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when someone tells a joke in proto indo european
when someone hurts themselves in proto-germanic (or its ~immediate daughter languages):
I sometimes feel like thereâs a certain pressure in the community that you have to be interested in all languages and be learning at least five or six at the same time so I wanna say: nah. Learn the languages that speak to you, that you are interested in. If thatâs five languages and you have found a way to organize them all do that. If thatâs one language and you want to dedicate all your time to getting to a decent level before you start learning another one do that. Yeah, being able to speak ten foreign languages is impressive but so is speaking five foreign languages or three or one. Do what feels right for you, donât stress yourself out over becoming a polyglot as fast as possible. Remember - learning languages is supposed to be something you love doing.
11 French Pronunciation Tips
Both @lumosstudies and @darkrainshines asked me recently for some French pronunciation tips. I hope this helps, yâall
1. Sounds are shorter in French, so you donât need to move your tongue as much.
2. Say some tongue twisters( like âdans ta tente ta tante tâattend.â (In your tent, your aunt is waiting for you) or âles chaussettes de lâarchiduchesse, sont-elles sèches ? Archi-sèches!â (Are the socks of the archduchess dry? Extra dry!)*
3. To pronounce the âuâ sound, say an english âeeâ(like in free) and then move your lips to an âoohâ shape without moving your tongue. I tried this, and it felt funny, but it worked.
4. To pronounce âĂŠâ, say an âayâ sound .
5. To pronounce ârâ, try to make the sound in the back of your throat and make it sound more like âairrrâ. Iâm awful at this, so you arenât the only one if you canât get it!*
6. H is usually silent
7. The final letter in a word( like an e, s, or really most letters) is silent*
8. Syllables usually kind of run together in French. Therefore, try speaking pretty fast!
9. To pronounce âeâ(with no accent), try saying it like the e in her.*
10. The last syllable of words is usually stressed more than the others
11. To pronounce âoiâ, say it like âwahâ*
*Tips 1 and 2 are from frenchasyoulikeit.com. Tips 3,4, and 5 are from fluentin3months.com. Tips 6 and 7 are from duolingo.com. Tips 8 and 9 are from blog.thelinguist.com. Tips 10 and 11 are from talkinfrench.com
Words to use instead of regarder
1. fixer- to stare
2. revoir- to review
3. lorgner- to leer
4. considÊrer- to regard
5. loucher- to squint
6. lancer des regards furieux- to glare
7. plonger son regard dans- to bore into
8. entrevoir- to glimpse
9. inspecter- to view
10. examiner- to survey
11. examiner minutieusement- to scrutinize
12. remarquer- to notice
13. se concentrer sur- to focus on
14. faire un clin d'Ĺil Ă - to wink
15. observer- to observe
16. faire les yeux ronds- to goggle
17. regarder bĂŞtement - to gawk
18. lire- to read(a room)
19. parcourir rapidement - to scan
20. repÊrer-to spot

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Thatâs a question I asked myself many times. So I spent a lot of time on blogs and websites telling me that you canât name an exactly number. Of course you canât but I was just searching for an âaround thisâ number. Everyone knows that there is no magical number like 1000 and then youâll speak your target language but with 999 you wouldnât. I just wanted âaround thisâ numbers to be motivated, to have a goal, to have a direction I can keep in mind. It was a pain in the ass to get an answer to this. And I want to share it with you guys, so you donât have to waste your time on several blogs and giant textwalls to get just a little bit closer to this answer. Donât forget these are just âaround thisâ numbers and itâs very(!) important that you also use them and SPEAK your target language. _______________________________________ 100 most common words make up 50% of conversations. 300 most common words make up 65% of conversations. 2.000 most common words make up 90% of conversations. _______________________________________ What are the different levels of a language? A1: 500 words A2: 1.000 words B1: 2.000 words B2: 4.000 words C1: 8.000 words C2: 16.000 words _______________________________________ And here a little bit detailed: 250 words - without these words, you canât make a sentence. 750 words - is needed for everyday conversations. 2.500 words - will allow you to say most things you want, but sometimes in an awkward way. 5.000 words - is an active vocabulary of a (not high educated) native speaker. 10.000 words - is an active vocabulary of a (high educated) native speaker. 20.000 words - is needed in your passive vocabulary to fully understand work of literature by a notable author.
Study breaks are really important, but sometimes it can be difficult to think of what to do, or even know what kind of break to take. So here are some suggestions for breaks depending on how youâre feeling at the time.Â
Some generic multipurpose breaks:
Yoga or guided meditation.
Moisturise your hands, or paint your nails.
Go to the toilet, and get a drink.
Go for a walk.
Play a game online.
Listen to some music.
Write down a bit of your daydream.
Make a meal.
Play with a pet.
Read an article/wiki page
For when youâre overwhelmed:
Have a relaxing shower with a favourite body wash.
Make sure to step away from your study space, this is important.
Go for a walk; do a short yoga routine, or a 15 minute guided meditation.
Talk to a friend or parent, see if they can give you some support.
Give yourself a treat - like a packet of chocolate buttons, or something small you enjoy. Eat them, and savour them, away from your desk.
For when nothing seems to be coming together:
Make a to-do list of what needs to be done.
Look at the task as if youâve never seen it before.
Have lunch or a snack, or nice drink. Do it away from your desk.
Do something you enjoy, like reading a bit of a book, or playing a playlist you like.
Talk to someone about the problem; ideally a supportive parent, friend, or teacher
For when you are stressed and want to rip your hair out:
Shower, or have a bath.
Watch funny videos online, or read those funny reviews, like the Haribo gummy bears ones.
A short yoga or guided meditation video can really help (and Iâm not one of those âyay, yogaâ people, but it can really help).
Do something you are capable of doing without much stress - this could be a chore, a hobby, or something random you like.
Make yourself a drink you enjoy, make it as special as you can, and then find somewhere else to drink it.
When you are bored:
Engage in productive procrastination.
Learn a new skill - such as a basic crochet stitch, or how to start a fire without a lighter.
Watch a TedTalk, or short documentary on YouTube.
Make a study playlist, try to include some music youâve not heard before.
Find a new recipe to try / place to visit.
Play a quick game online - bingo, pictionary, etc.
When you are hungry, but the bored kind of hungry:
Try eating something that takes longer to prepare. Not just a snack thatâs quick to grab, but something that takes a little more time. Cut up your fruit, make it look nice; make several snacks that can be stored for latter or another day.
Take a few minutes to some pictures of your study space or notes, edit them and make them into a post ready to pop on your blog.
Go for a wander. It neednât be outside, even walking around the stacks in a library and looking for some interesting titles can give you a break (and an inflated reading list, so do this one at your peril).
Paint your nails, or do some cuticle maintenance by moisturising them.
Spend five minutes on Pinterest looking at ideas for crafts or something you enjoy (make sure to set a timer for this, itâs easy to be distracted).
When you havenât taken a break in a while because breaks are for wussies:
Read about the Pomodoro method and how it helps boost productivity. Use a free timer app to give it a go.
Zentangle, relaxation colouring, going to the toilet, etc.
Just chil-lout. Seriously, do something to relax yourself. You need a break!
When literally anything is more interesting than what youâre supposed to be doing:
Go for a short walk, or do a few stretches away from your study space.
Watch a TedTalk on something interesting or a totally random subject.
Find an article/wiki page on something you know nothing about. Remember to limit yourself, time-wise, on this sort of thing.
Organise your bag/folder/pencil case (anything small you have on you).
Listen to some music in a target language/language you would like to learn.
When something keeps distracting you:
If itâs something you can get rid of, try to do that.
If itâs something you need to do, if possible, then to do it.
If itâs a thought that wonât go away, take five minutes and write it down in as much detail as you can, and then put it away for later.
Leave your study space for a moment, get up and walk around a bit, maybe stretch your neck, back and arms.
Tell your pet whatâs wrong. Bonus if you do this in another language.
For when you feel like giving up:
This is a good time to step away from your work and doing something else entirely for a little while. Take a longer break, watch an episode of a show you like, or browse for some new music, read a bit of a book.
Take a shower.
Make yourself a drink and something to eat, and eat it away from your desk. Relax a bit while youâre doing so, and set up a pomodoro-style timer when you get back to studying, so you can remember youâll soon have another break.
Engage in a small act of kindness.
Pet a cute fluffy friend.
When you feel entirely unproductive:
Perform some productive procrastination! Vacuum the house; wipe down a window, scrub the kitchen tiles, reorganise your underwear drawer. Pick a chore that needs doing and do that. Honestly, even just tidying a bookshelf, or taking your washing out of your room, or packing away some clothes can help. Do something where you will be able to see a visible difference that your actions have made.
Spend half an hour on a hobby you like - knit, make origami swans, fiddle around with a robotics project.
That thing youâve been putting off? Go on, go and do it, and tick it off your check-list.
I hope that these give you a few ideas for much-needed, and productivity-boosting breaks.
The only gift I want for Christmas is fluency.
