#livinglanguages

[livinglanguages]

HELP ME OUT GUYS

Hey guys, it's me, Julen. So I have told you about how I lost access to my account because of google authenticator and I am no longer able to log in. Now I am sick and tired of constantly being ignored by tumblr and their shit helpdesk and therefore decided to create a new Langblr. This is where you guys come in. I'd very much appreciate it if my awesome followers, you guys, could please share my new blog and follow me, so everybody knows that I am back on tumblr. My new account will be called @vox-romanica. Thank you guys so so much, I really appreciate any bit of help and any reblog I can get :)

[spiritofstbarth]

How did four distinct languages come to be used on such a small island? Between 1986 and 2009, linguist and author Julianne Maher conducted extensive research into the nature of the language and dialects used by native St Barth speakers. . Read more about 'Living Languages' featured in issue n•3 at www.issuu.com/spiritofstbarth . Pourquoi 4 langues bien distinctes sont-elles utilisées, à differents niveaux, sur une île de si petite envergure ? Entre 1986 et 2009, Julianne Maher mit en place des recherches concernant la nature et les origines des différents langages et dialectes utilisés par les St-Barth natifs. . Lisez l'article 'Langues Vivantes' dans notre édition n•3 en suivant le lien www.issuu.com/spiritofstbarth . Map by @rachelyallop . #stbarth #stbarths #stbarts #sbh #spiritofstbarthmagazine #authenticstbarth #sebmartinon #ouanalao #spiritofstbarth #saintbarth #livinglanguage #antanlontan #stbarthslife #stbarthspirit (à St. Barths) https://www.instagram.com/p/B9rRfvQlzeT/?igshid=1co44dyjvht25

[gasstationb]

“In every important way we are such secrets from one another, and I do believe that there is a separate language in each of us, also a separate aesthetics and a separate jurisprudence. Every single one of us is a little civilization built on the ruins of any number of preceding civilizations, but with our own variant notions of what is beautiful and what is acceptable - which, I hasten to add, we generally do not satisfy and by which we struggle to live. We take fortuitous resemblances among us to be actual likeness, because those around us have also fallen heir to the same customs, trade in the same coin, acknowledge, more or less, the same notions of decency and sanity. But all that really just allows us to coexist with the inviolable, intraversable, and utterly vast spaces between us.” ― Marilynne Robinson, who receives the Pulitzer Prize in fiction for her novel “Gilead” on April 4, 2005. 📚 #gsbauthorquotes #gsbquotesmarilynnerobinson . . . . . . . . . . #gasstationburrito #onthisday #literaryhistory #bookstagram #books #bookworm #author #authorquotes #authormemes #writer #writerquotes #marilynnerobinson #gilead #pulitzerprize #livinglanguage #secret #oursecret https://www.instagram.com/p/B-kakBFhuYa/?igshid=18vkvb6mke8af

[pure-light]

I’ve just decided that JBONNE is a word. I like this word. I may or may not say it a lot now. but nini is still my favorite word. #livinglanguage #thailand #sahainan_permaculture_organic_farm https://www.instagram.com/p/BwNSpCrBk51/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=1w2pjxukqgahr

[therussianmajor]

I was tagged by the wonderful @h-dgp to name the top places I want to go to in my lifetime (and why if you want).

0. I am counting these as “0″ because I have already been here but I desperately want to go back. Madrid and Berlin.

1. Oslo, Norway. I am Norwegian by blood, my great-grandparents immigrated here and spoke Norwegian, but unfortunately my parents and (I think) my grandparents do not speak it at all, so it was not passed down to me :(. I’ve found out I have a ton of cousins there by doing 23andme so I would love to maybe meet a few of them. I would also love the chance to seriously study Norwegian.

2. Montreal, Canada. I would love to explore the city (and its food) and speak French with people who are not French [jk I love the French. I visited Clermont-Ferrand in Auvergne for a month once and I was great, but I have terrible memories of Paris and I just asdklfjkljsdklaf Paris is bad. The Louvre is good, but Paris is bad and I would love to experience a large French-speaking city (Clermont-Ferrand is tiny) that is Not Paris.]

