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Adverbs in french - part 1 ✨

vraiment - truly

abominablement - abominably

absolument - absolutely

actuellement - currently

admirablement - admirably

attentivement - carefully

aucunement - not at all

autrement - otherwise, differently

assurément - certainly

carrément - totally

certainement - certainly

complètement - completely

crûment - crudely

diversement - variously

doucement - gently

entièrement - entirely

éperdument - desperately

exactement - exactly

excessivement - excessively

frugalement - frugally

gaiement - happily

gentiment - kindly

indûment - wrongly

lentement - slowly

longuement - extensively

malheureusement - unfortunately

médiocrement - poorly

naïvement - naively

naturellement - naturally

parfaitement - perfectly

péniblement - painfully

poliment - politely

précisément - precisely

prétendument - allegedly

progressivement - gradually

quasiment - almost

rapidement - quickly

réellement - actually

résolument - resolutely

sensiblement - substantially

solennellement - solemnly

tellement - so much

tranquillement - peacefully

uniformément - uniformly

vainement - vainly

#useful #french #ref

byrneing

my heart is guarded but like … very poorly. the kind of guards that would let 3 kids in a trench coat into an r rated movie.

joeeehui-blog

• DAY 16/30 OF PRODUCTIVITY • Going to revise on Economics. I can say that I’m pretty much doomed because I have yet to revise some chapters. But it’s okay, I can do this💪 Gambate my fweinds! 4 papers down, 8-9 more to go!🙆

pocketmoose

Honestly? Seeing others make mistakes in their target languages is really motivating for me. Like, they got something wrong, and they probably feel crappy about it, but the world didn’t end, the ground didn’t open up and devour them. They’re still alive. But more importantly: they dared to try, and that makes me want to try.

viphalo

i spend a lot of time daydreaming about my other lives

about the me who lives out in the middle of the new england countryside, where i’m quite lonely, but i have a couple goats and cows and chickens that i look after, and i like to make jam and i have an enormous huge crush on my beautiful neighbor who trades me her honey, and i invite her over for tea a little too often to not be super obvious

the me who was born and raised in new york city, who’s sharper and angrier, yet still so kind, with a fire in her eyes and shards in her words, who lives in a awful gross 2 bedroom apartment with 4 other people and loves the people in her life fiercely and is obscene about her art and smokes too much and doesn’t sleep enough, ever,

the me who went on a backpacking trip through europe after graduation with a desperate need to escape but it was a lot harsher than she thought but she fell in love halfway through france and lives in a tiny city with the love of her life and doesn’t talk to anyone she used to know; she still calls her mother sometimes, but no one knows where she is and she has never felt so free (she is still working on her french)

the me who is on the road to her first oscar, who manages to dodge out of all the gossip rags, who gets to do beautiful work in a city that she hates but she endures and she is not sure if this is what she wanted but it’s what she has so maybe she’ll run with it for now

the me who lives in a tiny studio somewhere in stockholm, a me who paints and draws her nights away and spends her mornings kneading bread and folding dough for hours and hours and she never wears makeup and the city is both so busy and so quiet and she works as an english tour guide on the weekends at the palace (her swedish is almost perfect, though)

and the me here, with a loud head and a messy kitchen and a giant heart who spends too much time thinking about all the things she is not instead of focusing on the wonder of what she is

spanishskulduggery

Spanish False Cognates

A false cognate or “false friend” is a word that looks like something in your language that you think is the same word, but it’s totally different. And a partial false cognate is one that could be the same word you think it is, but also might not be.

A common false cognate for Spanish is la ropa which is “clothes/clothing” and not “rope” (la soga); a common partial false cognate is el elevador which in Mexico could be “elevator” but most of the Spanish-speaking world uses el acensor… where el elevador tends to mean “hoist” or sometimes “dumbwaiter” or “electrical amp”

abandonar = doesn’t always mean “to abandon”, sometimes it means “to vacate” or “to leave (a room/area)”

el acta / las actas = does NOT mean “act”; el acta means “the minutes (of a meeting)”, “a certificate”, or in legal situations can mean “contract/accord”

actual = in Spanish actual means “current” or “happening now” or in art situations it’s “contemporary”, similarly actualmente means “recently” and actualizar means “to update”

adicto/a = in some situations adicto/a means “an addict”… in some contexts it means “fan” like a fan of a celebrity, really it’s used more along the lines of “fan” as in “fanatic”

la advertencia = la advertencia means “warning” or “advisory”, the verb advertir is usually “to warn”; an “advertisement” is el anuncio and “to advertise” is anunciar

