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This is slightly confusing so if anyone needs me to clarify feel free to message me!

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Quebecois Word of the Day #5

Toune

Although it’s derived from the English word “tune”, a toune refers to songs rather than musical melodies. It’s the equivalent of the standard French chanson.

E.g.: As-tu entendu la nouvelle toune qui joue à la radio? C’est qui qui la chante? — Have you heard the new song playing on the radio? Who sings it?

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15 French Slang Words Every French Learner Should Know 🌻

1. Bordel

Bordel literally means brothel. However, these days bordel is more commonly used to describe a large mess. An example would be: Range ta chambre. C’est le bordel. Clean your room. It’s a mess.

2. Balle

Balle as a singular, literally means bullet. Yet back in the day, balles was used as a slang word for francs, the French currency pre-2002. And when France moved on to the euro, balles moved with it and it is still sometimes used in reference to money. An example would be: J’aime ton pantalon. Merci. Je l’ai acheté au marché pour quinze balles. I like your pants. Thanks. I bought them at the market for 15 euros.

3. Baraque

The word baraque literally means shanty, or small house made of planks. However, recently the term has been adapted to refer to a house, or, as an adjective, baraqué,  someone who is really muscular.  For example: On habite dans une grosse baraque avec 10 colocs. We live in a large house with 10 other people. En règle générale, les joueurs de rugby sont plus baraqués que les joueurs de foot. Generally speaking, rugby players are more muscular than football players.

4. BG

These days BG is a popular acronym. It stands for beau gosse, which means hot guy. Gosse on it’s own though is slang for a child though so watch out! If you’re in Quebec, gosse is feminine and carries an entirely different connotation as a slang word for a part of the male anatomy that is generally used in the plural… So if you’re planning to use your slang in Canada, be aware of that difference, since there could be a few misunderstandings!

5 . BCBG

Another popular acronym, which is the French slang for preppy, is BCBG (bien chic bon genre).

6. Blé

Blé literally translates as wheat in English. However, figuratively it has become a popular way of referring to money. (Another common way of referring to money in slang terms is fric or pognon). Here is an example: Il gagne beaucoup de blé. He earns a lot of money.

7. Bobo

Bobo is actually baby talk for une blessure (an injury). However, you will find that young people commonly use this term when referring to minor injuries such as cuts and bruises. An example might be: Qu’est-ce qu’il y a? J’ai un bobo sur le pied. What’s the matter? I have a scratch on my foot.

8. Bouffer

Bouffer literally means to puff up or balloon in size. However, it has become common practice to replace the word manger (to eat) with bouffer in everyday speech. And in turn, la bouffe is then used as another word for food. Here is an example: J’ai trop mangé. J’ai bouffé un steak tartare avec des frites suivi d’une grosse tarte aux pommes. I ate too much. I ate a steak tartare with fries followed by a big slice of apple tart. Je suis allé en ville pour acheter de la bouffe. I went into town to buy some food.

9. Une clope

A commonly used slang word, especially in Paris, is the argot for cigarette; une clope. For example: T’aurais pas une clope? You don’t happen to have a cig, do you?

10. Kiffer

Another term used by today’s generation, which you may not already know is the word  kiffer, which is slang for to like something (it works best with a hobby!). However, pay attention, if you kiffe quelqu’un, it implies that you desire that person. Here’s an example: Je kiffe faire de la voile. I really enjoy sailing. Je kiffe ton frère. I like your brother. (I’m romantically interested in him).

11. Mec

The word mec is yet another commonly used slang term, and refers to boyfriends as well as guys in general. For example: Il est beau, ce mec.That guy is good-looking. Tu viens avec ton mec? Are you bringing your boyfriend? 

Another type of slang that you might come across is verlan, which are French words spelled backwards, and often incorrectly, in slang. And while this concept might seem a bit intimidating at first, you will find that you pick it up in no time at all and probably without even realizing.

12. Meuf

Our first example is meuf, which was originally femme. And, as with the word femme, this term can be used to refer to a female, or your girlfriend, although it can have pejorative connotations.

13. Relou

Our second example is relou, the verlan for lourd (heavy or taxing) and equivalent of chiant, which means annoying/exasperating. Here’s an example: C’est trop relou! That sucks!

14. Ouf

Ouf is literally the French translation of the interjection phew as well as meaning crazy/awesome in verlan, being the backwards of fou (crazy/awesome). On a fait un truc (de) ouf hier. *Here ’ouf’ can work as either an adjective, without the ’de’, or as a noun, with the ’d’. It’s up to you! We did something crazy awesome yesterday.

