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a few other good french artists are yelle (electropop), the bb brunes (alt rock, kinda like arctic monkeys) and cœur de pirate (french-canadian singer songwriter) - i love this blog! :D

Thanks for the suggestions, I (Ari) love Cœur de Pirate too!

And Spacey’s here with some classic 80′s jams and maybe some more modern stuff:

Les champs-élysées (YOU WON’T FIND A MORE CLASSIC ONE, LEMME TELL YA)

Début de soirée

L’horloge tourne (A “modern” one)

Les démons de minuit

T’es ok

Garçons (Also a more modern one but definitely too old)

Rendez-vous au tas de sable

La mambo du décalco

La tristitude

Le café

Partenaire particulier

Dis-moi

Au bal masqué

Planète

Primitif

Je t’emmène au vent

Désolé pour hier soir

On n’est pas là pour se faire engueuler

La lettre

La tribu de Dana

Petit papa noel

La seine et moi (more on that one in a bit)

Soprano, Christophe Maé, Grégoire, Tryo, Renaud, Oldelaf, Max boublil, Fatal Bazooka, Gotainer and Boby Lapointe, if you listen to them and all the songs in this playlist, you’ll basically have 95% of French songs. (In case you didn’t notice, this French fry was heavily raised on 80s-90s music and therefore I have no idea what music looks like these days)

Also I looked at some of the links in the masterpost thing and well, I gotta add some stuff

Youtubers

Le joueur du grenier AND Le bazar du grenier : these 2 channels are ran by the same dude and it’s about video games

Linksthesun : About music and kinda everything ? You’ll see what I mean if you check it out

Mr. Antoine Daniel : About messed up videos he found on youtube

Mathieu sommet : Same as Antoine-Daniel

Karim Debbache : About movies inspired from video games. The channel no longer makes videos though Apparently they do, see here (thanks @luciasatalina)

Les Kassos : Come take a look at gross French humour, you’ll most likely regret it

Movies

Les intouchables

Le roi et l’oiseau (AND ACTUALLY, here’s something we both worked on a bit ago, if you like old animation, go take a look at it)

Le petit prince

Un monstre à Paris

That being said, if you go watch Disneys and Pixars and Dreamworks in French,  you’ll most likely have very different dialogues so go do that.And I insist you do it in FRANCE French, not the Canadian one. If you watch it in Canadian French, the dialogues actually try very hard to stick to the original texts.

(or if you’re bored/nerdy enough, watch both and compare for fun -Ari)

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eating disorder culture is going through an entire 35 pack of gum in a day

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Free Online Language Courses

Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos.  You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.

American Sign Language

ASL University

Sign Language Structure, Learning, and Change

Arabic

Arabic Without Walls

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Armenian

Depi Hayk

Bengali

Learn Bangla (Register to see course)

Catalan

Parla.Cat

Speak Cat

Chinese (Mandarin)

Beginner

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters for Beginners

Chinese for HSK 1

Chinese for HSK 2

Chinese for HSK 3 I & II

Chinese for HSK 4

Chinese for HSK 5

Mandarin Chinese Level I

Mandarin Chinese Essentials

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Intermediate

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Mandarin for Intermediate Learners I

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

Online Courses here

Resources Here

Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

Vivre en France - A1

Vivre en France- A2

Intermediate & Advanced

French Intermediate course B1-B2

Passe-Partout

Travailler en France A2-B1                    

Vivre en France - B1  

German

Beginner

Deutsch im Blick

German Project

German at Work

Goethe Institute

Gwich’in

Introduction to Gwich’in Language

Hebrew

Biblical Hebrew

UT Austin

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Irish 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

Intermediate & Advanced

AP Italian Language and Culture

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced Italian I

Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Marugoto Courses

Tufs JpLang

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Introduction to Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian I, Norwegian II

Norwegian on the Web

Persian

Easy Persian

PersianDee

Polish

Online Course

Portuguese

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

A1 Course

I speak Russian

Intermediate

B1 Course

B1+ Course

B2.1 Course

B2.2 Course

Spanish

Beginner

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Basic Spanish I, Spanish II

Spanish for beginners  

Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Spanish Vocabulary

Advanced

Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones 

Leer a Macondo

Swahili

Online Course

Turkish

Online Course

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Speak Ukrainian

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Discovering Wales

Yoruba

Yorùbá Yé Mi

Multiple Languages

Ancient Languages

More Language Learning Resources & Websites!

