Jordan

Student - Vegan - Minimalist - Alaskan - Single - Animal Lover - Always available to talk (for ANY reason)

[dontthinkonithermione]

Maybe Foreign Language Wouldn’t Be So Foreign

Based off of this text post for @emettkaysworld + @bumblebeebats

Hermione: It baffles and infuriates me that Hogwarts students don’t take Latin or Greek.

Hermione: “Expelliarmus”?

[yaminoendo]

My new favorite version of Hermione.

[m4ge-deactivated20210331]

one of the most fascinating youtube subcultures imo is the MRE taste testing community…like those folks who get their hands on military ready to eat meals and do unboxings and taste tests of them? because usually theyre perfectly normal and just interested in testing what militaries around the world eat right now. but some of these folks go the extra mile. they go so hard they threaten to destroy themselves with their own hubris. some of these people are flying towards the sun at alarming rates and are going to not only melt their wings but also their 100 year old preserved foods, causing them to plummet to their deaths, their corpses reduced to stewing in the seawater mixed with the remains of the WWII soviet pea soup they brought with them. im watching a dude eat meat from a 1902 british military ration right now. my dude is deadass out here calmly trying to become the last casualty of the fucking second boer war. as an archivist and general antiques lover ive put my hands on some horrifyingly old and dirty things but the idea of ingesting legitimate american civil war hardtack makes me want to get my stomach surgically removed and i am just so FASCINATED by these people who see these military antiques and think “nice, there’s lunch right there”

[m4ge-deactivated20210331]

“the smell is just awful” SIR you are BOILING cow meat that predates the FIRST WORLD WAR you are boiling beef from a cow that existed at the same time as ELIZABETH CADY STANTON sir this can of beef was canned during the fucking DREYFUS AFFAIR what pray tell WHAT did you EXPECT from this TURN OF THE CENTURY CAN OF MEAT

[ruffboi-mags]

my dude is deadass out here calmly trying to become the last casualty of the fucking second boer war.

i’m dying

[thenarator]

as someone with a bachelor’s degree in english, i am inexpressibly tired of people telling me to get highly specific jobs that often require highly specific degrees. “just go write for a magazine!” you need a journalism degree for that. “just teach!” you need a teaching certificate, and also fuck you. “just go work at a tutoring place!” tutoring children with learning disabilities, which make up the majority of the clientele at those places, requires not only a teaching certificate but a specialized master’s degree. “just go work at a library!” you need a master’s degree in library science to be a librarian. it is actually a highly skilled and extremely competitive field. you don’t just “go work at a library,” you train for years in the vain hope that you will get one of handful of available jobs. “just go work at a library.” the nerve. the unmitigated gall. “just go work at a library.” ugh.

[krushmaster]

serious question, what can you do with a bachelor’s in english? 

[myrosecolouredgirl]

take you in a fistfight, that’s for damn sure

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

*takes off my shirt in front of my love interest so she can see all my scars like in an angsty book scene*

Her, delicately tracing them with her fingertips: what……happened to you

Me: WELL that one’s where I lied down on a lightbulb and THAT one is from running through cornstalks barefoot and THAT one is because I kept scratching a mosquito bite in my sleep and THAT one is from fighting a goose and tHIs is from when I fell through a window in a tickle fight, an-

[darkbluemint]

Why does anyone try to fight a goose?

[vampireapologist-archive-deacti]

Sometimes the goose gives you no option

[ctrl-alt-languages]

“Do you know what a foreign accent is? It’s a sign of bravery.”

—

Amy Chua

never be afraid to speak in front of natives because of your accent! it’s a part of language learning and you can not avoid it; it’s a sign of hard work and effort! :)

[nanastudies]

Cozy Mandarin Vocab List!

inspired by @malteseboy and this post

亲吻 - qīnwěn - kiss

电影 - diànyǐng - movie

偎抱 - wēibào - cuddles

毛衣 - máoyī -sweater

枕头 - zhěntou - pillow

咖啡 - kāfēi - coffee

袜子 - wàzi - socks

书 - shū - book

安慰 - ānwèi -  comfort

毯子 - tǎnzi - blanket

小睡 - xiǎoshuì - nap

壁炉 - bìlú - fireplace

猫（咪） - māo(mī) -cat

暖意 - nuǎnyì - warmth

明星 - míngxīng - stars

查 - chá - tea

拥抱 - yǒngbào - hug

蜡烛 - làzhú - candle

柔软（的）- róuruǎn (de) - soft

娇嫩 （的）- jiāonèn (de) - delicate

甜蜜 （的）- tiánmì (de) - sweet

舒服 （的）- shūfú (de) - comfortable

暖和 （的）- nuǎnhuo (de) - warm

亲嘴 - qīnzuǐ - to kiss

抱抱 - bàobào -to hug

照料 - zhàoliào -to take care (of smb.)

躺下 - tǎngxià - to lie down

搂抱 - lǒubào - to cuddle / （依）偎 -  (yī) wēi is also commonly used

读书 - dúshū - to read (a book)

睡觉 - shuìjiào  - to sleep

休息 - xiūxí - to rest

keep in mind that most of those nouns can be used as verbs too and that i put different (cuter and more cuddly) words for verbs  🌺☕️📚

[theartofheiding]

Mandarin Chinese makes an explicit distinction in how you say “you scared me”. If you just said 你吓了我 “you scared me” it’d mean like “you intimidated me in the past” as opposed to “once, this one time”.

So

the grammatically correct way to phrase “you scared me just now” is 你吓我一跳 “you scared me a scare”, or if you will,

“You did me a frighten”

and this pleases me immensely

[nordic-language-love]

Norwegian, Swedish & Danish langblrs reading & understanding each other's posts despite not learning the same languages: nice

[studyingwithcatsandtea]

23/01/2019, 11:14

What’s this, two posts in as many days? Wow!

I’m currently revising The Cultural Revolution and drinking more coffee than I should (not that I imitate Rory Gilmore at all)

📚- Clockwork Princess

🎧- Next to Normal (seriously this is my new favourite musical, it’s all I’m listening to)

[teandlanguages]

Learn languages. Learn all the languages. Learn every language ever. Don’t put them back. Hoard them. You’ve run out of languages to learn.

[languageloveaffair]

NETFLIX’S PLAN TO GET EVERYONE WATCHING FOREIGN-LANGUAGE CONTENT Yes, even English-speaking Americans.

“Netflix might be a firmly established giant among streaming services, but it still has tricks up its sleeve. Among them: more shows in languages other than English. On Wednesday, Chief Product Officer Greg Peters said Netflix wants to produce shows in countries around the world and make them available to a global audience. […]

The shows are part of the company’s bid to fund high-quality foreign-language content and promote it to audiences around the world. They’ll also help Netflix thrive if Europe enacts a new law stipulating that 30 percent of content on streaming services must be created in European countries, though Peters didn’t mention this in his remarks. […]

‘All of this activity demonstrates that great stories can come from anywhere and they can travel everywhere,’ said Peters.

Another crucial element is investment in improving the availability of shows in different languages through subtitles and dubbing. House of Cards, Netflix’s first original show, was subtitled in nine languages when it debuted six years ago. Now Netflix routinely dubs content in 10 languages, and as many as 26 if the show is for children. 

‘All this beautiful work, it doesn’t matter if people can’t understand what they’re watching,’ Peters said.

The appetite for shows made outside of Hollywood in languages other than English is high all around the world, except one place. A survey conducted by Netflix showed a high percentage of US viewers don’t want to watch content in languages other than English.

‘It’s a super depressing survey result,’ Peters said. ‘So we ignored that survey.’

The company experimented by showing US viewers foreign-language content. It found that if the quality of the content was high, viewers were more than happy to watch it. Netflix also discovered they were much more likely to finish a show if it had been dubbed, rather than subtitled.

Dubbing and subtitling are art forms of their own, Peters said, and Netflix is working hard to improve the quality of both. […]

‘When we do it well, all of that complexity fades into the background,’ he said. ‘All you’re left with is an incredible story told well and presented beautifully … and there are so many untold stories that the world is just waiting to see.’”

tldr: Netflix is expanding their multilingual options including foreign shows and subtitling/dubbing availability.

[sleepy-studyblr]

I love the increase in multilingual and foreign-language shoes on Netflix. Sometimes I won’t even realize it’s not English until I’ve hit play, and the shows are all so good. It’s amazing. I need more of it.

[polyglotswede]

THE MOST IMPORANT ADVICE TO LANGUAGE LEARNES

boy don’t give up

[languageinsider-blog]

“You live a new life for every language you speak. If you know only one language, you live only once.”

— Czech proverb

[sleepy-studyblr]

Now I have to learn Czech

[mochimya-deactivated20240417]

When learning a language not wanting to make mistakes is the biggest mistake you can make.

[therealpolyglot-blog]

How to advance in any language

Raise your hand if you have ever got stuck while learning a language. Going from intermediate to advance sounds impossible, sometimes even passing that beginner stage can be a struggle.

- Been there, done that. -

We wanted to change our current situation of feeling stuck and create a master plan to level up in any language at any any level. We believe that the best way to keep moving forward in language learning is by challenging yourself to get out of your comfort zone. The simple act of trying something new can put you in an ideal learning situation. We also know that we need motivation to learn a language, and learning with friends is one of the most motivational things that could ever exists. This is why right now we want to officially invite all of our internet friends to join the level up challenge! So we can all help each other stay motivated while we work on those language learning summer goals.

This is how it works:

First step: Choose a language you love and ask yourself which level you are in and how would you like to improve. Second step: Download the free checklist in the level you want to join (Beginner, intermediate, advanced) Third Step: Join the challenge on June 1rst and start leveling up. Fourth step: Share your progress on social media using the official hashtag (#leveluplanguagechallenge) and tag @therealpolyglot so we can see you! This way we can all help each other stay motivated. Oh, and don’t forget to follow us as well, we are going to be sharing our own progress and helping you with any questions you may have. We also want to give our friend Erika a warm welcome to the challenge, she will be joining us at the beginner level of the challenge in polish.

** Download the checklist here**

“I don’t always get the opportunity to practice Dutch, which is really sad. I don’t want to forget it. I accepted the challenge because I want to feel like I can talk fluently about every topic in this language, I know this challenge is created to make me try new things. I will be doing the advanced version because I want to push myself into moving forward. I can’t wait to share with all of you the frustration and the beauty I find in this language. I am sure I will learn a lot with the level up language challenge.” - Mari (@MariPolyglot) “I really want to improve in Greek because I’d love to speak with my family. And don’t feel ready to do that as far as I’m with my Greek, even though I know I could. I already understand a lot on an intermediate level but I can’t speak or write like that. Therefore I plan to do the intermediate version. I’m so happy about the challenge and I’m also afraid to get out of my comfort zone, I’ve been too long in there. I hope I’ll find myself with new confidence after doing the challenge for a whole month!” - Chrissa (@polyglossa) “First of all, I’d like to thank Chrissa and Mari for inviting me to this challenge. I love challenges because they have goals, and I like the sense of accomplishment at the end. It’s an opportunity to test my grit, increase my focus, and use my creativity to find ways to complete tasks. I’m sure I’ll learn a lot about the language itself, as well new ways to learn it! I’m excited about the possibility to complete different tasks and do things I haven’t done yet!” - Erika (@polyglot_erika) Mari and Chrissa

Cómo avanzar en cualquier idioma.

Levanta la mano si alguna vez te has sentido estancado cuando aprendes un idioma. Pasar de intermedio a avanzado puede sonar imposible. A veces, incluso pasar esa etapa de principiante puede ser un desafío.

