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Websites for Japanese Learners

! click on website name to be redirected !

all websites can be used for free and without subscribtion (thats why japanese101 isnt included)

-> apps for japanese learners (soon)

1. JLPT Sensei

study guides (N5-N1)

includes grammar, kanji, vocabular, adjective, verb and other lists for orientation when studying

free JLPT practice tests

2. Japanese Verb Conjugator

automatic verb conjugator

verb database

kanji database & kanji tester

over 180,000 example sentences with sound

3. Tanoshii Japanese

japanese-english dictionary (with stroke order!)

pratice games & interactive lessons (Kanji Mahjong etc.)

learning resources (japanese novel, textbook, magazine, movie recommendations)

4. Jisho

fast and smart japanese-english dictionary

draw and radical function apart from keyboard search

searching by topic and categories by adding #[topic/category]

JLPT levels, sentences, particles, counters, names included

5. Map Quiz

world map quiz in japanese

divided into continents and north, east, south and west

6. Japanesetests4you

free JLPT N5-N1 reading and listening tests

free JLPT N5-N1 vocabulary, kanji and grammar lists + tests

7. Shiritori Online

Shiritori (しりとり) is a popular japanese word game and is ideal to exercise vocabulary for japanese learners. 2 or more players take turns saying a word that starts with the last kana of the previous word. The game ends when someone answers with a word ending with -n (ん) because there are no words starting with ん.

it is up to the players whether all forms of a hiragana (kana and its diacritics; は,ば and ぱ etc.) are allowed or not (e.g やぎ -> きよう).

example: りんご (apple) -> ごりら (ゴリラ) (gorilla) -> らーめん (ラーメン) (ramen). The last person who said ramen loses because the word ends with -n (ん). Instead the person could have saidらま (ラマ) (llama) (e.g).

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Unique and out of the box language learning resources you probably haven’t heard of!

• Lyrics Training - Lyric fill in game

• Radio Garden - Listen to the radio anywhere in the world

• Language Reactor - Browser extension to learn with Netflix, YouTube, etc

• BaBaDum - Fun vocab games

• Linguno - Listening, vocab, and conjugation exercises, plus 10 daily crosswords in each language

• Bilinguis - Read a small selection of classic, older books in a bilingual side-by-side style. Some have audio reading as well!

• Lyrik Line - Read and listen to poetry in your target language!! Huge selection

• Top 40 Charts - Top 40 music hits in countries around the world.

• Kiosko - Daily newspaper covers all over the world. Clicking on one takes you to the news website to read more

• Lexicity - For all of you ancient language obsessed people!! Amazing and thorough resource for many ancient languages

-> Click on the link below to get links to all those sites + more information about them!

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Hello friends it’s me again. I’ve got another set of printables for you all! This time for hiragana and katakana! There are 3 practice charts (hiragana, katakana and blank) and lots of writing practice! Of course you can print them multiple times once they have been downloaded ^^ as always, any support is greatly appreciated! I hope this can help out those of you just starting out with Japanese! 💕

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i don’t know why but i’m really amused by the winner of some ‘new kanji’ contest:

compare with the real kanji

座 (seat/gathering), but the two 人 (person) radicals have been moved from next to each other within the 土 (earth) radical to diagonally from each other, making this “social distance(d seating/gathering)”

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Compliments in Norwegian that isn't about physical appearance

1. Du er snill - You are kind

2. Du er morsom - You are funny

3. Du er sterk - You are strong

4. Du er smart - You are smart

5. Du inspirerer meg - You inspire me

6. Du er så forståelsefull - You are so understanding

7. Du betyr mye for meg - You matter a lot to me

8. Du inspirerer meg til å bli et bedre menneske - You inspire me to become a better person

9. Du har et varmt og godt hjerte -You have a warm and good heart

10. Du har god smak - You have good taste

11. Du er modig - You are brave

12. Du er imponerende - You are impressive

13. Du lyser opp rommet - You light up the room

14. Du har en fantastisk latter - You have an amazing laughter

15. Du gjør en forskjell - You are making a difference

16. Stemmen din er betryggende - Your voice is calming

17. Smilet ditt er smittende - Your smile is contagious

18. Lidenskapen din er smittende - Your passion is contagious

19. Jeg skulle ønske flere var som deg - I wish more people were like you

20. Jeg liker stemmen din - I like your voice

21. Jeg er stolt av deg - I am proud of you

22. Jeg blir så glad når jeg er med deg - I get so happy when Im with you

23. Jeg blir glad når jeg tenker på deg - I become happy when I think of you

24. Jeg koser meg alltid med deg - I always have a good time when Im with you

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this is so cool and ik i have a lot of linguistics mutuals

