The 2021 Langblr Secret Santa is open for sign-ups! This is an anonymous gift exchange between language learners on Tumblr, giving gifts and encouraging one another during the winter holiday season. You don't need to have a langblr to join or to be at any particular level with your target language: all language enthusiasts are welcome!
Schedule:
Sign-ups open: November 6
Sign-ups close: November 20
Assignments delivered: November 23
Check-in: December 12
Posting period: December 24-31
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I’m your @langblrsecretsanta2021! You asked for music for a couple of different languages, so I put together three playlists in Welsh, Basque, and Malayalam. Whenever I listen to music to learn a language, I like to have the lyrics with me, so I assembled all the lyrics I could find into books for you to use! And for the Welsh and Basque songs, the English translations are there, too.
welsh playlist • welsh lyric book
basque playlist • basque lyric book
malayalam playlist • malayalam lyric book
all songs playlist • all songs lyric book
I hope you enjoy, and that you have a fantastic winter holiday. Gwyliau hapus, jai zoriontsuak, and സന്തോഷകരമായ അവധി ദിനങ്ങൾ!
Hello, @herecomesthepolyglot! You can call me Aciir and I'm your @langblrsecretsanta2021. I don't study any of the languages you asked for since there was kind of a shortage, so I apologize in advance for any mistakes.
Since you said you like music I made with my bf a playlist with the songs we like in those languages (tho the ones in Serbian are actually in Croatian, I'm sorry), I hope you enjoy the music as we do. And I made a music vocabulary list. Hope you learn a lot and merry Christmas!
Hi, @languagelearningcorner, Merry Christmas! I’m your secret santa for the @langblrsecretsanta2021.
Your Spanish level is really good so I wasn’t sure what to give you. You said that you’re interested in cultural things and regional variations, so I thought you might like a list of things that have different names depending on which Spanish speaking country you’re in. I chose food as it has a lot of variations, but I’m linking you to some resources in case you want to look for other words: x, x, x, x. This got a bit out of hand, so sorry about the super long post.
I'm also sending you a classic video about regional variations [Qué difícil es hablar el español]. I'm sure you've already watched it, but it's worth a rewatch and if not, then I hope you like it!
And here's a game about the different Spanish speaking countries. It's really hard even for native speakers!
So here we go... How do you call this food in Spanish?
Papaya. Papaya (in most Spanish speaking countries), mamón (Argentina, and Paraguay), fruta bomba (Cuba), lechosa (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela).
Strawberry. Fresa (in most Spanish speaking countries), and frutilla (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Uruguay).
Hot Dog. Hot dog (in most Spanish speaking countries), perrito caliente (Spain, and El Salvador; perro caliente in Nicaragua), completo (Chile), shuco (Guatemala), pancho (Paraguay), frankfurter (Uruguay, they also called it pancho), asquerosito (informal in Venezuela), frankfurt (El Salvador).
Sandwich (food presented in a bread cut in two halves). Sándwich or some variant: sánduche, sánguche (in most Spanish speaking countries), bocadillo (Spain. In Spain sándwich is exclusively the one made with sliced bread), torta (Mexico), pan con… (Venezuela, Perú), refuerzo (Uruguay), pan (Guatemala), emparedado (Colombia).
Bean. Poroto (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Panamá, Perú, and Uruguay), judía (Spain, and Cuba), frijol (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, and Venezuela), frejol (Ecuador, and Perú), fríjol (Colombia), habichuela (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Colombia), caraota (Venezuela), alubia (Spain).
Green bean. Chaucha (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay), vainita (Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras, Perú, and Venezuela), habichuela (Panamá, Guatemala, Spain, Cuba, Colombia), poroto verde (Chile), vainica (Costa Rica), ejote (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico), judía verde (Spain), fréjol (Spain), piloyes (Guatemala), vainita de frijol (Nicaragua), gandul (Puerto Rico), guandul (Dominican Republic).
Popcorn. Palomitas (in most Spanish speaking countries), pochoclo (Argentina), pururú (Argentina), pororó (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay), pipocas (Bolivia), cabritas (Chile), popcorn (Chile, Panamá), crispetas (Colombia), maíz pira (Colombia), rositas de maíz (Cuba), canguil (Ecuador), roscas (Canarias) cotufas (Venezuela, Canarias), poporopos (Guatemala), millo (Panamá), canchita (Perú), pop (Uruguay), gallitos (Zulia).
Pineapple. Piña (in most Spanish speaking countries), ananá (Argentina and Uruguay).
