How Do I Language?

(these posts are not my own!)

THE HOLY GRAIL of language learning (-> seriously tho, this is the BEST thing I’ve ever come across)

Tips:

Some language learning exercises and tips

20 Favorite Language Learning Tips

what should you be reading to maximize your language learning?

tips for learning a language (things i wish i knew before i started)

language learning and langblr tips

Tips on how to read in your target language for longer periods of time

Tips and inspiration from Fluent in 3 months by Benny Lewis

Tips for learning a sign language

Tips for relearning your second first language

How to:

how to self teach a new language

learning a language: how to

learning languages and how to make it fun

how to study languages

how to practice speaking in a foreign language

how to learn a language when you don’t know where to start

how to make a schedule for language learning

How to keep track of learning more than one language at the same time

Masterposts:

Language Study Master Post

Swedish Resources Masterpost

French Resouces Masterpost

Italian Resources Masterpost

Resource List for Learning German

Challenges:

Language-Sanctuary Langblr Challenge

language learning checkerboard challenge

Word lists:

2+ months of language learning prompts

list of words you need to know in your target language, in 3 levels

Other stuff:

bullet journal dedicated to language learning

over 400 language related youtube channels in 50+ languages

TED talks about language (learning)

Learning the Alien Languages of Star Trek

.

はてなブログ is a similar blogging platform where people talk about random stuff too. i've used it less so i know less about it but there's some fun reads in there

アメーバ is another blogging platform but ive never been on it i just know it because it's kinda well-known

NHKハートネット (specifically the みんなの声 section) is a cool forum-like place where they ask people to share their experience with certain topics, usually about their 悩み, and people have very interesting stories to tell

青空文庫 is pretty famous so you mightve heard of it already but it's a big digital japanese library, it has a lot of classics and fables and stuff like that. i remember reading 走れメロス off there a while ago

this one's not quite the thing you'd read everyday but ひきこもり村 is a forum for ひきこもり and many of the posts (at least last time i looked) show a very human look into everyday people's lives and can be pretty philosophical

and this is just a gigantic archive of this one japanese counselor's online diary entries from 1999-2010 which i just find fascinating to sift through

also, this is a PS since it was mentioned in your original tags, but i was able to download the honto app and i dont live in japan?? i went to this link on my phone and downloaded it from there

for those who don’t know what the internet archive is, it’s a virtual library full of media. books, magazines, recordings, visuals, flash games, websites - a lot of these things either don’t exist anymore or cannot be found & bought. heard of the wayback machine? that’s part of the internet archive. it is the most important website to exist, and i don’t say that lightly. if the internet archive goes down, the cultural loss will be immeasurable.

so how can you help?

boycott the publishing companies involved in this. they’re absolute ghouls, frankly, and don’t deserve a penny. the companies involved are harpercollins (imprints), wiley (imprints), penguin random house llc (imprints), and hachette book group (imprints). make sure the websites are set to your location as it may differ worldwide.

learn to torrent. download a torrent client (i recommend transmission), a vpn (i recommend protonvpn - sign up and choose the area that’s closest to your continent/country), and hit up /r/piracy on reddit for websites. with torrenting, you can get (almost) any media you want for free in high quality, with add-ons such as subtitles, and with no risks of loss. i would also recommend getting into the habit of watching stuff online for free. the less you can pay to a giant corporation, the better.

get into the habit of downloading and archiving materials. find a TB external hard drive, ideally the higher the better. it’ll probably cost around $60 for 1TB and continue to go up, but they’re so so useful. if you can’t afford a drive, look for any GB harddrives or memory sticks you have lying around and just fill them up. videos, pdfs, magazines, songs, movies, games - anything you can rip and download and fit on there, do it, because nothing is permanent.

donate to the internet archive. this is the most important option on the list. the IA relies entirely on funding, and it’s going to need more to fight this case. whatever you can donate, do it. i promise it’s helpful.

and finally…

This post is not related to this blog but we're in a dire situation. My sister is suffering from an incurable disease since 2017 and we are hoping to get some help from here since I'm not a long time user on reddit I don't have much credibility to post my campaign there.

I've been on tumblr since 2011 on and off til now, I lost access on my personal blog @danneil because i lost my phone last year december, owned a bunch of blogs & a member on some tumblr group blogs which will also help us sharing our campaign, most of my blogs were sold off due to our situation. Our expenses exceeds 750-900$ per month (her medical needs alone) she also needs to have consecutive check ups and phlebotomy every month depending on her situation which we haven't done because of how expensive it is and how we struggle day by day to meet up a 25-30$ quota on her needs. Our family has been full of debt since 2021 and we are hoping to get back on our feet. Some information and updates can be seen on our gofundme page regarding credibility & more.

under this is my paypalme account

💉WARNING!!!💉

VERY GRAPHICAL MEDICAL CONTENT AHEAD!!! Photos and everything which I won't blur because I need this to be spread and seen.

🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑

So, I never thought I would come to this but guys... I need help. Like, some serious help. About 12 days ago, just on my last day of vacation, I was sent to emergency and immediately hospitalized because I have been diagnosed with Steven Johnson Syndrome. In summary, I had a very severe, deadly allergic reaction to one of the last medications my psychiatrist (who conveniently dissapeared from my life after she knew the diagnosis) gave me. For twelve days I couldn't eat or drink, and have been bed bound, my body covered in painful blisters inside out, and life has been literally hell since the symptoms manifested and worsened.

🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑

🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑🛑

Thank God to the medical team of more than 20 specialists that visited me and gave me cocktail after cocktail of medicine and painkillers I'm still alive. My case is in fact so rare that is the second time it happens since the Hospital has opened, and it's so severe that the doctors themselves told me that if I wasn't in such a good state of health before everything happened, I would be dead.

At first I wasn't gonna post this since I thought it wasn't the time nor the place, but after so many days hospitalized, even if most of the healthcare is free, the bills are starting to accumulate. And the doctors told me that I'll need to stay here for at least month here before I can fully recover and go back home.

📣So please, if you are reading this, reblog this post!!!📣

【かえるのかるた】 ポストカードの値札用におまけで描いたケロちゃんズを、かるた形式で清書してみた。

簡単な気持ちで制作を始めてみたら意外と大変だったが、シリーズものの制作というのは初めてで目新しく、非常に面白かった。

「無意味ゆえに気楽」というコンセプトで制作しており、「頑張れ」とか「負けるな」とか「前向きに」とかの心を奮い立たせる文言、絵柄ではなく、とにかく無意味で気楽なものを作ってみた。ほんっとに意味ないですからね、このかるた。

尚、よく見ると何故か絵札に文字が書いてあったりと、「根本的におかしいのではないか？」という気がしないでもないが、細かいことはあまり気にしないでおこう。

At a Restaurant (in Japanese) - JLPT N3

単語・Vocabulary

外食をする　がいしょくをする　to eat out

お昼を食べる／昼食をとる／ランチを食べる　おひるをたべる／ちゅうしょくをとる／ランチをたべる　to have lunch

食事　しょくじ　meal

家族そろって　かぞくそろって　together as a family

子どもを連れる　こどもをつれる　to take your child with you

子ども連れ　こどもづれ　customers with children

雰囲気のいいレストラン　ふんいきのいいレストラン　a restaurant with a nice atmosphere

満席　まんせき　no seats (full house)

すいている　seats available

列に並ぶ　れつにならぶ　stand in line

行列ができる　ぎょうれつができる　people line up

禁煙席　きんえんせき　non-smoking seating

喫煙席　きつえんせき　smoking section seating

ウエーター　waiter

ウエートレス　waitress

ウエートレスにおすすめを聞く　ウエートレスにおすすめをきく　to ask the waitress for a recommendation

量が多い　りょうがおおい　large portion

量が少ない　りょうがすくない　small portion

注文が決まる　ちゅうもんがきまる　to decide on what to order

注文する　ちゅうもんする　to place an order

注文を取る／注文を受ける　ちゅうもんをとる／ちゅうもんをうける　to take an order

デザートを追加する　デザートをついかする　to place an additional order of desserts

おかわり　refill

無料(むりょう)／ただ　free, no charge

食器を下げる　しょっきをさげる　to take the plates away

料理を残す　りょうりをのこす　to leave food on one's plate

もったいない　wasteful

例文・Example Sentences

いらっしゃいませ Welcome

お客様は何名様ですか。 おきゃくさまはなんめいさまですか。 How many people are in your party?

