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die Bürste – the brush

die Benutzung – the use

die Anweisung – the instruction

I was watching TED talks, as you do, and thought ha I wonder how many languages they have and I stumbled across this language heaven! They have over 100 languages and subtitles are available in various languages which is honestly terrific! I think the scope and depth of topics offered by TED talks could be a great way to broaden your vocabulary in areas which you wouldn’t otherwise be able to particularly for intermediate and advanced learners. Anyway happy watching and learning! (Links down below, click read-more link.)

Here are some podcasts for those of you that learn or speak Spanish.  Many you can find on  iTunes, on Android using Pocket Casts, or on their own websites/RSS feed. Other podcasts: Arabic| French | German | Italian| Russian| Ukrainian| Eurasia

Language Learning

Accelerated Spanish

Coffee Break Spanish

Discover Spanish

Language Transfer: Complete Spanish

Learn Spanish Daily Podcast

Learning Spanish for Beginners 

Light Speed Spanish

Medical Spanish Podcast

Notes in Spanish: Beginner

Notes in Spanish: Intermediate

Notes in Spanish: Advanced

One Minute Spanish

One Minute Latin American Spanish

Real Deal Spanish

Spanish by Choice: Transcripts here.

SpanishPod101

Spanish - SurvivalPhrases

Speak Spanish with Maria Fernandez

Beginner-Advanced Listening

Advanced Spanish with Spanish Obsessed

Español Automático: Includes transcripts.

Españolistos

Hablemos Español (Mexico)

La Casa Rojas: Transcripts can be bought.

Learn Argentinian Spanish

My Spanish Podcasts

News in Slow Spanish (Spain):  Includes transcripts.

News in Slow Spanish (Latin America): Includes transcripts.

Notes in Spanish: Gold: Transcripts can be bought.

Podcast en Spanish

Spanishpodcast: Includes transcripts.

SpanishPodcast.net: Includes transcripts.

Show Time Spanish

Unlimited Spanish: Includes transcripts.

Spanish Only

00 Podcast: Movies

Al Filo de la Realidad: Occult, UFO’s, pseudoscience.

Campamento Krypton: Pop culture.

CienciaEs: Science podcasts

Cultura, contracultura, y recontracultura: Culture.

Economía para la Ciudadanía: Economics.

El Amor Después : Relationships and love.

Engadget: Technology.

Es Salud: Health.

Es una Trampa: Star Wars

Fallo de sistema: Sci-fi, comics, movies.

Gameover: Video games.

Histocast: History

Juego de Tronos : Game of Thrones.

La Papa: Answers to unique questions.

La  Parroquia: Humor.

La Rosa de los Vientos: Mystery

Lo-Fi: Relationships.

Melomania: Classical music.

Memorias de un Tambor: Spanish history.

Nadie sabe nada: Humor.

Negá Todo : X-files

Nunca Ayudes a Nadie: Productivity

Oh My LOL: Humor

Radio Ambulante: Like This American Life

Radioshock: Random interesting topics.

SBS Radio: News

Señaladores: Literature.

Sexopolis: Sex & sexuality.

Siglo 21: Music.

Son y sabor: Music

Terror Y Nada Más: Horror.

Verne y Wells Ciencia Ficción: Sci-fi and stories.

Argentina Podcastera: Several interesting podcasts from Argentina.

iVoox: Several podcasts can be found here.

Radio Nacional: Several podcasts from Colombia.

RTVE: Several podcasts from Spain that you narrow by category.

🌑Luna nueva. New moon

🌒Luna creciente / Creciente cóncava. Waxing crescent

🌓Cuarto creciente. First quarter 

🌔Luna creciente convexa / Creciente gibosa. Waxing gibbous

🌕Luna llena. Full moon

🌖Luna menguante convexa / Menguante gibosa. Waning gibbous

🌗Cuarto menguante. Third quarter / Last quarter

Masculine

nouns referring to males: der Vater, der Junge

many nouns ending in -er, -en, or -el: der Lehrer, der Wagen, der Mantel

days, months, seasons: der Montag, der Januar, der Herbst

foreign words with the accent on the last syllable: der Soldat, der Elefant

nouns formed from an infinitive minus the -en: der Besuch, der Lohn

many nouns that form their plural by adding (occasionally an umlaut) always -e: der Brief, der Satz

nouns ending in -ich, -ig, -ismus, -ist, -ling, or -us: der Teppich, der Käfig, der Kommunismus, der Kapitalist, der Lehrling, der Rhythmus

Feminine

nouns that refer to females: die Mutter, die Frau

names of numerals: die Eins, die Hundert

names of many numbers: die Elbe, die Mosel

many nouns ending in -e: die Lampe, die Ernte

nouns ending in -in that identify females in professions: die Lehrerin, die Ärztin

many nouns ending in -a: die Kamera, die Pizza

many nouns that form their plural by -en or -n: die Tante, die Zeitschrift

nouns ending in -ei, -heit, -keit, -ie, -ik, -nz, -schaft, -ion, -tät, -ung, or -ur: die Schweinerei, die Einheit, die Einsamkeit, die Fotografie, die Topik, die Konferenz, die Landschaft, die Position, die Universität, die Prüfung, die Natur

Neuter

diminutive nouns that end in -chen or -lein: das Mädchen, das Röslein

nouns formed from an infinitive: das Einkommen, das Singen

most nouns that end in -nis: das Bekenntnis, das Gedächtnis

many nouns with the prefix Ge-: das Gemälde, das Gelächter

nouns that refer to metals: das Gold, das Silber

nouns that end in -ment: das Regiment, das Experiment

most nouns that form their plural by (occasionally an umlaut) and always -er: das Haus, das Kind

bis du dies gelesen hast, werde ich schon tot sein. Ich denke, dass es so passieren wird: Dieter wird mich erschießen, dann werde ich Dieter erschießen, dann wird Erich hereinkommen und von Dieter erschossen werden. Dann wirst du kommen und von Erich, Dieter und mir mehrere Male erschossen werden.

Hochachtungsvoll,

Dein Bruder Konrad

En temps com aquest, els gats em curaràn el cor.

Here’s where you can buy and listen to books in Nordic languages, but for some sites you have to use that country’s credit card

Icelandic:

Hlusta

Hljóðbók

Storytel

Penninn

Forlagið

Norwegian:

Ebok

Storytel

Lydbokforlaget

Fabel

CDON

Bokklubben

Danish:

eReolen

Mofibo

PolitikenBooks

Saxo

Swedish:

Storytel

Ljudböcker

Adlibris

BookBeat

Bokus

Nextory

Finnish:

eKirjasto

BookBeat

Storytel

Adlibris

I would like to bring to you all a wonderful discovery: The German ‘Verwechslungsgefahr’ memes!

The meme translates into ‘danger/risk of confusion’ and depicts a series of homonyms and amusing situations. I’ve actually been using this to expand my German vocabulary. Here are some of my favorite examples: 

BEWARE! If you type it into google images, you’ll most likely come across a few offensive examples, so browse carefully!