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Comeback & re-introduction
Hi! I disappeared around October last year, but I'm back now and thought I should re-introduce myself!
My name is Essi, I'm from Finland and I'm turning 29 (on March 6th). I'm a university student and I major in German language & culture and minor in communications and Japanese language & culture. My native language is Finnish and my target languages are English, Japanese, Swedish, German and Arabic. I'm also interested in linguistics, especially historical linguistics, sociolinguistics, psycholinguistics, language revitalization and (second-)language acquisition. Nice to meet you!
#tealingual#polyglot#languages#langblr#languageblr#language blog#langspo#langtwt#tongueblr#studyblr#lingblr#linguist#linguistics
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Fav Langblrs
Week 2, day 7 of prepolyglot’s langblr reactivation challenge
linguistness - lots of cool langblr but also linguistics content (German, Swedish, French, Czech)
cumbiana - phd life with some Spanish and langblr content thrown in
spanishskulduggery - really helpful explanations about Spanish grammar and vocab
thetudes - lots of useful resources for French
3oey - cute vocab drawings for Russian :3
tealingual - tonnes of resources for tonnes of different languages, great for resource masterposts
sciogli-lingua - several languages but especially Italian
pompadourpink - the ultimate authority on the French language as far as I'm concerned forget L'Académie Française
linguenuvolose - language study and general life posts, just a nice vibe
fluencylevelfrench - French and also book recs
#langblr reactivation challenge#community#langblr#linguistness#cumbiana#spanishskulduggery#thetudes#3oey#tealingual#sciogli-lingua#pompadourpink#linguenuvolose#fluencylevelfrench
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مرحبا. كيف حالك؟ What are your favourite resources to learn Arabic?
مرحبًا! أنا بخير وأنت؟
Thanks for dropping an ask, Essi! It's crazy how long it's taken me to answer but I suppose that's life these days.
Lately grad school has been taking all my time, energy, and attention, so I've unfortunately been neglecting Arabic. Up until this fall, I had been using my local library's subscription to Mango Languages to focus on Levantine Arabic phrases in context. To acquire and maintain some MSA vocabulary, I did the Duolingo course and for a while had a good streak reviewing those words on Quizlet. Lastly, I was rounding things out with a Routlege Essential Grammar (Author: Faruk Abu-Chacra; ISBN: 978113865958) from @salvadorbonaparte's wonderful MEGA folder.
Even with so little of the language under my belt, it's come in handy around Spain and talking to friends in my department.
Happy new year, my dear!!
#langblr#ask#اللغة العربية#mutuals#tealingual#it's been ages since I've done an ask so ty#also if you saw me follow you back recently no you didn't xoxo#nice to know that some things never change like tumblr randomly unfollowing me from people
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🎶✨when u get this, list 5 songs u like to listen to, publish. then, send this ask to 10 of your favorite followers (positivity is cool)🎶✨
藤井風 - きらり
ONEOKROCK - Save Yourself
BTS - Run
TOKIO - AMBITIOUS JAPAN! (Shinkansen PV version)
ケロポンズ・鈴木翼・福田りゅうぞう - ピコピコパン (Children's Song)
The first 3 were chosen by me, and the last 2 were selected by my 2-year-old son ^.^
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Did you get any fun language stuff for Christmas?
Unfortunately there were no grammars or other fun language learning surprises under the tree for me this year. *cries* In truth, it's all for the best—I'm in the middle of a major language project and can't afford to get sidetracked.
HOWEVER, I was gifted Stromae tickets as an early Christmas present and got to translate throughout the concert. It was amazing. (:
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مرحبا. كيف حالك؟ What are your favourite resources to learn Arabic?
أنا بخير الحمد الله
To be honest I don't really use a lot of Arabic resources apart from what I get from my classes. But my teacher recommended this dictionary which I think is pretty good!
I also like to watch Obayd Fox’s videos. He speaks in Arabic sometimes / has Arabic subtitles so his videos are like exposure to the Arabic language for me. His videos are also of pretty good quality :)
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Useful links to Learn Finnish
~ Learning resources ~
# Apps #
Duolingo, a classic, it teaches you vocabulary and basic sentence structure
Drops, a great app to learn vocabulary, and it’s organized by subjects
Clozemaster, makes you fill sentences, slightly advanced
Memrise, good to learn vocabulary, includes textbooks vocabulary too
Mondly, teaches vocabulary and basic sentence structure
WordDive, seems like a comprehensive course (I haven’t tested this one)
# Textbooks #
Suomen Mestari, the book most Finnish classes use, is in Finnish only
Oma Suomi, a book for self-learning English speakers
# Websites #
The Finnish Teacher, easily approachable grammar lessons
Verbix, to find verb conjugations
Sanakirja, very complete dictionary and translator
Urbaani sanakirja, Finnish equivalent to Urban dictionnary
Uusi kielemme, a good vocabulary list divided by themes and levels
Finnish swear words on Wikipedia, essential!