2人です。 ふたりです。 There are two people (in the party).

申し訳ありません。 もうしわけありません。 I am very sorry.

もう少々お待ちください。 もうしょうしょうおまちください。 Please wait a little longer.

お待たせいたしました。 おまたせいたしました。 I'm sorry for the wait.

ご注文はお決まりですか。 ごちゅうもんはおきまりですか。 Have you decided on your order?

今日のおすすめは何ですか。 きょうのおすすめはなんですか。 What are today's specialties (recommendations)?

もう1時です。お昼にしましょう。 もういちじです。おひるにしましょう。 It's already 1 pm. Let's have lunch.

家族全員そろって食事に出かけた。 かぞくぜんいんそろってしょくじにでかけた。 We went out to eat together as a family.

すごく長い列だね。あんなに並んでいるということはおいしいのかな。 すごくながいれつだね。あんなにならんでいるというのはおいしいのかな。 That line is so long, isn't it? If that many people are lining up it seems like it must be delicious.

• Lyrics Training - Lyric fill in game

• Radio Garden - Listen to the radio anywhere in the world

• Language Reactor - Browser extension to learn with Netflix, YouTube, etc

• BaBaDum - Fun vocab games

• Linguno - Listening, vocab, and conjugation exercises, plus 10 daily crosswords in each language

• Bilinguis - Read a small selection of classic, older books in a bilingual side-by-side style. Some have audio reading as well!

• Lyrik Line - Read and listen to poetry in your target language!! Huge selection

• Top 40 Charts - Top 40 music hits in countries around the world.

• Kiosko - Daily newspaper covers all over the world. Clicking on one takes you to the news website to read more

• Lexicity - For all of you ancient language obsessed people!! Amazing and thorough resource for many ancient languages

-> Click on the link below to get links to all those sites + more information about them!

I am absolutely fucking serious. The original meme, without the big red denial, is someone's attempt to fucking kill people.

There is NO SAFE DOSAGE of pennyroyal oil. Even Mother Earth News says there's no reason to use pennyroyal essential oil for ANYTHING, even topically or as a fragrance, for fuckssake! That should give you some idea about how dangerous it is!

Pennyroyal tea, plant matter in hot water, is a traditional abortifacient. It is *incredibly* dangerous, induces abortion by bringing the body close to organ failure (and frequently pushing the system right over the edge, because dosage is impossible to meter), but I would drink a gallon of it before I took a half-teaspoon of pennyroyal essential oil.

Two teaspoons, taken across 48 hours, has successfully killed someone.

Three teaspoons taken as a single dosage killed the consumer within THREE HOURS.

There is NO SAFE DOSAGE! FOR PENNYROYAL OIL INTERNALLY! NONE!

There is no antidote for pennyroyal oil poisoning.

There are also dictionaries, vocabulary, phrase books.

📂 - Link.

This should be enough but I'll update if that'd be necessary.

Happy Learning!

Books marked with an asterisk (*) are not graded readers and therefore may not exactly correspond with the level under which they are listed.

A1

Adel und edle Steine by Felix & Theo

Anna by Klara & Theo

Anna, Berlin by Thomas Silvin

Claudia, Mallorca by Thomas Silvin

David, Dresden by Thomas Silvin

Der 80. Geburtstag by Theo Scherling

Der Superstar by Klara & Theo

Detektiv wider Willen by Klara & Theo

Die Neue by Leo & Co.

Donauwalzer by Felix & Theo

Ein Hundeleben by Leo & Co.

