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May 13th | 3

Today’s 16 Free Kindle Books to Help You Learn Foreign Languages (5/13/12)

freekindlebookslanguagelearning:

Most of these books are free for today only, so download the ones you want right away. These books can be read even without a Kindle.

These are today’s new books:

And these are the books that have been free previously and are still free:

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Be sure to check out today’s free Kindle books in the other categories, too.

Apr 19th | 11

Word of the Day- Superhero Edition!

deutschtaeglich:

der Superheld- Superhero!

der Umhang- Cape

die Superkräfte- superpowers

I don’t know how legit these are butttt

der Offiziersbursche- Batman

der Gerüstbauer- Spideman

der Supermann- Superman

fliegen- to fly

schießen- to shoot

Apr 19th | 6

wund

otpdeutsch:

wund (adj/adv)
   sore; raw; wounded

Er hat einen wunden Punkt getroffen.
He hit on a sore point. - He struck a nerve.
Das offenbart eine weitere bittere Wahrheit: Die Märkte suchen immer den wunden Punkt.
That reveals another bitter truth: The markets always go for the Achilles’ heel.
Ich habe mir den Mund wund geredet.
I talked until I was blue in the face.
Der wunde Punkt (Buch von Dr. Wayne Dyer)
Your Erroneous Zones (book by Dr. Wayne Dyer)

Related:
die Wunde (-n) wound, injury
an eine alte Wunde rühren to touch on a sore point/an old wound
wunder Punkt sore spot, touchy subject, weak spot, Achilles’ heel
sich (dat.den Mund wund reden to talk until one is blue in the face
ein Tier wund schießen to (shoot and) wound an animal

(Source: aboutgerman.net)

6 notes Apr 19 via otpdeutsch originally otpdeutsch
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Apr 14th | 2

Another Word of the Day Website! →

deutschtaeglich:

In case you aren’t learning enough German, you can go to this website and check out their word of the day! This is the link for the advanced word of the day, but they also have a beginner’s word of the day to learn more basic verbs and stuff :)

Apr 9th | 9 googolplexity:

Sentences
Mein Lieblingsfach ist Deutsch - My favourite subject is German
Ich habe drei Lektionen heute - I have three lessons today
Ich mag Geschicte und Erdkunde - I like History
Notes
Erdkunde literally translates as Earth study, or study of the Earth. Kunde is a prefix and acts in German as -logy would in English. Other words ending in -kunde include, Pflanzenkunde - Botany, Naturkunde - Study of Nature, and Volkskunde - Folklore.

googolplexity:

Sentences

Mein Lieblingsfach ist Deutsch - My favourite subject is German

Ich habe drei Lektionen heute - I have three lessons today

Ich mag Geschicte und Erdkunde - I like History

Notes

Erdkunde literally translates as Earth study, or study of the Earth. Kunde is a prefix and acts in German as -logy would in English. Other words ending in -kunde include, Pflanzenkunde - Botany, Naturkunde - Study of Nature, and Volkskunde - Folklore.

Mar 16th | 170

Learn Languages the Simple Way

thewordcollector2:

Bismillaah…In the Name of God

Assalaamu 3alaikum…Peace be unto you

Hai/Hi Guys:),

The following are some terrific language links that I got from this website: http://learn101.org/index.php. I have placed each of the languages under specific headings in order to make it easy for you to find the language/s of your interest. Happy Learning!!!

African languages

Learn *Amharic (Horn of Africa/Ethiopia)- http://learn101.org/amharic.php

*Amharic, Somali, and Arabic are Afroasiatic languages.

Learn Arabic (North Africa, West Africa, and East Africa)- http://learn101.org/arabic.php

Learn *Somali (Horn of Africa)- http://learn101.org/somali.php

*The Somali language (Somali: Afsoomaali; Arabic: الصومالية) is a member of the East Cushitic branch of the Afro-Asiatic language family. Its nearest relatives are Afar and Oromo. Somali is the best documented of the Cushitic languages, with academic studies beginning before 1900. (Wikipedia)

Learn *Swahili (East Africa)- http://learn101.org/swahili.php

*Swahili or Kiswahili (known in Swahili itself as Kiswahili) is a Bantu language spoken by various ethnic groups that inhabit several large stretches of the Mozambique Channel coastline from northern Kenya to northern Mozambique, including the Comoros Islands. It is also spoken by ethnic minority groups in Somalia. Although only five million people speak Swahili as their mother tongue, it is used as a lingua franca in much of East Africa, meaning the total number of speakers exceeds 60 million. Swahili serves as a national, or official language, of five nations: Tanzania, Kenya, Uganda, the Comoros and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. (Wikipedia)

Austronesian languages

Learn Indonesian (Bahasa Indonesia)- http://learn101.org/indonesian.php

Learn Malay (Bahasa Melayu/Malaysia)- http://learn101.org/malay.php

Caribbean languages

*Learn Haitian- http://learn101.org/haitian.php

*Languages of the Caribbean include: English, Spanish, French, Dutch, Papiamento (Papiamentu), and Haitian Creole. 