# Video & audio lessons #
Finnish Pod, numerous audio and video lessons
Supisuomea-videot by Yle, videos with simple Finnish and subtitles
FSI courses, recordings of conversational Finnish
# Complete beginner resources #
A Taste of Finnish, reading, listening and grammar points
Kielet by Yle, lessons in Finnish with videos
Venla, for vocabulary, structures and grammar
Digital Dialects, games to learn Finnish
~ Listening resources ~
# Podcasts #
Opi Suomea!, a podcast in simple Finnish
Yle uutiset selkosuomeksi, a news podcast in easy Finnish
Auta Antti!, a podcast where the host answers listeners questions
# Music & Radio #
Radio Suomi Pop, only Finnish songs & Finnish speakers
Tunein, to access more Finnish radios
#vainsuomihitit, Spotify playlist with all the new Finnish hits
Suomen musiikki, my Finnish spotify playlist
Mirka Karoliina, Disney songs with Finnish subtitles and translations
# Movies & TV shows #
My Finnish movies masterlist (needs to be updated)
Yle Arena, legal streaming of Finnish shows & others with Finnish subtitles
Some American streaming services (Netflix, Disney+ etc) have things dubbed in Finnish (mostly cartoons and kid’s shows), but most of those are only available if you’re in Finland (or use a VPN)
# Youtubers #
Papananaama
KAKSI ÄITIÄ
maiju
~ Reading & Writing resources ~
# Reading #
Yle uutiset selkosuomeksi, news articles in easy Finnish
Oppiminen by Yle, various articles in easy Finnish
Free Finnish books, for advanced level
# Writing #
LangCorrect, write diary entries and get corrected by native Finnish speakers
~ Communities ~
# Finnblrs #
Tags on Tumblr: Finnish / Finnish langblr / Finnblr / Finnish language
This is Finnish
Suomen Kieli
Fennophile
Tealingual
Finn in training (mine)
# Others #
LearnFinnish on Reddit
Static page version of this post can be found here.
Older versions of this article can be found here and here.
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Masterlist Langblr challenges
Following from my previous posts, if you do feel like working on your languages, but don't know where to start; here are some langblr challenge you might like!
Language Blog Challenge: 20 weeks of challenges | by @lily-learns-finnish
Langblr Reactivation challenge | by @prepolyglot
14 Day langblr challenge | by @lass-uns-studieren
Langblr News challenge | by @tealingual
90-day vocab challenge | by @jibunstudies
100 Happy Days Langblr Challenge | by @nordic-language-love
Mini speaking challenge | by @nordic-language-love
16 words challenge | by @neblina-a-blin
30 day langblr challenge | @moltre-s
Brick-by-brick language learning challenge | by @linguistness
Langblr word of the day challenge | by @nordic-language-love
Target Language Reading challenge | by @onigiriforears
P.S. Please let me know if you know some more fun langblr challenges!
#language learning#swedish langblr#swedish#langblog#langblr#languages#swedish language#language resources#langblr challenge#language learning challenge
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Hello
Do you have a post that shows resources to learn Japanese?
I don't have one unfortunately, and I've been saving this ask so that I could make a compiled list for you, but I just haven't been able to find up the energy :(
instead, I'll simply say that my favorite resources from when I first started learning especially are wanikani and Tae Kims Guide To Learning Japanese! I know some other blogs like @salvadorbonaparte and @tealingual have resource compilations, if you'd like to check those blogs. good luck on your studies!
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Rules: shuffle your "on repeat" playlist and post the first ten tracks, then tag 10 people
I was tagged by @yovelknell
Getting Closer - Billy Joel
Willenlos - Westernhagen
Cha Cha Cha - Käärijä
Allentown - Billy Joel
Dance The Night - Dua Lipa
Sax Rohmer #1 - The Mountain Goats
Atlantic City - Bruce Springsteen
A Matter of Trust - Billy Joel
Proud Mary - The Cambodian Space Project
To Pouli - Nana Mouskouri
@thebreakfastgenie (hey look I'm in my The Bridge phase) @orangealleycat @onekisstotakewithme @sarduy @blue-ravens @tealingual @doctorparmak @bluescreening @bibi-blogsberg @profiterole-reads and everyone else who feels like sharing some music :)
#tag games#music#love the multilingual rep in this#we got some english german finnish greek and khmer#and obviously a bunch of Billy Joel
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Israel Genocide in Gaza vocabulary in Lule Sámi
Based off the list by @tealingual
Israel - Israel
Israelak - Israeli
Palestijnna - Palestine
Palestijnak - Palestinian
Militerra, doarrofuovva - military, army
Soldáhtta/soahteålmåj/doarroålmåj - soldier
Rasissma - racism
Nuppástallam - discrimination
Álmmuktjerdak nuppástallam - ethnic discrimination
Kolonialissma - colonialism
Tjerdalasj muorrodibme - ethnic cleansing
Ulmusjmuorrodibme/almasjmuorrodibme - genocide
Báktjidibme/rumájbáktjidibme - violence
Ládam - attack
Bávkanis - explosive
Rakähtta - rocket, missile
Båmmbå/bummba - bomb
Målla - target
Skihpadåhpe - hospital
Ambulánssa - ambulance
Skåvllå - school
Báhtariddjijåroj - refugee camp
Girkko - church
Oasesdåhpe - shop
Hávddeednam/girkkoednam/hávddádimsadje - cemetery
Vaháguvvam - victim
Báhtariddje/bádur - refugee
Biebmmo - food
Tjáhtje - water
Boalldemus/boalldemuj/båldudahka - fuel
elfábmo/el-rávve/el-strávve - electricity
Internähtta - internet
Råsskå - rubble
Dubme - dust
Gássa - gas
Bajkka- excrement, faeces, waste
Mieskas- rotten
Jábbmek/lijkka - corpse, dead body
Varra - blood
Guohtsa - smell, stink, odour
Tjiruk - fly
Juhtsa - noise
Skihpudahka, dávdda - disease, illness
Nielgge - hunger
Gåjkko/gåjkkåm- thirst
Nahkárahtesvuohta - insomnia
Ballo - fear
Bahádahko/vierredahko - crime
Propagánnda - propaganda
Gieles - lie
Åvdåsvásstádus/vásstádus - responsibility
Ládat - to attack
Haddudit, mávsedit - to revenge, to avenge, to retaliate
Vuohtjet - to shoot
Båmmbit/bummbit - to bomb
Gåddet, sårmmit - to kill/to murder
Njuovvat, sláktit - to slaughter
Hávvádahttet - to injure
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Moltes gràcies per taggearme, @quatregats! 😊
Last song: London Boy by Taylor Swift
Currently reading: Der Hund/Der Tunnel/Die Panne by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (I've been reading this book for ages, but a colleague lent me a book, so I had to stop reading it. I finally finished the other book last night, so I'm now devoting my full attention (and limited time) to finishing Der Hund/Der Tunnel/Die Panne, hahaha
Currently watching: currently watching the last episode of 三体 (Three-Body). Highly recommended!
Current obsession: my master's thesis (I really like my topic, but I'm procrastinating a lot lately. I also don't have a lot of time or energy after work 🙃)
I tag @fluencylevelfrench, @lemonadeandlanguages, @marilearnsmandarin, and @tealingual (no pressure! I know I'm being annoying today with tag games 😅).
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271022 | Day 4 of Langblr Reactivation Challenge
Today's prompt is about creating a vocabulary list in one of my target languages, going with Astrology and Horoscope in Spanish as I have a friend from Barcelona who's into these things like me, so I better brush up my skills
Astrología: astrology
Astrologo: astrologer
Pseudociencia: pseudoscience
Nacimiento: birth
Adivinación: divination
Horóscopo: horoscope
Signo ziodacal: astrological sign
Carta astrologica: star-chart
Estrella: star
Constelación: constellation
Sol: sun
Luna: moon
Planeta: planet
Tierra: earth
Zodiaco: zodiac
Signos zodiacales: zodiac signs
Aries: aries
Tauro: taurus
Géminis: gemini
Cáncer: cancer
Léo: leo
Virgo: virgo
Libra: libra
Escorpio: scorpio
Sagitario: sagittarius
Capricornio: capricorn
Acuario: aquarius
Piscis: pisces
Horóscopo Chino: Chinese zodiac
Rata: rat
Buey: ox
Tigre: tiger
Conejo: rabbit
Dragón: dragon
Serpiente: snake
Caballo: horse
Cabra: goat
Mono: monkey
Gallo: rooster
Perro: dog
Cerdo: pig
Based on @tealingual list from one of her Finnish posts <3
#language learning#langblr reactivation challenge#langblr#horoscope vocabulary#español#spanish#spanish vocabulary
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Langblr reactivation challenge, Week 1 day 4, Make a vocabulary list📃
Klassieke muziek - Klassinen musiikki - Classical music 🎼
Nederlands - suomi - English
De muziek - musiikki - music
Het stuk - kappale - piece
De compositie - sävellys - composition
De musicant, de musicus - muusikko - musician
De zanger - laulaja - singer
Het ensemble - yhtye - ensemble
De pianist - pianisti - pianist
Het koor - kuoro - choir
De uitvoorder, de performer - esiintyjä - performer
Het orkester - orkesteri - orchestra
Het strijkorkester - jousiorkesteri - string orchestra
De opera - ooppera - opera
De componist - säveltäjä - composer
De arrangeur - sovittaja - arranger
De dirigent - kapellimestari - conductor
De radio - radio
Zingen - laulaa - to sing
Spelen - soittaa - to play
Componeren - säveltää - to compose
Sovittaa - to arrange
Improviseren - improvisoida - to improvise
Luisteren (naar) - kuunnella (jtk) - to listen (to)
Het genre -tyylilaji - genre
Klassiek - klassinen - classical
Het instrument - soitin, instrumentti - instrument
Kantele - kantele, kannel - kantele
De harp - harppu - harp
De piano - piano - piano
De vleugelpiano, de vleugel - flyygeli - grand piano
Het orgel - urut - organ
De accordeon - harmonikka - accordion
De contrabas - kontrbasso - double bass
De gitaar - kitara - guitar
De viool - viulu - violin
De cello - sello - cello
De contrabas - kontrabassso - double bass
De trommel - rumpu - drum
De pauken - patarummut - timpani
De fluit - huilu - flute
De blokfluit - nokkahuilu - recorder
De saxofoon - saksofoni - saxophone
De trompet - trumpetti - trumpet
De noot - nuotti - note (visual)
De toon - sävel - note (auditory)
De sleutel (?) - nuottiavain - clef
De melodie - melodia - melody
De harmonie - harmonia - harmony
Het ritme - rytmi - rhythm
De schaal (?) - asteikko - scale
De repetitie - harjoitukset - rehearsal
De tournee - kiertue - tour
Het concert - konsertti - concert
Het optreden - keikka - gig
Het publiek - yleisö - audience
Het podium - lava - stage
Muzikaal - musikaalinen - musical
Inspired by @tealingual 's music vocabulary list!
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I'm so going to do @tealingual's Langblr News Challenge over the next months - I will post about a news article once in two weeks, seven articles in total. And in fact, because I've just finished a novel, to balance things out I'm going to attempt watching news videos from BBC News हिंदी to practice listening comprehension. The neat thing is that each of their videos is accompanied by a short description which gives me some indication of what the video is about but still leaves the majority of the news to be discovered from the video.
Langblr News Challenge 1/7 - Twin Tower demolition in Noida
पहला वीडियो जो मैंने देखा वह नोएडा के ट्विन टावर के बारे में है। यह रिपोर्ट उनके ध्वस्त से पहले की गई है और इस में बताया जाता है कि टावर्स के आस पास रहने वालों को डर लग रहा है उनके होनेवाले विध्वंस की वजह से। हालाँकि एंगिनेरिंग कंपनी से टावर्स को गिराने के लिए महीनों से तयारी की गई है और इंगिनेर के मुताबिक आस पास वाली दूसरे ईमारतें ज़्यादा खतरे में नहीं हैं, टावर्स के बहुत पास रहने वाले आश्वस्त नहीं हैं। लोगों में डर है क्योंकि उनको लग रहा है कि टावर्स उनकी अपनी इमारतों के ऊपर गिरनेवाली हो, या कि धमाके में उनके सामान को किसी नुकसान पहुँच सकता है। कुछ लोग ऐसा भी सोचते हैं कि विध्वंस के बाद हवा में बहुत ज़्यादा धूल होगा जो बच्चों को बहुत नुकसानदेह हो सकता है।
बहुमंजिला - multi-storey (adjective)
धराशायी / ध्वस्त - demolished (adjective)
विस्फोटक - explosive (masculine)
बारूद- gunpowder (feminine)
एहतियात - precaution (feminine)
के मद्देनज़र - in view of, in light of (postposition)
चिंगारी - spark, flame (feminine)
विध्वंस - demolition (masculine)
Comments and corrections for my Hindi are always welcome ^^
Re-posting this because my blog refused to show the original reblog fully for some reason??
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