3. Kyiv, Ukraine. I was recently told by a professor to “maybe consider taking out your explicit Ukrainian nationalist opinions from this academic paper” so I would love to experience this country I’ve come to care so much about. I would also love the chance to study Ukrainian.

4. Edinburgh, Scotland. I am looking at attending a master’s program here and I would love to visit the city. From what I’ve heard, I would love the academic culture there and I know I would love the weather.

5. Munich, Germany. German language. German bois. Need I say more? No? Okay, I will anyway. They also have one of the top three Indo-European Studies programs in the world.

ahhhh I’m terrible at tagging people. The second I go to tag people I forget all of my mutuals, so if I forget to tag you, I’m sorry!! Don’t hate me!! I love you!!

I tag: @livinglanguages @athenastudying @lagom-languages @clandestine-intestine @balkanica @mollymooon and whoever else wants to do it, consider yourself tagged by me! I’d love to see your responses so be sure to tag me at the top!

[thelanguagecommunity]

this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Japanese. It will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!

info

glottolog

language faq

learning profile

overview of japanese dialects

playlist of samples

starter guide by /r/learnjapanese

the japanese language [video]

the japanese language by mit

total beginner’s guide

why learning japanese is easy

wikipedia

world atlas of language structures

apps

beelingual

drops

eggbun

flewent [chrome]

lingodeer

pibo [ios]

readlang

simply learn

blogs

maggie sensei

the japanese page

thoughtco.

transparent

book recommendations

book recommendations by @nihilistens-luftslott​

courses

a textbook of colloquial japanese (1907) [scans]

bliubliu

book2

busuu

colloquial - japanese: the complete course for beginners [scans]

duolingo

fsi - japanese: familiarization & short-term training [pdf]

genki self-study room / genki supplemental material

i kinda like languages [audio course]

imabi

japaneseclass.jp

japanese lesson from basics

japanesepod101

joshu

jplang

linguti

living language - japanese complete course: the basics [scans]

mangolanguages [english loanwords] [mimetic words]

memrise

mondly

nhk world

pimsleur 1 [pdf]

renshuu

wanikani

wordbrewery

cultural & historical info

acultura’s culture tag

dictionaries

freedict

heartful dictionary

jim breen

jisho

learn with oliver

nihongodict

romajidesu

shirabe jisho [app]

tangorin

wordreference

wwwjdic

flashcards

anki

cram

quizlet

tinycards

forums

quora

/r/japaneseinthewild

/r/japaneseresources

/r/learnjapanese

/r/speakjapanese

stackexchange

unilang

grammar books & guides

100 bite-sized grammar points

a dictionary of intermediate japanese grammar [pdf]

an introduction to japanese: syntax, grammar & language

diego collado’s grammar of the japanese language

george washington university - visualizing japanese grammar

grammar cheatsheet

japanese grammar guide - tae kim [pdf]

jgram

overview of japanese grammar

practice makes perfect: complete japanese grammar [scans]

grammar points

adjectives / adjectives / adjectives / equivalents of adjectives

asking questions

commands

comparisons

demonstratives / demonstrative forms / demonstrative pronouns

expressing state-of-being

if, when and other uncertainties

negation

nouns

prefixes and suffixes

prepositions

pronouns / personal pronouns

sentence structure

subjects & deletions

transitivity

word order

honorific language

basics of honorifics

formal introductions in japanese

forms of keigo

guide to honorifics

honorifics

honorifics for phone calls

overview of honorific speech

overview of honorific suffixes

politeness guide

tips for responding to your manager

jplt info [standardized test for proficiency in japanese]

information on the jplt

kana & kanji => [post here]

listening practice 

librivox [audiobook library]

list of free audiobooks

listening practice recommendations by @japanese-randomstuff

lyricstraining [learn through music videos]

transcribing drills

literature

Bible

book of common prayer

children’s books forever! [children’s library]

loyal books [library & audiobooks]

