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[studykorean101]

Do you have any webtoon recommendations suitable for people at 2급?

Ooo, great question. I honestly think that might be difficult to do for two reasons: I don't often read intermediate webtoons and I don't think many 만화 artists write for an intermediate audience.

I'll give you some vocab so you can navigate the Naver site easily:

웹툰 - webtoon

베스트 도전 - best challenge

도전만화 - challenge manhwa

웹소설 - web novel

에피소드 - episode

옴니버스 - omnibus (like fan works, or collaborating authors/fan creations that incorporates work from different creators)

스토리 - story

일상 - daily life

개그 - comedy

판타지 - fantasy

액션 - action

드라마 - drama

순정 - pure love

감성 - emotional

스릴러 - thriller

시대극 - period drama

스포츠 - sports

인기순 - in order of popularity (most popular)

업데이트순 - in order of update

조회순 - in order of views (most views)

별정순 - in order of stars (most stars)

인기급상승 웹툰 - webtoon's rising in popularity (up and coming webtoons)

요일별 - by day

장르별 - by genre

작품별 - by piece

작가별 - by writer

연도별 - by year

테마웹툰 - themed webtoon

완결웹툰 - completed webtoon

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In terms of Webtoons that I recommend, I do have this post here, but I've read waaaaaaaay more since this post (obviously, that post was almost 4 years ago lol).

여신강림; True Beauty (로맨스)

나 혼자 네크로맨서; Lone Necromancer (팬터시, 액션)

혈액형에 관한 간단한 고찰; A short review of the blood types (일상)

독립일기; Independent Diary (일상)

마음의 숙제; The heart's homework (감성)

짝사랑 마들렌; Madeleine with a crush (로맨스)

먹는 인생; Life of Eating (일상)

These are just some! I think the best place to find something remotely intermediate would be the 일상 (daily life) genre. It's relatively easier to read!

Hope that answers some of your questions!

Happy Learning :)

~ SK101

[koreanstudyjunkie]

Korean Idioms That Are Too Relatable

말은 쉽다

Literal translation:  Words are easy.

Actual usage: Easier said than done.

Rather than being taken literally as “words are easy” think of this Korean expression as having the same meaning as the English “easier said than done.” 

If a task is easier to talk about than to do, then the words to speak are formed much easier than the action of accomplishing the task.

Dialogue Example:

A: 살 빼는게 뭐가 어려워. 

B: 해봤어? 난 힘들던데.

A: 그냥 매일 운동만 하면 돼

 B: 그래.. 말은 쉽지 

A: Losing weight is not difficult at all.

B: Have you tried doing it? It is really hard for me.

A: You just have to exercise every day.

B: Yeah… It is easier said than done.

잘난 척하다

Literal translation: to pretend to have been born and brought up well

Actual usage: to brag

This Korean idiom is used to brag about anything and everything: yourself, your skills, your parents, siblings, money, etc.

Since no one likes someone who brags or shows off a lot, if someone says “잘난 척하다” to you, it’s never a good thing.

Dialogue Example:

A: 헐! 대박!

B: 왜 왜? 좋은 일 있어?

A: 한국어 시험에서 최고점을 받았어

B:와~ 진짜 대박이다

A: 뭐 이미 예상은 했지! 

B: 잘난 척 하긴! 

A: Wohoo! I’m amazed.

B: Why? Something good happened?

A: I got the highest mark in my Korean test.

B: Wow! That is amazing!

A: I’ve already expected it!

B: You’re bragging again!

병주고 약주다

Literal translation: to give disease and then give medicine.

Actual usage: to say something hurtful to someone and then to say something nice to cover it up.

Saying something without thinking almost always causes a problem, whether it is making something worse or hurting someone’s feelings. Often times, people try to fix the problem or cover up the damage. 

This Korean idiom can also be used if a person says something hurtful, then quickly tries to come up with something to cover up his/her thoughtlessness; however, it is already too late. 

Dialogue Example:

A: 파마했어?

B: 어, 어때? 좋아?