15. être vénère

And finally, our last slang word for today is another way of expressing that you are annoyed or angry; être vénère, which is the verlan of être énervé. An example would be quite simple: Mathieu est vénère. Matthew is annoyed. (It is important here to pay attention to your accents because vénéré means to be revered).

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Sources to study Italian 🇮🇹

🇬🇧 ENGLISH 🇬🇧

• https://www.youtube.com/user/Txxytu

• https://www.youtube.com/user/italianpod101

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUl4u3cNGP62GsvB-6EwEE0F0frXtyhYq

• https://onlineitalianclub.com/

• http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/italian/

• http://oneworlditaliano.com/english/home.htm

• https://www.newsinslowitalian.com/mobile/

🇫🇷 FRANÇAIS 🇫🇷

• http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL-E1n1qDTAIneq4MqXjXjSAHEH_phHEKb

• https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCOjscfnIVhyqMXCk5np6ndg

• http://oneworlditaliano.com/francais/accueil.htm

• http://apprendre-italien.fr/

🇪🇸 ESPAÑOL: 🇪🇸

• https://youtu.be/VwxrTlmUX1I (principiante)

• http://www.saberitaliano.com.ar/

• http://www.aulafacil.com/cursos/t2898/idiomas/italiano/italiano

• https://www.youtube.com/user/marconisida

🇵🇹 PORTUGUÊS: 🇵🇹

• http://www.aprendendo-italiano.com/ (principiante)

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE9LdP3W6DQ1UZCsipUTwbQ

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCyY9PuhdVC1wDYZWDM7g1PQ

• https://www.youtube.com/user/imparailportoghese

• http://cursosextensao.usp.br/course/view.php?id=131

🇷🇴 ROMÂNĂ: 🇷🇴

• https://www.youtube.com/user/italianapentruromani

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCna09VktfKZcNCLFJDsaYPg

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC9M8r8phpeljg0EjpBq4Xow

• http://www.scritub.com/literatura-romana/gramatica/CURS-DE-LIMBA-ITALIANA-nivel-I25856.php

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://proedus.ro/wp-content/uploads/2017/01/Mechifire-Abdula-curs-limba-italiana.Gramatica-si-teste-2017.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjx6JWK6IbWAhUBmRQKHY55BOcQFggNMAE&usg=AFQjCNEaJEoJJz7TeP_3l53eNSp4rb33sg

🇧🇦 BOSANSKI: 🇧🇦

• http://gvukasinovic.blogspot.it/search?updated-max=2014-11-26T04:19:00-08:00&max-results=7&start=6&by-date=false&m=1

🇭🇷 HRVATSKI: 🇭🇷

• http://lingohut.com/hr/v40540/talijanski-lekcija-po%C4%8Detak-pozdrav

• (Italian lifestyle): https://www.youtube.com/user/SoniaVerardo

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=https://moodle.oss.unist.hr/pluginfile.php/44280/mod_resource/content/1/WEB%2520Talijanski%2520jezik%2520BI.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjwlqWo3obWAhVI6xQKHba_COYQFggRMAM&usg=AFQjCNHIeNkW992YtZxmfa5jGhxyzhqLzw

🇩🇪 DEUTSCH: 🇩🇪

• http://www.italienisch-lehrbuch.de/

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://www2.tf.jcu.cz/~mackerle/dl/temp/italstina/Sta%259Een%25E9%2520knihy/346820356X_Italienisch.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjDl73k4obWAhWExRQKHQ8MBuoQFggLMAA&usg=AFQjCNGO1qZl8dCZG5dSn6yufoKzGBkCCA

• (Lange Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9F8Z4htOLLo

🇹🇷 TÜRKÇE: 🇹🇷

• http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLbOiBJjMnppBIfWhGSYi6itBw8xt1poyT

• https://youtu.be/EgC2O11jCLw

• http://www.italyan.com/

• https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCMKoxmlQLLdos_HaLpEOB5Q

• (PDF) https://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/132781675/ITALYANCA-GRAMER-2007

🇯🇵日本語🇯🇵

• https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCFL5JxmF-PdtXkXFxdXj_2A

• http://www.itariagodattaradou.com/

•https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzUrHikrN8UOYI1W4CS9xMQ

