#or use it as a verb in a sentence

[satoruluvies]

its so fun yapping and brainrotting about our favourite jjk men and women !!!! send in yaps my yappers <33

#take a shot everytime i say yap #or use it as a verb in a sentence #or a #yeah #cathyaps

[souldagger]

so normal about the gender fuckery of the Polish murderbot translation (lie i am on the verge of tears)

#it uses verb inflections that imply it/otherwise non-binary pronouns in first person #and it looks like in third person the translator went with #she pronouns when using security unit (bc the word unit is gendered female in polish) #and he pronouns when using Murderbot (bc the word robot is gendered male) #which... isn't ideal #but in a language this excessively gendered it was always going to be messy #and it's the first person verb endings that matter most bc you're reminded that mb's opinion on gender is No Thanks EVERY SENTENCE. !!!!!!! #the fact that the translator went with that instead of the easy route of he pronouns #(which are unfortunately kind of implied in the name Murderbot/Mordbot in polish since like i said robot/bot is gendered male) #is so so so important to me #(and ofc half the reviews for this translation include complaints about 'woke' verb endings 🙄 whatever) #.txt #books #murderbot

[catilinas]

cicero, pro archia poeta 24 trans. n.h. watts

#do you ever accidentally stumble upon a a sentence that just goes soooooo hard #those verb choices marce tulli! i am enjoying them! #(contego is cover but like. with intent to preserve. obruo is destroy but also bury but like Bury The Memory Of. evil burying) #ough and corpus when. the iliad. oughhh. like ok it's the standard word lucan is just weird in using cadaver instead so often #but you could make a squalloscope lyric out of this! they gave me a body of water i gave them a body of work! #a lock against oblivion #cicero #iliad #i think at this point it is too late for me to Start having a like. tombs and burials tag :/ i would have to go back and find so many posts #beeps

[velaraffricate]

im honestly so close to making like a quizlet or something of yakaɬ and properly learning it............ i feel like this conlang would actually be feasible to learn if i could bring myself to memorize all the pronouns and case endings and verb conjugations. and itd take a while but theres not an insanely huge amount of those

#welllllll theres 70 pronouns but if i skip the dual number and obviates and excl/incl 1st person plural theres only 30 #which would be a nice start. and 23 case endings but thats totally doable. and like 15 verb suffixes. thats literally not so bad #and obv some get used way more than others #sentence structure isnt that complicated. oh god should i do this #ramblings #yakaɬ

[transingthoseformers]

Wait quick question because I've thought about this a lot

#poll #tumblr #because me and i me and i? tumblr has altered how i talk #it's made me more verbally expressive if that's any word for it #i use a lot of qualifiers and quantifiers #I'll shove super formal terms and super casual terms together in a sentence #I'll use verbs as nouns and nouns as verbs

[sentofight]

ooc. u know since i started teaching i think my grammar is getting..........tiny..........tiny...weeensyyyyyy eaaannyyyy better. i know how grammar works but then i write my brain: *slides arabic structure here because it can* and then you have arabizi*

#ooc.| faty speaks #[i know i still do it but (verb have) in a past sentence my brain: gotta use the past form of the verb too duh #[modal verb carry the tense so no need to say something like they didn't had it should be have... #[me: its easy. brain: lmao ok i cant apply it because whatever~ whaaaatever~~~~ #[sTOP IT ZA.CK FAIR STOP IT!!!! YOU'RE NOT ALLOWED TO WWHATEVER ME NOW NOT EVEN IN JP!!! I WARN YOU BRAIN #[never mind me im just little bit emotional. remember when i used to write am instead of I .... yeh. same. #[i give myself pain because i can #[LISTEN. IM TINY BIT PROUD. AT LEAST I MAKE SENSE NOW..........RIGHT?...RIGHT??????????????????? #[we passed the your and you're stage too. luckily i didnt get them mixed up. it is the there and their for me XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD #[help me..im suffocating because of past memories waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa!!!!!!!!!!! #[let me not open my old multi muse blog and look at my writing sobs #[oooh c r i n g e ~~~~~~~ #[yehaw i wanna bother wars suddenly weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee

[the-way-astray]

he's a roy that is very fitz who occasionally enjoys vacking very, very averyily

#kotlc #kotlc fitz #fitz vacker #my brain blurted out this sentence #what am i on #i think i used every kind of grammatical word #roy is a noun #fitz is an adjective #vacking is a verb #avery is an adverb #anyway #genuinely have no idea where this came from #who did this to me

[thistledropkick]

"Recently, Homicide threw a trash can at me and it smashed my ribs.

