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The basic “infinitive” (“to”) forms of regular (weak) verbs in German always end in -en: gehen - to go

rennen - to run

verlieren - to lose

machen - to do

laufen - to walk

spielen - to play

The different forms of those regular verbs are: -e, -st, -t, -en, -t, -en. Those forms are connected to the root of the word. To get the root, you remove the en:

gehen: geh

spielen: spiel

sehen: seh

rennen: renn

Now we add the forms for each person:

ich gehe - I go

du gehst - you go

er geht / sie geht - he goes/she goes

wir gehen - we go

ihr geht - you go

sie gehen - they go

The forms for er/sie (he/she) and wir/sie (we/they) are always the same.

Another example:

rennen - to run

Step: Remove the -en to form the root: renn

Step: Add the forms for each person:

ich renne - I run

du rennst - you run

er rennt / sie rennt - he runs / she runs

wir rennen - we run

ihr rennt - you run

sie rennen - they run 

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Excercise:

Conjugate the verbs

suchen (to search)

verlieren (to lose)

schwimmen (to swim)

Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct form:

Ich ____ (spielen) Gitarre. (I play the guitar)

Wir ____ (gehen) ins Kino. (We go to the cinema)

Du ____ (schwimmen) im See. (You swim in the lake)

Sie ____ (verlieren) ihren Schlüssel. (She loses her key)

Ihr ____ (spielen) Fußball. (You play soccer)

Solutions are under the cut.

야옹 - (sound of a) Cat

멍멍 - (sound of a) Dog

음메 - (sound of a) Cow/ Sheep

꽥꽥 - (sound of a) Duck

찍찍 -  (sound of a) Mouse

꿀꿀 - (sound of a) Pig

맴맴 - (sound of a) Cicada

구구 - (sound of a) Pigeon

꼬끼오 - (sound of a) Rooster

칙칙폭폭 - (sound of a) train

댕댕댕 - ding ding ding

빵 - The bang of a gun (also means bread)

딩동 -  Doorbell

똑똑 - Knock knock 

부릉부릉 - Car engine 

짝짝짝 - Clapping sound

쿵 -  Thud 

Mimetic Words

A&R

Hello, everyone! Back again with another “What’s the difference??” post. This time we’re going to look at choice words in Korean. This post is actually inspired by a question someone asked on Reddit about the difference between seven (seven!) decision/choice words. I answered the question very briefly, but now I’d like to look at the words in more detail. 결정하다, 정하다, 마음먹다, 결심하다, 고르다, 선택하다, and 취하다… what’s the difference? Let’s find out!

결정하다 (決定)

We can consider 결정하다 as a pretty standard word for “decide.” You can use this when you make pretty much any sort of decision.

내년에 일본 여행 가기로 결정했어요. (I decided to travel to Japan next year.)

대학교 가서 뭘 공부할지 결정했어요? (Have you decided what you’ll study at university?)

정하다 (定)

정하다 is not so much as “decide” as it is to “set” something, like guidelines, rules, a meeting time, or something like that. 

동료들하고 의논해서 연수 날짜를 다음 주 금요일로 정했어요. (After consulting with my coworkers, we set the training date for next Friday.)

정해진 시간에 만나서 같이 출발합시다. (Let’s meet at the decided time and depart together.)

마음먹다

마음을 먹다 is a phrasal verb that is used to express making up one’s mind about something. There is a nuance of difficulty here, like the decision was not made lightly, or perhaps that you were hesitant or nervous beforehand and just decided to go for it.

태형 씨는 마음먹고 태국에 이사가기로 했어요. (Taehyung made up his mind and decided to move to Thailand.)

마음에 걸리는 할 일이 있으면 계속 끙끙 앓느니 차라리 마음 먹고 해버리는 게 낫다. (If there is something that you have to do weighing on your mind, it is better to just make a decision and do it than complain about it.)

결심하다 (決心)

결심하다 is similar to 결정하다 but has a stronger sense of conviction about it. It’s also similar to 마음먹다, but with less hesitation and more firmness. We could translate it in English as “to resolve, to determine.”

아이가 태어났을 때 유찬 씨는 가족을 위해 금연을 결심했고 이제 담배를 안 피운 지 거의 5년이 됐어요. (When his child was born, Yoochan resolved to quit smoking, and now it’s been almost five years since he last smoked.) 

너무 오랫동안 마음에 안 드는 일을 하던 효정 씨는 더 좋은 직을을 찾기로 결심했다. (Hyojung, who had been doing work she hated for too long, set herself to finding a better job.)

고르다

고르다 means “to choose” or “to select.” You can use it when you pick something.

나는 아무거나 좋아서 네가 골라. (Anything is fine with me, so you choose.)

오늘 중요한 면접을 봐야 돼서 옷장에서 가장 예쁜 원피스를 골라 입었어요. (I have an important interview today so I chose the prettiest dress in my closet to wear.)

선택하다 (選擇)

선택하다 is very similar to 고르다, with the small difference that it sounds a bit more… academic? formal? I’m not saying it’s a particularly formal word, but it is approximately the Hanja equivalent of 고르다. It’s pretty normal for Hanja equivalents to sound a bit ~fancier~ than their native Korean counterparts.

옵션들 중에서 하나를 선택하세요. (Please select one of these options.)

돈을 아끼려고 더 저렴한 걸 샀는데 사용해 보니까 잘못 선택한 것 같아요. (I bought the cheaper one to save money, but having tried it out I think I chose wrong.)

취하다 (取)

Lastly, we have 취하다! This word means to choose in the sense of taking up or enacting something. For example, you can use this verb when you talk about enacting a policy, taking up a particular stance on something, and so on.

