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magicalgirlfia · 1 year

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I translated every info blurb for every stage included in the Splatoon 3 art book into one 95MB PDF.

I know this sounds stupid but uhhh reblog this if you liked it, I really enjoyed this project and wanna share my work with other people!

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#splatoon 3 #splatoon #translfiations #that pun still doesn’t work but idc #I know it says it in the doc but I’m not a native JP speaker so there might be mistakes but I tried my best and think I did a good job!#the little thing about spawn points makes me so HAPPY and idk why

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thimbell · 1 year

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night doodle of my version of rise!venus getting them banned from hueso’s for a month.

Por qué no puede el esqueleto subirse en la montaña rusa?

Porque debes ser así de alto para subirte y el esta seis pies debajo.

#rottmnt #doodles #i woke up in a cold sweat and scribbled this out #i just think it’d be funny if venus was more annoying than leo #i actually love puns and jokes #also i only got like 4yrs of spanish i’m not a native speaker #if my grammars wrong i apologize #also if anyone happens to know if the original with the stomach idiom translates?#thimbell is saying dumb stuff again #dont mind me im just being silly #tmnt venus de milo #rottmnt venus

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thunderheadfred · 3 months

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I’m gonna brag on myself for a minute because my self-confidence has been shit lately (thanks winter, for your annual crushing blow to my ego!) but I am, in fact, really good at language acquisition. Like, heretofore it was kind of a stupid superpower that I had never once thought to use for Good

which is why, when I had some kind of visitation from The Lort Almightee last summer and They were like "heyy how about you do something to tangibly improve the place where you live. and also start supporting tribal sovereignty. immediately"

I was like (falling out of my chair, trembling) "uhhhhhh I can learn languages weirdly fast??" and lo, God threw the newly-created UMN Dakota Language major directly in my face and Commanded, "GET TO WORK BITCH"

#true story #when people ask why I’m learning Dakota and want to help teach it as a non-native #I have to be like #quick vibe check #can I tell this person that I’m an atheist but God Told Me To Do It Anyway #or nah #the worst was the white nurse who gave me my covid vaccine at the university clinic #she was making small talk and asked about my major only to be like *how do they even know what Dakota sounds like anymore*#and I was like *DAKOTA PEOPLE ARE VERY MUCH AROUND AND HAVE BEEN SPEAKING DAKODIA THE WHOLE TIME THAT’S THE WHOLE POINT*#first speakers didn’t carry their language and culture through the horrors of the boarding school era(s) for you to disrepect them like thi

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crazy-fangirl2524 · 7 months

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The reason why English feels so distant and people find it easier to express their feelings and emotions in English is because English has become so common that it loses its meaning. The English language itself has evolved into just a means of translation.

#English itself has kinda lost its beauty like yk what I’m saying ?!#not saying English isn’t beautiful but um sorry compare to other languages English is shit lmao #English basically stole most words from other languages anyways #like idk English has become basic yk??#I still love English but idk other languages are too underrated #I think what I hate most is how most people (especially native English speakers) don’t bother to learn other languages and thus other cultur #and that frustrates me sm like how can u not love learning other languages?! and thinking one is sufficient???#how ignorant are u to think that only knowing English is enough when there’s like 7000 languages out there #like I love English with my entire heart but sometimes I wish other languages will be more common too #I wanna force everyone to be fluent in at least two languages like come on that’s bare minimum #ik it’s hard tho but like it’s worth it #English language #English literature #literature #history #English

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adhd-languages · 1 year

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Unfortunately learning Spanish means I can’t stop adding “Ito” and “ísimo” to every word

and also occasionally also “ísimito” or “itísimo”

(Including and especially to the end of the names of cute animals)

#it’s stupid but I see my friends cat Lola #and my instinct is to call her LOLÍSIMA #she is SO MUCH Lola #also native Spanish speakers if you do this??? I want to know #or if you don’t I also want to know #and learners I’m curious if this is a thing too #I want to know everything #langblr #language #language learning #spanish #spanish langblr #español #quinn posts

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perfectlullabies · 2 months

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no other language comes close to polish and italian

#so so happy i’m a native speaker of polish and i know like 20 words in italian lol #i can form sentences but it sucks

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thirsty-4-ghouls · 4 months

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I’ve been learning Norwegian with books and Duolingo for the last (almost) year and every time I read “helgen” I instantly think of the exact opposite of what I’m supposed to think of. Practicing Norwegian? Think of Skyrim. Playing Skyrim? Why is this town named “the weekend”? I can’t win. The wrong one is always the first to come to mind