Last updated: May 2019

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College vocab (Mandarin)

Dorm - 宿舍 - sushe

Cafeteria - 餐厅 - canting

Student - 学生 - xuesheng

Study - 学习 - xuexi

Teacher - 老师 - laoshi

Professor - 教授 - jiaoshou

To teach - 教 - jiao

Coffee - 咖啡 - kafei

Friend - 朋友 - pengyou

Major/specialty - 专业 - zhuanye

Mandarin - 汉语 - hanyu

Chinese - 中文 - zhongwen

(I suggest looking up the tones in yellowbridge.com, it really helps)

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SCHOOL CHEAT SHEET!!

soothe yourself | self care

stationery  

printables

helpful sites

music for studying | more music

note taking methods  | another one

studying methods

english | physics | chemistry | biology | maths | languages 

how to learn a language

ultimate guide for writing | writing resources | writing helps | tips for writers

how to write a kickass essay | write a great essay | stuff you need to write essays | essay tips | essay checklist | grade your essay

how do I study for…

bullet journals | a guide to bullet journals

the testing effect

everything you need to succeed in school

time management

organisation

how to annotate | another one

guide to aesthetically pleasing notes | improve your handwriting

create a study guide

resources | helpful websites | there’s an app for that

get more out of google 

productivity resources | 14 apps to become productive | how to stay productive

lazy night owl school survival guide

apps for a better life | useful websites for students

masterpost of studying tips

social media citation guide

college masterpost | another one | starting college on the right foot | packing for college | how to survive in college

how to ace that college interview

food to stay motivated | motivation guide

how to stay awake in class

balancing a healthy lifestyle

studying on your period

huge masterpost for the semester

a very long list to help you survive school

not enough time to finish an assignment?

100 delicious cheap recipes 

53 posts for students

high school cheat sheet

other cheat sheets

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Conjugating pratice

Alright guys, so I am about to share a website that was both a blessing and bane in my French journey. The website is called Conjuguemos, and my French teacher made us conjugate like no one’s business on here. It’s super easy to use and it has been vital to my ability to conjugate well. Activities are available in French, German, Spanish, Korean, Portuguese, Italian, and Latin! I only have experience with the French verb section, but I bet all of their stuff is just as amazing! Here’s all they offer:

Good luck in your verb journey!

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Do you think you're cool cause you're French and are learning Chinese? How about Chinese people learning French? Don't they deserve the same, if not more attention than you do? Trust me, a foreigner like you will never truly master Chinese and appreciate Chinese culture. However many followers you get, you are just an imbecile. And I suppose if you go to China, there would be a bunch of idiotic locals who think you are cool, but a real patriotic Chinese like myself would only detest you.

love you too honey, and thank you for motivating me to prove you wrong. keep hating, i keep winning. free french lesson for you: “la jalousie est un vilain défaut.” (jealousy is a cruel mistress) and the only rude thing about this anonymous comment is the fact that you boldly assume that i am only learning chinese, so just to clarify, you can add four languages to that list for the moment. love ya.

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a few more additions to the desk area ✨🌾

yt | ig

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my grandma’s sunflower bathroom featuring my thinking journal, a cup of hot coffee, and a chapter from narnia. my favorite childhood classic.

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09.01.19. some AP stats notes ft. another attempt at a (simpler) bujo🍉 hope everyone who's starting school this september is having an easy transition!!

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09.08.2019

a glimpse of my new room :-)

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once you see how cute the stationery in Asia is, you wont be able to go back to the stationery in america

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types of study breaks for every situation

if you realize you’ve been studying for hours: grab a snack to refuel your body and watch a sitcom to refuel your brain. then back to the books.

if you’re feeling stressed out: take some deep breaths, text your friends, maybe stare at a wall for a few minutes. gather yourself.

if you can’t seem to focus: get moving and get outside. take out the garbage, check your mail box, maybe walk your dog. just get moving and get fresh air. it’ll help bring you back.

if there’s something else going on in your life and you can’t get it off your mind: write down what’s going through your head, sort of like a diary entry. it’ll help you work things out.

if you’re just mentally and physically exhausted: set a timer for 25-30 minutes and take a nap. any longer and you’ll hit REM and you’ll wake up feeling just as tired. once you wake up, get some caffeine in you.

if the material is boring as hell: find another way to study. see if there’s a crash course video online about it or draw out what you’re trying to learn in diagrams and pictures to make it fun.

if people around you won’t shut up: listen to some music. soundtrack and classical music is always good because they won’t absorb you as much as music with lyrics. white noise (like ocean waves, rain sounds, etc.) also works.

if you only half understand a concept: call/message a friend who’s not in the class and try to teach the material to them. this will help you mentally work through the material and will help you remember it as well.

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7.19.19

shots from my shopping day in los angeles. i ended up getting a new art kanken & tons of stationary for the new school year! 🍃☀️📙(click for higher quality)

listening to: checkmate by conan gray (my spotify)

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5:11 [favourite stationery] anything from muji, mildliners and tombow brush pens…a bit of mt washi tape doesn’t hurt either💦

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Lesson 2 [Possession & classifiers]

Vocab

的 —— de  —— used to indicate possession

这 —— zhè —— this

有 —— yǒu —— to have

没 —— méi —— negative adverb for the verb 有

两 —— liǎng —— (used before a classifier) 2, two

书 —— shū —— book

词典 —— cídiǎn —— dictionary

本子 —— běnzi —— notebook

笔 —— bǐ —— pen, pencil, paintbrush

地图 —— dìtú —— map

Grammar

Classifiers

[ Number value + Classifier + Object ]

个  ( gè ) —— general classifier

本 ( běn ) —— classifier for books

支 (zhī ) —— classifier for long and not flexible items i.e. pencils, candles

张 (zhāng ) —— classifier for flat objects i.e. sheets, photos

一本书。

三支笔。

四张地图。

Use of 两 & 二

Before classifier we use 两 [ 两 + Classifier + Object ]

两个人 and not 二个人

两本书 and not 而本书

Answering “Yes” & “No”

Answer directly by repeating the verb to mean “yes” and its negative form to say “no”.

Q. 这是你的数码？》 A. 是。 / 不是。

Q. 你有笔吗？》 A. 有。 / 没有。

Dialogue

#1

王丽，这是你的词典吗？‹ Wáng Lì zhè shì nǐ de cídiǎn ma? ›

是。‹ Shì. ›

这是你的书吗？‹ Zhè shì nǐ de shū ma? ›

不是。这是大卫的书。‹ Bù shì. Zhè shì Dàwèi de shū. ›

Translation :

Wang Li, is it your dictionary?

Yes.

Is it your book?

No. This is the book of David.

#2

大卫，你有本子吗？‹ Dàwèi, nǐ yǒu běnzi ma? ›

有。‹ Yǒu. ›

你有笔吗？‹ Nǐ yǒu bǐ ma? ›

没有。‹ Méi yǒu. ›

王丽有笔吗？‹ Wáng Lì yǒu bǐ ma? ›

她也没有笔。‹ Tā yě méi yǒu bǐ. ›

Translation :

David, do you have a notebook?

Yes.

Do you have a pen?

No.

Wang Li, does she have a pen?

She doesn’t have a pen too.

[source]

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08.07.18

my classes are back and i already want them to be over oof but i still have 4 months to go so i’d better start doing something productive am i right

some messy history notes i made this weekend even tho i wasn’t feeling like it

#studyspo