A: 난 생머리가 더 잘 어울리는 거 같아. 어, 근데, 옷도 샀어? 그건 잘 어울리네.

B: 됐어, 병주고 약주냐? 

A: Did you curl your hair?

B: Yeah. How does it look like? Do you like it?

A: I think you looked prettier with straight hair. Did you buy new clothes too? It suits you well.

 B: Forget it. Are you trying to comfort me after you hurt my feelings?

놀고 있다

Literal translation: to be playing, to be hanging out.

Actual usage: to be not working at the moment; what you’re doing or saying is pathetic.

놀고 있다 can be used in two different ways: neutral and negative. In a neutral context, it is used to express that someone is doing the opposite of working, such as “playing around”, “fooling around”, “not working” “not focusing on what he/she has to do” or is “jobless”.

For a negative context, it is used when you are making fun of or laughing at someone for trying too hard to accomplish something, or the way they are going about is meaningless and childish.

Dialogue Example:

A: 뭐해? 

B: 내일 수학시험때문에 공부하고 있지

A: 그런데 TV는 왜 켰어? 

B: 그냥 심심해서. 공부하면서 보려고. 

A: 놀고 있네~ 하나만 제대로 하세요

A: What are you doing?

B: I am studying for my Math test tomorrow.

A: Why is the TV on then?

B: I was just bored. I am studying while watching TV.

A: Get out of here. Focus on one thing!

[a-pop-of-korean]

Vocabulary, Hanja, & Charts Masterlist

Click here for the masterlist of all my lessons!

Vocabulary

Must-Know People

Must-Know Places

Must-Know Things

Must-Know Verbs

Must-Know Adjectives

Countries

Months, Days of the Week, and More

Clothing (옷)

School (학교)

Autumn (가을)

Autumn (w/Pictures!)

More Questions

House / Apartment (집 / 아파트)

Emotions / Feelings ( 감정)

Animals (동물)

Loan / Konglish Words

Food and Drink (먹을 것과 마실 것)

Parts of the Body (몸)

Counters

Modes of Transportation (교통 수단)

Colors (색깔)

Colors (with Pictures!)

Weather (날씨)

Winter (겨울)

Music & Instruments (음악과 악기)

Baking Gingerbread Cookies

Emergency (비상)

Hygiene & Bathroom (위생 & 화장실)

Indefinite Pronouns

Work / Office (일 / 사무실)

Spring (봄)

Coronavirus Prevention (코로나바이러스 방역)

How to Wash Your Hands (손을 씻기)

Time (시간)

Korean Cuisine (한식)

Summer (여름)

Summer (여름) w/Pictures!

Graduation (졸업)

Identity (독자성)

Korean Text Slang

Similar Words

Makeup w/Pictures! (화장품)

Family (with Pictures!)

Pronouns

How to Say “Still” and “Already” in Korean

Tastes & Textures (맛과 질감)

K-Pop Audition

K-Pop Fandom Terminology

Different Ways to Say “Change”

Hanja Lessons

최

수

악

식

급

동

부 & 불

애

출

퇴

예

음

중

학

Charts

Present, Past, and Future Tense

Question Words

잘 vs. 못 and Negative Conjugations

Future Tenses

-았/었던 vs. -던 (at end of lesson)

Particles

Some 받침 Rules

Giving Commands

Conjunctions and -아/어/여서 vs. -(으)니까

-(으)면 vs. -다/라면 and Different Ways to Say “And”

How to Say “Or” (at end of lesson)

Telling Time (at end of lesson)

Comparatives and Superlatives

잘하다 & 못하다 vs. 잘 하다 & 못 하다 (at end of lesson)

Irregular Verbs

[koreanstudyjunkie]

Korean Text Slang Abbreviations

It’s a lot like “lol” or “fr” in English. They way you would shorten down a word by using the first letter of each word. For example, lol is laughing out loud.