- A mi también me ha pasado -

Un día nos dio por querer cambiar nuestra situación actual de estar estancadas y decidimos crear un plan maestro para poder subir de nivel en cualquier idioma y en cualquier etapa. Creemos que la mejor manera de avanzar en un idioma es desafiandonos a salir de nuestra zona de confort. Este simple acto de intentar algo nuevo puede colocarte en una situación ideal de aprendizaje. También sabemos que necesitamos motivación para aprender un idioma, y sabemos que aprender con amigos es una de las formas más efectivas para mantenerse motivado. Es por eso que en este preciso momento queremos invitar a todos nuestros amigos de internet a participar en el Level Up Challenge. De esta manera todos nos podemos ayudar mientras nos esforzamos a conseguir nuestras metas de idiomas este verano.

Cómo participar:

Primer paso: Elige un idioma que te encante y analiza en qué nivel estás y cómo te gustaría mejorar. Segundo Paso: Descarga la lista gratuita del nivel en el cual deseas participar (Principiante, intermedio, avanzado) Tercer paso: Únete al challenge este primero de junio y empieza a subir de nivel. Cuarto paso: Comparte tu progreso en las redes sociales usando el hashtag oficial (#leveluplanguagechallenge) y etiqueta a @therealpolyglot así te podremos encontrar. De esta manera nos ayudamos unos a otros a permanecer motivados. Ah y no olvides seguirnos en todas las redes sociales, nosotras estaremos compartiendo nuestro progreso diario y respondiendo cualquier pregunta que puedan tener. También queremos aprovechar esta oportunidad para darle una bienvenida a nuestra amiga Erika, quien formará parte oficial del challenge. Erika estará completando el nivel principiante en polaco.

** Descarga aquí la lista gratuita**

“No siempre tengo la oportunidad de practicar el holandés, lo cual no me agrada. No quisiera olvidarlo. Acepté este desafío porque quiero sentir que puedo hablar fluidamente de cualquier tema en este idioma y sé que este desafío está creado para hacerme intentar cosas nuevas. Estaré completando la versión avanzada porque quiero desafiarme a salir de mi zona de confort. Ya quiero compartir con ustedes toda la frustración y la belleza que encuentro en este idioma. Estoy segura que aprenderé muchísimo con el Level Up Challenge.” - Mari (@MariPolyglot) “Realmente quiero mejorar el griego porque me encantaría hablarlo con mi familia y porque no me siento segura de utilizar el griego como quisiera aunque sé que es posible. La verdad entiendo muchas cosas al nivel intermedio pero no puedo ni escribir ni hablar como el resto. Por eso planeo completar el nivel intermedio del desafío. Estoy muy feliz con el challenge pero también tengo mucho miedo de salir de mi zona de confort, he estado en el mismo nivel en mucho tiempo. Espero poder encontrarme más segura cuando termine el desafío al final del mes.” - Chrissa (@polyglossa) “ Primero que nada quiero agradecerles a Chrissa y a Mari por haberme invitado a este desafío. Me encantan los challenges porque tienen metas claras, y me gusta esa sensación de éxito al final. Es una oportunidad para poner a prueba mi fuerza de voluntad, aumentar mi enfoque y para usar mi creatividad cuando deba completar estas actividades. Estoy segura que aprenderé mucho sobre el idioma como tal y que encontraré nuevas formas de aprenderlo. Estoy muy emocionada por saber que completaré este desafío y por que haré muchas cosas nuevas.” - Erika (@polyglot_erika) Mari y Chrissa

Wie du in jeder Sprache fortschreiten kannst

Erhebe deine Hand, wenn du jemals in deinem Lernprozess festgesteckt hast. Von einem fortgeschrittenen Anfänger zu einem Fortgeschrittenen überzugehen scheint unmöglich, manchmal kann es sogar ein Kampf sein aus dem Anfangsstadium auszubrechen

- Ich war dort, ich habs gemacht -

Wir wollten unsere jetzige Situation des Stillstands ändern und einen “Masterplan” erstellen, um in jeder Sprache und auf jedem Level vorwärtszukommen. Wir glauben, dass der beste Weg, um in einer Sprache vorwärts zu kommen, darin besteht dich selbst herauszufordern und aus deinem Wohlfühlbereich rauszukommen. Der einfache Vorgang einfach mal etwas neues auszuprobieren, kann dich in eine ideale Lernsituation versetzen. Wir wissen auch, dass wir Motivation brauchen, um eine Sprache zu lernen, und mit Freunden zu lernen, ist eine der am meisten motivierenden Dinge, die jemals existieren könnte. Deswegen wollen wir nun offiziell all unsere Internet-Freunde dazu einladen, mit uns an der “Level Up Challenge” teilzunehmen. Damit wir uns alle gegenseitig helfen können, motiviert zu bleiben während wir an diesen Sprachlernzielen für den Sommer arbeiten.

Und so funktioniert’s:

Schritt 1: Wähle eine Sprache aus, die du liebst und frage dich selbst, auf welchem level du dich befindest und wie du dich gerne verbessern möchtest. Schritt 2: Lade dir die kostenlose Checkliste herunter, die dem Level entspricht, dem du dich anschließen möchtest (Anfänger (beginner), fortgeschrittener Anfänger (intermediate), Fortgeschrittener (advanced)) Schritt 3: Schließe dich der Challenge am 1. Juni an und beginne aufzusteigen. Schritt 4: Teile deinen Fortschritt auf Social Media Plattformen und nutze das offizielle Hashtag (#leveluplanguagechallenge) and markiere @therealpolyglot, damit wir dich sehen können. So können wir uns gegenseitig helfen, motiviert zu bleiben. Oh, und zudem solltest du nicht vergessen, uns zu folgen, wir werden unseren eigenen Fortschritt teilen und wir werden dir bei jeder Frage behilflich sein, die möglicherweise haben wirst. Zudem wollen wir unserer Freundin Erika ein herzliches Willkommen zur Challenge wünschen, sie wird sich uns anschließen, als Anfänger in Polnisch.

** Lade die Checkliste hier herunter **

“Ich bekomme nicht immer die Gelegenheit Niederländisch zu üben, was wirklich traurig ist. Ich möchte es nicht vergessen. Ich habe die Challenge angenommen, weil ich mich gerne so fühlen möchte, dass ich fließend über jedes Thema in der Sprache reden kann. Ich weiß, dass die Challenge so gestaltet ist, dass ich neue Sachen ausprobiere. Ich werde die Version für die Fortgeschrittenen machen, weil ich mich anstrengen will vorwärts zu kommen. Ich kann es kaum erwarten, die Frustration und die Schönheit, die ich in der Sprache finde, mit euch zu teilen. Ich bin mir sicher, dass ich eine Menge lernen werde mit der Level Up Challenge.” - Mari (@MariPolyglot) “Ich will wirklich meine Griechisch verbessern, weil ich es lieben würde mit meiner Family zu sprechen. Und ich fühle mich nicht noch bereit mit dem jetzigen Stand in Griechisch, obwohl ich weiß, dass ich könnte. Ich verstehe schon eine Menge auf einem fortgeschrittenen Anfänger Level, aber ich kann nicht so sprechen oder schreiben. Deswegen plane ich die Version für den fortgeschrittenen Anfänger zu machen. Ich bin so glücklich über die Challenge und ich habe auch Angst davor aus meinem Wohlfühlbereich zu gelangen, ich war dort zu lange. Ich hoffe ich werde neues Selbstvertrauen in mir finden, nachdem ich die Challenge für einen ganzen Monat gemacht habe!” - Chrissa (@polyglossa) “Als erstes, würde ich gerne Chrissa und Mari dafür danken, mich zu dieser Challenge eingeladen zu haben. Ich liebe Challenges, weil sie Ziele haben, und ich mag das Gefühl etwas erreicht zu haben am Ende. Es ist eine Gelegenheit, um meine Entschlossenheit zu testen, meinen Fokus zu erweitern, und meine Kreativität zu nutzen, um Wege zu finden, Aufgaben zu lösen. Ich bin mir sicher, ich werde eine Menge über die Sprache selbst lernen, und außerdem neue Wege sie zu lernen! Ich bin gespannt auf die Möglichkeit verschiedene Aufgaben zu beenden und Dinge zu tun, die ich zuvor nicht getan habe!” - Erika (@polyglot_erika) Mari und Chrissa

[lazy-polyglot]

BREAKING NEWS - I finally understood the tones in Mandarin !!!

I repeat - I GOT HOW TO PRONOUNCE AND DIFFERENCIATE THE MOTHERFUDGING TONES

Thanks to the explanations of the picture I’m putting here. So helpful.

[sleepy-studyblr]

DUDE!

[gayforlangs]

HOW TO SAY “PRIDE” IN A TON OF LANGUAGES

Afrikaans? trots

Arabic? فخر

Azerbaijani? qürur

Belarusian? гонар

Bulgarian? гордост

Bengali? গর্ব

Bosnian? ponos

Catalan? orgull

Cebuano? garbo

Czech? hrdost

Welsh? balchder

Danish? stolthed

German? Stolz

Greek? υπερηφάνεια

English? pride

Spanish? orgullo

Estonian? uhkus

Basque? harrotasuna

Persian? فخر

Finnish? ylpeys

French? fierté

Irish? bród

Galician? orgullo

Gujarati? ગૌરવ

Hausa? farin ciki

Hindi? गौरव

Hmong? pride

Croatian? ponos

Haitian Creole? fyète

Hungarian? büszkeség

Armenian? հպարտություն

Indonesian? kebanggaan

Igbo? mpako

Icelandic? Stolt

Italian? orgoglio

Hebrew? גאווה

Japanese? プライド

Javanese? bangga

Georgian? სიამაყე

Kazakh? мақтаныш

Khmer? មោទនភាព

Kannada? ಹೆಮ್ಮೆಯ

Korean? 자부심

Lao? ຄວາມພາກພູມໃຈ

Lithuanian? pasididžiavimas

Latvian? lepnums

Malagasy? fireharehana

Maori? whakapehapeha

Macedonian? гордост

Malayalam? അഹങ്കാരം

Mongolian? бахархал

Marathi? गर्व

Malay? kebanggaan

Maltese? kburija

Burmese? ဂုဏ်

Nepali? गर्व

Dutch? trots

Norwegian? stolthet

Chichewa? kunyada

Punjabi? ਮਾਣ

Polish? duma

Portuguese? orgulho

Romanian? mândrie

Russian? гордость

Sinhala? අභිමානය

Slovak? hrdosť 

Slovenian? ponos

Somali? sharaf

Albanian? krenari

Serbian? Понос

Sesotho? boikhohomoso

Sundanese? kareueus

Swedish? stolthet

Swahili? fahari

Tamil? பெருமை

Telugu? పౌరుషం

Tajik? ифтихор

Thai? ความภาคภูมิใจ

Filipino? karangalan

Turkish? gurur

Ukrainian? гордість

Urdu? فخر

Uzbek? mag'rurlik

Vietnamese? tự hào

Yiddish? שטאָלץ

Yoruba? igberaga

Chinese? 自豪

Zulu? ukuziqhenya

Pride month is about to hit the west coast and I thought I’d make a little list of the word “pride” in a bunch of different languages. I hate that I need to explain it but y’all know how people be so uh obviously I don’t speak all these languages I used a translator for the VAST majority of these and if there are some mistakes please make me aware and I can fix it ASAP! I know the word may be different in some languages in the context of “LGBT/Gay Pride” (many languages use the English term or other terms that are separate from just a direct translation of pride) and I will correct them if there is a better term but it’s hard to directly translate into so many languages!!