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At least 13 people have been killed and dozens injured after a suspected terrorist crashed into a crowd of people on a pavement in a popular tourist area of Barcelona.

There are also reports of a live hostage incident at a Turkish restaurant near the scene.

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2017/08/17/van-ploughs-crowd-barcelona1/

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In case you ever wonder if you should learn Polish

remember this:

in English, Spanish and Dutch there is only one  form of word “two” (two, dos, twee)

in Portuguese - two form (dois/duas)

in Croatian - seven different forms (dva, dvije, dvoje, dvojica, dvojice, dvojici, dvojicu)

and in Polish there are SEVENTEEN forms of that word (dwa, dwie, dwoje, dwóch (or dwu), dwaj, dwiema, dwoma (or dwóm), dwoma, dwojga, dwojgu, dwojgiem, dwójka, dwójki, dwójkę, dwójką, dwójce, dwójko)

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Paintings of Bulgarian girls, by Maria Ilieva.

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Greeks in folk Asia Minor greek costume in Greek genocide memorial day 2014 - Syntagma, Athens Greece

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Indo-European Languages

Since the majority of the languages I am learning are ones from the Indo-European language family, I have listed some words in French, Italian, Russian, Persian and Hindi which are either closely or distantly related to each  other. 

-The words are in the order in which their respective languages appear above in bold; —- means the language doesn’t have a related term-

one, un, un, один [odín], یک [yek], एक [ek]                       two, deux, due, два [dva], دو [do], दो  [do] three, trois, tre, три [tri], سه [se], तीन [tīn]                 four, quatre, quattro, четыре [četýre], چهار [chahâr], चार [chār]                 five, cinq, cinque, пять [pyat’], پنج [panj], पाँच [pãnch]                   six, six, sei, шесть [šest’], شش [shesh], छः [chhah]                  seven, sept, sette, семь [sem’], هفت [haft], सात [sāt] eight, huit, otto, восемь [vósem’], هشت [hasht], आठ [āṭh]  nine, neuf, nove, девять [dévyat’], نه [noh], नौ [nau] ten, dix, dieci, десять [désyat’], ده [dah], दस [das] one hundred, cent, cento, сто  [sto], صد [sad], सौ [sau] mother, mère, madre, мать [mat’], مادر [mâdar], माता [mātā] father, père, padre, —-, پدر [pedar], पिता [pitā] brother, frère, fratello, брат [brat], برادر [barâdar], भाई [bhāī] sister, sœur, sorella, сестра [sestrá], خواهر [khwâhar], —-    young, jeune, giovane, юный [yúnyy], جوان [javân], युवा [yūva] eye, œil, occhio, очки [očkí] (glasses), —–, आँख [ãnkh] tongue, langue, lingua, язык [yazýk], زبان [zabân], जीभ  [jībh] heart, cœur, cuore, сердце [sérdce], —-, हृदय  [hrday]  knee, genou, ginocchio, —-, زانو [zânu], घुटना [ghuṭnā] bone, os, osso, кость [kost’], استخوان [ostokhwân], अस्थि [asthi] foot, pied, piede, пешкoм [péškom] (on foot), پا  [pâ], पैर [pair] tooth, dent, dente, десна [desná] (gums), دندان [dandân], दंत [dãnt] bear, ours, orso, —-, خرس [khers], रीछ [rīchh] wolf, loup, lupo, волк [volk], گرگ [gorg], वृक [vrk] star, étoile, stella, звезда [zvezdá], ستاره [setâre], तारा [tārā] night, nuit, notte, ночь [noč’], —-, —-    sun, sol, sole, солнце [sólnce], خور [khûr] (east), सूरज [sūraj]

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The Emoji Movie is directed by a gay man and has a woman of colour in the cast, so I'm going to need Tumblr to think long and hard about why they really don't like this movie

Just kidding, but that sounds like something somebody would say doesn’t it

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Is there a difference between Islamists that are taking down statues in Niniva and leftists that are taking down statues in the west? Less than you’d like to admit

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I am sick of people thinking deodorant is optional

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when ur the last one to get introduced to a group of people

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please look at my cat’s feet

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Broken Sword: The Shadow of the Templars 🔝

hey reblog or reply w/ games that feel like home for you, games that immediately make u feel calm and peaceful the second you hear the intro music, and it’s like coming home or a breath of fresh air

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