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Learning a language is not just memorizing vocabulary and grammar structures, but it is also learning about the country where it’s spoken and the culture and the people who speak it. This is why I made this challenge and I hope many langblrs will participate!

To participate in this challenge you have to learn something about the topics I’ve listed below for 30 days. You don’t have to follow the order I’ve provided and you can take breaks between tasks if you’re busy with real life. You can use whichever resources you want - the internet, books, documentaries, people living in the country you’re learning about, etc. If you want to, you can post about your progress (daily or every now and then) and tell what you have learned. If you do, please tag your posts as #langblrculturechallenge so that I and others can see what you have learned and learn something as well!

Extra challenge: learn a few new words related to the topic you’re learning about!

Topics

1. Basic information (the name of the country, location, area, capital, population, official languages, currency, time-zone, etc.) 2. History 3. Geography 4. Politics 5. Economy 6. Science, technology, inventions 7. Transportation 8. Education 9. Health 10. Population 11. Languages 12. Religion 13. Calendar, holidays, festivals 14. Traditions 15. Values and etiquette, manners and customs, taboos 16. Family 17. Cuisine 18. Clothing 19. Art 20. Literature 21. Music 22. Dance 23. Architecture 24. Handicrafts 25. Sports 26. Media 27. Folklore and mythology 28. Stereotypes 29. National symbols 30. Topic of your choice

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I've been very off in langblr ugh sorry for that

But I'm practicing kanjis more than before! I'm going to come up with some tips to learn kanjis faster soon!

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I was level 1 in August, level 2 in October and I did study hard for this!!! I'm level 5 now yay🥰

I've an entire plan list that I've made for myself to study Korean w/o spending much money lol and I'll share that here soon!

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This is my first neat mind map lol.

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Free Online Language Courses

Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos.  You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.

American Sign Language

ASL University

Arabic

Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop down menu)

Arabic Without Walls

Intro to Arabic

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Catalan Sign Language

Intro to Catalan Sign Language

Chinese

Beginner

Basic Chinese

Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V

Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II

Beginner’s Chinese

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters

Chinese for HSK 1

First Year Chinese I &  II

HSK Level 1

Mandarin Chinese I

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)

Intermediate

Chinese Stories

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

Online Courses here

Resources Here

Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

Basic Finnish

Finnish for Immigrants

Finnish for Medical Professionals

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Basic French Skills

Beginner’s French: Food & Drink

Diploma in French

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

French in Action

French for Beginners

French Language Studies I, II, III

French:Ouverture

Intermediate & Advanced

French: Le Quatorze Juillet

Passe Partout 

La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie

Frisian

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)

German

Beginner

Beginner’s German: Food & Drink

Conversational German I, II, III, IV

Deutsch im Blick

Diploma in German

Rundblick-Beginner’s German

Advanced

German:Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte

Landschaftliche Vielfalt

Hebrew

Biblical Hebrew

Know the Hebrew Alphabet

Teach Me Hebrew

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Business Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Introduction to Irish

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6 

Intermediate & Advaned

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced Italian I

La Commedia di Dante

Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Sing and Learn Japanese

Tufs JpLang

Kazakh

A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Nepali

Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian

Norwegian on the Web

Portuguese

Curso de Português para Estrangeiros 

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian

Advanced

Reading Master and Margarita

Russian as an Instrument of Communication

Siberia: Russian for Foreigners

Spanish

Beginner

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Basic Spanish for English Speakers

Beginner’s Spanish:Food & Drink

Fastbreak Spanish

Introduction to Spanish

Restaurants and Dining Out

Spanish for Beginners

Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Spanish Vocabulary

Intermediate

Spanish:Ciudades con Historia

Spanish:Espacios Públicos

Advanced

Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones 

Leer a Macondo

Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos

Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas

Swedish

Intro to Swedish

Swedish Made Easy 1, 2, & 3

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Ukrainian Language for Beginners

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Discovering Wales

Multiple Languages

Ancient Languages

More Language Learning Resources & Websites!

Last updated: March 1, 2017

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I like how Duolingo equalises humans and animals- like we all are equal, but oh please, there's a limit - T.T

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The way teachers make mistakes in the question paper and THEN denies the correct answer, and on top of that you have some dumb classmates who think along the same line as your Teacher-

Im frustrated.

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DAY 5

I learned 20 (more than 20 actually) words today <3

I'm tired so I'm not typing them here again :((

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Review day! 復習の日!

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ghh

擬音語　(ぎおんご)

Onomatopoeia in Japanese

The Japanese language has a large inventory of sound symbolic or mimetic words, many of them are used in spoken Japanese as well. These ae used to describe an action/ or a sound that an action produces or just a state of smth based on its taste or appearance.

Here's my list of onomatopoeia in Japanese but there are many many more- remember that you can write these in both hiragana as well katakana, whichever you want to use.

モチモチ chewy

フワフワ fluffy

サクサク crispy

サラサラ crunchy

バリバリ soupy

ギトギト oily

ザーザー sound of heavy rain

ピューピュー the whistling sound of blowing wind

ゴロゴロ sound of thunder

ワンワン woof woof

ニャン meow

ニャーニャー meow meow

カーカー　crow cawing

ブーブー oink

メーメー sheep's baa baa

ズルズル　slurp sound

ガブガブ　glup a drink

ブツブツ grumble (complain)

ドキドキheartbeat

パタパタ flapping (of flag/cloth) in wind

ニコニコto grin

ゲラゲラ roaring w laughter

ラブラブ　to be in love

ゴロゴロ to be idle/ laze around (the same word as the one for thunder)

シクシク to weep or sob

キョロキョロ to look around restlessly

パケパケ heartily eating

グウグウ fast asleep or snoring

スラスラ to read smoothly

ザラザラ to feel rough (a surface)

ベタベタ　to feel sticky (surface)

ツルツル to feel smooth/ slippery/ sticky (surface)

ワクワク excited

イライラ irritated

メロメロ madly in love or drunk

キラキラ glittering/ twinkling (of stars)

ピポピポ siren

マゴマゴ confused

お腹がペコペコ to be hungry

ジロジロ見る to stare

ウルウル teary eye

ムキムキ muscular

スラスラ (to read) fluently

How to use the onomatopoeia in a sentence?

They are used as an adjective but can also be used as an adverb.

For example-

フワフワケーキですね!(What a fluffy cake!)

雨がザーザー降っている。(it's raining heavily)

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Thank you for reading, I've added a I knew and some extras that I've found newly.