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Here are some of my unusual ways of studying German! I hope this helps some of you out✨

Mentioned Blogs : @learngermanblog / @mutant-german / @ich-bin-der-baer / @myhoneststudyblr / @crazy-languages / @weltreise / @langsworldmemes01 / @productive-tips / @studyblr-support

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et hjem (a home)

vocabulary list for temauke 2 (@hjertespraak )

et rom a room

ei/en stue a living room

et kjøkken a kitchen

ei/en spisestue a dining room

et spiskammer a pantry

en gang a hallway

en entre a hallway (entrance)

et bad a bathroom

et soverom a bedroom

et loft an attic

en kjeller a basement

et møbel (pl. møbler) a piece of furniture

en sofa a sofa

en TV a TV

en lenestol an armchair

ei/en hylle a shelf

et bord a table

en stol a chair

en ovn an oven

en komfyr a stove

en mikrobølgeovn a microwave

et kjøleskap a fridge

en fryser a freezer

en oppvaskkum a kitchen sink

et skap a cabinet

et badekar a bathtub

en dusj a shower

et toalett a toilet

en vask a sink

ei/en seng a bed

et klesskap a wardrobe

en/ei lampe a lamp

et skrivebord a desk

en boks a box

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Possessive Pronouns

I recently got an anon asking about a number of different things, including certain possessive pronouns, so I’ve decided to break it down into two posts. This one will be about possessive pronouns (my/your/his/her/our/their).

In Norwegian, possessive pronouns have to agree with the noun they’re describing. That means the majority of pronouns have a distinct masculine (m), feminine (f), neuter (n) and plural (pl) form, although some use the same form regardless of gender.

The possessive pronouns in Norwegian are:

My: min (m), mi (f), mitt (n) and mine (pl)

Your (singular): din (m), di (f), ditt (n) and dine (pl)

His: hans* (m/f/n/pl)

Her: hennes* (m/f/n/pl)

Our: vår (m/f), vårt (n) and våre (pl)

Your (plural): deres (m/f/n/pl)

Their: deres* (m/f/n/pl)

*There’s also sin (m), si (f), sitt (n) and sine (pl) for his/her/their which I’ll explain in a bit. For now, we’ll focus on the other pronouns.

So, if you have a masculine noun, you use the masculine pronoun (min/din/sin/vår), neuter pronoun for neuter nouns (mitt/ditt/sitt/vårt) and plural pronouns for plural nouns (mine/dine/sine/våre). Feminine nouns can behave as masculine nouns, so you have the choice to use either the masculine or feminine pronoun (mi/di/si). Hans, hennes and deres are used regardless of gender.

The pronoun can appear before or after the noun. When it appears after the pronoun, the noun has to be in the definite form:

Min bil or bilen min (my car)

Din/di seng or sengen din/senga di (your bed)*

Vårt hus or huset vårt (our house)

Deres epler or eplene deres (your/their apples)

In my experience, the latter is more common, while the former is used more to stress the pronoun. (”Min katt er den søteste katten i hele verden” - My cat is the cutest cat in the whole world)

*If you use the feminine pronoun, you have to also use the feminine definite form, whereas if you choose to use the masculine pronoun, you have to use the masculine definite form. It doesn’t matter which you use - the choice is yours!

Hans/Hennes/Deres vs Sin/Si/Sitt/Sine

This trips up a lot of people, and it confused me for a long time too (confession: I messaged @hjertespraak​ to double check this because while writing it I suddenly panicked that I’d got it wrong).

Simply put, sin/si/sitt/sine mean “his/her/their own”. You use them when the object belongs to the subject of the clause (a clause is a part of a sentence that typically contains a subject and a verb). Consider the two sentences:

Isak liker katten sin.

Isak liker katten hans.

In the first sentence, the cat we’re referring to belongs to Isak. Isak likes his own cat. In the second sentence, Isak likes some other dude’s cat.

To illustrate this further, let’s take a more complicated example, where we have two clauses:

Jeg sitter med Eva mens Sara kliner med mannen sin.

