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Free Online Language Courses

Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos.  You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.

American Sign Language

ASL University

Sign Language Structure, Learning, and Change

Arabic

Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop-down menu)

Intro to Arabic

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Arabe (taught in French)

Catalan

Intro to Catalan Language & Society

Intro to Catalan Sign Language

Chinese

Beginner

Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V

Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II

Beginner’s Chinese

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters

Chinese for HSK 1

Chinese for HSK 2

Chinese for HSK 3 I & II

HSK Level 1

Mandarin Chinese

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)

Intermediate

Chinese Stories

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

Online Courses here

Resources Here

Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

Basic Finnish

Finnish for Immigrants

Finnish for Medical Professionals

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Basic French Skills

Beginner’s French: Food & Drink

Diploma in French

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

French in Action

French Language Studies I, II, III

French: Ouverture

Intermediate & Advanced

French: Le Quatorze Juillet

Passe Partout 

La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie

Vivre en France - A2

Vivre en France - B1

Frisian

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)

German

Beginner

Beginner’s German: Food & Drink

Conversational German I, II, III, IV

Deutsch im Blick

Diploma in German

German at Work

Rundblick-Beginner’s German

Intermediate

German: Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte

Landschaftliche Vielfalt

Gwich’in

Introduction to Gwich’in Language

Hebrew

Biblical Hebrew

Know the Hebrew Alphabet

Teach Me Hebrew

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Business Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Introduction to Irish

Irish 101

Irish 102

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6 

Intermediate & Advanced

AP Italian Language and Culture

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced Italian I

Letteratura italiana

Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Sing and Learn Japanese

Tufs JpLang

Kazakh

A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Introduction to Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Nepali

Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian

Norwegian on the Web

Portuguese

Curso de Português para Estrangeiros 

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian

Advanced

Reading Master and Margarita

Russian as an Instrument of Communication

Siberia: Russian for Foreigners

Spanish

Beginner

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Basic Spanish for English Speakers

Beginner’s Spanish: Food & Drink

Introduction to Spanish

Restaurants and Dining Out

Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Spanish Vocabulary

Intermediate

Spanish: Ciudades con Historia

Spanish: Espacios Públicos

Advanced

Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones 

Leer a Macondo

Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos

Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas

Swedish

Intro to Swedish

Swedish Made Easy 1, 2, & 3

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Ukrainian Language for Beginners

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Discovering Wales

Multiple Languages

Ancient Languages

More Language Learning Resources & Websites!

Last updated: April 1, 2018

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Lakagigar lava field in Iceland [1998x2616] (by Martin Ystenes) - tupungato

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German words without English equivalent

Engelsgeduld: (lit.: angel's patience) great amount of patience

Feierabend: (lit.: party-evening) the rest of the day that remains after work

Fernweh: the desire/longing to travel to faraway places/ foreign countries

Fingerspitzengefühl: (lit.: fingertips-feeling) good skill in handling things/ sensitivity and empathy

Geborgenheit: more than safety, protection and invulnerability, it symbolises peace, warmth and calm you feel especially when you're with the people you're close to (e.g. family, friends)

Gemütlichkeit: feeling of comfort

Habseligkeiten: valuable and personally important possessions

Innerer Schweinehund: (lit.: inner pig-dog = weaker self) the part of a person that they have to overcome to be productive

Kitsch: objects with superficial beauty that are actually useless but are appreciated nonetheless

Konfliktfähigkeit: (lit.: conflict ability/skill) ability to deal with conflict / ability to constructively solve interpersonal conflicts

Kummerspeck: (lit.: grief/sorrow bacon (fat)) gained weight from emotional overeating (especially after a breakup)

Lebenslüge: (lit.: life's lie) a lie that you tell yourself to make life more bearable

Mitdenken: (lit.: with-thinking) ability to think for yourself and do more than what you were demanded to do / trying to find a conceptional solution to a problem together with other people

Sehnsucht: intense inner longing for somebody, something or a place

Schnapsidee: (lit.: schnapps idea) a ridiculous and crazy plan/idea you have while you are drunk or an idea that is so stupid that people think you had it while being drunk

Sprachgefühl: (lit.: language feeling) feeling/sense of language, instinctive feel for a certain language / intuitive feeling of what is linguistically appropriate

Stehaufmännchen: (lit.: little stand up man) someone who doesn't give up and begins anew

Torschlusspanik: (lit.: gate-closing-panic) the fear of missing something important / not being able to do some things (because you're too old)

Verschlimmbessern: (lit.: verschlimmern=exasperate, verbessern=improve) improve something for the worse / make something worse but with having had the intention of improving it

Vorführeffekt: (lit.: demo effect) the effect that something you're actually able to do doesn't work when you want to demonstrate it to other people

Waldeinsamkeit: (lit.: forest loneliness/solitude) the seclusion/solitude of the forest

Warmduscher: (lit.: warm showerer/ somebody who showers with warm water) a wimp / a person that doesn't like to leave their comfort zone

Weltschmerz: (lit.: world pain (world weariness)) gratuitous melancholia / kind of feeling experienced by someone who believes that physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind / the feeling of anxiety caused by the ills of the world

Zeitgeist: (lit.: time-spirit, spirit of the time ) the dominant set of ideals and beliefs that motivate the actions of the members of a society in a particular period in time

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(#5) German Modal Particles - DOCH

What is a modal particle?

A word that stresses/emphasises something in a sentence or reflects the attitude a speaker is trying to convey. They are scarce in English (and various other languages), but to give an example take a look at ‘then’ in this sense:

“So how old are you then?”

If one was saying this to a child it could be seen as making the overall tone of the question more endearing and curious, not blunt.

German Modal Particle - Doch

This is one of the most common particles, doch is used a hell of a lot in German so you need to try and understand its meanings.

#1 - In statements it shows disagreement; unstressed = asking for confirmation and stressed = clearly contradicting. Ex: Gestern hat es doch geschneit {unstressed} It snowed yesterday, didn’t it? Ex: Gestern hat es DOCH geschneit  {stressed} [All the same], it DID snow yesterday.

#2 - When unstressed it can also be noting a reason for disagreement.

Ex: Die Ampel zeigt doch rot… But the lights are red…

#3 - In commands doch can either: —— i) Add a sense of urgency (strengthen with endlich, or immer in a negative sentence). 

Ex: Mach doch nicht [immer] so ein Gesicht! Don’t keep making faces like that.

—— ii) Make a command more encouraging/advisory (add mal or ruhig to clarify this).

Ex: Kommen Sie doch [ruhig] morgen vorbei! Why not drop by tomorrow?

#4 - In exclamations it emphasises surprise

Ex: Das ist doch die Höhe! That really is the limit!

#5 - When using Subjunctive/Konjunktiv II it emphasises urgency.

Ex: Wenn er doch jetzt käme! If only he would come NOW!

#6 - Probably one of the more common uses: When replying to a question, doch either contradicts a negative q. or gives a affirmation. Ex: Bist du nicht zufrieden? Doch! Aren’t you content?On the contrary I am (look how complicated english is now) Ex: Kommt er bald? Doch! Is he coming soon? Oh yes!

#7 - When used with nicht or nein it emphasies a negative reply.

Ex: Kann ich…? Nein doch! Can i….? Certainly not!

I hope this helps and that I’ve explained it well enough… x).

Links to other modal particles posts: [Aber] [Allerdings] [Bloß] [Denn]

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I think my favourite German word is Zweisamkeit (lit. two·some·ness or togetherness), which describes the intimate and peaceful feeling of being alone with another person; As opposed to Einsamkeit (lit. one·some·ness = solitude)

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German vocabulary: Beach

der Strand - beach der Sand - sand die Insel - island der Urlaub - holiday das Meer - sea das Riff - reef der Ozean - ocean das Salzwasser - salt water die Bucht - bay die Küste - coast die Lagune - lagoon die Koralle - coral die Welle - tide Ebbe und Flut - falling tide and rising tide der Badeanzug - bathing suit der Rettungsschwimmer - lifeguard die Schwimmweste - life jacket das Segelboot - sailboat das Eis am Stiel - popsicle die Sandburg - sand castle der Sonnenbrand - sunburn die Sonnenbrille - sunglasses der Sonnenschirm - umbrella das Strandtuch - beach towel

die Möwe - gull die Muschel - (sea)shell die Auster - oyster der Seestern - starfish die Krabbe - crab der Pelikan - pelican der Seetang - kelp der Fisch - fish der Hai - shark der Delfin - dolphin

sonnenbaden - to sunbathe schwimmen - to swim tauchen - to dive fischen - to fish segeln - to sail sich bräunen - to get a tan surfen - to surf

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SOME OF MY FAVOURITE GERMAN WORDS & EXPRESSIONS

die Qual der Wahl - when you can’t decide between options (lit: the torment of choice)  den Löffel abgeben - to die (lit: to pass the spoon) mit dem ist nicht gut Kirschen essen - he is not easy to deal with, you shouldn’t upset him (lit: it’s not good to eat cherries with him) Schmetterlinge im Bauch haben - the fluttery feeling in your stomach when you have a crush (lit: to have butterflies in one’s stomach) blau machen - to skip class/work (lit: to make blue) sich aus dem Staub machen - to flee, to bolt (lit: to make oneself out of the dust) sich von jemandem eine Scheibe abschneiden - to be more like someone (lit: to cut a slice off of someone) Geh doch dahin wo der Pfeffer wächst! - Piss off! (lit: Go where the pepper grows!) hinter schwedische Gardinen - behind bars (lit: behind Swedish curtains) das Affentheater / der Affenzirkus - a charade (lit: monkey theatre / monkey circus) jemandem etwas auf die Nase binden - to convince someone of a lie (lit: to bind something on someone’s nose) kein Schwein - nobody (lit: no pig) hundemüde sein - to be exhausted (lit: to be dog tired) jemandem Honig ums Maul schmieren - to butter sb up (lit: to smear honey around sb’s mouth) das Tohuwabohu - chaos dasselbe in Grün - the same thing with a different appearance (lit: the same in green) einen Korb geben / bekommen - to reject someone / to be rejected (lit: to give/receive a basket) auf den Keks/Zeiger gehen - to annoy (lit: to go on the cookie/clockhand)

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studying german

someone: so, what's studying german like?

me: it's like german wants you to know that it is smarter than you

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“The best thing about reading is that it tells me that I’m not alone. Every thought, fear, worry and dream: I know there’ll be a book out there telling me that it’s okay - I have them too.”

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october 9, 2018. new stationery: washi tapes, post-its and stickers from aliexpress. still not over how cool my paladin-themed spread looks, not as happy with my elf/rogue one but it’s coming along ☁️

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i hope one day my library looks like my late grandmother’s, chock-full of decades of classics, fiction, anthologies of poetry, and volumes on unique travel destinations.

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Jupiter’s Ring

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Rainy days mid July call for pumpkin tea and fall course materials… right?

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1 - A L’HÔTEL. QUEL EST VOTRE NOM?

- nouns -

alentours (m. pl.) -  surroundings.

ascenseur (m.)  - lift

bonjour  - good morning

bonsoir - good evening

campagne (f.) - country

carte d’identité (f.) - ID card

chambre (f.) - room

clé (f.) - key

étage (m.) - floor

frontière (f.) - border

garçon (m.) - boy / waiter

hall (m.) - hall

hôtel (m.) - hotel

madame (f.) - madam

mademoiselle (f.) - miss

monsieur (m.)  - sir

nom (m.) - surname

nuit (f.)  - night

parents (m. pl.) - parents

passeport  (m.) - passport

pourboire  (m) - tip

prénom (m.)  - name

réceptionniste (m./f.)  -  receptionist

réservation (f.) - reservation

séjour (m.)  - stay

village (m.)  - village

ville (f.)  - city

-  adjectives -

bon (m.) / bonne (f.) - good

charmant (m.) / charmante (f.) - charming

individuel (m.) / individuelle (f.) - individual / single

petit (m.) / petite (f.) - little

sympathique (m.) / sympatique (f.) - friendly

- verbs -

adorer - to adore

aimer - to love

arriver - to arrive

avoir - to have

descendre -  go down

détester - to hate

donner - to give

être - to be

habiter - to live (  You don’t even want to live there. )

monter - to get / to take upstairs

parler - to talk

réserver - to book

rester - to stay

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