Quran [pdf]

overview of japanese literature

poetry international web [poetry library with translations]

poetry library - university of virginia

project gutenberg [virtual library]

reading and translation practice

read real japanese: short stories by contemporary writers [pdf]

universal declaration of human rights

media

free streaming links

hirogaru-nihongo [topical videos & articles]

khan academy

ted talks

movie & tv recommendations

japanese kids’ cartoon recommendations by fluentu

music recommendations

disney songs [youtube playlist]

non-pop music recommendations by lingualift

spotify playlist by @polyglotinthemaking-blog

news

ann [youtube]

bbc [youtube]

newspaper map

newspaper recommendations by MIT

online newspaper links

talkinjapan [youtube]

tomonews [youtube]

particles

a dictionary of japanese particles - sue a. kawashima [pdf]

basic particles

collection of particles

difference between wa and ga

emphatic particles

“ga”

list of particles

“mo”

“ni”

overview of japanese particles

particles cheat sheet [pdf]

sentence ending

“to”

topic marker

wa, mo, ga, wo, na, no [pdf]

phrasebooks & travel guides

a handbook of common japanese phrases - sanseido [pdf]

everyday japanese phrases - wikiversity

fodor’s travel

in-flight japanese: learn before you land [pdf]

japanese phrases for travelers

japanese to-go - livinglanguage [pdf]

loecsen [audio phrasebook]

the quick and dirty guid to japanese - tad perry

wikitravel

wikivoyage

podcasts

one minute japanese

podcast recommendations by nihongo pera pera

pronunciation

a report of the standford phonology archive [scans]

ipa key

japanese pronunciation for communication - waseda university [mooc]

overview of japanese phonology

overview of rendaku

pitch accent

pronunciation dictionary - forvo

pronunciation guide - lingualift

pronunciation guide - rocketlanguages

pronunciation guide - wikibooks

sound symbolism

quizzes & exercises

grammar quizzes

listening comprehension exercises

proficiency test - manythings

proficiency test - tanos

proficiency test - transparent

quia [flash games]

quizzes - goethe-verlag

quizzes - iteslj

sign-reading exercises

tongue twisters

vocabulary games - babadum

vocabulary games - digitaldialects

radio

music radio stations list

radio in tokyo

social media

buzzfeed

wikipedia

speaking tips

a guide to speaking colloquial japanese by @jibunstudies

are you listening to me? the japanese art of aizuchi

body language and gestures

figure of speech index

idioms - languagerealm

overview of aizuchi [interjections to confirm you are listening]

proverbs - languagerealm

proverbs - wikipedia

proverbs - wikiquote

slang - languagerealm

slang glossary - angelfire

slang glossary - coolslang

speech styles

different ways to say “I”

feminine vs. masculine speech

overview of the gender differences in spoken japanese

overview of uchi-soto [in-group vs. out-group speech]

schoolgirl slang

shounen protagonists

tumblrs => [post here]

verbs

common verbs

conditionals

conjugations cheatsheet

conjugation table

conjugator - japaneseverbconjugator

conjugator - verbix

form: potential / potential

form: volitional

list of verbs with conjugations and example sentences

overview of verb conjugation

simultaneous action

verbs

vocabulary => [post here]

writing tips

designer fonts

letter writing expressions

youtube

japanese from zero

japanesepod101

japanology

learn japanese from the streets [playlist]

let’s learn japanese basic 1 [playlist]

nihongonomori

tae kim

that japanese man yuta

the travel linguist [playlist]

[mojapolskakrew]

Cześć! Вітаю!

Хто ти? / Kto jesteś?

Вітаю! Мене звуть Юльоша (Юлёша) або Юлен (@livinglanguages — це мій інший мовний блог). Мені 21 рок и я з Німеччини та Іспанії а зараз я живу в Німеччині. Мої рідні мови — іспанська, англійська, та німецька.

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Cześć! Jestem Juliosza lub Julen (@livinglanguages jest mój drugi blog językowy). Mam 21 lat i pochodzę z Niemiec a Hiszpanii, a żyję w Niemczech. Moje języki ojczyste to niemiecki, angielski i hiszpański.