Jeg sitter med Eva mens Sara kliner med mannen hennes.

Both these sentences in English mean “I’m sitting with Eva while Sara makes out with her husband.” It’s not clear whether the husband is Sara’s or Eva’s. In Norwegian, however, it’s perfectly clear. In both cases, Sara is the subject of the clause where the pronoun appears, therefore sin refers back to her, while hennes refers to someone who isn’t her (Eva, in this case). So in the first sentence, Sara is being an overly affectionate wife. In the second sentence, she is being a terrible friend. 

Note that sin/si/sitt/sine CANNOT appear as part of the subject!

Remember that sin/si/sitt/sine refers to the subject of the sentence, so if it were part of the subject itself, it would be referring to itself, which makes my brain hurt trying to figure out how it works.

I hope that all makes sense! If you’re still confused, please feel free to ask more questions :)

If you spot any mistakes, please point them out so I can fix them!

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So I have been learning Norwegian for around 160 days now and I'm still unsure what would be the Norwegian equivalent to the word 'will' in English. I use this word in my vocabulary a lot and often get stuck when trying to speak Norwegian since I'm unsure how I would say it. For example I don't know how I would use it when saying "I will do this later". Would I just say "Jeg må gjøre dette senere"? Or sometimes I use 'vil' in place of where I would normally say 'will' in English.

Hi there! I'm gonna use this as an opportunity to talk about forming the future in Norwegian, because there's actually more than one way to say will, but it's important to know which word/phrase to use as they're not all interchangeable.

In general, there are three main ways to talk about the future in Norwegian:

Using the present tense

Using skal

Using kommer til å or vil

1. The Present Tense

This works exactly the same way as it does in English: if something is happening in the near future, and is definitely going to happen, you can just use the present.

Jeg jobber senere (I'm working later)

Jeg kan ikke komme på festen i kveld, fordi jeg drar til London (I can't come to the party tonight because I'm going to London)

2. Skal

Skal is used to indicate intentions, ie things that are in your control. For example:

Jeg skal trene i kveld (I will work out this evening)

I morgen skal jeg stå opp tidlig (Tomorrow I will get up early)

Til sommeren skal jeg reise til Frankrike (This summer I will travel to Frace)

In all these cases, you've decided to do something and whether they happen or not is entirely in your control. (Side note: a lot of online translators/dictionaries/textbooks translate this word as shall, which I get, but also no English speaker actually uses the word shall unless they're being dramatic. Skal is nowhere near as dramatic as shall.)

If you were to use vil in these sentences, it would be translated as want rather than will.

Jeg vil trene (I want to train)

I morgen vil jeg stå opp tidlig (Tomorrow I want to get up early)

Til sommeren vil jeg reise til Frankrike (This summer I want to travel to France)

So, in the context you’re asking about, I would probably say “jeg skal gjøre dette senere”.

3. Kommer til å/vil

When talking about the future, kommer til å and vil are used to describe situations that aren’t within your control/are uncertain. For example:

Snart vil du forstå norsk grammatikk (Soon you'll understand Norwegian grammar)

Det kommer til å bli for sent, hvis du ikke skynder deg! (It's going to be too late if you don't hurry up!)

Det kommer sannsynligvis til å regne i morgen (It’s probably going to rain tomorrow)

In these cases, the outcome is not something you have decided or can control, and there isn't a 100% probability that it'll happen. In my experience, kommer til å is a bit more common than vil (but maybe a native speaker will tell me otherwise!)

An aside on må: må means have to, so you can’t really use it to mean will. “Jeg må gjøre dette senere” =  it is necessary that I do this thing in order to avoid/achieve a particular outcome. Whereas “jeg skal gjøre dette senere” = I absolutely intend to do this later, whether or not it’s necessary to avoid/achieve a certain outcome.

Hope that clarifies things a little bit! Norsklærer Karense has a great video on this if you're still confused. Perhaps a native speaker can clarify a bit further as well if they feel like it/think there’s something important I missed.

If anyone spots any mistakes, please let me know!

