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Arriba 8.2 Vocabulary
la farmacia = pharmacy
la perfumería = beauty supply shop
el acondicionador = conditioner
el cepillo de dientes = toothbrush
la colonia = cologne
la crema hidratante = facial cream
la crema de afeitar = shaving cream
el desodorante = deodorant
la pasta de dientes = toothpaste
el perfume = perfume
el talco = talcum power
la joyería = jewelry store
el anillo = ring
los aretes = earrings
la cadena = chain
el collar = necklace
los pendientes = earrings
la pulsera = bracelet
el reloj inteligente = smartwatch
el reloj de pulsera = wristwatch
descripciones = descriptions
de diamantes = diamond
de oro = gold
de perlos = pearl
de plata = silver
más tiendos = more shops
la carnicería = butcher shop
la florería = flower shop
la heladería = ice cream shop
la panadería = bakery
la papelería = stationary shop
la pastelería = pastry shop
la quesería = cheese shop
la zapatería = shoe shop
devolver = to return something
gastar = to spend
hacer juego = to match
la nevería = nieve shop
la paletería = paleta shop
la floristería = flower shop
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Food vocab - czech, spanish, english
(langblr reactivation challenge day 4)
czech - spanish - english
brambory - patatas - potatoes
brokolice - brócoli - broccoli
celer - apio - celery
cibule - cebolla - onion
česnek - ajo - garlic
čočka - lentejas - lentils
fazole - frijoles - beans
houba - seta - mushroom
hrášek - guisantes - peas
chřest - espárragos - asparagus
kapusta - repollo - cabbage
kukuřice - maíz - corn
květák - coliflor - cauliflower
lilek, baklažán - berenjena - eggplant
mrkev - zanahoria - carrot
okurka - pepino - cucumber
paprika - pimiento - bell pepper
petržel - perejil - parsley
pórek - puerro - leek
špenát - espinaca - spinach
ananas - piña - pineapple
banán - plátano - banana
švestka - ciruela - plum
meruňka - albaricoque - apricot
broskev - melocotón - peach
citron - limón - lemon
hrozny - uvas - grapes
jahoda - fresa - strawberry
borůvka - arándano - blueberry
malina - frambuesa - raspberry
ostružina - mora - blackberry
rybíz - grosella - currant
vodní meloun - sandía - watermelon
meloun - melón - melon
pomeranč - naranja - orange
mandarinka - mandarina - mandarin
třešeň - cereza - cherry
mléko - leche - milk
sýr - queso - cheese
smetana - nata - cream
šlehačka - nata montada - whipped cream
jogurt - yogur - yogurt
máslo - mantequilla - butter
mouka - harina - flour
med - miel - honey
rýže - arroz - rice
těstoviny - pasta - pasta
olej - aceite - oil
ocet - vinagre - vinegar
hořčice - mostaza - mustard
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Multilingual Lists
Days of the week in Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese
Lunes, lunedì, segunda-feira
Martes, martedì, terça-feira
Miércoles, mercoledì, quarta-feira
Jueves, giovedì, quinta-feira
Viernes, venerdì, sexta-feira
Sábado, sabato, sábado
Domingo, domenica, domingo
Months of the year in Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese
Enero, gennaio, janeiro
Febrero, febbraio, fevereiro
Marzo, marzo, março
Abril, abrile, abril
Mayo, maggio, maio
Junio, giungio, junho
Julio, luglio, julho
Agosto, agosto, agosto
Septiembre, settembre, setembro
Octubre, ottobre, outubro
Noviembre, novembre, novembro
Diciembre, dicembre, dezembro
Seasons in Spanish, Italian, & Portuguese
El invierno, l’inverno, o inverno
La primavera, la primavera, a primavera
El verano, l’estate, o verão
El otoño, l’autunno, o outono
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Español dominicano 🇩🇴 | Dominican Spanish 🇩🇴
I'm studying Mexican Spanish but Dominican Spanish fascinates me so I'd thought I'd make this list :]
please feel free to send corrections if I got anything wrong
Allantoso/a - someone who talks a lot but does very little; all talk no action
Viejebo/a - older person that wants to dress and act young; "hip with the kids"
Palomo (lit. male pigeon) - guy who's a coward or shy when it comes to flirting
¿Qu�� lo que? - What's up? *can be abbreviated as klk in text
Tíguere - quick-witted guy, guy with street smarts
Pana - buddy, pal
Yala - okay, alright
En olla - to be broke
Chin - a little, a bit
Jevo/a - guy/girl, boyfriend/girlfriend
Colmado - grocery store, bodega
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fabrics in spanish (spain)
el algodón - cotton
el cachemir - cashmere
el cuero - leather
el encaje - lace
la gasa - chiffron
la lana - wool
el lino - linen
el poliéster - polyester
el satén - satin
la seda - silk
la tela vaquera - denim (literally cowboy fabric)
el terciopelo - velvet
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ready, finished
listo, lista
Think of a checklist or to-do list: items on the list get checked off when they’re ready or finished.
