#language blog

[corvid-language-library]

Learned the word 三日坊主（みっかぼうず）today, which basically means someone who starts something but quits quickly, eg they say they're gonna write a novel, get the first two pages written in a day, spend the next day staring at their Scrivener document, and then never touch it again. 坊主 = Buddhist priest, 三日 = 3 days. "3-day priest." Pretty sure we've all been there are some point in our lives 😅

[dsm-wannabe-linguist]

swedish numbers appreciation post

fem sex?? hell yeah get it girl

[gayeilgeoir]

I bring a sort of “Languages are defined by the speakers, not academic institutions” vibe to linguistics conversations that conservative linguistic purists don’t like

[adventuresinlearningfinnish]

Finnish idioms my wife has translated directly into English:

- There are no roses for pigs

- One potato at a time

- Put ice in their hats

- The horses are escaping

- She's no spring onion

- To have one's own cow in the ditch

[chiara-klara-claire]

Made a post about Estonian and Finnish compared as 24th february was Estonian independence day! You can find out a lot more in my blog post on chiaraofthenorth.com. Thanks @seasidejuniper and @kriimuline-blog for comments about vowel length!!

[onigiri-studies]

❀ 𝟞𝕥𝕙 𝕞𝕒𝕪 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟝 ❀

@onigiri-studies officially turned one year old yesterday! 🥳🎉 Slowly trying to ease myself back into studying.

What i did today:

- ösd B1 test (Leseverstehen und Sprachbausteine-i'm happy to say that I only made one mistake)

- started to journal (it's very fun tbh, especially since I have a pocket printer and can make my own stickers or print templates if i want to)

[tealingual]

Pokémon Types in Japanese

タイプ - type ノーマル - normal ほのお (炎) - fire かくとう (格闘) - fighting type みず (水) - water type ひこう (飛行) - flying type くさ (草) - grass type どく (毒) - poison type でんき (電気) - electric type じめん (地面) - ground type エスパー - psychic type いわ (岩) - rock type こおり (氷) - ice type むし (虫) - bug type ドラゴン - dragon type ゴースト - ghost type あく (悪) - dark type はがね (鋼) - steel type フェアリー - fairy type ステラ - stellar type

[haxyr3]

New Article: What Makes Russian Sound Like Russian?

Remember that poll where most of you said hard/soft consonants were killing your Russian pronunciation? You were RIGHT. This is where the real battle happens.

Just posted Part 2 of my pronunciation series, and it's all about consonants, the backbone of Russian phonetics.

What you'll learn:

Why Russian sounds "aggressive" (it's about prevoicing, not attitude)

Why your Russian friends can't pronounce final consonants in English

The truth about Ш vs Щ (spoiler: it's just hard vs soft)

What ACTUALLY happens with your tongue when you palatalize (because "raise your tongue toward your palate" helps exactly nobody)

Includes minimal pairs audio + the actual science behind tongue root movement that Russian textbooks conveniently ignore.

Master your consonants, and 80% of Russian pronunciation is done. The other 20%? That's vowels, and they're coming in the next article.

Read the new article here.