A reminder that turning in assignments for partial credit is better than not turning them in at all. It is. Even if you think youâve done a bad job and are ashamed of your work, or itâs way overdue, you take whatever you can get. Partial credit dramatically improves your grade over a zero, and Iâm always astounded by how often even the smartest kids donât really comprehend that. 60% is worlds better than 0%. Even 10% is going to help you. Letter grades are misleading and are not created equal. âF"s are mathematically valuable. Turn that late assignment in.
This goes for so many things in life tbh.
Canât pay the full amount you owe on a bill? Pay as much as you can each month. Most places just wanna know youâre making a good faith effort. You can usually even call and ask for a smaller minimum monthly payment plan until you catch up, so that maybe you wonât be getting late fees added on to your balance. Itâs worth calling to see.Â
Third time youâve had to reschedule that doctorâs appointment? Oh well. Your doc probably just wants to make sure you make it in to their office at all. Keep trying.
Half-assing is always better than no-assing folks. I know lots of us are anxiety-ridden perfectionists and it feels like if we canât do everything exactly right on the first try we just shouldnât bother. But thatâs not true.Â
My mom likes to say âanything worth doing is worth doing poorlyâ to emphasize that itâs okay to enjoy doing things even if youâre not good at them. The point is doing them. Make that shitty art project that makes you happy. Learn that new skill even if you suck at it at first. Make it to under half of the events of that club or organization you want to be a part of but canât fully commit to. Itâs okay. You donât have to do it perfectly to do it at all.Â
anything worth doing is worth doing poorly.
me when I've just started a new language and all I know is the present tense: i never look back darling, it distracts from the now

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10 Tips for Starting University
Consider getting a backpack if youâre gonna do a lot of walking / carrying a lot of stuff to and from uni
Bring all types of clothes. NB this does not mean bring all your clothes donât do that. Bring clothes for professional stuff, going out, casual clothes, comfy clothes. Bring a bit of everything.
Stock up on easy but semi-healthy snacks. It prevents you from snacking on unhealthy thing, and theyâre a+ if you have back-to-back lectures
Keep a plastic bag in your bag / backpack!!! This has saved my laptop and my books from getting ruined so many times when a downpour has snuck up on me, and I could just put my laptop and books in the plastic bag.Â
Make a consistent sleep schedule for yourself, even if you donât have a set time you have to get up every day. Itâll make you feel more organised and make you sleep better
Break down big projects / assignments into smaller tasks and start working on them early. You donât want to be writing your 3,000 word essay the night before.Â
Get a hobby or get involved. Find something that you enjoy doing outside of school, that isnât watching Netflix. It can be absolutely anything.
Donât go out or do anything if you really donât want to, but try to keep an open mind and give things a shot. NB this is not an encouragement to do anything illegal donât do that. Even if you donât end up loving it, who knows whatâll happen or who youâll meet.
Try your best not to eat junk 24/7. Itâs hard to be super healthy in uni, but make sure to get some nutrition, or else youâre gonna feel like shit
Youâre not going to have everything figured out straight away. Just go with it. Your organisation system doesnât fit your module structures? Change it. You end up pulling an all nighter to finish your essay? Change your planning / organisation to prevent it happening again. Be flexible and adapt.Â
Why study for exams when you can deduce the answers based on context clues from other questions and then use those answers to provide you with even more context clues for even more questions in an hour-long stress-fueled Professor Layton-esque logic puzzle extravaganza of future-hinging doom.
is the past tense of âyeetâ âyoteâ or âyeetedâ
Itâs yote. The verb âto yeet,â of course, is the modern form of the Old English verb âyetan,â meaning âto hastily abandon.â âYetanâ is a Germanic strong verb, which means that its stem vowel changes in the past tense, much like how âstealâ becomes âstole.â This vowel change is called ablaut, and itâs a vestige of Proto-Indo-European, the language from which Proto-Germanic, and later, English, evolved. The past tense form of the Old English verb âyetanâ was âyĂŚot,â which eventually became the modern English âyote.â
Old English strong verb class 5 paradigm for the win :D :D :D :D (Some other words from that paradigm include predecessors of Modern English âsitâ, 'speakâ, 'seeâ,'giveâ, 'bidâ)
tbh the best part of learning new languages is when you accidentally find origins of some words in your native/second language gets me so excited every time!
The Polyglot Cycle
Devotes time to one language
Discovers more languages
Wants to learn them
Tries to juggle learning 58 languages at once
Canât
Goes back to one language
Cycle continues

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pure love
a kind heart
prosperity
genuine happiness
honesty and transparency
softness
hope
good art
clear skin
Languages are made up can you believe that? itâs just a bunch of phonetic sounds gibberish none of it actually means anything. this post??? i could smash my hand on the keyboard and it could mean the same thing, it only doesnât because we say so. Nothing is realÂ