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Learn JLPT N1 Vocabulary: 圧倒 (attou)

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의지로 - Through one’s own volition

관대하다- Generous, tolerant, lenient

섭리 - (literary) Providence

반려동물 - Companion animal

키우다 - Raise, rear, bring up

무한 - Infinite, limitless, boundless

애정 - Love, affection

주다 - Give, present

뚫다 - Dig, drill, pierce, bore

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games vocabularies

2/14 daily vocabs

pubg/ros inspired 

la venda - bandage

el compañero - companion/teammate

recoger - to pick up, to gather

restrigir - to restrict

el botiquín - first-aid kit

la curita - band- aid

la mira - sight (optical)

la zone de juego - play zone

la prisa - rush, hurry 

observar - to watch 

(número) por - (number) times (scope)

la granada - grenade 

el mapa - map

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all duolingo irish tips and notes!

BASICS 1

BASICS 2

COMMON PHRASES

FOOD

PLURALS

ECLIPSES

LENITION

POSSESSIVE

VERBS: PRESENT TENSE 1

COLOURS

QUESTIONS

PREPOSITIONS 1

DATES/TIME

FAMILY

VERBS: PRESENT TENSE 2

PREPOSITIONS 2

GENITIVE

NEGATIVES

COMPARISON

PREPOSITIONS 3

PASSIVE

NUMBERS

FEELINGS/TRAITS

VERBS: PAST TENSE 1

CHARACTERISTICS

VERBS: PAST TENSE 2

VERBAL NOUNS

REFLEXIVE PRONOUNS

DIRECTIONS

SPORT

VERBS: FUTURE TENSE 1

IMPERATIVE

VERBS: IMPERFECT

VERBS: CONDITIONAL  

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Random words I’ve picked up since arriving to Tokyo

Hello! I’m sorry for the distance from actual language posts. I’ve been really busy between school and trying to get all the boring “adulty” stuff done (also the WiFi isnt very reliable at all). Here are some random words I’ve managed to add to my vocabulary by mostly just observing and experiencing the life here in Tokyo.

あたため (on the microwave) : heat

すくなめ (a jasmine tea bottle) : small amount; lower Ex: caffeine

ふく (in a department store) : clothes

せっけん (in the cleaning department of Daiso) : soap

ほっぺた (on the packaging of blush) : cheek

きって (in the park info center) : stamp

だめです。🙅‍♀️ (when I tried to ask for change for to much ¥) : Not possible.

やま (on a poster for Mt. Fuji) : mountain

くやくしょ (a place I had to go) : ward office

にゅうかん (yet another place I had to go) : immigration center

まち (some random sentence I translated) : city

えび🦐 (at CoCo Curry 🍛) : shrimp

かぎ (learned from my landlord) : key

こちらこそ。(replaced my slang “same”) : me too.

うけつけ (when I needed help in fancy buildings) : reception

えき (while entering the station) : station

ちず (while panicking at the station) : map

あつい (while dying of heat in school) : hot

まつり ( while in Ikebukuro during a dance 💃) : festival

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(se) + verb #3

some verbs in french are called reflexive : they are preceded by an object pronoun which change the sense of the original verb. sometimes, the verb does not necessarily take a pronoun but it can be added for more precision (ex : casser - to break, but se casser un bras - to break an arm). here are a few :

changer : to change (il a changé depuis l’année dernière)

se changer : to switch outfit (je me change et j’arrive)

cogner : to bang (quelqu’un cogne à la porte)

se cogner : to knock one’s head (je me suis cognée)

pousser : to push (pousse la porte, elle est un peu lourde)

se pousser : to push out of the way (je me suis poussée)

tourner : to turn (tourne à droite à la prochaine intersection)

se tourner : to turn towards (elle s’est tournée vers nous)

vanter : to brag about someone else (ils vantent les talents de leur fils)

se vanter : to brag about oneself (il s’est vanté toute la soirée)

retourner : to come back someone (elle est retournée à paris)

se retourner : to turn around (retourne-toi, je suis juste derrière)

reposer : to put back down (vous reposez ça tout de suite)

se reposer : to rest (je me repose un peu)

expliquer : to explain (il faut expliquer les règles avant de commencer)

s’expliquer : to explain one’s behaviour (explique-toi immédiatement)

préparer : to prepare (j’ai préparé les ingrédients)

se préparer : to get ready (tu te prépares en vitesse et on y va)

sauver : to save (le migrant a sauvé l’enfant)

se sauver : to run away (casual : elle s’est sauvée en entendant l’alarme)

promener : to take on a walk (elles promènent le chien)

se promener : to take a stroll (on est allés nous promener)

qualifier : to qualify of (il l’a qualifiée de brillante)

se qualifier : to get qualified (elle s’est qualifiée pour la finale)

