A Passion

Vocab Lists

Useful Phrases

Boost your Spanish with more complex synonyms for words you already know

Boost your Spanish with Spanish common expressions

False Friends (Words that Look Like Cognates but Are Not) 

Really similar Spanish words you shouldn’t mix up when using them

Response Words in Spanish #1

Spanish Words and Expressions

Useful Spanish conversation phrases to get to know someone!

Words to use instead of decir / Verbos declarativos (saying verbs)

21 Spanish Filler Words

Food and Drink

Beverages in Spanish

Grocery List in Spanish

Herbs and Spices

Las Frutas 

Restaurant Vocab

Spanish Baking Vocab

Spanish Food Vocab 

Spanish Vegetarian Vocabulary / Vegan/vegetarian vocabulary in Spanish and Catalan

Kitchen Vocab

Personality and Identity

Personality Traits

Spanish Vocab - Pride Edition

Talking about age in Spanish

Activities

Art vocabulary in Spanish and Art Vocabulary Masterpost Spanish - English

Everyday activities in Spanish

Hiking Vocabulary in Spanish

Musical Instruments

Tennis Vocabulary in Spanish and French 

Seasons, Holidays, and Time

Birthday vocabulary - Spanish

Months and Days of the Week 

Spanish Vocabulary - Summer Edition and Spanish For You: Summer Vocabulary 

Spanish Christmas Vocabulary

Spring Vocab

Time Vocabulary and Spanish Vocab - Time 

Valentine’s Day Vocabulary

Winter Vocab 

Weather Vocab

Feelings and Emotions

Happiness in Spanish

Lazy Vocab in Spanish

Romantic Spanish Vocabulary 

Sleepy Vocab List

Some adjectives describing personality and emotions in Spanish

SPANISH + CATALAN VOCAB: emotions

Vocabulario - Las emociones

Animals, Nature, and the Environment

Animals in French - Spanish - Portuguese - Italian

Birds in Spanish 

Flower Vocabulary 

Gems in Spanish 

Nature in Spanish 

Ocean life vocabulary

Ocean Vocabulary 

Space Vocab 

SPANISH ENVIRONMENT VOCABULARY

Spanish Outdoorsy Vocab  

Spanish Vocab: The Forest 

Spanish Vocabulary - Animals 

Trees in Spanish 

Clothes

Clothes in Spanish

Spanish Vocabulary - Clothes 

Textiles and Fabrics 

Vocabulario - La ropa 

Health

Mental Health Vocabulary in Spanish 

Medical Vocab 

Periods in Spanish 

Spanish Vocabulary - Death

Vocabulario Menstrual 

School

Classes in Spanish 

Spanish Vocabulary #2 School 

University Vocab

Miscellaneous

Around the house - Vocabulary in Spanish

Colors in Spanish 

Computer Vocab

Political Vocab

Social Media in Spanish and French

Spanish City Vocabulary!

Spanish Vocab: Countries and Continents

Spanish Vocab — Renting

Spanish Vocabulary - Family

A-Z Spanish Vocab

A

B

C

D

E

F

G-H

I-J

L

M

O-P

R

Grammar

All the Spanish Tenses in One Post 

Common Mistakes English Speakers Make While Speaking Spanish 

El Pretérito Indefinido, el Pretérito Imperfecto y el Pretérito Perfecto

Este, esta, esto, eso, esa, aquel, & aquello

Grammar for Spanish Adjectives 

IRREGULAR PRETERITE CONJUGATION GUIDE 

Is there a sort of cheat sheet of when to use each spanish tense? 

Masculine words ending in -a 

Medio VS Mitad 

Object Pronouns 

Para VS Por and another Para VS Por

Past Participles in Spanish 

PRETERITE VS. IMPERFECT MASTER POST

Reflexive Verbs and More Reflexive Verbs

Spanish Essentials; Tenses Masterpost 

Spanish Grammar - The Imperative 

Spanish Subjunctive 

The difference between qué and cuál 

Understanding Ya and Todavía 

Verbs that take the preposition “de” 

Resources

Websites

Babbel.com

BBC Learn Spanish

Fluencia.com

Spanish Resources Online

Studyspanish.com

Websites for Learning Spanish 

TV Shows and Youtube

Beginner Spanish TV Shows

Charlie and Lola in Many Languages

EXTRA 

Learn Spanish by Listening Youtube Channel

Spanish TV Shows Masterpost 

Spanish Speaking Youtubers 

Spanish Youtubers and TV Shows

Listening and Music

Listening Resources 

Spanish Music

Spanish Radio Stations 

Spanish Singers Masterpost

9 Great Spanish Podcasts Every Spanish Learner Should Listen To

Reading

AP Spanish Literature and Culture Resources

Free Spanish EBooks Online

Libros electrónicos gratis en Español

Spanish Books for Beginners

Using Buzzfeed for Reading Practice 

12 SITES WITH THOUSANDS OF FREE SPANISH EBOOKS 

Miscellaneous

How to Set Up a Language Journal

Spanish Resources Links

Spanish Resources for Beginners

Spanish Writing Prompts

Websites/Apps/Podcasts/Videos/Music for Learning Spanish

Blogs

Quotes Blogs:

@fraseslibros​​

@spanish-quotes

@frases-deun-joven

@spanishfrases

Vocab blogs:

@vocabninja​ 

@holaspanishwords

@vocabulariodeespanol

@ailmadrid​ has many helpful vocab infographics (though the blog hasn’t posted in about a month, now)

Friendly bloggers who post a variety of Spanish-related content for people learning the language:

@spanishskulduggery​

@ourspanishblog

@thatwordofmine​

@spanishboone​ (created the A-Z Spanish lists I included above!)

@langsandculture

@spanishahora

@estoy-la-hostia

@speakinglatino

@lenguadelalma

This list contains websites, sound clips and youtube channels I have found helpful. This will be updated regularly. Feel free to add your own sources.

Film trailers with subtitles

Kaabil (2017) | [Trigger warning: violence, rape] Kahaani 2 (2016) | [Stand alone film] 3 Idiots Te3n (2016) Bahubaali (2015) Raees (2017)

Hindi Language Tutorials

Grammar from the Five College Center Hindi University HindiPod101 Anil Mahato’s Youtube Channel Columbia University’s STARTALK Door Into Hindi [Videos]

Cultural videos/audio

Expressing thoughts…

Je pense que – I think that

Je crois que – I think that

A mon avis – in my opinion

D’après moi – in my view

J’ai l’impression que – I have the feeling that

Il me semble que – it seems to me that

Je suis d’avis que – I’m of the opinion that

Je trouve que – I find that

Personnellement – personally

Pour ma part – for my part

Pour moi – for me

Supporting an opinion

On dit que – they say that

J’ai entendu dire que – I heard that

J’ai entendu parler de + nom – I heard about

Par exemple – for example

Staying neutral

Cela dépend de – that depends on

C'est une question de point de vue – It all depends on your point of view.

Il est / C'est difficile de – It’s hard to

Il m'est impossible de donner un avis (définitif) sur – I can’t express a (definite) opinion on

Je n'ai jamais vraiment réfléchi à – I have never really thought about

Je n'ai pas d'opinion bien précise à / arrêtée sur – I don’t have strong feelings about

Je ne me le suis jamais demandé – I’ve never wondered about it

J’ignore tout de – I don’t know anything about

I think I got a lot of these from a particular website, maybe about.com, I can’t remember because I got it from a sheet I made for a student a while ago.

I recently saw a post (sorry I don’t have your @) about what a good idea it is to keep a diary in your target language. It will help you realize what words you don’t know, you need, and want to learn! Plus it’s great practice!

So I thought I’d drop some ideas/prompts for you to try once a day, or at your own pace.

Keys

Underline words you use often, so you can later look up synonyms!

Write words you aren’t sure you’re using correctly in a different color.

Put a * next to words you’re having trouble memorizing, and put definitions of that word at the bottom of the page. 

Prompts

Introduce yourself!

Introduce your family. 

How many siblings do you have?

What are they like? (Try to use at least three adjectives!)

What do you like to do?

What are your favorite foods?

When you go to a restaurant, what do you like to order?

What year are you in school?

What subjects did you take in school?

What is your favorite season?

Why is it your favorite?

What don’t you like? 

Say something about one of your friends!  (Try to use at least three adjectives!) 

Name a memory with your friend.

What’s your favorite color/animal?

Introduce your pets!

What are they like?

Name a memory with your family!

What is your favorite thing to wear?

What is your favorite type of weather?

What is your favorite holiday?

What do you look like? 

Where do you work?

What do you do there?

What did you have for dinner last night? Who was there?

What is your favorite book/show/movie?

What’s it about?

Recite a poem or quote in your target language! 

What is your house like? (Ex: My house is small. / I have a brown couch.)

How are you feeling?

What was the last thing you read/watched?

 How was it?

What was the last thing you read/watched in your target language?

Do you have any hobbies?  (Ex: sports, knitting)

Who did you last see?

What did you guys do?

Where is the last place you went?

How was your day?

Who is your favorite celebrity? 

Describe something you saw today. 

What did you do yesterday/last week?

What do you hope to do in the future? (Ex: “There’s a concert next week..”)  

🌻 Describing People:

1. Physical appearance

aguichant- enticing, alluring avachi- limp, sloppy, baggy baraqué- well-built bizarre- strange boursouflé- bloated bronzé- tanned chétif,-ive- weak, sickly débraillé- untidy, sloppy dépenaillé- unkempt douteux, -euse- doubtful, dubious, questionable élancé- slim frêle- frail, fragile grand- tall grassouillet, ette- plump gros, grosse- fat hâlé- tanned insolite- unusual, quirky maigre- skinny mignon- nice, sweet mince- slender musclé - brawny, muscular nerveux- nervous, upset pâle- pale potelé- plump (like a baby) rabougri- wizened, shrivelled séduisant - attractive, charming, seductive

2. Character

abruti- idiotic acariâtre- sour, bad-tempered antipathique- unfriendly anodin- harmless astucieux, euse- clever, astute, shrewd atone- lifeless, expressionless avisé- sensible, wise borné- narrow-minded (“bornez-vous!” limit yourself) braillard- describes someone who complains a lot brave- good, honest, brave candide- naive, ingenuous, innocent, trusting casanier,-iere- homebody, home lover compassé- starchy, stiff compliqué- complicated; fussy (e.g. about food) compréhensif,-ive-  understanding dépravé- perverted dévoyé- perverted difficile- difficult distrait- absent-minded, distracted drôle- funny ennuyeux,-euse- boring évolué- broad-minded, independent, progressive exigeant- demanding extraverti- extrovert faiblard- weak, feeble fainéant- lazy, idle falot- dreary, bland farfelu- eccentric, bizarre franc- candid futé- cunning, smart guindé- stiff, awkward imprévisible- unforeseeable juste- fair lunatique- temperamental maladroit- clumsy mal commode- bad-tempered malicieux,-euse- mischievous, naughty malin- cunning malveillant- malicious, malevolent, spiteful maniaque- finicky, fussy marrant- funny; odd maussade- gloomy, sullen méchant- malicious, nasty méfiant- distrustful, suspicious méprisant- contemptuous, disdainful névrosé- neurotic perspicace- perceptive, insightful primesautier-iere- impulsive rébarbatif -ive- hostile, off-putting renfrogné- sullen replié sur soi-meme- introverted, withdrawn rusé- cunning sage - well-behaved, good saugrenu - absurd sensé- sensible sensible- sensitive sérieux,-euse- serious, responsible susceptible- touchy, sensitive, delicate sympathique- nice, friendly terre-á-terre- down-to-earth tordu- warped, twisted travailleur-euse- hard-working

3. Mood

accablé- distressed admiratif, -ive- admiring affolé- in a panic amer, -ere -bitter assoupi- drowsy béat- blissfully happy; smug, complacent cafardeux,-euse- in the dumps débordé (de travail)- snowed under (with work) décontracté- relaxed détendu- relaxed découragé- disheartened, discouraged dépité- vexed désemparé- distraught, at a loss effaré (de)- alarmed (at) énergique- energetic enthousiaste- enthusiastic gai- cheerful bien ententionné- well-intentioned lointain- distant mélancolique- gloomy navré- sorry, apologetic, upset paumé- lost, at sea ravi -delighted surpris- surprised tendu- tense vanné- exhausted vexé- annoyed