Ein Mann zu viel by Felix & Theo

Eine spezielle Band by Sabine Werner

Elvis in Köln by Felix & Theo

Erich ist verschwunden by Regine Böttcher and Susanne Lang

Eva, Wien by Thomas Silvin

Franz, München by Thomas Silvin

Gebrochene Herzen by Leo & Co.

Hamburg - hin und zurück by Felix & Theo

Julie, Köln by Thomas Silvin

Lara, Frankfurt by Thomas Silvin

Nora, Zürich by Thomas Silvin

Oh, Maria … by Felix & Theo

Oktoberfest by Felix & Theo

Ruf der Waldgeister* by Ulf Blanck

Tina, Hamburg by Thomas Silvin

Vera, Heidelberg by Thomas Silvin

A2

Albert Einstein by Sabine Werner

Ausgetrickst by Klara & Theo

Barbara by Felix & Theo

Bild ohne Rahmen by Felix & Theo

Das fliegende Klassenzimmer* by Erich Kästner, Kurt Vethake, and Heinz Schimmelpfenning

Das Gold der alten Dame by Felix & Theo

Das Haus an den Klippen by Achim Seiffarth and Adalbert Stifter

Das Idealpaar by Leonhard Thoma

Das letzte Hindernis by Klara & Theo

Der Fall Schlachter by Felix & Theo

Der gestiefelte Kater. Das tapfere Schneiderlein by Jacob Grimm

Der Jaguar by Leo & Co.