Please reblog if you have found this of any help ☺️ and have a nice day . I'm going to post more things like this, soon ❣️

~~~Sri <333

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Japanese Resources

Essentials

Rikaisama - Pop-op Dictionary - based on Rikaichan Yamasa.cc - Learn Handwritten Stroke Order Anki - Spaced Repetition Software Japanese Stack Exchange - Ask Questions, Get Answers Dictionary Codes and Meaning - ex: v4k, vi Chinese and Japanese Characters Mnemonics - Stroke Orders, Lists, Study Sheets A better Japanese font for Windows web browsers Verb Conjugation Chart - gaoshukai Similar Kanji Lookup

Dictionaries

Jisho.org Tangorin - English⇆Japanese Online Dictionary Honyaku Star - Simple and Fast Dictionary | No ローマ字 | Specifically for Translators JLect - Japanese Dialect Word Search TMdict - vocabularies from games, books, anime, and other works by Type-Moon.

Kanji Alive_ Web App - Kanji Lookup, Stroke Orders, Examples, Picture Mnemonics Kanji Dictionary - 漢字辞典 Etymologies - A comprehensive, illustrated dictionary with etymologies, pictographs & definitions in English and Japanese More Eymologies - Traditional & Simplified CH/JP Oichan’s Dictionary - CN/JP/EN Dictionary Proverb Dictionary - Dutch, English, and Japanese

語源由来辞典 - Etymology Dictionary 平明四字熟語辞典 - 4-Character Idiomatic Compound Dictionary 故事ことわざ辞典 - Proverb Dictionary 日本語俗語辞書 - Colloquial Language Dictionary 日本語コロケーション辞典

IT用語辞典 e-Words - Internet and Technical Terms 三省堂 Web Dictionary - Sanseido Weblio - 辞書 - Main Dictionary Weblio - シソーラス - Thesaurus Weblio 翻訳 - Translate alc.co.jp - Another Great Dictionary goo.ne.jp - Goo’s Dictionary kotobank.jp - Uses yahoo.co.jp dictionary with a nice Interface Tatoeba - Example Sentences Tsukuba Corpus 複合動詞レキシコン - Compound Verb Lexicon Yamasa.cc - Learn handwritten stroke order kotoba.ne.jp - Extremely useful once you learn its capabilities Excite.co.jp’s Dictionary with Pitch Accent

Software

Houhou SRS - Dictionary + SRS Tagaini Jisho - Dictionary on each OS zKanji - Another Dictionary + SRS Capture2Text - Get Text from Manga and Other Images JGloss - Automatically annotate Japanese text with readings and translations KanjiTomo aard OmegaT - Translation Memory Tool Foreign Language Text Reader Learning With Texts Language Tool - Proofreading/Spellcheck Program Lingoes - Dictionary & Translation StarDict Wakan - Dictionary App for Chinese and Japanese

Thesauri

Goo.ne.jp’s Thesaurus 類語同義語辞典 - Quasi-synonym/synonym Dictionary

Learning the Language

Wanikani - Learn Kanji Through Spaced Repetition (Paid Subscription) Japaneseclass.jp - Vocabulary and Kanji Kapibara - Apps and Materials U-biq - Japanese study Japanese Stack Exchange - Ask Questions, Get Answers Tae Kim’s Guide - Site for Complete Beginners Chinese and Japanese Characters Mnemonics - With much more material Japanese Parts of Speech - 日本語 Japanese Linguistics - General Terms, Parts of Speech, Particles, etc - General Linguistics Loanwords - gaoshukai.com Esaura - Q&A site dedicated to J<->E translation. Lang-8 - Write Journals, Get Corrections from Natives (All Languages) Japanese Reading Practice with Tanaka Corpus Tips on Japanese JLPT Study Materials JLPT Vocabulary Lists HiNative - Q&A OnomatoProject - Practice Japanese onomatopoeia (擬音語) and mimetic words (擬態語) with examples and illustrations!

Grammar

Imabi - Lessons From Basic to Classical Japanese | Everything You Need for Grammar Kanzen Grammar - Sentences broken down in detail JGram - Japanese Grammar Database Renshuu.org - Over 600 entries for Grammar Jtest4you Auxiliary Verb Chart

Radicals

Kanji Radical Names - 仮名 and ローマ字 214 Traditional Radicals - From Kanji Alive Radical Names in Japanese - with kanji used More Kanji Radicals

Kana

Rapid Recognition Trainer for Hiragana and Katakana Multiple Font and Stroke Magnifier Kana - Anomalous Cursive Syllabary

Advanced Learning