List Of Slang:

ㅇㅇ (응) yes - informal

ㅇㅋ (오케이) ok / k

ㅇㄷ (어디) where

ㄱㅊ (괜찮아) It’s ok

ㄴㄴ (노노) No

ㄱㅅ (감사) ‘thank you’

ㅊㅋ (축하해) Congratulations

ㅎㅎ / ㅋㅋ (하하하) laughing

ㅗ - f*ck you*

ㅅㄹㅎ (사랑해) i love you

ㄷㅊ (닥쳐) shut up*

You can abbreviate almost any word in Korean if given context. But don’t go too far with it, because Koreans might not understand you.

Here Are Some Internet Phrases As Well:

댓글을 달다 

to leave a comment

‘좋아요’ 누르다 

to ‘like’ something

태그하다 

to tag someone

팔로우(하다) 

follow

공감/ 핵공감 

something people say when they relate to something (the English equivalent would be a comment saying “THIS” under a relate-able post. Koreans would say 공감, or 핵공감 when something is REALLY relate-able) 

오글거려

cheesy/corny/cringe-worthy

악플

offensive/hurtful comments. the kind of comments a cyber bully makes.

[koreanstudyjunkie]

MASTERLIST

(Korean-Learning Content)

Here Is A List Of Most Of The Content I Have Made So Far. (you can only add 100 links per post, so I have to make a second part I guess🤡. I'll link to it in this post whenever I finish doing that.)

Note: these are in no particular order. It's kind of all over the place, but it should still help you out😂