Чому хочешь вивчати цю мову? / Dlaczego chcesz uczyć się tego języka?

Моє прізвище — польське. Це тому що частина моєї родини з Щеціна але ніхто не розмовляє польською мовую. Може бути, що це так тому що Щецін був частиною Німеччини багато років.

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Moje nazwisko to polski. To dlatego, że część mojej rodziny pochodzi ze Szczecina, ale nikt nie mówi po polsku. Może dlatego, że Szczecin był przez wiele lat częścią Niemiec.

Чому пишиш це по-українськи а по-польськи? / Dlaczego piszesz to po ukraińsku i po polsku?

Ну, друзі. Як ви, можливо, знаєте, я вже вивчаю українську та російську мови. На українській мові є багато польських слів. Тому думаю що мені буде легше вивчати цю мову якщо я використовую українську мову.

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Jak może być wiecie, uczę się ukraińskiego i rosyjskiego. W języku ukraińskim jest wiele polskich słów. Dlatego myślę, że łatwiej mi będzie uczyć się tego języka, jeśli używam języka ukraińskiego.

А це все! To jest wszystko! :)

[lemonadeandlanguages]

hi do you recommend me any blogs to learn German?? I'm a very begginer btw I don't know much stuffs about german! Thanks!

Hi! :) One blog you should definitely check out is @languageoclock, who has some really amazing German resources! And I believe @livinglanguages is a native speaker? (correct me if im wrong lol) There’s also @lets-study-german, @daysofdeutsch, and @deutschtraining that have vocabulary and grammar posts :)

Good luck with German!!

[penguinlang]

Hi! I'm looking for some new langblrs to follow. Could you recommend some, please?

I didn’t get a notification for this so sorry if you asked me this ages ago! 

In no particular order

@leeaagaeilge @mikiloveslanguages @sprich-sprach @advice-to-revise @languagesandchill @thelovinglinguist @lalinguistique @spartanlangblr @sadies-langblr @katlearnslanguages @languagesandfrens @ramblingsofalinguist @languagesordie @havingfunlearninglanguages @polnitsch @wonderful-language-sounds @studytolive @apolyglotwannabe @tapaighandeis @langsandlit @malteseboy @lipwigvonmoist @silver-studies@unclepolyglot @icantlearngerman @thestrugglingpolyglot @foxlanguages @languageboutique @languageduck @languageundliebe @organizedstudy @hillanguages @languagemoose @livinglanguages @historyandlanguages @onceuponapolyglot @modernprophet @wanderlustlanguages @languages-and-tea @languagesanddoggos @languagetrash @rahaflearns @languagegirl @rusalochkaa @linguafreund @linguisticsqueen @polysprachig @language-amante @zromanova @gayforlangs @chloestudiessometimes @lemonadeandlanguages @langsandculture @sprachtraeume @suplanguages @languagemoon @languageoclock @thelanguagesnerd

Hope this helps!

[flyjm3691-blog]