Mistakes & Differences Guide Different Kanji With Same Reading and (Usually) Meaning Slight Different Meanings Read Your Level

Reading Material

Aozora Bunko - Japanese Project Gutenberg Bauddha.net - Similar to Aozora Children’s Reading Material - Fairy Tails Reajer - Bilingual Texts & Frequently-updated Language Blog

Manga & Light Novels

Comico - Manga & Light Novels Mangabox Vomic - Manga with Voice (Mac users download VLC web plugin) Kadokawa - Free Comics

Light Novels

Tueee 小説を読もう！

Anime

AniChart Anime List Hummingbird - MAL Alternative Anime Recommendation Finder

Crunchyroll - Watch Anime Legally Japanese Subtitles

News

SmartNews - Japanese Smartphone News App SANSPO.COM（サンスポ） NHKニュース and NHK Easy Version 朝日新聞 - Asahi and Children’s Edition Japan Times Japan Today MATCHA and Easy Japanese Version - Japan Travel Magazine Metropolis Magazine | Japan’s Number 1 English Magazine Tokyo Weekender - English Magazine Yomiuri, Children’s Edition, and English Edition Easy News - Newsinslowjapanese.com Nikkei Sankei

Japanese Sign Language

ITEC More Lessons

Dialect Study

JLect - Dialect Word Search Osaka-Ben Kansai-Ben Kansaiben.com Kansai-Ben Word List

Pitch Accent

U-Biq Pitch Accent Diagram Excite.co.jp’s Dictionary with Pitch Accent OJAD Online Japanese Accent Dictionary

Recommended Books

White Rabbit Japan - Buy Things From Japan - A Dictionary of Basic Japanese Grammar - A Dictionary of Intermediate Japanese Grammar - A Dictionary of Advanced Japanese Grammar - Dictionary of Misused Japanese - Kanji Dictionary - 1006 Kanji Picture Dictionary - ALC’s Japanese for Business: Business Etiquette

J-LIST - Buys Things From Japan - Handbook for Newcomers, Migrants and Immigrants to Japan - Bilingual - Encyclopedia of Japan - Bilingual

Amazon - The Kodansha Kanji Learner’s Dictionary: Revised and Expanded - Kodansha’s Furigana Japanese Dictionary (Kodansha Dictionaries) - The Kodansha Kanji Dictionary - The Original Modern Reader’s Japanese-English Character Dictionary - The New Nelson Japanese-English Character Dictionary

Culture & Life

AFA Channel - Japanese Pop Culture Video Channel Becomming Legally Japanese - Information on Naturalization Danny Choo - Culture Japan Japan-guide - Your Guide to Japan Japan Subculture Research Center - Yakuza and other cool culture information Just Bento - Blog About Bentos Just Hungry - Japanese Food & Recipes néojapanisme Spoon & Tamago - Japanese Art, Design, and Culture What Japan Thinks - Surveys of Japanese People Niponica - Free Multilingual Magazine in HTML, PDF, or E-Book Nippon.com - Your Doorway to Japan

Music

JPop Asia - Asian Music Videos, Top Charts, Lyrics, & Forum Kasi-time - Lyric Search Utamap - Another Lyric Search utaten - Lyrics with Furigana Lyric Get - Copy Lyrics on Restricted Japanese Lyric Websites

Information

JLPT - Japanese Language Proficiency Test Information JNTO - Japan National Tourism Organization JET Programme - Japan Exchange and Teaching Programme Japanese Language Schools - List of language schools in Japan Society for Teaching Japanese as a Foreign Language

Scholarships

JASSO - Japan Student Services Organization Benjamin A. Gilman International Scholarship Program - U.S. Citizens

Work

GaijinPot - Jobs and Other Information Japan Today Jobs - International Jobs in Japan Kansai Flea Market - Jobs, Classifieds Metropolis Classifieds O-Hayo Sensei - The Newsletter of (Teaching) Jobs in Japan White Companies - Information

Wanikani Extensions

KaniWani - Reverse WaniKani Duendecat - Sample Sentences from WaniKani Progress WaniKani to Anki Exporter

Misc

Free Japanese Kana and Kanji Fonts http://www.find-job.net/startup/ Convert Japanese Dates and Western Dates Japanese History - Wikibooks Japanese Ghost Stories - Hyakumonogatari Reading Speed, Comprehension and Eye Movements While Reading Japanese Novels - Scholarly Article Hinoki Project 何年.jp/ - Japanese 平成 (Heisei) Year Lookup Math Symbols & Readings Traditional Colors of Japan - With Hex Values Color-sample - Colors in detail Onomatopoeia Picture Game - in Japanese Kanji Used in Important Documents Free Beautiful Handwriting - Handwriting Practice Sheets with Your Own Data

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((DAY 4/100))

감정 - Emotions

행복하다 happy

슬프다 sad

부끄럽다 shy, embarrassed

배고프다 hungry

피곤하다 tired

화가나다 angry

놀라다 surprised

미친다 crazy

긴장하다 nervous

부럽다 envious

짜증나다 annoyed

아프다 sick

만족하다 content

장난스럽다 mischievous

역겹다 disgusted

느긋하다 relaxed

실망하다 disappointed

섭섭하다 disappointed

심심하다 bored

무섭다 scared

지루하다 bored

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擬音語　(ぎおんご)

Onomatopoeia in Japanese

The Japanese language has a large inventory of sound symbolic or mimetic words, many of them are used in spoken Japanese as well. These ae used to describe an action/ or a sound that an action produces or just a state of smth based on its taste or appearance.

Here's my list of onomatopoeia in Japanese but there are many many more- remember that you can write these in both hiragana as well katakana, whichever you want to use.

モチモチ chewy

フワフワ fluffy

サクサク crispy

サラサラ crunchy

バリバリ soupy

ギトギト oily

ザーザー sound of heavy rain

ピューピュー the whistling sound of blowing wind

ゴロゴロ sound of thunder

ワンワン woof woof

ニャン meow

ニャーニャー meow meow

カーカー　crow cawing

ブーブー oink

メーメー sheep's baa baa

ズルズル　slurp sound

ガブガブ　glup a drink

ブツブツ grumble (complain)

ドキドキheartbeat

パタパタ flapping (of flag/cloth) in wind

ニコニコto grin

ゲラゲラ roaring w laughter

ラブラブ　to be in love

ゴロゴロ to be idle/ laze around (the same word as the one for thunder)

シクシク to weep or sob

キョロキョロ to look around restlessly

パケパケ heartily eating

グウグウ fast asleep or snoring

スラスラ to read smoothly

ザラザラ to feel rough (a surface)

ベタベタ　to feel sticky (surface)

ツルツル to feel smooth/ slippery/ sticky (surface)

ワクワク excited

イライラ irritated

メロメロ madly in love or drunk

キラキラ glittering/ twinkling (of stars)

ピポピポ siren

マゴマゴ confused

お腹がペコペコ to be hungry

ジロジロ見る to stare

ウルウル teary eye

ムキムキ muscular

スラスラ (to read) fluently

How to use the onomatopoeia in a sentence?

They are used as an adjective but can also be used as an adverb.

For example-

フワフワケーキですね!(What a fluffy cake!)

雨がザーザー降っている。(it's raining heavily)

____________________________________

Thank you for reading, I've added a I knew and some extras that I've found newly.

Please reblog if you have found this of any help ☺️ and have a nice day . I'm going to post more things like this, soon ❣️

~~~Sri <333

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Idk why I like to make notes for the subjects I like only lol

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Spanish lessons for cheap!

Hello everyone! My name is Leandro (or Leo, if you find my name hard to pronounce) and I’m a 21 year old guy from Argentina. I’m currently studying to get a BA in English and Spanish Teaching as a Foreign Language.

Argentina is going through a terrible economic crisis, which got a lot worse with the pandemic, so I’ve decided to start teaching Spanish.

I’m very passionate about languages and I’m a language student myself, so I know how frustrating it can be sometimes. 

We can focus on grammar, conversation, writing or whatever you need! I can also suit the lessons to your interests!

If you are interested or have any doubts please don’t hesitate to get in touch with me. I’d really appreciate it if you could reblog this  ❤

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Language, linguistics and translation books!

So I’ve made a Dropbox with seven folders:

Deutsch (German)

English

Español (Spanish)

Français (French)

Italiano (Italian)

Linguistics and translation (includes phonetics and semiotics)

Português (Portuguese)

You can find it here.

I’ll add more languages and more books soon!