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1 Month, 1 Language

I haven’t used this blog in forever, whoops! It was my junior year and it got a little crazy regarding friends and classes so I couldn’t update lol

I’m going to be doing @lovelybluepanda ‘s 1 Month, 1 Language challenge for Greek this June, and here are some of the resources I will be using:

Duolingo (duh)

I Kinda Like Languages

Learn Greek

Cooljugator

BBC Languages

Goethe Verlag

I’ll update throughout the month to monitor my progress and hold myself accountable, so keep an eye out!

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625 Words to Know in your Target Language: A Masterpost

I noticed @linguangelica asking if there was one of these floating around, so I thought hey, why not start one? This is a directory of the 625 most useful words to know in your target lang, which you can find here. It’s by no means complete, so feel free to make one in your target/native langs!

Spanish by @tryingpolyglot

Spanish by @polyglotten

German 1 2 and 3 by @marvelous-language

Hungarian by @finnishfun

Finnish by @languagesandshootingstars

Norwegian by @lingolden

Turkish by @langrecs

Italian by @metamoros

Dutch by @helaas–pindakaas

French by @helaas–pindakaas

(Brazilian) Portuguese by @autumnian

Romanian by @wordsnnblues

Hindi by @she-learns

(Standard) Arabic by @polyglotten

Korean by @lingolden and @heyemmateach

If there are any that I forgot to include, or if you decide to make one, please send me a message so that I can include it. Thanks!

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Hi everyone! I’m throwing a new challenge, this time called Langblr Music Challenge. The purpose of this challenge is to have some fun by listening to music while improving your language skills.  To participate in this challenge you will choose one song in your target language every day that you will listen to (to improve your listening skills), sing along to (to improve your pronunciation), look up the lyrics to and learn all the words that were unfamiliar to you (to expand your vocabulary). You don’t have to memorize the whole song or post a video of yourself singing, don’t worry! Instead, if you want to, you can post about your progress and share the songs you listened to and the new words you learned. If you do, please tag your posts as #langblrmusicchallenge so that I and others can find new music and learn some new words as well! You can choose to participate in this challenge for 7 days, 14 days, 21 days, or 30/31 days - it’s up to you! 

Have fun! 🎶

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students as months of the year

january: fresh journals, black and white notes, bullet journals filled with motivational quotes, cold brew coffee, loves writing letters, finishes everything on time, a daydreamer, seems laid back but really they’re stressed about everything

february: doodles in the margins of notes, the person who lends you their pens, sloppy handwriting, loves motivational speeches and classical music, finishes easy assignments early but writes their essay the night before its due,

march: straight A’s, study playlists, the teachers favorite, color coded notes, everyone thinks they’re naturally smart (but really they’re spending every night studying), forgets to eat sometimes, hasn’t slept for what feels like years

april: open windows, listening to the rain and thunder, tea pots full of earl grey, a functionally messy desk, fairy lights, always losing their pens, a huge nerd, afraid to raise their hand in class in case their answer is wrong

may: cramming for tests, lives in the library, highlighters and sticky notes everywhere, drinks espresso, would definitely consider bringing their coffee pot to school, messy desk, if an assignment is due at 9:00 they’ll submit it at 8:59

june: late nights, smoothies for breakfast, hanging out with friends, takes notes on their laptop, minimalist, organized, says they’re studying but they’re actually on studyblr, tries to study everything at once and gets distracted

july: staying up late to read, learning new languages, focuses on the learning and not the grade, watches documentaries for fun, loves the classics, owns a thousand pens, takes studyspo pictures, hundreds of unread emails,

august: stationery shopping, getting ahead in class, iced drinks, spending weekends with friends, takes very little notes but does well in class anyways, a relaxed personality, healthy snacks, the master of self care

september: a morning person, new pens and folders, a perfectionist, audio records classes and re-writes notes, over works themselves, loves the smell of new books, competitive, “i’m gonna fail!” but ends up getting A’s and B’s

october: chai lattes in travel mugs, will study for three days straight and then not study for a week, snacking in class, uses washi tape and stickers, sleeps for eight hours but is tired anyways, terrible at accepting compliments

november: gratitude journals, mental health days, the baristas at their local cafe know their name because they’re always studying there, study groups, loves to travel but never travels, cinnamon in their drinks, trouble sleeping, sweet smiles

december: hot chocolate, wrapped in a fluffy blanket, says they don’t care about grades but panics when they get less than a B, to-do lists, tutors their friends, watches movies in their free time, vanilla candles

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Do you have some tips for people (like me) who could need some caffeine but don't like coffee?