How important are listening skills in French?🤔⁠ ⁠ If you'd ask me the most important skill you need to learn any language, I, without a shadow of a doubt would say listening. ⁠ ⁠ It seems weird to people that I place so much emphasis on listening especially at the beginning stages of learning French but hear me out. ⁠ ⁠ What do babies do for a year? They just listen!!!!!⁠ ⁠ Now, I'm not saying that you have to listen for a year to be able to learn French, not at all. ⁠ ⁠ However. listening is indeed the most underrated skill and yet the most important one. ⁠ ⁠ If I needed to assign a percentage to skills in French it would go like this: ⁠ ⁠ 40% listening⁠ 30% speaking⁠ 20% Writing ⁠ 10% grammar and vocab⁠ ⁠ You should be spending the majority of your time listening and speaking and sprinkling in writing, grammar and vocab. ⁠ ⁠ All of them are important skills in French but if you want to learn fast, your best bet is to focus on listening and speaking.⁠ ⁠ Again with the baby analogy but it's so true that it bears repeating. ⁠ ⁠ Babies are absorbing everything they see and listen to for a year, then they start to babble a couple of words and they don't care if they are mispronouncing them. ⁠ ⁠ They want to finally speak. They are eager to speak! ⁠ ⁠ When they finally start 'writing' it's just not legible and you won't see a toddler complaining about forgetting to put the gender and number on a noun right? ⁠ ⁠ Then my advice to you is to listen as much as you can, speak as much as you possibly can and forget about mispronouncing words or not writing perfectly. Who cares? Probably just you...⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ ⁠ ⁠ #foreignlanguages #foreignlanguage #languagelearning #languages #languagelover #frenchlanguage #languagelover #languagelovers #languagecourse #frenchblogger #instafrench #languagestudy #frenchaddict #french #polyglot #polyglots #languageteacher #languageschool #duolingo #assimil #anki #fluent #fluenz #memrise #italki #rossetastone #imafrenchie #languagegoals #livinglanguages #learnforeignlanguages https://www.instagram.com/p/CAfwNFulPNh/?igshid=ngkgncgks2g1

[livinglanguages]

Hey guys @livinglanguages is back!

I've been absent for ages so I'm assuming you might have some questions for me and this is your chance to ask them because I am terribly bored and ready to answer anything :)

[phungthaihy]

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[jamies-langblr]

9 pictures that describe me ib: @livinglanguages

[ourspanishblog]

Hello! 😊 Is there any difference in saying "te quiero" vs "te amo" to someone?

¡Hola! In Latin America we use “te quiero” to show affection to friends, parents, family members, the person that we like, pets, etc.

But, “te amo” is something much more serious and deeper. We say “te amo” to the person we’re truly in love with or to family members that we really love. 

Saying “te amo” to a friend depends on the person. I think more affectionate people could say “te amo” to a friend, but less expressive people wouldn’t do it. Some couples say “te amo” to each other even if they have been dating for just 2 days. Singers, actors, public people say “¡Los amo!” to show affection to their fans or followers.

In Spain, “te quiero” can mean both, a phrase of affection or true love, depending on the context. They say it to friends, family, girlfriend/boyfriend, they’re spouse, etc. Saying “te amo” in Spain is too corny or cheesy. They use it, but it’s less common than in Latin America. Whereas in Latin America, saying “te quiero” to your true love could be interpreted as you don’t really love her/him enough to say “te amo”.

:)

**EDITED**

So, this post created a lot opinions.1) When I say Latin America it’s most countries in Latin America, it was a mistake to generalize that way.

2) About Spain perspective. I share here with you the response of @languages-and-tea​ to @studytolive: 

Okay so @studytolive this is how I see it. Te amo is kind of cheesy and some people could laugh at you if they know you use it (young people that is) but to be honest, it is a deeper and more serious thing to say to your partner. Te quiero is not as lightly used with just anyone, although we do use it sometimes with friends and family members (also depends on the person like, a lot). So then when you use te quiero with your partner is like, yeah, okay, I love you; but if you say te amo, unless it’s this young people who just love each other the day they get together and it’s just rainbows and butterflies until next month when they’ll hate each other ( @livinglanguages please tell me you know who those people are 🙌🏻). Those people are seen as cheesy but because they are exaggerating. However, if someone more mature says te amo, in that case it’s something super serious. Like if I say it to my boyfriend, or viceversa, that is really deep and serious and not necessarily that cheesy. This explanation is a mess but I hope you can understand lol 

So, in conclusion: Saying “te quiero” or “te amo” depends on everything! 

The kind of person you are & the kind of person you’re talking with. 

The context & the intention.

The country, region, area, etc. 