'I'm really feeling better'

is what I thought, but.

Sasaki's knees spiked me on that splash and smashed my sternum.

Dunno when I'll be able to do barbell squats again."

#el desperado #my translation #njpw #ddt #I can't tell how bad any of these injuries actually are but he doesn't use the word 折る so hopefully nothing is actually broken #el desperado please take some time off to rest and relax #Thanks to this tweet I learned that there's a verb for 'getting your knees up and hurting an opponent diving onto you' in Japanese #I don't think there's a verb for that in English so I had to fiddle with the sentence structure to make it make any sense in English #The verb is 剣山さる and it's something you do to the move (not to the person who is doing the move) #so: スプラッシュを剣山された

[pagesofkenna]

This post makes me SO amused because, my friend, I don't think you understand how much strongly you made your own counterargument

Like. I get it. I understand the anti-capitalist intention behind this line of thought. But no way in hell am I going to replace one verb which is colloquially understood with four verbs which I have to repeat in sequence

Like if I'm talking about favorite podcasts I say 'listen', but when I use the word 'consume' its because I'm talking about multiple formats of media. I think thats... how I always see it being used. I'll use a different word when y'all come up with one that means everything wrapped up in one

#i know im being pedantic but for real when i say 'i want to consume more media from outside NA and western Europe' #what single verb would you RATHER i use in that sentence?? #theres a comment after that original post suggesting 'enjoy' and thats NOT a replacement actually!!! #thats a different word with different denotation im crying lmao

[elipsi]

the guys at volunteering are all so shy about speaking italian in front of me except when it's making fun of each other, it's hilarious

#''ok so you understand how to use this type of verb in a sentence‚ try to say something with that!'' #''uhm. he can't cook''

[elibean]

here’s fic 2. lu guang is whipped: the fic (again). 

           Lu Guang can’t say no to him. And that’s the root of the problem, isn’t it. If he could just tell him “no” (and mean it) and be firm, it would save him so much trouble.

           Of course, the real trouble is when he gives in and lets Cheng Xiaoshi go into a picture he really shouldn’t, or agree to a stupid plan, but those were arguably much bigger problems, with much larger consequences, than this current predicament.

           No, the current problem was that face, that face that he loved but dare not ever say so, was asking to KISS him, of all things. And he could never say no to Cheng Xiaoshi, not really, but this—this couldn’t be right. A fantasy. A dream, maybe? Lu Guang was prepared to take these feelings to the grave. But this…

           “Lu Guang?” Cheng Xiaoshi repeats, looking like a kicked puppy. “You can say no,” he murmurs sheepishly, and oh no, that’s right, Lu Guang hadn’t given him an answer yet. He clears his throat.

           “Um. I—Ah. What?” Smooth. Cheng Xiaoshi snorts, at least.

           “As eloquent as ever. I asked if I could kiss you.”

           “Right, but. Why?” At any other time, Lu Guang would have appreciated the red that creeps up Cheng Xiaoshi’s face, but he’s unfortunately too busy trying to keep his own composure. Cheng Xiaoshi rubs the back of his neck, avoiding eye contact.

           “C’mon, you’re really gonna make me say it?” Lu Guang doesn’t answer. Can’t answer, can’t think straight, this is all too much too much too much—

           “I thought maybe I liked you before, and then I thought about it more and more and decided that was right, that’s what these feelings are, and I know I just get on your nerves and am a thorn in your side, but—but, blame Qiao Ling! It’s her fault, she said she was sick of hearing me talk about this all the time, she told me I should just tell you, I guess I should have just told you how I feel instead of asking for a kiss, that was dumb huh—” Lu Guang shut him up with a kiss. Damn, if he’d known all this time it was this easy to get him to shut up, they should have been kissing a lot sooner.

