#Foreign Languages Course

[thelanguagesstudio]

Foreign Languages Course, Visa Filling Course and Air Ticketing Course

[maulfucker]

racism in star wars will have wikis saying shit like "this species that is inspired on a real life non-white people is just too stupid to use the Force"

[supes9]

It's a foreign language to me, baby

But I love hearing you talk...

[learnukrainian]

Free online courses about Ukraine

Basics of the Ukrainian Language and Culture - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/introduction-ukrainian-language-and-culture/

Ukraine: History, Culture, and Identities; this course is available in English, French, Italian, and Norwegian on Coursera: https://ui.org.ua/en/sectors-en/the-first-online-course-about-ukraine-in-english/

The Making of Modern Ukraine with Timothy Snyder: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-making-of-modern-ukraine

Crimea: History and People on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/course/crimea-history-and-people/

[moonshadow-study]

Back to my assignments. ✨

My English exam went pretty well, considering how little room for errors there was and I got a B+

Now I have a ton of assignments ahead, including an important and very detailed translation assignment that I will probably mess up. 😅

[lokijiro]

Sherlock says "Cherchez le chien" in THOB, and makes dream!Mycroft say "Cherchez la femme" in TAB.

Mycroft likely helped Sherlock learn French when he was a child. Maybe the brothers occasionally say French phrases to each other when they don't want to be understood by a nearby person.

[kaikhou]

learning spanish as a foreign language and having the opposite distribution of understanding to my heritage language, as in the type of language i’m having the most trouble understanding is simple everyday language spoken around family. sure i can read this scientific article fairly easily but god forbid my bf’s mom asks me what i want for dinner

[vibrantstarfire]

god i hate this course. but it's good for me to do something i hate if it gets me back in the groove of forcing myself to do academics.

[minglana]

somebody tagging a buñuel film, which was a mexican production during his exile from spain during the francoist dictatorship, as "old hollywood"... what if i killed everyone. bomb the US of A NOW

[paparoach]

Maybe at some point I will reinstall Ace Attorney trilogy and 100% that

[sifil-blog]

German Language Levels Explained from A1 to C2

Achieving fluency in German will open a lot of opportunities for you at school and at work. The Common European Framework of Reference for Languages describes six levels of language proficiency, ranging from A1 to C2. You will learn all these levels in foreign language courses.

All German Language Levels

Here is an overview of each level and how to get there.

A1: You get to know basic grammar and vocabulary. You can introduce yourself, ask simple questions, and understand daily phrases.

A2: A2 enables you to talk in everyday contexts, such as going shopping or discussing daily routines. You can describe your life and participate in basic conversations, which is good for tourists or beginners.

B1: B1 lets you grasp conversations on common subjects and take positions. You can narrate stories and provide future proposals.

B2: You will be able to explain abstruse matters in detail, grasp elaborate writings, and communicate correctly for work purposes.

C1: You find greater depth in the language. It enables you to write coherent texts, comprehend idiomatic expressions, and understand implied meanings.

C2: C2 means you can use German like a native. You are fluent enough to do advanced professional or academic tasks.

Is A2 German Enough?

A2 is enough for minimum survival in Germany: travelling, chatting with friends, etc. However, more profound knowledge of the language is needed to be qualified for higher education or jobs.

Is B2 German Sufficient for Working in Germany?

B2 is the minimum for most health-related work, IT, and customer support jobs. You can cope in a workplace environment and with others in general settings, but not for professional communication. In academia, law, or technical areas of specialisation, you require C1 or above for appropriate, sophisticated expression.

How to Achieve Each Level

Achieving these levels requires dedication and the right resources. Classroom courses and self-study apps such as Duolingo or Babbel are extremely effective. Engage with native speakers on language exchange platforms and practice through Goethe-Institut exams to earn official certifications.