🇰🇷 한국어: 🇰🇷

• https://m.youtube.com/user/BlackScribbles

• (서적) http://www.yes24.com/24/Category/Display/001001004010

• http://www.kocw.net/home/search/kemView.do?kemId=1017258

• http://kapelatte.com/

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLtrvy4Dsln-LiavnmrLQ7xlRqLZw6h_W2

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLpTjiMD98G4lMHdE54ImYIeW0LXghjFVQ

🇸🇦 :العربية 🇸🇦

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCE-844_8NBDbtuwjdiB-zWg

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCVZD-XoQcWf_oVpUYmxxaSw

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLDFDF700E719293BE

🇷🇺 русский: 🇷🇺

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC84_PJpGWDxph_c9B4fZI7g

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5BDkiCgsZ6pPGMMhuz0ZAw

• https://www.youtube.com/user/italianoonskype

• http://initaliano.ru/

🇬🇷  Ελληνικά 🇬🇷

• https://www.internetpolyglot.com/greek/lessons-it-el

• http://italikiglwssa.blogspot.it/p/grammatica.html

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://kdvm.gr/Media/Default/Pdf%2520enotites/4.8.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiikaWk4YbWAhWEVxQKHR_TDuoQFggLMAA&usg=AFQjCNGr2pkNDR88OgGV5R_2NfvWf__oOA

🇳🇱 NEDERLANDS 🇳🇱

•https://www.buonitaliaans.nl/

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=4&ved=0ahUKEwily9XG8fLVAhUJtxQKHVyUB9QQFgg8MAM&url=http%3A%2F%2Fitaliaans.minerva83.nl%2Fsyllabus2006.pdf&usg=AFQjCNEFKpcTfOFZJB3GQmv3fkjBQodgGg

🇮🇩 BAHASA INDONESIA 🇮🇩

•http://www.maestro-italiano.com/?m=1

• https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUc4HC99xMXIOHt9qEC759SuIfkFZ3O-7

🇦🇱 SHQIPE 🇦🇱

• https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL2XRve0xSB6kuTG45MeaT0gqrNVBAPSBY

• https://www.slideshare.net/mobile/sylimirsy/fjal-italisht-shqip

• http://meso-italisht.blogspot.it/?m=1

🇹🇭 ไทย 🇹🇭

• http://www.italysmile.com/

• http://italianmystyle.blogspot.it/?m=1

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4UlaDS9RYaONLfVlwfqHQQ

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCl0wIN_6RV3DCOK-L4mhPPQ

• http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL17vlvcqyik6jlpYnB3jF30IpctKo_JSr

🇨🇳 中文 🇨🇳

• http://www.italycn.com/

• http://italy.tingroom.com/wap/

• (细节) https://m.cineseitalia.com/bbs/read-htm-tid-106.html

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://www.yyzero.com/italiano/libri/lettura/lettura_1.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwiMgsy8_IbWAhXDOhQKHS46A-gQFggpMAc&usg=AFQjCNH4A_LNbe2WwRd7F6kqFTwye1TbbA

• https://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/132974793/Coursebook-Nuovo-Progetto-Italiano-3

🇱🇹 LIETUVIŲ 🇱🇹

• https://youtu.be/uM7P98LKBD8

• http://www.vepla.lt/topics/it/1

• http://lingohut.com/lt/l60/%C5%BEodynas-ital%C5%B3

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://web.vu.lt/uki/l.pavan/Italu_kalbos_pratimai_pradedantiems_Luca_Pavan.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjmwvzOhofWAhVCShQKHXBkB-8QFggLMAA&usg=AFQjCNFIj7Fvvzw9_3RsL5O1p6AyvoXY-A

•https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXdtJHQ_5Jem8GUKmnRhTGQ/playlists

🇸🇰 SLOVENŠČINA 🇸🇰

• http://www.italijanscina.com/

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://lu-jesenice.net/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Italijan%25C5%25A1%25C4%258Dina-pot-do-uspeha.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi3kuCCstHWAhXDmLQKHQ66CeoQFggRMAM&usg=AOvVaw1TZMozWEgEZqk9AOyod2xH

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://www.mizs.gov.si/fileadmin/mizs.gov.si/pageuploads/podrocje/vs/Gradiva_ESS/Impletum/IMPLETUM_302POSLOVNI_Poslovni_Bajec.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwi3kuCCstHWAhXDmLQKHQ66CeoQFggVMAU&usg=AOvVaw2YdGtgc30jhr3qfTDhLBsl

