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The online Japanese course that no one talks about

Okay so I’m not a langblr and I never plan to be. However. What I do know from following a ton of them is that no one talks about Minato.

Now you may be thinking, ‘What’s Minato?’. It’s a website that was recommended to me by a Japanese Studies university professor for learning Japanse at home.

It’s literally the best resource out there and it’s free (funded by the Japanese government). You can choose between self-study and tutor support-led courses.

There are courses in Hiragana, Katakana, and the general language (from levels A1 to A2), and you can download a certificate and study record after completion of a course.

Here’s the link. Or if you want to type it: https://minato-jf.jp

Go. Learn some actual Japanese.

#nihongo

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Learn German Online on DEUTSCH.TRAINING

#deutsche sätze

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Acronyms

Here I have for you a pretty complete list (I think) of acronyms and their corresponding English acronyms or just their translation/definition. You definitely don’t have to know what each of them stands for, just knowing the acronym itself will do (and believe me, you’ll meet them regularly in daily French). To make it easier, I underlined the ones whose complete expression/meaning you should still know if you wanna learn them; some are used in daily life, some in more specific domains like geography and economics, and some are simply known by most French people even if the complete expression is rarely used; it’s up to you to pick the ones that’ll be useful to you!

ADN (acide désoxyribonucléique) = DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid)

ALENA (Accord de libre-échange nord-américain) = NAFTA (North American free trade agreement)

AOP (Appellation d'origine protégée) = PDO (Protected designation of origin)

APL (Aide personnalisée au logement) = Personal housing allowance

AVC (accident vasculaire cérébral) = stroke, cerebrovascular accident

BCBG (bon chic bon genre) = posh, preppy

BD (bande-dessinée) = comic, graphic novel

BO (bande originale) = OST (original soundtrack)

BTS (Brevet de technicien supérieur) = advanced technician’s certificate

CAF (Caisse d’allocations familiales) = welfare office, family allowance department

CDD (contrat à durée déterminée) = fixed-term contract, temporary contract

CDI (contrat à durée indéterminée) = permanent contract

Or CDI (centre de documentation et d'information) = school library

CM (cours magistral) = lecture (university)

CNED (Centre national d'enseignement à distance) = National distance learning center

CPE (conseiller principal d'éducation) = chief education adviser (secondary school)

CRS (Compagnie républicaine de sécurité) (un CRS) = State security police force, riot police

DDASS (Direction départementale des affaires sanitaires et sociales) = Department of health and social security

EDF (Electricité de France) = French national electricity supplier

EDT (emploi du temps) = timetable, schedule

ENA (Ecole nationale d’administration) = a business school in Strasbourg from which a lot of politicians graduate

ENT (Environnement numérique de travail) = virtual learning environment (most secondary schools and unis have it; you can check your homework, grades and timetable online, contact your teachers, see if any of them is absent…)

ESPT (état de stress post-traumatique) = PTSD (post-traumatic stress disorder)

EU[A] (Etats Unis [d’Amérique]) = US[A] (United States [of America])

DOM-TOM (Départements et territoires d'Outre-Mer) = Overseas departments and territories

FAQ (foire aux questions) = same acronym, the meaning was just adapted to still fit the letters in French

FLE (français langue étrangère) = French as a foreign language

FMI (Fonds monétaire international) = IMF (International monetary fund)

FN (Front national) = former name of the far-right political party (National front); now called “le Rassemblement national” (RN) = National rally

HLM (habitation à loyer modéré) (un HLM) = social housing

HS (hors service) = out of order, out of service

Or HS (hors sujet) = off topic, out of scope

IVG (interruption volontaire de grossesse) = abortion

JT (journal télévisé) = TV news

LEA (Langues étrangères appliquées) = AFL (Applied foreign languages) (I honestly added it mostly because it’s my major in uni hehe)

LR (Les Républicains) = the Republicans (right-wing party)

LREM (La République en marche) = Macron’s political party (centre party)

MJC (Maison des jeunes et de la culture) = community youth club and arts center

MST (maladie sexuellement transmissible) = STD (sexually transmitted disease)

NTIC (nouvelles technologies de l'information et de la communication) = NICT (new information and communication technologies)

OCDE (Organisation de coopération et de développement économiques) = OECD (Organisation for economic cooperation and development)

OGM (organisme génétiquement modifié) = GMO (genetically modified organism)

OMC (Organisation mondiale du commerce) = WTO (World trade organization)

ONG (organisation non gouvernementale) = NGO (non-governmental organization)

ONU (Organisation des nations unies) = UN (United nations)

OTAN (Organisation du traité de l’Atlantique nord) = NATO (North Atlantic treaty organization)

OVNI (objet volant non-identifié) = UFO (unidentified flying object)

PDV (point de vue) = POV (point of view)

PIB (Produit intérieur brut) = GDP (Gross domestic product)

PMA (Pays les moins avancés) = LDC (least developed countries)

or PMA (Procréation médicalement assistée) = ART (Assisted reproductive technology)

PNB (Produit national brut) = GNP (Gross national product)

PS (Parti socialiste) = left-wing party (Socialist party)

PV (procès-verbal) = ticket, fine (for traffic and parking)

QCM (questionnaire à choix multiples) = multiple-choice questionnaire

RAS (rien à signaler) = nothing to report

RIB (relevé d'identité bancaire) = bank details (document)

RNB (Revenu national brut) = GNI (Gross national income)

RSA (Revenu de solidarité active) = tax credits/welfare

SAV (service après-vente) = after-sales service

SAMU (Service d’aide médicale d’urgence) = paramedics ; SAMU member = EMT (Emergency medical technician)

SDF (sans domicile fixe) = homeless person

SIDA (Syndrome d’immunodéficience acquise) = AIDS (Acquired immune deficiency syndrome)

SMIC (Salaire minimum interprofessionel de croissance) = minimum wage

SNCF (Société nationale des chemins de fer français) = national French rail network (I hate them lololol)

SPA (Société protectrice des animaux) = society for the prevention of cruelty to animals (UK equivalent = RSPCA)

TD (travaux dirigés) = tutorial, seminar (college class in small groups)

TDAH (trouble du déficit de l’attention/hyperactivité) = ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) (I don’t see the acronym a lot, mostly just “hyperactivité” or “trouble de l’attention” but this is still the equivalent to the English acronym)

TGV (train à grande vitesse) = high-speed train

TOC (trouble obsessionnel compulsif) = OCD (obsessive-compulsive disorder)

TP (travaux pratiques) = practical class (mostly in university or science classes in general)

TVA (taxe sur la valeur ajoutée) = VAT (value-added tax)

UE (Union européenne) = EU (European Union)

VIH (Virus de l’immunodéficience humaine) = HIV (Human immunodeficiency virus)

VO (version originale) = original language (movie, show…)

VOST (version originale sous-titrée) = subtitled version (any language for the subtitles)

VOSTFR (version originale sous-titrée en français) = subtitled version (French subs)

ZEP (Zone d'éducation prioritaire) = Educational priority area

ZES (Zone économique spéciale) = SEZ (Special economic zone)

#français #long post

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Anglicismes à éviter #1

❌: Prix d’admission ✅: Prix d’entrée (entrance fee, ticket price)

❌: Briser un record ✅: Battre un record (to break a record)

❌: Avoir un argument ✅: Se disputer (to have an argument)

❌: Digitale ✅: Numérique (digital)

❌: Vol domestique ✅: Vol intérieur/national (domestic flight)

❌: Valet ✅: Voiturier (valet [for cars])

❌: Aller en grève ✅: Faire la grève (to go on strike)

❌: Résignation ✅: Démission (resignation [from a post])

❌: Graduer ✅: Être diplômé (to graduate)

❌: Carte d’identification ✅: Carte d’identité (ID card)

#vocabulaire #phrases de français

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“Alles, was schön ist, bleibt schön, auch wenn es welkt. Und unsere Liebe bleibt Liebe - auch wenn wir sterben.”

— Maxim Gorki

#quote

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sömnig - sleepy

mysig - cozy

gosig - cuddly

bekväm - comfortable

skönt - comfy/nice

varm - warm

täcke - cover/duvet

kudde - pillow

filt - blanket

sova - (to) sleep

sömn - sleep

vila - rest

ta det lugnt - take is easy/chill

mysa - to be cozy, doing something cozy

gosa - cuddle

mjuk - soft

#ordförråd

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Vocabulary: Household

Rooms

kitchen - kök

bathroom - badrum / duschrum

living room - vardagsrum

bedroom - sovrum / sängkammare

cellar - källare

Objects

the shower - dusch

toilet - toalett

fridge - kyl / kylskåp

stove - spis

oven - backugn

table - bord

chair - stol

bed - bädd / säng

cupboard - skåp

mirror - spegel

Things to do at home

to clean - att städa / att putsa

to buy - att köpa / att gå och handla

to cook - att laga mat

to tidy - att städa (undan)

#ordförråd

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German Reading Practice

Flug zum Mond

All words are in order of their appearance in the article

Wissenschaftler (m) | scientist

Seite (f) | side

Weltraum (m) | space

Raumsonde (f) | space probe

steuern | to steer

herumfahren | to cruise

außerdem | besides

riesig | vast

Please let me know if there are any mistakes or better translations

#vokabeln

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Hau dich über die Häuser

Phrase.

“Germany German”: Verschwinde! / Geh mir aus den Augen!

Literal Translation: Throw yourself over the houses

Meaning: Get lost

#vokabeln #deutsche sätze

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#latin

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German Vocab: It’s snowing!

Since it’s been snowing a lot here lately, here are a few words and sentences for winter snow days :)

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der Winter - winter

kalt - cold

Der Winter ist die kälteste Jahreszeit! - Winter is the coldest season!

der Schnee - snow

schneien - to snow

es schneit - it is snowing.

die Schneeflocke - snowflake

der Schneeball - snowball

einen Schneeball werfen - to throw a snowball

der Schneemann - snowman

einen Schneemann bauen - to build a snowman

Willst du einen Schneemann bauen? - Do you want to build a snowman?

der Schneesturm - snowstorm / blizzard

eingeschneit sein - to be snowed in

Es hat so viel geschneit, dass unser Dorf jetzt eingeschneit ist. - It has snowed so much that our village is snowed in now.

der Schlitten - sled

Schlittenfahren - sledding

Skifahren - skiing

die Schneeballschlacht - snowball fight (A great German compound word btw: Schnee (snow) + Ball (ball) + Schlacht (battle))

warme Kleidung - warm clothes

Im Winter tragen wir warme Kleidung. - In winter we are wearing warm clothes.

der Schal - scarf

die Handschuhe (pl) - gloves

der Pullover - sweater

der Mantel - coat

die Stiefel (pl) - boots

die heiße Schokolade - hot chocolate

Lass uns eine heiße Schokolade trinken. - Let’s drink a hot chocolate.

der Kamin - fireplace

Vor dem Kamin ist es warm und gemütlich. - In front of the fireplace it’s warm and cozy.

die Lawine - avalanche

das Eis - ice

das Glatteis - black ice

der Eiszapfen - icicle 

eingefroren - frozen

rutschig - slippery

die Schneeschaufel - snow shovel

- And some German winter-themed sayings as a bonus:

es ist saukalt - that means it’s really, really cold. Literal translation: “it is pig-cold.” 

der Schneematsch - Literal: “snow mud”. When snow melts and all it leaves behind is dirty slush.

Du begibst dich auf dünnes Eis! - that actually has nothing to do with winter at all. You would use it to tell someone, that they have been acting rude and had better be careful what they say next! Literal: “you’re moving on thin ice”

kalte Füße bekommen - has nothing to do with winter either. It means that you’re having second thoughts about something. Literal: “To get cold feet.”

#vokabeln #deutsche sätze

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German Reading Practice

Gewalt in Deutschland

All words are in order of their appearance in the article

Gewalt (f) | violence

Ausländer(n) (m) | foreigner(s)

Danach | after that

Seite (f) | side

Silvesternacht (f) | night of New Year’s Eve

geistig | mental

verletzt [inf. verletzen] | hurt

Täter (m) | culprit

ablehnen | reject

Hautfarbe (f) | skin colour

Please let me know if there are any mistakes or better translations

#vokabeln

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German Vocabulary - Looking for a job in Germany

If you have any questions or requests send me a message :)❤️

(Plural in brackets)

die Stellenanzeige (n) - job advertisement die Stellenbeschreibung (en) - job description die Anforderung (en) - job requirement Vollzeit - full-time Teilzeit - part-time die befristete Arbeitsstelle - short-term job die unbefristete Arbeitsstelle - permanent job das Praktikum (Praktika) - internship die Bewerbung (en) - job application der Bewerber / die Bewerberin (nen) - applicant das Anschreiben - cover letter der Lebenslauf (Lebensläufe) - curriculum vitae (CV)

das Unternehmen - company die Abteilung (en) - department die Personalabteilung - Human Resources der Arbeitgeber - employer der Arbeitnehmer - employee der Direktor / die Direktorin (nen) - director der Abteilungsleiter / die Abteilungsleiterin (nen) - head of department der Mitarbeiter /die Mitarbeiterin (nen) - staff member der Praktikant / die Praktikantin (nen) - intern

der Termin (e) - appointment das Bewerbungsgespräch (e) / das Vorstellungsgespräch (e) - job interview die Frage (n) - question die Antwort (en) - answer die Stärke (e) - strength die Schwäche (n) - weakness die (Arbeits)erfahrung (en) - work experience die Branche (n) - industry die Ausbildung (en) - job training das Studium - studies der Abschluss (Abschlüsse) - degree der Bachelorabschluss - bachelor’s degree der Masterabschluss - master’s degree der Doktortitel - PhD die Arbeitszeit (en) - working hours die Gehaltsvorstellung (en) - salary requirements (expectation) das Gehalt (Gehälter) / der Lohn (Löhne) - salary

die Zusage (n)  :) - confirmation /acceptance die Absage (n)  :( - refusal das Jobangebot (e) - job offer der Arbeitsvertrag (verträge) - employment contract die Arbeitsbedingung (en) - working condition die Unterschrift (en) - signature

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