Beginner Topics

1. Seasons in Korean

2. Months In Korean

3. Vowels Hangul Short Quiz

4. Beginners Vocab Short Quiz

5. Days Of The Week

6. Tell Date In Korean

7. What's Next After Learning Hangul?

Korean Grammar

아니요 vs 아니에요 vs 아니라

는데, 은데, 인데 Lesson | All Usages

Masterlist Of Beginner Korean Grammar

좋다 vs 좋아하다

기 때문에 & 아/어/해서 & (으)니까

-안 vs -지 않다

How To Say "IF" In Korean

How To Ask Questions In Korean

(으)러 가다, (으)려고 하다, 기로 하다 Lesson

(으)ㄴ지 Lesson

Korean Dialogues & Conversations

1. Mini-Korean Conversation | Topic : Coffee | #1

2. Intermediate Korean Convo | Topic : Amusement Park | #2

3. Korean Conversation - Grammar-Focused | Topic : Haircut | #3

4. Low-Intermediate Korean Convo | Topic : Meeting For The First Time | #4

5. Grammar-Focused (ㄹ때, 지 말라고, & 어/아야 겠다) | Topic: Kids On Their Phones | #5

6. Beginner Korean Conversation + Lots Of Beginner Grammar Covered | Topic : Deciding Where To Eat | #6

7. Beginner Korean Conversation | Topic : Drawing

8. Korean Convo | Topic : Karaoke | #8

9. Intermediate Korean Dialogue | Topic : School-Related | #9

10. Beginner Korean Dialogue | Topic: Birthday presents

11. Short Beginner Dialogue | Topic : meet up

12. Beginner Korean Conversation | Topic : Taking Pictures

13. Intermediate Korean Dialogue | Topic : The Best Way to Make Ramen

14. On The Phone With My Girlfriend

15. Sending A Text To The Wrong Person

Reading Practices & Stories

Reading Comprehension Test | Topic: small talk

Story About Friend Moving Away

Listening Practice

Beginner Listening Practice #1

Korean Listening Practice #2

Korean Listening Practice #3

Vocabulary Lists

1. Jobs & Occupations List In Korean

2. School Vocabulary

3. Korean Homonyms | Part 1

4. Night-Themed Vocabulary List

5. Korean Homonyms | Part 2

6. Word Of The Day ~ 거북이

7. Mini-Vocabulary List - Weather

8. Common Korean Verbs > Short Video

9. Mini-Vocabulary List - Nature

10. Language Learning Vocabulary

11. Korean Homonyms | Part 3

12. Word Of The Day ~ 불

13. Word Of The Day ~ 약간

14. Health & Medical Terms

15. List Of Adverbs

House Vocabulary

16. Commonly Confused Korean Words 1

17. Commonly Confused Korean Words 2

18. Commonly Confused Korean Words 3

19. Korean Fruit Names

20. Korean Homonyms

21. Flower Vocabulary Words

22. Korean Love Words | words & phrases w/ 사랑

23. 지금 vs 이제

24. 알아듣다 vs 이해하다

25. Korean Synonyms

26. Korean Filler Words

27. Korean & Japanese Words

28. Korean & Japanese Words (part 2)

29. Hair Vocabulary

30. Shapes In Korean

31. Korean ROOT Words

Korean Numbers

1. How To Count From 1 to 1000 using Sino-Korean Numbers

2. The Difference Between Sino & Native Korean Numbers

3. Korean Numbers Quiz > 1 to 100

4. Korean Numbers Quiz > 100 to 1000

Idioms & Phrases

1. Korean Proverbs

2. 김새다 = Ruin The Fun | Idiomatic Expression #1

3. 어쩔 수 없다 = It Can't Be Helped | #2

4. How To Say Ignorance Is Bliss | #3

5. 쓸모가 없다 = It's Useless | #4

6. 기가 막히다 ~ "to be at a loss for words" | #5

7. 기가 죽다 ~ lose confidence/less energy and feel depressed | #6

8. How To Say I Don't Care | #7

9. 말도 안돼요

10. Motivational Korean Quotes

11. Idioms That Are Too Relatable

12. Korean Break-Up Lines & Quotes

13. Funny Korean Expressions

14. Non-Basic Korean Phrases

Tongue Twisters

1. Mokdong Royal | Short Tongue Twister | #1

2. 경찰청 ~ Police Headquarters | #2

3. Longest Korean Tongue Twister + Breakdown | #3

4. 3 Short & Fun Korean Tongue Twisters

5. Short Korean Tongue Twister: Moon

6. Giraffe Tongue Twister

Korean Culture

1. List Of Korean Holidays

2. Difference Between North & South Korea

3. Tropes Seen In Kdramas

Interesting Random Topics

1. 3 Ways To Say 'Heart' In Korean

2. Korean Text Slang

3. Korean Combination Words

4. Korean Study Materials

[koreanjournal]

Irregularities in pronunciation

Keep reading

[koreanjournal]

Family Members and In-laws

Keep reading

[wordsnstuff]

Resources For Writing Period Pieces: 1800s

Ko-Fi || Masterlist || Work In Progress || Request

Major Events

Below are links to sections of a very long list of events that occurred in the century. If you are looking for major events for the specific period in which your story takes place, the links below will take you to a list that details every significant event that took place, for every single year within that decade.

1811-20   

1821-30  

1831-40  

1841-50

1851-60   

1861-70   

1871-80   

1881-90  

1891-1900

Popular Culture & Society

3 Crazes Of The Late 1800s

Ideas, Beliefs, and Culture in the 1800s

Religion In The Early To Mid 1800s 

19th Century England: Society, Social Classes, & Culture

19th Century America

Everyday Life In 19th Century Britain

Eras Of The 19th Century Around The World

Industrial revolution

European Imperialism

British Regency, Victorian era (UK, British Empire)

Bourbon Restoration, July Monarchy, French Second Republic, Second French Empire, French Third Republic (France)

Belle Époque (Europe)

Edo period, Meiji period (Japan)

Qing dynasty (China)

Joseon dynasty (Korea)

Tanzimat, First Constitutional Era (Ottoman Empire)

Russian Empire

American Manifest Destiny, The Gilded Age

Popular Names

Boys’ Names Associated With The 19th Century

Girls’ Names Associated With The 19th Century

Female Victorian Names & Nicknames

Male Victorian Names & Nicknames

Masterlist For Naming Regency Era Characters

Clothing

American Clothing In The 1800s

Ladies’ Victorian Clothing

Men’s Victorian Clothing

1830s Dress Style

1840s Dress Style

1850s Dress Style

1860s Dress Style

1870s Dress Style

1880s Dress Style

1890s Dress Style

Hats

Shoes

Men’s fashion

Mourning black

Ladies’ Regency Era Fashion

Men’s Regency Era Fashion

By Country

1800s by country

1810s by country

1820s by country

1830s by country

1840s by country

1850s by country

1860s by country

1870s by country

1880s by country

1890s by country

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MY CURRENT WORK IN PROGRESS (Check it out, it’s pretty cool. At least I think it is.)

[theclonewriter-blog]

“This is your daily, friendly reminder to use commas instead of periods during the dialogue of your story,” she said with a smile.

[onewordtest]

“Unless you are following the dialogue with an action and not a dialogue tag.” He took a deep breath and sat back down after making the clarifying statement. 

[joehywheelah]

“However,” she added, shifting in her seat, “it’s appropriate to use a comma if there’s action in the middle of a sentence.”

[tenoko1]

“True.” She glanced at the others. “You can also end with a period if you include an action between two separate statements.”

[cj-amused]

Things I didn’t know

[prismatic-bell]

“And–” she waved a pen as though to underline her statement–“if you’re interrupting a sentence with an action, you need to type two hyphens to make an en-dash.”

[jawnwats-deactivated20160713]

You guys have no idea how many students in my advanced fiction workshop didn’t know any of this when writing their stories.

[somethingmissingthiswaycomes]

Annnd it’s been a year.

Might queue that up again because this knowledge is super needed all the time.

[dear-indies]

Hi cat and mouse! i was wondering if you know any guides about how to write a fight scene? I'm writing one but I don't want it to sound repetitive. Thank you in advance!!!

How Do You Write a Fight Scene Without Becoming Repetitive?  by howtofightwrite

Five Simple Ways To Write Convincing Fight Sequences by howtofightwrite

How Can I Make My Action Scenes Come Truly Alive? by howtofightwrite

All About Writing Fight Scenes by brynwrites.

5 Tips for Writing Action-Packed Fight Scenes by cutsceneaddict

How to Write a Convincing Fight Scene by nybookeditors

Here’s How To Write A Damn Good Fight Scene by standoutbooks

How to Write Fight Scenes and Action That Grips Readers by nownovel

How to Write a Fight Scene by blog.reedsy

5 Essential Tips for Writing Killer Fight Scenes by writersdigest

How to Write an Effective Fight Scene? by clevergirlhelps

Fighting Words by clevergirlhelps

also:

@howtofightwrite​ - A third degree Black Belt and an Eagle Scout share their tips to help authors create realistic fight scenes and characters.

@referenceforwriters fight scene tag here.

-C

[princesshamlet-deactivated20210]

the more i learn about william shakespeare the more i lose my mind

[princesshamlet-deactivated20210]

his tragedy coriolanus contains the first recorded use of the word lonely meaning bill shakespeare might have invented the word lonely

[princesshamlet-deactivated20210]

the phrase the word lonely first appeared in is “like to a lonely dragon”

[princesshamlet-deactivated20210]

also on an unrelated note two of his distant relatives were executed in 1583 for a plot to kill the queen. they were beheaded and their heads were placed on pikes on london bridge meaning as young aspiring thespian william shakespeare arrived in london for the very first time, he might have been greeted by his relatives’ rotting heads. i woulda turned around and gone the fuck back to stratford

[princesshamlet-deactivated20210]

in his time period life expectancy was 35. monks were expected to drink gallon of beer a day. the names “agnes” and “anne” were interchangeable because the g was silent so it’s entirely possible shakespeare was married to a woman named agnes instead. the words “trash” “fart” and “slut” existed, but not the word “science.” speaking of language by 1600 “thou” had fallen out of fashion meaning shakespeare might’ve only included it to be more fucking dramatic

[princesshamlet-deactivated20210]

he never once spelled his surname “shakespeare” (he preferred “shakspere” apparently) and he once signed a legal document as “willm shaksp”

[tnerdbean]

Know what I’m salty about?

In all my art classes, I was never taught HOW to use the various tools of art.

Like yes, form, and shape and space and color theory and figure drawing is important, but so is KNOWING what different tools do.