🇨🇿 ČEŠTINA 🇨🇿

• http://italstina.net/

• http://www.langmaster.cz/lmcom/com/web/cs-cz/pages/kurz-italstiny-zdarma.aspx

• https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHnv1hwgX9AKInXP5vjs7pw

🇭🇺 MAGYAR 🇭🇺

• http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLQPDNBgmy_8MY1hLD7_QfRsyWHyHmh855

• https://olaszultanulok.com/

• (B1-B2) https://www.scribd.com/mobile/doc/134241297/Nuovo-Progetto-Italiano-2-szoszedet

• (PDF) https://www.google.it/url?q=http://www.bonusnyelviskola.hu/files/file/NuovoProgettoItaliano1_supplemento_ungherese.pdf&sa=U&ved=0ahUKEwjwmqDettLWAhWBwhoKHXwYCjYQFggdMAc&usg=AOvVaw2cjLYKNNb7fI9dgUuoMbc1

🇻🇳 TIẾNG VIỆT 🇻🇳

• http://lingohut.com/vi/l60/t%E1%BB%AB-v%E1%BB%B1ng-ti%E1%BA%BFng-%C3%BD

• https://youtu.be/ewTwbh-tGoM?list=PLDg60kAhhps4d-2Fyx-6LaFtjwyIcm2bC

• (Trường học ở Ý) http://uni-italia.vn/

• https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLqZfJXbRo-zSzSczfNQndXtbgVL3poIV-

• https://m.facebook.com/hoctiengy/posts/686535894756898#!/hoctiengy/

• https://tiengy.wordpress.com/

🇮🇷 فارسی 🇮🇷

• http://Instagram.com/bravissimo.maryam

• Lingohut: http://lingohut.com/fa/v48972/%D8%A7%DB%8C%D8%AA%D8%A7%D9%84%DB%8C%D8%A7%DB%8C%DB%8C-%D8%AF%D8%B1%D8%B3-%D8%B4%D8%B1%D9%88%D8%B9-%D8%B3%D9%84%D8%A7%D9%85

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gerade

Gerade is a word with many meanings and I think it’s one of the most frequently used words in German, so I decided to make this overview :)

Note: E can often be dropped in spoken language. So the adverb can be pronounced “gerade”, “grade” or just “grad”. For the adjective, however, there are only two possible pronunciations: gerade and grade. If you want to sound formal, pronounce it “gerade”

as an adverb

right now: ❀ Ich bin gerade in meinem Zimmer. - I’m in my room right now. ❀ Was machst du gerade? - What are you doing? ❀ Ich lerne gerade. - I’m studying. As you can see in the 2nd and 3rd example, “gerade” is used to express the progressive aspect. Note that unlike in English, the progressive aspect is not needed in German

just, a short while ago: ❀ Das habe ich gerade gesagt. - I just said that. ❀ Sie hat gerade etwas gegessen. - She just ate something. ❀ Ich bin gerade von der Schule nach Hause gekommen - I just got home from school. If you want to add emphasis you can say “gerade eben“, “gerade erst” and “gerade eben erst”

exactly, (emphasis) When speaking, the word after gerade is stressed! ❀ Gerade das müssen wir verhindern. - This is exactly what we need to avoid. ❀ Das ist gerade das, was wir brauchen. - This is exactly what we need. ❀ Gerade deshalb müssen wir es tun. - That is (precisely) why we need to do it.

as an adjective

straight ❀ Zeichne eine gerade Linie. - Draw a straight line. even ❀ 8 ist eine gerade Zahl. - 8 is an even number.

[studylustre]

firstly, what are honorifics? honorifics play an extremely important role in korean - depending on who you’re talking to, sentences are conjugated differently. this is dependent on age and closeness of the person you are talking to. when you’re talking to anyone that is younger than you/close to you, you can talk to them informally, therefore all sentences will be conjugated informally. when talking to people that are older than you (and therefore deserves respect), you must speak to them formally. therefore, all sentences will be conjugated formally. there are two levels to this, but in this lesson, i’ll only be briefly covering informal low respect (for people you’re close to/younger than you) and informal high respect (for people who are older than you/not as close to you). note: despite it being “informal”, the informal high respect conjugation can be used widely with most people, including strangers that are older than you! 

before we dive into conjugation, here are some quick notes! when speaking informally, you will refer to “me/i” as 나. when speaking formally, you refer to “me/i” as 저, and 요 is added to the end of your sentence to make it more formal. got it? let’s move onto conjugation!