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— la grammaire de la capitalisation des mots ♡

• days of the week and months are not capitalised in french. • geographic terms (such as cities, countries, etc) are capitalised, but if a common noun is part of that term, then it is not (for example, in « pacific ocean » , « pacific » would be capitalised, but « ocean » would not).  • languages are not capitalised. • adjectives of nationalities (e.g. japanese, french) are not capitalised, but they are when used as nouns. • titles or occupations that replace a person’s name are capitalised (for example, « the president » ). • people’s names are capitalised.  • religions are not capitalised, with the exception of « islam » , « hindu » and « buddhist » , which all have to be proper nouns.

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Introducing the “Temauke”

Hey everyone! 

Since langblr has felt kind of inactive lately I’d really like to create more of a community feel around here! Since my “specialty” is Norwegian, I’ll talk mainly to Norwegian learners (and natives!) in this post, but anyone can feel free to join in their respective languages. 

What?

My idea to achieve this is to do themed weeks (“Temauker”), so that each week we create and share resources in Norwegian (or any language, really) on a given theme. I could make vocab lists or grammar explanations of my own, and I could reblog posts that you made. 

Of course, I understand that you all have your own, sometimes busy, sometimes exhausting lives, and you wouldn’t have to participate every week (or any, I’m not forcing this on you guys). I just want this to be a chill and fun way to build a community of learners and to create and gather resources about things you’re genuinely interested in. 

How?

I think the best way to decide on a theme each week would be for you to send me suggestions for themes throughout the previous week (say, Monday to Friday), and then I give you the weekend to vote on those suggestions through a polling system. Some examples of potential themes at the top of my head right now are: Music, Films, Literature, Housing, Travel, Relationships, Nature and The Outdoors, The Internet, Technology, Food, etc., but I’m open to anything!

When?

It could start whenever you want, really! Or never, if you hate the idea :) Just feel free to send me feedback and suggestions on how to do this in the best possible manner (if you want to do it at all), along with possible themes - preferably to my ask box instead of as replies - and the first Temauke could potentially be starting this Monday (June 15)!

I can’t wait to hear from you guys! <3

Lots of love, Amanda x

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winnie-the-pooh themed norwegian vocab 

ole brumm → winnie-the-pooh

nasse nøff → piglet

tigergutt → tiger

tussi → eeyore

petter spretts → rabbit

hundremeterskogen → the one-hundred-acre woods

huset på bjørnehjørnet → the house on pooh corner

pinneleken → poohsticks

kosedyr → stuffed animals (plush; lit. ‘snuggle animals’)

(en) gutt → boy

(en) bjørn → bear

(en) grisunge → piglet

(en) kanin → rabbit

(en) ugle → owl

(en) kenguru → kangaroo

(et) esel → donkey

(en) gopher → gopher

skog → forest 

honning → honey

eikenøtter → acorns

å spille → to play

å le → to laugh

å sprette → to bounce

(et) vennskap → friendship

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A list of the 625 most important words to know in your target language, translated into Norwegian Bokmål.

Animals:

en hund [m] | dog

en katt [m] | cat

en fisk [m] | fish

en fugl [m] | bird

en/ei ku [f] | cow (irregular pl. – kyr or kuer)

en gris [m] | pig

en mus [f] | mouse

en hest [m] | horse

en vinge [m] | wing

et dyr [n] | animal

Keep reading

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List of Black Lives Matter and Racial Equality Petitions to sign:

one of the most comprehensive, well-rounded, and well researchd compilations of blm related resources (includes petitions, donation links, venmo accounts, names of people in need, etc) thats out there. please share this link everywhere and anywhere. 

a black lives matter carrd that includes petitions, donation links, blm movement information, links on how to donate to BLM without spending money, black owned businesses, etc. 

Justice for George Floyd

Justice for George Floyd 2

Justice for George Floyd 3

Charge the Officers Responsible for George Floyd’s Murder 

Charge the Officers Responsible for George Floyd’s Murder 2

Justice For Ahmuad Arbery

Justice For Ahmuad Arbery 2

Justice for Breonna Taylor

Stand with Breonna

Charge Officers Responsible for Breonna Taylor’s Murder

Justice For Tamir Rice

Justice For Joāo Pedro

Justice for Alejandro Vargas Martinez

Justice for Belly Mujinga.

