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hearing about native english speaking expats that only ever hang out with other english speakers and yet have the audacity to complain about how their ability to speak the language of the country they’re living in isn’t magically improving is like listening to nails on a chalkboard

deutsian

My brain when I insist I don’t need to try and memorise a word in my target language because ‘it’s such an important/unusual word how could I possibly forget it?’.

digmandarin

learn Chinese characters with the radicals

目：eye

yes, many commonly used characters with this 目 component are related to eyes.

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Auxiliary Verb 込む

思い込む「おもいこむ」- 深く心に思う。決心する To be under the impression (that…), to be convinced (that…)

当て込む「あてこむ」- よい結果を期待して行動する To anticipate, to expect

落ち込む「おちこむ」- 落ちて、中のほうへ入る。気持ちがめいる。 To fall into, to be depressed

話し込む「はなしこむ」- 腰を落ちつけて、じっくりと話をする。 to have a long talk

読み込む「よみこむ」- よく読んで自分のものとする。コンピューターで、補助記憶装置にあるデータを本体のメモリー上に移し入れる。 To read thoroughly, to read/load data (in a computer system)

入り込む「はいりこむ」- 無理に押し分けてはいる。すっかり中にはいる。 to go into, to step into

吹き込む「ふきこむ」- 風が吹いて中へ入りこむ。 to blow into

教え込む「おしえこむ」 - 十分に教える。 to teach thoroughly, to instill in

飛び込む「とびこむ」- 身をおどらせて中へはいる。突然はいり込む。急いではいる。 To jump in, to rush into

染み込む「しみこむ」- 液体や気体、色などが物の中まで徐々に深くしみる。 to soak into

吸い込む「すいこむ」- 液体や気体などを、吸って中のほうまで入れる。 to inhale/breathe in, to absorb

差し込む「さしこむ」- 物の中やすきまなどに、他の物をさしたりはさんだりするようにして入れる。 To insert

老け込む「ふけこむ」- すっかり年寄りじみたようすになる。 To age

駆け込む「かけこむ」- 走って中に入る。押しかける。 To rush into

逃げ込む　「にげこむ」- 逃げて、ある場所へ入り込む。 To take refuge in, to run into

goodplan-ipromise

🌸Must know Counting rules🌸

hanbridgemandarinchineselearning

Let us learn some words about Places today

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honestly like, dabbling in languages is fun and getting to learn little interesting facts about hundreds of different languages with different cultures, history and politics is so cool, because the world is so vast and has produced so much interesting content…

but nothing compares to really learning a language and going from nothing at all, to completely understanding it properly, knowing the culture and nuances of its speakers rather than just reading one article about it, being able to actually utilise the language to its full potential with its speakers and feel almost as though you have a second life because of it

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badgerofshambles

a singular scuit. just one.

threeraccoonsinatrenchcoat

an edible cracker with just one side. mathematically impossible and yet here I am monching on it.

brunhiddensmusings

‘scuit’ comes from the french word for ‘bake’, ‘cuire’ as bastardized by adoption by the brittish and a few hundred years ‘biscuit’ meant ‘twice-baked’, originally meaning items like hardtack which were double baked to dry them as a preservative measure long before things like sugar and butter were introduced. if you see a historical doccument use the word ‘biscuit’ do not be fooled to think ‘being a pirate mustve been pretty cool, they ate nothing but cookies’ - they were made of misery to last long enough to be used in museum displays or as paving stones

‘triscuit’ is toasted after the normal biscuit process, thrice baked thus the monoscuit is a cookie thats soft and chewy because it was only baked once, not twice

behold the monoscuit/scuit

cameoamalthea

Why is this called a biscuit:

brunhiddensmusings

when brittish colonists settled in the americas they no longer had to preserve biscuits for storage or sea voyages so instead baked them once and left them soft, often with buttermilk or whey to convert cheap staples/byproducts into filling items to bulk out the meal to make a small amount of greasy meat feed a whole family. considering hardtack biscuits were typically eaten by dipping them in grease or gravy untill they became soft enough to eat without breaking a tooth this was a pretty short leap of ‘just dont make them rock hard if im not baking for the army’ but didnt drop the name because its been used for centuries and people forgot its french for ‘twice baked’ back in the tudor era, biscuit was just a lump of cooked dough that wasnt leavened bread as far as they cared thus the buttermilk biscuit and the hardtack biscuit existed at the same time. ‘cookies’ then came to america via german and dutch immigrants as tiny cakes made with butter, sugar/molasses, and eggs before ‘tea biscuits’ as england knew them due to the new availability of cheap sugar- which is why ‘biscuit’ and ‘cookie’ are separate items in america but the same item in the UK the evolution of the biscuit has forks on its family tree

correspondingnerd

I love it when a shitpost turns into an actually interesting post.

purrkatorium

“I Don’t Care” in French

Ça m'est égal: This is the safest way to say “I don’t care in French. It literally means “It’s equal to me”.

Je m’en fiche: This is the phrase that most people use. It is not vulgar, but it carries more power than the first phrase.

Je m’en fous: This phrase is vulgar, equivalent to saying, “I don’t give a shit.”

Je m’en bats les couilles: This is vulgar, and stronger than the previous. However, this is a bit long and unnecessary, and most people use “Je m’en fous” instead.

J’en ai rien à foutre: This is vulgar, and the same rules apply as the last.

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中文词汇表

仰望 (yǎnɡ wànɡ) — to look up at 孤独 (ɡū dú) — lonely 叹息 (tàn xī) — to heave a sigh 消失 (xiāo shī) — to disappear 身影 (shēn yǐnɡ) — silhouette

祈祷 (qí dǎo) — to pray 透明 (tòu mínɡ) — transparent 心灵 (xīn línɡ) — heart 谎言 (huǎnɡ yán) — to lie 迷失 (mí shī) — to lose one’s way 指引 (zhǐ yǐn) — to guide

来临 (lái lín) — to approach 宁愿 (nìng yuàn) — rather

Words taken from: 夜空中最亮的星 (also: rap version and original version) Complete song lyrics: 夜空中最亮的星

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sir that’s my emotional support language

spanishskulduggery

Spanish conundrums: “Did they say oeste [west] or o este [or east]?”

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Este es este. Este es oeste. Es o este o oeste. Es o oeste o este. ¿Es este o este? ¿Es este o oeste? Puede que este esté en el este, puede que esté en el oeste. Puede que éste esté en el este, y ese esté en el oeste. Es o este o oeste, o oeste o este.

“This is east. This is west. It’s either east or west. It’s either west or east. Is it this one or this one? Is it east or west. This one might be in the east, it might be in the west. THIS one might be in the east, and that one might be in the west. It’s either east or west, or west or east.”

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PREFACE: This is a nine part series of some important things to keep in mind while studying Japanese grammar. It’s very different from English, so try not to study it through an “English lens.” To understand grammar points better, it’s really beneficial to learn the characteristics behind Japanese grammar. These notes are taken from A Dictionary of Japanese Grammar. To see the other parts, click here.

PS: I’ve decided to skip part 6 (politeness and formality).

8. Sound Symbolism

Giseigo (onomatopoeia) and gitaigo (words that depict psychological states) are integral in spoken and written language, even for adults. Sound symbolism is an adverb that is sometimes followed by the quotation marker と and a verb that co-occurs with the sound.

Voiceless consonants tend to represent something small/light/pretty while voiced consonants represent something big/heavy/dull:

きらきら(と光る) : shine sparklingly

ぎらぎら(と光る) : shine dazzlingly

ころころ(と転がる) : small object rolls

ごろごろ(と転がる) : heavy object rolls

ぽたぽた(と落ちる) : small amount of liquid drips

ぼたぼた(と落ちる) : large amount of liquid drips

Consonants “k” and “g” tend to represent hardness, sharpness, separation, and sudden change:

くっきり(と見える) : be clearly visible

きっぱり(と別れる) : separate from people once and for all

ぽっくり(と死ぬ) : die suddenly

Consonant “s” tends to represent a quiet state. “Sh” consonant seems to represent some quiet human emotion: