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previously @katlearnslangs. kat / 15 / usa. work in progress. currently studying: mandarin (heritage speaker - intermediate), latin (second year). on hiatus.

[knittinglizards-archive]

Greek professor: does anyone remember the core stem of γιγνωμαι? me: gno

[nubnublovesbunnies]

Very long but interesting chapter : depressive and bipolar disorders

(Don’t you love when your notes end right at the bottom of the page? I do!)

[tecnobabushka]

I’m taking a subject called “Indoeuropean” this quarter.

[subjunctivelymoody]

other language learners: set fluency goals, have a rigid study schedule that they stick to, make notes on every new grammar point they learn, memorise 10 new words a day, regularly polish duolingo skills, skype twice a week with native speakers, planning a trip overseas

me: has no idea what the fuck they are doing, watches a lot of youtube, cries

[ohlordthegreatcollapse-deactiva]

I’m constantly stuck somewhere between “people aren’t using that word correctly” and “language is constantly evolving and if a significant portion of the population uses a word a certain way then that use is correct simply by virtue of being used as such in the vernacular.”

[beyondbeefy]

i can cry in six languages

[subjunctivelymoody]

Hi! I'm also learning Chinese at the moment and struggle a bit with remembering characters. Have you got any tips on remembering and practising them? Thanks :)

Hi, sorry for the late reply! I haven’t been on Tumblr much lately.

I’m not an expert on this, but I’ll share some quick tips.

A key thing to remember is that Chinese characters are often composed of phonetic (sound) and semantic (meaning) parts.

For example， 歪 (crooked, slanting) is made up of 不 and 正, literally “not straight”.

CharacterPop is a very useful website that breaks down characters into their components. Often, I’ll use the breakdowns as a basis for creating mnemonic stories on Memrise. (On my profile you can see a bunch of examples under “Mems”)

Writing out characters by hand is essentially necessary to learn Chinese. Avoid just going through the motions; actively think about what you’re writing.

Repetition and especially encountering the word in context will really solidify what you learn.

I hope this was helpful! Good luck and let me know if you have any more questions :)

[spanishskulduggery]

Upsetting grammar: “It is imperative that you use the indicative” is actually subjunctive

[blamer]

12/21/15 || Last week’s spread ☺️ Loving my new cloud stickers. ☁️✨

[way-to-study]

Sunday, March 20 (2016)

[lingasms]

Language dates

Come over and learn the basic grammar of my conlang

Let’s create a Memrise course of the worst swear words in both our languages

We should make cookies in the shape of kanjis and see if we manage to make any that are recognisable after baking

Hey, let’s listen to a language we don’t know for 30mins to get a feel of how it sounds and then try and come up with words in that language and check if they exist on a dictionary: winner gets 1 kiss for every point of advantage they scored on the other

If I don’t understand your language, you tell me a sentence and I have to understand if it’s a compliment or an insult “your lips are really soft” vs “did your face get hit with something”

[foodffs]

BAKED CARROT CAKE DONUTS

Really nice recipes. Every hour.

Show me what you cooked!

[violaboss]

I’ve seen a lot of curious people wanting to dive into classical music but don’t know where to start, so I have written out a list of pieces to listen to depending on mood. I’ve only put out a few, but please add more if you want to. hope this helps y’all out. :)

stereotypical delightful classical music:

battalia a 10 in d major (biber)

brandenburg concerto no. 5

brandenburg concerto no. 3

symphony no. 45 - “farewell” (haydn)

if you need to chill:

rondo alla turca

fur elise

anitra’s dance

in the steppes of central asia (borodin) (added by viola-ology)

if you need to sleep:

moonlight sonata

swan lake

corral nocturne

if you need to wake up:

morning mood

summer (from the four seasons)

buckaroo holiday (if you’ve played this in orch you might end up screaming instead of waking up joyfully)

if you are feeling very proud:

pomp and circumstance

symphony no. 9 (beethoven; this is where ode to joy came from)

1812 overture

symphony no. 5, finale (tchaikovsky) (added by viola-ology)

american (dvořák)

if you feel really excited:

hoedown (copland)

bacchanale

spring (from the four seasons) (be careful, if you listen to this too much you’ll start hating it)

la gazza ladra

death and the maiden (schubert)

if you are angry and you want to take a baseball bat and start hitting a bush:

dance of the knights (from the romeo and juliet suite by prokofiev)

winter, mvt. 1 (from the four seasons)

symphony no. 10 mvt. 2 (shostakovich)

symphony no. 5 (beethoven)

totentanz (liszt)

quartet no. 8, mvt. 2 (shostakovich) (added by viola-ology)

young person’s guide to the orchestra, fugue (britten) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

if you want to cry for a really long time:

fantasia based on russian themes (rimsky-korsakov)

adagio for strings (barber)

violin concerto in e minor (mendelssohn)

aase’s death

andante festivo

if you want to feel like you’re on an adventure:

an american in paris (gershwin)

if you want chills:

danse macabre

russian easter overture

if you want to study:

eine kleine nachtmusik

bolero (ravel)

serenade for strings (elgar)

scheherazade (rimsky-korsakov) (added by viola-ology)

pines of rome, mvt. 4 (resphigi) (added by viola-ology)

if you really want to dance:

capriccio espagnol (rimsky-korsakov)

blue danube

le cid (massenet) (added by viola-ology)

radetzky march

if you want to start bouncing in your chair:

hopak (mussorgsky)

les toreadors (from carmen suite no.1)

if you’re about to pass out and you need energy:

hungarian dance no. 1

hungarian dance no. 5

if you want to hear suspense within music:

firebird

in the hall of the mountain king

ride of the valkyries

night on bald mountain (mussorgsky) (added by viola-ology)

if you want a jazzy/classical feel:

rhapsody in blue

if you want to feel emotional with no explanation:

introduction and rondo capriccioso

unfinished symphony (schubert)

symphony no. 7, allegretto (beethoven) (added by viola-ology)

canon in d (pachelbel)

if you want to sit back and have a nice cup of tea:

st. paul’s suite

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

l’arlésienne suite

pieces that don’t really have a valid explanation:

symphony no. 40 (mozart)

cello suite no. 1 (bach)

polovtsian dances

enigma variations (elgar) (added by viola-ology)

perpetuum mobile

pieces that just sound really cool:

scherzo tarantelle

dance of the goblins

caprice no. 24 (paganini)

new world symphony, allegro con fuoco (dvorak) (added by viola-ology​)

if you feel like listening to concertos all day (I do not recommend doing that):

concerto for two violins (bach)

concerto for two violins (vivaldi)

violin concerto in a minor (vivaldi)

violin concerto (tchaikovsky) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

cello concerto in c (haydn)

piano concerto, mvt. 1 (pierne) (added by iwillsavemyworld)

harp concerto in E-flat major, mvt. 1 (added by iwillsavemyworld)

and if you really just hate classical music in general:

4′33″ (cage)

a lot of these pieces apply in multiple categories, but I sorted them by which I think they match the most. have fun exploring classical music!

also, thank you to viola-ology and iwillsavemyworld for adding on! if you would like to add on your own suggestions, please reblog and add on or message me so I can give you credit for the suggestion!

[sharpes-countryside-deactivated]

[dreamofmermaidlagoons]

[post--grad]

14 may, 4:15pm // today i wasted a perfectly good rainy day running around doing things. wish I could have curled up in bed with a book instead.

[subjunctivelymoody]

2.19.16 // working on an English assignment - it's going to be typed, but sometimes writing drafts by hand really helps! (as long as they're legible, unlike mine... oops.)