Maybe try:

eating something that gives you energy - apples are probably best, but I guess a small amount of sweets might be more enjoyable hah!

drink a glass of ice cold water

go for a little walk - either around your street, in your house, wherever you can.

put on some of your favourite music - it will wake up since you’ll want to dance and sing along.

have a nap - napping for different amounts of time will do different things for instance:

10-20 minutes (power naps): enhances alertness and concentration, elevates mood, and sharpens motor skills. Coffee takes 20 to 30 minute to take effect so if you want to boost alertness, have a cup before napping.

45 minutes: helps to boost energy, creative thinking and boosts sensory processing.  Try setting an alarm to avoid the feeling of sleep inertia, grogginess, and disorientation which comes with the next phase of sleep.

90 minutes: clear your mind, improve memory recall, and recoup lost sleep. By waking up after 90 minutes you’ll avoid the feeling of sleep inertia as you wake up from REM sleep.

wash your face or shower with cold water - again, it will boost how alert you’re feeling!

turn on a bright light or go outside for a walk!

I also find chocolate milk or just chocolate usually perks me up :P xx

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Tips to learn a new language

The 75 most common words make up 40% of occurrences The 200 most common words make up 50% of occurrences The 524 most common words make up 60% of occurrences The 1257 most common words make up 70% of occurrences The 2925 most common words make up 80% of occurrences The 7444 most common words make up 90% of occurrences The 13374 most common words make up 95% of occurrences The 25508 most common words make up 99% of occurrences

(Source: 5 Steps to Speak a New Language by Hung Quang Pham)

This article has an excellent summary on how to rapidly learn a new language within 90 days.

We can begin with studying the first 600 words. Of course chucking is an effective way to memorize words readily. Here’s a list to translate into the language you desire to learn that Derek Roger suggested! :)

EXPRESSIONS OF POLITENESS (about 50 expressions)      

‘Yes’ and ‘no’: yes, no, absolutely, no way, exactly.    

Question words: when? where? how? how much? how many? why? what? who? which? whose?    

Apologizing: excuse me, sorry to interrupt, well now, I’m afraid so, I’m afraid not.    

Meeting and parting: good morning, good afternoon, good evening, hello, goodbye, cheers, see you later, pleased to meet you, nice to have met.    

Interjections: please, thank you, don’t mention it, sorry, it’ll be done, I agree, congratulations, thank heavens, nonsense.    

NOUNS (about 120 words)

Time: morning, afternoon, evening, night; Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday; spring, summer, autumn, winter; time, occasion, minute, half-hour, hour, day, week, month, year.    

People: family, relative, mother, father, son, daughter, sister, brother, husband, wife; colleague, friend, boyfriend, girlfriend; people, person, human being, man, woman, lady, gentleman, boy, girl, child.    

Objects: address, bag, book, car, clothes, key, letter (=to post), light (=lamp), money, name, newspaper, pen, pencil, picture, suitcase, thing, ticket.    

Places: place, world, country, town, street, road, school, shop, house, apartment, room, ground; Britain, name of the foreign country, British town-names, foreign town-names.    

Abstract: accident, beginning, change, color, damage, fun, half, help, joke, journey, language, English, name of the foreign language, letter (of alphabet), life, love, mistake, news, page, pain, part, question, reason, sort, surprise, way (=method), weather, work.    

Other: hand, foot, head, eye, mouth, voice; the left, the right; the top, the bottom, the side; air, water, sun, bread, food, paper, noise.    

PREPOSITIONS (about 40 words)    

General: of, to, at, for, from, in, on.    

Logical: about, according-to, except, like, against, with, without, by, despite, instead of.    

Space: into, out of, outside, towards, away from, behind, in front of, beside, next to, between, above, on top of, below, under, underneath, near to, a long way from, through.    

Time: after, ago, before, during, since, until.    

DETERMINERS (about 80 words)  

Articles and numbers: a, the; nos. 0–20; nos. 30–100; nos. 200–1000; last, next, 1st–12th.    

