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2023/02/10
class got cancelled today, so i spent the day watching wall-e... for educational reasons of course!
How I immerse myself in Korean and Spanish
한국어 (Korean)
I think I’m doing so good in Korean because I’m constantly watching things in Korean and exposing myself to the language.
1. K-pop
I’m such a big K-pop fan and it really helps my learning process. If I didn’t enjoy K-pop I don’t think Id be able to comprehend half of what I can today.
I watch a lot of “vlogs” from my favorite idols. (My fav to watch are LE SSERAFIM’s vlogs, they’re just really easy for me to understand and entertaining at the same time).
ATEEZ is always doing something and they’re my ult group so I’m just constantly watching them. Recently though I haven’t been watching their stuff so I have a lot to catch up on 😅
The music makes no sense to me because obviously song lyrics aren’t written in conversational everyday Korean so I don’t even really count that as listening comprehension. Every now and then I’ll catch a word I know and get shocked though 🙏
I used to watch V-lives or whatever they’re called now a lot but I can’t focus for that long anymore. (박성화 has the best lego lives)
2. K-Dramas
I don’t watch as many dramas as some people but I feel like they’ve definitely helped me get used to listening to Korean.
I try not to take any phrases or vocab from dramas because it’s a drama… and they’re dramatic 😭
I started watching Business Proposal like a month ago but I got distracted with exams and I stopped watching it with 2 episodes left… (SPOILERS: istg if 하리 and 태무 don’t stay together I’m giving up on everything)
3. Korean Cartoons
I LOVE Learn Korean with Jadoo. I barely understand any of it but it’s helped me a lot with understanding how certain grammar points are used and how certain words are used.
I also like watching Peppa Pig in Korean because the episodes are short and sweet and they’re relatively easy to understand.
I used to watch We Bare Bears in Korean but I watched like every episode they had on YouTube so now I’m rewatching in Spanish. (I genuinely love We Bare Bears, it’s always been the best cartoon out there)
4. Korean News
I like to read a lot of Korean news to help with pronunciation and reading comprehension. It also allows me to find some more specific vocabulary that I would use in describing what I do, what I like, and what I want to do in my future because I can find real stories that are specific to my interests.
5. ASMR
Soy ASMR and Seonghwas ASMR videos have been single-handedly holding my life up. Judy ASMR is also a really good creator. I like to watch like roleplay ASMR like “friend does your makeup for a party” or whatever because it exposes me to more casual vocabulary.
Español (Spanish)
1. Classes
I do take Spanish classes at school so I get over and hour of Spanish immersion in while at school everyday. We mainly use Spanish in the classroom.
2. Spanish Documentaries
I’m a bit more advanced in Spanish than I am in Korean so I prefer to watch Documentaries as to cartoons.
Documentaries also interest me more than cartoons in some aspects like learning more about different latin cultures, hearing different accents and dialects, and learning about how other people live.
3. Cartoons
I only really watch We Bare Bears in Spanish because I just like the show, but sometimes Spanish feels like a chore to me or like I’m just learning it to pass a class at this point, so cartoons are a good way to just casually comprehend the language.
4. Spanish News
I found this really good Spanish news for kids website and it’s so incredibly helpful. I’m in the process of making a “Spanish Resources” blog post like I did with Korean so I’ll definitely link that there.
I read the articles out loud to help get more comfortable with speaking, reading and my pronunciation.
They also have a podcast that’s just like a read aloud of the article so after I read the article, I go and listen to the podcast.
The topics are really interesting, too. Like one of them was about this lady bringing her pet pig to the airport to help calm people down??? I wanna go pet a pig wdym????
6. Spanish music
There are no words in the English language to express how much I love Spanish music.
It’s literally just so beautiful.
In class we have broken down various songs, so I can understand music very easily unlike in Korean even if I have to think about the lyrics for a bit.
7. Spanish YouTube videos/ASMR
I watch a lot of “un día en mi vida” type videos and I love ASMR so I watch a lot of those. 🙏
El colorido de las flores para el día de muertos.
A tempranas horas de la mañana se instalaron las ventas de flores tradicionales para el día de muertos. Los vendedores vienen de diferentes lugares Almolonga, Zunil, Llanos del Pinal.
Rosas, girasoles, flor de muerto, corozo, pino, hojas de eucalipto, coronas de flores, llovizna y otras flores se veían a las afueras del cementerio general.
Ventas de comida, juegos y los tradicionales barriletes no podían hacer falta este día.
Photos www.cx.edu.gt & www.casaxelaju.com
Palabras de comida en español 🍜
Meat + seafood
La salchicha - sausage
El jamón - ham
El pollo - chicken
El pollo asado - roast chicken
El pollo frito - fried chicken
El pavo - turkey
El salmón - salmon
El cerdo - pork
El cangrejo - crab
La langosta - lobster
El pescado - fish (culinary)
El mejillón - mussel
El jocho, perro caliente - hot dog
La vieira - scallop
La almeja - clam
La trucha - trout
La carne de res - beef
La hamburguesa - hamburger
El camarón - shrimp
El pulpo - octopus
El calamar - squid
El tocino - bacon
Produce
La manzana - apple
La pera - pear
La sandía - watermelon
El durazno - peach
El aguacate - avocado
La lechuga - lettuce
La fresa - strawberry
La frambuesa - raspberry
El arándano - blueberry
La mora - blackberry
La naranja - orange
El apio - celery
La piña - pineapple
La papaya - papaya
La uva - grape
La arveja - pea
El tomate - tomate
La lima - lime
La papa - potato
El arroz - rice
El coco - coconut
El pomelo - grapefruit
El plátano - banana, plantain
El esparrago - asparagus
El mango - mango
El morrón - red pepper
El pimiento - pepper
El pimiento verde - green pepper
El límon - lemon
La col - cabbage
La espinaca - spinach
La berenjena - eggplant
El maíz - corn
El elote - sweet corn
El rabano - radish
El nabo - turnip
El frijol - bean
La zanahoria - carrot
El brócoli - broccoli
La alcachofa - artichoke
La cebolla - onion
El molondrón - okra
El garbanzo - chickpea
Dairy
La leche - milk
La leche condensada - condensed milk
La leche entera - whole milk
La leche descremada - skim milk
La leche en polvo - powdered milk
La leche de soya - soy milk
El batido - milkshake
El queso - cheese
El queso crema - cream cheese
El requesón - cottage cheese
La crema - cream
La crema batida - whipped cream
La crema agria - sour cream
La crema pastelera - pastry cream
La mantequilla - butter
El helado - ice cream
El helado de fresa - strawberry ice cream
El helado de chocolate - chocolate ice cream
El helado de vainilla - vanilla icecream
El yogur - yogurt
El yogur helado - frozen yogurt
Beverages
El agua - water
El agua mineral - mineral water
El agua con gas - sparkling water
El café - coffee
El jugo - juice
El jugo de manzana - apple juice
El jugo de naranja - orange juice
El jugo de uva - grape juice
El jugo de piña - pineapple juice
La limonada - lemonade
El té - tea
El té verde - green tea
El té helado - iced tea
El cóctel - cocktail
El licor - liquor
El aliado - mixed drink
El vino - wine
El cerveza - beer
La mimosa - mimosa
La sidra - cider
El chocolate caliente - hot chocolate
El refresco - soda
El smoothie - smoothie
Condiments
La soja
La mermelada
La salsa picante
La salsa de tomate
La mayonesa - mayonnaise
La mostaza - mustard
La mantequilla de cacahuate - peanut butter
El kétchup - ketchup
Spices + herbs
La canela - cinnamon
El perejil
El ajo -garlic
El romero - rosemary
El tomillo - thyme
La lavanda - lavender
El cebollino - chives
La vainilla - vanilla
La sal - salt
La pimienta - pepper
La paprika - paprika
El orégano - oregano
La albahaca- basil
Tableware
El tenedor - fork
La cuchara - spoon
El cuchillo - knife
La cucharada - tablespoon
La cucharadita - teaspoon
La taza - cup, mug
El vaso - drinking glass
El plato - plate, dish
El bol - bowl
El tarro - jar
El cucharón - ladle
El rallador - grater
El abrelatas - can opener
El batidor - whisk
La paleta - spatula
La servilleta - napkin
Adjectives
Sabroso - tasty
Delicioso - delicious
Rico - rich, tasty
Maduro - ripe
Soso - bland
Amargo - bitter
Dulce - sweet
Azucarado - sugary
Salado - salty
Agrio - tart
Crujiente - crunchy
A la plancha - grilled
A la parrilla - broiled
Quemado - burnt
"Cien años de soledad" Vocab, Part 1
Welcome to the first annual* vocab list from Gabriel García Márquez's magnum opus!
*not actually annual, probably like every week or something
For some reason, I'm crazy and decided to read though this novel in Spanish to try and better my skills. While it's considered one of the best novels ever written, I've also heard horror stories about its difficulty, so I'm going to be creating a vocab list of things I didn't know while reading to not only help myself but anyone else who comes across this! Let's get started.
aldea (nf) - small village; this word comes up a lot in here so far
cañabrava (nf) - reed
diáfano (adj) - diaphanous, translucent, clear (as of sky), bright (as of light)
lecho (nm) - bed, riverbed
pulido (adj) - polished
carecer (vi) - to lack, to not have; in context here, used with "de nombre" to describe the time period, "many things lacked names"
desarrapado (adj) - ragged, shabby
alboroto (nm) - noise, din, racket
montaraz (adj) - rustic, coarse
gorrión (nm) - sparrow
truculento (adj) - gruesome, horrifying
espantar (vt) - to scare (away)
desenclavar (vt) - to pull out, to remove (forcibly)
desbandada (nf) - jailbreak, (figurative) stampede
pregonar (vt) - to announce, to proclaim
desaforado (adj) - enormous, boundless, immeasurable
desentrañar (vt) - to figure out, to unravel; used here in the context of pulling gold out from the ground
imantar (vt) - to magnetize; used here as a participle "lingotes imantados"
sobrar (vi) - to be left over
empedrar (vt) - to pave, to fill
empeñarse en (v.pron+prep) - to insist on
palmo a palmo (adv. expr.) - in by inch, meticulously
conjuro (nm) - spell, incantation
cascote (nm) - (piece of) rubble
calabazo (nm) - pumpkin, gourd
desarticular (vt) - to break (up), to take apart, to dislocate (medical term)
colgado (adj) - hanging, fixated by, frozen (computer term)
relicario (nm) - reliquary, locket
rizo (nm) - curl, ringlet (of hair), loop
And that was just the first paragraph! That's one thing I've noticed about his writing style, he LOVES very long, drawn out sentences and paragraphs. At this rate, every post might be just one paragraph... We'll see what happens.
Hopefully this is a helpful list to everyone! Look forward to the next lengthy vocab list!
Train/Bus station vocab
The Station
El andén - platform
La cafeteria - cafeteria
La estación de autobus - bus station
La estación de tren - train station
El mostrador - counter
La parada de autobus - bus stop
La taquilla - ticket office
La vía del tren - railway, track
The Train / Bus
El asiento - seat
El bus / El autobus - bus
El cercanías - suburban train
El horario - timetable
La llegada - arrival
El tren - train
La salida - departure
El tren directo - direct train
El tren con transbordo - train with changes
El tren de alta velocidad (also "el AVE" in Spain) - high speed train
El vagón - carriage
The tickets
El billete - ticket
El billete de ida - sigle ticket
El billete de de ida y vuelta - double / round trip ticket
El billete de clase turista - standard class ticket
El billete de primera clase - first class ticket
Es el tiempo que has perdido por tu rosa lo que hace a tu rosa tan importante. - El Principito
"Seen all in a rush, ornament is a wild celebration of freedom and fantasy, a deliberate flouting of whatever canons of naturalism happen to prevail.
Ornament evolves, sometimes slowly and incrementally, more rarely by quantum leaps, but even the slowest evolution leads, in time, to something genuinely new".
I'm given the privilege to study something that is a sub-branch to a topic I'm doing for my thesis. The weight I feel when reading about the unremitting threads with respect to motifs and ornaments, to say the least, tends to throttle me off from time to time. Because it encompasses so much history and schematic richness, the ongoing evolution never ceases to expand to this day. It yields a particular perspective in the sense that the more I read about it, the lesser I know. And that's refreshing for me.
