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-(으)려고 하다! (I plan to)

With -(으)려고 하다 you can tell some one you plan to do something.

Whether or not you use -으려고 하다 or -려고하다 depends on the verb. If it's a consonant like 먹다 (to eat), then you would say:

"저는 먹으려고 해요” - I plan to eat

You drop the ‘다’ because that suffix makes it the dictionary form of the word. You would do this for every verb really. (Take that with a grain of salt I'm still learning too!)

But if it's a vowel like: 배우다 (to learn), then you would say:

"저는 한국어 배우려고 해요” - I plan to learn korean.

The exception is if your verb ends with ‘ㄹ’. So for example: 만들다 - To make

‘만들려고 해요’ - Plan to make

The reason being, and this is my assumption, that if you try adding -으려고 하다 to the end of verbs with ‘ㄹ’ it gets really hard to say. If I'm right someone let me know haha

That's all for nowww!

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Languages are the best thing that ever happened in the solar system

Saturn? Jupiter? Aurora Borealis? Sex?

Microbes when compared to Lhaovo or Burmese

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Animal Crossing Vocabulary in German

das Spiel = game die Spieler = players / gamers das Abenteuer = adventure die Abenteuerlust = love of adventure die Insel = island die einsame Insel = deserted island Reif-für-die-Insel-Paket = ready-for-the-island-package das Inselleben = island life das Paradies = paradise der Urlaub = vacation die Reise = journey, voyage, trip das Zuhause = home das Haus = house das Zelt = tent der Einzug = moving in der Alltag = everyday life die Freunde = friends die Freundschaft = friendship der Nachbar = neighbour der Mitbewohner = room/house-mate die Besucher = visitors der Heimwerker = do-it-yourself doer /enthusiast die Natur = nature der Strand = beach der Himmel = sky das Meer = ocean der Fluss = river der See = lake der Baum = tree der Geldbaum = money tree die Palme = palm tree die Blumen = flowers die Früchte = fruits die Fische = (many) fish die Tiere = animals die Insekten = insects der Campingplatz = campsite der Flughafen = airport das Wetter = weather das Zeitreisen = time travel die Möbel = furniture die Kreativität = creativity die Idee = idea das Projekt = project die Bastelanleitung = handicraft instruction / DIY das Umgestalten = redesign, rearrange, transform das Werkzeug = tools die Veranstaltung / das Ereignis = event die Sternis (currency in-game) = bells die Sterne = stars die Schulden = debt die Meileninseln = mystery islands der Laden / das Geschäft = shop / store die Schneiderei = tailor shop der Festplatz = plaza Service Center = Resident Services

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Loanwords in Hungarian language

Speaking one of the hardest language in the world has its own benefits. I have this love-hate relationship with it but all-in-all, it’s a beautiful language. As many other languages, Hungarian has changed A LOT since the first hungarian people, the Seven chieftains put down their tents on the fields of the Carpathian Basin. 

A little history lesson: Hungary has ‘hun’ in its name, right? It’s because historians say that the Hun Monarchy and the Huns were our ancestors. These are the same people who threatened China in Mulan. Funny, right? They were walking and walking and walking, made friends and enemies, all the fun stuff. But as I mentoined earlier, some of these people decided they should settle down. (Saint) Stephen I founded Hungary in 1001 and since then, a lot of things has happened. Turkish invasion (hello, Suleiman), then a few hundred years later Austrian occupation, then in the 20th century we were in the big communist block and there were a lot of Soviet soldiers, not to mention that we are surrounded by a lot of Slavic countries. Since Hungary is a heavily Christian-based country and there weren’t a Hungarian Bible for centuries, we also have Latin loanwords.

Linguistically (is that a word??) speaking, we are in the Finnish-Ugric language family so we have some (a lot) similar words with Finnish. Also, Hungarian is agglutinative language - this basically means that we sew the rootwords and the suffixes and prefixes and those stuff together - like Turkish, Mongolian, Korean, Japanese, but that’s another story. Back to words!

Keep in mind that all the words listed below has had changed! We only can see the resemblance if we keep a focused attention and some words aren’t even look and sound the same in nowadays’ language. Also, I’m not a language or linguistics expert, I only do it for fun and for the research!

Finnish loanwords:

él - elää (lives) tél - talvi (winter) anya - äidin (mother) szomorú - surullinen (sad) kéz - kasi (hand)

Turkish loanwords:

alma - elma (apple) oroszlán - aslan (lion) bika - boğa (bull) sárga - sarı (yellow) iker - ikiz (twin)

German loanwards:

tánc - tanzen (dance) papír - Papier (paper) gróf - Graf (earl) lant - Laute (lyre) borbély - Barbier (barber)

Latin loanwords:

templom - templum (church) angyal - angelus (angel) lecke - lectio (lesson, homework) iskola - scholae (school) mise - massa (mass)

Russian loanwords:

sztahanovista - ��тахановское (a person who does much much much more than required at work) kulák - кулак (kulak, a person who were sent to a lager/gulag) kolhoz - колхоз (kolkhoz, a collective farm in the former Soviet Union)