           When they break away, they’re silent. Cheng Xiaoshi blinks once, twice.

           “Lu Guang?” he asks, whispers really, like he’s afraid any louder and he’ll scare him away. As if. As if this isn’t something Lu Guang’s dreamed of. But…well, in his dreams, it’s a lot less embarrassing, somehow. Here, now, in real life, Cheng Xiaoshi is looking at him hesitantly but earnestly, so genuine like…like he likes him or something. And of course Lu Guang loves him, has loved him for a while, but…But to say that out loud…He turns away, feeling the heat on his face.

           “…Yeah, you can.” A pause.

           “Huh?”            

           “You asked if you could kiss me. You can, and.” He swallows. “And in the future, you can kiss me too,” he manages. Maybe in the future he can say what he wants to say, can speak to the depths of his feelings. To how he wants to hold and protect Cheng Xiaoshi from harm. How despite everything, despite how he’s had to lie to him and hurt him in the past, he really doesn’t want anything bad to happen to the boy, and just wishes for his happiness.

           But for now, that’s all he can manage.

           “Lu Guang!” Cheng Xiaoshi exclaims, jumping up and wrapping him in a tight hug. Lu Guang doesn’t resist, and after a beat hugs him back, sighing as if he’s annoyed (it’s pointless, they both know he’s lying). Cheng Xiaoshi is rubbing his head up and down Lu Guang’s cheek, which tickles.

           “Hey, cut that out!” he exclaims, trying to stifle his laughter. Cheng Xiaoshi eventually pulls away, looking at Lu Guang with a grin. Lu Guang can’t believe he’s the reason that he’s smiling that wide. Instead of returning it, he rolls his eyes. “Idiot,” he huffs out.

           “Yeah, but I’m your idiot now,” Cheng Xiaoshi says, his grin never faltering.

           “Always,” Lu Guang replies instantly, without thinking. He should be embarrassed by the admission—he is, but not enough to turn away.

           “One more?” Cheng Xiaoshi asks, putting on his puppy dog eyes. Lu Guang lets out another sigh.

           “You’re insufferable, you know that?”

           “I didn’t hear a no~” he sing-songs. Lu Guang rolls his eyes (again), but it holds no real malice, and they both know that. He offers a small smile.

           “One more.”

#text post #link click #shiguang #i know ~ is not a grammatically uuuh. viable thing #and is like #it reminds me of some more poorly written fic #(not to say that all fic that use ~ are badly written or anything but anyway) #BUT LISTEN #it just felt. more pertinent than ending that sentence with a comma #is sing-songs even the right verb #should it just be sings #idk #also idk why my brain wanted to write this in present tense #i never do that #oh well #i feel silly putting my fic out there #i mean at least it's not on a03 but its like #ive read some INCREDIBLE ao3 stuff #and my writing is just. not great compared to that lol #this is just choppy way too many --s and like #i feel like im ok at writing CHARACTERS and DIALOGUE but not like #actual writing writing #like metaphors and descriptive writing and stuff #you don't even know what position these two are in when this fic starts lol #oh well i'll leave it up to you #are you still reading this? hi hope you're having a good day

[flamingostalker]

saw uncharacteristically good Instagram video of like “general education vs special education” teachers reacting to a student saying no and like yeah. A student saying no is something to celebrate like. I remember my first baby baby BABY baby baby when I started working that I loved so much. He went off to another school for kindergarten but I had him for preschool. And we had been working so hard all year modeling functional communication sorts of words for him (go/stop, yes/no, want/not things like that) and the VERY LAST time I saw him. They were having preschool graduation and his parents were trying to put a little suit jacket on him and he said clear as day NO. I was fucking FLOORED like my year was MADE😭😭😭💜💜💜I miss that little guy I hope he’s doing good

#personal #that class was my favvvvv I miss them😭 #the teacher was so great and she always continued modeling language during play like I did when I wasn’t there #so all of her kids grew MASSIVELYYYY #best feeling ever to have a room full of kids come in working on prelinguistic skills #and leave using noun+verb and adjective+noun sentences like #HUGE W #but that teacher left the same year I did😭

[swallowtail-ageha]

My teacher complimented my prose??? Sobs

#i have actually an extremely complicated prose in italian #extremely long sentences with subordinates and incidentals and implied subjects/verbs/objects #i also tend to use a very obscure vocabulary #so like??? my teacher complimenting it so much?? was so precious to me???

[coquelicoq]

i have finished the first part (of five) of les misérables! that's the good news. the bad news is that i now have to read the second part, which opens with a 70-page section entitled "waterloo". like babe i do not know what ANY of these nouns are though. i'm getting that there was a battle at which lots of people died horribly (as often happens in battles) and we are now describing the battleground thirty years later. okay so are we gonna do this for the whole 70 pages or...

#i think we're actually about to move on to describing the battle itself possibly beat by beat #so i'm getting ready to see a bunch of VERBS i don't know. never a dull moment! #at one point he hit me with like five unfamiliar nouns in a row but because i know the word for 'well' i'm pretty sure he was #talking about various parts of the well mechanism. words i probably don't even know in english because i've never used a well in my life #i saw 'meurtrières' & was like ok first thought is Women Who Kill. but in context i feel like it has to be some kind of war equipment #apparently it means arrow slits #i just feel like if you're going to take 70 pages to talk about waterloo it's probably for a reason #and i'm probably missing out on the reason because i'm just letting the sentences wash over me because i only half know what they mean #anyway. bad shit happened at waterloo! war is hell! that's my takeaway so far #i am really glad i already knew about the lion statue irl or i would have been so confused by that part lol #i would have been like sooo...is this a metaphor for something? #why would there be a lion on this hill in belgium #but unfortunately that's about the extent of my knowledge of waterloo. other than the fact that napoleon lost lol #les mis #my posts

[parisbian]

Every time I see my students I ask them "what have you been up to?" and explain when they're confused and yet the next time it's exactly the same. They must Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind that particular sentence. And I continue to ask it because we literally say it incessantly and They. Must. Learn.

#there are certain sentences the french brain simply rejects #like 'wear clothes' the simply hate that combination of words #tbf any w word is aggressive and hateful to the french because they barely use that letter #esp to start words #so it's just ugly and confusing for them #they prefer an unholy combination of verbs to represent the sound

[reflectionsofthesea]

Muutama ajatus matkustamisesta ⁓

Ajattelen että matkustaa ensi vuonna myös, haluan matkustaa caten kanssa mutta järjestää on aina vaikea, koska meillä on erilaisia ​​aikatauluja.

Haluan vierailla Skotlandissa, Irlantissa tai ehkä... Berliniissa??

Federica asuu Saksassa nyt, mutta en tiedä mitä kaupunki se asuu nyt. Jossain Saksassa lol

Haluan myös mennä katsomaan Francescoa Lontoon, puhuimme siitä elokuussa, todennäköisesti menan tammikuussa tai helmikuussa. Haluan tutkia lisää Lontoossa, vaikka tiedän sen jo melko hyvyn, se on silti kaunis kaupunki.

Ehkä minä ja Francesco voimme mennä Brightonissa myös, hän puhui siitä viime kerta. 🤔 Se ei ole kaukana, ehkä kaks tuntia junalla?

No joo, vain ajatellut matkustaa taas, se on mun lempiajattelani 😏

#i want to try to write down more things and articulate my thoughts more! #i used a bit of translator for the words i didn't know (thoughts-schedule-time-still) but i managed to write the core of the sentence alone #i also searched for the more complicated ways to use verbs here like the past tense for puhua #and the world todennäköisesti haha #i'll try to stick to words i know next time so i dont have to google as much :) #mine #langblr #suomitumblr #learning finnish #finnish