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//very late valentine’s day themed vocab

la caja de bombones - box of chocolates

el beso - kiss

el ramo de flores - bouquet of flowers

el príncipe azul - Prince Charming

Día de los Enamorados - Valentine´s day

TQM (Te quiero mucho) - XOXO/ily (i love you)

el corazón - heart/sweetheart

el cupido - cupid

media naranja - soulmate (media - half; la naranja - orange)

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Hello everyone! I’ve been working on a cool project I’m excited to share with you guys! I could definitely use some feedback, especially if you’re fluent in any of the following languages:

German

French

Catalan

Spanish

Galician

Portuguese

Italian

Japanese

Stay tuned!

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The Ramen Hunter 18

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Venice - Italy (by Nicolas Vollmer) 

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language learning made easy

I’ve summarized professor  Alexander Arguelles’ video, because I think this is crucial for language learning. 

There is no magic trick that will help you become fluent in 1 month, but there are very effective approaches to learning a new language and if you combine them, you will surely become fluent.

If you’re learning a new language, the most important thing you need to consider is – what type of language learner are you? 

1. If you:

have a more deductive approach, which means that you’re better at listening to and observing the language first and learning through that, rather than starting with plain grammar points from a textbook

have a fair degree of intuition

like to observe a phenomenon

feel somewhat comfortable with ambiguity for a while, until things become clear

are someone who can feel comfortable being corrected when they realize they were wrong, rather than getting confused and frustrated because they went down an initial path that turned out not to be correct (so you actually learn from being corrected and you don’t get confused by it)

then, these manuals are best suited for you: the Assimil Language Series, the Linguaphone Series, the Cortina Methods.

2. If you:

have a desire to have things explained to you beforehand in a nice and clear way

have a logical and analytical mind (which is usually the product of education in general)

have a need for a systematic approach (basically if you’re most comfortable with a book which is going to introduce the grammar according to an agreed set of methods or an organized plan)

then, you should try out some of these manuals: the Hugo Series, the Made Simple Series, the Teach Yourself Series, the Buske Series. 

3. PAY ATTENTION TO PATTERNS!!!

the most important part are the patterns of a language

no matter what type of language learner you are, I think it’s really clever to incorporate this method into you learning. 

a language is actually made up of patterns which constantly repeat themselves and that is THE KEY TO FLUENCY

repeating the patterns over and over again, until they become natural, until you no longer have to conjugate the verbs in your head before speaking

when you become really good with patterns, your sentences will come out naturally, and patterns are what will get you to fluency

I’ve provided the links, where you will find a review of the books, so that you can have an idea of what they look like. You can find most of these on amazon.

There is also an amazing blog on here, which provides free books, and I think that you can find half of these series for free there.  @lovelybluepanda

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San Giulio Island, Italy (by Paul Schlarman)

Visit Piedmont, Italy 

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Brot #31- Hallo Wach! Kaffee Sauerteig Brot

Morgenmuffelbrot: Rezept für ein urig würziges Kaffee Sauerteig Brot, bei dem das komplette Wasser durch Kaffee ersetzt wird. Das Brot hat einen tollen, würzigen Geschmack, die Röstaromen kommen insbesondere in der sehr knusprig gewordenen Kruste gut raus

Rezept für ein urig würziges Kaffee Sauerteig Brot, bei dem das komplette Wasser durch Kaffee ersetzt wird. Das Brot hat einen tollen, würzigen Geschmack, die Röstaromen kommen insbesondere in der sehr knusprig gewordenen Kruste gut raus. Das perfekte Brot für Morgenmuffel!

Hallo Wach! Sauerteig Kaffeebrot

Ich bin ein echter Kaffee-Junkie! Der erste Gang morgens nach dem Aufstehen ist immer…

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Munich - Germany (by Nicolas Vollmer) 

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When people ask me why they should pay a human translator instead of using google translate I show them this picture:

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Supermoon rises over the KICC building, Nairobi Kenya. 

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13 Mean Girls Quotes in Spanish

I had to.

He’s almost too gay to function. Es casi demasiado gay para funcionar. (LAT) Es insoportablemente gay. (SPA)

Nice wig Janis, what’s it made of? - Your mom’s chest hair. Linda peluca Janis, ¿Con qué la hiciste? - Con las barbas de tu madre. (LAT) Bonita peluca Janis, ¿De qué está hecha? - De la barba de tu madre. (SPA)

That’s why her hair is so big, it’s full of secrets.  Por eso su cabello es enorme, está lleno de secretos. (LAT) Por eso ese cabezón, de almacenar secretos. (SPA)  

So you agree? You think you’re really pretty. ¿Estás de acuerdo? ¿En que eres muy hermosa? (LAT) ¿Estás de acuerdo? ¿Te crees muy guapa? (SPA)

On Wednesdays we wear pink. Los miércoles usamos rosa. (LAT) Los miércoles vamos de rosa. (SPA)

I’m not a regular mom, I’m a cool mom.  Noy soy una madre común, soy una madre genial. (LAT) No soy una madre carga, soy muy moderna. (SPA)

On October 3rd, he asked me what day it was. “It’s October 3rd” El 3 de octubre me preguntó qué día era. “Es el 3 de octubre” (LAT) El 3 de octubre me preguntó qué día era. “3 de octubre” (SPA)

Whatever, I’m getting cheese fries. Como sea, comeré una hamburguesa. (LAT) Da igual, voy a por unas patatas. (SPA)

You can’t sit with us. No te sentarás con nosotras. (LAT) No puedes sentarte con nosotras. (SPA)

Get in loser, we’re going shopping.  Sube, fracasada, iremos de compras. (LAT) Sube, pardilla, nos vamos de compras. (SPA)

Four for you, Glenn Coco, you go, Glenn Coco! ¡Cuatro para ti! ¡Felicidades Glenn Coco! (LAT) ¡Cuatro para ti! ¡Enhorabuena Glenn Coco! (SPA)

She doesn’t even go here! ¡Ni siquiera viene a esta escuela! (LAT) ¡Esa ni siquiera estudia aquí! (SPA)

It’s so fetch. ¡Es tan fetch! (LAT) ¡Super fabu! (SPA)

Remember that not all translations are literal, for different reasons. These were taken from the dubbed versions. 

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Orschwiller, Alsace, France (by mchub)

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Hi everyone, I’m back with another writing challenge for you! I tried my best, but please let me know if I had any repeats from last month. 

If you don’t know about this challenge: Want to maintain or improve your writing skills in your target language this summer? Try this 30-day writing challenge for June: Every day, answer the following prompts in your target language (in a personal journal or in a tumblr post). Good luck!

Translate the first few sentences of your favorite book into your language (make sure to include the author and title!!).

If you could live in any era (i.e. the roaring ‘20s), what would it be and why?

Write a summary of your favorite TV show or movie.

List 3-5 facts about your country (or your family’s country of origin).

What are 5-8 songs that would be on your summer playlist? Translate their titles into your target language.

Look up and list 3-5 slang terms in your language.

Describe your favorite summer outfit.

Name 3 things that have made you smile this week.

Write today’s to-do list in your target language.

How will you improve as a student next year?

What is one goal you hope to achieve by the end of this month?

Name a funny childhood memory.

Where is your favorite study space? Why?

Translate a few lines from a favorite song.

Give a basic physical description of yourself (if you are posting online, protect your own privacy - don’t list anything super specific!!).

Briefly describe some of your personality traits.

What’s one nice thing that you’ve done for someone else recently?

Why do you want to learn the language you are studying?

List 3 useful phrases in your language (such as “Where is the bathroom?” or “There is an emergency.” I feel like we never learn these things in class lol)

Name some terms and phrases that are specific to the career you are pursuing.

Describe your favorite scene from a book, show, or movie.

What would you do with $100? Why?

What’s one good thing about the world in this day and age? What’s one bad thing?

What are some things on your bucket list and why?

What is one thing (food, a scent, a stuffed animal, etc.) that is nostalgic/brings back memories? Why?

What is one thing that stresses you out, and what do you do to de-stress/avoid stress when you have to deal with that thing?

Write a short letter to your past self (maybe 5 years ago?).

What is your Myers-Briggs personality type? Describe it? Is it accurate?

What is one worry/problem you have right now, and what are you doing/going to do to fix it?

What is the nicest thing someone has said to you/about you?

Favorite memory from this month?

If you participate in this challenge and post your prompt answers, make sure to tag me with #studyingsenseless or #writingchallengejuly ! I’ll be liking/reblogging them :)

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Blue hour, Porto.

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French vocab DELF B2 (1)

I have decided to post here all the vocabulary that I had to look up while working with my book Les clés du nouveau DELF B2. But, instead of doing like most people do, and writing the English (or Spanish or whatever) translation next to the French word, I’m writing the definition in French. This way, I get an understanding of the word that is much deeper and lasts longer in my brain than just the translation. I’ll be doing one post for each unit in the book, and then for each exam after those (it comes with example exams for you to practice).