#emma posts #Skyrim #game developers: open up a Norwegian dictionary and point to a word at random #that’s a town now #it could also be a joke or something #I don’t remember if the start of the game takes place during an in-game weekend but if it does #the town only lasted a weekend (to you)#but a weekend implies two days #maybe it’s a Swedish word or something instead #I haven’t gotten that far into Swedish and Icelandic uses a lot of different letters #they seem to have gotten rid of a lot of them on the continental Nordic countries #but I don’t know ANY danish and I have no concept of Faroese (I am so sorry if I massacred the spelling)#I don’t have a Swedish dictionary so I’d have to use google translate or something to check #Icelandic seems to have more words for things than Norwegian but I’m not really learning that language yet #my grandparents decided to try learning Icelandic first and I am like. in awe but also a bit sorry #they don’t really have a reason to learn Norwegian and Swedish though. unlike me #and apparently Icelandic is the hardest to learn. which is why I developed my fantastic learning strategy #Norwegian seems slightly easier to learn as a native English speaker than Swedish does. and Icelandic is obviously the hardest. but it’s #also closest to their shared ancestor (remember I’m talking about language) so if I start with Norwegian it will be easiest and then #with each of the other languages the next should be easier than it would be without the other two #Norwegian and Icelandic have an interesting history as related languages but that’s not important to this discussion #but… Icelandic is all the same and Norwegian and Swedish have a whole bunch of regional stuff and oh boy idk #but all I need to know for the foreseeable future is how to read and listen #I don’t need writing and speaking yet #this would be so much easier if my grandparents had not just switched to English and forgot any of the other languages they grew up with #though the Icelandic ones didn’t speak much at all compared to my dad’s parents who spoke some of theirs as kids #I could know even more languages by now if everyone hadn’t just switched to English. though I keep forgetting how to write Spanish. that’s #only half related though. since it’s the second most popular language in my country we had some classes as kids and some media that was #bilingual but not enough for me to ever be fluent. plus I freeze up any time I try conversation because I get too nervous about making #mistakes. I’m so off track in the tags though

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ragebear · 6 months

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I am begging fanfic writers to learn the difference between “shutter” and “shudder”

#look I know they’re pronounced p much if not exactly the same in many dialects of English #but come on #they mean COMPLETELY different things #I’m not trying to be mean here but like seriously #like I see native English speakers do it and I don’t understand how #I’m just bitching here but it bothers me so so much #fanfic #writing #please stop learning to write from other fanfics

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shiroikabocha · 1 day

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it’s like they designed JFK airport’s international arrivals hall to make me ask myself, Why did I come back

#honeymoon #almost home now #like seriously #a mere ten hours ago I was in a well-labeled multilingual airport #staffed by ppl who were not necessarily happy to be there but didn’t get fucking MAD at you for not knowing where stuff is #all the signage was clear and concise and in multiple languages #here in the land of the free? English-only small-text mislabeled lines unclear instructions #and I’m a native fucking speaker #maybe it was just travel-fatigue but I was kinda ready to punch the gate agent in the face #when she started irately saying ‘I SAID NEXT CUSTOMER-you need to PAY ATTENTION PEOPLE’#in ENGLISH #at the INTERNATIONAL ARRIVALS DESK #I WONDER WHY PEOPLE ARE HAVING DIFFICULTY FOLLOWING YOUR DIRECTIONS MAAM

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livingforthewhump · 9 months

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Tu parle en français ?

ouais un peu! j’apprennait pour six ans et cette année d’école je vais être en AP French. mais j’écris plus bien que je parle, et mon écriture en français n’est pas très bien 😭😭😭

#not whump #claire talks #ive been considering making a discord server for french learners and native speakers who i know on tumblr can all speak/practice french!#but i’m not sure what the interest level would be #j’étais en france en juin mais ma famille d’accueil #ne parlaient jamais à moi en français 🥲

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mvrders-are-okay · 3 months

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i'm hopelessy in love with you

as i am you

#— ( mutuals ) : kittyxmeows #— ( kairo. )#i don’t know if that made sense #is that a sentence?#well either i can just say i’m not a native english speaker as an excuse

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shishiikura · 5 months

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100 DAYS OF SPANISH BABY FUCK WITH ME

#liv rants #it feels like a bit of progress. it mostly is to keep me consistent with learning #I have other resources I’m using too #including the many many ppl I know who are native speakers including my partner :3 #which is a large part of why I’m learning Spanish

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duckmumbo · 2 years

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Hispanic!Watcher au where Grian got kicked out from the Watchers because they wanted him to speak to them in usted (formal you) but he refused to speak to them in anything other than tu (informal you)

Grian: Y cómo te dije hace una hora- (and like i told you (informal) an hour ago-)

Watcher 1038: Es “cómo LE dije” (it’s “like i told YOU (formal)”)

Grian: Te lo he dicho un millón de veces, me puedes hablar en tu! No es necesario ser tan formal! (I’ve said it a million times, you can talk to me in you (informal)! No need to be so formal!)

It’d just be so funny

#translations not exact I’m a native speaker not a translator ok #anyways this goes out to all my Hispanic hermitcraft fans I know I’m not the only one #roy talks #hermitcraft #grian #roy’s headcanons #sure

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tragedykery · 1 year

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if weed exists in the atla world xuan and li definitely do it

#elli rambles #oc tag #the birates #xuan #li #context about their relationship is that they’re besties in a vaguely homoerotic way btw #call each other bro in every sentence etc etc #I think they accidentally kiss several times when they’re smoking together but every time they’re like no homo bro it was just the weed #the day after. this has happened 20+ times #also li knows he’s bi. xuan is also bi but thinks he’s straight #I don’t think he knows what the word means actually. despite it applying to over 80% of the crew #drugs mention #oc rambles #li x xuan #<- got no ship name sadly. the troubles of one syllable names #btw I don’t think ‘to do weed’ is like. correct but 1) I’m not a native speaker and 2) I’m too tired to look it up rn

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wtfuckevenknows · 1 year

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