americano/a = can be used for American (from the US) but it more literally means “from the Americas”… meaning North OR South America; technically Mexicans, Argentinians, Canadians, and people from the US are americanos… for “from the US” the more accurate word is estadounidense meaning from los Estados Unidos

aplicar = usually aplicar means “to apply” as in “to stick on”; it doesn’t mean “to apply for (a position)” which is solicitar and an “application” for jobs etc. is la solicitud

apreciar = doesn’t really mean “to appreciate” the way we mean it; apreciar is usually “to put a price on” or “to measure value”. You tend to say agradecer “to be grateful for” as in te lo agradezco “I appreciate that” more literally “I am grateful to you for it”

aprobar = can mean “to approve” or “to pass a test”

el argumento = el argumento is more usually “the plot (of a story)”, but it can be “argument” in the sense of “point of view” or “stance (on an issue)”… usually an actual fight/argument is la pelea or la disputa

el arsenal = in some cases it means “arsenal” for artillery; it sometimes means “navy yard” or “shipyard”

asistir = usually means “to attend”; occasionally means “to assist” but it’s better to use ayudar “to help”

la audiencia = in some cases it does mean “audience” but usually that’s in the sense of someone listening; la audiencia means “audience” more usually as “meeting” or a “hearing” with someone… while el público is what gets used for “crowd/audience” although some places use la audiencia more

la aventura = means both “adventure” and “(love) affair”

avisar = avisar is “to warn” and el aviso is “warning”; to “advise” is aconsejar “to counsel”

el binomio = in mathematics it’s “binomial”; in most everyday discussions el binomio is the term for a name with a hyphen in it like arte-poesía or something like that, it gets used for the “joining of two names”

bizarro/a = in some places it means “bizarre” or “odd”, but it usually is “gallant” or “courageous”; saying it’s “bizarre” is extraño/a or raro/a

bravo/a = doesn’t really mean “brave” it means “reckless” or “easily angered”, occasionally it means “soldier”… in Spanish “brave” is normally valiente and “bravery” is usually el valor

el campo = in Spanish el campo is “field” or “countryside”; a “camp” is el campamento

cancelar = sometimes means “to erase”, but it also means “to settle (a debt)” or “to pay (a bill)”

el/la canciller = sometimes it means “Chancellor”, but it tends to have a wide usage for any foreign minister or ambassador

capable = in Spanish “capable” is capaz… saying capable in Spanish means “able to be castrated”

la carpeta = in Spanish this means “folder” or “portfolio”… a “carpet” is la alfombra

la casualidad = in Spanish this means “luck” or “chance”; por casualidad is “by chance”

catedrático/a = this has nothing to do with cathedrals, in Spanish it means any professor at a university who has tenure. The connection is probably to the idea of la cátedra which is “podium”, but churches were very much centers of learning so maybe?

el charlatán / la charlatana = means both “charlatan” but it can also be “talkative” or “chatterbox” from charlar “to talk”

el colegio = most places use el colegio to mean “high school / secondary school” but it’s usually a private school; la secundaria tends to be public, and la universidad is “college / uni(versity)”… and el colegio is occasionally used to mean “group of intellectuals / group of theory”

colorado/a = does not mean “colored” which is usually tener color (or gente de color for “people of color” in antiquated settings)… the term colorado/a almost always means “red” as in the state Colorado or one of the expressions for “to blush” ponerse colorado/a …makeup “blush/rouge” is el colorete

el compromiso = sometimes means “agreement”, sometimes it means “dilemma”… and in some settings compromiso is “engagement” as comprometido/a can be “fiancee” (as can prometido/a without the com)

la concentración = means “mental concentration”, or “concentration (chemistry)” but it also means “gathering of people” and sometimes “protest” although you sometimes see manifestación for that

la conferencia = typically la conferencia means “lecture / presentation” or another word for “conversation”… it can be “a conference” but for “conventions” you usually say el congreso since la conferencia is very… person standing at the front of a lecture hall giving a seminar with powerpoint kind of vibe

constipado/a = means “to have a cold”… saying “constipated” is estreñido/a

conveniente = sometimes “convenient” but normally conveniente means “proper” or “practical” as in “something that is advisable, wise, or just”

la convicción = does mean “conviction” for beliefs; does not mean “conviction” in the legal sense, “to convict” is condenar “to condemn”

la copa = la copa exclusively refers to “wine glass / goblet” or “the cup (of a sports/prize cup)”… el vaso is used for “water glass”, and la taza “coffee cup / teacup”

la criatura = sometimes means “creature”, sometimes means “infant/baby” which can be a jarring partial cognate trust me

correspondiente = is used as an adjective meaning “matching” or “corresponding”… a journalist/reporter “correspondent” is el/la corresponsal

la cuestión = this means “the matter” as in “the question of (something)”… a “question” you ask is la pregunta

el curso = means “course of events” or something that follows/runs like the “course” of a river, but in school terms la materia is “course / subject” and sometimes la asignatura… but some places do use el curso to mean “course” for school, it’s just not always like that

cínico/a = means both “cynical” and “irresponsible” in Spanish, though you normally see it as “cynical”

la decepción = ALWAYS means “disappointment”; “deception” or “deceit” is la mentira “lie” or el engaño “deception”

demandar = usually doesn’t mean “to demand”; in legal cases demandar is “to sue”, while exigir is “to demand”… and la demanda is “a legal case / suit”

deshonesto/a = sometimes means “dishonest” but occasionally means “lewd”… sort of like how we say “honest work” which is a nice way of saying “not illegal or indecent”

discutir = usually means “to argue”… “to discuss” is usually just hablar because discutir can have a combative tone to it, you also see debatir “to debate” or parlar / charlar “to chat”… formally platicar “to discuss”… and “discussion” is often la conversación or el debate depending on context

el disgusto = means “displeasure” or “a tough situation”; in Spanish “disgust” is el asco as in asqueroso/a “disgusting” or dar asco “to disgust / to gross out”

el dormitorio = in some places it means “bedroom”, but it does always mean “dormitory” as in college/uni… literally it’s “sleeping room”

la droguería = in Spanish this is actually a lot of different things; “paint store”, “hardware store”, sometimes “pharmacy” or “convenience store”… most of the time if you’re at the drug store that’s all medicine you say la farmacia or la botica… or older things would be la botica / el boticario “apothecary”

educado/a = most often means “polite”, not “educated”… to say “educated” you tend to say tener buena formación or standard inteligente or listo/a … you do get a good pun out of la buena educación “good education / good manners” and la mala educación for “bad education / bad manners”

efectivo = in Spanish en efectivo normally means “in cash”; eficaz is “effective / efficient”

embarazada = means “pregnant” (embarazado is technically accurate but usually shows up when talking about seahorses); saying “embarrassed” is avergonzado/a, apenado/a, humillado/a… things like that. You can say embarazoso/a for “embarrassing / awkward”; and note el embarazo is “pregnancy”

escolar = means “related to school” or “scholarly”… “a scholar” is normally erudito/a or estudioso/a or occasionally licenciado/a meaning “graduate / has a degree / titled”

la estampa = is a religious icon and/or a card with a picture on it; normally use la estampilla for “stamp” or el sello “seal / stamp”

el éxito = means “success”; an “exit” is la salida or in theater terms “an exit” is el mutis

experimentar = means “to experiment” as in try out, but “to experience” is normally sentir “to feel”

la fábrica = means “factory”; la tela is “fabric/material”

la firma = means “signature” as firmar “to sign”; it does not mean “a firm” which is often la oficina or la empresa or la compañía

fiscal / el/la fiscal = means “fiscal” in the sense of money, but in law el/la fiscal means “prosecutor”

gentilmente = is archaic now but it means “with kindness” or “courteously”… it means “genteel” not “gentle” which is suave, so “gently” is suavemente

la gracia = means both “grace” and “funny/joke” as in tener gracia ‘to be funny”

la granada = is “pomegranate” and “grenade”

la grosería = means “rudeness” or “grossness”; a “grocery” is normally la tienda (de comestibles) or el mercado, and “groceries” is sometimes la comida / los comestibles or sometimes los abarrotes

humano/a = is both “human” and “humane”

ignorar = can be “to not be aware of” which is not as strong as “to ignore” in a way

ilustrado/a = means “illustrated” and “enlightened”

intervenir = means “to intervene”, “to obstruct”, “to operate on”, “to bug / to tap (phones/homes)”, or “to bail out”

intoxicado/a = has a bunch of meanings; it can mean “upset stomach” / “vomiting” / “food poisoning”… in addition to “poisoned” (envenenado/a) and good old “intoxicated”, although you can go into whether that’s borracho/a “drunk” or drogado/a “on drugs” if you want… intoxicado/a really means “some substance has a negative reaction with your body” whether it’s food or drugs or alcohol

invertir = means both “to invert” and “to invest”

la jornada = rarely means “journey”, la jornada means “work day” or “a day’s worth of (something)”… occasionally it’s “business trip”

introducir = means “to insert”; “to introduce (someone) to (someone)” is presentar

la lectura = means “reading” or “passage”; a “lecture” is normally la conferencia