🌿 Describing ideas or events

1. Positive alléchant - tempting, mouth-watering attendrissant- touching bénéfique- beneficial commode- convenient cocasse- funny, comical conforme (á)- conforming (with) convenable- fitting, acceptable, respectable déroutant - disconcerting détaillé - comprehensive, detailed distinct - separate, distinct équitable - fair excellent - excellent, first-rate formidable - fantastic fulgurant - dazzling, thundery grave - serious honnête - decent hors pair - exceptional impeccable - great, without flaws important - important marrant - funny merveilleux - marvellous parfait - perfect passionnant - exciting percutant - powerful, striking, forceful primordial - of prime importance propice - favorable, suitable raisonnable - reasonable rarissime - extremely rare recherché - much sought-after, studied réconfortant - comforting réjouissant - delightful rentable - profitable, financially viable réussi - successful, well-done sagace - sagacious sage - wise sensationnel - sensational spontané - spontaneous subtil - subtle surprenant - surprising véridique - truthful

die Magie - magic die Mythologie - mythologie die Geschichte - story, tale die Sage - saga das Märchen - fairy tale das Märchenbuch - book of fairy tales

der Prinz / die Prinzessin - prince / princess der König / die Königin - king / queen die Krone - crown der Spiegel - mirror der Ritter - knight der Krieger / die Kriegerin - warrior (m/f)

der Zauberer - wizard die Hexe - witch der Magier / die Magierin - mage (m/f) der Zauberspruch - spell der Fluch - curse der Zauberstab - wand magisch - magical verzaubert - enchanted, charmed verflucht - cursed

der Elf / die Elfe - elf (m/f) der Elb / die Elbin - elf (the ones in Lord of the Rings) (m/f) die Fee - fairy die Meerjungfrau - mermaid in the ocean die Nixe - mermaid, but in freshwater, not the ocean die Sirene - siren der Gott / die Göttin - god (m/f) die Götter - gods der Zwerg - dwarf der Kobold - goblin der Gnom - gnome der Troll - troll

der Drache - dragon der Lindwurm - wingless dragon Feuer speien - to breathe fire feuerspeiend - fire-spitting  der Phönix - phoenix

die Prophezeiung - prophecy das Orakel - oracle die Wahrsagerin - fortuneteller (f)

Basic order typology, New York style

der Herbst - autumn herbstlich - autumnal

September - september Oktober - october November - november Dezember - december

die (Herbst-)Tagundnachtgleiche - (autumn) equinox Erntedank(fest) - harvest festival Halloween - Halloween Allerheiligen - All Hallows Allerseelen - All Souls

der Baum - tree das Blatt - leaf das Herbstblatt - autumn leaf die Ernte - harvest der Kürbis - pumpkin der Apfel - apple

das Feuer - fire die Kerze - candle der Kamin - fireplace das Lagerfeuer - bonfire die Kohle - coal das Feuer/Brennholz - firewood der Zunder - tinder die Flamme - flame der Rauch - smoke

das Heißgetränk - hot drink der Kakao - cocoa die heiße Schokolade - hot chocolate der Tee - tea der Apfelwein (österr. Most) - cider der Glühwein - mulled wine die Esskastanie, die Marone - sweet chestnut, marron die Haselnuss - hazelnut

der Regenmantel - raincoat der Regenschirm - umbrella der Pullover (coll. Pulli) - sweater die Wollsocken - woolen socks die Stiefel - boots

der Wind - wind der Regen - rain der Nebel - fog, mist das Gewitter - thunderstorm regnerisch - rainy stürmisch - stormy windig - windy bewölkt - cloudy

kalt - cold warm - warm wärmend - warming gemütlich - comfy, cosy wohltuend - pleasant, soothing

— A2 vocab: —

gute Eigenschaften / Characterzüge - good character traits

bescheiden - modest

ehrlich - honest

ernst - serious

fleißig ≈ arbeitsam - diligent, hard-working

fröhlich - cheerful

geduldig - patient

gerecht - rightful

höflich - polite

klug - smart

intelligent - intelligent

interessant - interesting

lustig - funny

mutig - brave

nett ≈  freundlich - nice, friendly

offen - open

ruhig - calm, quiet

selbstsicher ≈ selbstbewusst - self-confident

sympathisch - pleasant

tolerant - tolerant

treu - faithful, loyal

vernünftig - reasonable

— B2 vocab —

anpassungsfähig - flexible, adaptable

aufrichtig - straightforward

ausgeglichen - balanced

gehemmt - inhibited

großzügig - generous

hilfsbereit - helpful

kultiviert - cultured

locker - relaxed, cool

mitfühlend - sympathetic

reif - mature

respektvoll - respectful

rücksichtsvoll - considerate

selbstlos - unselfish

sensibel - sensitive

taktvoll - tactful

temperamentvoll - temperamental

verantwortungsbewusst - responsible

After my romance language recs here is my favourite songs from different African countries and languages. Again, totally based on my favs and please correct any mistakes or missing information and add your own picks! 

South Africa

Voortrekker - HotWater (Afrikaans)

Impi - Johnny Clegg, Juluka, Sipho Mchunu (English, Zulu)

Wamkelekile - HotWater (English, Xhosa)

Mbaqanga - Hotwater (English but the term is Zulu)

Ladysmith Black Mambazo (everything by them tbh, Zulu)

Nkosi Sikelel’iAfrika - Soweto Gospel Choir (literally the anthem of South Africa, Xhosa, Zulu, Sesotho, Afrikaans, English)

Iza Ngomso - Christopher Tin and Soweto Gospel Choir (Xhosa)

Baba Yetu - Christoher Tin and Soweto Gospel Choir (Swahili which is not a language of South Africa but the choir is )

Pata Pata - Miriam Makeba (English, Xhosa)

Africa - Vusi Mahlasela (English)

Woza - Vusi Mahlasela

Mkhuluwa - The Soil

Fire is low - FreshlyGround (English)

Ma’Cheri - Freshlyground 

Melodi Ya Lla - Mahlathini and the Mahotella  Queens (Zulu, English)

Click Song number 1 - Miriam Makeba (Xhosa)

Umqombothi - Yvonne Chaka Chaka (Zulu, English)

Zimbabwe

Shosholoza - Soweto Gosepl Choir (Ndebele, Zulu) 

Senegal

Sénégal Fast-Food - Amadou, Mariam (French)

Mali

Africa - Habib Koité 

Jamana be Diya - Bassekou Kouyate, Ngoni ba 

Bassekou - Bassekou Kouyate, Ngoni ba

Sabu Yerkoy - Ali Farka Touré

Tansania/Sweden (I know that’s in Europe) 

Kizunguzungu - SaRaha (English, Swahili)

Congo

Mbote ya pamba - Kékélé (Lingala)

Marguerite - Staff Benda Bilili (Lingala)

Sierra Leone/Guinea

Manjalagi - Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars

similarly  i c o n i c  songs from South Africa

Ndihamba nawe — Mafikizolo (Xhosa)(they also sing in other languages)

Vulindlela — Brenda Fassie (Zulu)

Cameroon

Alane — Wes (Douala)

Mali

Ténéré Tàqqàl — Tinariwen (Tamasheq)

baratineur/se - bullshitter

débiter des insanités - to spout nonsense

dire des conneries/raconter des conneries à qqn - to bullshit  someone

dire des idioties - to talk nonsense

dire n’importe quoi - to talk rubbish/shit/crap

faut pas déconner ! - cut the crap!

faux-cul - someone who is full of shit/two-faced

foutre les boules à qqn - to piss somebody off/(to scare the crap out of s.o)

les conneries - bullshit

n’importe quoi ! / n’importe nawak ! / portnawak ! - Bullshit!

qu’est-ce qu’il ne faut pas entendre ! - that’s a load of crap/that’s bullshit

WHAT PEOPLE REALLY DO WHEN THEY STUDY

procrastiner - to procrastinate

TO STUDY

étudier - to study

bosser à fond - to work (hard)

bosser comme un fou/un malade - to work like mad

bosser dur - to buckle down

faire des recherches (sur) - to research/do research (on)

la lecture générale - background reading

travailler - to work

se mettre au travail - to get to work/buckle down

s’y mettre (sérieusement) - to buckle down

IN THE EXAM

avoir un trou (de mémoire) - to draw a blank

se creuser le cerveau/les cervelles/le ciboulot - to rack your brains

deviner - to guess

réussir haut la main - to breeze through (the exam)