네오나치들은 백인 우월주의 자세를 취한다. (Neo-Nazis take a position of white supremacy.)

질환관리본부 바이러스의 확산을 막기 위해 급한 조치를 취했다. (The Center for Disease Control took emergency measures to stop the spread of the virus.)

With practice, you can make the right choice (haha) between these verbs every time!

안에: Inside (안 tends to mean the inside of loosely filled spaces: a room, a building, a garden…) 속에: Inside (속 tends to mean the inside of things which are normally well filled or which are easily filled up: a suitcase, a drawer…) 밖에: Outside 위에: Above, over, on (top) 밑에: At the bottom, below under(neath) 아래 (에): Below, lower, down (에 is not pronounced) 앞에: In front 뒤에: At the back; behind 근처에: Near, in the vicinity of 옆에: Next to, beside 편 (or 쪽에): Side, direction 왼편 ~ 쪽에: On the left 오른편 ~ 쪽에 : On the right 맞은편에: Across from, opposite 건너편에: Across from, opposite 사이에: Between

I giorni della settimana - the days of the week

lunedì - Monday martedì - Tuesday mercoledì - Wednesday giovedì - Thursday venerdì - Friday sabato - Saturday domenica - Sunday

I mesi - the months

gennaio - January febbraio - February marzo - March aprile - April maggio - May giugno - June luglio - July agosto- August settembre - September ottobre - October novembre - November dicembre - December

Le stagioni - the seasons

la primavera - Spring l'estate- Summer l'autunno- Autumn l'inverno - Winter

I numeri - the numbers (1-10)

uno - one due - two tre - three quattro - four cinque - five sei - six sette - seven otto - eight nove - nine dieci - ten

I colori - the colours  

rosso (m,s.)* rossa (f.,s.) rossi (m.,p.) rosse (f.,p.)* - red giallo (m,s.) gialla (f.,s.) gialli (m.,p.) gialle (f.,p.) - yellow blu - blue nero (m,s.) nera (f.,s.) neri (m.,p.) nere (f.,p.)  - black bianco (m,s.) bianca (f.,s.) bianchi (m.,p.) bianche (f.,p.)  - white verde (m./f.,s.) verdi (m./f.,p.) - green grigio (m,s.) grigia (f.,s.) grigi (m.,p.) grigie (f.,p.) - grey marrone (m./f.,s.) marroni (m./f.,p.) - brown rosa - pink

Il sole è giallo. - The sun is yellow.  La notte è nera. - The night is black. Il mare è blu. - The sea is blue. 

Pronomi interrogativi - the question words

chi - who cosa, che cosa - what perché - why quando - when dove - where come - how quanto/quanti - how much/many quale/quali - which/what

Espressioni base - basic phrases

Sì. - Yes. No. - No. Buongiorno. - Hello/Good day/Good morning. Buonasera. - Good evening. Buonanotte. - Good night. Ciao! (informal) - Hi/Bye!  Buongiorno, Buonasera (according on the hour), Salve (formal) - Hi/Bye! Arrivederci. - Goodbye. Per favore, Per piacere - Please Prego, Di nulla, Di niente, Non c’è problema, Nessun problema - You’re welcome. Si figuri (formal) - You’re welcome Figurati (informal) - You’re welcome Grazie - Thank you. La ringrazio (formal) - Thank you Ti ringrazio (informal) - Thank you Grazie mille - Thank you very much. Benvenuto/a - Welcome. A dopo, A più tardi. - See you later.   A presto. - See you soon. A domani. - See you tomorrow. Mi (di)spiace. - I am sorry. Mi scusi, Mi perdoni (formal) - Excuse me! Scusami, Perdonami (informal) - Excuse me! Come va?, Come stai? (informal) - How are you? Come sta? (formal) - How are you? Tutto okay, (Tutto) bene, Sto bene. - I am fine. Molto bene, Benissimo. - Very good. Non male - Not bad. Male - Bad. Come si chiama?, (…) il suo nome? (formal) - What is your name? Come ti chiami? (informal) - What is your name? Mi chiamo … - My name is … Piacere di conoscerla!, Piacere di fare la sua conoscenza (formal) - Nice to meet you! Piacere di conoscerti! (informal) - Nice to meet you! Da dove viene? (formal) - Where are you from? Da dove vieni?, Di dove sei? (informal) - Where are you from? Vengo da … - I am from … Dove vive? (formal) - Where do you live? Dove vivi?, Dove abiti? (informal) - Where do you live? Vivo a…, Abito a… -  I live in … Quanti anni ha? (formal) - How old are you? Quanti anni hai? (informal) - How old are you? ____, Ho _____ anni - I am____years old. Parla italiano? (informal) - Do you speak Italian? Parli italiano? (informal) - Do you speak Italian?  Parlo italiano. - I speak Italian. Non lo so. - I don’t know. Certamente, Sicuramente, Di sicuro. - Of course. Le serve aiuto? (formal) - Do you need help? Ti serve aiuto? (informal) - Do you need help? Hai fame? (informal) - Are you hungry? Hai sete? (informal) - Are you thirsty?

*m = masculine, f = feminine, s. = singular, p = plural

Notes - 메모

When you want to say that you decided to do something, this is your grammatical pattern. For the meaning of to decide to do something, you have to use the past tense - 했다 since the decision was already made. When you use just the present tense form of 하다 you can make a suggestion or a promise to do something with someone else just like the pattern -(으)ㅂ시다.

This pattern is always used with action verbs. If you want, you can use the verb 결정하다 (to decide) instead of 하다. While doing this, the sentence becomes more direct. 

Grammar - 문법

(very easy and straightforward)

Verb Stem (action verb) + 기로 하다/했다

Sample sentences / 보기

저는 다음 주에 가족을 방문하기로 했어요. I decided to visit my family next week.

운동을 더 하기로 했어요. I decided to work out more.

이제부터 한국어를 더 열심히 공부하기로 했어요. I decided to study korean harder from now on.

우리 내년에 서울에 여행하기로 했어요. We decided to travel to Seoul next year.

운동을 더 하기로 했는데 실패했어요. I decided to work out more, but I failed it.

우리 나중에 쇼핑몰에서 만나기로 했어요. We decided to meet at the shopping mall later.

이제부터 책을 더 읽기로 했어요. I decided to read more books from now on.

원래 우리는 라면을 먹기로 했는데 비빔밥을 먹게 됐어요. We originally decided to eat ramen, but we ended up eating bibimbap.

어제 새로운 문법을 배웠는데 너무 어려워서 오늘 다시 복습하기로 했어요. I learned new grammar yesterday but because it’s difficult i decided to review again today.

resources: Talk To Me In Korean, How to study Korean, different blogs and online resources, youtube, textbooks

These are the most common I’ve found on Twitter. This list is by no means exhaustive.

Is this more of an app review or a book review? Today I bring you a review of Beelinguapp, an audiobooks app for language learners.

Sometimes studying can be a boring drag and you just want to do something a little less tedious than drilling grammar or a ton of vocab flashcards. Maybe you want to get into reading books in your language of choice, but you’re worried that it might be too hard to just pick up a book written in your chosen language and read it without guidance. In that case, I could recommend this app to you!

As I already said, this is an audiobook app. There are free stories and paid ones both available to choose from. There are stories of all different types and difficulties, including classics and even sciency stuff, as you can see in the above image! The cool thing is that when you choose a story, you can also choose which languages to download it in! So far, I’ve downloaded all of my stories in English, Korean, Mandarin, and Japanese. When you go to listen to a story, you can choose what you want your learning language to be and what your reference language is. When you listen to the book, it will be read and displayed to you in the learning language, and you can do split screen so the learning language is on top and the reference language is on bottom. You can mix and match languages, so you could even have two learning languages up at once!

There are a lot of things you can play with as you read. As I already mentioned, there’s the split screen option, and there is a night mode, text magnifier, voice speed control, and text highlight that follows the reader. The text highlight sometimes isn’t timed correctly, however, and of course if the languages you have set as your learning and reference have different word order or other major grammatical differences, you won’t be able to really use the highlight to, for example, match words you don’t know. Still, the highlight does make it easier to follow where the speaker is in the text with your eyes even if the timing is a little off.

As for the actual audio quality, I’ve found it to be passable in all the stories and different languages I’ve tested so far, though some aren’t the absolute best quality. That isn’t to say the audio is bad, just that you can expect to hear some noise in some recordings. I’m assuming that the audio quality will be better with stories that you have to pay to download, but I’m too cheap so I haven’t tried any of those yet :B Anyway, in all of the stories I’ve listened to so far, the narrators speak at reasonable storytelling speeds, and if you aren’t super picky about audio quality, there should be no big problem.

The major downfall of this app is, in my opinion, the lack of a dictionary function. You can long-press words to add them to your own dictionary in the app… but then you have to add a meaning for the word yourself, which is obviously not too helpful at all if you don’t already know what the word means! Sure, maybe you could take a look at the reference language text to see what the word means, but these stories aren’t translated word-for-word and sometimes matching up words between different versions of the same text could be hard. What I think this app really needs is an easy-access dictionary that, if you long-press a word, it pulls up a dictionary entry for that word. Of course, since there are so many stories in so many languages on this app, providing dictionaries for all of them might be hard…

Verdict:

Ultimately, I think this is a pretty good app with a few flaws that, if fixed, would make this a really excellent language-learning tool!

PROS:

Multiple languages available

Can read along as you listen to the story

Can choose your display languages so you can even study more than one new language at once

Lots of little options to play with to optimize your experience

CONS:

No integrated dictionary :<

Audio quality is decent but a little lacking

Text highlighting sometimes isn’t synced properly

WordBrewery is great for improving your vocabulary.  It gives you a random sentence at either beginner, intermediate, advanced or master level, and you can make lists of words or sentences that you’d like to learn.   It includes the following languages:

Spanish

English

Chinese

Arabic

Portuguese

Russian

Japanese

German

French

Italian

Polish

Ukrainian

Korean

Serbian (Latin)

Serbian (Cryillic)

Hungarian

Greek

Swedish

๑ (nèung) 1

๒ (sǒrng) 2

๓ (sǎhm) 3

๔ (sèe) 4

๕ (hâh) 5

๖ (hòk) 6

๗ (jèt) 7

๘ (bpàirt) 8

๙ (gâo) 9

๑๐ (sìp) 10

๒๐ (yêe sìp) 20

๓๐ (sǎhm sìp) 30

๔๐ (sèe sìp) 40

๕๐ (hâh sìp) 50

๖๐ (hòk sìp) 60

๗๐ (jèt sìp) 70

๘๐ (bpàirt sìp) 80

๙๐ (gâo sìp) 90

Look at me, finally making stuff again after forever, pls enjoy bc it probably won’t happen again for a while

高兴 (gāoxìng) happy

难过 (nánguò) sad

害怕 (hàipà) afraid

生气 (shēngqì) angry

紧张 (jînzhāng) nervous

兴奋 (xīngfèn) excited

平静 (píngjìng) calm

尴尬 (gāngà) embarrassed

孤独 (gūdú) lonely

自信 (zìxìn) confident

无聊 (wúliáo) bored

The basic “infinitive” (“to”) forms of regular (weak) verbs in German always end in -en: gehen - to go

rennen - to run

verlieren - to lose

machen - to do

laufen - to walk

spielen - to play

The different forms of those regular verbs are: -e, -st, -t, -en, -t, -en. Those forms are connected to the root of the word. To get the root, you remove the en:

gehen: geh

spielen: spiel

sehen: seh

rennen: renn

Now we add the forms for each person:

ich gehe - I go

du gehst - you go

er geht / sie geht - he goes/she goes

wir gehen - we go

ihr geht - you go

sie gehen - they go

The forms for er/sie (he/she) and wir/sie (we/they) are always the same.