I’m ready, and the list is almost ready.
Estoy listo, y la lista está casi lista.
Picture by Stacy Spensley on Flickr
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261022 | Day 3 of Langblr Reactivation Challenge
Today's prompt is all about creating a list of topics I would like to study the vocabulary for in basically all of my target languages, but I think my priority will be 日本語
school
stationery
pagan/witchcraft
food and drink
tarots
love and relationship
pokémon
personality traits
daily routine
langblr community
cozy vocabulary
words of encouragement
music
astrology and horoscopes
bullet journal
feelings and emotions
weather
and yes, I went through all 37 pages of vocabulary lists in Finnish made and reblogged by @tealingual
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I have so much to do today and so little time
#raineyrambles#i probably have time but it feels like I don’t#here a unasked for list:#get back from class- watch 40 minutes worth of videos for school#read 9 more pages of a textbook that’ll be another 20 minutes#for at least 30 minutes review Spanish vocabulary#catch up rereading to todays pjo episode which is 50 pages#watch said episode/maybe eat dinner during depending on the time#wash my hair which is another 40 minutes#and then I’d want to finish season 4 of doctor who#I am going to be nonstop later huh?#college stuff
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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
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Vocabulario de los idiomas 🌐
el idioma - language
la voz - voice
la traducción - translation
la pronunciación - pronunciation
suelto/a - fluent
el acento - accent
el inglés - English
el español - Spanish
el castellano - (European) Spanish
el portugués - Portuguese
el francés - French
el italiano - Italians
el alemán - German
el chino - Chinese
el mandarín - Mandarin
el cantonés - Cantonese
el japonés - Japanese
el coreano - Korean
el tailandés - Thai
el vietnamita - Vietnamese
el turco - Turkish
el ruso - Russian
el hindi - Hindi
el árabe - Arabic
el hebreo - Hebrew
el holandés - Dutch
el checo - Czech
el danés - Danish
el filipino - Filipino/Tagalog
el finlandés - Finland
el sueco - Swedish
el noruego - Norway
la lengua de signos - sign language
Verbs
aprender - to learn
enseñar - to teach
estudiar - to study
hablar - to speak
entender - to understand
traducir - to translate
leer - to read
escribir - to write
escuchar - to listen
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For Spanish, we needed to disguise a turkey. Look me dead in my virtual eyes. You know what I did. The Dvurkey breathes life.
(I did heavily improvise on the dislikes since I was limited to a vocabulary list. Also, "hace frio" is directed at where he currently is. Space)
I hate how popular this has gotten -Update 1
Every time this gets a little popular again I die internally -Update 2
The moment this reaches JONATHAN SIMS HIMSELF, I will literally disintegrate. -Update 4 (deleted 3 cause it felt like to much)
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ready, finished
listo, lista
Think of a checklist or to-do list: items on the list get checked off when they’re ready or finished.
I’m ready, and the list is almost ready.
Estoy listo, y la lista está casi lista.
Picture by Stacy Spensley on Flickr
#ready#finished#listo#lista#checklist#todo#to do#list#spanish#vocabulary#vocab#español#hint#mem#mnemonic#wotd#word of the day
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Really basic study tips. As in, you have no idea where to start, or you've been floundering for X period of time not making progress.
Total beginner?
Go to a search engine site. Whatever one you want Google.com, duckduckgo.com, or a searx.space site will work (I like search.hbubli.cc a lot). I think a non-google search engine will give you less ads and more specific results though so keep that in mind.
As a total beginner, search for some articles and advice to help you start planning HOW you are going to study a language. Search things like "how to learn X" where X is the language, "how i learned X," "guide to learn X." Ignore the product endorsement pages as best you can, you're looking for personal blogs and posts on learner forums like chinese-forums.com and forum.language-learners.org. After reading a few of these, come up with a list of general things you need to learn. This list will generally be: to read, to listen, to write, to speak. The articles/advice you find will likely mention Specific Study Activities people did to learn each of those skills - write them down! You might not do all those study activities yourself. But its good to know what possible study activities will help build each of the 4 skills.
