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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 for Global Exchange (in the drop-down menu)

Intro to Arabic

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Arabe (taught in French)

Catalan

Intro to Catalan Language & Society

Intro to Catalan Sign Language

Chinese

Beginner

Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V

Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II

Beginner’s Chinese

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters

Chinese for HSK 1

Chinese for HSK 2

Chinese for HSK 3 I & II

HSK Level 1

Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)

Intermediate

Chinese Stories

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

Online Courses here

Resources Here

Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

Basic Finnish

Finnish for Immigrants

Finnish for Medical Professionals

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Basic French Skills

Beginner’s French: Food & Drink

Diploma in French

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

French in Action

French Language Studies I, II, III

French: Ouverture

Intermediate & Advanced

French: Le Quatorze Juillet

Passe Partout 

La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie

Vivre en France - A2

Vivre en France - B1

Frisian

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)

German

Beginner

Beginner’s German: Food & Drink

Conversational German I, II, III, IV

Deutsch im Blick

Diploma in German

German at Work

Rundblick-Beginner’s German

Intermediate

German: Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte

Landschaftliche Vielfalt

Gwich’in

Introduction to Gwich’in Language

Hebrew

Biblical Hebrew

Know the Hebrew Alphabet

Teach Me Hebrew

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Business Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Introduction to Irish

Irish 101

Irish 102

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

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

Intermediate & Advanced

AP Italian Language and Culture

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced Italian I

Letteratura italiana

Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Sing and Learn Japanese

Tufs JpLang

Kazakh

A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Introduction to Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Nepali

Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian

Norwegian on the Web

Portuguese

Curso de Português para Estrangeiros 

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian

Advanced

Reading Master and Margarita

Russian as an Instrument of Communication

Siberia: Russian for Foreigners

Spanish

Beginner

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Basic Spanish for English Speakers

Beginner’s Spanish: Food & Drink

Introduction to Spanish

Restaurants and Dining Out

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

Spanish Vocabulary

Intermediate

Spanish: Ciudades con Historia

Spanish: Espacios Públicos

Advanced

Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones 

Leer a Macondo

Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos

Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas

Swedish

Intro to Swedish

Swedish Made Easy 1, 2, & 3

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Ukrainian Language for Beginners

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Discovering Wales

Multiple Languages

Ancient Languages

More Language Learning Resources & Websites!

Last updated: April 1, 2018

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Topics for vocab lists for beginners

greetings and introduction phrases

family

numbers

days of weeks and months, times of day

countries + languages

pets

common animals

fruit

vegetables

food + drinks

daily routine

rooms

furniture

shops/public buildings

school/work related words

travel related

shopping vocabulary

clothes

jobs

common hobbies + your hobbies

colours

common adjectives

body parts

directions

basic nature vocabulary

kitchen equipment/cooking 

toiletries/ make up

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Routledge Masterpost

Here are all of the Routledge Grammar PDFs that I currently have. I’ll be updating whenever I find more. Let me know if there’s one in particular you want me to look for^^

Last Update: 2017/04/24

Fixed Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook link 

Added books for Czech, English, French, French Creoles, Persian, Ukranian

Added more books in Cantonese, Danish, Greek, Polish, Spanish, Swedish

Arabic

Arabic: An Essential Grammar Basic Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook Modern Written Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar

Cantonese

Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook

Czech

Czech: An Essential Grammar

Danish

Danish: A Comprehensive Grammar Danish: An Essential Grammar

Dutch

Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar Dutch: An Essential Grammar Intermediate Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook

English

English: An Essential Grammar

Finnish

Finnish: An Essential Grammar

French

Modern French Grammar Workbook

French Creoles

French Creoles: A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar

German

Basic German: A Grammar and Workbook German: An Essential Grammar Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook

Greek

Greek: A Comprehensive Grammar Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language

Hindi

Hindi: An Essential Grammar

Hebrew

Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

Hungarian

Hungarian: An Essential Grammar

Indonesian

Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar

Irish

Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Irish: A Grammar and Workbook

Italian

Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook

Japanese

Basic Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar

Korean

Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar

Latin

Intensive Basic Latin: A Grammar and Workbook Intensive Intermediate Latin: A Grammar and Workbook

Latvian

Latvian: An Essential Grammar

Mandarin Chinese

Basic Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar Chinese: An Essential Grammar

Norwegian

Norwegian: An Essential Grammar

Persian

Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook

Polish

Basic Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Polish: A Comprehensive Grammar Polish: An Essential Grammar

Portuguese

Portuguese: An Essential Grammar

Romanian

Romanian: An Essential Grammar

Russian

Basic Russian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook

Serbian

Serbian: An Essential Grammar

Spanish

Basic Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Spanish: An Essential Grammar

Swahili

Swahili Grammar and Workbook

Swedish

Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar Swedish: An Essential Grammar

Thai

Thai: An Essential Grammar

Turkish

Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar

Ukrainian

Ukrainian: A Comprehensive Grammar

Urdu

Urdu: An Essential Grammar

Welsh

Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar

Yiddish

Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Textbook

Hope this helps everyone out a bit! Happy studying^^

-koreanbreeze

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Pagan/Witchcraft vocabulary in Finnish

Noita - witch Noituus - witchcraft Pakana - pagan Pakanuus - paganism Uskonto - religion Elämäntapa - way of life Taikuus, magia - magic Loitsu - spell Kirous - curse Herja - hex, jinx Karkoitus - banishment Siunaus - blessing Rituaali - ritual Riitti - rite Runo - poem Laulu - song Rukous - prayer Energia - energy Aura - aura Yhteys - connection Kokemus - experience Luonto - nature Ympäristö - environment Maailmankaikkeus - universe Elementti - element Ilmansuunta - compass point Väri - colour Ympyrä - circle Jumala - God Jumalatar - Goddess Jumaluus - deity Henki - spirit Esi-isä - ancestor Alttari - altar Alttarivaate - altar cloth Amuletti - amulet Eteerinen öljy - essential oil Heiluri - pendulum Kaapu - cloak, robe Kello, kulkunen, tiuku - bell Kivi - stone Koru - piece of jewellery Kristalli - crystal Kristallipallo - crystal ball Kukka - flower Kynttilä - candle Kynttilänsammutin - candle snuffer Luu - bone Luuta - broom Malja - chalice Miekka - sword Peili - mirror Purkki - jar Noitapussi, taikapussi - charm bag Näköiskuva - representation picture Pata - cauldron Patsas - statue Peilikirja - spellbook, grimoire Pentagrammi - pentagram Riimu - rune Rumpu - drum Sauva - wand Seinävaate, ryijy - tapestry Siemen - seed Simpukankuori - seashell Sinetti - sigil Suitsuke - incense Sulka - feather Suola-astia - salt vessel Symboli - symbol Talismanaani - talisman Tarot-kortit - tarot cards Toteemi - totem Uhriastia - offering vessel Uhrilahja - offering, sacrifice Varjojen kirja - Book of Shadows Veitsi - knife Yrtti - herb Numerologia - numerology Astrologia - astrology Ennustus - divination, fortune-telling Parannus - healing Meditaatio - meditation Sapatti - Sabbath Pyhä - sacred, holy Harjoittaa - to practice Palvoa - to worship Ennustaa - to divine, to foretell, to predict, to scry, to read Parantaa - to heal Meditoida - to meditate Suojata - to ward, to protect Sitoa - to bind Siunata - to bless Puhdistaa - to cleanse Piirtää - to draw Luoda - to create Kommunikoida - to communicate Uhrata - to offer, to give an offering

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How to learn a language and its culture together

1 Learn typical recipes (maybe try to recreate them)

2 Watch movies (not only the genres and themes you prefer, but watch their classic movies that everyone there already watched)

3 Listen to music (same as 2)

4 Watch and read the news (follow the news on social media)

5 Watch people travelling around the country

6 Follow youtubers (the vloggers who visit buildings, who talk about festivals and holidays and do stuff at the town)

7 Read books (you can read in english and then re-read in the target language, it’ll make easier)

8 Follow random people on social media (in that way you’ll can see the everyday language, photos of some city, political stuff, etc)

9 Follow meme pages - memes aren’t spaceless and timeless, they talk about some subject the people from that culture are talking about

10 Talk to natives and ask them about their daily lives

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Vocab:

to slit ‹› fendre, couper, inciser, tailler, taillader

buoyant ‹› flottable⎪plein d’entrain, gai⎪sain, robuste⎪prospère

to hoist ‹› hisser, élever, remonter

sodden ‹› détrempé

coverlet ‹› couvre-lit, dessus-de-lit

scimitar ‹› cimeterre (sabre)

scabbard ‹› fourreau 

froth ‹› mousse, écume⎪vent, futilités, bla-bla

wisteria ‹› glycine

shrine ‹› lieu saint, sanctuaire

bribe ‹› pot-de-vin⎪appât, ruse

dinghy ‹› canot pneumatique

strained ‹› froissé (muscle)⎪égoutté, passé (nourriture)⎪fatigué, épuisé, usé, éreinté⎪tendu

to vanquish ‹› vaincre

reckoning ‹› estimation, compte, calcul⎪addition

to lavish ‹› somptueux, luxueux (logement)⎪plantureux (repas)⎪extravagant (dépense)⎪généreux, prodigue, dépensier⎪abondant

to placate ‹› calmer, apaiser

bargain ‹› occasion (en or)⎪bonne affaire, aubaine⎪marché⎪en solde

sward ‹› pelouse

plunge ‹› chute⎪plongeon

slope ‹› pente⎪piste (ski)

to lurch ‹› vaciller, faire une embardée⎪chanceler, tituber

downward ‹› vers le bas

burden ‹› charge, fardeau, poids

ivy ‹› lierre⎪plante grimpante, vigne

brass ‹› cuivre (jaune), laiton

to rattle ‹› faire un bruit de ferraille, cliqueter⎪faire s’entrechoquer

rear ‹› arrière, de derrière⎪fesses

bring up the rear ‹› fermer la marche

to clad ‹› revêtir⎪lier

deerstalker ‹› chapeau à la Sherlock Holmes

hewn ‹› taillé

threadbare ‹› élimé, usé, râpé

damask ‹› damas (tissus), damassé (linge)

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After receiving so much positive feedback from people saying they’d love to join me in my latest quest to improve my speaking, I’ve decided to create an official langblr challenge: #SpeakingIn20

Background: I’ve always neglected my speaking skills in Norwegian, and I decided that for the remainder of the year I want to try to do 10 minutes dedicated speaking practice 6 days a week, clocking a total of an hour a week, and thus have 20 hours under my belt by the end of the year. I recorded an intro with the intention of rerecording a similar intro at the end of the year and seeing how much I’ve improved in that time.

Because this was born from the goal of using the last 20 weeks of 2019 to do 20 hours of dedicated speaking practice, so that in 2020 I’ll actually feel like I can speak Norwegian to some (small) degree, I felt like #SpeakingIn20 worked!

The goal of this challenge is to get in a set amount of speaking practice every week, and see how much you’ve improved by the end of the year.

The Rules Of This Challenge Are:

Start by picking a challenge level:

Chill - do the challenge 1-2 days a week

Medium - do the challenge 3-4 days a week

Hardcore - do the challenge 5-7 days a week

Pick a time goal for each day. (Eg 2 mins, 5 mins, 10 mins etc - this is totally up to you!)). You’re going to try to speak for that amount of time every day you do the challenge! Note: you don’t have to do it all in one go - if you can’t talk for 5 minutes straight, it’s okay to break it down into 5x1 minute sessions.

Record a little introduction. You don’t have to share it with tumblr if you’re too self-conscious; you just want to have a record of your starting point, so you have something to compare to at the end of the year. It can be as long or as short as you like!

You can talk about whatever you want, however I will be posting prompts at the start of every week and will keep a masterpost with all the previous prompts, so if you get stuck you can look to that for inspiration.

You can use notes if you want (eg vocab lists, things you want to mention, other visual prompts), but try to avoid just reading out something you’ve pre-written if possible. (It’s totally okay to write something out to start with so you can get an idea of holes in your vocab, just condense it down to notes before you try speaking!)

You can also do pronunciation drills such as repeating words you find difficult, practising tongue twisters, reciting the alphabet etc.

Record yourself speaking if possible. Again, you don’t have to upload anything if you don’t want to - you can just post about how you’re getting on - but you can if that helps to keep you accountable! Once you’re done, make sure you listen back to your recording and make a note of what you did well and what you need to work on still.

Use the hashtag #SpeakingIn20 so we can find each other. You can also hashtag with the level you’re doing and the language you’re learning like so: eg #SpeakingIn20Chill #SpeakingIn20German etc

If you want to do multiple languages, go for it! Just try to be consistent with what you do (ie don’t start skipping out on one language)

Anyone can join at any time! So if you miss the start now, or if you fall off the wagon, you can still (re)join later

Please reblog and spread the word! Speaking’s so difficult, it’d be awesome to have as many of us as possible cheering each other on!

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keskiyö - midnight

14.8.2019

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järvi - lake

11.8.2019

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metsä - forest

10.8.2019

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maailmankaikkeus - cosmos

9.8.2019

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kaukokaipuu - wanderlust

8.8.2019

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Adjectives (cases in Finnish)

I spoke about turning a verb into a noun here. Such as

opiskella -> opiskeleminen (studying)

tanssia -> tanssiminen (dancing)

Now I have discovered the adjective used to describe these nouns (from verbs) should be in PARTITIVE:

Opiskeleminen on hauskaa. - Studying is fun. 

Tanssiminen on kivaa. - Dancing is nice.

Kirjoittaminen on vaikeaa. - Writing is hard. 

For comparison, usually adjectives are in BASE FORM for singular cases:

Minä olen vanha. - I am old.

Hän on fiksu. - He is smart.

Elokuva oli tylsä. - The film was boring.

and in PARTITIVE PLURAL for plural cases: 

He ovat kivoja. - They are nice.

Mansikat ovat makeita. - Strawberries are sweet.

I hope I’ve got this right, so if anything isn’t correct please tell me! 

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teollinen - industrial

7.8.2019

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hämärä - dusk/twilight

6.8.2019

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aesthetic french asks

ange (angel): what’s your opinion on religion? do you believe in anything?

bisou (kiss): what’s your favorite place to be kissed?

brûler (to burn): what are you most passionate about?

câlin (hug): who was the last person you hugged?

chaleur (heat): what are your favorite kinks?

chatoyer (to shimmer): what is sure to make you cry?

chaussettes (socks): what do you misplace the most?

citronnade (lemonade): what’s your favorite beverage?

coquillage (seashell): what’s your favorite sound?

croquis (sketch): are you artistic? what’s your favorite medium?

doux (soft): where do you feel most safe?

écarlate (scarlet): is it easy to make you blush?

éclatant (dazzling): what was your first favorite song?

étoile (star): believe in astrology?

floraison (bloom): do you believe in love?

libellule (dragonfly): what’s your favorite super power?

luciole (firefly): what was your dream job when you were little?

nuage (cloud): what is your dream job now?

orage (thunderstorm): are you scared of storms?

papillon (butterfly): any allergies?

parapluie (umbrella): favorite kind of weather?

péripatéticien (wanderer): believe in ghosts?

piscine (swimming pool): do you like swimming?

plaisir (pleasure): your favorite dessert?

pleuvoir (to rain): do you blow dry your hair or let it air dry?

sirène (mermaid): any tattoos? If not, do you want any?

soleil (sun): all time favorite concert you’ve been to?

tournesol (sunflower): favorite flower?