language learner

DICTIONARIES

focloir.ie (search for words in English) + audio samples

teanglann.ie (search for words in Irish/English) + audio samples

tearma.ie (search for terms in Irish/English)

potafocal.com (dictionary)

dil.ie (dictionary of medieval Irish)

DATABASES

logainm.ie (placenames in English/Irish and their meanings)

ainm.ie (biographies in Irish)

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES

seachtain (online weekly newspaper)

nos.ie (online cultural magazine)

comhar.ie (online literary and current affairs magazine)

tuairisc.ie (online news magazine)

meon eile (belfast based news and videos)

nuacht1.com (gathers news from various online sources)

peig.ie (information hub and news source)

TV

tg4.ie (national Irish language tv station)

nuacht rté (rté news in Irish)

rté (rté website of articles/videos etc. in Irish)

bbc gaeilge (bbc’s Irish language content)

RADIO

raidió na gaeltachta (national Irish language station)

raidió na life (Irish language station located in Dublin)

raidió fáilte (Irish language station located in Belfast)

raidió rí-rá (Hit music station that broadcasts through Irish)

blas (bbc’s Irish language radio show)

raidió na dtreabh (online station based in Galway)

LANGUAGE COURSES

easy irish (basic online introduction to the language by rté)

duolingo (total beginner introduction + audio examples)

gaelchultúr (includes online course for adults + language level testing)

oideas gael (adult Irish language and cultural courses)

gael linn (courses for teenagers and adults)

daltai.com (language courses in usa/canada as well as other countries)

peig.ie (includes map with Irish courses, conversation circles, events, + summer camps)

YOUTUBE

now you’re talking! (complete Irish language learning tv show from the 1990s)

nuacht tg4 (official tg4 youtube channel)

clisare (youtuber, various videos teaching the language)

scúp (tv show about struggling Irish language newspaper in Belfast)

DOCUMENTARIES

des bishop: in the name of the fada (US/Irish comedian learns Irish for a year)

guth in eag? a lost voice (insight into the decline of the Tyrone native Irish)

an feidir linn? can we? (investigating the revival of the Irish language)

it’s a blas! (BBC NI presenter learns Irish to host radio show) [audio missing]

MOVIES

lipservice (short film)

yu ming is anim dom (short film)

cáca milis (short film)

clare sa spéir (short film)

poitín (first feature film entirely in Irish)

fíorghael (short film)

the wind that shakes the barley (available dubbed in Irish)

song of the sea (amhrán na mara) (animated movie available in Irish)

MUSIC

songsinirish.com (database of songs in Irish + English translations)

ceol’08 (Irish artists sing their songs in Irish)

tglurgan (language students perform popular hits in Irish)

rte2fm (various artists perform songs in Irish)

m. máire ó súilleabháin (Irish songs with translations)

SHOPS

siopa.ie (books, music, games and more)

cnagsiopa.com (books, dvds and more)

anceathrupoili.com (bookshop)

udar.ie (games in the Irish language)

gael linn (includes shop with books, dvds and more)

daltai.com (includes shop with some learning books)

cló lar-chonnacht (music, books)

SELF-LEARNING

rosetta stone (software or online)

living language Irish (books, cds, online, apps)

linguashop (software, cds, books)

MISCELLANEOUS LEARNING

mylanguages.org (basic introduction to various parts of the language)

omniglot.com (history of the language, vocabulary)

duolingo.com (course aimed at complete beginner, audio examples)

101languages.net (beginner overview)

wikibooks.org (beginnger course)

irishcultureandcustoms.com (phrases, vocabulary)

OFFICIAL ORGANISATIONS

foras na gaeilge (responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout Ireland)

gaeilge.ie (information on Irish language organisations and services)

seachtain na gaeilge (Irish language week: annual national event)

udaras.ie (includes brief history of the language)

coimisineir.ie (includes more brief history)

APPS

getthefocal (two way translator)

cúla4 (aimed at children who are native speakers)

OTHER

list of Irish language media (wikipedia page)

ga.wikipedia.org (wikipedia in Irish)

abair.tcd.ie (turn written Irish text into speech)

i know tumblr doesn’t give a SHIT when things happen in countries outside the “most popular ones” (such as the usa & england). it’s true, don’t lie to me. y’all don’t give A FUCK. not every issue and problem in said countries gets the appropriate exposure but in general shit shows up on the news WORLD FREAKING  WIDE. you set up donations, you help out, your spread the word, you say “pray for x”……

southern europe is burning. 