Now get more specific. Think about your long term goals for this language. Be as SPECIFIC as possible. Things like "I want to pass the B2 exam in French" (and knowing what CEFR levels are), or "I want to watch History 3 Trapped in chinese with chinese subtitles" or "I want to read Mo Dao Zu Shi in chinese" or "I want to play Final Fantasy 16 in japanese" or "I want to make friends with spanish speakers and be able to talk about my hobbies in depth, and understand their comments on that subject and be able to ask what they mean if I get confused." Truly be as specific as possible. Ideally make more than one long term goal like this. And then specify EVEN MORE. So you want to "pass the B2 exam in French" - why? What real world application will you use those skills for. A possible answer: to work in a French office job in engineering. Great! Now you know very specifically what to look up for what you Need to actually study: you need to look up business appropriate writing examples, grammar for emails, engineering technical vocabulary, IN addition to everything required on the B2 exam. Your goal is to read mdzs in chinese? Lets get more specific: how many unique words are in mdzs (maybe you want to study ALL of them), how much do you wish to understand? 100% or is just understanding the main idea, or main idea and some details, good enough? Do you want to learn by Doing (reading and looking up things you don't know) or by studying ahead of time first (like studying vocabulary lists). Im getting into the weeds.
My point is: once you have a Very Specific Long Term Goal you can look up how to study to accomplish that very specific goal. If you want to get a B2 certificate there's courses and textbooks and classes and free materials that match 100% the material on the B2 test, so you can prioritize studying those materials. If your goal is to READ novels, you'll likely be looking for "how to read X" advice articles and then studying based on that advice (which is often "learn a few thousand frequent words, study a grammar resource, use graded reader material at your reading level, extensively and intensively read, look up unknown words either constantly or occasionally as desired when reading new material, and continue picking more difficult material with new unknown words"). Whatever your specific goal, you will go to a search engine and look up how people have accomplished THAT specific goal. Those study activities they did will be things you can do that you know worked for someone. If you get lucky, someone might suggest ALL the resources and study activities you need to accomplish your specific goal. Or they will know of a textbook/course/site that provides everything you need so you can just go do it. I'll use a reading goal example because its a specific goal i've had. I'd have the goal "read X book in chinese" so I'd look up "how to read chinese" "how to learn to read chinese novels" "how i read chinese webnovels" and similar search terms. I found suggestions like these on articles I found written by people who managed to learn to read chinese webnovels: Ben Whatley's strategy had been learn 2000 common words on memrise (he made a deck and shared it), read a characters guide (he linked the article he read), use graded readers (he linked Mandarin Companion), use Pleco app and read inside it (he linked Pleco) and in 6 months he was reading novels using Pleco for unknown words. I copied most of what he did, and did some of my own other study activities for theother 3 listening speaking writing skills. And in 6 months I was also reading webnovels in Pleco. Another article was by Readibu app creator, who read webnovels in chinese just looking up TONS of words till they learned (real brute force method). But it worked! They learned. So copying them by using Readibu app ans brute force reading MANY novels would work. Another good article is on HeavenlyPath.notion.site, they have articles on specifically what materials to study to learn to read - their article suggestions are similar to the process I went through in studying and Im confident if you follow their advice you'll be reading chinese in 1 year or less. (I saw one person who was reading webnovels within 3 months of following the Heavenly Path's guide plan). LOOK UP your specific long term goal, and write down specific activities people did to learn how to do that long term goal. Ideally: you will have some
SHORT TERM GOALS: you will not accomplish your long term language goal for 1 year or more. Probably not for many years. So make some short and medium term goals to guide you through studying and keep you on track. These can be any goals you want, that are stepping stones to the specific long term goals you set. So for the "read mdzs in chinese" long term goal, short and medium term goals might be the following: short term: learn 10 common words a week (through SRS like anki or a vocabulary list), study 100 common hanzi this month (using a book reference or SRS or a site), read 1 chapter of a grammar guide a week (a site or textbook or reference book), medium term: read a graded reader with 100 unique words once I have studied 300 words (like Mandarin Companion books or Pleco graded readers for sale), read a 500 unique word graded reader once I have studied 600 words, read 秃秃大王 and look up words I don't know once I have studied 1500 words (read in Pleco or Readibu or using any click-translator tool or translator/dictionary app), read another chinese novel with 1500 unique words, read a 30,000 word chinese 2 hours a day until I finish it, read another 30,000 word novel and see if I can finish it in less time, read a 60,000 word novel, read a 120,000 word novel, read a novel extensively without looking any words up and practice reading skills of relying on context clues (pick a novel with lower unique word count), read a novel a little above your reading level (a 2000 unique word count if say you only know 1700 words), go to a reading difficulty list and pick some novels easier than mdzs to read but harder than novels you've already read (Readibu ranks novels by HSK level, Heavenly Path ranks novel difficulty, if you search online you'll find other reading difficulty lists and sites). Those shorter term goals will give you things to work for this week, this month, this year. An example of study goals and activities might be: study all vocabulary, hanzi, grammar in 1 textbook chapter a week (lets say 20 new words/10-20 new hanzi,1-5 new grammar points - or alternatively you have 3 SRS anki decks for vocab, hanzi, grammar) along with read and look up unknown key words for 30 minutes a day (at first you may read graded readers then move onto novels). Those are short term goals you can ensure you meet weekly, and they also contribute to being able to read better gradually each month until you hit long term goals.
If you are very bad at making your own schedule and study plans: look for a good premade study material and just follow it. A good study material will: teach reading, writing, speaking, and listening skills, all the way to intermediate level. You may need to find multiple premade resources, such as 1 resource for writing/reading (many textbooks that teach 2000+ words and basic grammar will suffice) and 1 for speaking/listening (perhaps a good podcast, glossika, a tutor). Ideally formal classes will teach all 4 skills to intermediate level if you take 4 semesters of classes as an adult (beginner 1, beginner 2, intermediate 1, intermediate 2). Especially if the classes teach in accordance with trying to match you to expected defined language level skills (so formal classes that have syllabus goals that align with HSK, CEFR, or national standards of X level of fluency). So formal classes are an option. The same tips as above apply: make short term goals do do X a week, like study 30 minutes to 2 hours a day, to learn 10 new words a week, to get through X chapters a month, to practice speaking/reading/writing/reading oriented activities to some degree.
My short advice for picking a premade resource if totally lost: pick a starting material that covers 2000 words, basic grammar, and has dialogues if you don't know where to start. That will be enough to cover roughly beginner level language skills. I suggest you study by: studying the vocabulary and grammar of each chapter, listen to the dialogue with and without translation repeatedly until you understand it (listening skills), read the dialogue with and without translation (reading skills), write out example sentences using the new vocabulary and grammar (writing skills, the textbook exercises usually ask you to do this), speak your example sentences out loud (speaking practice), record yourself saying the dialogue and compare it to the dialogue audio - repeat this exercise until you sound similar in pronunciation to dialogue (speaking exercise - shadowing). Most decent textbooks will allow you to come up with similar activities to those listed above, to study some writing reading speaking listening. I like the Teach Yourself books as an example of the most basic version of what you need. Many languages have much better specific textbooks of that language. But if you're totally lost, get a Teach Yourself book and audio free from a library or for 10 dollars (or ANY equivalent book that teaches at least 2000 words and grammar) and go through it. If you buy a language specific textbook: keep working through the series until you've learned 2000 words and covered all basic grammar. For example Genk 1 and 2 cover 1700 words so you would want to work all the way through Genki 2 and ger near 2000 words before branching off to a textbook for intermediate students, or into native speaker materials. (Another example is I found a chinese textbook once that only taught 200 words... as a beginner you would not find that book as useful as one with more vocabulary)
Another adequate premade resource option: if you lile SRS tools like anki, look up premade decks that teach what you need to learn as a beginner. For Japanese you might look up "common words japanese anki deck" (Japanese core deck with 2k or more words is likely an option you'll see), "japanese grammar anki deck" (Tae Kin grammar deck is an option that covers common grammar), "JLPT kanji deck" or "kanji anki deck" or "kanji with mnemonics anki deck" (to study kanji). Ideally you study vocabulary, vocabulary, kanji, and ideally some of these anki decks will have audio and sentence examples for reading practice. Like with a textbook, you would attempt to do exercises which cover reading writing speaking listening. For reading and writing you may read sentences on anki cards, and write or type example sentences in a journal with new words you study and new grammar points. For listening you will play the sentence audio of a card with eyes closed until you hear the words clearly and recognize them, and for speaking you'll speak out the sentences and compare what you say to the audio on the card.