Demonstrative: this, that.    

Possessive: my, your, his, her, its, our, their.    

Quantifiers: all, some, no, any, many, much, more, less, a few, several, whole, a little, a lot of.    

Comparators: both, neither, each, every, other, another, same, different, such.    

ADJECTIVES (about 80 words)    

Color: black, blue, green, red, white, yellow.    

Evaluative: bad, good, terrible; important, urgent, necessary; possible, impossible; right, wrong, true.    

General: big, little, small, heavy; high, low; hot, cold, warm; easy, difficult; cheap, expensive; clean, dirty; beautiful, funny (=comical), funny (=odd), usual, common (=shared), nice, pretty, wonderful; boring, interesting, dangerous, safe; short, tall, long; new, old; calm, clear, dry; fast, slow; finished, free, full, light (=not dark), open, quiet, ready, strong.    

Personal: afraid, alone, angry, certain, cheerful, dead, famous, glad, happy, ill, kind, married, pleased, sorry, stupid, surprised, tired, well, worried, young.    

VERBS (about 100 words)    

arrive, ask, be, be able to, become, begin, believe, borrow, bring, buy, can, change, check, collect, come, continue, cry, do, drop, eat, fall, feel, find, finish, forget, give, going to, have, have to, hear, help, hold, hope, hurt (oneself), hurt (someone else), keep, know, laugh, learn, leave, lend, let (=allow), lie down, like, listen, live (=be alive), live (=reside), look (at), look for, lose, love, make, may (=permission), may (=possibility), mean, meet, must, need, obtain, open, ought to, pay, play, put, read, remember, say, see, sell, send, should, show, shut, sing, sleep, speak, stand, stay, stop, suggest, take, talk, teach, think, travel, try, understand, use, used to, wait for, walk, want, watch, will, work (=operate), work (=toil), worry, would, write.    

PRONOUNS (about 40 words)

Personal: I, you, he, she, it, we, they, one; myself, yourself, himself, herself, itself, ourselves, yourselves, themselves.    

Possessive: mine, yours, his, hers, its, ours, theirs.    

Demonstrative: this, that.    

Universal: everyone, everybody, everything, each, both, all, one, another.

Indefinite: someone, somebody, something, some, a few, a little, more, less; anyone, anybody, anything, any, either, much, many.    

Negative: no-one, nobody, nothing, none, neither.    

ADVERBS (about 60 words)

Place: here, there, above, over, below, in front, behind, nearby, a long way away, inside, outside, to the right, to the left, somewhere, anywhere, everywhere, nowhere, home, upstairs, downstairs.    

Time: now, soon, immediately, quickly, finally, again, once, for a long time, today, generally, sometimes, always, often, before, after, early, late, never, not yet, still, already, then (=at that time), then (=next), yesterday, tomorrow, tonight.    

Quantifiers: a little, about (=approximately), almost, at least, completely, very, enough, exactly, just, not, too much, more, less.    

Manner: also, especially, gradually, of course, only, otherwise, perhaps, probably, quite, so, then (=therefore), too (=also), unfortunately, very much, well.    

CONJUNCTIONS (about 30 words)

Coordinating: and, but, or; as, than, like.    

Time & Place: when, while, before, after, since (=time), until; where.    

Manner & Logic: how, why, because, since (=because), although, if; what, who, whom, whose, which, that.   

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Hi guys! I'm going to be starting a month-long linguistics class, so I'm probably going to be posting little notes and things from it, if your interested, you can find it at www.futurelearn.com/courses/linguistics

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Lmao guys I'm a studyblr so why tf are p*rn bots liking all my stuff

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Dove [abitare]*?  -  Where do [you live]?

[Abitare] a + X city  -  [I live] in X city

[Abitare] in + viale/via/strada + name of street + number of building

usually combined

* Abitare is a regular -are verb, conjugated here

Qual è il numero di telefono/cellulare?  - What is your phone number?

Il numero del mio cellulare è X  -  My phone number is X

Qual è ndirizzo e-mail?  -  What is your email address?

.  -  punto

@  -  chiocciola (fun fact, it also means snail)

Identification:

Passaporto  -  Passport

Carta di indentitià  -  Identity card

Nome  -  Name

Cognome  -  Surname

Professione  -  Profession

Stato civile  -  Marital status

Via  -  Street

Viale  -  Street with trees

Strada  -  Street

Piazza  -  Square

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Common Expressions to Say ‘How are You?’:

Come va?  -  How’s it going?