TO PASS

réussir - to pass (an exam)

y aller au talent - when you pass a test without having studied e.g. j’y vais au talent

***NOTE: passer un examen ONLY means to do an exam, not to ‘pass it’

TO FAIL

échouer à (un examen) - to fail an exam

ne pas avoir son examen - to fail an exam

rater ses études - to fail your exams

ACADEMIC SUCCESS/FAILURE/ACHIEVEMENTS

être en échec scolaire - to underperform at school/be a dropout

some geography vocab as requested by @valon-suojelija​

die Geographie - geography die (Land)karte - map die Koordinate - coordinate der Längengrad - meridian der Breitengrad - latitude der Kompass - compass die Himmelsrichtung - cardinal direction der Grad - degree (in coordinates)

Nord(en) - north nördlich - northern Süd(en) - south südlich - southern Ost(en) - east östlich - eatern West(en) - west westlich - western

When to use Nord and when to use Norden? Normally, you use Norden. If you’re saying specific coordinates like 37 degrees north, then you’d say 37 Grad Nord.

EUROPÄISCHE LÄNDER - EUROPEAN COUNTRIES

Here is a list of some people on YouTube who teach cultural and language aspects of the French language.

🌺

Comme une Française “Speak Like a Native” 

LEARN FRENCH WITH VINCENT

Francais avec Pierre

Learn French with Pascal

YouLearnFrench

FrenchPod101.com

French Classes from LogicLanguageLearning

Français Authentique 

Learn French With Alexa

StreetFrench.org

I’ve updated the Korean Resources section of The Library and I’ve made it rebloggable for those that prefer that :)

Korean

Routledge Grammar - Basic Korean - A Grammar and Workbook (second source) (third source)

Routledge Grammar - Intermediate Korean - A Grammar and Workbook (second source)

Using Korean - A Guide to Contemporary Usage

Korean Grammar for International Learners

Colloquial Korean - The Complete Course for Beginners

Korean Level 1 (Seoul National University)

Essential Korean [Ellen K. Yoon]

Dirty Korean: Everyday Slang from “What’s Up?” to “F*%# Off!” [Haewon Geebi Baek] (second source)

Korean Grammar for International Learners [Ho Bin Ihm, Kyung Pyo Hong, Suk In Chang]

Korean Word Book [Marshal R Pihl]

My First Book of Korean Words: An ABC Rhyming Book [Henry J. Amen IV, Kyubyong Park]

Using Korean: A Guide to Contemporary Usage [Miho Choo, Hye-Young Kwak]

College Korean

Intermediate College Korean [Clare You, Eunsu Cho]

Elementary Korean [Ross King, Jae-Hoon Yeon]

Hippocrene Beginner’s Series - Beginner’s Korean

Korean From Zero 1

Korean Grammar in Use: Beginning to Early Intermediate

Korean through English, Book One

Korean: A Complete Course for Beginners [Jaemin Roh]

My Korean 1 [Young-A Cho, In-Jung Cho, Douglas Ling]

My Korean 2 [Young-A Cho, In-Jung Cho, Douglas Ling]

Step by Step: Korean through 15 Action Verbs [Dr In Ku Kim-Marshall]

Beginner TOPIK Grammar & Vocabulary

Intermediate TOPIK Grammar

TOPIK Elementary Adjectives

TOPIK Elementary Grammar

TOPIK Elementary Nouns

TOPIK Intermediate Adjectives

TOPIK Intermediate Grammar

TOPIK Intermediate Nouns

TOPIK Intermediate Verbs

TOPIK Listening Files

Korean In Action: For International Learners [Gi-Hyun Shin, Adrian Buzo]

Making Out in Korean (second source)

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone [Korean]

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets [Korean]

Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban [Korean]

Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire [Korean]

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix [ Korean]

Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince [Korean]