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When you have a streak on duolingo, but then this bitch Irma come along and ruins it.

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do you ever feel a lack of connection to music in your native language bc you spend so much time listening to foreign songs bc same 

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*wants to study a slavic language*

*doesn't*

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Learn Spanish to piss off bigots

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my native language skills might seem like they are rapidly deteriorating but actually thats because they are rapidly deteriorating

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Will probably add more off these later. 

야금야금 bit by bit

빙글빙글 round and round

구석구석 every nook and cranny

오르락내리락 rising and falling

지긋지긋 tedious

허둥지둥 scurry, hurry

동글동글 rolling, turning

꾸벅꾸벅 drowsily

흥얼흥얼 hum

중얼중얼 mutter, mumble 

모락모락 grow rapidly

듬성듬성 sparsly

다닥다닥 huddled, patched

보글보글 simmer, bubble

사뿐사뿐 with light steps

반짝반짝 sparkle

기웃기웃 snoop

희끗희끗 spotted with white

글썽글썽 tearful

아슬아슬 narrowly (close)

살금살금 tiptoe

허겁지겁 hurridly

옹기종기 huddle

살랑살랑 gently

싱숭생숭 restless

안달복달 fret, fuss

주렁주렁 heavily

지글지글 sizzle

깡총깡총 skip, hop

아삭아삭 crunch

바삭바삭 crisp

조목조목 one by one

뒤뚱뒤뚱 waddle 

터벅터벅 trudge

느릿느릿 slowly

비틀비틀 stagger

성큼성큼 stride

징검징검 loosely

노글노글 mushy

흐물흐물 squishy

졸깃졸깃 sticky

쫀득쫀득 chewy

끈적끈적 gooey, slimy

드문드문 occasionally, scattered

띄엄띄엄 irregularly, sparsly

갈팡질팡 flustered, confused

또박또박 neatly, properly

꼬박꼬박 regularly

꼬치꼬치 pry, nosy

우왕좌왕 run in all directions

오순도순 harmoniously

꿀꺽꿀꺽 gulp

쏙닥쏙닥 whisper

째깍째깍 tic toc

딸랑딸랑 jingle

삐걱삐걱 squeak

뚜벅뚜벅 tap

삐약삐약 chirp

우걱우걱 munch

콜록콜록 cough

펄럭펄럭 flap

훌쩍훌쩍 sob

후들후들 tremble

철벅철벅 splash

질퍽질퍽 slop

쿵쾅쿵쾅 bang, heavy walking

쿵짝쿵짝 beat in trot music

홀짝홀짝 sip

미끌매끌 smooth

따끈따끈 warm

투덜투덜 mutter

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*person who’s never learned another language voice* “mm i love this picture of some asian language i cant read .. how aesthetic. the swoopy thing. the lines… looks so Oriental … so … manga … i can’t read any of this . i hope it says Peach Milk Soft. thats what id like to think it says. that would be very aesthetic of it to say . im going to reblog it. i dont know if this is chinese or japanese or korean but i cant read it and i think it is aesthetic . soft pale milky tea peach baby pink .. creamy cum fuck .. aaaa uwu” *pastes a fuckload of pink emojis and smashes the reblog button*

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Kato Lomb spoke about 16 different languages and could interpret fluently in 9 or 10. She wrote a book about how to learn languages. I doubt there are many people more qualified to advise about this as she taught herself almost everything. If you google the title and add PDF you won’t have to pay to read it… just sayin’.

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do u ever cry bc u dont speak icelandic bc same

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My language goals for 2016

Actually fucking study you useless piece of shit. 

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SO REAL I CAN’T EVEN

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My French teacher admitted that the French language is more about aesthetics than actual logical rules.

The sooner you accept this the better.

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The struggle of ‘I am not particularly interested in this language, but it would Be Useful To Know’ an autobiography by me

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Test your listening proficiency

Here’s another test from LanguageTrainers.com, which tests elementary and intermediate listening levels in the following languages:

Arabic

Chinese

Danish

Dutch

English

French

German

Greek

Hebrew

Italian

Japanese

Korean

Norwegian

Portuguese

Russian

Spanish (European)

Spanish

Swedish

Turkish

They also have a written, multiple choice test available here, which I talk about here.

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Someone please hit me over the head with Spanish. I have no motivation to learn it But I Gotta

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[Image transcription: “(Der Präsident hat kleine Hände)” which translates to “(The president has small hands)”]

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Внебрачный сын пчелы и тигра…