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Some Adjectives In Korean

to be loyal 충성스럽다

to be brave 용감하다

to be clever 영리하다

to be stupid 멍청하다

to be stubborn 고집스럽다

to be free 자유롭다

to be quiet 조용하다

to be loud 시끄럽다

to be cute 귀엽다

as; like ~처럼

loyal as a dog 개처럼 충성스러운

free as a bird 새처럼 자유로운

(Taken from Memrise, Korean 2 Chapter 18)

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hali ya hewa | Swahili Weather vocab

baridi - cold

joto - warm

wingu - cloud

mawingu - clouds

mvua - rain

upepo - wind

pepo - winds

umeme - lightning

dhoruba - storm

kimbunga - heavy storm

vimbunga - heavy storms

tufani - hurricane

thelugi - snow

barafu - ice

umande - dew

ukungo - fog

unyefu - humidity 

halijoto - temperature

halijoto chini - low temperature

haligoto kali - high temperature 

nyota - stars 

upinde wa mvua / lindi - rainbow 

chamchelea - whirlwind / tornado 

jua - sun 

mwezi - moon 

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6000 words - Home

Seguir leyendo

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It’s finally Autumn so I thought I’d do a vocabulary list 

Oíche Shamhna - Halloween

Púca - Ghost

Fómhar - Autumn/Harvest 

Geansaí - Jumper

Duilleoga - Leaves

Cnónna -Nuts

Úll- Apple

Crann - Tree

Coill - Forest

Samhain -November

Deireadh Fómhair - October

 Dearg - Red

 Oráiste - Orange

 Buí -  Yellow 

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random vocabulary #2 French-German-English

s’engouffre dans qc. – sich in etw. hineindrängen/hineinstürzen – to pile into sth.

l’antre (m.) – die Höhle - cave

se tenir – sitzen – to sit

debout(Adv.) – aufrecht - uprightly

l’éclair(m.) – der Blitz - lightning

le poignet – das Handgelenk - wrist

arborer – zeigen – to show

(au) calme – ruhig - calm

soupirer – seufzen – to sigh

taper sur les nerfs – nerven – to annoy

tout à l’heure – gerade/soeben – just/a short while ago

la tenue – das Benehmen - behavior

mettre qc. en valeur – etw. hervorheben – to bring out sth.

poursuivre – weitermachen – to continue

le sortilège – der Zauber – magic/spell

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Try To Do / Attempt To Do || ～てみる・～ようとする Hey guys! It’s been a while since I’ve made an official post on my blog and not just replying to asks. I’ve been pretty busy recently and am trying to juggle a few things at once which is why I haven’t been as active. But I’m getting better at managing my time and I think I’ll be able to post more often pretty soon. So today we’re going to talk about “trying to do” or “attempting to do” something in Japanese! These are very similar phrases but they have different grammar in Japanese so we’re going to explore the both of them today. Trying To Do Something・～てみる: You have to conjugate the verb to its te-form (て) and add 「みる」. 「みる」 is usually written in hiragana so if you’ve learnt 「見る」 before try to avoid writing the kanji for this grammar sequence. e.g.  新しいカフェに行ってみる。         I’m going to try a new cafe.        しゃぶしゃぶを初めて食べてみたけど、とてもおいしかったです。         I tried eating shabu-shabu for the first time and it was really delicious. Attempting To Do Something・～ようとする: You have to conjugate the verb to its volitional form (～よう) and then add 「とする」. You can also use a number of other verbs besides 「する」 when talking about deciding on something. For example, to “decide to attempt to do” you can use 「決める」 which means “decide”. e.g.  私は宿題をしようとしましたが、難しいかったので諦めました。         I attempted to do my homework but gave up because it was hard.         毎日ジムに行こうと決めました。         I have decided to attempt going to the gym everyday. Vocabulary:

To ask・頼む・たのむ

To decide・決める・きめる

To do・する

To drink・飲む・のむ

To eat・食べる・たべる

To go・行く・いく

To open・開ける・あける

To search / Look for・探す・さがす

To stay・泊まる・とまる

To think・思う・おもう

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How the Portuguese ACTUALLY speak (pt.2)

Ok so in colloquial speech, people usually change words bc we like to speak faster (i guess, at least i do, idk). Soooo, I’m going to show you one more short example. 