Come stai?  -  How are you?

Como te la passi  -  How are you doing?

Various Ways to Respond, Based on How Well You’re Feeling:

Molto bene  -  Very good/Great

Abbastanza bene  - Pretty good

Bene  -  Good/Fine

Non c’è male  -  Not too bad

Così e così  -  So-So

Non molto bene  -  Not too good

Male  - Bad

** You usually add Grazie at the end of the responses to be polite **

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Essere  -  To be

Io Sono  -  I am

Tu sei  -  You are

Lui/Lei  -  He/she is

Noi siamo  -  We are

Voi siete  -  Y’all are

Loro sono  - They are

Essere is very similar to the verb Stare, but they each have different uses, similar to Spanish Ser and Estar.

In general, Essere is used to indicate permanent things, such as where one was born or what they look like. However, there are many smaller reasons to used it, like:

Identity, nationality, profession

Origin

Physical appearance

Characteristics of something/someone

Permanent location

Religious/political affiliation

Time and date

Possession

Physical/psychological conditions

Opinions and personal observations

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Typical Alphabet

A - ah

B - bee

C - chi

D - dee

E - eh

F - effe

G - ji

H - aka

I - ee

L - elle

M - emme

N - enne

O - oh

P - pi

Q - coo

R - erre

S - esse

T - tee

U - oo

V - voo

Z - zeta

‘Extra’ Letters:

K - kappa

J - i lunga

X - ics

Y - ipsilon

W - vu doppia

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Quanti anni hai?  -  How old are you?

Ho X anni  -  I am X years old

Hai and Ho are both conjugated forms of the verb Avere, conjugated here

Numbers 0-20:

0 - zero

1 - uno

2 - due

3 - tre

4 - quattre

5 - cinque

6 - sei

7 - sette

8 - otto

9 - nove

10 - dieci

11 - undici

12 - dodici

13 - tredici

14 - quattordici

15 - quindici

16 - sedici

17 - diciasette

18 - diciotto

19 - dicianove

20 - venti

Numbers 30-100

30 - trenta

40 - quaranta

50 - cinquanta

60 - sessanta

70 - settanta

80 - ottanta

90 - novanta

100 - cento

For numbers 21-99 you take the ‘10′ number, and add 1-9 to it, and bam, you have a number

ie: ventiuno, trentadue, quarantatre, cinquantacinque, etc.

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What pronouns are being used:

Io  - I

Tu  -  You

Lui/Lei  - He/She

Noi  - We

Voi  - Y’all

Loro  -  They

Regular -are conjugation:

io -o

tu -i

lui/lei -a

noi -iamo

voi -ate

loro -ano

Irregular Fare (to do/make) conjugation:

io faccio

tu fai

lui/lei fa

noi facciamo

voi fate

loro fanno

Irregular Avere (to have) conjugation:

io ho

tu hai

lui/lei ha

noi abbiamo

voi avete

loro hanno

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Di dove Sei?  -  Where are you from?

You can answer this one of 4 ways from what I understand

A/N - I put non-conjugated verbs in [] so i don’t have to conjugate them, my post on how to conjugate some common verbs 

[Essere] + di + city of origin

I’m FROM x city

Don’t use this form for nation of origin, this is only for city

[Essere] + adjective of Nationality

Don’t use country of origin, use ADJECTIVE (ie Americana/o)

[Vivere] + a + city

I LIVE in x city

[Essere] + adjective of personality, + di + city

Compound response of the first 2 responses

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Hi guys, I told myself i was going to do this every week, and I .... didn’t. So!Here’s my first Iltain Update like a month late, woops!

Some Media I’ve found in the past month:

Trollhunters has audio in Italian!

DamonandJo on youtube are great! I love them, they’re so inspiring and I want to live a life similar to this one day, so it’s great to watch if you want to travel for cheap

Estate Italiana on Spotify is a great playlist with great songs

What I’ve learned: (I’m going to link it once I’ve made my little master post things)

Introduction

Age

Occupation

Where you live

Animals

Alphabet

Where I’m learning this from:

Duolingo, the love of my life

Future learn

That's it, I’m done, that’s all I use