past tense: 았어/었어(요) 🌟

if the last vowel in a word stem is ㅏ or ㅗ, 았 is used to conjugate to the past tense.

if the last vowel in a word stem is anything butㅏ or  ㅗ , 었 is used to conjugate to the past tense.

say we’re conjugating the word 먹다 (to eat). the word stem here is 먹 and the last vowel in the word stem is ㅓ, therefore 었어(요) is used to conjugate to the past tense:

> 저는 빵을 먹었어요 (i ate bread) 저 is used, therefore sentence must be conjugated formally. as a result, 요 is used at the end > 나는 빵을 먹었어 (i ate bread) 나 is used, therefore the sentence is informal. as a result, 요 is not added to the end of the sentence

say we want to conjugate the word 자다 (to sleep). the word stem is 자, and the last vowel in the stem is ㅏ. therefore, 았아(요) is used to conjugate to the past tense!

> 저는 잤어요 (i slept) 저 is used, therefore the sentence must be conjugated formally. as a result, 요 is added to the end of the sentence > 나는 잤어 (i slept) 나 is used, therefore the sentence is informal. as a result, 요 is not added to the end of the sentence

present tense: 아/어(요) ✨

if the last vowel in the word stem is ㅏ or ㅗ, 아(요) is used to conjugate to the present tense.

if the last vowel in the word stem is anything other than ㅏ or ㅗ, 어(요) is used to conjugate to the present tense.

imagine we want to conjugate 읽다 (to read). the last vowel in the word stem, 읽, is ㅣ. this is not ㅏ or ㅗ,  therefore 어(요) is used to conjugate to the present tense. > 저는 읽어요 (i read) again, 저 is used, therefore 요 is added to the end of the sentence to make it formal.

> 나는 읽어 (i read)

here’s another example featuring the verb 공부하다 (to study). the last vowel in the word stem, 공부하, is ㅏ, therefore 아(요) is used to conjugate to the present tense. because the last letter in the stem is a vowel, the 아 merges with 하 to form 해. (you can read more about this on howtostudykorean.com, lesson 5!)

> 저는 한국어를 공부해요 (i study korean) > 나는 한국어를 공부해 (i study korean)

future tense 🌟

there are two main ways of conjugating to the future tense:

by adding 겠어(요) to the end of the word stem

by adding ㄹ/을 거예(요) to the end of the word stem

they both translate to show that you will do/will be something, but the first method has a slightly different nuance from the second usage. this is because it implies a sense of determination. here’s an example featuring 가다 (to go) 가다 + 겠어(요) = 가겠어(요) > 저는 중국에 가겠어요 (i will go to china)

here’s another example featuring 만나다 (to meet) 만나다 + 겠어(요) = 만나겠어(요) > 나는 엑소를 만나겠어 (i will meet exo)

the second way of conjugating to the future tense, as previously stated, is by adding ㄹ/을 거예요 to the end of the word stem. unlike the first usage, there is no implication of determination - it’s simply just a way of conjugating to the future tense.

ㄹ is added when the last letter in a word stem is a vowel

을 is added when the last letter in a word stem is a consonant

here’s an example featuring 억다 (to eat). the last letter in the word stem is ㄱ, therefore 을 거예요 is used! > 자는 비빔밥을 먹을 거예요 (i will eat bibimbap)

here’s another example featuring 공부하다 (to study). the last letter in the word stem is ㅏ, therefore ㄹ 거예요( is used! > 저는 한국어를 공부할 거예요 (i will study korean)

easy, right? if you need more help, please don’t hesitate to message me, or look at howtostudykorean.com (which is where these lessons are adapted from) for further explanation!

[monpetitcanard]

french winter vocabulary

l’hiver - the winter

décembre - december

janvier - january

février - februray

la neige - the snow

la boule de neige - the snowball

le flocon de neige - the snowflake

la glace - the ice

froid - cold

la veste d’hiver - the winterjacket

les gands - the gloves 

le cache-col - the scarf

le chandail - sweater

le manteau - the coat

la luge - the sled

faire de la luge - to go sledding

faire du ski - to go skiing

faire du patin - to go iceskating

renifler - to sniffle

le rhume - the cold

le chocolat chaud - the hot chocolate 

le thé - the tea

le café - the coffee

la tasse - the cup

la cheminée - the fireplace

les vacances d’hiver - the winterbreak

le couette - the duvet

les oreillers - the pillows

un matin foncé - a dark morning

phrases

il neige ! - it’s snowing!

j’ai froid - i’m cold

j’ai un rhume - i have a cold

tu veux (vous-voulez) [faire de la luge]? - do you want [to go sledding]?

je voudrais [une tasse de chocolat chaud], s’il vous plaît - i would like [a cup of hot chocolate], please

[changeable] (formal) ! please correct me if i’m wrong !

