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Courses for learning Thai language

Thailand Foundation and Chulalongkorn university have many self paced courses (mooc) for learning Thai language. It’s translated into many languages (as you can see). You can check them out here

Just found out this and wanted to share :)

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Resources for learning Sanskrit

open pathshala - https://openpathshala.com/

e book and lessons - http://learnsanskritonline.com/lessons/introduction

interactive lessons - http://www.acharya.gen.in:8080/sanskrit/lessons.php

Sanskrit documents - https://sanskritdocuments.org/learning_tools/

Grammar lessons - http://learnsanskrit.org/grammar

Detailed grammar with video lessons and exercise pdf - https://sanskritstudio.wordpress.com/

Fresh approach to learning Sanskrit - https://slabhyankar.wordpress.com/2010/05/21/learning-sanskrit-by-a-fresh-approach-lesson-1/

Simple Sanskrit lessons- https://simplesanskrit.wordpress.com/2012/04/11/simple-sanskrit-lesson-1/

Spoken Sanskrit dictionary - https://spokensanskrit.org/

Sanskrit dictionary - https://sanskritdictionary.com/

6th to 12th grade NCERT textbooks - https://www.learncbse.in/ncert-sanskrit-books/

Will add more once I find them :)

I know that learning Sanskrit is not a huge thing. The last time I learnt Sanskrit was in school and titbits from a great grandfather who tried his best to teach my rebellious teen brain. I regret not making the best use - Don’t mistake me, I did learn things but not whole heartedly. Now that I’m trying to self-learn Sanskrit or Saṃskṛta as it is really called, above are resources that I’m using and hoping that can help out others.

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end of the term thoughts!

i'm failing one of my classes and it's okay. if i don't graduate a year early it's okay.

i'm looking into applying for a creative writing mfa program in the future because of my wonderful ta who is encouraging me to continue writing. is this considered a mentorship. can i bug him about everything now that he likes me

my therapist thinks i need to be present but imagining myself in other countries is my main coping mechanism so idk what she expects

i'm finally going to live in an apartment. it doesn't matter that my history with one of my roommates is incredibly awkward. this is a good thing for me. i will have a kitchen and gym access and will adopt a cat

i read like 19 million words on ao3 this year and that could easily be transferred into picking up more physical books and decreasing my screentime. plus my tbr is long because i keep buying books that just absolutely take over my shelf space — i should read them all

i need to stop pretending the new year is going to change me. i can make goals at any point of the year and change myself

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Anyways guess who found a guide on chinese hairstyles across history 😌

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Favorite wikipedia article of the year: the majestic Grass Mud Horse

Bonus Ai Wei Wei

“Covering the middle” can be rearranged into the similar sounding “Central Committee,” which is the name of the chinese government.

Covering the middle — 挡中央 Dǎng zhōngyāng

Central Committee — 中央党 Zhōngyāng dǎng

So “Grass Mud Horse covering the middle” would be “fuck your mother, Central Committee.”

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book from the sky (tianshu) xu bing, 1989-91

I was so excited to see a copy of this in real life bc it's something I studied in art history. this is a book that was typeset and printed by hand using wooden blocks but every one of the characters was invented for the sake of the piece and does not correspond to any word in the Chinese language

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One language learning tactic I've been utilizing recently is setting a VPN to a country where my target language is spoken, and then using the free version of Spotify for extra immersion. Spotify's ads change depending on country, so if its servers are detecting that you're listening in from, say, Bangkok, all of the ads that you'll get are going to be Thai. I like doing this while listening to Thai podcasts or study music, so that even inbetween casual listening or studying, I'm getting even more input. And since the same ads generally get played over and over again, you'll gradually start understanding them better and better, as well.

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people who’s first language wasn’t English, I want to know

Reblog for larger sampler size, and put in the tags why you started learning English (if it was for school, work, communication purposes) and what your native language is

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oh by the way, in Danish, "fag" means "subject" and "slut" means "end" so on library shelves you will see "fag slut" to note where the break in book topics is

pronounced fay' sloot

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Hiragana and Katakana

Numbers & Times / Dates

Counters & Pointers

Expressions of Time

People & Family

Useful Verbs

Useful Adjectives

Conjugation Basics

Common Verb Conjugations

Useful Adverbs

Useful Nouns

Common Particles

Sentence Recipes

The guide roughly covers the content of the first ‘Minna no Nihongo‘ textbook and is intended as a supplement for classroom study, not as a replacement – it does not include copious examples or explanations.

Click through to download

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Hiragana and Katakana

Numbers & Times / Dates

Counters & Pointers

Expressions of Time

People & Family

Useful Verbs

Useful Adjectives

Conjugation Basics

Common Verb Conjugations

Useful Adverbs

Useful Nouns

Common Particles

Sentence Recipes

The guide roughly covers the content of the first ‘Minna no Nihongo‘ textbook and is intended as a supplement for classroom study, not as a replacement – it does not include copious examples or explanations.

Click through to download

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10.11.24 // i got finch. it's a little self care app that i tried before in high school but couldn't really get into back then. i'm trying again because i need to get back into some kind of self-care routine, because lately i have been a mess. anyway if anyone else has this app let's be friends!

later today i'm also doing a beginner korean lesson which i'm super excited for. until then, i'm trying to finish reading dante's inferno so i can move on to purgatorio and catch up with my class.

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My sister wanted a guide on how to learn Russian, so I put together a step-by-step. Here it is for anyone who is interested in the Russian language.

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再次我想找地方在住处。做学生太难了。我会找一间允许养猫的公寓。猫帮我的心理健康。

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You’ve heard of “don’t monetize your hobbies”; get ready for "don’t master your hobbies".

Your hobbies are here to help you decompress and have fun. They do not have to be disciplines you toil over for expertise, unless that is something you genuinely enjoy doing.

It’s okay to enjoy language-learning without ever becoming fluent, or even conversational. It’s okay to like playing guitar even if you only know a few clumsy songs. You can read books and never finish them, bowl without ever scoring even halfway to perfect. We’re here to explore and play, and we cannot do that if we’re chasing perfection in everything we do.

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fuck it i'm learning korean