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#adverbs #quantity #langblr #spanish #spanish langblr #polyglot #langblog #studyblr #learning languages #q #POSTED THIS TO THE WRONG BLOG FUCK

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vocabulario del tarot tarot vocabulary

adivinación divination

cartomancia cartomancy

la mística the mystic

el esotérico the esoteric 

la naipe card

la baraja deck

arcanos mayores major arcana

arcanos menores minor arcana

tiradas de tarot tarot spreads

los triunfos trumps

la interpretación interpretation

interpreter to interpret

simbolismo symbolism

ilustraciones de las cartas card illustrations

el arquetipo archetype

#tarot #tarot cards #vocab list #spanish #spanish langblr #langblr #langblog #polyglot #studyblr #learning languages #q

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Directions on a Map in Spanish

Directions on a Map - Las Direcciones del Mapa

north - el norte south - el sur east - el este west - el oeste to the north - al norte to the south - al sur to the east - al este to the west - al oeste northeast - el noreste northwest - el noroeste southeast - el sureste southwest - el suroeste

#awfully bold of me making this post as if i can read a map #or know which way east and west are #vocab list #directions #compass #world map #spanish vocabular #spanish vocab list #langblr #spanish langblr #spanish #polyglot #langblog #studyblr #learning languages #q #original posts

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Spanish Tourist Locations Vocabulary

Tourist Sites - Los Sitios Para Los Turistas

abbey - la abadía amphitheater - el anfiteatro aquarium - el acuario arch - el arco art gallery - la galería de arte avenue - la avenida beach - la playa boulevard - el bulevar bridge - el puente castle - el castillo catacombs - las catacumbas cathedral - la catedral cemetery - el cementerio chapel - la capilla church - la iglesia concert hall - la sala de conciertos countryside - el campo hotel - el hotel library - la biblioteca mansion - la mansión monastery - el monasterio museum - el museo opera - (el teatro de) la ópera palace - el palacio road - el camino stadium - el estadio store - la tienda street - la calle temple - el templo theater - el teatro tower - la torre town hall - el ayuntamiento

#buildings #tourism #tourist sites #vocab list #spanish vocab list #original posts #spanish vocab #spanish vocabulary #langblr #spanish langblr #spanish #langblog #polyglot #studyblr #learning languages #q

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vocabulario de cuidarte | self care vocabulary (list #1)

cuidar to care, to look after

amar to love

bañar(se) to bathe (self)

lavar(se) to wash (self)

el agua water

noche de spa spa night 

la bomba de baño bathbomb

la bañera bath

el jabón soap

el champú shampoo

el acondicionador conditioner

los exfoliantes exfoliates

la mascarilla facemask

la crema hidratante moisturizer

la manicura manicure

la pedicura pedicure

té caliente hot tea

agua caliente hot water

las burbujas bubbles

los cirios candles

la música music

acogedor cozy

hidratar to hydrate

#self care #vocab list #spanish #spanish langblr #polyglot #langblr #langblog #learning languages #q #studyblr

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Ocean Vocabulary

I went to the beach the other day to take a walk, and although it was freezing cold, it was also very nice and calming. The sea is one of my favourite things so I thought it would be a good idea to expand my vocabulary a bit on this topic :)

el acantilado - cliff

el agua - water

el agua salada - salt water

el alga - seaweed

el ancla - anchor

la anémona - the anemone

la arena - the sand

el arrecife - reef

la ballena - whale

el barco de vela - sailing ship

la brisa - breeze

el/la buzo - the diver

el caballito de mar - seahorse

la concha - shell

el coral - coral

la costa - shore

el delfín - dolphin

la espuma marina - sea foam

la estrella de mar - starfish

el faro - lighthouse

la gaviota - seagull

la isla - island

el/la mar - sea

la medusa - jellyfish

el muelle - pier

el/la nadador/-a - the swimmer

nadar - to swim

navegar - to sail

el océano - ocean

la ola - wave

el oleaje - surge

el pez - fish

la playa - beach

la roca - rock

la sal marina - sea salt

el tiburón - shark

la tormenta - storm

tormentoso/-a - stormy

la vela - sail

ventoso/-a - windy

el viento - wind

zambullirse - to dive

Bonus word for everyone who has read so far:

la sirena - mermaid

#vocab list #spanish #spanish langblr #langblr #langblog #ployglot #learning languages #ocean #language learning

