Food, glorious food!❤️Please be kind to animals!
食物!光荣的食物!❤️请爱护动物!
(shíwù! guāngróng de shíwù!)❤️(qǐng àihù dòngwù!)
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"Support Palestinians against US imperialism and Zionism."
Oil pastel on paper, by me 林翡.
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missing my fall semester study setup, missing taiwanese vegan desserts, missing taipei
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one of the best things about having learnt irish (even if im not good at it) is how much its helped me in other languages
for example, chinese and its lack of "yes" and "no" has never been an issue, since the way it works is exactly like irish does ! (also in the irish dialect of english we dont use "yes/no" much anyway - we also just repeat the verb as in the native language)
idk i think its amazing how despite my struggles learning irish, it has helped me in ways i never would've thought
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I saw this on Twitter and then asked some Chinese friends about it because I thought it was super cool. Because yeah, apparently two-syllable (or two-part? Like below with “share”) loanwords can be reanalyzed as separable morphemes.
One friend also said it sounded outdated lol like from when she was little, maybe 15 years ago or so. But still!
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My thoughts on Duolingo
I must preface this by saying I haven't been using it for years like some people have, only for a few weeks, but in that time period I've already noticed stuff.
First of all, I am not a fan of the competition aspect. In the first few days i was so adamant on being number one of my league that it overall ruined my learning experience. I was very anxious about the constant battle for the first spot and it overwhelmed me to the point where I wasn't even memorizing the lessons correctly. I think the XP's system is alright but making it a competition is so harsh on people that just wanna learn and have a good time.
The "gamification" on the other hand is quite cool (if you're not looking for actual lessons, that is). It makes it accessible to more people. It relies solely on memory and I think it has helped me remember some (emphasis on "some") words/sinograms in mandarin. But at the same time, there is zero (0) actual lesson in the whole "course"? So for people like me who like to analyze, break down and figure out patterns, sentences and word order by themselves, Duolingo does very little. I personally widely prefer watching rather compact (information wise) videos on grammar and break them down myself over getting vocabulary and sentences thrown in my face.
As a beginner I have little to no way of figuring out if the pronunciation (and tones) for both mandarin and korean is actually good. I've read a lot of posts made by native speakers roasting Duolingo, saying its speakers are shit and I'd like if someone could tell me how bad the pronunciation is...
I don't know if I'll keep on using Duolingo. Maybe I'll switch to another app... That is if I find an app which's relevance had been approved by native speakers...
Any thoughts?
See ya ★
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Class shenanigans #2
We went a bit off-topic in class talking about how so many characters still look like their original pictographs, and someone mentioned"噩梦"(èmèng) meaning nightmare.
I mean, just look at this first character.
噩
Enough said.
Maybe its just me lacking sleep and being over-caffeinated (the coffee drinks here are no joke, I can't drink them after 10 am or else I have trouble falling asleep), but this character looks so ominous, like a scary creature with 4 eyes just staring blankly into my soul.
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that feeling when the adhd goes fucking wild and the feminine urge to study swahili comes in and you must suppress the urges i must i’m learning 4 languages i cannot i cannot i canno
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17th century Chinese - Hebrew prayer book from Kaifeng's Jewish community, China.
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山很高,海很深 /shān hěn gāo, hǎi hěn shēn/
MOUNTAINS ARE HIGH, SEAS ARE DEEP
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Beginner?
MAGIC PLAYBOOKS
Intermediate?
WORDPLAYS
FREE 12 DAY MANDARIN CHALLENGE
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