I’m 29 and I JUST learned this past month that India Ink is fucking waterproof when it dries. Why is this important? Because I can line something in India Ink and then go over it with watercolors. And that has CHANGED the ENTIRE way I art and the ease I can create with.

tldr: Art Teachers: teach your students what different tools do. PLEASE.

[spookyscaryscouticus]

WAIT INDIA INK JS WATERPROOF ONCE IT DRIES????? THE ENTIRE REASON IVE AVOIDED MARKERS MY ENTIRE LIFE IS BECAUSE JNK BLEEDS AND YOURE TELLING ME INDIA INK IS

F U C K I N G W A T E R P R O O F

[cinderteethe]

oh man your teachers did not do there jobs!

-Yo painters, use pencil if u must underdraw beneath an oil painting, the lead is archival but ideally you should be doing underdrawings in a muted earth tones (siennas, umbers, ochres or earth green) with some titanium white added to it. (The white nearly matches the canvas and earth tones naturally blend with all colors on top unless u do super thin glaze washes).

-Trying to make a natural looking warm black? Don’t use black straight from tube, Mix alizarin crimson and viridan. add raw umber to adjust for light depth.

-If your into mixed media ALWAYS use acrylic first and oil on top (the gesso on primed canvas is acrylic based and oil sits on top of it great). NEVER put acrylic paint on top of oil, the acrylic will crackle/decompose and fall apart/off the canvas.

-India ink is permanent and if your using ink from a jar it should say it’s permanence. professional art grade pens usually have there permanace listed either on the pen or the companies website.

-Red cinnabar is poisonous, DO NOT EAT IT, no matter how much like fruit loops it smells.

-Translucent and transparent are NOT the same. translucent is *shiny* and a cloudier color, ideal for mixing usually ordor making vibrant colors like for eyes, cars, etc. Transparent is matte and usually a 50% transparency from an opaque color.

-ALWAYS DO A TEST SWATCH OF ANY NEW MATERIAL.

-any paint made with “true alizarin crimson” “red lake” and “chrome yellow” pigment is a fugitive paint. Fugitive means the pigment fades dramatically and disappears over time, (usually 5 to 15 years) lots of van goghs paintings have this problem. be very careful with these pigments. Alizarin crimson especially smells extremely sweet and like fruit loops or fruit loops, don’t eat it.

-gauche is a mix of watercolor and ink, proceed with caution as this material can be an asshole.

-Watercolor can be made darker/thicker by letting it dry slightly in cake form or in liquid form and can be dry brushed if u get the timing down.

-Paint liquid rubber or lay down thin pieces of painters tape on edges in watercolor paintings to Prevent bleeding between lines if u need super sharp edges.

-always tape down the entire paper edges when u paint with watercolor to a board to prevent the paper from curling as it dries.

-add salt directly into wet watercolor paintings to absorb pigment and make shit look like space.

-Always paint in well ventilated areas and avoid getting lots of paint on your hands. lots of paint is made with heavy metals and can cause cancer.

-natural materials aren’t always safe, especially

-Ones u collect yourself, do your research before grinding, burning, sanding these things especially indoors.

-use NATURAL bristles on your brushes with oil paint and SYNTHETIC bristles on your brushes for acrylic and watercolor. synthetic bristles literally break off into oil paint and stick into your painting, and natural bristles can’t handle the weight of acrylic paint and rip into 15 directions. Use hard boar bristle for the underdrawing/underpainting of an oil painting as it will force the paint into the canvas pours more effectively cause it’s stronger, use softer bristles for outer layers of oil painting and blending, boar will pierce outer layers and is to hard for anything but the first layer. can’t tell what u have? clean it up and brush it on your face, softer it is the better it is as doing outer layers of color.

[teratocybernetics]

-if you have a decent painters’ tape, you can prewet your watercolor paper, tape it to a surface & weight it down with some books to press it flat while it’s wet and help keep it from buckling later once dry, this is especially useful because for some reason, watercolor block is half again as expensive or more than a comparable sized pad or large sheets to cut down, even by the same brand

-natural sable is good for watercolor if you can afford it, i have two smaller brushes i shelled out for to try it, and while i probably didn’t treat the finer point one right, the other one is a miracle i’ve had for nearly 20 years.

