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I've been thinking about the sentiment of "Why don't we have a word to describe this" or "Wow, <insert language> has a really cool word for this, if only we had a word like it".

Friends, how do you think we got words in the first place? We made them up or we stole them from other languages. It's how we get words. Nothing is stopping us from continuing to do that.

If you see a word you like in another language, look up the meaning, where it comes from, how it's used, and get interested in etymology.

Make up a bunch of words for concepts that don't exist. Whether you just mash some words together every now and then or create an entire ConLang of weird and wonderful words.

Don't expect to get a ton of words into actual dictionaries because that's complicated and requires a lot of people being on board, but use strange words with your friends, get them to use them or make their own. Have words that behave like in-jokes, once you're friends with someone you get all of their words.

This has probably been put more elegantly somewhere else, but I had to talk about it somewhere because the idea wouldn't leave me alone. Apparently several ideas wouldn't leave me alone either because this went on a lot longer than I thought it would.

#languages #etymology

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What I've learned today in Italian through watching Minecraft (1)

Video itself

20 Italian words

Da quanto tempo - long time (no see), been a while, when was the last time (...)

Stare - stand (still), stay (there)

Gigantesco - gigantic, huge

L'oggetto - thing, subject, item

Ovviamente - of course, obviously

Gradito - pleasant, welcome (gift), appreciated

L'incantamento - enchantment

Ufficialmente - officially, formally

La roba - thing, stuff, something

L'attacco - an attack

Comunque - in any case

Inoltre - in addition, furthermore, besides

Il nemico - enemy

Nemico - hostile, enemy

La somma - sum, amount, result, outcome

Eccettera - etc.

Il fuoco - Fire (including fire the element, fire the disaster, flame, stove, campfire, gunfire)

L'eroe - hero

L'ampolla - ampoule, vial, flask

La sfida - challenge, contest, match, showdown

#langblog #langblr #language learning #italian langblr #languages #italianblr #italian #italian-vocab

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Catching up in anki

Chinese - 4000 (now only 1197 card reviews behind 🥳)

Italian - 1498 (CAUGHT UP IN REVIEWS)

Mexican Spanish - 180 words

#langblog #langblr #language learning #mandarin langblr #italian langblr #mandarinblr #chinese langblr #spanish langblr #lang-update #anki

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Collection of mylingua.world (chinese) article titles I've seen

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Words QSMP helped me learn today (P2)

20 Mexican Spanish words

Disfrutar - to enjoy

Increíble - incredible

Plástico - plastic

El grupo - group

La tripa - intestine, gut

El pie - foot

Azul - blue

Loco - crazy, insane

La disculpa - apology Disculpa - sorry, excuse me

La comida - food, meal

La idioma - language

Durante - during

La esquizofrenia - schizophrenia

Japón - Japan

Corea - Korea

Vas a ver - you'll see

Yo no sé - I don't know

El enemigo - enemy, foe

Una vez - once, one time

El maestro - teacher, master, maestro

#langblog #langblr #language learning #spanish langblr #mexican spanish #qsmp-vocab-learning

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Vocab from a song Петля Пристрастия - "Зелёный Коридор" in Russian for Russian learners

The band is not Russian, btw, they're from Belarus as well.

The band's name in English is "Addiction Loop" and the song's title is "Green Corridor".

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The song's original lyrics below:

Да пребу́дет с на́ми си́ла, всё, что бы́ло — э́то лишь проло́г Сквозь мента́льные моги́лы и биологи́ческий поро́к Я несу́сь во весь опо́р, фля́гу мне и зелёный коридо́р Фля́гу мне и зeлёный коридо́р

Накану́не все беси́ли, а тепе́рь, гляди́ — уже́ смею́сь Ты и я, и дно буты́ли, как тебе́, мой друг, тако́й сою́з? Для того́, что́бы опя́ть найти́ тебя́ и сра́зу потеря́ть Всё слома́ть, остально́е потеря́ть

О, сто ты́сяч вечери́нок впереди́ И на́до ни одну́ не пропусти́ть Уму́ напереко́р Фля́гу мне и зелёный коридо́р

О, сто ты́сяч вечери́нок впереди́ И на́до ни одну́ не пропусти́ть Уму́ напереко́р Фля́гу мне и зелёный коридо́р

О, стари́нные часы́ давно́ стоя́т Не про́бовать — давно́ не вариа́нт Уму́ напереко́р Фля́гу мне и зелёный коридо́р

Фля́гу мне и зелёный коридо́р Фля́гу мне и зелёный коридо́р

The translated version:

May the strength be with us, all that has been is but a prologue. Through mental graves and biological vice I'm running at full speed, a flask for me and a green corridor, A flask for me and a green corridor.