Der letzte Kuss by Volker Borbein, Christian Baumgarten, and Thomas Ewald

Der Mond war Zeuge by Volker Borbein and Christian Baumgarten

Der Schützenkönig vom Chiemsee by Roland Dittrich

Der Tote im See by Charlotte Habersack

Die doppelte Paula by Klara & Theo

Die Loreley lebt! by Roland Dittrich

Die Rache des Computers by Regine Böttcher, Rosi Hinz, and Susanne Lang

Die Spur führt nach Bayern by Volker Borbein

Ebbe & Flut by Felix & Theo

Ein Fall auf Rügen by Felix & Theo

Einer singt falsch by Felix & Theo

Einstein und das tote Kaninchen by Klara & Theo

Faust by Franz Specht

Freude, Liebe, Angst by Volker Borbein and Christian Baumgarten

Gefährlicher Einkauf by Volker Borbein and Christian Baumgarten

Grenzverkehr am Bodensee by Felix & Theo

Haus ohne Hoffnung by Felix & Theo

Jeder ist käuflich by Volker Borbein and Marie-Claire Wieders-Lohéac

Kalt erwischt in Hamburg by Cordula Schurig

Lea? Nein danke! by Friederike Wilhelmi

Leipziger Allerlei by Felix & Theo

Liebe bis in den Tod by Volker Borbein and Christian Baumgarten

Mord auf dem Golfplatz by Felix & Theo

Müller in New York by Felix & Theo

Sicher ist nur eins by Franz Specht

Siegfrieds Tod by Franz Specht

Spuk im Nachbarhaus by Klara & Theo

Tatort Frankfurt by Felix & Theo

Tatort: Krankenhaus by Volker Borbein and Marie-Claire Wieders-Lohéac

Till Eulenspiegel by Jacqueline Tschiesche

Timo darf nicht sterben! by Charlotte Habersack

Tod in der Oper by Volker Borbein and Marie-Claire Wieders-Lohéac

Tödlicher Cocktail by Volker Borbein and Marie-Claire Wieders-Lohéac

Tödlicher Irrtum by Volker Borbein and Christian Baumgarten

Tödlicher Schnee by Felix & Theo

Tor ohne Grenzen by Christian Gellenbeck

B1

Besserwisser by Franz Specht

Das Herz von Dresden by Cordula Schurig

Das Mädchen, mit dem die Kinder nicht verkehren durften* by Irmgard Keun

Das Wunschhaus und andere Geschichten by Leonhard Thoma

Der Hundetraum und andere Verwirrungen by Leonhard Thoma

Der Passagier und andere Geschichten by Brigitte Braucek

Der rote Hahn by Franz Specht

Der Taubenfütterer und andere Geschichten by Leonhard Thoma

Die Angst und der Tod by Franz Specht

Die Blaumacherin by Leonhard Thoma

Die Fantasien des Herrn Röpke und andere Geschichten by Leonhard Thoma

Die Fälle des Kommissar Wagner by Uwe Plasger

Die ganze Wahrheit by Franz Specht

Die schöne Frau Bär by Franz Specht

Faust: das Volksbuch by Achim Seiffarth

Heiße Spür in München by Stefanie Wülfing

Schöne Augen by Franz Specht

Veronikas Gehimnis by Friedhelm Strack

Verschollen in Berlin by Gabi Baier

Wiener Blut by Gabi Baier

B2

100 Karten, die deine Sicht auf die Welt verändern* by Katapult

100 Karten über Sprache* by Katapult

Der Ruf der Tagesfische und andere Geschichten by Leonhard Thoma

Der Tote und das Mädchen* by Martina Bick

Herr der Diebe* by Cornelia Funke

C1

Atlas der verlorenen Sprachen* by Rita Mielke

Brigitta* by Adalbert Stifter

Das Feuerschiff* by Siegfried Lenz

Das Parfum. Die Geschichte eines Mörders* by Patrick Süskind

Der Besuch der alten Dame* by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Der Hund. Der Tunnel. Die Panne* by Friedrich Dürrenmatt

Der Sandmann by E. T. A. Hoffmann

Die Bergwerke zu Falun* by E. T. A. Hoffmann

Die Verwandlung* by Franz Kafka

Effi Briest* by Theodor Fontane

anon asked: what’s the difference between -는 동안 and -(으)면서? I’m so confused

This is a great question! I am assuming you’re asking because they can be translated as the same thing into English. I understand why there will be confusion because, under context, these grammar points aren’t really distinguishable in English as they are in Korean. 

-는 동안; while, during [go here for more]

Use this when:

You’re not talking about the same doer of the action [엄마가 설거지를 하는 동안 아빠는 화장실을 청소했어요 - Mom cleaned the dishes while dad cleaned the bathroom]

You are talking about the same doer of the action [어제 공부하는 동안 문제가 생겼어요 - I found a problem while studying yesterday]

The doer of the action is inanimate [비가 많이 오는 동안 구름이 어두워졌어요 - the clouds darkened while it poured]

Try to remember that 동안 is used for a period of time; “-는 동안”은 일정 기간 동안 사용되다. Consider the example in the first rule. Think of the context of this sentence as: during the time it took for my mom to do the dishes, my dad cleaned the bathroom. Yes, you can switch it around because contextually it means the same thing, “아빠가 화장실을 청소하는 동안 엄마는 설거지를 했어요.”

NOTE: Because “-는” attaches to the dependent clause [엄마가 설거지를 하는 동안], the verb before it does not take tense and underlyingly takes the tense of the independent clause’s verb [아빠는 화장실을 청소했어요]. I used the past tense [과거] in my examples, but you can use the present tense [현재] or future tense [미래], obviously, depending on what you want to say. 

More Examples:

한국에서 사는 동안 한국어를 빨리 배웠어요 - While I lived in Korea, I learned Korean quickly.

대학교 디니는 동안 어디에서 살 거예요? - Where are you going to live while attending University?

아빠가 저녁을 준비하는 동안 저는 보통 숙제를 해요 - I usually do my homework while my dad makes dinner.

희주가 세수하는 동안 혜민은 이를 닦았어요 - While Heeju washed her face, Hyemin brushed her teeth.

제가 자는 동안 고양이는 제 식물을 먹었어요 - While I slept, my cat ate my plants.