my country is burning.

people are dying - at home, on the road, trying to run away, in their cars.

yesterday my country had 300 active fires.

people are losing EVERYTHING they own.

i have a friend that is on a train right now passing through places that have been burnt to the ground and she says the smoke is so intense it’s getting inside the train and she can barely breathe.

and yet, even though several people (myself included) have been trying to bring awareness to what has been happening in southern europe… what we get from most of you, those not part of the countries suffering, is silence. we don’t ask for money, we don’t ask for shit other than a reblog to spread awareness… something you can delete in 24/48hrs if you wish. 

i don’t know what to tell you. i’m angry. i’m frustrated. i’m disappointed. i feel like i’m screaming into the void. “a reblog does nothing” - you know that’s a damn lie, you know exposure always helps, you know people start paying attention when posts on social media become popular. my country in particular is a small one, we get ZERO exposure. y’all are only starting to figure out we even fucking exist bc of the shit we’ve been winning lately. 

but hell, if the EU doesn’t give a shit, why should some user on tumblr dot com?

again, i don’t know what to tell you so i’ll let the images speak for themselves: 

An image captured by a Nasa satellite shows a thick plume of smoke blowing southward from the Greek island of Chios over the island of Crete

Torneros de Jamuz, Spain

Duca, Croatia

A helicopter from Italy’s civil protection service drops water on a fire near the railway between Venice and Trieste

Residents take refuge on the beach as a wildfire burns on the mountain next to the village of Lithi, on the Greek island of Chios

Men gather cattle during a forest fire in Vieira de Leiria, Marinha Grande, Portugal.

Charred trees are seen on the hills above the Cloister of Thivaidas on Mount Athos, a World Heritage Site in Greece

Portugal

Currently there’s a movie about firefighters airing here in Portugal, I believe the name is “The Brave” and because of the impact these fires had that movie has been filling up the Theatre.

DICTIONARIES

focloir.ie (search for words in English) + audio samples

teanglann.ie (search for words in Irish/English) + audio samples

tearma.ie (search for terms in Irish/English)

potafocal.com (dictionary)

dil.ie (dictionary of medieval Irish)

DATABASES

logainm.ie (placenames in English/Irish and their meanings)

ainm.ie (biographies in Irish)

NEWSPAPERS & MAGAZINES

seachtain (online weekly newspaper)

nos.ie (online cultural magazine)

comhar.ie (online literary and current affairs magazine)

tuairisc.ie (online news magazine)

meon eile (belfast based news and videos)

nuacht1.com (gathers news from various online sources)

peig.ie (information hub and news source)

TV

tg4.ie (national Irish language tv station)

nuacht rté (rté news in Irish)

rté (rté website of articles/videos etc. in Irish)

bbc gaeilge (bbc’s Irish language content)

RADIO

raidió na gaeltachta (national Irish language station)

raidió na life (Irish language station located in Dublin)

raidió fáilte (Irish language station located in Belfast)

raidió rí-rá (Hit music station that broadcasts through Irish)

blas (bbc’s Irish language radio show)

raidió na dtreabh (online station based in Galway)

LANGUAGE COURSES

easy irish (basic online introduction to the language by rté)

duolingo (total beginner introduction + audio examples)

gaelchultúr (includes online course for adults + language level testing)

oideas gael (adult Irish language and cultural courses)

gael linn (courses for teenagers and adults)

daltai.com (language courses in usa/canada as well as other countries)

peig.ie (includes map with Irish courses, conversation circles, events, + summer camps)

YOUTUBE

now you’re talking! (complete Irish language learning tv show from the 1990s)

nuacht tg4 (official tg4 youtube channel)

clisare (youtuber, various videos teaching the language)

scúp (tv show about struggling Irish language newspaper in Belfast)

DOCUMENTARIES

des bishop: in the name of the fada (US/Irish comedian learns Irish for a year)

guth in eag? a lost voice (insight into the decline of the Tyrone native Irish)

an feidir linn? can we? (investigating the revival of the Irish language)

it’s a blas! (BBC NI presenter learns Irish to host radio show) [audio missing]