Another example:

rennen - to run

Step: Remove the -en to form the root: renn

Step: Add the forms for each person:

ich renne - I run

du rennst - you run

er rennt / sie rennt - he runs / she runs

wir rennen - we run

ihr rennt - you run

sie rennen - they run 

*

Excercise:

Conjugate the verbs

suchen (to search)

verlieren (to lose)

schwimmen (to swim)

Put the verbs in the brackets in the correct form:

Ich ____ (spielen) Gitarre. (I play the guitar)

Wir ____ (gehen) ins Kino. (We go to the cinema)

Du ____ (schwimmen) im See. (You swim in the lake)

Sie ____ (verlieren) ihren Schlüssel. (She loses her key)

Ihr ____ (spielen) Fußball. (You play soccer)

Solutions are under the cut.

How Learning A New Language Changes Your Brain And Your Perception

Learning a foreign language opens us up to new experiences, work opportunities, and allows us to meet people we may never have otherwise. More than that, research has shown learning a language can also physically change brain structure and adjust perception.

When we learn a language, we create new neural pathways in our brain, which can lead to noticeable changes. The left hemisphere is generally believed to be the logical part of the brain and is where many of our language skills originate. However, a 2012 Swiss study observed that learning a foreign language later in life is associated with thickening of the cerebral cortex — a layer of neurons specifically responsible for memory, thought, consciousness and, of course, language. This increased thickness can lead to better memory and sharper thinking later in life.

Learning a new language doesn’t just change the physical makeup of the brain. Based on a theory known as linguistic relativity, learning a new language can also change the way we see the world. This is specifically true in relation to our color perception. For example, Japanese speakers have far more words to describe the color blue, and as a result are generally able to see more shades of blue than English speakers. On the other side of the spectrum, the Himba tribe of Namibia in Southern Africa have only five words to describe all the colors in the world. Researchers have observed that, without a word for the color blue, the Himba struggle to tell it apart from green — an easy feat for English speakers.

I’m taking the holidays off to enjoy some time with my loved ones (as well as re-charge my batteries.)  But for those who may have MORE time than every to surf our lovely Tumblr landscape, I want to leave you with some lovely language cartoons, information, charts, and more to keep you entertained.  I hope you enjoy and I’ll see you all in the New Year!  

hey guys!!!

so this entire past month has been extremely, extremely stressful for me because i had so many exams and i only realised how hideously unprepared i was for them on the day before the exam, which was really really awful. so in the middle of september i created a studyblr to keep myself motivated + get some helpful tips from the studyblr community on how to go abt studying for tests. the results proved to be super helpful and ive resolved to keep running this blog for as long as i can, because it really helps me stay motivated and i’ve already learned so many things from the community, despite the fact that i’ve only been here for around a month.

but anyways, i decided to create this masterpost in order to help others stay motivated + keep studying not only well but also properly i.e. not necessarily studying for exams but life in general, if that makes sense.

~ staying motivated + focused

coffitivity

download the forest app

chrome site blocker

self control app

try the pomodoro technique

pomodoro printable

getting back on track

guide to staying motivated

an excellent post full of great advice

lots of great advice from an a levels student

masterpost full of motivational quotes

how to avoid procrastinating

100 reasons to study

how to study like a harvard student

motivational movies/shows

types of learners [what method of learning works for u]

motivation for harvard students [and basically all other students]

~ staying organized

5 habits of organized students

set up a bullet journal [1][2][3]

keeping school notes organized

use dropbox to store important files

masterpost on organizing schoolwork

a super awesome n helpful video tutorial

how to organize ur desk

how to study space

study space guide

study space tips and guidance

guide to study guides

atracker - track ur time and stop procrastinating [mobile app]

minimalist organization

masterpost on time management

time management tips

how to be productive

how to use a planner

effective planning system

~ note-taking

notability [ios app - best note-taking app imo]

note taking overview

cornell method

summary foldables

fastest way to take notes

simple, creative note-taking

how to make ur notes look pretty [infographic]

how to make ur notes look pretty [video]

taking notes from textbooks

taking notes during lectures

for: maths [1]

for: history

how to make mind maps

great supplies and stationery u could use to keep notes pretty and organized

what is visual note-taking?

how to: visual note-taking

what are sketchnotes?

how to: sketchnotes

masterpost on note taking methods

~ research techniques

how to google effectively

use google scholar as an alternative to google

one of the best websites for research [esp. while doing science projects at the last minute…i would know]

alternative to wikipedia

find books in nearby libraries

openlibrary [ebook library]

online journal search engine [find scientific publications]

~ essay writing

guide to writing a great essay

HUGE general writing masterpost [including essays]

a huuuge essay writing masterpost

how to write a university-level essay

how to connect ur points and ideas: transition words

editing checklist

advice: college application essays

improve ur vocabulary 

check the readibility of ur essay

website which grades ur papers and essays

~ free online resources & courses

openculture 

mit opencourseware 

the open university 

coursera 

khanacademy

codecademy [how to code]

memrise

study geography

online calculator

maths masterpost

amazing maths + general knowledge site [u must check this out!!!]