Foyer: lieu où habite une famille.

Adulescent: se dit d’un adulte qui continue à se comporter comme un adolescent.

Rebo: rebelle-bourgeois.

Auprès: en adressant à.

En panne: qui a cessé de fonctionner pour une raison ou une autre.

Boulot: terme populaire désignant le travail.

Dévaler: descendre hâtivement.

Héler: appeler quelqu’un qui est loin.

Escabeau: sorte de tabouret ou petite échelle ne comportant que quelques marches.

Canicule: une période d’intense chaleur au cours de laquelle les températures sont bien au-dessus de celles que la région concernée connaît habituellement sur cette même période.

Voyant: personne prétendant lire l’avenir ou le passé.

Guérisseur: personne qui tente de guérir des maladies mais qui utilise des techniques non reconnues par la médecine traditionnelle.

Furoncle: abcès fermé, volumineux et douloureux généralement dû à une bactérie appelée staphylocoque.

Blaser: rendre indifférent, émousser les sensations.

Emprise: domination morale ou intellectuelle.

Laxisme: tolérance excessive.

Autour: adverbe qui signifie que l’on se réfère à un espace qui entoure un objet, une personne ou un lieu déterminé.

Tisser: entrelacer des fils pour fabriquer un tissu.

Toile: tissu de lin, de chanvre, de coton,…

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Canal lights, Venice, Italy

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Many of you may know that I keep youtube playlists of language samples, and I thought it was about time to compile them all into one post. They contain pretty much anything where you can hear the language clearly – music, dialogues, tutorials, movie trailers, readings, etc. I’ll probably add more in the future. Hope someone finds them useful!

afrikaans

ainu

akkadian

albanian

american sign language (ASL)

amharic

angolan portuguese

arabic

aramaic

aranese

armenian

aromanian

assamese

asturian

aymara

azerbaijani

bashkir

basque

bavarian

belarusian

belizean creole

bengali

berbice creole dutch

biblical (classical) hebrew

bosnian

brazilian portuguese

breton

british sign language

bulgarian

canadian french

cantonese

cape verdean creole

catalan

chechen

cherokee

chickasaw

coptic

cornish

corsican

cree

crimean tatar

croatian

crow

czech

danish

dogri

dutch

early modern english

egyptian

emilian-romagnol

esperanto

estonian

etruscan

faroese

fijian

finnish

flemish

french

french sign language (LSF)

frisian

fula (fulani, fulah, peul)

galician

gallo

garifuna

georgian

gottscheerish

greek

greenlandic

griko

gujarati

gullah

guyanese creole

haitian creole

hawaiian

hawaiian pidgin

hebrew

hiberno-english (irish english)

hindi

hindko

hittite

hungarian

icelandic

indonesian

irish

italian

jamaican patois

japanese

javanese

kannada

karelian

kashmiri

kazakh

khmer

kinyarwanda

konkani

korean

kristang

kurdish

kyrgyz

ladino

lakota

latin

latin american spanish

lebanese arabic

lemko

lithuanian

livonian

lombard

louisiana french

luganda

luo

luxembourgish

macedonian

malagasy

malay

malayalam

maltese

mandarin

maori

mariupol greek

martinique creole

mayan (general)

meitei (manipuri)

mirandese

mongolian

mossi

nahuatl

neapolitan

nheengatu (língua geral amazônica)

norwegian

nuosu (yi)

odia

ojibwe

okinawan

old english

old french

old norse

old welsh

pashto

pennsylvania german

persian

piedmontese

polari

polish

punjabi

rajasthani

rioplatense spanish

romani (general)

romanian

romansh

russian

ryukyuan

saint lucian creole

salish

sami (general)

samoan

santali

saraiki

scots

scottish gaelic

serbian

shanghainese (hu dialect, wu chinese)

shona

sicilian

silesian

sindhi

slovak

slovene

soga

somali

sumerian

swabian

swahili

swedish

swiss german

tagalog

tahitian

taíno

tajik

tamazight (general)

tamil

tatar

telugu

texas german

thai

tibetan

tlingit

tocharian

tokelauan

tongan

totonac

trinidadian french creole

tuareg

turkish

turkmen

ukrainian

urdu

uzbek

venetian

vietnamese

vurës

welsh

wolof

yiddish

zaza (zazaki)

zulu