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new songs = songs you don't fully know the words to (:

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New polyglot challenge come January!!

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02.01.23 | a little haiku agus mé féin ag cur allais

headphones on, head down

sliding lyrics into place

in a mad frenzy

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September Polyglot Challenge

With summer holidays coming to an end and fall business with school and work about to begin, many langblrs find their freetime to learn languages fading into obscurity. Which is why this September, the langblr community is about to get passive with it. 

Well, passive-ish.

The Challenge is quite simple: 

To learn as many songs in your target language(s) as you can throughout the month. You can make playlists based on your current mood, focus on a single artist you like in your target language or even go through one Disney film after the next. 

The main goal: 

To kick back, relax and let yourself get into the rhythm of your target language(s) while simultaneously learning new words and phrases and having fun!

Rules: 

There is no song limit. You do not need to translate the songs or perform them (unless you want to) or do anything other than learn the songs. 

Ideas:

It’s not a contest as to who learns the most songs, so feel free to go at your own pace. My recommendation: Practise memorising at least new 5 songs per week. 

Write out the lyrics by hand to refer to as you learn and to help you remember the songs

Write each line onto a seperate notecard and practice putting them in order - either by ear or from memory!

Practise learning without the lyrics 

Share the songs you’re learning to Tumblr - the more playlists the merrier!

If you like singing, perform a song for langblr!

Learn a song or two in a language you might want to learn in the future but haven’t started yet

Now it’s time to plug in those headphones, crank up those speakers and get started!

Best of luck,

-@polysprachig 

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Made of Stars - Hovi Star (Israel, ESC 2016): Ätchgö Translation

Disclaimer: The music and lyrics of Made of Stars were written by Doron Medaile. The song itself will be performed by Hovi Star to represent Israel in the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in Stockholm. 

This is a fan translation of the song Made of Stars into my constructed language ätchgö, which was done for fun as a language learning activity.

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Notes on the translation and audio version: I chose to present the ätchgöan version of the song as more of a poetic declaration of love than a song. For this reason, the refrain and several other lines are not repeated as often in this audio as they are in the original. The translation seeks to maintain the key themes of the original song without deviating too far from the original expressions, although some slight changes are noticeable given the differences in the languages.   

The original song text can be found here for comparison.

**If the audio is not working for you, try the audio on Soundcloud.**

Audio text in ätchgö with direct literal translation into English:

gavsā wäl : wgwet k’ käätöl un k’d you speak in it, in a language that I do not understand

ut reṡahöl - öl k’ḃ’öġ’ǰchsā k’d and I listen - I am your friend

çensā öl you hypnotize (intrigue) me

t’aan n’naichöl take my hand

āmöt k’laallaalchshash neǰ’d” while there are many of us in chains

irimh’hensā umhāχ you travel alone on a horse

āmöt k’hākrash during the rain

çensā öl you hypnotize (intrigue) me

irimāmbilun ut āmtzak sǰn un/// do not go while in pain and as time passes never (try to) again (more)

w’k k’ölöl’lchshash because… each one of us is…

k’urasdöm“ k’d : irimrashdöm”chaiāǰ (we) are star fragments, pieces of silver falling down

öl’l k’urasdöm” k’d we are star fragments

shash k’urasdöm” k’d we all are star fragments

ut ‘kxshash naasäonkä and we all search for a secret (noble) promise

döm”churas pieces of stars

tib- ut shnehsā öl you heal and fill (make whole) me

ǰ’i mǰ’ineöl spark a fire in me

çen öl hypnotize (intrigue) me

aaaaah haböl sā mmmm… I beg you

irimāmbilun ut āmtzak sǰn un/// do not go while in pain and as time passes never (try to) again (more)

ibḃt t-öl k’ käätsā proclaim (announce) to me that you understand

aan// ut t-aan n’naichöl come close and take my hand

tah irimölutsa h’henǰvāmsön imagine you and I going along the horizon, in the air

k’terr ut -sönden un there is no ground or sky

ā’nm āmöl k’uh’k’ölutsā k’urasdöm” k’d dance with me like you and I would be (were) made of star fragments

w’k öl’l k’urasdöm” k’d // because we are star fragments

k’shash /// we all are…

k’urasdöm” k’d : irimrashdöm”chaiāǰ (we all) are star fragments, pieces of silver falling down

öl’l k’urasdöm” k’d we are star fragments

shash k’urasdöm” k’d we all are star fragments

ut ‘kxshash naasäonkä and we all search for a secret (noble) promise

döm”churas pieces of stars

ā’nm āmöl k’uh’k’ölutsā k’urasdöm” k’d // dance with me like you and I would be (were) made of star fragments