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[currylangs]

Hindi Lesson Two: “to be” + proximal/distal and some basic questions

The verb होना hona to be, conjugates according to singular and plural, as well as having two specific conjugations for the first person, and the intermediate formality of the second person.

मैं हूँ - main hoon तू / यह / वह है - too/yah/vah hai* तुम हो - tum ho आप / ये / वे हैं - aap/ye/ve hain 

As you can see, the difference between है hai (is) and हैं hain (are) is nasalization of the vowel.

तू too is grammatically singular, and therefore it uses है hai (is).

(side note: since too is singular, it can only be used to refer to one person at a time. If you want to speak rudely to multiple people at once you will have to use तुम tum in an angry tone of voice. :P)

हूँ Hoon can be translated as am. हो Ho is only used with tum and doesn’t have a specific English translation.

 *remember that colloquially, yah and vah are pronounced “ye” and “vo”. Ve can also be pronounced like “vo”.

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Vocab:

क्या - what

कौन - who

लड़की - girl

लड़का - boy

औरत - woman

आदमी - man

इंसान - human, person

बिल्ली - cat (f)

कुत्ता - dog (m) * note: can also be used as an insult, similar to calling someone a dog in english.

Translate the following questions:

what is that?

what is this?

who is that?

who is this?

who are you?

Give some answers, and feel free to tag us!

[heyemmateach]

[thelanguagecommunity]

this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Basque. It will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!

courses

colloquial [pdf]

free course of basque [pdf]

memrise

dictionaries

euskadi

freelang

forums

unilang

grammar

a brief grammar of euskara [pdf]

adjectives

adverbs [chart]

articles - “-a”

gender

identifiers [pdf] [chart]

plurals

question words [pdf] [chart]

synthetic verbs [pdf] [conjugation chart]

verbs

literature

children’s songs & rhymes

christian prayers

poetry library

virtual library - logoslibrary

movie & tv recommendations

flowers (2014)

news

berria.eus

eitb.eus

phrasebooks & travel guides

wikitravel

wikivoyage

quizzes & exercises

exercises

vocab games - digitaldialects

vocab games - quia

writing activities

radio

eitb.eus

radio in pamplona

social media

list of the most frequent basque tweeters

wikipedia

tumblrs

@beautiful-basque-country

@ikasieuskera

verbs

“behar”

“bizkaia” [pdf chart]

“burua” [pdf chart] [2nd part of pdf chart]

conjugator - logosconjugator

“izan”

“zuberoa” [pdf chart]

vocabulary

cardinal directions

colors

(basic) food

euskara in ~250 words

greetings

numbers / numbers [pdf]

onomatopeias [more onomatopeias] [&more]

proverbs [pdf]

seasons

swadesh list

word list [and here’s another]

in french

asignoret [lessons]

[thelanguagecommunity]

updated 11.28.2017

[pompadourpink]

Internet slang

As promised, some keyboard slang (we stole a lot from you)(sue us). I wrote what is accurate at the moment, a few years ago it was quite popular to write lik this m8 but it became pretty unhip (I could tell you that you can type “aussi” (: too, as well) “O6″ but literally no one has done that since 2008) most people write normally and add some of the following words :

Basics :

- jpp (je n’en peux plus) : I can’t stand it anymore, I’m dying from the lols

- osef (on s’en fout) : no one cares

- mdr (mort-e de rire) / ptdr (pété-e de rire) : lol

- cmb / ctb (comme ma bite/comme ta bite) “like my dick/like your dick” : easy punchline to almost anything, ex : “the line was so long!” “cmb” “you have a short memory” (expr ”tu as la mémoire courte”) “ctb”

