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languagescookiesandnaps
Languages cookies and naps
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polish native speaker learning swedish, english and who knows what else in the future :D :) I also love cookies...
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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"Käsi käden pesee." - You scratch my back and I'll scratch yours.
Literally meaning hand washes hand.
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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Me forcing information about the languages I’m learning into the conversation at dinner.
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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My friend posted this. Not sure if anyone is aware of it. Of course Google translate isn’t always accurate, but it’s a good start and you can double check another source.
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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‪It’s Friday!‬
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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Roman mosaic floor discovered under a vineyard in Negrar di Valpolicella, Veneto.
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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Harry Potter ja liekehtivä pikari Kahdeskymmeneskuudes luku: Toinen koetus - Chapter 26: The Second Task
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hienosäätää - to fine-tune vastapari - opposite ihanteellinen - ideal opus - books (colloquial) varsa - foal jäädä vangiksi - to get trapped jonkin ihmeen kaupalla - by some miracle jama - situation präntti - print (text) jutunjuurta - conversation topic läksyttää - to lecture, to tell off urotyö - deed luututa - to mop kidukset - gills keihäs - spear umpimähkään - at random vesiheinä - seaweed pölkky - log räpylä - flipper, fin noutaa - to retrieve puuhata - to keep busy with (partitive)+huimata - to feel dizzy saati - let alone pakkopaita - straitjacket
kidusruoho - Gillyweed
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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Translation for polish language learners:
ja: *jestem w pełni świadoma ogromnej listy książek do przeczytania, których nigdy nie będę w stanie ukończyć*
także ja: cześć, czy masz może jakieś książki do polecenia...
Recommend - polecić
Aware - świadomy (he), świadoma (she)
Be able - być w stanie
Finish - ukończyć (also: skończyć, zakończyć, kończyć)
me: *is fully aware of the enormous list of books to read I probably won’t ever in my life be able to finish*
also me: hi, do you have any books to recom-
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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My Favourite Polish Words
polyglos :
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Have a list of Polish words that butter my toast
(Mobile e unbolded; perfective counterparts in brackets)
baśń (f) — fairy tale (also bajka)
bezbożnik (m pers) — heathen
bezhołowie (n) — chaos (far from common but I like it anyway)
bliźniak (m pers) / bliźniaczka (f) — twin
bliźnięta (n pl) — twins
błyskawica (f) — lightning
bzdura (f) — nonsense (stek bzdur — load of nonsense)
chomik (m anim) — hamster
chrząszcz (m) — beetle
ciężarówka (f) — lorry
czarnoksięstwo (n) — black magic
czarnowidztwo (n) — extreme pessimism
częstotliwość (f) — frequency
czosnek (m) — garlic
czyściec (m) — purgatory
drzazga (f) — splinter
dzień (m) — day
dziób (m) — beak
dżdżysty — rainy (cf. Old Polish deżdż)
gołąb (m anim) — pigeon
graniastosłup (m) — prism
grzebień (m) — comb; crest
(za)gwizdać [-żdże] — to whistle
hańba (f) — disgrace
harcerz (m pers) — scout
jabłko (n) — apple
Jowisz (m) — Jupiter
jutrzenka (f) — sunrise; dawn (literary)
kłamstwo (n) — lie
krew (f) — blood
krtań (f) — larynx
księżyc (m) — moon
(u)lżyć — to alleviate
łucznictwo (n) — archery
łza (f) — tear(drop)
macierz (f) — matrix
makulatura (f) — waste/recycled paper
mgła (f) — fog; mist
milczeć — to be silent; to not say a thing
miód (m) — honey
(po)mknąć — to scamper
(po)mścić — to avenge
niedźwiedź (m anim) — bear
odzwierciedlać (-lić) — to mirror; to reflect
ogrom (m) — enormity
otchłań (f) — abyss
(wy)patroszyć — to disembowel
październik (m) — October
pieśń (f) — song (literary)
piorun (m) — lightning (bolt)
płaszczyzna (f) — plane (2D flat object)
powierzchnia (f) — surface
prawdopodobieństwo (n) — probability
promień (m) — ray; radius
pstrykać (-knąć) — to click/snap (your fingers)
pszczoła (f) — bee
rdzeń (m) — root, stem (linguistics); core
rtęć (f) — mercury (element)
rycerz (m pers) — knight
rzemiosło (n) — craft
serdeczny — cordial
skrzele (n) — gill
skrzydło (n) — wing
słońce (n) — sun
spadochron (m) — parachute
szaleniec (m pers) — lunatic
(za)szczepić — to vaccinate
szczepionka (f) — vaccine
szelest (m) — rustle
szereg (m) — row; series
szkic (m) — sketch
szkielet (m) — skeleton
szlachetny — noble
szloch (m) — sobbing
szuflada (f) — drawer
świętokradztwo (n) — sacrilege
tarcza (f) — shield
(s)tchórzyć — to chicken out
(za)tęsknić (za +inst) — to miss (someone)
tętnica (f) — artery
trzcina (f) — cane; reed
wiatr (m) — wind
wietrzyk (m) — breeze (dim. of wiatr)
wkrótce — soon
wniebowzięty — elated
wreszcie — finally
współrzędna (f adj) — coordinate
wstecz — back (adv)
wstrzemięźliwość (f) — abstinence
wszechświat (m) — universe
wydziedziczać (-czyć) — to disinherit
wynocha! — get lost!; go away! (away with you!)
wzrok (m) — sight
zaniemówić — to be speechless
zdychać (zdechnąć) — another word for to die (usually of animals)
znikać (-knąć) — to disappear
zuchwalstwo (n) — impudence; audacity
źdźbło (n) — blade (of grass)
żelazo (n) — iron
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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A truly beautiful friendship :)
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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In case you didn't know :D
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TIL this is how swans hug! https://ift.tt/2I2pd9m
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‪It’s Friday!‬
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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Most Common Verbs in Swedish 💡 PS: Learn Swedish with the best FREE online resources, just click here: https://www.swedishpod101.com/?src=tumblr_special_infograph_verbs_8_022020
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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Interesting thing! (Interesujące!)
Mosaic - mozajka
Ancient Greece - Starożytna Grecja
Coast - Wybrzeże
Unnoticed - Niezauważone
These ancient mosaic fragments,  slightly submerged in the sea, can be found on a deserted stretch of minor road on the East coast of the Greek mainland, untended, unsignposted, unnoticed. 
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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Yeah, we say that 😀
In Polish we can say “Don’t bother me” in a few ways. One of them is “Nie zawracaj mi gitary” which roughly translates to “Don’t bother my guitar” and that’s truely beautiul.
Submitted by @dioxazinne
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languagescookiesandnaps · 5 years ago
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polish learners: *make memes about how hard polish is*
polish natives: *make memes about how hard polish is*
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