MOVIES

lipservice (short film)

yu ming is anim dom (short film)

cáca milis (short film)

clare sa spéir (short film)

poitín (first feature film entirely in Irish)

fíorghael (short film)

the wind that shakes the barley (available dubbed in Irish)

song of the sea (amhrán na mara) (animated movie available in Irish)

MUSIC

songsinirish.com (database of songs in Irish + English translations)

ceol’08 (Irish artists sing their songs in Irish)

tglurgan (language students perform popular hits in Irish)

rte2fm (various artists perform songs in Irish)

m. máire ó súilleabháin (Irish songs with translations)

SHOPS

siopa.ie (books, music, games and more)

cnagsiopa.com (books, dvds and more)

anceathrupoili.com (bookshop)

udar.ie (games in the Irish language)

gael linn (includes shop with books, dvds and more)

daltai.com (includes shop with some learning books)

cló lar-chonnacht (music, books)

SELF-LEARNING

rosetta stone (software or online)

living language Irish (books, cds, online, apps)

linguashop (software, cds, books)

MISCELLANEOUS LEARNING

mylanguages.org (basic introduction to various parts of the language)

omniglot.com (history of the language, vocabulary)

duolingo.com (course aimed at complete beginner, audio examples)

101languages.net (beginner overview)

wikibooks.org (beginnger course)

irishcultureandcustoms.com (phrases, vocabulary)

OFFICIAL ORGANISATIONS

foras na gaeilge (responsible for the promotion of the Irish language throughout Ireland)

gaeilge.ie (information on Irish language organisations and services)

seachtain na gaeilge (Irish language week: annual national event)

udaras.ie (includes brief history of the language)

coimisineir.ie (includes more brief history)

APPS

getthefocal (two way translator)

cúla4 (aimed at children who are native speakers)

OTHER

list of Irish language media (wikipedia page)

ga.wikipedia.org (wikipedia in Irish)

abair.tcd.ie (turn written Irish text into speech)

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

(and by favorite i mean least favorite)

-English is the slowest spoken language -Hopi have 50 words for snow -Chinese is the hardest language -I don’t have an accent -If we all learned sign language, we could communicate no matter what

“Indian” is a language

The Romance languages are Italian, Spanish, French, German, and English 

English is the hardest language to learn

Anything written with the Arabic alphabet is Arabic 

Slang is ruining English 

There’s no way to talk about X concept in X language (no way to talk about freedom in Russian, etc.)

Languages without a writing system are inferior

English is the only language worth learning

Slavic languages are all harsh and angry

Gendered speech is the same thing as grammatical gender 

Grammatical gender is unnecessary/sexist

Kanji are completely optional in Japanese   

Sign language is just finger spelling

[5/27/17]

Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos.  You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.

American Sign Language

ASL University

Arabic

Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop down menu)

Arabic Without Walls

Intro to Arabic

Madinah Arabic

Moroccan Arabic

Catalan Sign Language

Intro to Catalan Sign Language

Chinese

Beginner

Basic Chinese

Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V

Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II

Beginner’s Chinese

Chinese for Beginners

Chinese Characters

Chinese for HSK 1

First Year Chinese I &  II

HSK Level 1

Mandarin Chinese I

Mandarin Chinese for Business

More Chinese for Beginners

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

UT Gateway to Chinese

Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)

Intermediate

Chinese Stories

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

English

Online Courses here

Resources Here

Faroese

Faroese Course

Finnish

A Taste of Finnish

Basic Finnish

Finnish for Immigrants

Finnish for Medical Professionals

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Basic French Skills

Beginner’s French: Food & Drink

Diploma in French

Elementary French I & II

Français Interactif

French in Action

French for Beginners

French Language Studies I, II, III

French:Ouverture

Intermediate

French: Le Quatorze Juillet

Passe Partout

Advanced

La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie

Reading French Literature

Frisian

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)

Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)

German

Beginner

Basic German

Beginner’s German: Food & Drink

Conversational German I, II, III, IV

Deutsch im Blick

Diploma in German

Rundblick-Beginner’s German

Advanced

German:Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte

Landschaftliche Vielfalt

Reading German Literature

Hebrew

Alphabet Crash Course

Know the Hebrew Alphabet

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Business Hindi

Virtual Hindi

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Irish

Introduction to Irish

Italian

Beginner

Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink

Beginner’s Italian I

Introduction to Italian

Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6 

Oggi e Domani

Intermediate

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced

Advanced Italian I

Italian Literature

Italian Novel of the Twentieth Century

La Commedia di Dante

Reading Italian Literature

Japanese

Beginner’s Conversational Japanese

Genki

Japanese JOSHU

Japanese Pronunciation

Sing and Learn Japanese

Tufs JpLang

Kazakh

A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Korean

Beginner

First Step Korean

How to Study Korean

Learn to Speak Korean

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Latin

Latin I (Taught in Italian)

