fairy-tales/sleeping_beauty

Je kan een andere taal kiezen om jezelf te controleren. En het is niet alleen voor het Nederlands maar ook voor Duits, Frans, Hongaars, Italiaans enzovoort.

Geniet van jongens! Fijne dag voor iedereen!! 

[sassytriumphant-blog]

quand vous pensez que vous l'avez ensemble la vie a toujours une drôle idée

[epeolatrist]

[sassytriumphant-blog]

Petit-déjuner au bord du train - ce sera un long jour // Ontbijt in het trein - het zal één lange dag zijn ☕🍪🍌

[chekhov]

[wildeismsremade-deactivated2019]

[broitsablog]

@indigopersei is the french language just always on the verge of getting someone accused of assault or..?

[dammitperseus]

my friend, if only you knew

[randomfandomteacher]

It’s a very dangerous language to learn

[party-bees-deactivated20181211]

Here’s an interesting thing about French! Everything needs to have an article in front of it. That’s why it’s “la chat” as opposed to just “chat”. So, for instance, you could say la fille for the girl, or jeune fille for young girl, but you can’t just say fille, because that means you are calling her a sex worker in a derogatory way.

The moral of the story is, if you want to make something rude in French, just take out the article in front of it. Yes, this works for nearly. every. word.

[wine-dark-sea]

#now I’m wondering how often my high school french teacher was silently screaming because of this little fact

Every year. Every year there’s that kid who forgets that you can’t translate “I am excited” to “Je suis excitée”. And every year Monsieur Jordan has to slam the brakes before that kid can finish his sentence and then tactfully ask him not to announce to the class that he is horny.

[shamwowxl]

“is the french language always on the verge” oh buddy, oh pal, i am so happy to break this news to you: 

[pippinpie]

@panic-at-the-dentists

[megsforbreakfast]

@aimeraiwrites french is M E S S Y

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Caroline : Néha, ha hozzájutok. De ahogy a regényírók a szerelmet tárgyalják, abból úgy gondolom, semmit sem tudnak róla.

Mrs Pryor: Semmit, kedvesem, egyáltalán semmit, és a házasságról sem. És nem lehet eléggé elítélni a hamis képet, melyet ezekről a témákról festenek, nem valószerűek, csak az ingovány csábító zöld felszínét mutatják, egyetlen szóval sem mutatják meg híven, igazán a felszín alatti posványt.

Caroline: De nem mindig posvány, vannak boldog házasságok is. Amikor az érzések kölcsönösek és őszinték, s a lélek harmonikus, a házasság feltétlenül boldog.

Mrs Pryor: Sosem tökéletesen boldog. Két ember sohasem azonosulhat teljesen egymással. Bizonyos különleges körülmények között, bár ez ritkán adódik, elégedettségről talán beszélhetünk, de mégis jobb nem kockáztatni, mert a tévedés végzetes lehet.

[jeparletoutesleslangues]

Sound More French: Verb Edition: 5 Examples

*See how accurately you have been using your French verbs

✨Conduire vs. Rouler: to drive Conduire must be used transitively (it makes no sense without a direct object), in other cases, rouler can be used: -Je conduis seulement les voitures propres. = I only drive clean cars. -As-tu vu ce camion? Il roulait en excès de vitesse! = Did you see that truck? It was driving over the speed limit!

✨Écrire vs. Rédiger: to write Écrire is commonly used to talk about the physical action but rédiger is more concerned with the creative process (may have a connotation of drafting, phrasing, telling a story): -Je t’ai écrit in message sur la boîte. = I wrote you a message on the box. -Je rédige chaque matin pour laisser mes traces sur la terre. = I write every morning to leave my trace on Earth.

✨Nager vs. Se Baigner: to swim Nager implies the physical activity in a more strict sense, but se baigner just means to hang out/relax/play in the water: -Je nage quotidiennement pour l'exercice. = I swim daily for the exercise. -Quand je vais à la plage avec mes amis, on se baigne pendant des heures. = When I go to the beach with my friends, we hang out in the water for hours.

✨Sembler vs. Paraître: to seem Paraître typically means to appear, but used impersonally it means to seem. In those cases, sembler and paraître are used interchangeably, but paraître is more common (the French love impersonal constructions): -Les Kardashian se semblent chic. = The Kardashians seem classy to her. -Il paraît qu'ils voyagent partout en avion. = It seems that they travel everywhere by plane. -Le soleil a paru à l'aube. = The sun appeared at dawn.

✨Venir vs. Arriver: to come Arriver expresses more immediacy, but the two are fundamentally the same: -Marc vient au parc à 15h. = Mark is coming to the park at 3 PM. -Ne t'en fais pas. J’arrive! = Don’t worry. I’m on the way!

[poppy-for-who]

Virginia Woolf

[malkiewicz]

Synonyms are weird because if you invite someone to your cottage in the forest that just sounds nice and cozy, but if I invite you to my cabin in the woods you’re going to die.

[istudypirates]

My favourite is explaining the difference between a butt dial and a booty call

[antiuwuaction-deactivated201804]

It’s called connotations.

[leggyboyjohnson]

Try this one on for size:

“Forgive me, Father, I have sinned”

“Sorry, Daddy, I’ve been naughty”

[helaas--pindakaas]

great news! Language is now banned

[sassytriumphant-blog]

"...vajon más férfiak is olyanok-e otthon, mint a nagybátyám: vajon feltétlenül az újság, az ismeretlenség varázsa kell-e ahhoz, hogy kellemesnek és becsülésre méltónak lássanak; s vajon valóban képtelenek-e tartós érdeklődést és szeretetet tanúsítani azok iránt, akiket naponta látnak?"

Caroline Helstone (Charlotte Brontë)

[coffeeinspirations]

[studyandstorms-deactivated20250]

I cannot stress this enough- Build a routine. Build Habits. Wake up every day and get used to being productive, one day at a time. Do this for long enough and eventually you’ll be at your goal without even realising it. 

[tilly-and-her-books]

[traitspourtraits]

[sassytriumphant-blog]

Maybe I should repeat this.

[youlooklikeart]

“Do you wish me a good morning, or mean that it is a good morning whether I want it or not; or that you feel good this morning; or that it is a morning to be good on?” ~J.R.R Tolkien