Please, see here for further information on Caribbean languages: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribbean_Languages

East Asian languages

Learn Chinese- http://learn101.org/chinese.php

Learn Japanese- http://learn101.org/japanese.php

Learn Korean- http://learn101.org/korean.php

Germanic languages

Learn Dutch- http://learn101.org/dutch.php

*Learn English- http://learn101.org/english.php

*For ESL (English as a second language) and EFL (English as a foreign language) students especially :).

Learn German- http://learn101.org/german.php

Learn Yiddish- http://learn101.org/yiddish.php

Indian languages

Learn Hindi- http://learn101.org/hindi.php

Learn Punjabi- http://learn101.org/punjabi.php

Learn Urdu- http://learn101.org/urdu.php

Iranian languages and Indo-Iranian languages

Learn Farsi (Iranian)- http://learn101.org/farsi.php

Learn Kurdish- http://learn101.org/kurdish.php

Learn Pashto (Afghani)- http://learn101.org/pashto.php

Learn Urdu- http://learn101.org/urdu.php

Latin languages aka Romance languages

Learn *Brazilian- http://learn101.org/brazilian.php

*Brazilian Portuguese

Learn French (Le Français)- http://learn101.org/french.php

Learn Italian (Italiano/Lingua Italiana)- http://learn101.org/italian.php

Learn Latin (Lingua Latina)- http://learn101.org/latin.php

Learn Portuguese (Português/Língua Portuguesa)- http://learn101.org/portuguese.php

Learn Spanish (Español)- http://learn101.org/spanish.php

Semitic languages

Learn Amharic (Horn of Africa/Ethiopia)- http://learn101.org/amharic.php

Learn *Arabic (Al-3arabiyyah العربيّة/Lughat al 3arabiyyah لغة العربيّة)- http://learn101.org/arabic.php

*Arabic (العربية al-ʿarabīyyah or عربي/عربى ʿarabī ) is a name applied to the descendants of the Classical Arabic language of the 6th century CE. This includes both the literary language (Modern Standard Arabic or Literary Arabic, used in most written documents as well as in formal spoken occasions, such as lectures and radio broadcasts) and the spoken Arabic varieties, spoken in a wide arc of territory stretching across the Middle East and North Africa. Arabic is a Central Semitic language, closely related to Hebrew and the Neo-Aramaic languages, and also related to the South Semitic languages (e.g., Amharic in Ethiopia, Tigrinya in Ethiopia and Eritrea, and Mehri in Yemen and Oman) and the extinct East Semitic languages (e.g., Akkadian, first attested nearly 5,000 years ago). The written language is distinct from and more conservative than all of the spoken varieties, and the two exist in a state known as diglossia, used side-by-side for different societal functions. (Wikipedia)

Learn Hebrew- http://learn101.org/hebrew.php

Arabic Dialects

Learn Egyptian Arabic- http://learn101.org/egyptian.php

Learn Moroccan Arabic (Darija الدارجة)- http://learn101.org/moroccan.php

Further Reading:

Okay, I’ll call this a wrap!;) Please keep reading my blog, InshaaAllah (God willing)! :) Wassalaam 3alaikum (and Peace be unto you)

Thank you Readers :)

Sam

Mar 11th | 184 lifehappensonlyonce:

Infographic: What Are the Hardest Languages to Learn.

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Infographic: What Are the Hardest Languages to Learn.

Mar 5th | 20

Funky Time Adjectives

otpdeutsch:

gestrig = die gestrige Zeitung = yesterday’s newpaper

morgige = auf der morgigen Sitzung = tomorrow’s meeting

sofortig = sofortige Maßnahmen = immediate measures

damalig = damalige Lieder = songs from back then 

ganztägig = die ganztägige Konferenz = the full day conference

monatlich = mein monatliches Gehalt = my monthly wage

zehnmonatig = die zehnmonatige Ausbildung = the ten month education 

wöchentlich = auf der wöchentlichen Sitzung = at the weekly meeting

dreiwöchig = die dreiwöchige Reise = the three week trip 

einjährig = bei dem einjährigen Praktikum = at the once a year practicum 

frühere und heutige = mit früheren und heutigen Mitarbeitern = with former and current employees 

20 notes Mar 5 via otpdeutsch originally otpdeutsch
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Mar 5th | 3
3 notes Mar 5 via elektracarl originally elektracarl
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Mar 2nd | 2

Deutsche Filme

liebesdeutschland:

Writing the German movies suggestions now. If anyone still wants to send suggestions, telling what’s your favorite German movie or auf Deutsch movie, send it here.