#italian vocab list

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Multilingual Lists

Days of the week in Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese

Lunes, lunedì, segunda-feira

Martes, martedì, terça-feira

Miércoles, mercoledì, quarta-feira

Jueves, giovedì, quinta-feira

Viernes, venerdì, sexta-feira

Sábado, sabato, sábado

Domingo, domenica, domingo

Months of the year in Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese

Enero, gennaio, janeiro

Febrero, febbraio, fevereiro

Marzo, marzo, março

Abril, abrile, abril

Mayo, maggio, maio

Junio, giungio, junho

Julio, luglio, julho

Agosto, agosto, agosto

Septiembre, settembre, setembro

Octubre, ottobre, outubro

Noviembre, novembre, novembro

Diciembre, dicembre, dezembro

Seasons in Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese

El invierno, l’inverno, o inverno

La primavera, la primavera, a primavera

El verano, l’estate, o verão

El otoño, l’autunno, o outono

#Spanish #Italian #portuguese #español #italiano #português #language #langblr #language learning #lifelong learning #self study #vocabulary #vocab #vocabulary list #vocab list #multilingual list #multilingual vocab

[una-ragazza-con-un-flauto]

Capodanno / New Year

VOCAB LIST: Italiano English

Buon anno! Happy New Year!

Duemila ventiquattro Two thousand and twenty four / twenty twenty four

Festa Party

Festeggiare To celebrate

Fuochi d’artificio Fireworks

Gennaio January

Mezzanotte Midnight

Salute! Cheers!

#italian #italiano #english #inglese #langblr #italianblr #my vocab #vocab list #happy new year #buon anno

[orijentalni-entuzijast]

Vocabulary

English-Italian-Polish

geopolitics - la geopolitica – geopolityka

dimpomacy – la diplomazia – dyplomacja

disinformation/misinformation – la dizinformazione – dezinformacja

peace – la pace – pokój

sovereign – sovrano – suwerenny

demographics – la demografia – demografia

the fatherland – la patria – ojczyzna

foreign – staniero – zagraniczny

ratification – la ratifica – ratyfikacja

surveillance – il monitoraggio – nadzor,inwigilacja

treachery – il tradimento - zdrada

#italian vocabulary #polish langblr #italian language #language learning #vocab list #langblr #foreign languages #polish language

[gulabilli]

i'm going to italy in less than a month!!! so naturally now i have to speedrun duolingo italian!!!

#we're back to langblr baby #langblr italian #ok now #back to vocab lists and conjugation tables!!! #i missed this

[allaroundtheworld-de]

Deutscher Wortschatz

Die Sache, die Sachen: oggetto, oggetti Das Ding, die Dinge: cosa, cose Ankreuzen: fare una croce (crocettare) Das Foto, die Foto: foto Das Dokument, die Dokumente: documento, documenti Die Leute: persone Denken: pensare Die Professorin, die Professorinnen: professoressa, professoresse Teuer: caro, dispendioso Preiswert: economico (accezione positiva) Schön: bello Sekretärin: segretaria Praktisch: pratico Billig: economico (accezione negativa) Günstig: favorevole Aber: ma Sehr: molto Nur: solo, solamente Gleich: uguale, stesso Wieder: di nuovo, nuovamente Jetzt: ora Hier: qui Können: potere Kopiergerät: fotocopiatrice Freunde: amico Zufrieden: contento, soddisfatto

#italian language #langblr #language #germany #vocab list #german vocabulary #deutscher tumblr #deutsch vocab #deutsch langblr #italienisch #studyspiration #study motivation

[imalsolearningitalian]

Random Vocab Picked up from Reading Natalia Ginzburg’s “Valentino” in Italian

[alt text: vintage cover of Valentino, a pixelated black and white illustration showing two figures reading in a library]

This is my first time reading an Italian novel that I haven’t previously read in English! Most of it is admittedly going over my head, but it’s thrilling when I understand passages. 

Part 1: Pages 1—36

La portinaia — Concierge 

Il castagno — Chestnut

Bitorzoli — Lumpy

Lo sciatore — Skier

Guadagnare — To earn

Il merlo — Blackbird, fool (i.e. il merlo di famiglia)

Perbene — Decent

Annaspare — To gasp 

La cenere — Ash

Arricciare — To curl up 

Lusso — Luxury

Stirare — To press

Il cestino — Basket, rubbish bin

La seta — Silk 

La sporta — Bag, basket

Le scemenze — Nonsense

Sdebitarsi — ˆTo repay

La fossetta — Dimple

Artrite — Arthritis

La ciliegia — Cherry

Malinconica — Melancholic

La balia — The nurse

Spettinata — Disheveled

Zabaione — Eggnog

Mite — Mild

#Natalia Ginzburg #italian #langblr #italian vocab #vocab list #valentino #romanzo #novella #italian literature #italian langblr #letteratura italiana #letteratura #studyblr

[onigiriforears]

Recommendation: Apps for Japanese Learning

Over the years, I've downloaded and tested many apps. Though my favorite app was discontinued (I miss you, mindsnacks Japanese), there are still others that I don't think I'll be removing from my phone any time soon. In light of duolingo's horrible update causing a large migration and search for other apps, I thought I'd share some of my favorites. Also, some of these apps have websites or discords for you to interact with other users or to ask support questions.

For those who cannot use/don't like the graphics, the written out version is below the break.

Lingo Legend

RPG-based language learning game that I was a beta tester for. It also offers Spanish, French, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin Chinese, German, Italian, and Portuguese. Uses spaced repetition.

Offers beginners, intermediate, and advanced levels.

User can jump between lessons and difficulty levels.

Available on ios and android

Manabi Reader

Caters to all JLPT levels and offers reading options on an array of topics (including news, games, reddit). Can hilight words and look up in-app. User can also paste a link within the app to read.

Companion app available (Manabi Flashcards).

Available on ios

TODAI: EASY Japanese News

Aggregates news from various sources.

Offers practice JLPT exams in-app.

Offers grammar resources and in-app dictionary that can generate flashcards from words saved in notes.

Offers audio listening, as well as videos with transcriptions.

Available on ios and android. Also has a website.

Shirabe Jisho

Offline dictionary app.

User can favorite words, make lists, take notes, make flashcards, etc.

User can search for words in kana, romaji, drawing, or through radical (or radical building).

Available on ios

Renshuu

Think quizlet, but solely for Japanese. You can create your own lists, use others, play shiritori, earn prizes and interact on forums.

You can study grammar, kanji, vocab, flashcards, learn and submit mnemonics. You can also friend people.

Available on ios and android. Also has a website (of which I am an avid user).

Connect with me: Ko-fi Shop & Tips | Discord | Studygram | Ask Box

↳ psst! my ko-fi shop has learning resources on it. try to check back for new things bc im always working on something to add in there

#onigiristudies #heydilli #jpnstudynet #look toki #looktoki #look asta #japanese #langblr #study japanese #learn japanese #language apps #jlpt #jlpt kanji #jlpt studies #kanji #japanese grammar #日本語 #勉強 #learning through immersion #bookblr #studyblr #hey guys #kingyo hut #my shop #thanks for reading my research posts and my suggestion posts

[jeannereames]

Dr. Reames, a simple question from someone interested in history but who is not part of the academic world: in order to study Alexander the Great and Ancient Greece in general, how much Ancient Greek does one have to learn? Would you need to learn Demotic Greek or the many other dialects, such as the one from Macedonia? As in, you’d need to learn one or more versions of Ancient Greek?

Thank you in advance! I always enjoy your responses!

How Much Greek Do I Need to Read about Alexander?

It depends on how far you want to go…what’s your end-goal?

If you’ve no desire to make it a profession, the good news is you need very little Greek.

Most ancient Greek and Latin texts are available in translation in the major languages of (European) Classical studies: English, French, German, Italian. Now, if you want them in Polish, or Japanese, or Bengali, you’ll have more of an issue. But the Loeb Classical Library (and LOEB ONLINE) has English translations of virtually all extant (still existing) Greek and Latin sources, and if you’ve got access to a (larger) college library, they probably have them, even if you have to ask them to get things out of storage. Latin is red (PA6156); Greek is green (PA3612). Budé is the French version of Loeb, btw.

Loeb texts also have Greek and Latin on the facing page, but I mention them because they’ve got translations of (almost) everything. One can find cheaper versions without the Greek/Latin from Penguin, Oxford, et al. But those don’t have, say, Aelian, or Athenaeus, or the obscure texts of Plutarch’s Moralia. Loeb does. That said, the Alexander histories (Arrian, Curtius, Plutarch, Diodoros, and Justin) are all available in relatively cheap translations. Much earlier, in answer to a different ask, I listed our main sources on Alexander, extant and lost. It’s a longer read, but perhaps of interest.

(See below for more online sources in translation.)

So, no, you don’t need Greek. But, if you’re at least moderately serious about reading beyond pop history, you will want to learn a few Greek words to better “get” Greek sensibilities. Say, timē (τιμή), which means honor/public standing/esteem, but has all these attendant connotations. If you start reading the Serious Stuff (articles and academic books), authors will throw these around so it’s useful to know them, as they tend to carry an entire freight of meaning we don’t want to explain every time we use them. These are words I make my students learn in my intro to Greek History class (2510), so there aren’t many. (Undergrads put up with only so much, ha.) For Alexander, it’s also useful to know the Greek names of some units, such as the Somatophylakes (the royal Bodyguard of 7), or the Hypaspists (the specialist hoplite phalanx, not the same as the Foot Companions), or even the name of the long pike (sarissa). But you can make do quite well with a vocab of maybe 30± Greek terms.

It's only if you want to pursue research at the advanced (graduate) level that you’d need Greek. Even then, it’s mostly Attic Greek. The only time you’d need dialects is for quite specific study and/or epigraphy (inscriptions). Epigraphers are language specialists. Most of us, even the “pros,” don’t work at that level. But yes, if you’re getting into extensive examinations of passages, it’s good to understand the language for yourself, not have to trust a translation. Translations are, by definition, interpretations.

I hope that encourages some folks to embark on reading the original (primary) sources. Of more import for these is to understand HISTORIOGRAPHY. Even those who can read the Greek, but lack historiographic training, tend to take stuff at face-value when they shouldn’t.

Go HERE for a discussion of historiography (with regard to Alexander). Again, it’s part of a specific ask, but I explain why we need to know something about the historians who are writing our texts, in order to understand those texts. It’s another longer read, but essential.

Almost forgot! If you prefer video, I've also talked about the sources on TikTok: Part I: Intro & Lost Alexander Sources and Part II: Extant Alexander Sources

Some Useful Online Sources to Bookmark:

Perseus (at Tufts.edu): clunky as hell because it’s old (in internet years), but indispensable. English/Greek/Latin/other texts in translation and original language, plus all sorts of other tools, including an image bank. Pitfall: these are translations outside copyright, so old and sometimes problematic. Still, it’s free, and so-so much stuff here. Every person dealing with the ancient Med world has this one on speed-dial. (You can find other online sources with various texts, but Perseus has, again, almost everything; it’s the online Loeb.)

Stoa Org Static: a version of the original where you don’t have to sign in. Takes you to various super-helpful pages, including the Online Suda (a Byzantine encyclopedia you can search: look up “Hephaistion” there. *grin*) Bunch of other helpful links.

Wiki Digital Classicist hypertext list of topics ranging from the Beasley Library (of pottery) to the Coptic Gnostic Library and various online journals. Just click around, see what’s there.

Topos Text: clickable map of places which includes all references to them in ancient sources. So if, say, you want to know where X places is, mentioned in Arrian, you can find it on the map.

PHI Searchable Greek Inscriptions: I have used the tar out of this. It’s much easier than Inscriptiones Graecae, and comes with English translations.

More Online Resources: more links. This is just one of various collections out there.

Again, ALL this stuff is free. Even when you may have to pay (like Loeb Online), the amount of material you can now lay hands on even without a uni library is fantastic.

JSTOR: requires a subscription, but, if you’re a college student or can get access via a uni library, you can look up material for free. Problem: JSTOR has different subscription packages, and only the really big Class-A Research schools have large holdings for Classics. I’m regularly foiled in things I need, as my library is smaller. I use ILL (Interlibrary Loan) a lot. If you can’t get what you want via your school JSTOR or ILL, sometimes you can purchase a solo copy of an article via JSTOR Google Scholar. But (hint) always check the journal’s website itself. It might be cheaper there! (The Ancient History Bulletin, for instance, is super-cheap; check their archives. Karanos [Macedonia only] is FREE.) Same thing sometimes with books. Certain publishers have rental options, Open Access, etc.

Also Academia.edu first: Your savior…if the author is a member, and has uploaded the paper you want. We frequently face restrictions on what we’re allowed to upload, and when. Yet we may list an article we can’t yet release publicly. That doesn’t mean we won’t send it to you privately via email if you message us and ask nicely. 😊 Especially if you’re not providing an entire wishlist, or asking for a book for free. It depends on the person, and whether they have a PDF.

#asks #greek language #alexander the great #studying the classics #Classics #source on Alexander the Great #How much Greek do I need? #ancient Greece #ancient Macedonia

[sayitaliano]

Studying languages tip #IDK

Reminder for my fellow language learners (not just Italian learners): do not just "listen" to your target language (and I mean also with subtitles), repeat out loud. Repeating out loud what you hear can help you fix in your mind the actual sound of a word and remember it better, and also recognize it whenever you hear it from natives. Do not just rely on how you remember the sound of a word, at least not in the first days you're learning it.

So for example:

1- search for easy youtube videos in which there are only words lists pronunciations. Kids videos generally will do. (Reminder if you're studying Italian I have posted a few audios in the "#audio audios" section and you can listen to them or ask me to make some more, talk slower or whatever). You can also search for kids' songs if you want, and break them down to easy words.

2- choose a song you like or by your fav artist (in your target language). Find the lyrics and follow your artist voice for a few times, then start singing along with them. It doesn't matter if some words will sound weird or be uncorrect or you'll end up saying "blabluojaos" instead of "macchina" even if you know how to pronounce "macchina": you're singing, following the rhythm and thinking about the pronunciation of the next words as well: it's a lot. Just take your time and remember, you can do it more than once and for a few days too. [I learned English and many vocabs more cause while I was having lessons in school I kept listening to English songs: for example I ended up learning by heart Linkin Park's songs and nowadays I can still sing Mike Shinoda's rap parts. So if I made it, you can too].

3- if you're watching movies, or anything you can stop and replay, try to stop and repeat especially the words you find "uncommon" or that you have never heard of. Listen to the actor/person saying them a couple of times, then repeat them a couple of times. You can also repeat the whole sentence you heard from the actor/person, note your word down and search for its meaning if it's not clear (it may also have more than one), and maybe try to use it in different sentences (make them up). [again, if you're studying Italian and need help with meanings, transcriptions -maybe you're not sure you heard a word correctly-, how to use a word... feel free to drop an ask or search in the vocabularies you can find on @sayitalianohome ]

Just beware: once more, especially if you're studying Italian, it may happen that the singer of your choice or actor/person speaking, may not use a "standard" Italian but a regional form or abbreviations or something like that. So keep in mind that you MAY learn words in a specific sound or with a specific use that MAY not always be the one we know/use in common Italian (but you can check it anyway). Back to my personal example: I have learned not just English but also Spanish by listening to songs. My "mistake" was that I kept listening to American English and South American Spanish: this is why when I listen to British/UK English and (Spain) Spanish, I still have some troubles in understanding some words (depends on the accent of the speaker tbh). But ofc you can ask for people to repeat, there ain't nothing bad in it. (And yeah, when I speak English I tend to use an American accent and same for my South American Spanish, cause those are the accents I am more used to and I learned better).

Anyway, don't be scared, sing, yell, talk out loud. It's gonna make a huge difference in your learning life.

#studyblr #langblr #languages #language learning #studying tips #language #polyglot #learning languages #languageblr #studying languages

[midoribleak]

Angeline is a dick

at least, when she wants to be.

I made a list of all the things Angeline is found to be good at/ fun facts in the various books I got a hold of;

-gets tutored to speak italian

-knows how to play guitar bc she took lessons

-had a chubby phase (therefore knows lots of nutrition facts)

-knows how to fix cars

-Fixed her own hair

-Can groom dogs because she learned hair ^

-Plays soccer

-babysits 

-Didnt know how to jumprope

-Had a speech impediment when she was younger (Went by Annie) 

-Is not good at school, went to summer school to catch up

-Only criminal record is thievery (mints from a teacher) 

-Jealous of Jamie’s art skills and vocab

-good at magazine quizzes (trivia)

-Dances well

-Decent at poems / haikus

-RAISED 900 DOLLARS IN TOTAL FOR CHARITY (300 walkathon 600 jump a thon)

Now obviously these are amazing things that should be celebrated, but everyone at the school only loves her for her looks and surface level kindness, when in reality shes much more than that.

and that deeply upsets her.

She starts acting out by being rude and sassy JUST so people would stop stereotyping her as just a pretty face, which is COMPLETELY fair, she knows how to do so much and is learning and working hard every day!!! I love the fact she can fix cars and gave Aunt Carol an oil change!! I love how she only pretends to not know how to play guitar just so she doesnt show off when playing with Jamie and Isabella!! I love that she cleans up Stinker for Jamie so she doesn’t look ugly next to him in an art project and i LOVE how she uses her popularity for good!! Heres some examples of her going out on a limb for Jamie using her magic because shes gay because she cares!!

Also, heres a really, really important Angeline interaction that i think is so interesting for a kids book. Kinda unrelated but also pretty cool imo

And then lastly, in my FAVORITE book You Can Bet on That, Angeline and Jamie bet that Ang cant go without saying anything nice and Jamie the opposite, and Angeline finds it east to act mean because she’s channeling her jealousy for Jamie. It’s pretty entertaining how much more popular she gets for being mean tbh definitely worth a read, heres some bits I took as well, but in conclusion Angeline is probably one of the best characters in whatever genre of book DDD is and I will die on this hill how can you NOT love her?

#dear dumb diary #jamie kelly #jamiexangeline #angelinedeardumbdiary

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Multilingual Lists

Colors in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

Rojo, rosso, vermelho

Naranja, arancione, laranja

Amarillo, giallo, amarelo

Verde, verde, verde

Azul, azzurro, azul

Morado, viola, roxo

Rosa, rosa, rosa

Marrón, marrone, marrom

Negro, nero, preto

Blanco, bianco, branco

Gris, grigio, cinza

Shapes in Spanish, Italian, and Portuguese

El cuadrado, il quadrato, o quadrado

El circulo, il cerchio, o círculo

El triángulo, il triangolo, o triângulo

El rectágulo, il rettangolo, o retângulo

El óvalo, l’ovale, o óvalo

La caja, la scatola, a caixa

La esfera, la sfera, a esfera

El cubo, il cubo, o cubo

La pirámide, la piramide, a pirâmide

El cono, il cono, o cone

El corazón, il cuore, o coração

El cilindro, il cilindro, o cilindro

La estrella, la stella, a estrela

El diamante, la diamante, o diamante

#languages #language learning #Romance languages #Spanish #Italian #portuguese #español #italiano #português #vocab #vocabulary #vocab list #multilingual list #langblr #studyblr #lifelong learning #self study

[aibhilin-atibeka]

I just saw an ask game :D and I do have a question that I think would be fun for you.

What actually interested you in learning multiple languages in the first place and what draws you to a language that makes you want to learn it?

Oohhhh, now that's a fun one! :D

Well. I learned my first "real true" (no, seriously, honest) foreign language at the age of 9 and I felt absolutely neutral towards it.

Meh, 'twas another subject at school, so what? XD younger!me was not specifically very interested in languages at all. I had the world to explore, after all! What's languages compared to manga? Compared to anime? Compared to books?

Compared to the real world? Darn, no, I sure am not throwing time at something I might never use again at a later date in life, see me go "nope" at languages and "yes" to life experiences.

And then my sister went and learned to fluently speak five languages somehow. It seemed very much like "all of a sudden she can speak five languages" to me. Dammit all, I had to learn at least as many, didn't I?

That - along with my school offering languages as their educational focus - helped. Still wasn't ideal, but I'd gotten that certain nudge into this direction then. And at that point my love for Japan was noticeably not fading, so I got gifted a Japanese language class. And... sort of haven't stopped learning Japanese since. Whoops?

At the same time my school offered French and in a choice between Italian and French? Sure, I'll choose French (the language sounded nicer at that time and the teacher kinder). I can learn Italian later on, once the school offers another language choice two years into the first one, right?

Right?

Wrong. Had to choose between Spanish and computer science, so no Italian for me back then. But Spanish is basically Italian on crack, isn't it? (pls don't dunk on teenage!me, teenage!me was a bit of a teenager back then) They're 1:1 understandable to one another, right? Right?

Also wrong.

But that didn't stop me from starting Italian on my own at university.

And a friend offered to teach a class of Turkish right in-between school and university, so there we went~

And university itself offers language classes too, how could I not check them out and study Hindi for a bit?

... somehow, without even consciously being aware of it, I'd accumulated a starting vocab for about twenty languages before I was twenty (how do I know that exact number at that exact age? I had to do a language autobiography collecting, chronologically listing and presenting all my language studies and some of the knowledge I'd obtained in detail for a class shortly after turning twenty).

By now it's probably stayed *roughly* the same in number (... maybe I added five to ten-ish languages since then? no clue), though I couldn't say whether or not that's simply because of where I live or what opportunities I had or what little time I've had to spend on accumulating more languages since. Life's a busy bee, sometimes, and the life of an author/linguist/leisure-social-media-scroller (tumblr I'm looking at you) feels even busier. Never mind any other engagements I have ended up in so far.

I have an ongoing interest in languages cause I find it fun to be able to communicate with the world in whatever language I can. They're a means to reading, listening and interacting with people and there's wordplay to consider. ;) In short, I find it fun.

To answer your questions:

What actually interested you in learning multiple languages in the first place

I stumbled into them like Winnie the Pooh might stumble into a pot of honey XD there was no definitive moment of "Oh, I'm interested in becoming a polyglot now" - at the point in time that I had that realisation I already was one.

and what draws you to a language that makes you want to learn it?

Depending on the language, I have different motivations for learning them:

Japanese: "stopping now makes just as much sense as a prisoner breaking out might stop in front of the 9th out of 10 walls they'd have to climb", also "I've got manga to read in Japanese just to get all the jokes in them" and "I bought and imported books from Japan that I still have to read"

French: "I still haven't read all of the Arsène Lupin series" and "from time to time the Frenchspeakers release funny movies that I wanna watch in the original language"

Italian: "darn, originally I was in this for the bit but I'm committed to learning it now with whatever means necessary"

Spanish: is "just sort of there" and "Sometimes I find articles and news pages and books I want to read that just so happen to be in Spanish, so why not read them in Spanish, I don't even need a translation"

Korean: "I want to be able to read you at one point, darn it all to hell"

etc. ad infinitum. I didn't even mention all the ones I'm fluent in here, never mind all the ones I started to learn at one point in my life, so yeah.

I love the challenge? I love the way learning languages open up a whole new world view to you as you go along? I adore being able to read yet more books by just learning a language? I love word games?

All of these and more count towards my interest in languages. :D Gotta say, languages rock. Polyglottism ftw.

@stereden cause I can

@a-knight-owls-curse thanks for the interesting ask!

#ask game #I got asked! #thank you for the ask! #linguistics #linguistic shenanigary #is accidental polyglottism a thing? #if not it certainly ought to be #pls forgive my french #and the cursing

[lameravigliadoro]

my langblr introduction! hallo!!

age : 22 yo stress ball

name : klara (you can call me klar)

pronouns : she/them

my target language during the 2023 summer : german

languages i know : italian (advanced), chinese (beginner to intermediate, french (native), english (fluent) (i hope)

centres of interest : linguistics, politics, impressionism, arts and crafts, cinema, queer history

i'll post my german journey as much as possible. i'm going to live for at last one year in germany, so i need to get back to german and get better at german. like a lot of french high schoolers, i studied german as part of the compulsory course but did not actually enjoy it nor did i learn anything from it. so the main goal here is to reunite with my inner teenager and make peace with them ⁀➷

what i like to do when studying languages is journaling/writting in TL, revising lists of vocab and going through the grammar points one by one.

then, i'll look for podcasts in german and youtubers, radio broadcasts, free online newspapers and TV series so that i can practice my listening comprehension.

anyway, don't hesitate to interact, and if we share a common TL/language, get in touch, i love to make friends and getting to know more abt this world <33 also i don't wanna let my italian die, quindi raga, parlami in italiano!

see you soon! a presto, tschüss!ˏˋ°•*⁀➷

#language learning #german #italian #french #chinese #korean #langblog #language ressources #langblr #langblr intro #polyglot #multilingual #target language #academia

[thatstudyblrontea]

(My) Langblr Word of the Day Challenge!

While I was browsing language challenges to motivate myself and keep learning this August, I found @nordic-language-love's lovely Word of the Day Challenge, and I thought I'd give it a shot!

I'm participating for Russian, Sardinian, and Danish. As I still have low proficiency (~A1/A2) in all of these languages, I chose to only try my hand at the following prompts:

Translate the word into your target language

Find a synonym and/or an antonym for the word

Write a paragraph (or more) based around the word / one sentence containing the word

Learn 5 words related to the word /create a vocab list based around the word

I'll start by making 3 posts a day – one for each language – and see if it's sustainable. If you feel like participating and are learning one of these languages (or Italian – I'm a native speaker so I could offer some help!) please feel free to tag me!!

#langblrwotdchallenge #Langblr Word of the Day Challenge #Langblr #sardinian language #sardinian langblr #russian langblr #russian language #danish language #danish langblr #studyblr #study blog #uni student #uniblr

[allaroundtheworld-de]

Deutscher Wortschatz

Lieber: piuttosto Die Geschichte, Die Geschichten: storia, storie Kochbücher: Libro di ricette Rund sein: Attorno a... Der Dialog, die Dialoge: il dialogo, i dialoghi Neu: nuovo Herzlich willkommen: un caloroso benvenuto Hoffentlich: come si spera (eng. hopefully) Das Schreibtisch: scrivania Das Zimmer: stanza Schönes: bella Dasein: esserci Stehen: reggersi, stare Die Schreibtischlampe: lampada da scrivania Glauben: credere Vielleicht: forse Später: dopo Ganz einfach: molto semplice Der Drucker: la stampante Das Regal, die Regale: la libreria, lo scaffale Fehlen: mancare Zusammen: insieme Der Terminkalendar: l'agenda Der Schlüssel: la chiave Die Brille: gli occhiali Die Tasse: la tazza Bei: preposizione per dire "nei pressi di" Etwas: qualcosa

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WHAT I THINK OF YOU BASED ON YOUR DUOLINGO LANGUAGE OF CHOICE AS A PERSON WITH AN ALMOST 800 DAY LONG STREAK EXCEPT IT KIND OF DEVOLVES AND I MOSTLY COMPLAIN ABOUT DUOLINGO:

(I hope i did this cut right if not this is gonna be LLLOOONG)

Spanish: The classic. It's classic because it's the language that Duolingo is best at. It's actually half decent. You actually have a chance at learning Spanish! Besides that, you probably enjoy the memes about Duolingo, and I imagine your streak is decently long.

French: Everything I know about french Duolingo is bad. It's the only language that's picky about punctuation, it's often wrong for no reason, you probably are struggling. Also, can you conjugate a verb? Duolingo is generally bad with that. Besides that, everyone I know who does French duolingo is slightly pretentious and I don't think I trust you as a person.

German: Ohhhh boy. If you're attempting to learn German with Duolingo alone you might as well just buy the textbook already. While Duolingo is already not great, grammar is so rough for German on Duolingo. Please don't try to learn German grammar with Duolingo. Anyway I think if you're learning German in general you're pretty cool and that's no different for Duolingo learners. Best of luck to yall

Italian: I don't actually know much about Italian Duolingo. I do know that the two people I know that the two people that I know who do Italian Duolingo are gay though so Im assuming you're either Italian-American or gay.

Japanese: This used to be so, so much worse. They improved it, though. It's actually not horrible! Please do supplement your learning with something besides Duolingo, though. You will learn practically nothing otherwise. Anyway 99% chance you like anime because you're learning Japanese on Duolingo

Chinese: it could definitely be worse! It's definitely HORRIBLE, but it is usually actually right and its grammar isn't absolute trash like some of the other ones. It is definitely on the worse side for grammar, but it's not Latin. Aside from all of that, I do think there's at least a 25% chance you're doing this because you ARE Chinese, and a 75% chance you're doing this because you heard Mandarin was hard and wanted to see how true that was without putting money into it.

Russian: ME TOO!!!! This is my primary language on Duolingo currently and all I have to say is why? It's really not worth using Duolingo for, since I started in October 2022 and all I can say is that my potato is cold. It's primarily focused on vocabulary, but it's very random vocabulary, and you learn exactly none of the grammar at any point. I think you're cool :)

Korean: immediately stop. Please learn Korean somewhere else. It's not worth it. One of the worse ones, but at least it's not Latin Duolingo. If you actually actively do this you TERRIFY me and i am begging you to stop

Portuguese: uhhhh.... sure, i guess. It's not great, but it's... fine, I think. It's decent for vocabulary, if nothing. I have literally never met a Portuguese Duolingo learner though

Arabic: ALPHABET? YES. EVERYTHING ELSE? PLEASE NO. My opinion of you is the exact same as for Chinese, 75% chance you heard it was hard and didn't want to commit yet

Dutch: I genuinely did not know this was on Duolingo until I started doing this. Since it's not super popular I am also going to assume Duolingo does not care about it and it is probably only good for vocab. I do not think you are out there, I do not think people learn Dutch on Duolingo.

Swedish: as always please learn on something else its only good for vocabulary anyway you probably live in sweden, i think? Isnt it popular there or something??

Norwegian: general rule of thumb: vocabulary is the only thing duolingo is good at. Anyway, what? Learn somewhere else, anything below chinese on the list has been left to rot and they do not care about it

Turkish: wwwwow. You are really something! Learn Turkish somewhere else. At least it's not Latin

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At this point i became tired of saying "it's only good for vocabulary, learn grammar somewhere else." This can be assumed for literally everything.

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Polish: YOU SCARE ME POLISH DUOLINGO IS HARD

Irish: you are above the age of 45 and american

Greek: you are a mythology buff

Hebrew: you were probably curious. Everyone else learned somewhere else

Danish: im sorry that you're learning Danish. You are a sad person.

Hindi: The only person I know who is doing Hindi Duolingo is Indian herself, so I guess you're probably Indian idk

Czech: ...???????? Stop

Esperanto: generally i just hate Esperanto with such a burning passion that i don't think anyone should learn it

Ukranian: you're trying! I imagine you will give up in a week though, sorry!

Welsh: I'm all for protecting endangered languages but this isnt how to do it

Vietnamese: a language with six tones and they teach you how to pronounce 0 of them. You're probably cool but stop with duolingo

Hungarian: I did not know this was on duolingo! Very brave of you to try learning a Uralic language on Duolingo, is it going horribly?

Swahili: learn somewhere else. You are probably so cool but duolingo and SWAHILI??????????

Romanian: The only person ive ever met who did this gave up in 3 days because duolingo sucks. I am assuming your streak is no longer than a week

Indonesian: ..... okay. Sure. At least its not Latin.... I think you started learning this completely for fun though

Hawaiian: I HATE DUOLINGO FOR THIS!!!! IT IS A CRITICALLY ENDANGERED LANGUAGE IT DESERVES SO MUCH BETTER!!!!!!!! I LOVE YOU FOR LEARNING IT BUTHFJCNEIFBDJFJDSJD!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE YOU DUOLINGO

Navajo: see above. Love you. Hate duolingo.

Klingon and High Valyrian: i hate you

Latin: HERE IT IS. MY WORST ENEMY. GOD I HATE LATIN DUOLINGO. THE AUDIO QUALITY WAS CLEARLY RECORDED IN A CAR. ITS NOT EVEN GOOD FOR VOCABULARY BECAUSE IT IS LITERALLY WRONG VERY VERY OFTEN. ITS SUPER PICKY ON WORD ORDER AND FOR WHAT? ITS LATIN!!! ITS NOT PICKY!!!! IVE BEEN LEARNING LATIN IN A FORMAL SETTING FOR 3 YEARS NOW AND I HATE LATIN DUOLINGO MORE THAN ANYTHING. IF YOU WANT TO LEARN LATIN BUY A LATIN ENGLISH DICTIONARY. IF YOU WANT GRAMMAR GO ONTO MAGISTRULA. ITS A GREAT WEBSITE FOR LATIN GRAMMAR. OH, BUT WHAT ISNT GREAT? DUOLINGO. IN LATIN, TO ANNOY IS TRANSLATED AS "vexare". THIS IS. ACCORDING TO DUOLINGO, "to come from". WHAT? WHAT? WHAT? WHAT??? I HATE DUOLINGO. I HATE THIS. ITS ALWAYS WRONG. THE AUDIO QUALITY IS ACTUALLY GARBAGE. I HATE DUOLINGO I HATE DUOLINGO I HATE DUOLINGO. DO NOT LEARN LATIN ON DUOLINGO!!!!!!!!!!! I HATE DUOLINGO SO MUCH I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT I HATE IT DONT USE LATIN DUOLINGO YOU ARE BEING LIED TO

Scottish Gaelic: you are again over 45 and American

Finnish: ohhhh god. I am so sorry. Ur cool ig but im sorry

Yiddish: i am, again, so sorry. Its duolingo. You can't write IN YIDDISH in duolingo because of course you cant

Haitian Creole and Zulu: I don't believe you these are the bottom two languages

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