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hello everyone! Thought id share how to say goodbye in russian since i could think of a few ways, here they are ranging fron most to least casual!

Покá - opposite of привéт, super casual and means "bye"! you would normally say this to a friend, close family member or someone younger than you. i can't think of the origin but the word has a second meaning, which is "for now/while".

До скóрого - (lit. until soon), somewhere between пока and до встречи in terms of formality, but meaning is closest to the next point.

До встрéчи - literally translates to "until (our next) meeting", a bit more formal than покá, but unlike it clearly implies that you will meet the person again at some point later, so id say its closer "See you" / "Until next time".

There is also a second version, "До нóвых встреч" (lit. until new meetings, meaning is the same, ive heard it used most often on tv programmes and when adressing an audience) and a more 'urgent' version: До скóрых встреч (Until our next meetings [which will happen soon]).

До свидáния - same literal meaning as до встречи but does not necessarily imply youre going to see the person again. Im not sure about the origins of this one but it likely has to do with the somewhat obsolete verb свúдиться - to meet/encounter someone, lit. to see each other.

Всегó дóброго/хорóшего - lit. means "(I wish you) All the best." You can use this when leaving a work meeting, finishing a phone call respectfully or with a customer. It can be used outside of professional situations but from my experience that's less common. Here, дóброе is used in its second meaning (first being "kind/pleasant [person]"), which is "good/nice".

Прощáй(те) - means farewell. a permanent goodbye, you will likely never see the people you say this to again. Прощай is the slightly more casual version while прощайте is more formal or refers to a group. Interesting fact: it wasnt formed from простúть (to forgive) but instead простúться (to bid farewell). the second word is also somewhat obsolete.

hope this was interesting! let me know what topics youd like me to talk about next and ask questions if you have them!

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oct. 06, '24

last time I posted in here was more than a year ago, and palpably hopeless, so as you can imagine there's much to tell

I ended up taking a gap year to process everything, which has helped me clarify my goals and intentions,

not long after that last post, I landed my first proper job in law and have managed to switch to my second job during this timeframe!

I've developed a tremendous interest in Intellectual Property Law and did a couple of internships too, which led me to long-time collaborations and connections I couldn't even imagine,

my social skills have improved so so much as a direct result of putting myself out there, which I'm sure a lot of you know how much of a big accomplishment is,

I'm currently in my last year of uni, preparing to write my thesis on the EU AI Act, think it'll be fun to monitor everything going on here again.

if you feel the same way I did about life and studies a while ago, know that things definitely get better as you move forward :)

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Italian vocabularies list - (3)

Vocabularies:

#55daysofvocabulary

Jewellery

Love

Grain

Forest

Kitchen | Kitchen 2

Family | family 2

Make up

Clothing

Computer activity

Musical instrument

Wedding

Tableware

Easter

Spring

Favorite dish

Friendship

Pets

Bedroom

Outdoor activities

Breakfast

Bevarage

Night out

Crafting    

Christmas

Lunch

Accessories

Body

Book genre

Birthday

Summer

Beach

Dinner

Meat    

Film genre

Holiday

Vegetarian Food

Work

Hair cut

Living room

Dairy

School

Autumn

Bakery

Cutlery

City buildings

Electronic device

Bathroom  

Fish

Winter

Vegetables

Board games

Garden

Fruit

Decoration

Take away food

Animals & Plants:

Animali | More

Cane & Gatto

Giardini, Orti, Fiori, Piante

Uccelli

Curiosities:

– Piemontese / Inglese –

Abbreviations/Acronyms

Basta!

Che noia!

Ho fame

I’m sorry

sbucciare, sgusciare, pelare

Ho sonno | Buonanotte/ Sleep

Tumblr Terms | Tumblr dashboard | Social media

Opposites words + drawings

What do you do? (FARE expressions)

Random Vocabs -> FR/ES/EN/IT: uno | due | -> FR/EN/IT: uno -> IT: uno

Food:

Cibi & Bevande | Dolci

Caffè

Colazione / Breakfast

Cooking/Baking | More

Pasti / Meals

Holidays:

Amore / San Valentino | direct approach slang words

Carnevale

Christmas Vocabulary | NYE

Halloween | Ognissanti (1st/2nd of November)

Pasqua/Easter

People & Needs:

Appoinments/Invitations

Body | from head to shoulders | from shoulders to belly | from belly to feet

Describing people (physical + feelings + emotions)

Clothes

Complimenting

Emergenze (Emergencies)

Endearment words | Pet names | Ti amo VS Ti voglio bene VS Mi piaci

Hairdresser / Parrucchiere

Introduce yourself

Lgbtqa Vocabulary | Lgbt+ | non binary (writing) | agender pronouns

People

Period

Pick up lines

Primo Soccorso / Medical Vocab | Medical vocab II | Medical Vocab III

Refugees | Phrasebook for refugees

Places:

A casa

Al cinema

Al mare / In spiaggia

Al ristorante

Countries (countryside + Nations)

Directions/Ways/Streets (Tourism/Lost in a town)

Dove?

Fly to Italy

Geografia + Astronomia

In città

In montagna

Libreria / Biblioteca

Negozi (shops)

Ocean

Places

Scuola

Working at the office

Random Stuff:

Adjectives

Appliances (kitchen)

Arte /Art

Astrology | Space | Astrologists and Tarot readers

Colori | Colors things

Careers

Driving-related

Emotions

Fantasy (genre)

Farm Words (ENG; FRA; ITA)

Free time | Hobbies

Internet

Math (video + vocabs)

Make up | Make up pt.2 (+ French)

Musical instruments | Music

Nautical terms

News

Quando? | Che giorno è oggi?

Phone related

Politics

Positive Vibes

Scrittura (writing)

Speaking / Writing

Sport | Football (World Cup)

Squid Game

Things you do in the morning

Tourism and travels

Verbi

War / Ukraine’s invasion

Seasons / Weather:

Autunno | p2

Che tempo fa?

Cold/Freddo | How to say the weather is crazy cold

Estate | How to say the weather is crazy hot

Winter Vocabulary

Oggi piove | Rain

Natural disasters

Reaction words

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Day 18 ^-^

Посадить (verb, perf.) - to plant

Куст (noun, m.) - bush

Заброшенный (adj.) - abandoned

Село (noun, n.) - village

Церковь (noun, f.) - church

То есть - that is

Непролазный (adj.) - impassable

Малина (noun, f.) - raspberry

Адский (adj.) - hellish

Устроить (verb, perf.) - to create

Клубника (noun, f.) - strawberry

Пережидать (verb, imperf.) - to wait out

Ворон (noun, m.) - crow

Забора (noun, f.) - fence

Приступ (noun, m.) - attack

Корень (noun, f.) - root

Исчезать (verb, imperf.) - to disappear

Невинный (adj.) - innocent

Польза (noun, f.) - benefit

Сомневаться (verb, imperf.) - to doubt

Отвыкнуть (verb, perf.) - to break a habit

Хрупкий (adj.) - fragile

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It's going good!!!!

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reblog this one !!

thank you so much for your input and the examples too! (i especially have trouble with words and expressions in context so those are a lot of help)

A1 German Verb List 1

As I've started taking German classes and have done quite a few lessons by now, I think posting vocab lists could do great.

sprechen - to speak

sagen - to say

sehen - to see

schauen - to look, to watch

hören - to hear, to listen

lesen - to read

fragen - to ask

ergänzen - to complete, to fill in

markieren - to mark

passen - to suit, to fit

zuordenen - to arrange, to classify

buchstabieren - to spell

studieren - to study

zeigen - to point, to show, to display

passieren - to happen, to occur, to take place

meinen - to mean, to intend

raten - to advise, to counsel

lieben - to love

heißen - to be called

bauen - to build

fahren - to drive, to ride

kommen - to come

schreiben - to write

machen - to make, to do

rechnen - to calculate

backen - to bake

studieren - to study

stehen - to stand

außstehen - to stand up, to get up

kosten - to cost

funktionieren - to function, to work

pflegen - to nurse, to foster

wachsen - to grow

checken - to check

chatten - to chat (texting!)

üben - to practise

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this is the most notes any of my posts have gotten thank you !!

jan. 22

i’ve been feeling very unsure and hopeless about everything. now more than ever, i’m trying to go with the flow, have backup options in mind, as i don’t have any visions on what to plan.

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feb. 21

the second round of retake exams starts tomorrow. i'm anxious to the bone and i'm not. there's a mandatory internship in the faculty's legal clinic this semester though, excited to at least showcase some practical skills.

no idea what's going on with my job, but i'm trying to work, see how it'll work out.

it was, in fact, not late to get in touch with some classmates that look like fun. we've been going out and around.

i visibly have everything i'd practically prayed for a couple of months ago, yet it's even more chaotic. i'd rather have the chaos.

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A1 German Verb List 1

As I've started taking German classes and have done quite a few lessons by now, I think posting vocab lists could do great.

sprechen - to speak

sagen - to say

sehen - to see

schauen - to look, to watch

hören - to hear, to listen

lesen - to read

fragen - to ask

ergänzen - to complete, to fill in

markieren - to mark

passen - to suit, to fit

zuordenen - to arrange, to classify

buchstabieren - to spell

studieren - to study

zeigen - to point, to show, to display

passieren - to happen, to occur, to take place

meinen - to mean, to intend

raten - to advise, to counsel

lieben - to love

heißen - to be called

bauen - to build

fahren - to drive, to ride

kommen - to come

schreiben - to write

machen - to make, to do

rechnen - to calculate

backen - to bake

studieren - to study

stehen - to stand

außstehen - to stand up, to get up

kosten - to cost

funktionieren - to function, to work

pflegen - to nurse, to foster

wachsen - to grow

checken - to check

chatten - to chat (texting!)

üben - to practise

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i am respectfully looking at the list of ten whole books people in here have read in january while taking immense pride in ‘pretty mouth and green my eyes’ and ‘dagon’

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I’ve spend a few full days at the library studying. It was so empty and atmospheric I was actually managing to get stuff done. Alas, very little.

Meanwhile, the job I was offered is getting postponed so much and I missed some good opportunities just for that. It’s making me infinitely sad, I hope something works out,

Applied for a couple of remote internships which seem super interesting, doing another leadership program,

Starting German lessons in a couple of weeks, so langblr content expectable?

I’m about 95% sure that I won’t even be a candidate for an exchange semester, but I’m blindly looking forward to applying??

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one of my favorite secondhand book hauls

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reblog this with your go-to snacks for a library study session

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Another book I recently bought. I was so eager to read something light-hearted and winter themed.

Monday, the 16th of January

Last night I made some insane plans for the summer that I really wish to realise for myself, for my academic journey and for my career. Let's see if we can make them reality!

Studying

Practice Russian

Finish at least three exam simulations

Read 85 pages of Requiem

Japanese-Canadian literature course

Scan literature [pushed to another day]

Read literature on Indian economy

Start researching History Writing in the digital age

Things my heart needs

Yoga and a walk in the morning, lunch with a friend and printing pictures for my wall

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jan. 22

i’ve been feeling very unsure and hopeless about everything. now more than ever, i’m trying to go with the flow, have backup options in mind, as i don’t have any visions on what to plan.

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hit 200 followers today ty! it feels good knowing a group of people as big as my uni class is watching, with the difference of not having the judgmental eye.

i was relieved that there’s about a week until my next exam, but i relaxed instead of studying in small chunks so trying to take in as much information as possible now.

one more main exam after that and i’m starting retakes. hopefully i’ll pass from the first try. second round retakes are tragic.