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How to Start a New Language

1. Research: Be sure to look up the basics about any language before starting, such as the amount of speakers, countries, alphabet, origins, family, etc. This will give you a basic overall grasp of the history of your language and will help you know what to expect. It’s also super helpful if you happen to be stuck between two languages but can only learn one!

2. Duolingo: Goes without saying; this is a free and interactive app/website that gives you upper beginner/lower intermediate language skills (A2/B1 CEFR). It also allows you to fully suss out your language and if you end up hating it, then at least you haven’t spent a fortune on books yet!

3. Write: Start writing from day one. Yep. Day One. Even if you only know three words, three verbs, and three pronouns, that’s twenty-seven entire sentences that you can now write! Keep a journal, a diary, write your shopping list or about what you had for lunch, a conversation with a friend, your language goals, books you want to read or have read, anything!

4. Goals: Learn one phrase, three grammar points, and five new words every time you study your language. After that, set whatever goals you want! You learn only what you choose to learn. If you want to be fluent/C1 level after three months, then go for it! Equally, if you want to learn just enough to become a beginner/A1 after three years, then that’s okay too!

5. Aural: Don’t underestimate the importance of listening! This is a big one, because it doesn’t matter how quickly you can translate texts, or how easily you keep a diary, if you can’t listen to a slow speaking video in your language without blanking, it’s only going to get worse. Look up videos, podcasts, music, anything that will help you improve your listening and pronunciation skills, as well as get a grasp on how natives speak!

6. MiscHours: Small moments throughout the day when you do nothing mind draining: These are what I like to call Miscellaneous Hours. Brushing your teeth, showering, sitting on the bus, waiting for the elevator, lying in bed at night waiting for Metamorphosis to carry you away… These are moments you can take advantage of, either by running through language rules/vocab in your head, or talking outloud to yourself. if you don’t know a word, make a mental (or physical) note of it and look it up later!

7. Numbers: Learn numbers before you learn how to count and learn how to count before you learn how to tell the time. Most people skip the basic one, two, three, when starting a new language, and honestly I don’t blame them, but numbers come up so so often in everyday life that it’s crucial for you to master them early on!

8. Watch: Find a tv show in your target language and start watching it from day one, using subtitles in both your chosen language and in your native language! Yes, you won’t understand a single damn thing in the beginning, but you’ll be surprised how quickly you start to pick things up just based on context alone. Search for kids youtube videos, change your netflix language settings, or download extensions like this one!

9. Dictionary: Find a good online dictionary before you start anything. Preferably, find one that also gives the grammar behind verbs/nouns. For a lot of languages, the gender of nouns are difficult to remember, so learning whether a word is masc./fem./neu. from day one is important!

10. Read: Find children’s books in your new language, either online or a physical copy, and start reading. At the start, you’ll underline pretty much everything, but soon you’ll start to guess the meaning of words based on context, and as words appear again and again, you’ll subconsciously begin to learn them! It’s an easy way to pick up new vocab and see grammar rules in action!

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Want to learn something new in 2022??

Absolute beginner adult ballet series (fabulous beginning teacher)

40 piano lessons for beginners (some of the best explanations for piano I’ve ever seen)

Excellent basic crochet video series

Basic knitting (probably the best how to knit video out there)

Pre-Free Figure Skate Levels A-D guides and practice activities (each video builds up with exercises to the actual moves!)

How to draw character faces video (very funny, surprisingly instructive?)

Another drawing character faces video

Literally my favorite art pose hack

Tutorial of how to make a whole ass Stardew Valley esque farming game in Gamemaker Studios 2??

Introduction to flying small aircrafts

French/Dutch/Fishtail braiding

Playing the guitar for beginners (well paced and excellent instructor)

Playing the violin for beginners (really good practical tips mixed in)

Color theory in digital art (not of the children’s hospital variety)

Retake classes you hated but now there’s zero stakes:

Calculus 1 (full semester class)

Learn basic statistics (free textbook)

Introduction to college physics (free textbook)

Introduction to accounting (free textbook)

Learn a language:

Ancient Greek

Latin

Spanish

German

Japanese (grammar guide) (for dummies)

French

Russian (pretty good cyrillic guide!)

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Help save the Yiddish Translation Fellowship Program

I wanted to ask my followers and fellow language enthusiasts to donate to the Yiddish Book Center so that they can continue to train translators and make Yiddish literature accessible (or at least share this post if possible) 🐐

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Suddenly feeling far too much desire to start learning Japanese

#I don’t have time for this!! #language #langblr #language learning #lifelong learning #self study #studyblr #japanese

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Catalan Drops Vocab:

Basics (cont)

Family

La mare - mother

El pare - father

Els nens - children

L’avi - grandfather

L’àvia - grandmother

La xicota - girlfriend

El xicot - boyfriend

Els pares - parents

Weather

Quin temps fa? - how’s the weather?

Fa bon dia - it’s nice

Fa calor - it’s hot

Fa fred - it’s cold

Fa mal temps - it’s bad

General

Benvinguts! - welcome!

Com estàs? - how are you?

Estic visitant Catalunya - I’m visiting Catalonia

Estic aprenent parlar a Català - I’m learning to speak Catalan

#language #langblr #language learning #lifelong learning #self study #studyblr #Catalan #català #vocab #vocabulary #vocab list #vocabulary list #drops #drops app

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Catalan Drops Vocab:

Start with the Basics

Useful Words:

Hola - hi

Adeu - bye

Si us plau - please

Graciès - thank you

Sí - yes

No - no

Soc feliç - I am happy

Questions Words:

Qui? - who?

Què - what?

Quan? - when?

On? - where?

Per què? - why?

Com? - how?

Common Verbs:

Jo camino - I walk

Jo faig - I make

Jo sec - I sit

Jo sento - I hear

Jo dormo - I sleep

Jo bec - I drink

Jo pregunto - I ask

Jo escric - I write

#language #langblr #language learning #lifelong learning #self study #studyblr #Catalan #català #vocab #vocabulary #vocab list #drops #drops app

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Catalan Drops Vocab: Starter Pack

Hola - hi

Graciès - thank you

El gos - dog

La casa - house

El llibre - book

La camisa - shirt

Salut! - cheers!

#language #langblr #language learning #lifelong learning #self study #studyblr #Catalan #català #vocab #vocabulary #vocab list

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Does anyone know how to change the category of a study set on Vaia? It’s bothering me that mine aren’t organized with the correct labels

#vaia #Vaia app #hello vaia #self study #lifelong learning #studyblr #selfstudyblr #advice

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How am I supposed to think about German when they added Catalan to Drops?

#language #langblr #language learning #lifelong learning #self study #studyblr #drops app #German #Catalan

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Oklahoma School for the Deaf has opened up FREE ASL COURSES for the Fall season this new school year and anybody can join. The courses close on December 31st of this year (2023) so if you've been thinking about learning ASL here is your opportunity to get professional lessons for FREE

If you're interested, here's the link: https://courses.osd.k12.ok.us/collections

This is a GOLDMINE for information because not only do you get free video lessons by professionals that you can do at your own pace, but there's also graded quizzes as well as resources to educate you on the history of Deaf culture as well as sub-communities within, with links to loads of different websites to read up on Deaf-related topics.

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How to study languages without studying

Whether you're just starting out and have had bad experiences with textbook learning in the past or are getting burnt out from prepping for the next proficiency test, it's never a bad idea to put the textbooks away for a time and just enjoy your target language. If you're new to the world of immersion, here are a few ways to get you started.

Follow along with the lyrics of a song. Spotify's not-so-new-anymore lyrics feature is great for this, especially since it has timed lyrics, but it doesn't have every song.

Expert mode: Write out the lyrics and underline/highlight/make note of all the words and grammar structures you don't know. Learn these unknowns until you can understand the whole song!

Extra challenge: Translate a song from your target language. I usually tend to stay away from translations in my study, but for those of you who aspire to be translators (or already are!), the poetic nature of song lyrics can be a fun challenge.

Watch a show or movie. Netflix has now introduced a feature where you can sort by language! If there's nothing made in your language that you're interested in, it also gives the option to sort by shows and movies that have the audio or subtitles available. Internet Archive also tends to have lots of foreign films that I'm looking for.

Easy mode: Watch with English or your native language subtitles. When doing this, try to still listen to what's being said and pick up on words and phrases that you know, or match new words with their translation in the subtitles. Note: reading one language and listening to another is a skill in and of itself! Don't be discouraged if you can't do both at the same time yet, you're brain is still making the connections in intonation and cadence of the language.

Hard mode: Watch with captions in your target language. This helps you connect listening and reading, especially in languages where the spelling isn't exactly phonetic, or it uses a different alphabet than what you're used to.

Expert mode: No captions or subtitles! But who knows, maybe you're better at listening comprehension than I am. Make sure you're getting comprehensible input here; some shows and movies are much harder than others. But above all else, watch what keeps your interest. A movie where you can catch half the dialogue but is super engaging is better for you than an "easy" movie that you're going to spend your time ignoring.

Polyglot mode?: Watch something in your target language with subtitles in a different target language. This adds just one too many layers of obfuscation for me, but if you're into the challenge, more power to you.

Watch YouTube. You can change your language preference on YouTube, and with that, the Explore section will give you recommendations in your target language. Going into the trending tab with your target language can give you a good idea about what people are interested in in the countries where your target language is spoken.

Read something. It can be a book, it can be a comic. There are plenty of webcomics out there in a number of languages! There's also probably an English language listicle with recommendations of easier to understand webcomics for learners, too.

If you're just getting started in immersion, you can choose whether you focus on intensive reading or extensive reading (this actually goes for all kinds of immersion, but is easiest to control with reading since it happens at your own pace). Intensive reading is reading with the goal of understanding everything 100%. If you don't understand a word, or a grammar point, or the reading of a character, look it up. Extensive reading is reading just to get the gist of things. Look up words and grammar points only if they stop you from understanding the general meaning of the sentence or section. And of course, the more you immerse, the less you'll have to look things up, but remember that difficulty varies between materials, even within books of the same age range, genre, and medium.

A small digression: If you decide that you never want to open a textbook on your language learning journey, more power to you! It can be done and I know people who have gotten to proficient levels of their target language without textbooks. If you want this to be you, extensive immersion is your best friend. You also might want to get comfortable with the flashcard program anki, because, if this is your goal, all those unknown grammar points and words will probably end up there. But at the end of the day, language learning is an intensely personal journey, and what works for others won't necessarily work for you. Finding what works for you is just part of learning a language.

Play a game. Lots of games are region locked (hint: Pokemon Sun/Moon isn't! If you start a new game, you can choose which language you want to play it in), but there are plenty of free online games still lurking in the corners of the internet. With a bit of googling, you can probably find something in your target language. Just the other day, I went out to find one of those hidden item games in Japanese and ended up finding an entire site dedicated to user made browser games.

If you're learning Japanese or Korean, picrew might be fun to look through as well. I noticed that plenty of picrews have basic anatomy vocabulary. I'm not super familiar with picrew myself, but the ones I've seen tend to be in Korean and Japanese

And lastly, don't fully give up on textbooks before trying them out. Don't be discouraged if textbooks truly aren't your thing, but studying a language on your own time can feel much different than studying for school. Don't put too much pressure on yourself and just have fun with your language. Additionally, if you'd rather learn in a video format, many languages have full courses uploaded to YouTube for you to try. Finding these can be difficult for some languages though, so don't hesitate to reach out to other learners and see what they recommend!

Got your materials ready? Great! Now go forth and immerse!

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Apps i use to learn languages

1. Babbel

This is a language app that also teaches grammar & offers grammar exercises. You can practise the vocab words you learned & it teaches you about the people & culture of your target country.

However, it only offers 14 languages (English, German, Spanish, Italian, French, Russian, Portuguese, Polish, Turkish, Norwegian, Danish, Swedish, Dutch, Indonesian) and you need a payed subscription to unlock the courses and can only learn one language at a time.

2. Duolingo

This is a language learning app that offers dozens of languages, even fictional ones from Game of Thrones & Star Trek. You can access all courses without subscription and can learn several languages at a time.

However, it doesn't offer any grammar exercises and you can't revise the vocab you learned.

3. LingoClip

In this app, you can listen to songs in your target language & have to fill in the gaps in the lyrics. You get 3 free songs per day without a subscription.

The languages they offer are English, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, French, German, Dutch, Chinese, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Polish, Swedish, Finnish, Catalan.

4. Beelinguapp

This app helps you practice reading texts in your target language by showing you the text in your native language & in your target language and reading it to you sentence by sentence.

The languages they offer are English, Spanish, Portuguese, French, Italian, German, Japanese, Russian, Chinese, Hindi, Turkish, Korean, Arabic, and Swedish.

5. LingQ

This app works similarly to Beelinguapp, but you can mark any words you know and don't know and practice the ones you didn't know.

The languages they offer are English, French, Spanish, Japanese, Italian, German, Russian, Chinese, Portuguese, Swedish, Korean, Dutch, Polish, Greek, Finnish, Norwegian, Czech, Arabic, Hebrew, Turkish, Latin, Romanian, Esperanto, Ukrainian, Belarussian, Catalan, Bulgarian, Persian, Danish, Gujarati, Cantonese, Croatian, Hungarian, Armenian, Indonesian, Icelandic, Malaysian, Slovakian, Serbian, Tagalog, and Taiwanese Mandarin.

6. Quizlet

This is a vocab card app. I really like that it gives you translation suggestions when you type out a vocab word and it recognizes the language automatically. You can also use vocab lists from other users and from specific exercise books or courses, and you can sort your vocab lists into sets and files and share them with others if you'd like. If you subscribe to Quizlet, you can also keep track of your learning.

7. AnkiDroid

This is another vocab card app which i use for learning sign languages. You can put formulas, pictures, videos, and more on the vocab cards and you can synchronise the app with the pc programme.

8. Chatterbug

Chatterbug offers live streams in English, German, French, and Spanish where they explain grammar rules, cultural aspects, idioms, and more. They also offer private language lessons.

9. Slowly

On Slowly you can find penpals around the world that are learning your target language or people from your target language's country that want to learn your native language, so you can help each other.

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Spanish Imperfect

Estar in the Imperfect

Yo estaba

Tú estabas

Él/Ella/Usted estaba

Nosotros estábamos

Vosotros estabais

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes estaban

Ser in the Imperfect

Yo era

Tú eras

Él/Ella/Usted era

Nosotros éramos

Vosotros erais

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes eran

Regular Verbs in the Imperfect

*-ar verbs: -aba, -abas, -aba, -ábamos, -abais, -aban*

*Ex. Acompañar (to accompany)*

Yo acompañaba

Tú acompañabas

Él/Ella/Usted acompañaba

Nosotros acompañábamos

Vosotros acompañabais

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes acompañaban

*Ex. Dar (to give)*

Yo daba

Tú dabas

Él/Ella/Usted daba

Nosotros dábamos

Vosotros dabais

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes daban

*Ex. Trabajar (to work)*

Yo trabajaba

Tú trabajas

Él/Ella/Usted trabaja

Nosotros trabajábamos

Vosotros trabajabais

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes trabajaban

*-er & -ir verbs: -ía, -ías, -ía, -íamos, -íais, -ían*

*Ex. Hacer (to do, to make)*

Yo hacía

Tú hacías

Él/Ella/Usted hacía

Nosotros hacíamos

Vosotros hacíais

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes hacían

*Ex. Querer (to want)*

Yo quería

Tú querías

Él/Ella/Usted quería

Nosotros queríamos

Vosotros queríais

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes querían

*Venir (to come)*

Yo venía

Tú venías

Él/Ella/Usted venía

Nosotros veníamos

Vosotros veníais

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes venían

Irregular Verbs in the Imperfect

**(There are only 3!)**

*Ser (to be)*

Yo era

Tú eras

Él/Ella/Usted era

Nosotros éramos

Vosotros erais

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes eran

*Ir (to go)*

Yo iba

Tú ibas

Él/Ella/Usted iba

Nosotros íbamos

Vosotros ibais

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes iban

*Ver (to see)*

Yo veía

Tú veías

Él/Ella/Usted veía

Nosotros veíamos

Vosotros veíais

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes veían

#spanish #español #language #langblr #language learning #lifelong learning #studyblr #self study #grammar #spanish grammar #verb conjugation

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Spanish Preterit Tense

Estar in the Preterit

You estuve

Tú estuviste

Él/Ella/Usted estuvo

Nosotros estuvimos

Vosotros estuvisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes estuvieron

Ser in the Preterit

Yo fui

Tú fuiste

Él/Ella/Usted fue

Nosotros fuimos

Vosotros fuisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes fueron

Regular Verbs in the Preterit

**-ar verbs: -é, -aste, -ó, -amos, -asteis, -aron**

*Ex. Ayudar (to help)*

Yo ayudé

Tú ayudaste

Él/Ella/Usted ayudó

Nosotros ayudamos

Vosotros ayudasteis

Ellos/Ellas/Usted ayudaron

*Ex. Pensar (to think)*

Yo pensé

Tú pensaste

Él/Ella/Usted pensó

Nosotros pensamos

Vosotros pensasteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes pensaron

*Ex. Cantar (to sing)*

Yo canté

Tú cantaste

Él/Ella/Usted cantó

Nosotros cantamos

Vosotros cantasteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cantaron

**-er & -ir verbs: -í, -iste, -ió, -imos, -isteis, -ieron**

*Ex. Comer (to eat)*

Yo comí

Tú comiste

Él/Ella/Usted comió

Nosotros comimos

Vosotros comisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes comieron

*Ex. Entender (to understand)*

Yo entendí

Tú entendiste

Él/Ellos/Usted entendió

Nosotros entendimos

Vosotros entendisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes entendieron

*Ex. Salir (to leave)*

Yo salí

Tú saliste

Él/Ella/Usted salió

Nosotros salimos

Vosotros salisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes salieron

Irregular Verbs in the Preterit

*-ir Verbs with Stem Changes in the Third Person*

Mentir (to lie) → Él mintieron

Dormir (to sleep) → Ella durmieron

Pedir (to ask for) → Usted pidieron

*Verbs with J in the Preterit Tense*

*Decir (to say, to tell)*

Yo dije

Tú dijiste

Él/Ella/Usted dijo

Nosotros dijimos

Vosotros dijisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes dijeron

*Producir (to produce)*

Yo produje

Tú produjiste

Él/Ella/Usted produjo

Nosotros produjimos

Vosotros produjisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes produjeron

*Traer (to bring)*

Yo traje

Tú trajiste

Él/Ella/Usted trajo

Nosotros trajimos

Vosotros trajisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes trajeron

*Other Irregular Verbs*

*Andar (to stroll)*

Yo anduve

Tú anduviste

Él/Ella/Usted anduvo

Nosotros anduvimos

Vosotros anduvisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes anduvieron

*Caber (to fit)*

Yo cupe

Tú cupiste

Él/Ella/Usted cupo

Nosotros cupimos

Vosotros cupisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes cupieron

*Hacer (to do, to make)*

Yo hice

Tú hiciste

Él/Ella/Usted hizo

Nosotros hicimos

Vosotros hicisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes hicieron

*Poder (to be able to)*

Yo pude

Tú pudiste

Él/Ella/Usted pudo

Nosotros pudimos

Vosotros pudisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes pudieron

*Poner (to put)*

Yo puse

Tú pusiste

Él/Ella/Usted puso

Nosotros pusimos

Vosotros pusisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes pusieron

*Querer (to want)*

Yo quise

Tú quisiste

Él/Ella/Usted quiso

Nosotros quisimos

Vosotros quisisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes quisieron

*Saber (to know)*

Yo supe

Tú supiste

Él/Ella/Usted supo

Nosotros supimos

Vosotros supisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes supieron

*Tener (to have)*

Yo tuve

Tú tuviste

Él/Ella/Usted tuvo

Nosotros tuvimos

Vosotros tuvisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes tuvieron

*Venir (to come)*

Yo vine

Tú viniste

Él/Ella/Usted vino

Nosotros vinimos

Vosotros vinisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes vinieron

*Dar (to give)*

Yo di

Tú diste

Él/Ella/Usted dio

Nosotros dimos

Vosotros disteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes dieron

*Ir (to go)*

Yo fui

Tú fuiste

Él/Ella/Usted fue

Nosotros fuimos

Vosotros fuisteis

Ellos/Ellas/Ustedes fueron

#spanish #español #language #langblr #language learning #lifelong learning #self study #studyblr #grammar #Spanish grammar #verb conjugation

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I’m looking to revive my Spanish knowledge so I got an advanced textbook to help me. I’m not sure how advanced it really is since this all seems quite basic, but I’m only on the first chapter.

Anyway! I thought I’d share some info from each chapter as a come across it and maybe that’ll help me hold myself more accountable.

Here’s some vocab from Chapter 1!

Interrogative Words

¿Cómo? - Who?

¿Cuál? - Which one?

¿Cuáles? - Which ones?

¿Cuándo? - When?

¿Cuánto? - How much?

¿Cuántos? - How many?

¿Dónde? - Where?

¿Por qué? - Why?

¿Qué? - What?

¿Quién? - Who?

¿Quiénes? - Who?

Adverbs of Location

Aquí, acá - here

Allí, allá - there

Adverbs of Direction

A la derecha - to the right

A la izquierda - to the left

Derecho, recto - straight ahead

Prepositions of Location

Al lado de - next to

Alrededor de - around

Ante - before, in front of, in the presence of

Bajo - under

Cerca de - near

Debajo de - underneath

Delante de - before, in front of

Dentro de - inside of

Detrás de - behind

Encima de - on top of

Enfrente de - in front of, opposite, across from

Entre - between

Fuera de - outside of

Junto a - close to, right next to

Lejos de - far from

Tras - after

Adjectives

Alegre - happy, glad

Bonito - pretty

Bueno - good

Cansado - tired

Contento - happy, content

Delicioso - delicious

Enfermo - sick

Enojado - angry

Feliz - happy

Guapo - beautiful, handsome

Hermoso - beautiful, handsome

Lindo - pretty

Sabroso - delicious

Impersonal Expressions

Es bueno - it’s good

Es difícil - it’s difficult

Es fácil - it’s easy

Es imposible - it’s impossible

Es importante - it’s important

Es malo - it’s bad

Es mejor - it’s better

Es necesario - it’s necessary

Es posible - it’s possible

Es precioso - it’s necessary

Es probable - it’s probable

Es una lástima - it’s a shame

Es urgente - it’s urgent

Common Expressions Using Estar

Está bien - okay

Estar el salvo - to be safe

Estar bien - to be fine

Estar con - to be with

Estar de acuerdo con - to be in agreement with

Estar de buen genio - to be in a good mood

Estar de buen humor - to be in a good mood

Estar de mal humor - to be in a bad mood

Estar de pie - to be standing

Estar de rodillas - to be on one’s knees

Estar de vacaciones- to be on vacation

Estar de vuelta - to be returning

Estar en peligro - to be in danger

Estar ente la vida y la muerta - to be between life and death

Estar listo - to be ready

Estar mal - to be bad

Estar para - to be about to

Estar por - to be in favor of

Estar seguro - to be sure

Estar sin - to be without

Common Expressions Using Ser

Ser bueno - to be good

Ser mal - to be bad

Ser listo - to be clever

Ser todo oídos - to be all ears

#Spanish #español #language #language learning #langblr #vocabulary #vocab list #lifelong learning #self study #studyblr

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My favourite part of learning a language related to your mother tongue (or an L2 you’re fluent in) is the confidence with which you get things wrong

#me thinking that just because I can read Scots I can also speak it #I most certainly cannot

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my tips for students that struggle with consistency