#language learning update

[ben-learns-smth]

mini norwegian update

when I texted my friend the other day I was able to exchange niceties with her in norwegian without having to look up the vocab!

vocab that made me pause today:

potet, en <3

forresten (I keep thinking it means vorgestern..)

selvsagt (-> selbst gesagt -> selbstverständlich -> natürlich 😌)

[bhashashikhi]

Week#2 Update

Henlo! Hope your week went well. I have been mostly doing passive listening to both French and Mandarin content this week. The A level panic is finally somewhat settling in. I have watched some Peppa Pig in Mandarin as well to see if I can pick up some words, however I did not note new words down or make any further attempt to understand/learn them. The next few weeks are going to be similar. I might throw in some active learning too, let’s see how everything goes. Wish me luck for my exams and especially me prep. Have a great week ahead!

Lots of love,

Tsw

[yiddish-shmues]

Yiddish Resources Masterpost

Apps and Websites

Bluebird

Clozemaster

Duolingo

Jiddisch Kurs (German)

Mango

Memrise Community Courses

Polygloss (app)

Quizlet Vocab Set (in progress)

YiddishPOP

Yiddish Quizzes

Yiddish Wordle

Classes (Free and Paid)

Oxford School of Rare Jewish Languages

Yiddish Book Center Courses

Yiddishland California

YIVO

Dictionaries

Dutch Yiddish Online Dictionary

University of Kentucky Online Dictionary

Plant Name Dictionary

Yiddishland Yiddish Place Names

Films and Theatre

Digital Yiddish Theatre Project

National Yiddish Theatre Folksbiene

Newspapers

Forverts

TamTam

PDFs:

MEGA folder

Podcasts and Radio

Proste Yiddish

Vaybertaytsh

Yiddish Voice

Literature, Archives and Recordings:

Edward Blank Vilna YIVO Online Collection

Frances Brandt Online Yiddish Audio Library

In Geveb - A Journal of Yiddish Studies

Jewish Public Library

Jewish Women's Archive

Noah Cotsen Library of Yiddish Children's Literature

Online Treasury of Yiddish Poetry

Steven Spielberg Digital Library

Wexler Oral History Project

Yiddish Audiobooks

Yiddishkayt

Yiddish Poetry with Translation

Yizkor Book Collection

Music

Archive of Yiddish Folksongs

Personal Spotify Playlist

YidLid

Yiddish Song Collection

Other

Yiddish Keyboard

[isa-belle1367]

Imagine desmond manages to survive the end and has to go back into normal society.

Now, this is remembering the fact that Desmond has lived through so many lives that he can barely remember his own. Along with the fact that he is now part Isu due to his arm absorbing power from the eye.

I feel like due to him being part Isu now, no one would trust him. They would be able to sense something is wrong, that he's not fully human. But they are also weirdly drawn to him and feel compelled to do as he asks.

And when they look in his eyes, they see the lives of dozens of people. Millions of memories cramped inside his head to the point he could barely think. If you look into his eyes for too long, you can almost hear the crowd of voices.

He also has many weird habits. He is very picky about keeping knives sharp and always holds himself as if he's prepared for a fight at all times. Sometimes, he starts talking with an unfamiliar accent or will switch languages entirely, and they are almost never the same.

Or when he gets mad, the area around him reeks of ozone from his arm. One time, a guy was harassing a girl on the street, and his arm crackled and caught his hoodie on fire. He didn't notice until the guy ran away screaming "fire!" And when he realized, he just sighed, pulled off his hoodie, and stopped out the fire like it was a normal Tuesday.

Other times, he will randomly look over his shoulder as if someone called his name even though no one was there. He then just sighs, mutters something in a different language, and goes back to his conversation.

One time, you asked him to grab you something from across the bar and immediately disappeared into the crowd. You were completely unable to see him despite him being perfectly in view just seconds ago. You don't find him again until he taps your shoulder and silently hands you what you asked for. You have no clue how he managed to come up behind you like that. Especially because you were behind the bar, and you kept one eye on the only entrance the entire time.

[alfredosauce50]

Allen working as a butcher and seeing a pretty girl in the store then moving mountains to be with her and even going to the lengths to try and convert to Catholicism simply because she’s Catholic 😭

Yeah baby I’ll get baptized if that’s what you like 😌 Then he goes in a confession box and is like wow I just rattle on all the ways I fucked up? Aight that’s cool with me. Anyways, on Sunday, I got into a fight

[solradguy]

Finally overhauled and updated the Japanese resources page on my Neocities. Added a lot of new things and also reorganized it so that it's a little easier for absolute beginners to get into

[languagelearningcorner]

Language Learning Journey Update

It's been a while since I've been on Tumblr! In the months I've been away, I was focusing heavily on Persian and strengthening my skills in all areas of the language before I switch to a maintenance phase and pick up another language. During this time, I also got really into planning and journaling which has helped me better structure language learning in my schedule as well as reflect on how best to structure my time.

I certainly learned a lot from this time but the biggest takeaway for me is that my biggest pain point when learning a language is acquiring vocabulary. I tend to let it happen rather naturally (slowly) and while it's a valid method, it also leads me to stagnate and plateau. That's why, with the change in my language learning plans, I've also restructured my learning schedule (for, like, the millionth time).

Learning Two Languages Simultaneously

I was originally planning on (re)learning Korean after going through the intensive 3 months of Persian but recent developments in my professional life have pushed me to start learning Cantonese instead. My goal for Cantonese is mostly to reach a decent listening comprehension level and a basic speaking level.

Although I'm learning Cantonese from scratch, I feel that I still have a long way to go with Persian. I am not ready for a traditional maintenance phase, but I know I am close to burn out and have to dial it back. The schedule is structured around Persian and I fill the rest of the time I was using for Persian previously, for Cantonese.

ON/OFF Weeks System

This system was inspired by my need to find a different way to learn and focus on vocabulary while also avoiding burn out in Persian.

ON Weeks: These are weeks where I will be focusing on 1 skill in Persian in the mornings. For example, on Monday, I will be reading intensively (e.g., breaking down phrases, re-reading, translating, compiling vocabulary) for about 25 minutes. In the afternoons, I am working on getting exposure to Cantonese and learning the sound system.

OFF Weeks: These weeks involve only practicing the Persian vocabulary I accumulated during the ON weeks. I'll be re-reading them, defining or looking up words on Forvo, writing practice sentences, uploading them to HelloTalk, and correcting them. I also do some light, passive activities like listening while I clean something or reading for a few minutes without stopping to translate.

Off weeks don't really change much in the way of Cantonese. I will continue with my plan as is.

Maintenance languages: I do have to maintain French and Spanish, however, I am lucky that I interact with languages almost on a daily basis. When I foresee that a day may be void of one, I'll stack it with another hobby of mine (e.g., journaling in Spanish or reading in French).

An ON week coming up.

Tools pictured: Night owl by Owl Paper Co planner, Asvine P50 fountain pen, Tombow Fudenosuke hard tip brush pen, Zebra Mildliner highlighters

[meichenxi]

life update!!

hello my friends!

as ever, not active - life happened! I probably will continue not being active, so let's count this blog as on semi-hiatus. BUT. I have big news!

I am!!!! going to china!!!! in august!!! for ten months!!! to work as a volunteer interpreter in a martial arts academy!!!! in a buddhist temple!!!!

I get to train with the foreign students 8+ hours a day, and translate when needed!!!!

ok that's the announcement, love and peace <3

I will be getting up at stupid o'clock (5:45am), eating in silence, wearing uniform / robes at all times, teach a beginners' chinese class, and also. crucially. do really HUGE amounts of Kung Fu!!!!

on a serious note, I have been trying SO hard for SO long during and after covid to get back to china. but now I actually HAVE THE VISA, as of today, the ticket is booked, all - praise be - will be well. I am so afraid to jinx it further, and so very happy :)

I would never have thought when I started this blog back in 2020 that I'd be able to use what I've learnt, all the 'useless' martial arts knowledge from copious amounts of trash wuxia, in an actually useful context. more long term, I also get to see if interpreting is right for me, improve my chinese, and get very fit - all for free :D

hope everyone is well! - meichenxi

[strawberrymleko]

Week 1: Apr 28 - May 4 🦋

Polish 🇵🇱

Duolingo Units 1-6: basic greetings, basic verbs, some basic use of accusative and instrumental cases, people, food

Colloquial Polish Units 1-3: basic greetings, a few verbs, basic questions, accusative case

Clozemaster

Watched Dzień Świra on yt with English subtitles

Put all new words into flashcards

Russian 🇷🇺

Clozemaster

Ukrainian 🇺🇦

Clozemaster

Pics: Rose Garden near the Natural History Museum in LA 🌹

[ben-learns-smth]

german sign language update (dgs2, 3 lessons left)

I'm really happy with my sign language progress atm! my teacher gives us more time at the end to have casual conversations and I've noticed how much that helps me to feel more secure. I also chatted with my teacher after class a bit today and made it work even when lacking vocab!

things I want to work on/ focus on:

keeping my voice off for the whole lesson (in person class really tempts me to whisper a funny comment to my friend & the rest of class uses their voice a lot.. gotta be a bit stricter w myself)

fingerspelling (I've got a solid speed spelling myself, but I'm very slow on reading it.. gotta practice, thank god for youtube)

not counting in bsl (one handed counting is so convenient, it's hard to leave behind)

[bhashashikhi]

Week#1 update

This was Eid week so I couldn’t get much done. I only finished a part of Chapter: 0 of my French DELF book. I still have a couple exercises left from there. So I decided to sit down and write a few lines in French which is something I haven’t done in forever. However, I don’t feel bad about my progress as I spent my Eid well and I’m grateful for that. Plus I have not been doing well mentally at all. 

For Mandarin, I looked into some Chinese learning resources and downloaded bianca.learns’s Anki deck from their Youtube video. I hope to use that. I also plan on starting to listen to the podcast: 声东击西. I had to call some people in China and even though they picked and greeted me in Mandarin, my brain panicked and immediately asked if they spoke English instead of first explaining that I’m a mere beginner in Mandarin. Hope your week went well, even if not hope the upcoming one goes better. 

Lots of love,

Tsw

[aro-langblr]

long ass language update post :b

the line of thought is scattered because my brain can't function coherently much anymore, but I've colored coded this to hopefully be easier to read. blue is japanese, pink is lithuanian, green is german, and uncolored is overview thoughts.

at the moment, my studies are still inconsistent and disorganized as hell, but I don't think I'm going to try to fix it — not actively, at least. I'm pretty much only actively studying lithuanian right now, but I'm occasionally interacting with japanese too.

I still only sit down to "study" lithuanian about once a week, but I often listen to music, watch the news when it pops up, google questions, and read articles whenever I feel curious. as for japanese, I'm still extremely intimidated by how much knowledge I've lost. I talk with people below my level, but I'm not pushing myself much at all because I get discouraged still. I want to read ダンジョン飯 (among other things), but it's hard to make myself when mentally I've set myself up for failure... I'm trying, but it will take a while for me to find an adequate amount of courage.

that said, this is way better than what I've been averaging over the past 2 years. I'm still not really succeeding or meeting goals, but I'm trying and this is the closest I've gotten to "progress" in a long time. so I'm not gonna try to force myself to create a study plan, schedule, or goals. for now, I think I just need to try, and maybe if I can get a foundation for japanese under my belt again, then I might be able to focus on regaining lost knowledge. and godwilling, one day I'll be able to learn something new again.

I have not studied new grammar for lithuanian in a long, long time. but I've picked up a lot of passive knowledge in the past year. I've gotten better at hearing and understanding the language. with that in mind, I'll be ignoring new grammar points for a while. learning new words and getting language exposure will be the aim. just until I get some foundation for study under me again. even if it takes months.

as for japanese, I'm gonna try to focus on consuming in written media for the time being. I just feel "unsteady" when interacting with japanese, but I have all the knowledge in me. I used to comfortably use japanese. that knowledge is there. writing is the least intimidating form of media for me right now, so I think getting myself to a point where I feel comfortable exploring media again could help gradually expose me to grammar and vocab that's fallen to the deep recesses of my brain. I hope that I can learn to re-encounter these lost pieces of language knowledge in a way that isn't entirely overwhelming. again, I'm not gonna force myself to do anything at the moment. but I do have a goal in mind, and that goal is to read ダンジョン飯

german is definitely on the back burner atm, and it's staying there. compared to japanese, I feel like I haven't lost much german knowledge at all, so I'm picking my battles.

