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I know the Welsh word for "secretary" when I see or hear it but for heaven's sake don't ask me to spell it!
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Shops in Welsh is siopau. Pronounced kinda like "Shia-pai".
We have a word in the Philippines, siopao, which is adopted from Hokkien, and means literally "small filled bun".
In my mind they're similar, if only for the spelling. 馃槄
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These f*ckers in the Duolingo diamond league are so competitive!
Like, dudes and dudettes, relax and just do enough lessons to stay in the league. No need to get thousands of points every week. Sheesh.
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So "elf" means "eleven" in Dutch.
In a way it makes sense, I guess.
Since, ya know - elf -> eleven (elven)?
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Whyyy????
Slim in English means slender or thin.
Slim in Dutch means smart, clever, or intelligent.
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I'm kinda proud, I was able to understand Seb Roch茅's reply to someone on IG which was in French 馃槶
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I finished the MemRise courses for Italian, French and Dutch!
Duolingo is another matter entirely. Lol
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So basically counting in French be like:
Sixty - Soixante (ok makes sense coz 6 is six)
Seventy - Soixante-dix (??? Suddenly you wanna do 60 + 10???)
Eighty - quatre-vingts (!!! Multiplication now!!!)
Ninety - quatre-vingt-dix (multiplication AND addition!!!)
WTF??? Please enlighten me 馃檹
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There's more!
Eighty - quatre-vingts
Why isn't it huitante or something similar?!
In Italian:
Sixty - Sessanta
Seventy - settanta
Meanwhile, French be like:
Sixty - Soixante
Seventy - Soixante-dix
Wtf French!
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In Italian:
Sixty - Sessanta
Seventy - settanta
Meanwhile, French be like:
Sixty - Soixante
Seventy - Soixante-dix
Wtf French!
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Je ne comprends pas le fran莽ais
Why is this not the first thing taught in the course?!
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Free Online Language Courses
Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos. 聽You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.
American Sign Language
ASL University
Sign Language Structure, Learning, and Change
Arabic
Arabic Without Walls
Madinah Arabic
Moroccan Arabic
Armenian
Depi Hayk
Bengali
Learn Bangla (Register to see course)
Catalan
Parla.Cat
Speak Cat
Chinese (Mandarin)
Beginner
Chinese for Beginners
Chinese Characters for Beginners
Chinese for HSK 1
Chinese for HSK 2
Chinese for HSK 3 I & II
Chinese for HSK 4
Chinese for HSK 5
Mandarin Chinese Level I
Mandarin Chinese Essentials
Mandarin Chinese for Business
More Chinese for Beginners
Start Talking Mandarin Chinese
UT Gateway to Chinese
Intermediate
Intermediate Business Chinese
Intermediate Chinese Grammar
Mandarin for Intermediate Learners I
Dutch
Introduction to Dutch
English
Online Courses here
Resources Here
Faroese
Faroese Course
Finnish
A Taste of Finnish
French
Beginner
AP French Language and Culture
Elementary French I聽&聽II
Fran莽ais Interactif
Vivre en France - A1
Vivre en France- A2
Intermediate & Advanced
French Intermediate course B1-B2
Passe-Partout
Travailler en France A2-B1 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽 聽
Vivre en France - B1 聽
German
Beginner
Deutsch im Blick
German Project
German at Work
Goethe Institute
Gwich鈥檌n
Introduction to Gwich鈥檌n Language
Hebrew
Biblical Hebrew
UT Austin
Hindi
A Door into Hindi
Virtual Hindi
Icelandic
Icelandic 1-5
Indonesian
Learn Indonesian
Irish
Irish 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107
Italian
Beginner
Beginner鈥檚 Italian I
Introduction to Italian
Intermediate & Advanced
AP Italian Language and Culture
Intermediate Italian I
Advanced Italian I
Japanese
Genki
Japanese JOSHU
Japanese Pronunciation
Marugoto Courses
Tufs JpLang
Korean
Beginner
First Step Korean
How to Study Korean
Introduction to Korean
Learn to Speak Korean
Pathway to Spoken Korean
Intermediate
Intermediate Korean
Norwegian
Introduction to Norwegian I, Norwegian II
Norwegian on the Web
Persian
Easy Persian
PersianDee
Polish
Online Course
Portuguese
Pluralidades em Portugu锚s Brasileiro
Russian
Beginner
A1 Course
I speak Russian
Intermediate
B1 Course
B1+ Course
B2.1 Course
B2.2 Course
Spanish
Beginner
AP Spanish Language & Culture
Basic Spanish I, Spanish II
Spanish for beginners 聽
Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
Spanish Vocabulary
Advanced
Correcci贸n, Estilo y Variaciones聽
Leer a Macondo
Swahili
Online Course
Turkish
Online Course
Ukrainian
Read Ukrainian
Speak Ukrainian
Welsh
Beginner鈥檚 Welsh
Discovering Wales
Yoruba
Yor霉b谩 Y茅 Mi
Multiple Languages
Ancient Languages
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Last updated: May 2019
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I love how the French didn't even bother with translating roast beef, they just say
"rosbif"
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Voulez vous coucher avec moi
Finally makes real, actual sense to my now
#thanks duolingo
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Dutch duolingo really doing word twister to tell time like:
Het is tien voor half zeven
Which is literally translated as "It is ten before half seven" when they want to say "It is six twenty".
Why can't they just say it as:
Het is twintig over zes???
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Italian is kinda dramatic, don't you think?
Dopodomani means day after tomorrow which is simple enough. Just a composite of dopo (after) and domani (tomorrow).
L'altro ieri is a what I find funny because it's like:
No! Not THAT yesterday! The OTHER yesterday!
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Duolingo stalking me again:
Non faccio mai esercizi
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