#linguisticnerd

[imstudyingok]

Politics & News Vocabulary in French

l’actualité - current events

crise économique - economic crisis

paix - peace

la guerre - war

cessez-le-feu - ceasefire

attentat - attack

territoire - territory

ressortissants - citizens, nationals

la mort - death

espoir - hope, prospect

étrangères - foreign

interdiction - ban, prohibition

resultat, issue - outcome

répercussions - implications, effects

meurtrier - deadly

témoignages - testimonies

décéder - to pass away

viser - to target

blesser - to injure, wound

combattre - to combat, fight

mourir de - to die of

faire le deuil - to grive, mourn

négocier - to negotiate

terminer - to complete, end, fihish

compromettre - to compromise, jeopardize

fragiliser - to weaken

[imstudyingok]

French Phrases!

some phrases I’ve encountered while reading French news articles!!

l’année dernière - last year (”lehnEE dehnier”)

chaque semaine - every week

au plus vite - ASAP

apris ses fonctions - took office

au lieu de - instead of, rather than

beaucoup trop de temps - far too much time

plus facile à dire qu’à faire - easier said than done

toute nouvelle - whole new

bon sens - common sense

en fait - in fact

la vie humaine - human life

vous l’avez dit - as you said

au moins - at least

[imstudyingok]

Greek Present Tense: to have, to do, to see

present tense conjugations of three common verbs in Greek! also don’t forget that in the present tense for Greek “_ing” takes the same conjugations!

to have - έχω

i have, i’m having - έχ-ω

you have, you’re having - έχ-εις

he/she/it has, is having - έχ-ει

we have, we’re having - έχ-ουμε

y’all have, y’all are having - έχ-ετε

they have, they’re having - έχ-ουν

to do - κάνω

i do, i’m doing - κάν-ω

you do, you’re doing - κάν-εις

he/she does, is doing - κάν-ει

we do, are doing - κάν-ουμε

y’all do, are doing - κάν-ετε

they do, they’re doing - κάν-ουν

to see - βλέπω

i see - βλεπ-ω

you see - βλεπ-εις

he/she sees - βλεπ-ει

we see - βλεπ-ουμε

y’all see - βλεπ-ετε

they see - βλεπ-ουν

[ehyvuoicambiarmi]

quando studi linguistica e niente ti senti già un nerd che studia cose di dubbia utilità pratica ma di grande figaggine

[howtopolyglot]

ONCE YOU GET THIS YOU HAVE TO SAY 5 THINGS ABOUT YOURSELF PUBLICLY, THEN SEND IT TO TEN OF YOUR FAV FOLLOWERS. (NON-NEGOTIABLE)

Fine haha.

1. My name is Paul!

2. I am 17 years old and live in Texas.

3. I currently want to go to college at Stanford to study linguistics.

4. I am single (all you single boys hmu :P)

5. I love doing yoga, and I am trying to get into running.

~Paul

[bellargasm]

Once you get this, say 5 things you like about yourself, publicly, then send this to 10 of your favorite followers. Yay for positivity :)

I like my hair. 

I like how creative I can be. 

My eyes are super pretty.

I think I’m super cute. 

I have nice legs lol .

Thanks Liv! 

[polyvoxx]

十六 和 三十一吗？ :)

十六 is already answered :)

三十一 : What your last text message says

It's literally just in all caps "FUCK"