-(으)면서; while

Use this when:

The doer of the action is the same [희주는 먹으면서 유튜브를 봐요 - Heeju watches YouTube while eating]

The action is happening simultaneously [지하철을 기다리면서 친구하고 전화했어요 - I waited for the metro while I called my friend]

Contrasting two actions [대현은 한국에서 일하고 싶다고 하면서 한국어를 못해요 - Daehyun said they wanted to work in Korea, but they don’t speak Korean]

NOTE: You can only use -(으)면서 when talking about the same doer of the action or state. For example, 희주는 일하는 동안 음악을 들었어요 and 희주는 일하면서 음악을 들었어요. BOTH work and are grammatically correct. The working and listening to music is being done by 희주, whether at the same time, or during work. However, a sentence like “희주는 일하면서 혜민은 음악을 들었어요” is grammatically incorrect. Even if 희주 and 혜민 are doing this at the same time, you must use -는 동안. 

More Examples:

샤워하면서 노래를 불렀어요 - While showering, I sang

요리하면서 요리법을 봐요 - While cooking, I read a recipe

수업을 들으면서 메모를 해요 - I take notes while in class

운전하면서 문자를 보내지 마세요 - Don’t text while driving

희주는 숙제를 하면서 음악을 들어요 - While Heeju does her homework, she listens to music

Differences between the two:

You can use 동안 with nouns [명사], you cannot use (으)면서 with nouns. However, you can use (이)면서 with nouns in conjunction with 이다 [저는 대학생이면서 선생님이에요 - I am a university student and a teacher]. This expresses two states of being that happen at the same time. 

You can not use -는 동안 to contrast actions

You MUST use the same doer of action with (으)면서

-는 동안 expresses an action that occurs during a period of time; -(으)면서 does not necessarily take place at a specific time

Similarities between the two:

You attach tense at the end of the sentence, you cannot attach tense to the dependent verb

They are, most of the time, interchangeable; just remember the rules above

BONUS! -(을/ㄹ) 때; when

The closest origin of “때” I could find in 한자 is “時”. “때” refers to an event/time/period of action (another translation of 時 can be 시). 

Things to remember:

You can use -때 with nouns and -(을/ㄹ) 때 with verbs.

Because it refers to a specific moment, you can attach tense to -(을/ㄹ) 때

You can use this with adjectives!

Can be used with -까지 and -부터! [때 + 부터 = since // 때 + 까지 = until]

Examples:

비행기를 도착할 때 엄마하고 전화할게요 - When my plane lands, I’ll call my mom

대학생[이였을] 때 돈이 없었잖아요 - When I was a uni student, I didn’t have money, as you know

한국 친구에게 한국말로 하기 시작했을 때 마이클은 깜짝 놀랐어요 - When I started speaking Korean to my Korean friend, Michael was surprised!

공부할 때 음악을 들어요 - When I study, I listen to music

시간이 있을 때 알려주세요 - Let me know when you have time

16살 때부터 한국어를 배웠어요 - I’ve been learning Korean since I was 16

이렇게 될 때까지 더 씻어야 해요 - You have to wash it more until it’s like this

한국에 갈 때 홍대하고 제주도 방문하고 싶어요 - When I go Korea, I want to visit Jeju and Hongdae

혜민 언니는 한국에 들어갔을 때 제가 너무 슬펐어요 - I was so sad when Hyemin when back to Korea

어렸을 때 그림을 그리기 시작했어요 - I started drawing when I was a kid

Hope this helps! If there’s any more confusion, please, don’t hesitate to send another message or ask! 

Happy Learning :) 

anon asked: 안녕하습니다 for the request thing can you do a more indepth blog on the body? 고맙습니다

Yes! I very much can! To piggyback off this ask, I’m going to include certain systems of the body as well. This will be PART ONE of the in depth body posts! Please refer to my first body post to get the basics!

*pictured above is a plain face with closed eyes, highlighting the ears (vocabulary pointing to the necessary region)

머리 / 고개 - head

major difference between 머리 and 고개: 머리 is used for the general region of the head (plus the brain and everything inside) whereas 고개 is used primarily for any movement of the head. 

머리카락 / 머리칼 - hair

얼굴 / 낯 - face

major difference between 얼굴 and 낯: 얼굴 refers to a physical face whereas 낯 refers to a mental/abstract face (see examples below).

이마 - forehead

눈 - eye

코 - nose

입 - mouth

턱 - chin

볼 / 빰 - cheek

major difference between 볼 and 빰: 볼 refers to the centre of the cheek whereas 빰 refers to the general area. For example, you would pinch 볼 but slap 빰.

귀 - ear

귓속 - inner ear

코클레어 / 달팽어관 - cochlea 

청각 신경 - auditory nerve

안면 신경 - facial nerve

중이 - middle ear

고막 - eardrum

외이 - outer ear

연골 - cartilage 

Example Sentences:

태호는 낙담해서 고개를 저었어요 - Tae-Ho shook his head in despair.

음식에 머리칼이 있습니다! - There’s a hair in my food!

낯 / 얼굴이 뜨거워요:    낯 = I’m embarrassed > the face is hot (more abstract)    얼굴 = the face is hot > I’m embarrassed (more concrete)

괜찮아요? 네 이마에 열이 있잖아요.. - Are you ok? Your forehead feels hot. 

눈을 감고 소원을 빌어 봐요! - Close your eyes and make a wish!

*picture is of a plain face with open eyes; to the top right, the left eye is opened (vocabulary pointing to the necessary region), to the bottom right, an open mouth with a tongue sticking out (vocabulary pointing to the necessary region).

눈썹 - eyebrow

속눈썹 - eyelash

눈가 - eye rim (general eye area)

눈꺼풀 - eyelid

눈동자 - pupil

홍채 - iris

콧구멍 - nostril

코털 - nose hair

입술 - lips

혀 - tongue

잇몸 - gums

이 / 치아 - tooth

major difference between 이 and 치아: 이 is a more casual, newer version of “tooth”, whereas 치아 is more formal and comes from 齒牙 in 한자 (sometimes, reference is related to ‘dental/dentistry’)

not to be confused with 이빨 - tooth (usually for non-human animals)

어금니 - molar

사랑니 - wisdom tooth

Not Mentioned: 

뇌 - brain

두개골 - skull

Example Sentences:

입술이 계속 트고 갈라져요 - My lips are still cracked and chapped

혀를 내밀어 보세요 - Please stick out your tongue.

식사 후에 이를 꼭 닦으세요 - Make sure you brush your teeth after eating.

입을 크게 벌리세요 - Open your mouth wide!

Verbs to Remember:

듣다 - to listen 들리다 - to hear 귀 기울이다 - to listen carefully 엿듣다 - to eavesdrop 먹다 - to eat 깜박거리다 - to blink

Reminder: this is PART ONE of the in depth body posts! I got a fair amount of requests but my inbox is still open! I look forward to everyone’s ideas!

If there’s anything you’d like to add, feel free! Pictures drawn by me as all things are on this blog; please do not repost without my permission. 

Happy Learning :) 

ASL is American Sign Language and it's a beautiful and complex visual language used primarily by Deaf and Hard of Hearing people. I've been studying it for about 3 months now and have completely fallen in love with it! My roommate and his gf both know varying levels of ASL (she's fluent and he's around my level) so it's been great to practice with them when we're able.

A lot of my language progress has been coming from youtube videos and practicing by myself (especially in a mirror or recording myself) so I wanted to share some of the resources I've found particularly helpful!

HandSpeak ASL Dictionary: This is a great database where you can look up how to sign various words

What The Deaf?! Podcast: A podcast run by two Deaf women talking about various aspects of their lives, gives some insight into Deaf culture and their lived experiences

ASL Fingerspelling Receptive Practice: They show short videos of a fingerspelled word that you then type out to see if you interpreted it correctly. Fingerspelling is a super important skill in ASL so I highly recommend practicing either with sites like this or through other resources meant for receptive practice!

Bill Vicars ASL 1 YouTube Lessons: These are more extended lessons taught entirely through sign while still being largely understandable. I recommend checking these out once you have a little more of a foundation in vocabulary so you can follow along better!

Chris Gorges ASL Basics YouTube Lessons: He gives clear and concise explanations for a lot of different concepts. I went through all of the videos in this playlist which helped me build up my vocabulary quickly

The Daily Moth YouTube Channel: They produce daily news segments signed in ASL with captions, which I’ve found is great for receptive practice and semi-immersion even though they still go quite fast for my current level

Classical Language Learning Masterpost

I’m not studying any Greek or Roman this coming year (I sacrificed intro classical languages for gender & history), but I will be doing a Roman history module and engaging with the language is always useful. I know a few people who have been looking for Greek/Latin learning resources, which is how this list came about. It includes MOOCs, youtube videos and websites. Not really knowing much Latin or Greek I can’t vouch for them 100% but my googling skills are pretty on point, so they should be okay. Feel free to correct me or add to this.

Latin

Getting started on classical Latin

Duration 10 hours

Introductory level

This free course, Getting started on classical Latin, has been developed in response to requests from learners who had had no contact with Latin before and who felt they would like to spend a little time preparing for the kind of learning that studying a classical language involves. The course will give you a taster of what is involved in the very early stages of learning Latin and will offer you the opportunity to put in some early practice.

Continuing classical Latin

Duration 4 hours

Intermediate level

This free course, Continuing classical Latin, gives you the opportunity to hear a discussion of the development of the Latin language.

FLVS Latin

As we build our Via Latina, we will travel back to ancient Rome. On our travels we learn about their culture, history and literature.

National Archives: Beginner’s Latin

Welcome to the beginners’ Latin tutorials. These lessons cover the type of Latin used in official documents written in England between 1086 and 1733. This can be quite different from classical Latin, as used by the Ancient Romans.

Learn Latin

Here are two dozen short lessons on learning Latin designed for “mountain men” (and women: montani montanaeque), engineers, philosophers, and anyone else looking for entertainment and with lots of free time by the campfire. My course is quite different from Peter Jones’ Learn Latin (New York: Barnes and Noble, 1997), but it is just as devoted to interesting you in Latin.

Learn Latin (Learn101)

I would like to welcome you to the Latin lessons. I’m here to help you learn Latin, by going step by step. All the lessons contain audio and are all offered for free.

The London Latin Course

170 videos

Learn Latin from the ground up. This is a serial course, structured to bring you to a high level of Latin fluency. The pace is slow and unhurried. This course is suitable for all ability levels. Restored Classical Pronunciation.

Latin Online

Latin is probably the easiest of the older languages for speakers of English to learn, both because of their earlier relationship and because of the long use of Latin as the language of educational, ecclesiastical, legal and political affairs in western culture.

Latin Excercises

Welcome to UVic’s practice exercises for Wheelock’s Latin (6th edition). There are 40 units comprising many hundreds of exercises to help you consolidate your progress in the classroom and with the textbook.

Ancient Greek

Introducing Ancient Greek

If you are starting to learn Ancient Greek, this site is for you! This site will help you prepare for a Beginner’s Ancient Greek course.

Classical Greek Online

Greek has been important in the intellectual life of western civilization, but not to the extent of Latin except for ecclesiastical matters. In years past, Latin was introduced in the first year of High School, followed by Greek in the third year.

Ancient Greek Online

This site was designed to be a learning environment for students as well as a reading room for scholars. The large print Greek is easy on the eyes. The Internet has returned us to the scrolling method of reading texts, which lends itself particularly well to the project at hand.

Teach Yourself Ancient Greek

The material presented here will be of use to anyone beginning ancient Greek, but is specifically designed to accompany our book.

Ancient Greek Grammar

103 videos

Including pronunciation tips. I haven’t personally watched this and there’s no real description, but it looks pretty comprehensive from what I can see.

Greek & Latin

Introducing the Classical world

Duration 20 hours

Intermediate level

How do we learn about the world of the ancient Romans and Greeks? This free course, Introducing the Classical world, will provide you with an insight into the Classical world by introducing you to the various sources of information used by scholars to draw together an image of this fascinating period of history.

Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin

Duration 12 hours

Intermediate level

The free course, Discovering Ancient Greek and Latin, gives a taste of what it is like to learn two ancient languages. It is for those who have encountered the classical world through translations of Greek and Latin texts and wish to know more about the languages in which these works were composed.

Textkit