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all that said, I'm still experiencing high levels of memory loss in my daily life, and keeping a line of thought coherent is pretty difficult. it's honestly scary... I think I have to learn to accept that I'll never be capable of the consistency, skill, and progress that once was... but it's hard

​I always feel like I'm disappointing all my mutuals that knew me during my @/langblrblunder days

[nostalgia-tblr]

I think the readers overall were not keen on that final chapter but that's okay it was my first go at the 'epilogue with a baby' structure and I may have made it overly twee or something (or maybe even not twee enough, idk) and so I shall not do it next time I write a multichapter (assuming there is a next time which is something I argue with myself about because Oh So Conflicted). But either way I don't need to write any more of that fic as it is done now. Hurrah!

[languagehoarding]

-- langblr intro! --

Hi, call me Bird! I'm on a gap year and so now have a very large chunk of time to learn languages with the effort I've always wanted to. This blog will be me reblogging language resources, jokes, and posting my progress + practicing my writing when I can.

Active Languages:

🇨🇦 English (Native)

🇪🇸 Español / Spanish (B1)

🇨🇳 中文 / Chinese (Beginner)

Other:

🇯🇵 Japanese (Beginner) - I took a class on it for a year, I might pick if up again but not in the near future

🔆 Toki Pona - I memorized all the words once but get more confused by the grammar, I'll definitely come back to it, but its not a priority

🇵🇭 Tagalog - It's a heritage language, I know a few phrases and want to learn it fully, but not in the near future

🇺🇸 ASL - I stopped learning because I no longer live in a country where people use ASL. I'll learn the sign language(s) of the country I end up in

I'll post more specific targets every week or so! Let me know if you're also learning any of these languages and we can be mutuals, I want to stay motivated :D also, dm me if you want to chat in spanish, I need the practice haha

resources will be tagged #resources

spanish will be tagged #spanishstuff

chinese will be tagged #chinesestuff

my own posts will be tagged #birdsstuff

[luckydoeslanguage]

"You find the key to a small wooden box you found while looking for ink. Unlock the box?" [yes] [no]

Weekly update | 9日４月２０２４年, 火曜日。

今週は珍しいです。

It has been a weird week. Started my immersion routine again, which felt good to get back to learning. i think i like interacting with the language learning community on tumblr the most, to be truthful. I've bounced around a couple language learning communities in the past while picking up and putting JP back down again, and this place feels the most comfortable.

anyways, I got about 4 hours of immersion in last week, which, tbh isn't the best. though maybe expected since its been a couple months since i immersed daily.

hoping to get up to 7 hours of immersion in this week. (1 hr a day, give or take) i also want to explore media this week. started 1 new anime but depending how fast i finish it (its p short compared to CCS) i might start another.

may get back on grammar skimming as well, but we'll see. I'm kind of able to intuit a lot of it now that I'm at 70+ hrs of immersion, but i feel like i need to review again.

(also i may try more short outputs like at the top of this post. feel free to correct me if i sound weird!)

Okay, thats all from me for now. May put out an immersion review of the anime i started last week if i finish it! またね～

[silvertherogue715]

hello! How are you doing? Feeling any better since you caught that cold? This ask is gonna be about Sunstar mainly so I’m gonna split this up into different parts based on the questions. Knowing that Duo attacked and badly injured him I’m curious as to why? Was it cause of the bad emotions that he gave off and effected the other stardroids? Or just a chance encounter that didn’t go well? And does he just stay at one NEC or does he get the other one?

