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@studyhindi
So who was going to tell me about this Hindi memory hack that is apparently taught to children to help them remember which hand is left and which is right: form circles with your thumb and forefinger. The hand that looks like the letter b for बायाँ is left, and the one that looks like the letter d for दायाँ is right. Brilliant!
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Lesson #1 - Hindi pronouns
let’s get started on hindi grammar! this course will assume that you already know the writing system fairly well, and I will eventually cover the writing system.
if you want to learn the hindi (also known as devanagari) writing system, @learning-hindi has some really good resources for this!
onwards!
hindi, unlike english doesn’t have /any/ gendered pronouns! which saves us a bit of time with them, however there is grammatical gender in other things like verbs and nouns.
so the first person pronouns are: मैं main - I हम ham - We second person pronouns: तू too - You (Intimate) lतुम tum - You (Informal) आप aap - You (Formal)
so you see the intimate/formal/informal marker next to the pronoun? that basically says that this pronoun is used in different contexts, or when you need to be respectful. french does this with tu (informal) and vous (formal). fun fact! english did this with thou (informal) and you (formal) until it decided to drop thou and just be formal.
so too, is used when you’re trying to insult someone, whereas aap is used to refer to a teacher and tum for a friend.
third person pronouns: यह yah - He / She/ It / This वह vah - He / She/ It / That
pronunciation tip: यह is said as yeh, despite being written as yah, and वह is said like voh despite being written vah yah/yeh and vah/voh have the same usage as english this vs that
and that’s it for pronouns! good job!
Scenes from this year’s Mumbai Pride Parade which took place on January 31st and saw a bustling crowd of over 6000 LGBTQ supporters walk the streets of South Mumbai.
Why would you consider language moodboards cultural appropriation? I'm just wondering because I really enjoy them, but I obv don't want to keep posting/reblogging them if that's hurtful to some people.
I didn’t think so at first, and I still think that not all moodboards are cultural appropriation (As a Fnn I am not offended by people’s Finnish moodboards, quite the opposite actually, I’m delighted and intrigued by them), but some of them (especially those made of minority/minoritized/POC languages) might be considered as such. Maybe @pakistanipolyglot would like to explain?
moodboards aren’t inherently cultural appropriation (at least imo, another poc can correct me), however you start seeing moodboards for arabic that are just sand and pyramids, or moodboards for hindi that are just darkskinned people living in poverty. and i think that further stereotyping a language (this goes doubly so for minority languages, as you cant really stereotype english in a way that’s going to be harmful to it.) but when you associate a language that’s already persecuted for being spoken, it’s causing more harm. but i personally really love well done moodboards! :D
YES!!
adding on to this: as the Token Tamilian™ of this website, i’ve seen one (1) moodboard for my language which featured all north indian hindu imagery. this really rubbed me the wrong way b/c like, north indians have been erasing our language, so associating their imagery with it has some…. Bad implications.
also!! i saw someone else post abt how hindi moodboards typically only feature north indian cultures, but like… associating south indian culture with hindi again contributes to the erasure of languages like tamil and malayalam, and i’d honestly appreciate if people do research before making these.
While the making of Hindi moodboards can be messy, such as the emphasis they put on Hinduism, erasing other ethnic Hindi speaking minorities, and the way they can contribute to the idea that there’s only one type of real Indian, that’s another conversation.
I don’t consider moodboards appropriation, but I’ve seen people using stereotypes in them and/or being plain inaccurate.
Mango langs
Hey everyone, sorry to post about this yet again but I really wanna make sure everyone who wants an account has the ability to make one so please spread word around that I can hook people up with full access accounts on mango languages and anyone can message me at any time so yeah :)
Signal boosting cuz I just learned about this and it looks AMAZING
What's the mango thing???
Mango languages is a website, a lot like duolingo in some ways, that offers 70 different language courses and a bunch of specialty courses, and each language course is set up into large chapters and smaller levels, so you can start from scratch or skip past things you already know. It focuses a lot more on grammar and cultural information than duolingo does which is really nice in my opinion, and everything is explained incredibly well. I personally love it to bits so if you’re interested, let me know!