-chinese calligraphy brush sets are fantastic for large work and washes and way, way cheaper most times than standard brushes, and it doesn’t seem to matter how cheap they are, either. they may shed a little, but they do a really good job holding and distributing water.

[feliosfarkus]

Rb for any art students

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In holland when someone doesn’t close the door behind their backs we say ‘Ben je in de kerk geboren?’ which literally translates to ‘Have you been born in church?’ @useless-netherlandsfacts

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In the United States we say, “Were you raised in a barn?” It’s supposed to imply that the person was raised without any manners. But as people who frequently use barns have told me, you would never leave the barn door open because then the animals could get out.

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In Italy when someone walks in a room and doesn’t close the door we say “abiti al Colosseo?” (and other variants), which translates to “do you live at the Colosseum?” because the Colosseum hasn’t got doors

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in Australia we say ‘Were you born in a tent?’ which so far has no official etymology but probably has something to do with swagmen and bush culture…

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In German we say: “Hast du keine Türen zu Hause?”, which translates to: “Don’t you have doors at home?”

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In Czech we have two versions of this. First, more polite one is “Máte doma otroky?” (Do you have slaves at home?) and then quite rude one, which is “Máš v prdeli oje?” (Do you have poles/drawbars in you ass?)

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In Hungary we say “Te barlangban élsz?” Which means “Are you living in a cave?”

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In Denmark we say ‘Er du født i et s-tog?’, which means ‘Were you born on a (S-) train’, or ‘Er du født i et telt?’, which means ‘Were you born in a tent?’

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In Poland we say “Co ty w tramwaju mieszkasz?” which means “Do you live in a tram?” because doors on trams open on its own obviously

[wolfi-sama]

addition to the German thing: We also say “Haste Säcke vor der Tür?” which translates to “do you put bags in front of the door?” as in ‘do you use bags instead of a door?’

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In Spain we say “¡cierra la puta puerta!” which means “close the fucking door!” because we are very polite.

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In Greece we say Σε βαρκα γεννηθηκες; which means were you born on a boat? Obs no door on a boat 

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The German version I know is: “Bist du im Rohbau geboren…?” - ‘were you born in a shell (unfinished house)?’ i.e. a house that doesn’t yet have doors.

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Another German version I know is cWir sind hier nicht im Zirkus!“ which translates to “We aren’t at the circus!” because a circus tent doesn’t have sirs obviously.

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A child eats an ice cream on the first day of restrictions being lifted in Xianning, Hubei province. Credit: Reuters

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The Adventures of Prince Achmen. 1926. German. The oldest surviving animated film in history.

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I am sorry BUT THIS IS NOT JUST “GERMAN” PLEASE DO NOT FORGET THE NAME OF THE ARTIST.

THIS WONDERFUL MOVIE WAS MADE BY LOTTE REINIGER! SHE WAS ONE OF THE PIONEERS OF ANIMATION!!!! SHE MADE OVER 40 FILMS IN HER CAREER USING A TECHNIQUE SHE INVENTED WITH HER HUSBAND! WALT DISNEY ENDED USING HER MULTI PLANE TECHNIQUE IN HIS OWN MOVIES! AND SHE FUCKING MADE THE FIRST FEATURE LENGTH ANIMATED MOVIE!! (she ended up fleeing Nazi germany eventually work in north america, both us and canada, on other movies.)

 This woman is one of the most important figures in animation HISTORY!

Have a little memoriam movie the animation school Goblin did in her honor.

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These are all cut out stop motion animations made of paper which she cut by HAND and layered with glass.

[studiousroyal]

Guys, I’m struggling so hard in this class but I love how sweet my teacher is. This is one of the units we’re doing and it’s for points just for checking in with him.

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My class is online now but my teacher added this page. I’ve never been more pleasantly surprised