Emotions and relationship wise: Does the NEC still effect his emotions or are they more apparent then before because he only has one of the NEC he had originally? Does this change his behavior in anyway than what he was like originally? Especially his relationship with Terra and Minx(the last ask with his and Does he have any other relationships with the stardroids or know any Navis?

knowing that he’s the leader of the stardroids what does he do exactly?

with his ability being effected by emotions which sorts of emotions cause a increase in heat? Excitement, love, anger, etc. and just an angsty thought that came up has he ever out of instinct tried to grab someone out of panic or reflex and ended up burning them instead? (I assume he’s very careful but the concept of it happening to anyone(Minx, Terra, stardroid) is just a curiosity)

I hope you’re doing well! Have a good day/night! Thank you

I'm doing much better now, thank you! I don't get sick often, so I was a bit caught off-guard, but it also happened right before break when a bunch of assignments were nearing their deadlines. 

Hopefully I'll be able to dedicate way more time to shoveling out Brainrot AU stuff now.

This is a long one! I'll post my answers below the cut.

Why did Duo attack?

There’s a lot of lore for Duo in my AU, but I'm gonna try to simplify it here.

It’s canon in the MMBN anime that Duo began to see his creators and their civilization as evil, and that he eventually destroyed all life on Earth during that time before leaving on a rocket that mimics the appearance of a comet (which is powered by Negative Energy).

In my AU, he sees all NEC-Navis as inherently “evil.”

He uses this comet to approach sources of “evil,” and gives any intelligent life he comes across a “test” to determine whether or not they as a whole are evil and should be destroyed. This also means that Sunstar and the Stardroids are always on his radar. They have clashed several times.

Duo is the first and only Viren Navi with 5 GV-Crystals in his body, and Sunstar only absorbed the extra 3 NE crystals in his body to stand a chance against Duo when no other NE-Navi could. Unfortunately, he had no idea the consequences would be so dire, and was too far gone to stop by the time he realized.

Does he just stay at one NEC?

No. Sunstar is reduced to one NEC after Duo’s attack, but he does eventually regain up to 4 out of the 5 total.

The stardroids secure the two that go into his forearms before arriving to Earth.

Terra obtains the fourth, one of his original two that go in his chest, from Ra Moon after the Stardroids arrive on New Earth.

Minx finds the 5th later..but that’s not important right now =) 

Sunstar was never ”woken up” after the attack from Duo until Terra restored his other original NEC from Ra Moon inside his chest. All the Stardroids knew of the possible side effects from either losing or receiving damage to an Energy Crystal: there had been plenty of personal and historical references to use.

Had they activated him with one NEC, Sunstar would have been missing a huge chunk of his memories. In addition to this, he would have felt his emotions with an all-new intensity that he was unfamiliar with. Think of a usually calm and intimidating individual getting reduced to tears on a regular basis or verbally lashing out after an insult that wouldn’t have normally phased him. Positive side effects would be a temporarily clear mind and non-firey hands, but the downsides outweighed them tenfold. 

The change would definitely put a strain on his relationships. It’d be like having to learn about a person all over again.

What are his relationships?

Most Earth Navis Sunstar is familiar with he has met through/with Minx when he was still “Ra Moon.” He couldn’t/wouldn’t make many friends for several reasons, but some notable cases include:

Napalmman: Both love to talk about their respective netops (Nenji/Minx), and their shared love for explosions and anything fire-related. Friend!

Also occasionally talks with some coworker Navis Napalmman is friends with.

Sprout: Carson’s hilariously underwhelming but overpowered normalnavi. Carson is one of Minx’s older brothers, and due to plot reasons, Sprout is the only other Navi Ra Moon would see occasionally when Minx was a child.

Shadowman: Frenemies. He and Miyabi tried kidnapping him several times at one point, and Ra Moon loves to tease/annoy him whenever he gets the chance.

Shademan: Hate. Can and will fight on sight.

Forte/Bass: Sympathetic, but best to avoid. His relationship with Dr. Cossack (manga-based) is semi-mirrored by his relationship with Minx.

As for the other Stardroids…I hate to admit I have not thought of many specific interactions between Sunstar and all of them. This is the perfect opportunity to brainstorm though! Hmm..

Saturn would likely be chilly to Sunstar given his crush on Terra. Sunstar would probably dislike his poor work ethic and pull the occasional prank on him.   

Venus looks up to him, and while Sunstar finds her adorable, he regularly gives her physically harder tasks (like leading training sessions) to satiate her pride.