Courses on Mango Languages
Arabic (Egyptian, Iraqi, Levantine, MSA)
Armenian
Azerbaijani
Bengali
Biblical Hebrew
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Chinese (Cantonese, Mandarin)
Croatian
Czech
Danish
Dari
Dutch
Dzongkha
Farsi
Finnish
French (French, Canadian)
German
Greek (Modern, Ancient, Koine)
Haitian Creole
Hawaiian
Hebrew
Hindi
Hungarian
Icelandic
Igbo
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Japanese
Javanese
Kazakh
Korean
Latin
Malay
Malayalam
Norwegian
Pashto
Pirate
Polish
Portuguese (Brazilian)
Punjabi
Romanian
Russian
Scottish Gaelic
Serbian
Shakespeare English
Shanghainese
Slovak
Spanish (Latin America, Spain)
Swahili
Swedish
Tagalog
Tamil
Telugu
Thai
Turkish
Tuvan
Ukrainian
Urdu
Uzbek
Vietnamese
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Specialty courses (mini lang courses about a specific topic) :
Arab Etiquette (Arabic, MSA)
Carnival of Venice (Italian)
Classroom English for Bengali (Bengali)
Classroom English for Haitian Creole (Haitian Creole)
Classroom English for Hmong (Hmong)
Endangered Languages (Tuvan)
English Loanwords (Japanese)
Feng Shui (Chinese, Mandarin)
Flamenco Dancing (Spanish, Spain)
Horse Race in Siena (Italian)
Hospitality and Tourism (Portuguese, Brazil)
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Lenguaje de Text (Spanish, Latin America; English)
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Romance (Spanish, Latin America; Italian; French; Portuguese, Brazil)
Shakespearean English (Shakespeare English)
Slang (Russian)
Soccer Celebration (Spanish, Spain; Portuguese, Brazil)
Spanish for Librarians (Spanish, Latin America)
St. Patrick’s Day (Irish)
Superstitions (Russian; Arabic, MSA)
Text Talk (Spanish, Latin America)
Wine and Cheese (French)
Zodiac (Chinese, Mandarin)
If you do not have access to Mango Languages and are interested in using it as a tool, please message me (@polyglotaspirations) and I will hook you up with an account! Mango is a fantastic resource, one I want everyone to have the chance to try.
thanks for switching to my native language as soon as i showed the slightest hesitation but it wasn’t lack of fluency it was social anxiety so i hope you enjoy watching me uhh and umm exactly the same amount as before but in english now
hey are there any hindi learning blogs out there… if you know of any please comment!
eyyyyyy! :D
I just can’t believe it would ever happen. Every gov’t is usually so kicked against LGBTQ community. And these beautiful people just SLAYED.
This makes the whole world proud.
Hi! Do you know of any LGBT langblrs?
Darling, it would be too many to tag since I think almost all of them are some shade of Not Straight™ 💗 like/reblog this post if you’re an LGBT langblr x
small queer Langblr here
if u speak more than one language ur gay
Small multilanguage queer trans masc langblr here 💛
Free Online Language Courses
Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos. You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.
American Sign Language
ASL University
Arabic
Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop down menu)
Arabic Without Walls
Intro to Arabic
Madinah Arabic
Moroccan Arabic
Catalan Sign Language
Intro to Catalan Sign Language
Chinese
Beginner
Basic Chinese
Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V
Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II
Beginner’s Chinese
Chinese for Beginners
Chinese Characters
Chinese for HSK 1
First Year Chinese I & II
HSK Level 1
Mandarin Chinese I
Mandarin Chinese for Business
More Chinese for Beginners
Start Talking Mandarin Chinese
UT Gateway to Chinese
Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)
Intermediate
Chinese Stories
Intermediate Business Chinese
Intermediate Chinese Grammar
Dutch
Introduction to Dutch
English
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Faroese
Faroese Course
Finnish
A Taste of Finnish
Basic Finnish
Finnish for Immigrants
Finnish for Medical Professionals
French
Beginner
AP French Language and Culture
Basic French Skills
Beginner’s French: Food & Drink
Diploma in French
Elementary French I & II
Français Interactif
French in Action
French for Beginners
French Language Studies I, II, III
French:Ouverture
Intermediate & Advanced
French: Le Quatorze Juillet
Passe Partout
La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie
Frisian
Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)
Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)
German
Beginner
Beginner’s German: Food & Drink
Conversational German I, II, III, IV
Deutsch im Blick
Diploma in German
Rundblick-Beginner’s German
Advanced
German:Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte
Landschaftliche Vielfalt
Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew
Know the Hebrew Alphabet
Teach Me Hebrew
Hindi
A Door into Hindi
Business Hindi
Virtual Hindi
Icelandic