The word ‘então’ (so/then), can also mean sort of ‘why/what?’ and it’s often pronounced and written as ‘atão’ when speaking to friends, ONLY when you want to ask something.

Let me be clear with this dialogue example: A: Já não posso ir à tua festa de aniversário!  I no longer can go to your bday party! B:  Atão??? A tua mãe não te deixa?? why/what???? Does your mum not let you?

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How the Portuguese ACTUALLY speak (pt.1)

So, here’s an example of how portuguese usually use the verb ‘to be’ (estar) daily:

Of course we still say, for example ‘eu estou bem’ (the pronoun isn’t always needed), but the portuguese tend to shorten the word by not saying the ‘es’ (no matter the tense of the verb) usually for easier pronunciation and because it’s more casual and informal. 

So when should you definitely use ‘estou’ instead of ‘tou’ ? When writing in an exam, for example, or talking to someone you don’t know, since it sounds more polite, i’d say.

Anyways, don’t use this ‘rule’ for any verb since it won’t be correct nor natural.

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Sun letters and Moon letters in Arabic 

In the Arabic alphabet, there are 28 letters; 14 of them are the so called Sun Letters (حُرُوف شَمْسِيّة), the other 14 are the Moon Letters (حُرُوف قَمَرِيّة). Depending on whether a word starts with a Sun Letter or a Moon Letter, the article ال is pronounced differently.  The rules for this are quite simple:  If a word starts with a Moon Letter, ال is pronounced al.  If a word starts with a Sun Letter, you do not pronounce the ل (lam; like the english letter l) in the article ال. What happens here is that the ل is assimilated. Instead, you pronounce the first letter of the word, the Sun Letter, with a ّ - a shadda; that means it’s pronounced twice, like in the word الشَّمْس (ash-shams; the sun) for example or in الرَّجُل (ar-rajul; the man).  These are the Moon Letters: 

أ ب ج ح خ ع غ ف ق ك م ه و ي

And these are the Sun Letters:  ت ث د ذ ر ز س ش ص ض ط ظ ل ن

Now, technically speaking, you have to memorize them. There’s not really a way around it; but maybe you can make out some patterns as to which letters are Sun Letters and which ones are Moon Letters. For example, you might notice that a lot of Moon Letters tend to be pronounced in the back of your mouth or your throat whereas your tongue plays a more important role in pronouncing the Sun Letters. They’re pronounced in a way that would make it difficult for you to pronounce them together with the letter ل. Try saying al-schams (الشَّمْس; the sun) instead of saying ash-shams or al-rajul (الرَّجُل; the man) instead of ar-rajul and you might realize it’s more difficult than saying for example al-qamar (القَمَر; the moon) or al-bait (لبَيت; the house). 

I do recommend you practice these if memorizing things isn’t for you. To help you, I have compiled a list with words that start with Sun Letters and words that start with Moon Letters. Knowing example-words that start with the letters in question helps me personally remember which ones are Sun Letters and which ones are Moon Letters the best so maybe it’ll help you too!  (Feel free to point out mistakes or suggest corrections and bear with me because of the transliteration. I’ve only ever learnt how to do it in German.)

Edit: it’s الْفيلم, I forgot the ي! Sorry :)

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Learn JLPT N4 Vocabulary: お礼 (orei)

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Korean Idioms

Let me know if you like these idioms and would like to see more! And these are just a few!

가는 정이 있어야 오는 정이 있다- Treat other’s the way you’d like to be treated.

걸음아 나 살려라- Save me my footsteps (something you say when you’re running away from something

고래 싸움에 새우 등 터진다- Lower people are suffering because what the upper people are fighting about

그 아비에 그 자식- Chip off the old block (The child is a bad person if the father is a bad person)

금강산도 식후경- No matter how great or amazing, you can’t enjoy it properly if you’re not full

김칫국부터 마신다- having hopes too high

내 코가 석자다- I don’t have time to worry about anyone else

누워서 떡 먹기- easy as pie/piece of cake

눈 감으면 코 베어간다- saying that the world is a scary place (if you close your eyes they’ll snatch your nose)

눈에 넣어도 아프지 않다- apple of my eye/it wouldn’t hurt to put it in my eye (showing how much you love something)