Sunstar is practically the only one who interacts with Mars–they both have a mutual understanding of the other, as each were deemed “monsters” by the Viren civilization. I wouldn’t describe them as friends, though.

Mercury annoys him to hell and back and Sunstar does his best to station Mercury as far away from himself as possible. 

Jupiter is one of the only Stardroids who will actively seek out Sunstar without going through Terra first. He has a deep respect for Sunstar’s strength, and finds him less intimidating due to his friendship with Uranus.

Uranus is terrified of Sunstar but plays it off with bravado by challenging him to fights. He has yet to win.

Sunstar likes Pluto and Jupiter maybe the most due to their sort-of friendship with Terra. Also, because Sunstar is absolutely a cat person.

I’ll need to think further on some of the other ones.

What does he do?

Sunstar was created to serve as a symbol of protection for Virens, but more importantly for NEC Navis. He shadowed Terra for three major things:

How to lead as a representative for NEC Navi’s

How to observe and deal with hostile rival alien civilizations that may pose a threat to specific Viren settlements 

How to prevent and manage NE-Navi-related disputes while striving for a positive social image

Admittedly, Sunstar shadowed Terra for a majority of his time after being created. He very rarely acted without first consulting or collaborating with Terra first. Terra had both more knowledge and experience than him, but he also commanded more trust and respect from the population and other Viren leaders/council members.

Before Duo mutinied against the Viren civilization on Earth, Sunstar wanted to implement at least two policies/practices:

Raising awareness of and liquidating misinformation surrounding the nature of Negative Energy Crystals and NE-Navis.

The removal of exclusively positive or negative energy crystals.

He had proof it was possible for a hybrid design.

Now, though?

His ship is stranded on Earth with Duo no doubt closing in. The civilization that he was responsible for previously before is dead. The only thing he can do is try to protect the life he has secured on New Earth with friends and family, new and old. 

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After reawakening with 4 NECs, Sunstar proceeds to lose the 2 in his forearms during a battle on Earth soon after re-arriving. They get shattered in the heat of the battle, and a decent chunk of Arc 2 is spent hunting down the shards before Duo can arrive.

What emotions cause an increase in heat?

Emotions like anger, fear, sadness, or any combination of those that can leave him feeling overwhelmed. Again, Sunstar’s emotions are more muted than regular NE-Navis, given he has two NECs. That means whatever he’s feeling has to be pretty intense for it to affect him so deeply, but he is most prone to anger out of any other ‘provocative’ emotion. 

Also! He kind of hates how his hands can be a “tell” for him. He may have a stoic persona, but there’s only so much you can hide behind an empty stare, or later, a mask, without your furiously flaming hands giving you away.

Has he burned someone accidentally?

Grabbing and shaking you. I love your brain. He absolutely has.

It doesn’t happen often anymore, not like when he was first created, but my god does it devastate him when it does. He knows what happens when he touches things: they burn. He can’t help but ask himself, why does he still slip up? He knows his loved ones know it is never out of malice, that it’s an accident, that they forgive him, but he finds it hard to forgive himself. 

It’s safe to say Sunstar has accidentally burned nearly all of the Stardroids at least once. For specific people, though?

Uranus: weirdly enough he wants to fight Sunstar hand-to-hand. Close combat is his forte, and he wants to prove he’s strong enough to push through and kind of foe–or pain.

Mercury: he is absolutely enough of an annoying bastard for Sunstar to chase him down on several occasions until he either hands over whatever he has stolen from another Stardroid, apologizes to whoever he pissed off, or mans his station.

Terra: multiple times back on Viren Earth. A few scenarios:

Sunstar grabbing Terra by the shoulders to protect him from falling debris

Sunstar accidentally burned Terra when the latter passed him something by hand.

Without thinking, Sunstar tried holding Terra’s hand during a wholesome moment for both.

Minx: (so far) twice.

Minx tried holding his hand, thoughtlessly.

Sunstar grabbed and pulled Minx by the arm to prevent her from wandering into oncoming traffic at night.

He always apologizes profusely, but has a bad habit of isolating himself for hours and sometimes days afterwards.

He was apologizing for months afterwards.