Nepali

Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Norwegian

Introduction to Norwegian

Learn The Norwegian Language

Norwegian on the Web

Portuguese

Curso de Português para Estrangeiros 

Pluralidades em Português Brasileiro

Russian

Beginner

Basics of Russian

Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian

Russian Alphabet

Russian Essentials

Russian Phonetics and Pronunciation

Reading and Writing Russian

Advanced

Reading Master and Margarita

Russian as an Instrument of Communication

Siberia: Russian for Foreigners

Spanish

Beginner

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Basic Spanish for English Speakers

Beginner’s Spanish:Food & Drink

Fastbreak Spanish

Introduction to Spanish

Restaurants and Dining Out

Spanish for Beginners

Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6

Spanish Vocabulary

Intermediate

Spanish:Ciudades con Historia

Spanish:Espacios Públicos

Advanced

Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones 

La España de El Quijote

Leer a Macondo

Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos

Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas

Reading Spanish Literature

Swedish

Intro to Swedish

Swedish Made Easy 1, 2, & 3

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Ukrainian for Everyone

Ukrainian Language for Beginners

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Discovering Wales

Multiple Languages

 Ancient Languages

More Language Learning Resources & Websites!

LEARN SPANISH WATCHING TV SERIES (FROM SPAIN)

As you all may know, watching TV in your target language helps improving the vocabulary, listening comprehension, and knowledge of it in general. This is why I decided to create a masterpost with some of the most well-known TV series in Spain. The titles are clickable, and they redirect to a trailer or some short clip of the show. 

(Not following any particular order)

Las chicas del cable: Netflix’s first Spanish original series. It’s set in 1928, and it tells the story of a group of girls working for a telecommunications company. It has this Great Gastby feeling, highly recommended! 

Física o química: I’d say this is a low-budget, Spanish version of Skam or Skins, but a bit outdated since it’s from some years ago. But basically same story, the struggles of some high school kids.

Cuéntame cómo pasó: it narrates the daily life of a Spanish family of the second half of the twentieth century, so of course it has some historic episodes going on. It started back in 2001, based in 1968, and it’s still on air, narrating the year 1986.

Aquí no hay quién viva: sitcom which depicts the problems of the neighbours of an apartment building. It stopped being broadcast in 2006, but a new series with basically the same argument and actors emerged, called La que se avecina.

Los hombres de Paco: drama comedy which tells the story of some policemen.

Farmacia de guardia: apparently this is the most watched Spanish TV series ever. It’s a sitcom about a pharmaceutic and her life.

Los Serrano: drama comedy about a family and their struggles.

Vis a vis: a Spanish remake of Orange is the new black, basically.

El ministerio del tiempo: fantasy TV series about a ministry that travels in time.

Velvet: story of love between a heir and a seamstress in the 50s. Miguel Ángel Silvestre (who also appears on Sense8) plays the lead role here.

Sin tetas no hay paraíso: a love story between a posh girl and a troubled guy. Miguel Ángel Silvestre also plays a role here.

El príncipe: drama series of a relationship between a Christian policeman and a Muslim woman.

Aída: sitcom about a poor-ish, low class family and their neighbours.

Águila roja: about a masked hero, set during the 17th century.

La señora: set in the 20s, about a love story between people of two different social classes.

Amar en tiempos revueltos: soap opera depicting the life in the Spanish civil war.

Gran hotel: drama series set in 1905 about a family who own a hotel.

El internado: thriller which focuses on the lives of students living in a boarding room.

Médico de familia: a bit old, tells the story of a doctor and his family.

Hospital central: drama about the lives of some hospital workers.

Verano azul: from 1989, one of the most iconic Spanish TV series. It tells the story of some children and their summer vacation.

If you want to watch any of them and aren’t able to find them (or if you have any doubts), drop me a message and I’ll be glad to help. Happy learning!

Learn Spanish watching TV channels online