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#memes #comic #spanish #spanish langblr #polyglot #langblr #langblog #studyblr #learning languages

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Quick Update

i’m working on getting the first spanish grammar chapter out! i’m going to put the images in a google doc with the info typed out as well. it’s just taking a very long time because i’m busy with college and life in general

thank you for your patience 🖤

#gray speaks #update #spanish grammar lessons #not russian #sorta spanish?

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Politics and Government - La política y el gobierno

disclaimer: as always, let me know if i made any mistakes and if i should add any words/regional words!  Here’s a link to the election vocab list and the politician vocab list

act - la ley administration - la administración amendment - la enmienda appointment - el nombramiento asylum seeker - el/la solicitante de asilo político bill - la proposición, el proyecto de ley cabinet - el Consejo de Ministros chamber - la cámara citizen - el ciudadano/la ciudadana civil disobedience - la resistencia pasiva civil servant - el funcionario público/la funcionaria pública civil war - la guerra civil coalition - la coalición constituent - el/la constituyente constitution - la constitución cooperation - la cooperación corruption - la corrupción coup - el golpe de estado crime - el crimen crisis - la crisis debate - el debate decree - el decreto delegate - el delegado/la delegada, el diputado/la diputada demonstration - la manifestación duty - el deber emergency meeting - la reunión extraordinaria equal opportunity - la igualdad de oportunidades executive - el ejecutive/la ejecutiva

there’s so much under the cut, im tryna save your dashboard here

flag - la bandera foreign policy - la política exterior freedom - la libertad freedom of speech - la libertad de expresión government - el gobierno judiciary - la judicatura law - la ley, el derecho legislation - la legislación legislature - la legislatura liberty - la libertad local affairs - los asuntos locales majority - la mayoría meeting - la reunión middle class - la clase media ministry - el ministerio minority - la minoría office - el cargo, el puesto pact - el pacto politician - el político/la política power - el poder (not to be confused with the verb) preamble - el preámbulo public opinion - la opinión pública reactionary - el reaccionario/la reaccionaria reform - la reforma region - la región revolt - la revuelta, el levantamiento rule - la regla sanction - la sanción seat (political) - el escaño solidarity - la solidaridad speech - el discurso support - el apoyo tax - el impuesto taxation - los impuestos term (in office) - el cargo, el puesto term of office - la duración del cargo Treasury - el Ministerio de Hacienda unity - la unidad veto - el veto welfare - el bienestar working class - la clase obrera

to abolish - anular, revocar, suprimir to appoint - nombrar, designar to become law - cobrar fuerza de ley, entrar en vigor to bring down - derrocar, derribar to cut taxes - reducir los impuestos to demonstrate - participar en la manifestación to dismiss (from office) - distituir to draw up (a bill) - redactar to form a pact with - pactar con to govern - gobernar (e > ie stem changing) to introduce (a bill) - presentar to lead - encabezar to offer an amendment - proponer una enmienda to overthrow - derrocar to pass (a bill) - aprobar to ratify - ratificar to reform - reformar to reject - rechazar to repress - reprimir to resign - dimitir to rule - regir (e > i), disponer to support - apoyar to take office - tomar posesión del puesto, tomor posesión del cargo to take power - tomar el poder to throw out (a bill) - rechazar to veto - vetar to vote - votar

#politics #government #us politics #election #election 2020 #vote #us government #spanish #spanish vocab list #spanish vocabulary #vocab list #langblr #spanish langblr #langblog #studyblr #polyglot #learning languages #q #original posts

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diseases in english are like “oh you have conjungitivitistittis. :)”

german meanwhile is like “you have hurty tummy syndrome :////”

#i don’t know german but dammit i love this #compound nouns are amazing #german #memes #maybe #langblr #polyglot #studyblr #learning languages #langblog #q

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Politicians - Los Políticos

disclaimer: as usual, let me know if i made any mistakes. Also, this is heavily based off of american politics, so please tell me some regional words/other words i should add because i want to include other countries

attorney general - el ministro/la ministra de Justicia chancellor - el canciller, el ministro congressman/congresswoman - el diputado/la diputada, el/la congresista Democrat - el/la demócrata First Lady - la primera dama governor - el gobernador/la gobernadora head of state - el/la jefe de estado House (of Representatives) - la Cámara (de Representantes) judge, justice - el/la juez, el magistrado/la magistrada leader - el líder mayor - el/la alcalde minister - el ministro office - el cargo, el puesto party leader - el/la líder del partido (político) politician - el político/la política president - el presidente/la presidenta prime minister - el primer ministro/la primera ministra Republican - el republicano/la republicana secretary of state - el secretario/la secretaria de Estado, el ministro/la ministra de asuntos exteriores secretary of the interior - el ministro/la ministra del interior Senate - el Senado senator - el senador/la senadora speaker of the House - el presidente/la presidenta de la Cámara spokesperson - el/la portavoz statesman - el hombre de estado undersecretary - el subsecretario/la subsecretaria vice president - el vicepresidente/la vicepresidenta

election vocabulary list

#politics #politican #election #2020 election #election 2020 #politicians #us politics #spanish #vocab list #spanish vocab list #spanish vocabulary #spanish langblr #langblr #studyblr #polyglot #learning languages #q #original posts

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Elections - Las Elecciones

disclaimer: if there is anything incorrect please let me know! also tell me if there are any regional variants/words i should add, thanks yall!

ballot - la votación paper ballot - la papeleta de voto ballot box - la urna electoral, la urna de votos campaign - la campaña canidate - el candidato/la candidata caucus - la junta secreta, el conventículo constituency - la circunscripción electoral count - el recuento, la cuenta democracy - la democracia elected (person) - el elegido/la elegida election - la elección general election - la votación general local elections - las elecciones regionales majority system - el sistema mayoritario off-year election - el elección parcial opinion poll - el sondeo de opinión party (political) - el partido primary - la primaria purpose - el propósito recount - el recuento referendum - el reférendum right to vote - el derecho de votar suffrage - el sufragio swing - el desplazamiento, el movimento vote - el voto voter - el/la votante

to be entitled to vote - tener derecho a votar to elect - elegir (stem changing e > i) to hold an election - celebrar una elección to recount - volver (o > ue) a contar

politicians vocab list

reminder to my fellow americans vote if you havent already!

#fucking vote please #if i see any pro-trump bullshit i will block you #free speech doesnt apply to a 17 year olds blog #election #2020 election #election 2020 #politics #vocab list #Spanish vocab #spanish vocabulary #vote #spanish #langblr #spanish langblr #polyglot #studyblr #langblog #learning languages #us politics #original posts

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Where Has Gray Been?

If you’re seeing this, first of all, thank you for sticking around!

Secondly, my life has been pretty chaotic and unfortunately I havent had the time or ability to keep up with this blog as much as I’d like.  Tl;dr: My health worsened and I’ve been diagnosed with postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS). My childhood cat also passed away recently so that definitely hit me pretty damn hard. Along with that, college has been hectic and the state of the world is....well it isnt great right now. Basically, I’ve just been stressed and doing a lot of assignments lmao

What’s important for yall is that I’m going to try to post more! I’ve settled into a routine and should be a lot more active! I’m still mainly learning spanish and a bit of russian, but I’ve added french and hawaiian (and maybe some others in the near future) to the list!

Also holy shit thank you for 400 followers! I love you all so much!!

#gray speaks #not spanish #not russian #gray update #life update

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“Are you a doctor?”

“Me? Doctor? Ah…”

“Yes. I… am a doctor.”

“That’s good!”

Eddy is not a doctor. 

#i am still alive i promise #just having a lot of shit going on irl #duolingo #memes #langblr #spanish langblr #spanish #langblog #polyglot #studyblr #learning languages

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im going to have a stroke

#i remembered a word in spanish but not english once #i got very confused as a native english speaker #and i say ‘i dont know’ more often in spanish than english nowadays that i naturally say no lo sé in an english conversation

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Not bad for a bunch of random noises we make with our mouths. Well done, everyone.

#i am a devious sausage #im not sure whqt to tag this #new tag time #interesting stuff #for ya know interesting stuff #langblr #spanish langblr #russian langblr #langblog #polyglot #learning languages #studyblr

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ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi - the basics

The Hawaiian language is as interesting as it is complicated, and it’s impossible to travel to the Hawaiian islands without encountering it in some form or another. Whether it’s on street signs, landmarks, or simply trying to explain which island you’ll be visiting, you will be using the language in some way during a visit.

Let’s start with the basics:

The Hawaiian language consists of 13 letters, including five vowels, seven consonants, and a glottal stop known as an `okina.

Vowels are usually pronounced in much the same way one would expect to pronounce them in Spanish:

a ——> “ah”

e ——> “eh”

i ——-> “ee”

o ——> “oh”

u ——> “ooh”

Consonants in the Hawaiian language are:

K

L

W

H

M

N

P

And lastly, there’s the `okina. The `okina represents a glottal stop. Say the phrase “uh-oh” out loud. Do you hear the little break between “uh” and “oh”? That’s a glottal stop. The `okina is represented with a ` , similar to a backwards apostrophe. Not all fonts allow for this, though, so a regular apostrophe is often used in its place.

All consonants in the Hawaiian language are followed by a vowel. That is to say, a word cannot end in a consonant, and two consonants cannot be written or spoken together.

It is possible, though, to have two vowels next to each other. Similar vowels, like two a’s, will have an `okina between them, like in the word “ʻaʻā” (pronounced “ah-ah”), which means “stony, rough lava.” Dissimilar vowels, on the other hand, lead a speaker to form different vowel sounds that are not possible using the standard vowels on their own. “Pau,” for example, is often used today to mean “done” or “finished,” and is pronounced like the English word “pow.” Similarly, “Lanikai” on the island of O`ahu, is pronounced “lah-nee-kye.”

The individual vowels are still pronounced, but because of the way they are spoken together, they form a different sound. Take “pau” again, for instance. Technically, it’s pronounced “pah-ooh,” but when spoken, it forms a “pow” sound like we use in English.

(Photo via Wikipedia)

Captain Cook discovered the Hawaiian islands in 1778, marking the first time the language had ever been heard by Europeans. Prior to discovery, and for a period of time immediately afterwards, the Hawaiian language had no written representation other than picture symbols in the form of petroglyphs.

(Photo via maiabegiashvili.blogspot.com)

It wasn’t until the arrival of other Europeans and protestant missionaries in the early 1800s that the Hawaiian language took a written form. The missionaries used written language as a means of spreading their religion, and interestingly, it led to a nearly 100% literacy rate, a feat which many countries today have trouble emulating.

These missionaries weren’t all good for the language, though. Many of the missionaries discouraged the use of the Hawaiian language, and many parents saw the language as a barrier to success for their children. As a result, the number of Hawaiian speaking individuals dropped from 37,000 to just 1,000 around the turn of the 20th century.

This loss of culture led to a revival for the language, though, and in 1949, the first Hawaiian-language dictionary was printed. Also around this time, Hawaiian-immersion preschools began to form, which took English-speaking children and put them into a formal schooling environment in which the Hawaiian language was used.

Still, in 1997, there were only 2,000 native speakers of Hawaiian left in the islands. The late 90s and early 2000s brought a new push towards reviving the language, and its numbers are now above 24,000.

The island of Ni`ihau, is currently the only location in the world where the Hawaiian language is predominant. On Ni`ihau, children are raised speaking Hawaiian, and around the age of 8, they begin to learn English. The preservation of the language on this island is only possible because of its status as a privately owned property and the fact that outsiders are prevented from communicating with residents.

While there are many more nuances to the Hawaiian language, these are simply the basics. After reading this, you should be able to pronounce street names like Waiānuenue Avenue, Kawaihae Road, and Haleakalā Highway, right?

Maybe not yet, but with a little practice you could do so without any trouble at all.

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