la lujuria = means “lust” as in the sin; “luxury” is el lujo

el mandatario / la mandataria = means “executive” or “chief” or “person who calls the shots”, usually in a governing sense… occasionally “head of state” or “representative [someone who was sent somewhere]”; saying something is “mandatory” is obligatorio/a

el matrimonio = means both “matrimony/marriage” and “a couple / married couple”

molestar = means “to annoy”, it has no sexual connotation in Spanish; you would say acosar “to stalk” or abusar “to abuse”, or violar “to rape”

moroso/a = doesn’t mean “morose”, it means “someone who hasn’t paid” as in “defaulting”

la noticia = usually in plural, las noticias “news” and la noticia “a piece of news” or “new event” is different than “a notice” which is usually el aviso for a “warning”

la ocasión = means “occasion” or “event”… in some contexts it means a “big sale” or “bargain”

la ocurrencia = means “an idea” but more usually means “a snarky comment”; an “occurrence” is el suceso or el evento usually

el oficio = is not “office” as in a physical place (la oficina), but el oficio means “occupation” or “vocation”… usually it’s a skill you do by hand like physical labor so think plumbers, electricians, carpenters, masons…

oficioso/a = does not mean “officious” (entremetido/a), it means “blue collar” or “diligent”… in some cases oficioso/a means “unrecognized” but in a lot of older contexts it kind of means “working class” or “chipper/energetic”

paralizar = means both “to paralyze” and “to halt”; some places use it as “to freeze (assets)” though I see suspender or congelar more for that

el/la pariente = means “relative” and los parientes are “relatives”… the “parents” are los padres (or las madres where applicable)

particular = means “private”, “individual”, “limited access”… or it means “peculiar”; it isn’t said of people who are “finicky”, they use exigente “demanding” or something regional like tiquismiquis

perfeccionar = usually means “to perfect / to improve” not always “to make perfect”… you see it a lot with languages or acquired training/skills perfeccionar means mejorar “to get better” in a sense

plantear = means “to state an opinion”; “to plant” is plantar or sembrar

la populación = tends to mean “the act of populating/inhabiting”, while “population” is la población

el partido = means “political party” or “a match (in sports)”… while la fiesta is “party”

precioso/a = means both “precious” and “cute / good-looking” for people or things like es un vestido precioso “it’s a pretty dress” or ella es preciosa “she’s cute”… precioso/a for people tend to be younger people or kids, otherwise you tend towards guapo/a

preciso/a = means “precise” and “necessary”

pretender = doesn’t really mean “to pretend” which is fingir “to feign”, usually pretender means “to attempt” or “to reach for”, in more formal or older settings pretender means “to court / woo”, and los pretendientes are “suitors” in romance. You can use pretender as like “pretender to the throne”; this is because it’s someone “reaching” for something they haven’t earned, but you may see mentiroso/a “liar” or farsante “liar / imposter” for this too.

el preservativo = means “condom”; preservatives in food tend to be los conservantes

privado/a = doesn’t exactly mean “private” but more “personal”, so el correo privado means “personal mail” not specifically private or hidden; think “private property”

la promoción = used to refer exclusively to “store promotion” or “news / something published”… today it can mean el ascenso “job promotion” too but some places prefer el ascenso

realizar = means “to finalize” or “to make a reality”; “to realize” as in “to have a realization/sudden thought” is darse cuenta

recordar = means “to recall” or “to remind”; but grabar is “to record” and registrar is “to record / to make a record of”

el refrigerio = means “a snack”, it’s kind of like “a nibble” or a small midmorning/midday snack; there are lots of regionalisms for “refrigerator” like el refrigerador or la nevera (which is literally related to nieve “snow”)

regalar = means “to give a gift” (el regalo), people use agasajar for “to regale” though it’s a showy word by itself

regular = means “regular / ordinary” but can be used as estar regular “to be fine” or “to be so-so”

relevante = means “relevant” but also means “important” or “noteworthy”

el resorte = in Spanish el resorte is “a metal spring”

la reunión = very often means “a meeting/gathering”, not a “reunion”

salvaje = means “savage”; but “salvage” is usually salvar or salvaguardar or as a noun el salvamento

sano/a = means “healthy”; cuerdo/a means “sane”… la sanidad means “sanitation”, while la cordura is “sanity”

sensible = in Spanish sensible means “sensitive”; sensato/a means “sensible”

la sentencia = means “sentence” as in “jail sentence”

la sopa = means “soup”; el jabón is “soap”

el suburbio = can mean “suburb” but in many Latin American countries it means “slums/shanty towns” not the US idea of “suburb”

el tipo = means both “a type” but is slang for “a guy/dude”