Justice for Rashad Cunningham

Justice For Tony McDade

Justice for Dion Johnson

Justice for Jennifer Jeffley

Justice for Young Uwa

Justice for Elijah Nichols

Justice for Tete Gulley

Justice for Tazne Van Wyk

Justice for Michael Dean

Justice For Amari Boone

Justice for Darrius Stewart

Justice for Shukri Abdi

Justice for Ashton Dickson

Justice For Darrius Stewart

Justice for David McAtee

Justice for Cameron Green

Justice for Crystal Mason

Justice For Zinedine

Justice for Regis Korchinski-Paquet

Justice for Christopher Josey

Justice for Amiya Braxton

Justice For Emerald Black

Justice for Andile Mchunu

Justice for Cameron Green

Justice for Tamla Horsford

Justice for Collins Khosa

Justice for Sean Monterrosa

Free Siyanda

Reopen Sandra Bland’s Case 

Free Willie Simmons who has served 38 years for a $9 robbery

Get Washington State to Hold Police Officers Accountable for Police Brutality

Arrest Officer Jared Campbell for macing a child 

Demand Jail Time for Dylan Mota and Jacob Robles

Demand Jail Time for All Police who Murder Innocent People

Fire Racist Criminal Michael J Reynolds from the NYPD

Petition for Nationwide Police De-Escalation Training

Petition for Nationwide Police Required Racial Bias Test

stop immigrants being poisoned by ICEBan the use of inhumane rubber bullets

Demand a retrial for Angel Bumpass wrongfully convicted 13 year old with a life sentence

End Police Brutality and Violence Against BIPOC in the USA

Ban the use of rubber bullets for crowd control

Join Campaign Zero

Drop All Charges Against Incarcerated Trafficking Survivor Chrystul Kizer!

Reopen Kendrick Johnson’s Case

Abolish Prison Labour in the USA

Require Dash and Body Cameras for the King County Sheriff’s Office

Donation Links

A thread of Youtuve videos you can stream to donate to BLM

Official George Floyd Memorial Fund

OFFICIAL Gianna Floyd Fund (George Floyd’s child)

Black Lives Matter

We Cant Breathe

43 Bail Funds to Support

Homeless Black Trans women fund

Split a donation between 70+ community bail funds, mutual aid funds, and racial justice organizers

Minnesota Healing Justice Network

Women for Political Change

Spiral Collective

When We All Vote

National List of Bail and Mutual Aid Funds/Organizers/Black Owned Businesses

Venmo names of black trans people that need help

Latino Community on Lake Street

Black Immigrant Collective

Centro de Trabajadores Unidos en Lucha

Atlanta Black Owned Business Relief

Al Maa'uun

Remembering Shana Isuroon 

Fundraising for destroyed black owned businesses

Joyce Preschool

Black Table Arts

Northside business support

Du Nord Riot Recovery Fund

Unicorn Riot

Donate to Destiny Harrison & her daughter Dream’s Legacy

Pimento Relief Fund

Southside Harm Reduction

West Broadway Business and Area Coalition

Division of Indian Work

TC Care Collective

Justice for Breonna Taylor

Justice for Jamee

Justice for David McAtee

HOW TO DONATE INTERNATIONALLY/SITES THAT ACCEPT INTERNATIONAL CURRENCY 

HOW DONATE WITH NO MONEY

HOW TO DONATE WITH NO MONEY BY STREAMING THIS

HOW TO DONATE TO BLM BY SHARING LINKS

A list of black owned businesses we should be supporting! + a list of black owned businesses we should be supporting that accept international currency!

* this list is constantly updated so please keep checking back for new information on petitions and ways to donate!!

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Most Common Verbs in Norwegian 💡 PS: Learn Norwegian with the best FREE online resources, just click here: https://www.norwegianclass101.com/?src=tumblr_special_infograph_verbs_8_022020

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BABBEL* NOTES PT. 1/?

NORSK//ENGLISH

Hygiene (en) - hygiene

Frisk - healthy/fresh

En tannbørste - a toothbrush

En tannkrem - a toothpaste

En sjampo - a shampoo

Å dusje - to take a shower

En såpe - a soap

En krem - a cream

Et håndkle - a towel

Ren - clean

En pinsett - (a) tweezers

En barberhøvel - a razor

Å barbere seg - to shave

En kam - a comb

Et lommetørkle - a tissue/handkerchief

Å pusse nesen - to blow one’s nose

Et toalettpapir - a toilet paper

Dråper - drops

Å vaske ansiktet sitt - to wash one’s face

*Notes are from babble.com

*Verbs/Verb phrases are in italics and are in the infinitive form

*Please correct if there are any mistakes!