maths cheat sheets

mathway [solves any maths equation]

website that balances chemical reactions for u

study guides for many subjects

windows apps [not all study-related, but useful anyways]

more phone apps for productivity

list of great apps every student must have

crash course: psychology

crash course: world history + world history 2

crash course: anatomy and physiology

crash course: astronomy

crash course: big history

crash course: chemistry

crash course: biology

crash course: literature

crash course: us history

crash course: economics

crash course: us government and politics

crash course: intellectual property

crash course: ecology

free ebooks [1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]

masterpost of free ebooks

~ languages

memrise

duolingo [20+ languages - very fun and interactive]

lang-8

thesaurus

reverse dictionary [1]

learning vocabulary

how to learn any language

HUUUUUGE language masterpost [so many languages and resources]

literature masterpost [for english - reading something other than textbooks is important yo]

english literature for college students [masterpost]

english literature: sparknotes

english literature: cliffnotes

english literature: shmoop

english literature: crash course

english literature: novel guide

no fear shakespeare

self-studying languages

spanish: advice

spanish: getting started

spanish: vocab

spanish: grammar and spelling checker

french: advice

french: getting started

french: vocab

french: grammar and spelling checker

french: masterpost of amazing resources

japanese: getting started

korean: masterpost of amazing resources

~ survival tips + advice

how to study for ANY subject

10 mistakes when studying

101 study tips

studying for a test

general study tips

how to study

how to survive high school

how to survive college

college survival masterpost

things to avoid doing

college: applying for scholarships

giving presentations

improve ur handwriting

resume cheat sheet

productive + relaxing afterschool routine

productive study breaks

emergency life hack: send last minute assignments after the last minute without getting into too much trouble

~ mental/physical health

the thoughts room

the dawn room

the quiet place

it will be okay

international suicide hotlines

iphone feature [to use in case of emergency]

emergency chat [mobile app]

sleeping tips [1]

dealing w insomnia

bedtime calculator [1]

stress management

how to reduce stress

staying calm during exams

grief masterpost

list of happy things

motivation for when ur not feeling so good

~ stress reliefs

clear ur mind

healthy study snacks

mug cake masterpost

smoothie masterpost

salads masterpost

more study snacks to boost brain activity

creepy sites

taylor swift tumblr replies

draw cool neon things

musical sea creature

watch a cool dream

watch any tv show/movie

just shower thoughts

poptropica [so underrated, my favourite game site, it’s for kids but it’s so entertaining and so much fun]

plant personality quiz

cookie clicker

make cool colourful silk

make virtual sand art

fake tweet generator

fake text generator

listen to calming sounds

huge masterpost full of fun stuff

~ music

ghibli music

coffee shop blues

classical music masterpost

masterpost of studying music

classical vocal music masterpost

cute nostalgic piano music playlist

my favourite instrumental playlist of all time

my studying/instrumental playlist collection on 8tracks

i think that includes most of the best resources i could find!!! feel free to message me in case 1) any of the links are broken, 2) u want me to add on to something, 3) u have a suggestion for a masterpost [i would love that so go ahead and ask if u do] or if u just wanna talk! also, feel free to reblog and add ur own comments/resources. hope this helped!! 

French

http://www.laits.utexas.edu/fi/home - I absolutely love this website. It has everything!

http://french.speak7.com/ 

http://www.elanguageschool.net/

http://www.learnalanguage.com/

French word of the day: http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/wod/r/french

https://conjuguemos.com/index.php

http://learn101.org/french.php

http://www.memrise.com/topic/french/wordlists/

http://lightandmatter.com/french/

http://go.hrw.com/gopages/wl-fr.html

Pronunciations: http://www.forvo.com/languages/fr/

http://www.learner.org/resources/series83.html#

http://oli.cmu.edu/

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/french/mafrance/

http://www.rfi.fr/lfen/statiques/accueil.asp

Podcast: http://www.coffeebreakfrench.com/

http://www.newsinslowfrench.com/?gclid=CMPphb2SrKgCFQI8gwodRnvuHQ

French in Mali: http://wws.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/language/lessons.cfm#french

http://www.miscositas.com/french.html

http://www.transparent.com/learn-french/

http://www.digitaldialects.com/French.htm

Phonetics: http://phonetique.free.fr/index.htm

http://www.verb2verbe.com/

Listening activities: http://frenchlingq.com/

http://ielanguages.com/french.html

http://www.realfrench.net/grammar/games.php 

http://www.languageguide.org/french/

http://goethe-verlag.com/tests/EF/EF.HTM

http://globegate.utm.edu/french/globegate_mirror/frlesson.html

http://www.parleremo.org/viewcatalog.php?catlang=fra

http://www.jump-gate.com/languages/french/french1.html

German

http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,9572,00.html -You have to register, but it’s a great way to learn German

http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~joyce1/abinitio/index.html 

http://www.deutsch-lernen.com/

http://www.fln.vcu.edu//menu.html

http://www.canoo.net/index_en.html

http://files.flageorgia.org/german/grammar/grammar.htm

http://www.ielanguages.com/German.html

http://www.parleremo.org/viewcatalog.php?catlang=deu

http://www.lsa.umich.edu/german/hmr/grammatik/index.html

http://learn-german-easily.com/index-basic-german

http://learn-to-speak-german.de/learn-with-songs

http://www.vorleser.net/

http://www.tagesschau.de/

http://german.speak7.com/

http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=en&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=&search=

Italian

http://www.learnalanguage.com/learn-italian/

http://www.elanguageschool.net/

http://easy-italian.tumblr.com/

http://nativeitalian.tumblr.com/

Linguistic Map of Italy: http://les-langues-sont-ma-vie.tumblr.com/image/20541832214

