hic sunt dracones

Nate | 29 | USA | Learning German, Latin, Norwegian, Japanese, Irish, and Yiddish. History guy with a focus on the history of science. I follow back from @astriiformes

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Hello and welcome! My name is Nate (he/they, and generally fond of masculine pronouns in gendered languages).

I'm 29, a native English speaker (from the USA), and have a Bachelor's of Individualized Studies in Biology, History of Science, and Cultural Studies & Comparative Literatures. And I will be starting a History PhD program in the fall!

As far as languages go, I study German (B1), Norwegian (B1), Japanese (beginner) and Latin (beginner) and dabble a little in both Yiddish and Irish!

My main areas of study are history (especially the history of science), disability studies, queer/trans studies, and monster studies and some of my favorite historical topics include the European medieval & Renaissance era, transgender history, and the intersection of superstition/folklore and society during eras like the witch trials.

My non-academic or language-related hobbies include playing viola, cosplay and historical costuming, writing fanfiction, and reading sci-fi and fantasy!

This is a sideblog, I follow back/interact from @astriiformes

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100 Days of Productivity - 95/100 - June 2, 2026

Finally watched Easy German video "How Important is Money to You?" and took notes on unfamiliar phrases/vocabulary

Started taking notes on the vocabulary for Episode 4 of the Easy German podcast, "Team WLAN"

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Goals for June

So it turns out my overambitious goals for May were, in fact, overambitious, but I knew that going in, and I'm taking some credit for the fact that I did accomplish a few of them!

That said, I'm going to be slightly modifying the "left over" ones as I get a better picture of what I can realistically accomplish in a month, especially while busy working on a lot of logistics as I plan a cross-country move to start my PhD this fall.

So that said, here's some June goals:

Work through Sections 2A-2C in Reading Latin

Work through Unit 3 of Latin - An Intensive Course

Work through Capitulum V-VI of Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I, including the readings, grammar explanations, and exercises.

Finish working through through Chapter 4 of Wheelock's Latin

Add at least 100 more cards to my Latin Anki deck

Add at least 100 more cards to my German Anki deck

Take notes on and complete the exercises in Units 2-5 in Deutsche Wiederholungsgrammatik

Listen to at least two more episodes of the Easy German podcast, taking notes on unfamiliar vocabulary

Finish reading and taking notes on the unfamiliar grammar in Chapter 1 of Eine Nachtigall in New York

Finish reading at least one non-fiction book (TBD)

Contact some professors at my grad school university in order to finalize my schedule for the fall!

I spoke with my PhD advisor yesterday and confirmed that she wants me to take the German proficiency exam when I arrive in the fall, so as excited as I am about Latin and Japanese right now I am really going to try to prioritize my German, since it would be a really good to pass that. If not it sounds like it will be okay, but I want to make a good impression as a starting PhD student, plus I need it for my research!

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100 Days of Productivity - 94/100 - May 28, 2026

Did my WaniKani lessons and reviews for the day

Took notes on some Latin vocabulary from pages 84-84 of Reading Latin (Jones & Sidwell)

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100 Days of Productivity - 93/100 - May 27, 2026

Did my WaniKani lessons and reviews for the day

Read some more of the first chapter of Eine Nachtigall in New York and took notes on unfamiliar vocabulary

Submitted an application to be a graduate student writing tutor

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100 Days of Productivity - 92/100 - May 26, 2026

Did my WaniKani lessons and reviews for the day

Completed various exercises on pages 82 & 83 of Reading Latin (Jones & Sidwell)

Read some more of the first chapter of Eine Nachtigall in New York and took notes on unfamiliar vocabulary

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05.13.2026

Feeling inspired after days of post-semester rest and relaxation, so I went to a coffee shop to journal and reflect on my creative goals.

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100 Days of Productivity - 91/100 - May 6, 2026

Did my WaniKani lessons and reviews for the day

Took some notes on the Tofugu article about verb transitivity

Took notes on all the unfamiliar vocabulary from Episode 3 of the Easy German podcast on the episode page (and started listening to the actual episode, but didn't actually finish)

Did all my German Anki reviews for the day

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100 Days of Productivity - 90/100 - May 5, 2026

Did all my WaniKani lessons and reviews for the day

Listen to Episode 2 of the Easy German podcast and took notes on unfamiliar vocabulary

Did all my German Anki reviews for the day

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100 Days of Productivity - 89/100 - May 4, 2026

