[nowtoboldlygo]

alternatives to anki for spanish, also free

y'all know i love anki, but sometimes you just don't have the time to make over a hundred flashcards every single week.

clozemaster - an app where you fill-in-the-blank for the most commonly used words in spanish (order is random).

picture dictionary - for beginners, not an SRS! just a learning tool based on pictures for vocab. i recommend using spanish for both native and target language settings.

memrise - limited use for free, and personally i only recommend this if you're taking a course or using a textbook with associated user-created courses. this isn't common in spanish, but is in some other languages

readlang - the most efficient way to remember new words is to read them in context, and readlang does offer flashcards!

[adhd-languages]

Learning through immersion

(Specifically Spanish, for intermediate-advanced learners. Most of this can be used for any language though)

Consume native content without looking up anything. Just enjoy it. (Something written, or something which has a transcript/subtitles)

Now consume it a second time

Write down any interesting sentences. (Ideally with pen and paper, for it to stick)

Anything that has something that looks like a word you know, but is in a tense you’re not sure, just a new use of a tense, some interesting expression or vocab…

Go onto SpanishDict and type in those interesting conjunctions, figure out what tense they’re in

Learn that new tense! Either through SpanishDict (they have lessons for pretty much everything) or just google lessons online. This can be as in depth as you like, or you can just google a quick explanation

Create new vocab list of new words and quickly run through it

Re-consume native content after going through all your sentences with a new enlightened mind

On this run you can also read aloud (or mirror, if you have audio) the interesting sentences you wrote down. With feeling, please.

Then write something in your own words, using new grammar and vocab you’ve studied. Or speak aloud, and record yourself. You should try to write other sentences using a similar structure as whatever new interesting tense use you’ve found. If it suits you, get a native speaker to check your sentences, using Busuu, or HiNative, or something similar.

This is just one way that I’ve been enjoying recently. To be honest, you can cut out pretty much any of these steps depending on what suits you, how much time you have, etc.

The important thing is that you’re paying close attention to your content, and you absolutely need to write your own sentences afterwards.

Unless you genuinely have no interest in communicating with native speakers — maybe you just want to watch tv or read in your target language and that’s fine — but if you do want to be able to communicate, you’re going to need to practice. You should also be practicing speaking aloud. If you have nobody to talk to, talk to yourself.

This strategy is really useful for when you’ve self-studied the basics of a language and you don’t know what grammar you need to study next. Just let

[capitulouno]

[orenjisupeesu]

賞味期限が切れてる豆乳プリン食べちゃった😭😭

[pompadourpink]

Youngster slang

À balle: in large quantities

Avoir le seum: being angry

Bananer: fooling someone

Barré/cramé/fêlé/flingué/ouf/taré: crazy 

Bébar/chourave/chourrer/karna/piquer/taper: stealing

Bebom: verlan for Bombe, super hot girl

Bédo/oinj/sandwich/splif: joint 

Beuh/beu/chichon/hash/herbe/shit/teuchi: weed

Bicher, bolosser, faire la misère: annoying/harassing someone

Biff, fric, moula, oseille, thune: money

Binks, cité, tèce, téci, tess, tiécar, zone: Parisian suburbs

Blinde, f: a lot

Boloss: loser

Ça caille/pèle: it’s cold

Ça me saoule/gonfle/fait chier: that’s pissing me off

Capter: understanding (T’as capté?)

Carrément: you bet! (- Do you want to come over? - Carrément!)

C’est bon: that’s enough, shut up

C’est carré: it works for me, it’s all good

C’est clair: totally

C’est claqué (au sol): it’s shit

C’est le sang: I love that person, we’re like relatives

C’est mort: that’s not happening

C’est tout pété: it sucks

Chelou: verlan for Louche, Weird

Chienne: bitch

Clope, f: cigarette

Comme jaja: like never before - short for Comme jamais

Crever: to die (Je crève de faim)

Dalleux, chien de la casse: annoying horny man

Darons: parents (un daron, une daronne)

De ouf: yes, a lot (Je bosse de ouf en ce moment)

Délire/kif: something cool, exciting

Démonter: fucking someone up

Disquette/douille/pilule, f: a lie

Eins: verlan for Seins, Boobs

Être chaud: being excited about doing something

Être en chien: being horny

Être en PLS (position latérale de sécurité): being exhausted/uneasy

Faire du sale: doing bad or illegal things

Faire le canard: acting like a simp

Faire le gars: acting tough

Faire tiep: verlan for Faire pitié, being pitiful

Feumeu: verlan for Meuf, verlan for Femme, Woman

Fonsdé: verlan for Défoncé, High (on drugs)

Galocher: kissing (Je l’ai galoche)

Gérer: being good at something

Gérer, ken, pécho, serrer: having sex (Je vais ken ce soir)

Gratter: con something out of someone (Je peux te gratter une clope?)

J’ai la dalle: I’m hungry

Je m’en bats les couilles: I don’t give a damn

Je suis refait: I’m lucky again after being unlucky

La flemme: can’t be bothered

Larchouma, tehon: shame

La vie de ma mère: I swear to God (rude)

Malaisant-e: cringy

Mes couilles/mon cul: yeah right

Mettre un coup de pression/stress: scaring someone with authority

Mettre une disquette: fooling someone

Meuf: verlan for Femme, Woman

Michto: nice, hot

Michetonneuse: sex worker

Mifa: verlan for Famille, Family (usually about close friends)

Morfler/prendre cher: being harmed, going through a lot

Mytho: liar

Narvalo, m: dumbass, dude

Nique sa race: fuck it

Oim: verlan for Moi, Me (Je rentre chez oim)

Pélo: dude

Perso: short for Personally

Puer la mort: stinking

Psartek: congratulations

Quetru: verlan for Truc, Thingy

Ras le cul: I don’t give a damn anymore

Relou: verlan for Lourd, Annoying (technically Heavy)

Reuch: verlan for Cher, Expensive

Reuf: verlan for Frère, Brother

Reuss: verlan for Soeur, Sister

Rien à battre/carrer/cogner/foutre/taper: I don’t give a damn

S’arracher/se casser/se tailler: leaving quickly during a bad situation

Se capter: meeting with someone (On se capte après manger?)

Se faire cramer: being catched red-handed

Se la raconter: bragging

Se maquer: seriously dating someone (Il s’est maqué l’an passé)

Se taper: doing, watching a movie, reading a book, having sex, fighting, eating (Je me suis tapé le dernier Fast and furious)

Squatter: crashing somewhere and chilling with friends

Tchoin, timp: slut

Téma: verlan for Matter, Look! (Téma la meuf)

Ter-ter: short for Territoire; someone’s block

Tu connais les bails: you know what I mean

Tu m’as tué: you killed me (after a joke usually)

Vénère: angry

Vivre sa meilleure vie: living one’s best life

Wesh: aight

Zyva: verlan for Vas-y, Come on

[onlinecounsellingcollege]

Breathe. You’re going to be okay. Breathe and remember that you’ve been in this place before. You’ve been this uncomfortable and anxious and scared, and you’ve survived. Breathe and know that you can survive this too. These feelings can’t break you. They’re painful and debilitating, but you can sit with them and eventually, they will pass. Maybe not immediately, but sometime soon, they are going to fade and when they do, you’ll look back at this moment and laugh for having doubted your resilience. I know it feels unbearable right now, but keep breathing, again and again. This will pass. I promise it will pass.

Daniell Koepke (via onlinecounsellingcollege)

[mediocrelanguagelearner]

What would you recommend to someone learning a language (by themselves) for the first time?

Hi. I think firstly I'd recommend knowing what your motivation is to learn the language. It doesn't have to be a big reason but just something you can come back to when you're struggling with motivation.

Other then that, I'd recommend:

getting some primary resource you can learn grammar from (can be a textbook, can be a website, just something that's good)

surrounding yourself with the language – listening to music/podcasts, watching videos/series/movies, reading books/articles...and just trying to use the language as much as you can

have fun, do what you enjoy doing, but you also have to sit down and do things you don't enjoy sometimes

find some people – it can be native speakers, people who learn the same language as you do, people who are learning other languages... I think having a community (or even just a one person) that's interested in the same thing and with which you can share your achievements and struggles, thoughts and inspiration are really important!

don't give up!