Banana. Plátano (in most Spanish speaking countries, but in Colombia, Costa Rica, Guatemala, and Venezuela plátano is only the one you eat cooked, the fruit is called banano and, in Venezuela, cambur), banana (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, and Uruguay). Guineo (Bolivia, Colombia, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Chiapas, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Zulia). In Nicaragua, and Panamá there are different names for the different kinds of bananas: plátano maduro, plátano verde, guineo, plátano cuadrado, plátano de monte, and guineo primitivo. In Venezuela something similar happens: topocho, titiaro, and chocheco.
Peanut. Maní (in most Spanish speaking countries), cacahuete (Canarias, Galicia), avellana (Andalucía), cacahuate (Honduras, and Mexico).
Passion fruit. Maracuyá (in most Spanish speaking countries), mburucuyá (Uruguay, Paraguay, Argentina), fruta de la pasión (Spain), granada china (Mexico), chinola (Dominican Republic), parchita (Venezuela), parcha (Puerto Rico).
Grapefruit. Toronja (in most Spanish speaking countries), pomelo (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Spain, Uruguay, and in Paraguay for the yellow one).
Nectarine. Nectarina (Bolivia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Spain, Mexico, Paraguay, Perú, and Venezuela), nectarín (Chile, Panamá, and Puerto Rico), durazno pelado (Chile), durazno (Chile, Honduras, and Nicaragua. This word is used for peach and apricot in other countries), melocotón (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Guatemala, Honduras, and Dominican Republic.This word is used for peach and apricot in other countries), pelón (Uruguay, Paraguay, and Argentina).
Apricot. Albaricoque (Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Spain, Guatemala, Panamá, Perú, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic), damasco (Argentina, Bolivia, Canarias, Chile, Cuba, Ecuador, Andalucía, Paraguay, and Uruguay), durazno (Honduras, and Nicaragua), melocotón (Honduras, and Venezuela), chabacano (Mexico).
Potato. Papa (in most Spanish speaking countries), patata (Spain, except Andalucía and Canarias).
Sweet potato. Batata (Argentina, Colombia, Spain, Nicaragua, Paraguay, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela), camote (Bolivia, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá and Perú), papa dulce (Venezuela), boniato (Cuba, Spain, and Uruguay).
Ear of maize. Choclo (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, Paraguay, Perú, and Uruguay), piña de millo (Canarias), maíz (Chile), mazorca (Colombia, El Salvador, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Venezuela, Spain (mazorca de maíz)), elote (Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua), maíz tierno (Cuba), jojoto (Venezuela).
Avocado. Aguacate (in most Spanish speaking countries), palta (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Guatemala, Perú, and Uruguay), pagua (Cuba), and cura (Táchira).
I published the vocab list in a google sites with pictures too in case it's easier to read.
(love this beautiful gif by @zandrami thank you so much for letting me use this!💛)
Je vous souhaite un très joyeux Noël @procaffeinater !
I’m your gift giver from @langblrsecretsanta2021 and I’ve compiled a smol resource list to help you in your language learning journey (since I’m also a beginner in French, I couldn’t write about my own experiences :P)
I have found websites, podcasts and youtube videos quite helpful in learning and getting familiar with the language and I hope you’ll find them helpful too😊
Since you’ve mentioned learning from Duolingo, I suggest starting out with their French Podcast (plus you get a transcript) for getting familiar with how the language is spoken.
I also love the DisneyFR channel on Youtube with The Beauty and The Beast being my favorite playlist! (closed captions are enabled!) Disney is always a fun watch (and the nostalgia too)
For culture or history (not exclusive to France), I really adore C'est une autre histoire for their wonderful commentary videos on all sorts of topics from myths to art to history. Their animated videos are absolutely delightful, and once again, closed captions make it sooo much easier to follow💙
If you want to make learning an active experience, then Readlang or Toucan are amazing webpage extensions. I previously used them to practice German.
The BBC French website is also cool if you wanna check that out!
Radio France Internationale or RFI has a live radio feature on their website. On the English version of their website, you get 24-hour French songs in different genres. On the French version of their website, you get to hear the news, though it’s quite difficult to understand if you’re a beginner :(
Now for my most favorite part! Music! I love listening to songs and they just run as background noise as I get my work done.
Most of the songs I listen to are on Spotify, so I’ll be linking them there.
The Jazz French songs playlist - this was one of the first playlists I came across and just love the vibes💛
I love indie music irrespective of the language and I listen to them as they show up on my Discover Weekly playlist, but I don’t really know many beyond the fact that they are indie😅
But here’s a French Indie playlist - again, just amazing
L'Impératrice has become one of my most fav artists in the past year (and isn’t it cool that they are called The Empress!?
Now, my last gift isn’t French related but more studyblr related. Idk if you like to study to lo-fi music but if you do, I highly recommend checking out City Girl on Spotify, especially their albums Neon Impasse and Chroma Velocity. Pointless sidenote, City Girl has been my top artist for the past three years straight since I listen to their songs on repeat whenever midterm season or finals roll around (I honestly need to send them a gift basket for saving my grades :P)
That’s it from me, I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!!! Bonnes fêtes de fin d'année🎉✨
Merry Christmas @queerlingual! Here’s your gift for the @langblrsecretsanta Based on your interest and your passion for activism, as well as your intermediate level in Dutch, I wanted to combine immersive language learning methods with resources on human rights in our small but surprisingly diverse country.
Literature
Hallo witte mensen van Anousha Nzume Een heel populair boek over racisme in Nederland dat redelijk wat losmaakte in de maatschappij toen het uitkwam (vooral in negatieve zin).
Witte onschuld van Gloria Wekker Dit boek gaat over racisme in de media in Nederland en natuurlijk over Zwarte Piet.
Roofstaat van Ewald Vanvugt Een heel ongecensureerde versie van de Nederlandse geschiedenis, vooral over slavernij en het koloniaal verleden.
Max Havelaar van Multatuli Dit is een onderdeel van de Nederlandse literaire canon en het is oorspronkelijk geschreven tegen de Nederlandse koloniale administratie in Indonesië.
Kartonnen dozen van Tom Lanoye Een literair boek over een gay jongen op de middelbare school.
Welkom bij de club van Thomas van der Meer Een luchtig boek over een transjongen.
Nog veel meer queer boeken op queerboeken.nl.
Podcasts
Spectrum Deze podcast gaat over queerness in Nederland, vooral onder mensen van kleur. Het is een relatief nieuwe podcast over zowel persoonlijke als politieke onderwerpen (vaak allebei tegelijkertijd!).
Dipsaus Dit is een podcast waarin drie vrouwen met elkaar praten over hun ervaringen als zwarte vrouwen in Nederland. Ze nodigen vaak gasten uit om met hen te praten over identiteit en een scala aan politieke onderwerpen. De drie presentatrices zijn ontzettend sympathiek en zijn goed bekend met de onderwerpen die ze bespreken. Ik ben redelijk verslaafd aan deze podcast.
Fufu en Dadels Een vergelijkbare podcast over vrouwen van kleur in Nederland, maar dan vanuit een Zuid-Nederlands perspectief. Ondanks ons kleine formaat zijn er regionale verschillen, die in deze podcast ook mooi naar voren komen, vooral in vergelijking met de Randstad (the metropolitan areas around Amsterdam, Utrecht, and the Hague).
Jurre’s Date Spuiten en Slikken Dit is niet expliciet een social justice gerelateerde podcast, maar raakt wel vaak aan onderwerpen zoals seksualiteit, fysieke of mentale beperkingen en sekswerk. Het is een beetje theatraal, maar soms wel interessant om naar te luisteren.
Queerstory Dit is een heel nieuwe podcast over queer personen in de geschiedenis. Er zijn op het moment van schrijven drie afleveringen.
De Groene Amsterdammer Het is eigenlijk een nieuwspodcast, maar wel aan de linkerkant van het politieke spectrum.
Series / Documentaries
Hij is een zij Serie waarin transgendermensen gevolgd worden in hun dagelijks leven en transitie.
Geboeid: terug naar de plantage Deze documentaireserie volgt Nederlanders die op zoek gaan naar de slavernijachtergrond in hun familie en zich verdiepen in het slavernijverleden van Nederland in het algemeen.
#Boos: Terug naar je eige land Deze documentaire gaat over asielzoekers die teruggestuurd worden door de overheid naar een gevaarlijk land. Het maakte heel wat los in de samenleving en het is een ontzettend belangrijke discussie in Nederland wie hier wel en niet mag blijven.
Verdacht Deze documentaire gaat over etnisch profileren, vooral richting mannen van kleur in Nederland door de politie.
Vrouw op Mars Een documentaireserie over het feminisme in Nederland.
Oogappels Een geweldige serie over een aantal families en hun problemen. De personages zijn super realistisch en er is redelijk wat representatie.
Gewoon vrienden Een romantische komedie over twee jonge mannen die smoorverliefd worden. Cute.
Dunya en Desie Dit is een vrij oude sitcom over twee vriendinnen. Een van de twee heeft Marokkaanse ouders en is volgens mij een van de oudere representaties van Marokkaanse families op TV.
Over het algemeen kun je heel veel films, series en documentaires vinden op npostart.nl.
Feel free to ask me for more specific recommendations as you get through these (especially documentaries are my jam)! I hope you love them as much as I do!
This is the gift I made for the @langblrsecretsanta
Hi @sunboundprometheu, I’m your secret santa, I hope you enjoy the gift. I decided to make it about both Portuguese and German since Portuguese is my native language and German is also my target language.
Painter: Georg Friedrich Kersting (Güstrow, Germany)
Title of the painting: Faust im Studierzimmer
Öl auf Holz - Oil on canvas
Das Fenster – the window – a janela
Das Regal – the shelf – a estante
Die Säule – the column – a coluna
Der Stuhl – the chair – a cadeira
Der Boden – the floor – o chão
Extra vocabulary:
Literature – die Literatur – a literatura
Poem – das Gedicht – o poema
Theater play – das Theaterstück – a peça de teatro
Tragedy – die Tragödie – a tragédia
Heaven – der Himmel – o céu/o paraíso
Demon – der Dämon – o demônio
God – der Gott – o Deus
Devil – der Teufel – o diabo
Hell – die Hölle – o inferno
Part – das Teil – a parte
Introduction – die Einleitung – a introdução
Rhyme – der Reim – a rima
To rhyme – reimen – rimar
Painter: Olga Wisinger-Florian (Vienna, Austria)
Title of the painting: Arbeit am Bauernhof
Öl auf Holz - Oil on canvas
Der Raum – the smoke – a fumaça
Der Baum – the tree – a árvore
Das Haus – the house – a casa
Die Bäuerin – the countrywoman – a camponesa
Das schwein – the pig – o porco
Das Huhn – the chicken/hen – a galinha
Extra vocabulary:
To paint – malen – pintar
Painting (noun) – das Gemälde – o quadro/ a pintura
Canvas – die Leinwand – a tela
Frame – der Rahmen – a moldura
Paintbrush – der Pinsel – o pincel
Art history – die Kunstgeschichte – a história da arte
Ink – die Tinte – a tinta
Artist – der Künstler/die Künstlerin – o artista/a artista
Creative process – der Schaffensprozess – o processo criativo
Artistic movement – die künstlerische Bewegung – o movimento artístico
Painter: Oscar Pereira da Silva (São Fidélis, Brazil)
Title of the painting: Desembarque de Pedro Álvares Cabral em Porto Seguro em 1500
Óleo sobre tela – Oil on canvas
A árvore – the tree – der Baum
A palmeira – the palm tree – die Palme
O céu – the sky – der Himmel
A caravela – the caravel – die Karavelle
O barco – the boat – das Boot
A areia – the sand – der Sand
A onda – the wave – die Welle
A rocha – the rock – der Stein
Extra vocabulary:
Colony – die Kolonie – a colônia
Colonialism – der Kolonialismus – o colonialismo
Slavery – die Sklaverei – a escravidão
History – die Geschichte – a história
Century – das Jahrhundert – o século
Imperialism – der Imperialismus – o imperialismo
Navigation – die Navigation – a navegação
Gold – das Gold – o ouro
Silver – das Silber – a prata
Treaty – der Vertrag – o tratado
War – der Krieg – a guerra
Deprivation of liberty – die Freiheitsberaubung – a privação de liberdade
Human rights – die Menschenrechte – os direitos humanos
Painter: António da Silva Porto (Porto, Portugal)
Title of the painting: Colheita – Ceifeiras
Óleo sobre tela – Oil on canvas
A nuvem – the cloud – die Wolke
O lenço – the kerchief – das Kopftuch
A ceifeira – the harvester – Die Bäuerin (I didn’t find a word in German with this exact meaning)
A colheita – the harvest – die Ernte
O campo – the field – das Feld
A saia – the skirt – der Rock
O cereal – the cereal – das Müsli
O arbusto – the bush – der Busch
Extra vocabulary:
To harvest – Ernten – colher
Farm – der Bauernhof – a fazenda
Rural exodus – ländlicher Exodus - êxodo rural
To plant – pflanzen – plantar
Wheat – der Weizen – o trigo
Agriculture – die Landwirtschaft/ die Agrikultur – a agricultura
Season – die Saison – a estação
Environment – das Umfeld – o ambiente
Primary production – Die Urproduktion – a produção primária
Agricultural sector – der Agrarsektor – o setor agrário