Did all my WaniKani and Kanji Dojo lessons and reviews for the day

Did all my SeedLang reviews for the day

Listen to Episode 1 of the Easy German podcast and took notes on unfamiliar vocabulary

Watched the Easy German video "How Germans Feel About Music," completed the accompanying exercises on the website, and took notes on unfamiliar vocabulary

Added 136 new cards to my German Anki deck

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100 Days of Productivity - 88/100 - May 2, 2026

Did all my WaniKani lessons and reviews for the day

Did all my SeedLang reviews for the day

Finished taking notes on the article on verb conjugation on Tofugu

Added 63 cards to my German Anki deck

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Goals for May

Tried this in March and... didn't manage to meet most of my goals for myself, but I've been thinking about why it didn't work and trying to invest in some methods that I think will be more effective, so let's try this again for May!

Work through Sections 2A-2E in Reading Latin

Work through Unit 3 of Latin - An Intensive Course

Work through Capitulum V-VIII of Lingua Latina per se Illustrata: Pars I, including the readings, grammar explanations, and exercises.

Finish levels 7-9 on WaniKani

Take notes on all the Section 2 kanji in Read Japanese Today

Add at least 100 cards to my Latin Anki deck

Add at least 100 cards to my German Anki deck

Take notes on and complete the exercises in Units 2-5 in Deutsche Wiederholungsgrammatik

Finish reading and taking notes on the unfamiliar grammar in Chapter 1 of Eine Nachtigall in New York

Read at least one non-fiction book (TBD)

Work on setting up my Notion account properly to track my academic reading

In addition to those fairly concrete goals, I also want to use WaniKani, the Latin Liberation Philology app, and SeedLang every day, chat in the Easy German Discord server sometimes, drill hiragana and katakana on the Tofugu quiz at least once a week, take notes on a few more Tofugu grammar articles, and to listen to some episodes of the Easy German podcast.

This is intentionally ambitious so I feel like I have options when my executive dysfunction is acting up, but I really do want to see how many goals I can meet! Especially since my internship ended last Thursday, so I have a lot more time to read and study.

Wish me luck!

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hello hello asking for a friend (myself):

how is everyone doing in langblr?

who is still active? I'd like to try and get involved a bit more again now that my time studying in taiwan is coming to an end and I need motivation and community outside the classroom once more!!

sound off, who is still here?

also especially if you post content about indonesian and celtic languages, particularly scottish gaelic, as these are what I am interested in right now!!

please reblog for reach :D

of course, mandarin blogs always beloved and always welcome :)

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100 Days of Productivity - 87/100 - April 22, 2026

Did all my WaniKani lessons and reviews for the day

Took notes on some of the article on verb conjugation on Tofugu

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100 Days of Productivity - 86/100 - April 21, 2026

Did all my WaniKani lessons and reviews for the day

Read some of the first chapter of Eine Nachtigall in New York and took notes on unfamiliar vocabulary

Took notes on some of the unfamiliar grammar and vocabulary in Capitulum Tertiam and Quartum of Lingua Latina: A Companion to Familia Romana (Neumann)

Did the Capitulum Quartum exercises in Exercitia Latina I (Ørberg)

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Basic Japanese Conjugations/Adverbs

Here are some pretty useful and simple conjugations and adverbs that 2nd/3rd graders in Japan start to learn!

更に (さらに/sarani) – Furthermore; Again; After All; Moreover

すると (suruto) – Thereupon; Hereupon

然し (しかし/shikashi) – However; But

然も (しかも/shikamo) – Moreover; Furthermore; Nevertheless

然して (そして/soshite) – And; Thus; And now; And finally

その上 (そのうえ/sonoue) – In addition; Furthermore; Above (which)

詰まり (つまり/tsumari) – That is to say; In other words; I mean; In short; In brief; Ultimately; In the end; When all is said and done

所で (ところで/tokorode) – By the way; Incidentally; Even if; No matter (who, what, when, where, why, how)

所が (ところが/tokoroga) – Even so; However; Still; Whereupon; Even though; Nevertheless

其れ共 (それとも/soretomo) – Or; Or else

其れでは (それでは/sorede(w)a) – Well; In that situation…; In which case 

其処で (そこで/sokode) – So; Accordingly; Now; Then; Thereupon; Therefore

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20.04.26. productive monday back at the laptop! i finished off a key section of my lit review, done some editing, and precariously used a mug of earl grey as a page-holder☕️ also some pics from my morning walk and my visit to st paul’s at the weekend. funny how living in london means you rarely actually visit the cool things here haha!