Icelandic 1-5
Indonesian
Learn Indonesian
Irish
Introduction to Irish
Italian
Beginner
Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink
Beginner’s Italian I
Introduction to Italian
Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6
Intermediate & Advaned
Intermediate Italian I
Advanced Italian I
La Commedia di Dante
Japanese
Genki
Japanese JOSHU
Japanese Pronunciation
Sing and Learn Japanese
Tufs JpLang
Kazakh
A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)
Korean
Beginner
First Step Korean
How to Study Korean
Learn to Speak Korean
Pathway to Spoken Korean
Intermediate
Intermediate Korean
Nepali
Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar
Norwegian
Introduction to Norwegian
Norwegian on the Web
Portuguese
Curso de Português para Estrangeiros
Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro
Russian
Beginner
Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian
Advanced
Reading Master and Margarita
Russian as an Instrument of Communication
Siberia: Russian for Foreigners
Spanish
Beginner
AP Spanish Language & Culture
Basic Spanish for English Speakers
Beginner’s Spanish:Food & Drink
Fastbreak Spanish
Introduction to Spanish
Restaurants and Dining Out
Spanish for Beginners
Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Spanish Vocabulary
Intermediate
Spanish:Ciudades con Historia
Spanish:Espacios Públicos
Advanced
Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones
Leer a Macondo
Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos
Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas
Swedish
Intro to Swedish
Swedish Made Easy 1, 2, & 3
Ukrainian
Read Ukrainian
Ukrainian Language for Beginners
Welsh
Beginner’s Welsh
Discovering Wales
Multiple Languages
Ancient Languages
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What to do when you’ve hit a language slump:
(or that inevitable moment when you’re either unmotivated or you feel like all of your work is for nothing or you think maybe learning this language is silly) (spoiler alert it’s not):
-Listen to music in the language. Listen to how cool that music is; wouldn’t it be awesome to be able to sing it and understand what you’re singing?!
-Go watch some tv shows or movies in the language. Wouldn’t it be freaking awesome to be able to watch it without all the subtitles? And sometimes subtitles can be inaccurate (if only slightly); you can watch with the accurate storyline!
-Read a book that has something to do with the language. Is there a character that speaks the language? Does it take place in the city/country where the language is spoken? Just…soak it all in; it’s cool right?
-Take a break from grammar and the usually stuff and do something fun with it (whatever that may be). Look up some pretty vocab, some aesthetic posts, random idioms, etc.
-Listen to someone speak the language. Sounds beautiful, right? Wouldn’t you like to be able to do that and converse like that? Wouldn’t it just be the most amazing experience to go somewhere where people speak that language and you can speak it right back?!
Point is: Everyone gets language slumps; it’s completely normal. But I promise your work has not been for nothing. It will (and already is) paying off
Saahore Baahubali from Baahubali 2 (Telugu, 2017)
Just out of curiosity, how do you guys read books in your target language? Any tricks or tips that help you?
At first I tried reading like I do in my native language (ie read and not stop), but that got frustrating pretty quickly. What I do now is this:
Read 3 pages (or enough to be enjoyable without being overwhelming) to get a general idea of what is happening.
Go back through, underline unknown vocab, and look it up in a dictionary in my target language.
If I really can’t figure out the word I’ll just translate it, but that’s option b.
Read the passage again to understand the full meaning and see the new words used in context.
So far it’s made reading more enjoyable and the new vocab has been easier to remember too. Hope this helps :)
I do something similar! I read a page or a section if some good stuff is going on and continues to the next page. Then at a good stopping point I stop and try to summarize in one sentence what happened and write it on top of the page. If I can’t really grasp what happened I re-read a little slower and looks out for words or phrases that I don’t know that might have tripped me up. Then after I do that I read it whole once more. It seems tedious but soon you start to get in the rhythm and you end up re-reading less and less. Soon the summaries are only at the end of each chapter or so because you’ve started to get the swing of things.
Oh writing a summary is a really good idea! I’ll have to try that today. And that’s so true, it seems like the further I get into my book the less I have to reread because it’s building on the vocab I learned at the beginning.