Keep in mind your specific long term goals! If your goal is speak to friend about hobby, you may follow a textbook and still need to ALSO make yourself practice talking weekly (on a language exchange app, with a tutor, with yourself, shadowing dialogues, looking up specific words you wish to discuss). If your goal is to read novels, you will likely need to seek out graded readers OUTSIDE your textbook and practice reading gradually harder material weekly. If your goal is listening to audio dramas, you will want an outside podcast resource likely starting with a Learner Podcast (chinese101, slow chinese, comprehensible chinese youtube channel) then move into graded reader audiobooks, then listen to audio dramas with transcripts, then just listen and look words up.
Once you hit lower intermediate: I'm defining that here as roughly you have studied 2000+ words, are familiar with basic grammar and comfortable looking up more specialized grammar information, and if you used a premade material then you have finished the beginner level material. If you desire to stay on a premade route then pick new resources made for intermediate learners. Do not dwell in the beginner material forever once you've studied it, continue to challenge yourself and learn new things regularly. (No matter what, continue to learn new things regularly, if you do that then every few hundred hours of study you WILL make significant progress toward your goals). Once you have hit intermediate it is also time to start adding activities that work toward your Very Specific Long Term goals now if you didn't already start. If you want to watch shows one day, this is when you start TRYING and get an idea of how much you understand versus how much you need to learn and WHAT you need to learn to do your goal well. If you want to read novels then start graded readers NOW if you havent already and progress to more difficult reading eventually into reading novels for native speakers. If you want to talk to people, start chatting regularly. If you want to take a B2 test, start studying language test specific study materials, practice doing the tasks you must be able to do to pass the test (so you can see what you need to learn and gauge progress over time), take practice tests. Intermediate level is when SOME stuff for native speakers will be at least understandable enough you can follow the main idea. Or at least, if you look up some key words you'll be able to grasp the main idea. Start engaging with stuff in the language now. For several reasons. 1. You need to practice Understanding all the basics you studied. Just because you studied it doesnt mean you can understand it immediately yet, you have to practice being in situations that require you to understand what you studied. 2. You also need to gauge where you are versus where you want to be, in order to set new short term goals. Once you do things in the language, you will see what specifically you need to study more. 3. By doing the activity you wish to do, you will get better at doing it. This is also a good time to mention that: if you wish to get better at speaking or writing now is the time to practice more. Just like listening and reading, you'll have to Do it more to improve.
The leap from using materials for beginners to materials for intermediate learners is harsh. It just is. The first 3 to 6 months you may feel drained, like you didn't learn much after all, annoyed its so much harder than the beginner material catered usually specifically to a learner's language level. Push through. I suggest goals like "listen to french 30 minutes a day" or "read 1 japanese news article a day" or "chat with someone for 1 hour total a week" or "watch 20 minutes of a show a day" or "write 1 page a day" and look up words you dont know but need to understand something or communicate to someone. Do X for X time period or X length of a chapter/episode type goals may be easiest to stick to during this period. Gradually, the time spent doing activities will add up and it will suddenly feel EASIER. Usually around the time you start understanding quicker and recalling quicker what you studied as a beginner. Then it keeps improving, as you gradually learn more and more. At first, picking the easiest content for your study activity will make the transition to intermediate stuff slightly less drastic. Easier content includes: conversations on daily life that only gradually add more specific topics (so you can lean on the beginner daily life function vocabulary), podcasts for learners entirely in target language and podcasts with transcripts, novels with low unique word counts (ideally 2000 unique words or less until your vocabulary gets bigger), shows you've watched before in a language you know (so you can guess more unknown words and follow the plot even when you don't understand the target language words), video game lets plays (ideally with captions) of video games you've played before, playing video games you already have played before and know the story for, reading summaries before starting new shows or books so you know what the general story is, reading books that have translations to a language you know (so you can read the translation then original or vice versa for additional context). Using any tools available (dictionary apps, translation apps like Pleco and Google Translate and click-translate web browser tools, Edge Read Aloud tool, reader apps like Kindle and Readibu, apps like Netflix dual subitles stuff).