Italian word of the day: http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/wod/r/italian

http://matadornetwork.com/abroad/10-extraordinarily-useful-italian-phrases/

Audio, grammar, idioms, etc: http://www.oneworlditaliano.com/english/home.htm

Children’s books: http://www.ilnarrastorie.it/favole.famose/

http://www.zapitalian.com/

http://www.ielanguages.com/italian.html

http://www.poliglo.com/English/english.html

Newspaper: http://www.repubblica.it/

http://italian.about.com/od/lessons/tp/italian-language-lessons.htm

Children’s songs and rhymes: http://www.mamalisa.com/?p=824&t=ec&c=120

http://www.italianlanguageguide.com/

Culture: http://www.kwintessential.co.uk/resources/global-etiquette/italy-country-profile.html

http://twitter.com/italianlanguage

http://www.iluss.it/schede_gram_free.html

http://www.education.vic.gov.au/languagesonline/italian/italian.htm

https://conjuguemos.com/index.php

http://learn101.org/italian.php

http://www.memrise.com/topic/italian/wordlists/

Pronunciations: http://www.forvo.com/languages/it/

Podcast: http://radiolingua.com/shows/italian/one-minute-italian/

Podcast: http://radiolingua.com/shows/italian/my-daily-phrase-italian/

http://www.transparent.com/learn-italian/

http://www.digitaldialects.com/Italian.htm

http://www.ielanguages.com/italian.html

http://www.italianizeyourself.com/

http://www.languageguide.org/italian/vocabulary/

http://goethe-verlag.com/tests/EI/EI.HTM

Spanish

http://www.lingolex.com/spanish.htm

http://www.123teachme.com/ - Has games, verb conjugations, text translator, grammar, quizzes, and more!

http://www.studyspanish.com/

http://spanish.speak7.com/

http://www.elanguageschool.net/

http://www.learnalanguage.com/

Spanish word of the day: http://www.bitesizedlanguages.com/wod/r/spanish

http://zachary-jones.com/zambombazo/

http://www.poliglo.com/English/english.html

https://conjuguemos.com/index.php

http://www.lingolex.com/spanish.htm

Games: http://www.quia.com/shared/spanish/

Newspapers: http://libguides.mit.edu/content.php?pid=146063&sid=1247903

http://www.spanishdict.com/

http://learn101.org/spanish.php

http://www.memrise.com/home/

http://www.memrise.com/topic/spanish/wordlists/

Phonetics: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/phonetics/#

Phonetics/Dialects in Spanish: http://www.uiowa.edu/~acadtech/dialects//#

Pronunciations: http://www.forvo.com/languages/es/

http://learner.org/series/destinos/

http://www.colby.edu/~bknelson/SLC/index.php

http://www.miscositas.com/spanish.html

http://www.codyscuentos.com/

http://radiolingua.com/shows/spanish/coffee-break-spanish/

http://www.transparent.com/learn-spanish/

http://www.digitaldialects.com/Spanish.htm

http://www.ielanguages.com/spanish.html

http://www.learn-spanish.co.il/

http://mld.ursinus.edu/~jarana/Ejercicios/index.html

http://www.todo-claro.com/

http://www.spanicity.com/

http://www.languageguide.org/spanish/vocabulary/

http://goethe-verlag.com/tests/ES/ES.HTM

http://learner.org/series/destinos/

http://www.spanishprograms.com/learning_module/tutorial_index.htm

http://www.expanish.com/free-spanish-study-guides.php

http://www.lingolex.com/accents.htm

http://www.codyscuentos.com/

http://www.spanishunlimited.com/

http://www.onlinefreespanish.com/

Chinese

http://www.chinese-tools.com/learn/chinese - What I love about this site is the pinyin to character tool 

http://www.chinese-outpost.com/language/

http://www.csulb.edu/~txie/ccol/content.htm

http://www.sinosplice.com/learn-chinese

http://chinese.rutgers.edu/class_content_simplified_chinese/level1/class1-to-9/class1/short_en.htm

http://www.zapchinese.com/

http://www.yeschinese.org/learn-chinese/lesson-1-introduction-to-hanyu-pinyin/

Thai

http://www.thai-language.com/lessons

http://www.thai2english.com/

http://www.linguanaut.com/english_thai.htm

http://learn-thai-podcast.com/thai-language/

http://www.into-asia.com/thai_language/

http://www.carla.umn.edu/LCTL/VPA/Thai/pages/home.htm

http://learningthai.com/

http://www.seasite.niu.edu/Thai/Beginning_Thai_I_review/index.html

http://www.thai-lessons.com/trivial_game.php

Music: http://www.ethaimusic.com/index.php

Korean

http://www.voakorea.com/

http://www.learn-korean.net/

http://www.parleremo.org/viewcatalog.php?catlang=kor

http://wiki.galbijim.com/Hanja

http://animara.com/hanghoul/ - shoot zombies by translating hangul!!

http://www.uebersetzung.at/twister/ko.htm 

http://langintro.com/kintro/toc.htm

http://www.genkienglish.net/speakkorean/

http://www.infocobuild.com/language/korean/korean.html-

http://linguanaut.com/english_korean.htm

http://www.lifeinkorea.com/Language/korean.cfm?Subject=writing

http://www.learn-korean.net/learn-korean-classes-listarticles-4.html

http://www.transparent.com/wotd/today/korean.html

http://rki.kbs.co.kr/learn_korean/lessons/e_index.htm

http://www.youtube.com/user/koreanclass101?feature=results_main

http://tunein.com/radio/Korean-g152/

Newspaper: http://chosun.com/

http://www.indiana.edu/~koreanrs/hangul.html

http://www.koreandictionary.net/

http://parksguide.blogspot.com.br/

http://korean.sogang.ac.kr/

http://ezcorean.com/korean_grammar/index.php?cfile=bb_index.php&subaction=vforum&home=grammar_forum

