aspiring polyglot, accomplished meme

lola, 16, learning norwegian and latin. pretty much just langblr memes with occasional studying tips :) theme: alectronica by acuite

[teenytinyfrog]

[astudyingkid]

SHOUT OUT TO VERBS THAT ACTUALLY ARENT IRREGULAR

[flowury]

all i aspire to do is to have allure. i just want to speak a handful of languages and get along with strangers well and have cool hair. im not there at all but wait a few years

[kestrel-tree]

Ne forget pas les quatres food groupes mes amis!

[keena-kapu]

@maburito

[maburito]

La pomme d’eau. La pomme de terre. Le pomme de feu. La pomme d’air. Il y a très longtemps ces quatre patates vivaient en harmonie. Mais un jour, la pomme du feu décida de passer à l'attaque.

[polyglotpearl]

Movies with Norwegian dubbing

Hey everyone!! 

I’ve managed to find some children’s movies with norwegian dubbing and I thought it would be cool to share since I think it would help with practice listening :)

 You guys can also find subtitles in norwegian (or english, or any other language you’d like) on the internet just through a quick search if you’d like to improve your immersion in the language. The movies I found were Harry Potter, Shrek, Looney Toones, some disney ones and such! I’ll upload some more soon, though :)

Here is the link for the folder, enjoy it!

[ancient-soul]

a call for vigilance

dear Classics-lovers,

as we all know, we are living in interesting times. there are many people in the world, and on this website, who seek to use Classics for different and more insidious aims than most of us. many of you have probably seen blogs full of classical content that also use language which claims Classics as part of a western heritage that must be defended and which often entails European nationalism and white supremacy.

i ask that you all be responsible Classicists and be discerning when following new blogs or reposting content which may come from these kinds of users. we have an obligation to make sure that the cultures, societies, and languages we love to study are not appropriated by people and groups with discriminatory ends in mind.

[sunnbi]

me: *looking at children’s books in the language im studying*

me: *understands 3 words in a single sentence*

me: I CAN READ!!!!!!!!!!

[nin-i]

language app shaming me :((((

[saintvitus]

[studybetterfasterstronger]

an update 🐝

1. i haven't been active on here for ages but i verified am Back :^)

2. i'm following a lot of y'all back from my "main" @plxtoisaplanet (bc this is technically a side blog) message me if i'm not following you and you want to be mutuals, or if we are and you want to talk !!

3. personal news is that i've started latin II and it's going strong! norwegian is taking a bit of a backseat to school unfortunately but what can you do. and i'm planning on reviewing my spanish for a trip to costa rica !!

[10mb]

Friend: how do you say i love you in german

Me: ich liebe dich

Friend: i also love dick

[doujinshi]

das ist so traurig alexa spiel 99 luftballons

[norwegianstuff]

Dagens ord (Word of the Day): ei/en dame - a lady

OR, in slang/casual spoken language, it can mean “a girlfriend”. It’s then often used with a possessive article, like “dama mi” (my girlfriend), “dama hans” (his girlfriend), “dama hennes” (her girlfriend). 

(and yeah, this word can be used with a feminine or masculine article, like most feminine nouns - when using it in the slang sense of “girlfriend” it’s always feminine though, as using the masculine form is generally more formal (at least in Oslo, can’t speak for the rest of the country!))

Text:

*låner brillene til dama* Meg: Haha hvordan ser jeg ut nå Hun: JEG VET IKKE

Translation:

*borrowing the girlfriend’s glasses* Me: Haha how do I look now She: I DON’T KNOW

[spicymemesociety]

[medievalwitch1431-deactivated20]

Academia Book Recomendations

And, like, maybe a few movies too 

 The Secret History By Donna Tartt (Obviously!)

Dead Poets Society (Movie and Book)

If We Were Villians by M.L. Rio (Very similiar to TSH, also a personal favorite)

The History Boys by Alan Bennett (A play)

Vicious by V.E. Schwab (I think more superhero oriented? Ive never read it)

A Separate Peace by John Knowles 

Black Chalk by Christopher J. Yates

The Lessons by Naomi Alderman 

The Rules of Attraction by Bret Easton Ellis

Kill your Darlings (Movie, I hated it)

More Female oriented Academia books 

Special Topics in Calamity Physics by Marisha Pessl

The Basic Eight by Daniel Handler 

The Rehearsal by Eleanor Catton 

Sleepwalking by Meg Wolizter 

Never Let Me Go by Kazuo Ishiguro (okay, only vaguely academic but still a good book)

The Lake of Dead Languages by Carol Goodman

I heard the movie Mona Lisa Smile is good too

A list of some other academic school books 

Feel free to add on to this post. 

[shinelikeastarlight]

me @ myself

[polishfae]

me at Algebra, Chemistry, Physics or literally any other subject that isn’t related to linguistics: I’m sorry what does this mean I can only foreigh languages

[languagesanddoggos]

when you don’t know a word in your target lang so you make up a compound word and it turns out to be the word you didn’t know: