#Langblr

[nibmoss]

did you hear there’s a new short film that is GAY?? LESBIAN, even???

AND it’s filmed in a minority language?? a CELTIC language, one might say??

AND that it’s available for FREE, with SUBTITLES in both irish AND english??

“FAN” (2024) dir. by cúnla ní bhraonáin morris

watch here 🫶

#fan #fan film #short film #irish film #irish short film #gay short film #lesbian #gay #irish #gaeilge #irish language #langblr #minority language #endangered language #gaelic #irish art #irish gaelic #stay #gearrscannán #gael #celtic #irish langblr #bloc tg4 #tg4 #romcom #comedy #lighthearted #romance #gay romance #lesbian romance

[beautiful-safe]

#idris elba #childhood #Bailey Brooke #dev patel #betty cooper #mansion #kpop edits #breakfast club #blackpink jennie #langblr #jordan torres #tardis #sex worker #the adventure zone #breakfast at tiffany's

[salvadorbonaparte]

my global yiddish lit course included a video from a 1980s yiddish musical??? Which I now obviously have to hunt down and watch. It seems very. unhinged.

#yiddish #langblr

[rose-learns-japanese]

First Post

Hello! I have been studying Japanese for 15 years. I want to use this blog to share resources, tactics and progress as I continue my learning!

If anybody wants to connect, or chat in Japanese, that would be awesome!

#日本語 #japanese #japanese language #japanese langblr #langblr #studyblr

[ros3ybabe]

Daily Check-in: April 16, 2024 🎀

Tuesday did indeed get better! I got so much done despite not getting out of bed until 630am (I'm usually up by 530am), and I was so tired, but I'm proud of myself.

🩷 What I Accomplished:

completed the 11 minute wake up yoga by Yoga with Adriene

did the 16 minute yoga for flexibility by Yoga with Adriene

did my morning and night time skincare + showered after work before going to bed

worked a ~7.5 hour shift

completed my Spanish study tasks

took a quiz in my supplemental chem class and got 3rd place

took notes on acids and bases in chemistry

🩷 Good Things That Happened:

got an email from the Colorado work manager confirming some details about working this summer!! super excited!!!

me and my boyfriend talked some things out and things are looking up

got to work a couple hours with my favorite supervisor

had a really good day at work

got out of work by 10pm

🩷 What Could've Been Better:

did not eat very well (the dining hall was celebrating national mushroom day, and I'm allergic to mushrooms, so I bought chick fil a. and my breakfast was a quickly eaten bowl of pasta)

did not drink enough water, but I am working on that!

didn't study as much as I could've

didn't check in with my accountability buddies before the end of day

still haven't video called woth my boyfriend since Thursday of last week

💗 Stuff For Wednesday:

email psyc doc to move appointment to zoom

print papers before meeting with the director of my 1st degree major program

eat a good breakfast

study chemistry for a bit longer

complete lab report, pre lab quiz, and pre lab prep

study Spanish + complete my study tasks

wash my laundry

Here's to hopefully having a happy Wednesday! I wish you all the same 💞

til next time lovelies 🩷

p.s Check Out My Depop shop if you can! will be adding more listings soon!

💕 Song of The Day

BTS - House of Cards

This song was hitting all the right spots when I was closing at work. I forget how amazing it is until I hear it and ughhh how beautiful

#pink pilates girl #pink pilates princess #self development #wonyoungism #it girl #mental health #self care #physical health #that girl #self love #pink academia #pink aesthetic #pink blog #college student #student life #university student #student #spanish studyblr #college studyblr #studyblr community #studyblr #language learning #langblr #langblr community #that girl energy #becoming that girl #it girl energy #clean girl #wonyoung aesthetic #college studyspo

[tokidokitokyo]

ここぞ

at the critical moment, when it counts

usually written using kana alone; often used as ここぞというとき or ここぞとばかり

あいつは駄目だ, ここぞという時に一発が出ないんだから。 あいつ は だめ だ、ここぞ と いう とき に いっぱつ が でないん だから。 That guy is no good, because he won't make a move when it matters most.

#日本語 #japanese #japanese language #japanese langblr #langblr #studyblr #単語 #語彙 #japanese vocabulary #tokidokitokyo #tdtstudy

[spanishskulduggery]

What are the normal ways of saying daydreaming in Spanish?

The most common default way is soñar despierto/a which is "to dream (while) awake"

The other basic way is estar/andar en/por las nubes which is literally "to be in the clouds" so it's pretty much "to have one's head in the clouds"

...

Otherwise someone might use the adjectives distraído/a which is "distracted" - like andar distraído/a means "to go around distracted" like to not be paying attention or to have something on your mind; you often see it as "scattered" or "absentminded" [sometimes you also see despistado/a which is literally "without a clue" or "without a path" so it's "aimless", "distracted", "absentminded", or "forgetful"]

Another is ser ensimismado/a which is understood as "to be in one's own world" or "to be engrossed (in one's own thoughts)". Literally ensimismado/a or the verb ensimismar(se) is related to en + sí + mismo/a which is "into + one's (own) + self"; so it often carries the connotation of being very self-related... rather than simply distracted or absentminded, it's more understood as being "oblivious" to others and "pensative"

#asks #spanish #vocabulario #langblr #learning spanish

[korstudying]

#Learning #Studying #Language Learning #langblr #koreanblr #korean study #korean langblr #korean language #languages #learn korean #studyblr #korean #study #Vocab #Vocabulary #Words #WOTD #Word of the Day

[drlinguo]

Source

“because x” construction

Also existent in German “ich mache das nicht, weil müde“

#linguistics #linguisthumor #lingblr #because x construction #academia memes #academia #linguist humor #langblr

[zzzzzestforlife]

💎 17 Sanity Challenge // Day 4 of 13 ☁️

how i start the day 🤓🙏 vs how i end it 🙃✌️:

피할 수 없어면, 즐해요 🥴 (if you can't avoid it, enjoy it 🥴)

🍚 paid attention to details, led productive discussions, actively participated in lots of meetings

😼 Japanese lessons + Chinese lesson

🍒 legs + abs workout

🐸 breathwork meditation

🦌 read a chapter of An Incomplete Revenge

🍊😼 journal in Korean

🦊 comparative cognition review + attend developmental psych lecture

🐶🐻‍❄️ cleaning fairy (bgm)

💌: 오늘 내일 모레 매일 놀아보자 ⚾ 내 인생은 홈런!~ (today, tomorrow, day after, everyday, let's play ⚾ my life is a home run!~)

bonus: @solarsapphic tagged me in this fun game 🥰 i've always wanted to know where my moral alignment was, but low-key halfway through the quiz i was terrified of ending up in the evil category because i tried to answer honestly 😭 imagine my relief with this result 🙏 also, yes, my character concept is runaway princess in an enchanted forest, sue me 😂

💞: @lemonempress @nelyastudies @shoosiopao @ink-stained-clouds @tea-tuesday and anyone else who sees this 😘

#studyblr #seventeen carat #seungkwan #minghao #save my sanity #workblr #codeblr #self improvement #self development #self care #self love #langblr #psychblr #korean langblr #japanese langblr #chinese langblr #100 days of productivity #100 days of studying #100 days of self discipline #100 days of code #student life #zesty's life #study motivation #study inspiration #seventeen #seventeen gifs #exam season #final exams #finals season #finals week

[girlboccaccio]

meglio vivere un giorno da leoni che mille da cento (George Leonard, Grande Fratello 10)

+10 hours of the most trash, cringe, absurd Italian music (+200 songs). Collected in almost a year. In constant updating. On spotify, of course.

#italian tag #fellas this is my magnus opera - started at 1 a.m. last summer and left alone half forgotten #italian music #myss keta #spotify playlist #playlist #sanremo #mediaset #rai #pino d'angiò #Cristiano Malgioglio #piotta #articolo 31 #ruggero dei timidi #elio e le storie tese #elettra lamborghini #langblr #foreign languages

[survivetoread]

Do you agree with the popular conclusion in western linguistics that vowel length is not phonemic in modern Marathi (even if it’s indicated in writing)? I went to Maharashtra for the first time during my last visit to India and I did notice that vowel length was a lot more ambiguous than I expected in all cases, but especially in the distinction between अ and आ. But the mutual intelligibility between Maharashtrian Marathi and my dialect, Thanjavur Marathi, is not great, so wtf do I know

This sounds like one of those things that we don't really pay attention to as native speakers, but would be very important for someone learning the language!

However, I do think that there is plenty of ambiguity between short and long vowels, especially इ/ई and उ/ऊ. The example that comes to mind for me is that the -वू suffix in Marathi, where say धावू नकोस is pronounced closer to धाउ नकोस.