Slavic loanwards:

galamb - golobica [Slovenian], gołąb [Polish] (pigeon) király - král [Czech], kralj [Slovenian], król [Polish] (king) medve - медвед [Serbian], medved [Slovak] (bear) patak - potok [Czech, Slovenian] (stream) uborka - okurka [Czech], uhorka [Slovak] (cucumber)

(tumblr keeps ducking up the post’s structure, I’m sorry if it’s messed up:(()

I hope you liked this post and got to know new and interesting informations about Hungarian language! Stay safe and well!❤

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jdn in Watte packen – walk on eggshells

erste Sahne sein – to be top-notch

Mauerblümchen – wallflower

jdm die kalte Schulter zeigen – to give sb the cold shoulder

auf Herz und Nieren prüfen – to put sb/ sth to the acid test

eine harte Nuss zu knacken – hard/ tough nut to crack

etw durch die Blume sagen – to beat around the bush

mit der Tür ins Haus fallen – come straight to the point

mit jdm ein Hühnchen mit zu rupfen haben – to have a bone to pick with sb

Vitamin B haben – to have connections

grün hinter den Ohren sein – to be wet behind the ears

Das kannst du dir abschminken – You can forget that

dem Tod von der Schippe springen – to be snatched from the jaws of death

von seinem hohen Ross heruntersteigen – to get off one’s high horse

jdm Honig um den Mund schmieren – to butter sb up, to flatter sb

jdm in den Ohren liegen – to pester sb

in den sauren Apfel beißen – to bite the bullet

über seinen Schatten springen – to force oneself to do sth

lügen wie gedruckt – to lie through one’s teeth

auf dem Holzweg sein – to be on the wrong track

I made a similar post last year: Weird German Idioms

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In olden days, Nüshu was taught by elderly women to girls at home because female children weren’t allowed to attend formal school. During gatherings in villages, women used the characters to write poems or song lyrics to express their emotions that were hidden from men.

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🇩🇪 der Wald 🇬🇧 forest 

der Baum = tree das Gras = grass die Blätter (das Blatt) = leaves (leave)

Im Sommer ist es besonders schön im Wald. Die Luft ist kühl und frisch, es ist ruhig, man hört die Vögel zwitschern und die Blätter rascheln.

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Since Valentine’s day is just around the corner I thought I’d make a cute little masterpost! Fancy a hungarian? With these phases you can easily win their heart ;)

Szeretlek - I love you

Imádlak - I adore you

Hiányzol - I miss you

Szükségem van rád - I need you

Akarlak - I want you

Állandóan rád gondolok - I think about you all the time

barát (m.) / barátnő (f.) - boyfriend/girlfriend (both barát and barátnő can mean just regular friend it depends on the context)

együtt járni valakivel - to date someone (it literally means to walk with someone how cute is that)

csók - kiss

puszi - light kiss; peck (yes it sounds similar to pussy great right?)

ölelés - hug

Jól nézel ki - You look good

Valentin-nap - Valentine’s day

évforduló - anniversary

szerelmem - my love

életem - my life

egyetlenem - my only one

lelkem - soul of mine

szívem - my heart

drágám - my darling

cicám - my kitten  ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡° )

galambom - it means ‘my pigeon’ that may sound weird but that’s how it is. not really used nowadays but it’s common in poems so i thought it would be helpful

if you want to know more don’t hesitate to ask me!!

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Hungarian Vocabulary - Work

dolgozni - to work munka - job állás - job munkahely - workplace foglakozás - profession szakma - profession szakmai tapasztalat - work experience önéletrajz - CV munkára jelentkezni - to apply for a job állásinterjú - job interview teljes munkaidős állás - full time job részmunkaidős állás - part time job gyakornok - trainee önkéntes - volunteer fizetés - salary alkalmazott - employee munkáltató - employer munkanélküli - unemployed álláskereső - job seeker iroda - office ügyfél - client álláshirdetés - job advertisement szabadúszó - freelancer kolléga - colleague főnök - boss karrier - career

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you know what’s really cool about learning a new language is that little by little you start understanding things and it’s not just “ksndlandowodbsla” when you hear someone talking in your target language it’s like “jdksdk-usted-foelfje-puntos-fjsodkspks-esta bien” and soon there won’t be any “jdksodld” it’ll all be smooth.

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Winter at Old Kiev, 1976, Tetyana Yablonska

Medium: oil,canvas

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Love seeing little pawprints. So fucking magical. There was a little guy here.

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Broken laptop - Spanish wordlist

Ey Leute, what’s up. I broke my mother’s laptop by accident by sitting my ass over it while it was in the couch, I didn’t see it was there, she still doesn’t know and I’m dead sure she’ll kill me as soon as she finds out, so.. WHAT BETTER TIME TO MAKE A SPANISH WORDLIST FOR YOU PEEPEEL OUT THERE CRAVING TO LEARN TACO?!??!?

Nouns

Notebook* (Arg. f.) o Portátil (Esp. m.) - Laptop

Pantalla (f.) - Screen

Vidrio (m.) - Glass 

Servicio técnico (m.) - Tech support

Camarita (f.) - Webcam

Asesinato (m.) - Murder

Batería (f.) - Battery

Teclado (m.) - Keyboard

Repuesto (m.) - Spare part

Cable (m.) - Wire / Cable

Cadáver (m.) - Corpse 

Sillón (Arg. m.) o Sofá (Esp. m.) - Couch

Cargador (m.) - Power adaptor

Problema (f.) - Problem

Desgracia (f.) - Disgrace

Adjectives

Roto (-a) - Broken

Despedazado (-a) - Shattered

Costoso (-a) o Caro (-a) - Expensive

Problemático (-a) - Problematic

Frágil - Fragile

Plástico (-a) - Made of plastic

Catastrófico (-a) - Catastrophic

Verbs

Romper - To break

Despedazar - To shatter

Caer - To fall

Tirar / Dejar caer - To drop

Aplastar - To crush

Arreglar o Reparar - To fix

Pagar - To pay

Ahorrar - To save

Acuchillar - To stab with a knife

Enterrar - To bury

Sentarse en el sofá - To sit on the ‘’couch’’

Remplazar - To replace

Comprar una nueva - To buy a new one

Expressions

Estar en aprietos (Esp. Literally, ‘’to be in hurries’’) o Estar hasta las manos (Arg. Literally, ‘’to be till the hands’’) o Estar hasta los huevos (Arg. Literally, ‘’to be until the balls’’) - To be in serious troubles

Mirame y no me toques (Arg. Literally, ‘’Look at me and don’t touch me’’, more correctly would be ‘’Look all you want, but don’t touch’’) - Very fragile object. Applied to objects that look really sophisticated, such as phones or laptops, but as sophisticated as they look, they also look fragile as shit.

Te voy a meter un boleo en el orto que te voy a sacar volando (Arg. Literally, ‘’I’m gonna insert you a kick in your ass that I’ll make you fly away’’, more correctly it would be ‘’I’m gonna kick your ass off existance’’) - I’m going to f*ck you up

#HASTA LOS HUEVOS #SPANISH #I'm in troubles #Langblr #Pic unrelated

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single letter: *exists*

dutch:

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“Être” conjugated in all tenses

Indicative (indicatif)

*Present (présent)

je suis

tu es

il est

nous sommes

vous êtes

ils sont

*Perfect (passé composé)

j'ai été

tu as été

il a été

nous avons été

vous avez été

ils ont été

*Imperfect (imparfait)

j’étais

tu étais

il était

nous étions

vous étiez

ils étaient

*Pluperfect (plus-que-parfait)

j'avais été

tu avais été

il avait été

nous avions été

vous aviez été

ils avaient été

*Simple past (passé simple)

je fus

tu fus

il fut

nous fûmes

vous fûtes

ils furent

*Past perfect (passé antérieur)

j'eus été

tu eus été

il eut été

nous eûmes été

vous eûtes été

ils eurent été

*Future (futur simple)

je serai

tu seras

il sera

nous serons

vous serez

ils seront

*Past future (futur antérieur)

j'aurai été

tu auras été

il aura été

nous aurons été

vous aurez été

ils auront été

Conditional (conditionnel)

*Present

je serais

tu serais

il serait

nous serions

vous seriez

ils seraient

*Past

j'aurais été

tu aurais été

il aurait été

nous aurions été

vous auriez été

ils auraient été

*

Subjunctive (subjonctif)

*Present

que je sois

que tu sois

qu'il soit

que nous soyons

que vous soyez

qu'ils soient

*Past

que j'aie été

que tu aies été

qu'il ait été

que nous ayons été

que vous ayez été

qu'ils aient été

*Imperfect

que je fusse

que tu fusses

qu'il fût

que nous fussions

que vous fussiez

qu'ils fussent

*Pluperfect

que j'eusse été

que tu eusses été

qu'il eût été

que nous eussions été

que vous eussiez été

qu'ils eussent été

*

Imperative (impératif)

*Present

sois

soyons

soyez

*Past

aie été

ayons été

ayez été

*

Infinitive (infinitif)

*Present

être

*Past

avoir été

*

Participle (participe)

*Present

étant

*Past

été

ayant été

*

Gerund (gérondif)

*Present

en étant

*Past

en ayant été

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A Map of Lexical Distances Between Europe's Languages

Europe’s defining trait is its diversity. Europeans don’t have to travel far to immerse themselves in a different culture. And if each only spoke their own language, they wouldn’t even be able to make heads or tails of it.

Or would they?

Finnish people probably won’t make a lot out of Spanish, and if you’re from Spain, Finnish might as well be Chinese. But not all languages are as far apart as those two. A Frenchman could understand a bit of Spanish, just because it resembles his own language. And an Estonian can pick up a some Finnish, for the same reason.

But the Estonian will have a slightly harder time of it than the Frenchman, and this map shows why.

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