But something that we all agree with is that “te amo” is a deeper feeling. So it can either sound very serious, or very cheesy depending on… again, everything.So, if you have Spanish speaking friends and you want to tell them something nice, go with “te quiero”.If you’re dating a Spanish speaking person, go with “te quiero”. Later on you’ll know more about them, they’re country, their culture and everything so you will be able to decide wether keep using “te quiero” or start using “te amo” 

So go, love the world. And if someone gives you a weird look for saying “te quiero” or “te amo” you can always say that you’re a foreigner and you’re learning. ;)

[therussianmajor]

Tips on writing in Cyrillic cursive? Please and thanks.

if you scribble chances are it’ll look right. jk but honestly I’m not sure? I’ve never not written in cursive in Russian so I don’t really have tips on learning it. Maybe @properrussian or @pycckuu or @livinglanguages or @tchaikovskaya or @umnaya-devushka or @languagesetc or @lizlovely (and I’m sure I’m missing 8998274235 other blogs that I follow that could help)?

[thelanguagecommunity]

this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Romanian. it will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!

info

7 interesting facts about the romanian language [video]

about world languages

fun facts

glottolog

“in romanian, we don’t say...”

introduction by ayearinlanguage

omniglot

overview of the history of romanian

playlist of samples

romanian language fun facts [video]

romanian: the forgotten romance language [video]

wikipedia

world atlas of language structures

alphabet

keyboard - branah

keyboard - typeit

orthography guide

overview of the romanian alphabet

unicode codes [pdf]

app

funeasylearn

courses

bliubliu

book2

colloquial - romanian [pdf with audio]

duolingo

mangolanguages

memrise

mondly

peace corps

peace corps - limba româna: pre service training language manual [scans]

romanianpod101

teach yourself - romanian [pdf with audio]

cultural & historical info

acultura’s culture tag

overview of romanian names

dictionaries

bab.la

dexonline

dictionare

freelang

majstro

wordreference

flashcards

proprofs

forums

quora

unilang

grammar books & guides

overview of romanian grammar

peace corps - grammar workbook [pdf]

romanian: an essential grammar [pdf]

stand alone romanian grammar [pdf]

grammar points

adjectives

adverbs

articles / article [chart]

contractions

nouns / overview of romanian nouns

parts of speech

pronouns / pronouns [chart]

listening practice

librivox [audiobook library]

lyrikline [poetry library]

literature

biblior.net [virtual library]

children’s books library

list of romanian-language poets

poezii romanesh [poetry library]

project gutenberg [virtual library

Quran [scans]

media

ted talks

movie & tv recommendations

letterboxd

music recommendations

disney songs [youtube playlist]

music recommendations by @livinglanguages

/r/rolistentothis

romanian hits 2018 [youtube playlist]

news

radio free europe

phrasebooks & travel guides

loecsen [audio phrasebook]

omniglot

wikivoyage

pronunciation

a report from the stanford phonology archive [scans]

forvo [pronunciation dictionary]

how to roll your r’s

ipa key

overview of romanian morphology

overview of romanian phonology

quizzes & exercises

babadum [vocab games]

digital dialects [games]

internetpolyglot [vocab quizzes]

iteslj [vocab quizzes]

radio

radio links

social media

google

learn romanian [discord]

wikipedia

speaking tips

profanity [glossary] / overview of profanity

slang

special topics

“in romanian we don’t say...”

list of given names

palindromes

tumblrs

@officialromaniantranslatiuni

@romaniansuggestion​

@romanianwordoftheday

@theseromaniansarecrazy

@tryingtolearnromanian

verbs

conjugation tables - cactus2000

conjugator - verbix

irregular participles

overview of romanian verbs

past tense

vocabulary

2017 protests

animals / wildlife

appearance

astronomy

autumn

babadada [vocabulary tool]

breakfast

cozy

emotions

environment

eurovision

exonyms

family

flowers

frequency lists

fruits

greetings / greetings

halloween

jewellry

love

numbers / numbering system / numbers

religion

school

science fields

spring

summer

swadesh list

tea

top 88 vocabularies [scans]

writing

spellchecker

youtube

kids learn romanian [playlist]

learn romanian

learn romanian - language beat [playlist]

learn romanian with nico

romanian audio course for beginners [playlist]

romanian hub

romanianpod101

romanian with gia