January 2012
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Polish Word of the Day: Sowa
polandbymail:
Pronunciation: SOH-vah,
Translation: Owl
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HAPPY NEW YEAR!!! :D
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새해 복 많이 받으세요!! :D
December 2011
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fehlen (v.)
deutschoftheday:
- to be missing
“Is everyone here?” - “No, Mike is missing!” - “Sind alle da?” - “Nein, Mike fehlt!”
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Polish Word of the Day: Szkoła
polandbymail:
Pronunciation: SHKOH-wah,
Translation: School
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zitieren (v.)
deutschoftheday:
- to quote
Whoever knew the song we quoted yesterday has a good taste in music. - Wer auch immer das Lied, das wir gestern zitierten, kannte, hat einen guten Musikgeschmack.
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안녕하세요, 잘지냈어요?
learnhangul:
Hello, how are you?
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Korean: I want to + verb
learnhangul:
With reference to the previous ‘I want to go to Korea’ post, there are many verbs that can be used in the sentence structure.
Here are some common ones:
하다 (ha-da): to do
가다 (ga-da): to go
보다 (bo-da): to see
먹다 (meok-da): to eat
사다 (sa-da): to buy
읽다 (ilg-da): to read
자다 (ja-da): to sleep
놀다 (nol-da): to play
쉬다 (swi-da): to rest
마시다 (ma-si-da): to drink
일하다...
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das Land - country (n.)
deutschoftheday:
Deutschland - Germany Frankreich - France Vereinigtes Königreich - United Kingdom USA (you mostly hear us saying ‘Amerika’) - USA Australien - Australia Brasilien - Brazil Spanien - Spain Portugal - Portugal Griechenland - Greece Österreich - Austria Schweiz - Switzerland Iran - Iran Irak - Iraq Türkei - Turkey Ukraine - Ukraine Polen - Poland Russland - Russia Weißrussland -...
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Polish Word of the Day: Dziękuję
polandbymail:
Pronunciation: jen-KOO-yeh,
Translation: Thank You
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"Falsche Freunde" - false friends
deutschoftheday:
(German words which are similar to english words but not the actual translation)
More can be found here.
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I really want a pen pal or someone who I can...
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If you want to learn Korean (Hangul) ....try! →
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French Expressions You Won't Learn At School
awesomefrench:
thereshewrites:
French Expressions You Won’t Learn At School
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À boire ou je tue le chien! : Bring me something to drink or I kill the dog!
Arriver comme un cheveu sur la soupe : About a remark in a conversation, to be completely irrelevant (literally: “to arrive like a hair in the soup”)
Attaquer bille en tête : He didn’t beat about the bush (literally: “to attack with a...
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WORDOOR another 5 Language Learning Tips
langcommunity:
#1 Audio
If you have a language course that does not contain an audio component, then you should acquire one. That sounds a little prescriptive, but people respond very well to listening to a language. Listening to the language is a critical aspect of studying if you plan to actually speak it. This is also one of the easiest ways to become comfortable with a language; even if you...
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der Schwindel (n.)
deutschoftheday:
- shenanigan
“That’s what we call shenanigan” - “Das ist, was wir Schwindel nennen”
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Merry Christmas! ;)
riceisanessentialpartofmydiet:
(Korean) 메리 크리스마스! (Chinese) 圣诞快乐 (French) Joyeux Noël (Spanish) ¡Feliz Navidad (Latin) Lorem Nativitatis (Arabic) عيد ميلاد مجيد (Telugu) మెర్రి క్రిస్మస్
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How to say "Happy New Years" in 40 languages →
matadornetwork:
According to Ethnologue, the world currently has 6,909 living languages. Here’s how to wish someone a happy new year in 40 of them.
Polish Word of the Day: Rodzina
polandbymail:
Pronunciation: roh-GEE-nah,
Translation: Family
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Polish Word of the Day: Święty Mikołaj
polandbymail:
Pronunciation: SHVYEN-tih mee-KOH-wai,
Translation: Santa Claus
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Wordoor Culture : Christmas Comparisons in the USA...
langcommunity:
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A quick primer of the Hawaiian Language: from... →
labluebox:
I found this extremely helpful. I also thought it alittle humours that the vowel sounds are pretty much the same in Spanish. *wondering why the words are so long? take note of how many letters they have.
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Hey guys! I need your help! What are three ways...
I’m writing a paper on it. And I have no idea what to write. Please help me!
Thank you so much!!!
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a few random words I've come across lately
learningmandarinchinese:
碰 pèng to touch/ to meet with / to bump/in a row in mahjong
小心 xiǎo xīn to be careful / to take care
行為 xíng wéi action / conduct / behavior / activity
興味 xìng wèi interest / taste
如果 rú guǒ if / in case / in the event that
非常 fēi cháng unusual / extraordinary / extreme / very / exceptional
禱告 dǎo gào to pray /...
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Cool eh? It's so true, yo.
leriver:
In Japanese “ne?” at the end of a sentence is used in the same way that Canadians use “eh?”;
and ”yo” at the end of a sentence is used EXACTLY the same way as ‘gangstas’ do.
おいしいですね？
Oishii desu ne?
Delicious eh?
臭いですよ！
Akushū desu yo!
It stinks yo!
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let's pretend we don't exist: Zungenbrecher... →
derradiokopf:
Der dicke Dachdecker deckte das dicke Dach. Dann trug der dicke Dachdecker, die dicke Dame durch den dicken Dreck. Dann dankte die dicke Dame dem dicken Dachdecker, dass der dicke Dachdecker die dicke Dame durch den dicken Dreck trug.
The fat roofer roofed the thick roof. Then the fat roofer carried the fat lady through the thick mud. Then the fat lady thanked the fat...
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So today's German Word Of The Day is...
xxnephaelia-vondaemonenxx:
Buchstabieren! This fun verb means “to spell”. It is pronounced like “boohkh-stahb-eeer-en” This is one of my favourite verbs because it’s so fun to say ^-^ XD
“Ich buchstabiere das Wort.” “I spell the word.”
“Buchstabieren Sie bitte.” “Please spell (it).” [formal]
Here is the conjugation: ich buchstabiere Sie/sie buchstabierendu buchstabierst wir...
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LiveMocha →
If you want to learn any language, this site is great! I just started using it and I already love it. I highly recommend it!
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Phonetics: The sounds of spoken language. →
spanish-lessons:
This is a great source of help for you. It has the diagram of the places of articulation for letters, and also videos of people pronouncing both the letter and words with those letters.
Take into account that it has the IPA (International Phonetic Alphabet) symbols.
I hope it is useful for you!
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Word Association Study →
On average, an adult knows about 40.000 words. Researchers in psychology and linguistics are interested in how these words are represented mentally. In this large-scale study we aim to build a network that captures this knowledge by playing the game of word associations. You can help us with this project by participating in this short and fun study.
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Korean, You Say?: Word of the Day →
koreanyousay:
안아 줘요! (an-a jueo-yo)
Meaning: 1. Hug me!
About this WOD: Pronounced “a-nah jwo-yo”
Examples:
10cm’s Hug Me 안아줘요 안아줘요 안아줘요 안아달라니까요 anajwoyo anajwoyo anajwoyo anadallanikkayo Hug me hug me hug me please hug me
Girl’s Day’s Hug Me Once 한 번만 안아줘 한 번만 웃어줘 한 번만 느껴줘 한 번만 웃어줘 …
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i2Speak - Online IPA Keyboard →
jowillmott:
Easy way to enter IPA. Via Language Log
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Anyone who likes LOTR, will love this. →
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celiaelise asked: Is this really a blog dedicated to randomly teaching a whole bunch of languages? *faints* I barely speak two, but I'm trying to learn! thanks for your cool blog!
Korean, You Say?: Word of the Day →
koreanyousay:
모해 (mo-hae)
Meaning: 1. What are you doing?
About this WOD: 모해 comes from 뭐하냐 (mueo-ha-nya) or 모하냐 (mo-ha-nya), which literally translates as “What are you up to?” Other ways to say this are: 뭐해 (mueo-hae), 뭐하3 (mueo-ha-sam), or 모하3 (mo-ha-sam) [3 in Korean is pronounced as ‘sam’, so
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Yiddish
pokethewolf:
Hello - (A gutn tog) אַ גוטן טא What is your name?- (Vi heystu) װי הײסטו Pleased to meet you - Es frayt mikh dikh tsu kenen) עס פֿרײַט מיך דיך צו קענען Thank you - (A sheynem dank) אַ שיינען דאַנק
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How to ask for ‘one more beer, please’ in 50... →