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We need a digital archive of LGBTQ+ works of art, science, and every other conceivable work we can share between each other because we are beyond the genocide warning level in most countries in the west and they're already trying to purge us from libraries.

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German Sign Language vocab 👋🏻🇩🇪

-> Manimundo A1: lesson 1 unit 2

-> videos are from spreadthesign & signdict

bisschen - a little bit

dein - your

gebärden - to sign

hörend - hearing

können/kann - can

mein - my

Name - name

schwerhörig - HoH

super, toll - great

taub, gehörlos - deaf

was - what

("Deutsche Gebärdensprache", DGS)

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Best language learning tips & masterlists from other bloggers I’ve come across

(these posts are not my own!)

THE HOLY GRAIL of language learning (-> seriously tho, this is the BEST thing I’ve ever come across)

Tips:

Some language learning exercises and tips

20 Favorite Language Learning Tips

what should you be reading to maximize your language learning?

tips for learning a language (things i wish i knew before i started)

language learning and langblr tips

Tips on how to read in your target language for longer periods of time

Tips and inspiration from Fluent in 3 months by Benny Lewis

Tips for learning a sign language

Tips for relearning your second first language

How to:

how to self teach a new language

learning a language: how to

learning languages and how to make it fun

how to study languages

how to practice speaking in a foreign language

how to learn a language when you don’t know where to start

how to make a schedule for language learning

How to keep track of learning more than one language at the same time

Masterposts:

Language Study Master Post

Swedish Resources Masterpost

French Resouces Masterpost

Italian Resources Masterpost

Resource List for Learning German

Challenges:

Language-Sanctuary Langblr Challenge

language learning checkerboard challenge

Word lists:

2+ months of language learning prompts

list of words you need to know in your target language, in 3 levels

Other stuff:

bullet journal dedicated to language learning

over 400 language related youtube channels in 50+ languages

TED talks about language (learning)

Learning the Alien Languages of Star Trek

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Feel free to reblog and add your own lists / masterlists!

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translator? uhm.. im actually trans right now

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in the latest cyber-news: the internet archive has lost their case against 4 major publishing houses (verge article). they’re going to appeal, but this is still a bad outcome. the fate of the internet is currently hanging in the balance because 4 multibillionare publishing groups missed out on like $15 of combined revenue during the pandemic because of the archive’s online library service. it’s so fucking stupid.

for those who don’t know what the internet archive is, it’s a virtual library full of media. books, magazines, recordings, visuals, flash games, websites - a lot of these things either don’t exist anymore or cannot be found & bought. heard of the wayback machine? that’s part of the internet archive. it is the most important website to exist, and i don’t say that lightly. if the internet archive goes down, the cultural loss will be immeasurable.

so how can you help?

boycott the publishing companies involved in this. they’re absolute ghouls, frankly, and don’t deserve a penny. the companies involved are harpercollins (imprints), wiley (imprints), penguin random house llc (imprints), and hachette book group (imprints). make sure the websites are set to your location as it may differ worldwide.

learn to torrent. download a torrent client (i recommend transmission), a vpn (i recommend protonvpn - sign up and choose the area that’s closest to your continent/country), and hit up /r/piracy on reddit for websites. with torrenting, you can get (almost) any media you want for free in high quality, with add-ons such as subtitles, and with no risks of loss. i would also recommend getting into the habit of watching stuff online for free. the less you can pay to a giant corporation, the better.

get into the habit of downloading and archiving materials. find a TB external hard drive, ideally the higher the better. it’ll probably cost around $60 for 1TB and continue to go up, but they’re so so useful. if you can’t afford a drive, look for any GB harddrives or memory sticks you have lying around and just fill them up. videos, pdfs, magazines, songs, movies, games - anything you can rip and download and fit on there, do it, because nothing is permanent.

donate to the internet archive. this is the most important option on the list. the IA relies entirely on funding, and it’s going to need more to fight this case. whatever you can donate, do it. i promise it’s helpful.

and finally…

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"Irish doesn't have a word for please, you have to say if it be your will" buddy do I have news for you about "please"

"Irish doesn't have a word for hello you have to use a shorthand religious blessing" buddy do I have news for you about "goodbye"!

"In Polish the word for car is that which walks by itself" BUDDY what do you think an AUTOMOBILE is?

you have got to understand that your mother tongue is not the model of language. all your words have secret histories and layers of meaning just the same as other people's words. the word you think of as just a word has etymology, it wasn't handed down from God as a finished word. English doesn't have a word for movie you have to either refer to the recording medium or use a short version of "moving picture", isn't that cute?

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it’s because youre always on that damn illuminated manuscript

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a little guide for those who want to use notebooks for their language journey!

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"Irish doesn't have a word for please, you have to say if it be your will" buddy do I have news for you about "please"

"Irish doesn't have a word for hello you have to use a shorthand religious blessing" buddy do I have news for you about "goodbye"!

"In Polish the word for car is that which walks by itself" BUDDY what do you think an AUTOMOBILE is?

you have got to understand that your mother tongue is not the model of language. all your words have secret histories and layers of meaning just the same as other people's words. the word you think of as just a word has etymology, it wasn't handed down from God as a finished word. English doesn't have a word for movie you have to either refer to the recording medium or use a short version of "moving picture", isn't that cute?

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advanced learner’s toolbox: spanish

a lot of the resource lists that are out there are generally geared towards beginners, which makes sense. more advanced learners + native speakers have already used these resources and can vouch for them, whereas if you’re an advanced learner you’ve probably already stumbled upon some of these already. that said, i figured i would compile my favorites here :)

diccionario de la lengua española, also known as the rae dictionary. it’s probably the most referenced dictionary in spanish

diccionario panhispánico de dudas, another resource from la rae, meant to handle specific common doubts within the language

corpus de referencia del español actual (crea), a linguistic corpus. i personally like using this to find examples of words and phrases. it contains examples from the last 25 years so you can have up to date examples

corpus diacrónico del español (corde), another linguistic corpus, but for examples from the beginning of the language up until 1974. both of these corpuses are a little clunky, but they do the job well

bonus: if you’re looking for a corpus from a specific country, look up the website for the academia (nationality) de la lengua and you’ll usually find a corpus from that specific country. examples: corpus del habla del ecuador, corpus diacrónico y diatópico del español de américa, you can even see a corpus from learners of the language: corpus de aprendices de español

wordreference, a forum for language use. whenever i have a specific question, i look up the phrase in question + ‘wordreference’ and i’m able to get opinions from different countries and not just the rae opinion

asihablamos, which is basically urban dictionary but in spanish, but unfortunately not as large. still, a helpful resource for learning slang from different countries. you can even sort by country!

fundeu, a site that does some more niche grammar and usage explanations. its whole bit is that it does more current usage questions, like this one on gaslighting

español avanzado, a site like the fundeu that explains random advanced grammar topics. i rank it below fundeu though because of the paywall.

biblioteca digital ciudad seva, aka my professors’ favorite site in undergrad. full of short stories and poetry in spanish, both originally written in spanish and translated.

católogo de voces hispánicas, these are just linguistic descriptions of different dialects of spanish both in spain and latin america. i’ve always found it pretty cool to look at, but if you’re looking to imitate a certain way of speaking check here!

and that’s it! if you’re already at this stage i’m assuming you know how to find interesting content (if not, let me know! i love finding media recommendations in spanish for people) <3

#ref

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“A Sanskrit grammatical problem which has perplexed scholars since the 5th Century BC has been solved by a University of Cambridge PhD student.

Rishi Rajpopat, 27, decoded a rule taught by Panini, a master of the ancient Sanskrit language who lived around 2,500 years ago.

Sanskrit is mostly spoken in India by an estimated 25,000 people, the university said.

Mr Rajpopat said he had “a eureka moment in Cambridge” after spending nine months “getting nowhere”.”

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Knowing 5 languages with mediocre skill is not enough I need to be rlly bad at a 6th one

#drop everything i need to be mildy capable of translating latin again

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Best language learning tips & masterlists from other bloggers I’ve come across

(these posts are not my own!)

THE HOLY GRAIL of language learning (-> seriously tho, this is the BEST thing I’ve ever come across)

Tips:

Some language learning exercises and tips

20 Favorite Language Learning Tips

what should you be reading to maximize your language learning?

tips for learning a language (things i wish i knew before i started)

language learning and langblr tips

Tips on how to read in your target language for longer periods of time

Tips and inspiration from Fluent in 3 months by Benny Lewis

Tips for learning a sign language

Tips for relearning your second first language

How to:

how to self teach a new language

learning a language: how to

learning languages and how to make it fun

how to study languages

how to practice speaking in a foreign language

how to learn a language when you don’t know where to start

how to make a schedule for language learning

How to keep track of learning more than one language at the same time

Masterposts:

Language Study Master Post

Swedish Resources Masterpost

French Resouces Masterpost

Italian Resources Masterpost

Resource List for Learning German

Challenges:

Language-Sanctuary Langblr Challenge

language learning checkerboard challenge

Word lists:

2+ months of language learning prompts

list of words you need to know in your target language, in 3 levels

Other stuff:

bullet journal dedicated to language learning

over 400 language related youtube channels in 50+ languages

TED talks about language (learning)

Learning the Alien Languages of Star Trek

.

Feel free to reblog and add your own lists / masterlists!

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Swedish online language books

Brief Swedish grammar | (old) online book for grammar

Simplified grammar | (old) online book for grammar

Travellers handbook | (old) online book for the basics

Wikibooks | not really a book tho

Linguebooks | links to 53 online language books

Swedish Phase 1 | audiobook, unit 1-5

Swedish Phase 1 | audiobook, unit 6-10

Swedish Phase 1 | audiobook, unit 11-15

Get talking Swedish in 10 days | audiobook

Keep talking Swedish | audiobook

Everyday Swedish | audiobook

Also check out @salvadorbonaparte's Mega Drive here [post] - there you can find around 10 pdfs of Swedish language books

P.S. Many of these sites also offer language books in other languages!

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the version of excel i'm using came preloaded with a bunch of icon/emoji thingies so i spend my free time making fucking cave art

this is called "guy who gets abducted by aliens but he's super into it"

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wanted to share this article. it writes of how most curated lists of indian literature have books written in english to begin with, but that only 10% of the population of india speaks english. in light of this, it recommends translations of classic literature written in other languages of india, like assamese, hindi, malayalam, marathi, bangla. i will certainly be referring to this list myself

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zlibrary gone... FUCK TIKTOK FUCK BOOKTOK I hope that app burns in hell