- cmt (comment) : how / cmb (combien) : how much/many

- slt (salut) / bjr (bonjour) / bsr (bonsoir) : hello

- bn (bonne nuit) : good night

- bcp (beaucoup) : a lot, much, many / tp (trop) : too, too much

- mtnt (maintenant) : now / ajd (aujourd’hui) : today / jms (jamais) : never

- srtt (surtout) : especially, above all / vrmt (vraiment) : really

- jsp (je ne sais pas) : I don’t know / ms (mais) but

- pr (pour) : for / pcq / pq (parce que) : because

- pq / pk (pourquoi) : why

- ss (sans) : without OR (sous) : under / sr (sur) : over, on

- tt (tout) : all, everything OR (tant) : so much, as long

- mn (mon) : my (m) / tn (ton) : your (m) / sn (son) : his/her

- ns (nous) : we OR (nos) : ours / vs (vous) : you (pl) OR (vos) yours (pl) / lr (leur(s)) : their / theirs

- fr (faire) : to do, make

- tmtc / vmvs (toi-même tu sais / vous-même vous savez) : you know what I’m talking about, in the context of a private joke

- tkt / tqt (ne t’inquiète pas) : don’t worry

- c (c’est) : it is OR (sais/sait) : know (½/3p sg) / ct (c’était) : it was

- d (des) : some, ex : mange des chips / t (tes) : your (pl for one person)

- h (heure) : time/hour, ex : on se voit à ql h? (at what time do we meet?)

- keske (qu’est-ce que) : what is, ex : qu’est-ce c’est?

- kesta (qu’est-ce que tu as) : what’s up/wrong with you?

- ke / q (que) : that/what, ex : ke ve tu? (what do you want?)

- ql / kel (quel(s)/quelle(s)) : what/which

- askip (à ce qu’il paraît) : from what I’ve heard, apparently…

- oklm (au calme) : relaxed, calm, ex : petite soirée oklm avec les potes #cool

Borrowing to english or kids :

- go : to leave (j’y go)

- dodo (beddy byes) : to sleep, sleeping (je vais dodo)

- miam (aka “yum”) : to eat (je vais miam)

- lol, the legendary

- chiller : to go somewhere and have some relaxed time, without doing much

- fat : something big and amazing, ex : cette soirée est trop fat!

Dropping the vowels : 

It’s hard to explain but since so many words in french contain “ou”, “an”, “ai” or “on” (…), when we need or want to make verbs (or possessive pronouns as we have already seen) smaller, we drop those letters and the other person guesses what’s missing regarding the context.

A few examples (but you can play with lots of other verbs) :

- vx / vt (veux/veut) : to want, ½/3p sg, ex : tu vx d pom? je ss o magasin (do you want apples? I’m at the store) OR (voit) : to see, meet, 3p sg

- ss / st (sais/sait) : to know, ½/3p sg OR (suis/suit) : to follow, ½/3p sg OR (suis/sont) : to be 1p sg+3p pl, ex : où st t frères? (where are your brothers?)

- cns (connais) : to know someone, 1p sg

- pvs (pouvons) : to can, be able/allowed to, 1p pl

NB : I have used ½/3p sg or pl several times in that post, if you have doubts it means that those forms are the conjugated forms - reminder : je / tu / il-elle-on (singulier) ; nous / vous / ils-elles (pluriel).

[oleanderblume]

When I took french in school our teacher showed us Internet slang and we cracked up at mdr because it sounded like murder so every time something funny happened someone would just casually say murder and anyone in my french class would bust up laughing.

[sinasalita]

the signs in norwegian (+ translations)

Aries: væren (the ram)

Taurus: tyren (the ox/bull)

Gemini: tvillingen (the twin)

Cancer: krepsen (the crayfish)

Leo: løven (the lion)

Virgo: jomfruen (the virgin/maid)

Libra: vekten (the scale/weight)

Scorpio: skorpionen (the scorpion)

Sagittarius: skytten (the shooter)

Capricorn: steinbukken (the ibex)

Aquarius: vannmannen (the water man/water bearer)

Pisces: fiskene (the fish)

[snorlaxatives]

friendly ass reminder that kit kats are the supreme candy bar and no other candy bar can ever compare and that’s tea

[gallusrostromegalus]

Yo have you ever had japanese kitkats tho?  they come is like six million bomb-ass flavors, like green tea, strawberry, BBQ, Pumpkin, Taro…  I had the Caramel Pudding ones once and I’ve never really recovered.

[yamitamiko]

fun fact kit kats are very popular with students in japan because ‘kit kat’ sounds like a phrase that means ‘to do well’ so it’s a major study for finals snack

[fuckingconversations]

Was just talking about this with friends! “kitto katsu” is basically saying to your friend “Good luck!” so handing them a kit-kat bar is the gift equivalent of the same~

[japanesetranslated]

It’s きっと勝つ meaning literally “surely win”.🍫

[senchais]

français | health

【 condition/illness 】

l’angoisse (f) | anxiety

l’anorexie (f) | anorexia

l’anaphylaxie (f) | anaphylaxis

l’arthrite (f) | arthritis

l’asthme (m) | asthma

l’autisme (m) | autism

la boulimie (f) | bulimia

la dépression (f) | depression

le diabète (m) | diabetes

l’eczéma (m) | eczema

l’épilepsie (f) | epilepsy

la grippe (f) | flu

la maladie mentale (f) | mental illness

l’obésité (f) | obesity

le rhume (m) | common cold

le SIDA (m) | AIDS

le trouble d’alimentation (m) | eating disorder

【 medication 】

l'alcalin (m) | antacid

l'analgésique (m) | painkiller

l'antibiotique (m) | antibiotic

l'antidépresseur (m) | antidepressant

le comprimé (m) | tablet

la morphine (f) | morphine

le narcotique (m) | narcotic

la pilule (f) | pill

le sédatif (m) | sedative

le sirop pour la toux (m) | cough medicine

【 symptoms 】

la fièvre (f) | fever

la migraine (f) | migraine

la sueur froide (f) | cold sweat

l’ulcère (m) | ulcer

les vomissements (m) | vomiting

【 extra 】

l’allergie (f) | allergy

les appareils dentaires (m) | braces

le bilan de santé (m) | check up

le bleu (m) | bruise

le collyre (m) | eye drops

le défibrillateur (m) | defibrillator

l'inhalateur (m) | inhaler

l'injection (f) | injection

l'insuline (f) | insulin

la maladie (f) | illness

la médecine (f) | medicine

l'œil au beurre noir (m) | black eye

le plâtre (m) | cast

la pommade (f) | ointment

la santé (f) | health

le sparadrap (m) | bandaid

la trousse de secours (f) | first-aid kit

[illusionsforyoureyes]

[suplanguages]

As requested by @callmejake13​, here’s some vocab related to movies and filmmaking! I’ll make one related to drama/theatre at some point as well.

DER FILM die Besetzung - cast der Schauspieler/die Schauspielerin - actor/actress die Rolle - role/part der Regisseur/die Regisseurin - director (m/f) die Produktion - production der Produzent/die Produzentin - producer (m/f) das Drehbuch/das Skript - script der Drehbuchautor - writer die Szene - scene das Szenenbild - production design das Set - set die Maske - hair and make up - (die Maske usually means ‘mask’ but in movie/drama it means the hair and make up department) der Maskenbildner/die Maskenbildnerin - make up artist (m/f) der Kostümbildner/die Kostümbildnerin - costume designer (m/f) der Schnitt - cut die Kamera - camera das Mikrofon - microphone die Musik - music der Soundtrack - soundtrack die Premiere - premiere der Trailer - trailer

DAS GENRE  der Krimi (short for: Kriminalfilm) - crime der Actionfilm - action movie der Thriller - thriller der Horrorfilm - horror movie die Komödie - comedy der Liebesfilm - romantic movie die romantische Komödie - romcom der Fantasy-Film - fantasy movie die Serie - series der Blockbuster - blockbuster - (we have German words for it like Kassenschlager but nobody says that, we just use the English word) der Stummfilm - silent film

VERBEN filmen - to film, as in the action of rolling a camera on something verfilmen - to film, as in turning a concept into a movie (mostly used when books are adapted into movies) (einen Film/eine Szene) drehen - to shoot (a movie/scene) einen Film (an)schauen/(an)sehen - to watch a movie schauspielen/schauspielern - to act 

WIE WAR DER FILM? - ADJEKTIVE spannend/aufregend - exciting, thrilling schaurig - creepy düster - dark, gloomy furchteinflößend - scary lustig - funny heiter - upbeat außergewöhnlich - extraordinary romantisch - romantic kitschig - sappy herzerweichend - heart-melting traurig - sad (be)rührend/bewegend - touching/moving beeindruckend - impressive unbeeindruckend - unimposing langweilig - boring

[allthingslinguistic]

A great activity for an intro linguistics class to learn more about sign languages, from Ariel Cohen-Goldberg on twitter. ASL-LEX is a fun website to browse around in general, especially the interactive visualization of phonologically related signs.