[pompadourpink]

Un coup de

Un coup d’arrêt: end (official)

Un coup de balai: a sweep (donner+)

Un coup de barre: sudden fatigue (2PM type)(avoir+)

Un coup de bol/pot: a lucky strike

Un coup de cafard: fit of blues (avoir+)

Un coup de chaleur: heat exhaustion

Un coup de chance: stroke of luck

Un coup de chiffon: light dusting

Un coup de coeur: infatuation

Un coup de crayon: a pencil line

Un coup d’essai: a first attempt

Un coup d’état: a coup

Un coup d’envoi: a kick-off

Un coup de feu: a gunshot (tirer+)

Un coup de fil/téléphone: a phone call (passer+)

Un coup de foudre: love at first sight

Un coup de frein: sharp braking (donner+)

Un coup de génie: a stroke of genius

Un coup de grâce: coup de grâce

Un coup de gueule: a rant (passer+)

Un coup de main: (giving) a hand (donner+)

Un coup de maître: a master stroke

Un coup de mou: a sluggish period

Un coup d’oeil: a glance (jeter+)

Un coup de pied: a kick (donner+)

Un coup de pinceau: a brush stroke

Un coup de poing: a punch

Un coup de soleil: a sunburn (attraper/prendre+)

Un coup d’un soir: a one-night stand

Un coup de tête: a head-butt

Un coup de théâtre: a dramatic turn of event

Un coup de tonnerre: a clap of thunder

Un coup de vent: a gust of wind

Un coup de vieux: feeling old (ex: when your nephew doesn’t know what a floppy disk is)(prendre+)

Un coup du lapin: whiplash

[goodplan-ipromise]

[multilingualpotato]

Clothes in Spanish

la ropa - clothes

una camiseta - a t-shirt

una camisa - a shirt

los pantalones - pants

una falda - a skirt

los shorts - shorts

un vestido - a dress

un suéter - a sweater

una chaqueta - a jacket

un abrigo - a jacket

los guantes - gloves

los tejanos - jeans

la ropa interior - underwear

los calcetines - socks

los zapatos - shoes

los zapatos de tacón - high heels

un bolso - a purse

un cinturón - a belt

una bufanda - a scarf

un pañuelo - a shawl

la joyería - jewelry

un anillo - a ring

un collar - a necklace

una pulsera - a bracelet

los pendientes - earings

llevar/vestir  - to wear (to have on)

ponerse - to put on

vestirse - to get dressed

desvestirse - to get undressed

[studyblrwithpanbi]

~🤓🎨📑📔📆🤭~

🇲🇽 Mientras preparo mi bujo para este año, una pequeña comparativa, hace cinco años comencé con esta organización y ah ido mejorando año con año, ciertamente comenzar con una Bullet Journal ah sido una de las mejores decisiones de mi vida, ya que me ayudó a focalizarme en momentos difíciles y confusos y ahora es una parte indispensable de mi día a día.

¿Hace cuando usan una bujo?

🇬🇧 While I prepare my bujo for this year, a small comparison, five years ago I started with this organization and it has been improving year after year, Certainly starting with a Bullet Journal has been one of the best decisions of my life, since it helped me focus on difficult and confusing moments and now it is an indispensable part of my day.

Does when they use a Bujo?

[hauntytrieslanguages]

italki notes

This week is more going over the reading section of Genki 1 and doing some homework…

Vocab

短編小説・ たんぺんしょうせつ - short stories

ショートストーリー - short story

物語 ・ものがたり - story(fiction)

仕事が終わります・しごとがおわります - I finish work (as in the end of a shift)

~Afterwards/Later on

後で・あとで - afterwards. You’d use this if the thing thats happening later is in the present/very soon

ご飯のあとでゲームをしました - after eating I’ll play a game

その後・そのあと - after

This is more used when you’re saying something that’s happened, but later on/more time’s elapsed/its not in the present

しごとがおわります。そのあと、ヨガをします。 - I finish work. After that, I do yoga.

それから - and after that

仕事があります。それから、ヨガをします。 - I finish work. And after that, I do yoga.

(I am assured there is a difference)

[the-notegarden]

I’ve started attempting to translate news articles from this website It’s great for those at the N5 or N4 level ^^

[the-bibrarian]

☆ New kanji lesson ☆ 

日本の四季 (にほんのしき) The four seasons in Japan 

🌸春 (はる)・spring → 暖かい (あたたかい)・warm 

 🌞夏 (なつ)・summer → 暑い (あつい)・hot 

🍁秋 (あき)・autumn/fall → 涼しい (すずしい)・cool 

❄️冬 (ふゆ)・winter → 寒い (さむい)・cold 

Additional vocabulary: 

春休み・はるやすみ・spring vacation 春分の日・しゅんぶんのひ・vernal equinox 夏休み・なつやすみ・summer vacation 冷夏・れいか・cool summer 真夏・まなつ・midsummer 秋分の日・しゅうぶんのひ・autumnal equinox 冬休み・ふゆやすみ・winter vacation 暑さ・あつさ・heat 寒さ・さむさ・cold, chill 寒波・かんぱ・cold wave (weather) 温暖な・おんだんな・warm, mild 暖冬・だんとう・mild winter 涼む・すずむ・to cool oneself 涼風・りょうふう・cool breeze 天気・てんき・weather 天の川・あまのがわ・the Milky Way 春夏秋冬・しゅんかしゅうとう・the four seasons  

夏休みを楽しめね！☀︎

[rendakud]

Medical Terminology! YAY! ✺◟( • ω • )◞✺

Just more fun words to know. :)

◎━━━━━━━━━━━◎ Acne にきび :  面皰 Allergy アレルギー Asthma ぜんそく :  喘息 Bee sting ハチさしきず  :  ハチ刺し傷 Bruise だぼくしょう :  打撲傷 Burn やけど :  火傷 Cold  かぜ  :  風邪 Constipation べんぴ :  便秘 Cough せき :  咳 Diarrhea げり :  下痢 Dizziness めまい :  目眩 Ear infection じえん :  耳炎 Fatigue ひろう  :  疲労 Fever ねつ :  熱 Flu  インフルエンザ Food poisoning しょくちゅうどく :  食中毒 Frostbite とうしょう :  凍傷 Headache ずつう :  頭痛 Heartburn むねやけ  :  胸焼け Hives じんましん :  蕁麻疹 Indigestion しょうかふりょう :  消化不良 Ingrown nail かんにゅうそう :  陥入爪 Itchy かゆい :  痒い Lump こぶ :  瘤 Nausea はきけ :  吐き気 Nosebleed はなぢ :  鼻血 Pain くつう :  苦痛 Rash はっしん :  発疹 Runny nose はなみず :  鼻水 Sore throat のどのいたみ :  喉の痛み Sprain ねんざ :  捻挫 Sunburn ひやけ :  日焼け Toothache しつう :  歯痛 Vomiting おうと :  嘔吐 ◎━━━━━━━━━━━◎

[rendakud]

|ʘ‿ʘ)╯  いらっしゃいませ!  (Irasshaimase).   Welcome! - Said in stores/restaurants to a customer. ご注文、よろしいでしょうか？(Gochūmon, yoroshī deshouka?) Would you like to order?

なにかのみものはいかがですか？(Nanika nomimonowa ikagadesuka?) Would you like something to drink? How are your katakana skills? Need practice? Well if you like coffee, it’s time to brush up on it.  (⊙_⊙) ☆ ★ ━━━━━━━ ★ ☆ 喫茶店 (きっさてん) Cafe コーヒー Coffee メニュー Menu スターバックス Starbucks (often shortened to スタバ ) 

ホットコーヒー Hot coffee アイスコーヒー  Iced coffee       アイコ (abbreviation) エスプレッソ Espresso ラテ  Latte カフェオレ Café au lait フラペチーノ Frappuccino モカ Mocha チャイ Chai カプチーノ Cappuccino カフェ アメリカーノ Cafe Americano マキアート Macchiato エス Small エム Medium エル Large ショート Short   トール Tall グランデ Grande べんティ Venti ソイ Soy 豆乳 (とうにゅう) Soy milk 低脂肪乳 (ていしぼうにゅう) Low-fat milk 無脂肪乳 (むしぼうにゅう) Fat-free milk ホイップクリーム Whip cream フォームミルク Foamed milk ソース Sauce シロップ Syrup クリーム Cream さとう Sugar

チョコレート Chocolate バニラ  Vanilla キャラメル Caramel 抹茶 (まっちゃ) Matcha シナモン Cinnamon ヘーゼルナッツ Hazelnut アーモンド Almond ☆ ★ ━━━━━━━ ★ ☆ ( ˘▽˘)っ♨   Can you read it? 

▶  キャラメル マキアート  ▶  マンゴー パッション ティー フラペチーノ ▶  さくら ブロッサム クリーム ラテ ☆ ★ ━━━━━━━ ★ ☆ Extra phrases: エスプレッソショットのついか。 Add an espresso shot. コーヒーおかわり Coffee refill. ホットコーヒーをひとつください。One hot coffee, please.       ~おねがいします is a more polite way to say please than ください。 トールソイチャイ ティー ラテおねがいします。Tall soy chai tea latte, please. コーヒーにはミルクとさとうをください。I would like milk and sugar for my coffee, please. (S,M,L)  サイズをください 。I’ll have a small/medium/grande/etc, please. ☆ ★ ━━━━━━━ ★ ☆ ♨o(>_<)o♨ . .

[oumstudies]

100 Days of French

100 Days of French (3 out of 100):

After knowing how to asking basic questions in order to make small talk, you’ll need to know a few basic answers.

Yes = Oui

“Savez-vous où se trouve la gare de Lyon?”

“Oui, vous n’avez qu’à suivre cette route.”

No = Non

“Savez-vous où se trouve le café Saint Régis?”

“Non, je suis désolée.”

Maybe = Peut-être

“Pouvez-vous m’aider?”

“Peut-être, de quoi avez-vous besoin?”

Probably = Probablement

“Est-ce-que tu pense que le cinéma est ouvert aujourd’hui?”

“Il l’est probablement.”

It’s possible = Il est possible or C’est possible

“Tu penses qu’il va pleuvoir ce week-end?”

“C’est possible.”

I don’t know = Je ne sais pas (Je sais pas is a more common version. French have started to neglect and forget ne.)

“Est-ce-que le restaurant est fermé?”

“Je ne sais pas.”

I think… = Je pense (que)…

“Je ne sais pas sur quoi baser ma dissertation.”

“Je pense avoir une idée.” or “Je pense que j’ai une idée.”

I’m not sure, but… = Je ne suis pas sûr(e), mais…

“Est-ce-que je pourrais trouver chez toi une robe noire?”

“Je ne suis pas sûre, mais je vais essayer de t’en trouver une.”

I could be wrong, but… = Je peux me tromper, mais…

“Penses-tu que Richard m’aime?”

“Je peux me tromper, mais je pense que oui.”

This way / That way = Par ici / Par là

“Par où est le chemin de l’aéroport? Par ici?”

“Non, il est par là.”

The other / opposite way = L'autre côté or Le chemin inverse

“Où se trouve le moulin de Mr. Gold?”

“De l’autre côté de la colline.”

Here = Ici

“Où se trouve la boulangerie?”

“C’est ici, dans cette ruelle.”

There = Là bas

“Où as-tu trouvé ce chaton?”

“Là bas, dans les champs.”

None = Aucun(e)

“Est-ce-que les fleurs ont fanées?”

“Non, aucune fleur n’a fané.”

Not many = Pas beaucoup

“Combien d’argent as-tu?”

“Pas beaucoup, environ 10 euros.”

A few / A little = Un peu

“Tu veux en peu d’eau?”

“J’en prendrai bien un peu, merci.”

A lot / Many = Beaucoup

“Est-ce-qu’il vous reste des tomates?”

“Oui, il en reste beaucoup.”