I was pissed off by everyone the day before, and now, Look, I'm laughing. You and me and the bottom of the bottle, how's that for a union, my friend? To find you again and lose you straightaway. To break everything and lose the rest.

Oh, a hundred thousand parties to look forward to And I've got to make sure I don't miss a single one. Against all reason A flask for me and a green corridor.

Oh, a hundred thousand parties to look forward to. And I've got to make sure I don't miss a single one Against all reason. A flask for me and a green corridor.

Oh, the old clock has been standing for a long time. Not trying stopped being an option a long time ago. Against all reason A flask for me and a green corridor.

A flask for me and a green corridor A flask for me and a green corridor

Vocabulary from this song

Nouns: Моги́ла(sing.)- grave Поро́к(sing.) - vice, fault, flaw, defect Коридо́р(sing.) - corridor/hall Фля́га(sing.) - flask Вечери́нка(sing.) - party Сою́з(sing.) - union, alliance

Verb: Пребы́ть - to remain, live () Пребу́дет - shall remainm Беси́ть - to piss (someone) off

Adjective: Мента́льный - mental Зелёный - green Стари́нный - antique, ancient, vintage,

Expressions: Уму́ напереко́р - against my better judgment, against all reason Несу́сь во весь опо́р - I'm running at full speed Да пребу́дет с на́ми си́ла - may the force be with us Да пребу́дет с тобо́й си́ла - may the force be with you

#langblog #langblr #language learning #languages #russian langblr #russian #russian language #song lyrics #Петля Пристрастия #Петля Пристрастия - Зелёный Коридор

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Anytime i see a bunch of pride flags i have to restrain myself from saying "where mexico" bc i doubt anyone will know I'm referencing this

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A little organizational post

Self-introduction & Updates

Self-introduction

Update after a year of incosistent breaks

A little thumbs up on how many words I have in my anki - 24.03.2024

Catching up in anki

How I learned to read in my target languages

How I learned to read in my target languages (Part 1)

How I learned to read in my target languages (Part 2)

mylingua.world articles

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Song lyrics vocab

Кассиопея - Молитва

Петля Пристрастия - Зелёный Коридор

One Piece fanfiction vocab

One Piece vocab - part 1

One Piece vocab - part 2

One Piece vocab - part 3

One Piece vocab - part 4

QSMP vocab:

QSMP Mexican Spanish vocab - part 1

QSMP Mexican Spanish vocab - part 2

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Vocab from a song Кассиопея - "Молитва" in Russian for Russian learners

The band is not Russian, btw, they're from Belarus. The band's name in English is "Cassiopeia" and the song's title is "Prayer".

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The song's original lyrics below:

Подари́ мне, Бо́же Что тебе́ него́же Наприме́р, рога́ бара́ньи И ужи́мки обезья́ньи И ещё с трещо́ткой хвост Абсолю́тно пло́ский мозг!

Ру́ки-но́ги не нужны́ Дай четы́ре мне клешни́ И фонта́н, как у кито́в Чтоб отпу́гивать враго́в!

Возмо́жно, э́то невозмо́жно! А мо́жет, и полу́чится Поживём-уви́дим Возмо́жно, возмо́жно!

Подари́ мне, Люцифе́р Улы́бку Фа́вна, наприме́р Подари́ орли́ный про́филь Дорого́й мой Мефисто́фель! Ве́чно бу́ду я в долгу́ Е́сли сла́дким быть смогу́!

Дай мне гра́цию гепа́рда Эласти́чность миока́рда Безупре́чность всех сорто́в Что́бы влюбля́ть в себя́ враго́в!