Last mention: check in with your goals every so often. You might check in every 3 months, and say you notice you never manage to study daily (if that was your short term goal). That could be a sign it might be better to change your study schedule to study a couple hours on the days your life schedule is less busy, and skip study on busy days. Or it may be a sign the study activity you're trying to do daily is Very Hard for you to stick to, and maybe you should switch to a different study activity. (Example would be: I can't do SRS flashcards consistently, so when I got tired of SRS anki after a few months as a beginner, I switched to reading graded readers daily to learn new vocabulary then reading novels and looking up words. Another example: I love Listening Reading Method but could never do it as it was designed, so after a month of only doing 15 hours of it instead of the 100 hours the method intended at minimum in that time, I decided to modify that study activity into something I could get myself to do daily and enjoy more).
And, of course, its okay if what works for one person doesn't work for you. Everyone's different. As long as you are regularly studying some new things, and practicing understanding things you've studied before, you will make progress as the study hours add up. It may take hundreds of hours to see significant progress, but you Will see some progress every few hundreds of hours of study. I made the quick start suggestions for beginners above, because I have seen some people (including me) get lost at the start with no idea what a good resource looks like and no idea what to study, or how to determine goals and progress on those goals.
#rant#reference#resources#study plan#langblr#i could also make a side post lol on just HOW many language learning apps/tools are distractions for beginners#because they barely teach like 300 words! but readers spend YEARS on them!#u can cover 2000 words in 1 year. even high school classes cover that in 2 years. but many an app have u spending 4 years on 2000 words#then u get beginners mad they never Learned to do stuff in the language despite All Tgat Study#not realizing the apps problem was it simply ONLY covered beginner material. so it was only gonna be useful for 6 months to 2 years tops.
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Ways English borrowed words from Latin
Latin has been influencing English since before English existed!
Here’s a non-exhaustive list of ways that English got vocabulary from Latin:
early Latin influence on the Germanic tribes: The Germanic tribes borrowed words from the Romans while still in continental Europe, before coming to England.
camp, wall, pit, street, mile, cheap, mint, wine, cheese, pillow, cup, linen, line, pepper, butter, onion, chalk, copper, dragon, peacock, pipe, bishop
Roman occupation of England: The Celts borrowed words from the Romans when the Romans invaded England, and the Anglo-Saxons later borrowed those Latin words from the Celts.
port, tower, -chester / -caster / -cester (place name suffix), mount
Christianization of the Anglo-Saxons: Roman missionaries to England converted the Anglo-Saxons to Christianity and brought Latin with them.
altar, angel, anthem, candle, disciple, litany, martyr, mass, noon, nun, offer, organ, palm, relic, rule, shrine, temple, tunic, cap, sock, purple, chest, mat, sack, school, master, fever, circle, talent
Norman Conquest: The Norman French invaded England in 1066 under William the Conqueror, making Norman French the language of the state. Many words were borrowed from French, which had evolved out of Latin.
noble, servant, messenger, feast, story, government, state, empire, royal, authority, tyrant, court, council, parliament, assembly, record, tax, subject, public, liberty, office, warden, peer, sir, madam, mistress, slave, religion, confession, prayer, lesson, novice, creator, saint, miracle, faith, temptation, charity, pity, obedience, justice, equity, judgment, plea, bill, panel, evidence, proof, sentence, award, fine, prison, punishment, plead, blame, arrest, judge, banish, property, arson, heir, defense, army, navy, peace, enemy, battle, combat, banner, havoc, fashion, robe, button, boots, luxury, blue, brown, jewel, crystal, taste, toast, cream, sugar, salad, lettuce, herb, mustard, cinnamon, nutmeg, roast, boil, stew, fry, curtain, couch, screen, lamp, blanket, dance, music, labor, fool, sculpture, beauty, color, image, tone, poet, romance, title, story, pen, chapter, medicine, pain, stomach, plague, poison
The Renaissance: The intense focus on writings from classical antiquity during the Renaissance led to the borrowing of numerous words directly from Latin.
atmosphere, disability, halo, agile, appropriate, expensive, external, habitual, impersonal, adapt, alienate, benefit, consolidate, disregard, erupt, exist, extinguish, harass, meditate
The Scientific Revolution: The need for new technical and scientific terms led to many neoclassical compounds formed from Classical Greek and Latin elements, or new uses of Latin prefixes.
automobile, transcontinental, transformer, prehistoric, preview, prequel, subtitle, deflate, component, data, experiment, formula, nucleus, ratio, structure
Not to mention most borrowings from other Romance languages, such as Spanish or Italian, which also evolved from Latin.
Further Reading: A history of the English language (Baugh & Cable)
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