I can't say I've noticed an ambiguity between अ and आ though. I think some examples might help there.

I'm no linguist, but this was a really cool ask! Thank you!

#langblr #marathi #languages #linguistics #indian languages

[ruhua-langblr]

Duolingo Sucks, Now What?: A Guide

Now that the quality of Duolingo has fallen (even more) due to AI and people are more willing to make the jump here are just some alternative apps and what languages they have:

"I just want an identical experience to DL"

Busuu (Languages: Spanish, Japanese, French, English, German, Dutch, Italian, Portuguese, Chinese, Polish, Turkish, Russian, Arabic, Korean)

"I want a good audio-based app"

Language Transfer (Languages: French, Swahili, Italian, Greek, German, Turkish, Arabic, Spanish, English for Spanish Speakers)

"I want a good audio-based app and money's no object"

Pimsleur (Literally so many languages)

Glossika (Also a lot of languages, but minority languages are free)

*anecdote: I borrowed my brother's Japanese Pimsleur CD as a kid and I still remember how to say the weather is nice over a decade later. You can find the CDs at libraries and "other" places I'm sure.

"I have a pretty neat library card"

Mango (Languages: So many and the endangered/Indigenous courses are free even if you don't have a library that has a partnership with Mango)

Transparent Language: (Languages: THE MOST! Also the one that has the widest variety of African languages! Perhaps the most diverse in ESL and learning a foreign language not in English)

"I want SRS flashcards and have an android"

AnkiDroid: (Theoretically all languages, pre-made decks can be found easily)

"I want SRS flashcards and I have an iphone"

AnkiApp: It's almost as good as AnkiDroid and free compared to the official Anki app for iphone

"I don't mind ads and just want to learn Korean"

lingory

"I want an app made for Mandarin that's BETTER than DL and has multiple languages to learn Mandarin in"

ChineseSkill (You can use their older version of the course for free)

"I don't like any of these apps you mentioned already, give me one more"

Bunpo: (Languages: Japanese, Spanish, French, German, Korean, and Mandarin)

#EDIT: Added a great resource for ESL and African languages that weren't found elsewhere #I do NOT recommend memrise and will talk about it another day but #langblr #duolingo #duo #language learning #language learning apps #mandarinblr #resource #reference

[not-your-lawyer]

“French is such a beautiful, romantic language.”

“Cat, I farted.”

#langblr #French #I love language puns #and I’m making that everyone’s problem

[tokidokitokyo]

無双

むそう

peerless; unparalleled; unparallelled; matchless

古今無双の選手だ。 ここん むそう の せんしゅ だ。 He is as great an athlete as ever lived.

#日本語 #japanese #japanese language #japanese langblr #langblr #studyblr #単語 #語彙 #japanese vocabulary #tokidokitokyo #tdtstudy

[spanishskulduggery]

Hello, I am a beginner, learning spanish on my own.

Sentence structure is subject+verb+object?

Not always

Spanish has a VERY flexible word order

The basic sentence structure [declarative] is subject + verb + object [(tú) estás bien "you are okay"]

Questions [interrogative sentences] are verb + subject + object [¿Cómo estás tú? = "How are you?"]

Some exclamatory sentences also do this.

The difficult part of this is that sometimes declarative statements will do verb + subject + object for emphasis

...

The other big issue with this is that objects can sometimes by object pronouns which you won't see for a while but just be aware that something like compro flores "I buy flowers" turns into las compro "I buy them" where las flores is feminine plural so the direct object pronoun is las

In other words, a lot of object pronouns [direct, indirect, and reflexive] come before the conjugated verb

And this becomes more fluid if you have helping verbs - quiero comprar las flores "I want to buy the flowers"... but you could say las quiero comprar "I want to buy them" OR quiero comprarlas "I want to buy them" and both are totally valid

...

In short, if you're just starting out it's enough to say that most basic sentences are subject + verb + object; questions are almost always verb + subject + object

And as you go forward just be aware that the word order is EXTREMELY malleable and try not to worry too much; you will often see many example sentences all over the place so you get more of a sense of what is common or how it reads as more emphatic in certain cases

You won't learn it all at once so don't feel overwhelmed

#asks #spanish #language #languages #learning spanish #langblr #learn spanish #la sintaxis #word order in spanish #long post