Возмо́жно, э́то невозмо́жно! А мо́жет, и полу́чится Поживём-уви́дим Возмо́жно, возмо́жно!

[…Наприме́р, рога́ бара́ньи И ужи́мки обезья́ньи И ещё с трещо́ткой хвост Абсолю́тно пло́ский мозг!

Ру́ки-но́ги не нужны́ Дай четы́ре мне клешни́ И фонта́н, как у кито́в Чтоб отпу́гивать враго́в!

Подари́ орли́ный про́филь Дорого́й мой Мефисто́фель! Ве́чно бу́ду я в долгу́ Е́сли сла́дким быть смогу́!

Дай мне гра́цию гепа́рда Эласти́чность миока́рда Безупре́чность всех сорто́в Что́бы влюбля́ть в себя́ враго́в!..]

The translated version:

Gift me, Lord What you don't want – For example, ram's horns And monkey's grimaces And also a ratchet tail, A completely flat brain!

Arms and legs are not needed – Give me four claws And a fountain, like whales have, – To scare off enemies!

Maybe, that's impossible! Or maybe it'll work out... We'll just have to wait and see. Maybe, maybe!

Gift me, Lucifer, A Faun's Smile, for example. Gift me an eagle profile, My dear Mephistopheles! I'll forever be in debt – If I can be sweet!

Give me cheetah's grace, Myocardium's elasticity, Flawlessness of all sorts, To make enemies fall in love with me!

Maybe, that's impossible! Or maybe it'll work out... We'll just have to wait and see. Maybe, maybe!

[...For example, ram's horns And monkey's grimaces And also a ratchet tail, A completely flat brain!

Arms and legs are not needed – Give me four claws And a fountain, like whales have, – To scare off enemies!

Gift me an eagle profile, My dear Mephistopheles! I'll forever be in debt – If I can be sweet!

Give me cheetah's grace, Myocardium's elasticity, Flawlessness of all sorts, To make enemies fall in love with me!..]

Vocabulary from this song

Nouns:

Ужи́мки(pl.) - ужи́мка(sing.) - grimace

Клешня́(sing.) - claw

Долг(sing.) - debt

Эласти́чность(sing.) - elasticity

Безупре́чность(sing.) - flawlessness

Verb:

Влюбля́ть(imperfect form, transitive) - to make someone fall in love

Adjective:

Пло́ский - flat

Adverb:

Него́же - used when something is not suitable, not right. This word is a little bit archaic, btw. Не годи́тся, не подхо́дит, не сле́дует, неподходя́ще are all better alternatives.

Него́же благоро́дной да́ме жить в бега́х, как како́му-то престу́пнику. = It's not right for a noble lady to live on the run like some criminal.

Expressions:

Ру́ки-но́ги - basically limbs. A more common word that is a synonim - коне́чности.

Поживём-уви́дим - if we translate it directly it means we'll wait and we'll see. This expression is almost a complete sentence, but with missing implications "IF we'll wait - we'll see"

Орли́ный про́филь - aquiline profile (roman nose)

Гра́ция гепа́рда - cheetah's grace

FAUN - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faun

MEPHISTOPHELES - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mephistopheles I like this song a lot and recently it finally got more popular ;]

#langblog #langblr #language learning #languages #russian #russian langblr #russian language #Кассиопея - Молитва #song lyrics

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How I learned to read in my target languages (Part 2)

I will mention multiple others sources I used to improve my reading. Basically I would read for as long as I need to get 15 or 20 words daily.

I can't recommend WordSwing as much as I recommend DuChinese, but it's still worth using if you want to read more.

I don't remember using DuHanZi, but apparently I finished all free stories on it, there probably weren't a lot of them.

Once I had enough vocab and I was bored of DuChinese, I used a website, that I found on Reddit — www.mylingua.world.

It forms your recommendations on what news you can understand, based on your vocab knowledge. Once you see a word you've learned, you just mark it as learned. Gradually after marking more and more words, you see how much progress you've made and it's really motivating.

Would I recommend reading news to improve your vocab? Unless it's an article on your interests, I would say no. There's no need to force yourself to consume what you're not interested in to improve your language skills.

Another useful feature from this website is being able to add your own texts in chinese. Which significantly improved my reading skills in just a few months of reading fanfiction.

The main con of this resource is inaccuracy. While in most cases you won't notice it, some words on there have innaccurate translation. But don't worry, just use Pleco or an online dicitionary.

I have a dictionary I want to recommend to those of you who know Russian, it's name is PocketChinese. The app may be a bit laggy, but in a lot of cases where Pleco failed to explain a word or a phrase to me, PocketChinese succeeded. So as long as you switch between these two and mylingua.world, you'll probably be fine.

A few months ago they've set a limit on how many articles you can fully read weekly and on how many you can upload. But i assure you that even with the limit you still have a lot of possibilities to learn.

Just remember to bookmark articles you've found interesting, since finding them later is hard.

When I played games in chinese and had difficulties with writing down words to search for them I would use Deepl. It has a scan feature that allowes you to make photos of chinese texts. It automatically translates that, but you can also copy it and work with it.

My top resource is mylingua.world. Genuinely simplifies my life so much when I want to figure out new vocab in a new text.

#langblog #langblr #language learning #mandarinblr #mandarin langblr #mandarin #chinese langblr #chinese #pleco #pocketchinese #mylingua.world #wordswing #duchinese #duhanzi #deepl

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I get those random inexplicable terrifying thoughts of my teeth getting crushed. Pliers causing pressure until they shatter.

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Words QSMP helped me learn today (P1)

These are very simple for now :)

19 Mexican Spanish words

Tio/Tia = uncle/aunt (in most cases), guy/dude (sometimes)

La mosca - fly (insect)

Pequeño - small/little

Hermana/Hermano - sister/brother

La tortuga - turtle

El mapa - map

El cine - cinema/movie theater

La pirámide - pyramid

Guapo - handsome, beautiful, good-looking

La mentira - lie

Tampoco - neither, nor

El nombre - name

El torre - tower

El hijo - son, child/kid

El leche - milk, (also that one reproductive fluid sometimes)

El árbol - tree

El conejo - rabbit, (also sometimes female genitalia)

Borracho - drunk

El borracho - drunkard

#langblog #langblr #language learning #spanish langblr #mexican spanish #qsmp-vocab-learning

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A sentence I got on Clozemaster a while ago

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Funny anki number

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A little thumbs up on how many words I have in my anki

Chinese - 4000 (and only about 1650 reviews behind)

Italian - 1498 (276 reviews behind)

Mexican Spanish - 141

#langblog #langblr #language learning #lang-update #italian langblr #mandarin langblr #spanish langblr #anki

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Will this make me an expert in chinese

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An update

I am now 20 and I'm back to learning my beloved languages once again.

The quote I adhere to remains the same:

One Piece is my passion and my life, and one of the main reason for learning languages  — “To enjoy more One Piece content”.

Perhaps there's an additional one I now live by:

Any content is 1000 times better when consumed in a language you don't fully understand yet.

I'm no longer actively learning Korean. Korean is cool af, but was just too energy-consuming at the time. Especially with me learning Chinese & Italian at the same time.

Right now, learning is much slower, but I'm hoping to come back to my previous tempo as soon as I'm ready. Right now i'm 1700+ chinese and 300+ italian reviews behind on anki. And recently I've been limiting my daily reviews to only 100 in both languages so as not to overwhelm myself because of my own self-expectations. Learning 20-30 new words daily was fun, but reviewing 400+ words daily? Not so much. Hence why I had multiple 5 week long breaks during the last year.

Chinese is still my babygirl, despite all the hardships I had.

Italian is on pause at least until I catch up with reviews.

Mexican Spanish is the one I'm slowly learning for fun and engagement with the part of me which earns to LEARN and consume new knowledge. Engaging with SQMP content is also a major reason for my current interest in this magnificent language.

For now, my only goal is to slowly reintroduce this language learning practice back into my life.

#language learning #langblr #langblog #language #languages #lang-update #mandarin #chinese langblr #mandarin langblr #italian #italian langblr #mexican spanish #studyblr #spanish langblr