Each level of German proficiency has a different purpose from A1 to C2. Whether you travel, study, or work in Germany, there is a level that suits your purposes. Learn German today with the best German language classes in Pune and discover the world of opportunities!

[mathmusicreading]

@yummysuika @ospreywhite I really appreciate your translation work; can you explain more about shichen timekeeping to me? Because I know a tiny bit of modern Mandarin Chinese, but I can't recognize the shichens as the zodiac animals:

Zi (I don't know "rat", so I actually can't make any argument here.)

Chou (I don't know "ox", but I reasonably could have expected "niu" for "cow".)

Yin (I know "tiger" as "hu".)

Mao (I don't know "rabbit", but to me "mao" is "cat".)

Chen (I know "dragon" as "long".)

Si (I don't know "snake", but now I find it interesting that it sounds like death, like snakes could be seen as evil in Chinese culture similar to how they are seen in the Christian world.)

Wu (I know "horse" as "ma".)

Wei (I know "sheep/goat" as "yang".)

Shen (I don't know "monkey", but I would have expected "Sun" or "Wu" or "Kong" because of "Monkey King".)

You (I know "rooster/chicken" as " ji".)

Xu (I know "dog" as "gou".)

Hai (I don't know "pig/boar" unless "pork" and "pig" are the same "siu".)

I tried asking my parents, but they just starting talking about how the Chinese zodiac is actually a 60-year cycle with the 12 animals and the 5 elements. So are these shichen names the "Pre-Han dynasty semi-descriptive terms"? Is it kind of like the difference between "midday" and "noon" in English? The former is a "descriptor", the latter is a "name", but they "mean" the same thing?

(I tried checking the etymology for "noon" on dictionary.com, so to be fair "ninth hour" is a descriptor, but in Modern English it's not really recognizable as such and so for the sake of my shichen question, I'm calling "noon" a "name".)

Or is this another language/dialect or due to the evolution of language (changing words and pronunciations)?

I was also looking up the Dragon Boat Festival being on the unluckiest day of the year, and it says, "The Chinese name of the festival is pronounced differently in different Chinese languages. Duanwu (端午) literally means 'starting horse'—i.e., the first "horse day" of the month according to the Chinese zodiac." so I was able to get the exact character for "wu". I think it's interesting that Wikipedia says "literally ... horse" but putting 午 into Google Translate yields "midday, noonday, seventh earthly branch, 11 a.m.-1 p.m." It's unfortunate that Wikipedia only says "different Chinese languages" for "Duanwu" instead of specifying them or time periods, but I appreciate it listing different romanizations by country for Cantonese.

Would you say there's any pattern to Chinese writers or English translators using the above terms vs. using "hour/time/head/body/tail of the (insert zodiac animal here)"? Like if one sounds better for a historical fantasy setting, or choosing to use the pinyin in English instead of translating to not be translating literally? ETA: I should have gotten onto a computer sooner. I asked my parents and then you guys because searching "shichen" in Wikipedia just resulted in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chinese_units_of_measurement. But further digging took me to https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Traditional_Chinese_timekeeping. I'll probably get answers there (Maybe I'll even be able to explain to my dad why he was thinking of ten stems and not matching mathematically with "60 is from 12 times 5, not 10 times 6" when he was trying to lecture on the 60-year cycle for the Chinese zodiac, lol.), so my apologies for bothering you. I'd still appreciate your thoughts on what was formerly the last paragraph about writing and translation choices!

[linguisticqurocity]

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[ratsetflummi]

i know it's like common knowledge that reading smut in your native language is horrible and that you should always read it in english so you don't die from the cringe

but recently i've been finding that smut in my native language is actually hotter than smut in english, not sure why, maybe because the descriptions feel more visceral because the phrases used are more familiar

just saying you might want to revisit that if you haven't tried reading in your native language in a while

[languageboutique]

[gulagorkestar]

*actively forcing my brain to think about anything other than the fact ill be speaking 6 languages by the time i finish my degree*