Japanese

http://www.freejapaneselessons.com/

http://www.learn-japanese.info/

http://www.learnjapanesefree.com/

http://www.learnjapanese.com/ - Has slang expressions, grammar, common phrases, vocabulary and more

http://japanese-phrases.sakura.ne.jp/

http://www.manythings.org/japanese/

http://jisho.org/

http://www.saiga-jp.com/kanji_dictionary.html

http://www.learn-japanese-adventure.com/japanese-lessons.html

http://libguides.mit.edu/content.php?pid=146063&sid=1247899

http://www.jgram.org

http://www.iknow.co.jp

http://www.guidetojapanese.org

http://www.yamasa.cc/members/ocjs/kanjidic.nsf/SearchKanji3?OpenForm

Greek

http://www.kypros.org/cgi-bin/lexicon - Greek to English, English to Greek Dictionary (Modern and Ancient Greek)

http://www.101languages.net/greek/basics.html

http://www.biblicalgreek.org/grammar/

http://users.forthnet.gr/agn/drennolds1/

http://gr.voanews.com/

http://www.ukindia.com/zip/zgk1.htm

http://www.textkit.com/

http://www.xanthi.ilsp.gr/filog/

http://mylanguages.org/learn_greek.php

http://www.e-radio.gr/

http://www.ibiblio.org/koine/greek/lessons/alphabet.html

http://greek-language.com/Alphabet.html

ESL (English as a Second Language)

http://www.englishpage.com/

http://www.english-online.org.uk/course.htm

http://www.english-the-easy-way.com/Writing_English_ESL/Writing_English_ESL.htm

https://sites.google.com/site/marysenglishcourse/home

http://englishlearner.com/index.shtml

http://www.brainpopjr.com/

http://www.superteacherworksheets.com/index.html

http://learnenglish.britishcouncil.org/en/

http://www.ESLDesk.com/

http://www.zozanga.com/

http://www.englishclub.com/learn-english.htm

Sign Language

www.aslpro.com

www.aslresource.com

http://www.asl.ms/

Esperanto

http://en.lernu.net/

Newspapers: http://eo.mondediplo.com/, http://www.liberafolio.org/

http://www.kurso.com.br/index.php?en

http://en.lernu.net/lernado/index.php

http://esperantofre.com/edu/kino01a.htm

http://www.esperanto-panorama.net/vortaro/eoen.htm

http://esperantofre.com/eeo/EoDktA/GerdaA/GerdaVoA.htm

http://esperanto-usa.org/

http://donh.best.vwh.net/Esperanto/Literaturo/

Russian

http://www.tasteofrussian.com/

http://speakrussian.blogspot.com/

http://wws.peacecorps.gov/wws/multimedia/language/lessons.cfm#russian

http://www.international.ucla.edu/languages/technology/podcasts/

http://www.ukindia.com/zip/zru1.htm

http://russophilia.wordpress.com/

http://www.golos-ameriki.ru/

Arabic

http://i-cias.com/babel/arabic/index.htm

http://www.alrashidmall.com/learn-arabic.htm

http://www.searchtruth.com/arabic/lessons/unit1_writing.php

http://arabic.speak7.com/

http://mylanguages.org/learn_arabic.php

http://arabic.tripod.com/

http://www.daadlanguage.com/

http://www.madinaharabic.com/start_learning.html

http://omanpocketguide.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=67&Itemid=81

http://tunein.com/radio/Arabic-g135/

http://www.al-bab.com/arab/newspapers.htm

http://www.arabicgenie.com/arabicletters.html

http://www.arabic-alphabet.org/arabic-lessons/

http://www.internetpolyglot.com/lessons-en-ar

http://www.firdaous.com/en/0023.htm

Norwegian

http://NorwegianLanguage.info/

http://www.stolaf.edu/depts/norwegian/grammar/grammar.html

http://www.apronus.com/norskaudio/samfunnslaere.htm

http://mylanguages.org/norwegian_alphabet.php-

http://www.freedict.com/onldict/nor.html

http://www.nrk.no/

Newspaper: http://www.aftenposten.no/

http://www.101languages.net/norwegian/vocabulary.html

http://iteslj.org/v/no/

http://norwegianlanguage.eu/2009/01/01/what-form-of-norwegian-to-learn-bokmal-or-nynorsk/

Swedish

http://www2.hhs.se/isa/swedish/chap2.htm

http://www.onlineswedish.com/main.php

http://swedishalphabet.tripod.com/index.swf

http://www2.hhs.se/isa/swedish/chap9.htm

http://www.ielanguages.com/swedish.html

Newspaper: http://www.dn.se/

http://www.svtplay.se/

http://sverigesradio.se/

http://www.ectaco.co.uk/English-Swedish-Dictionary/

Finnish

http://donnerwetter.kielikeskus.helsinki.fi/finnishforforeigners/parts-index.htm

http://yle.fi/vintti/yle.fi/supisuomea/sanasto/01.shtml

http://www.hs.fi/

http://watch.squidtv.net/europe/finland.html

http://www.fincd.com/

http://www.hei-finland.com/

http://www.hs.fi/english/extras/speakup

http://www.101languages.net/finnish/

http://www.oneness.vu.lt/

http://www.uuno.tamk.fi/

http://www.digitaldialects.com/Finnish.htm

http://mylanguages.org/finnish_alphabet.php

http://www.infopankki.fi/en-gb/finnish_on_the_internet/

Polish

http://www.transparent.com/word-of-the-day/today/polish.html

http://www.transparent.com/learn-polish/proficiency-test.html

http://www.skwierzyna.net/polishwords.pdf

http://www.i-polish.com/

http://www.skwierzyna.net/polishshortstories.pdf

http://www.skwierzyna.net/polishgrammar.pdf

http://grzegorj.w.interia.pl/kurs/

http://onestoppolish.com/useful_polish_phrases.htm

http://polish.slavic.pitt.edu/

http://portalwiedzy.onet.pl/tlumacz.html?qs=bread&tr=ang-auto&x=0&y=0

http://www.listenlive.eu/poland.html

http://www.tvp.pl/strony/przegapiles-w-tv-zobacz-w-internecie

Latin

http://www.cambridgescp.com/Lpage.php?p=clc%5Etop%5Ehome

https://conjuguemos.com/index.php

http://learn101.org/latin.php

Newspaper: http://www.vatican.va/archive/aas/index_en.htm

http://www.memrise.com/language/eng/lat/

Pronunciations: http://www.forvo.com/languages/la/

http://www.transparent.com/learn-latin/

http://ielanguages.com/latin1.html

http://www.textkit.com/latin_grammar.php

http://www.surfacelanguages.com/language/Latin

http://humanum.arts.cuhk.edu.hk/Lexis/Wheelock-Latin/

http://www.hhhh.org/perseant/libellus/aides/allgre/

http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/alice.html

http://ancienthistory.about.com/cs/fun/

http://yle.fi/radio1/tiede/nuntii_latini/

http://www.linneyslatinclass.com/ghlectures.php

http://adamhoward.net/latin/latincomm.html

http://dictionaries.travlang.com/EnglishLatin/

http://www.ket.org/Education/latin/index.html

http://ablemedia.com/ctcweb/chifiles.html

http://www.textkit.com/

http://www.thelatinlibrary.com/classics.html

http://www2.hawaii.edu/~bender/latinex.html

http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romevd/html/game.html

http://www.classicsunveiled.com/romevd/html/vocabmain.html

http://www.linneyslatinclass.com/

http://web.uvic.ca/hrd/latin/wheelock/

http://archives.nd.edu/latgramm.htm

http://www.learnlatin.tk/

General Language Sites

http://www.fodors.com/language/ - Has Spanish, French, Italian, German, Arabic, Chinese, and Japanese

http://www.omniglot.com/ - Has basic phrases in almost any language along with idioms and sayings

http://www.wordreference.com/ - Any language (French, Italian, Spanish, Russian, etc.) to English dictionary 

http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/ - Basic phrases and vocab in French, Spanish, Greek, Chinese, German, Italian, and Portuguese. 

http://www.languagehelpers.com/ - Has Chinese, Czech, French, German, Latvian, Portuguese, Russian, and Spanish

http://www.smartphrase.com/index.shtml -Has Italian, French, German, Spanish, Greek, Dutch, and Portuguese. Random phrase generator

http://www.101languages.net/vocabulary/vocabulary.html - Has Danish, Dutch, Finnish, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, and Spanish

http://www.livemocha.com/ - A few people have suggested this site, and it’s incredible. If you want to learn a language on your own, you need this. And it’s free! 

http://vinurminn.tumblr.com/post/15596816573/in-linguistics-a-filler-is-a-sound-or-word-that - Fillers in other languages. 

http://memrise.com/language/

http://www.lang-8.com/

http://www.elanguageschool.net/ - Has Arabic, Chinese, Dutch, French, German, Hindi, Italian, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, Turkish, and Vietnamese.

http://www.forvo.com/languages/ - EVERY LANGUAGE STUDENT SHOULD KNOW ABOUT THIS SITE!! Pronounces words by native speakers in these languages: English, German, French, Russian, Tatar, Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, Czech, Chinese, Swedish, Japanese, Finnish, Persian, Hungarian, Greek, Dutch, Korean, Polish, Turkish, Ukrainian, Romanian, Bulgarian, Catalan, Hindi, Wu, Danish, Cantonese, Hebrew, Bashkir, Irish, Esperanto, Galician, Norwegian (bokmål), Indonesian, Serbian, Latin, Interlingua, Lithuanian, Slovak, Icelandic, Croatian, Yiddish, Slovenian, Occitan, Belorussian, Thai, Ancient Greek, Vietnamese, Afrikaans, Lombard, Kurdish, Tagalog, Asturian, Latvian, Welsh, Breton, Basque, Azerbaijani, Tamil, Sanskrit, Sicilian, Bosnian, Armenian, Estonian, Malay, Bengali, Neapolitan, Georgian, Klingon, Min Nan, Scottish Gaelic, Kabardian, Scots, Macedonian, Marathi, Faroese, Chuvash, Lakota, Swiss German, Bavarian, Zazaki, Mongolian and Swahili and many more.

http://www.internetpolyglot.com/mainMenu.html - Has English, Spanish, French, Chinese, German, Japanese, Italian, Dutch, Russian, Portuguese, Korean, Greek, Arabic, Hebrew, Thai, Latin, Hindi, Polish, Tagalog, Swedish, Romanian, Norwegian, Turkish, Finnish, Farsi, Danish, Indonesian, Czech, Hungarian, Ukrainian, Amharic, Swahili, Bulgarian, and Croatian.

http://www.engoi.com/en/index.html - Has Greek, Czech, Turkish, Romanian, Polish, German, French, Italian, Spanish, Portuguese, Dutch and Swedish.

http://www.babelnation.com/  - Has French, German, Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish.