践远游之文履，曳雾绡之轻裾 [洛神赋]

this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for Manchu. it will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!

info

glottolog

introduction by @ayearinlanguage

lament for a dying language [asia times]

omniglot

the endangered languages project

wikipedia

world atlas of language structures

this post is meant to be a directory of every resource I come across for American Sign Language (ASL). it will be a continuous work in progress so thank you for your patience! if you have any issues or things to add, please reply to this post!

info

glottolog

introduction by @ayearinlanguage

national association of the deaf

national institute on deafness

playlist of samples

sign language structure, learning, and change [mooc]

wikipedia

world atlas of language structures

LADT+ - Leispiach, Aerach, Déghnéasach, Trasinscneach móide

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Sainmhíniú:

Leispiach - mná agus daoine baineann neamh-dhénártha a mbíonn grá acu le mná agus daoine baineann neamh-dhénártha eile

Aerach - fir agus daoine fireann neamh-dhénártha a mbíonn grá acu le fir agus daoine fireann neamh-dhénártha eile

Déghnéasach - duine a mbíonn grá acu le dhá nó níos mo h-inscní

Trasinscneach - nuair a deir duine a n-inscne difriúila idir an inscne a thug an doctiúr iad nuair a rugadh siad, is iad trasinscneach

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Sainmhíniú as Béarla:

A lesbian is a female or feminine identifying person who is solely attracted to females and feminine identifying people

Gay means you are solely attracted to people of the same gender as yourself

Bisexual means the person is attracted to two or more genders

Transgender means you identify as a gender that is different from the one you were assigned at birth

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[ID: na bratachaí leispiach, aerach, déghnéasach agus trasinscneach le na focail sin]

Typography Tuesday

This week we present some selected pages from a 1748 study by Johann Friedrich Fritz of alphabets and syllabaries used around the world, published in Leipzig by Christian Friedrich Gessner: Orientalisch- und occidentalischer Sprachmeister … . [Oriental and Occidental Language Master]. The book purports to cover over 100 languages with their letter forms and numbers, and also presents the Lord’s Prayer in 200 written languages. The 300+-page book is a visual typographic feast of letter forms, including the German Gothic fonts that present the main texts.

How to improve your handwriting by @studyquill

How to improve your handwriting by @procrastinatecreate

How to improve your handwriting by @studywithinspo

How to improve my handwriting quickly by @emmastudies

Tips and tricks for handwriting by @tbhstudying

How to improve your cursive

Taking notes

Taking notes by @studybetty

How to take notes by @thatsogerman

How to take notes by @sassy-prefect

How I take notes

How I take notes by @cherstudies

How I take notes by @briellestudies

How I take notes by @academicmind

How I take notes by @parate-regis

My notetaking system

Eintsein guide to note taking by @eintsein

Effective note taking by @afternaomi

Note taking tips by @studywright

Note taking tips by @b-uwu-ng

Note taking tips by @studyfulltime

From textbook

Pretty and helpful textbook note titles by @ariistides

How to take notes from a textbook

How to take notes from a textbook by @rhubarbstudies

How I take textbook notes by @stressedestudiante

Taking notes from textbooks by @noteology

Transformed a complete 300 pages textbook into 13 pages by @study-with-batmicka

From lectures/classes

Taking notes in lectures by @joulesstudies

How to take lecture notes by @letsget-downtobusiness

How to take effective class or lecture notes

How to take notes faster

Studyquirk’s guide to useful symbols and abbreviations for faster lecture note taking by @studyquirk

Symbols and abbreviations for note taking by @mystudentid

How I take notes in-class

Some tips for lectures by @justanotherpsychmajor

Lecture notes by @studypetals

Note taking methods

Note taking systems by @kimtented

Cornell notes by @operationpsych

When to use by @studyhardest

How to use sticky notes by @etudiance

Mind maps vs text notes by @engincrd

Mind maps

A mind map about mind mapping

How to mind map by @study-nsp

For Literature

How I annotate my textbook by @studentstoolbox

How to annotate

Annotate and taking notes from Literature

Annotating effectively by @hideandstudy

For Biology

How to take Biology notes

For History

How to take History notes

For ap euro or any history note taking tips by @simply-study

Colour coding

How to create an effective colour coding system

Colour code notes tips and tricks

A guide to colour code by @oreo-studies

Aesthetic notes

How to illustrate your notes by @reviseordie

Aesthetic notes

Guide to pretty notes by @theorganisedstudent

Tips for writing prettier notes by @focusign

Banners and fonts

App

Microsoft OneNote

Printables

Note taking printables

Gradient notes by @ennui-for-me

6 page exam revision printable pack

Study pack

If you have anything more to add on the list, please feel free to send me an ask.

As you can probably tell from the title, this post explains how I use google docs to take notes. I know that not everyone likes to take notes from a computer, however, I personally prefer typed notes to handwritten notes. Also if you like this method, but prefer handwritten notes, you should be able to recreate the template I use on paper. 

Disclaimer: This post assumes that you already know how to use the basic features of google docs. This is not a tutorial on how to use google docs in general, but rather focused on using a specific template that I made. 

Below is a link to the google docs template I created. Please feel free to use it if you want to try this method out for your own notes.

Google docs template

I use an adapted version of what is called the Cornell note taking method. The way this works is you draw a line across your paper so that you have a large right hand column (about 2/3 of your paper) and you have a smaller left hand column (about 1/3 of your paper). You’re also supposed to put a summary section at the bottom of your page, but as you’ll see in a second I don’t do that because I don’t find it super helpful. 

A GUIDE TO MAKING EFFECTIVE SLIDES aka how to create presentation slides that actually improve your presentation

By Eintsein

Okay, so I thought I’d write a post about a topic that’s really close to my heart, being a Legally Blind person: Japanese Braille. 

There are 1.64 million people in Japan with an Uncorrectable Vision Impairments, 187,000 of which are listed as Blind.

Japanese Braille sounds really difficult, but in reality it’s not actually that hard! Especially once you get a few hundred Kanji in, learning Japanese Braille is honestly super simple. 

First of all, a note: Japanese Braille (99% of the time, at least) is completely phonetic; there’s no differentiation between Hiragana, Katakana, and Kanji like there is in Written Japanese.

Additionally, it follows really basic patterns; with the exception of a few Punctuation-type characters, you basically only have to learn 21 basic pieces, as everything else follows basic patterns beyond that. 

First off, the vowels: 

All other Syllables use these same Vowels, in the same places

Following this, there comes all of the Consonants

Note that the vowels are in the exact same spot as in the AIUEO characters, just with an added mark for the Consonant.

Here is probably a good place to point out: Dakuten is marked by a single dot on the middle of the right side of the cell, placed BEFORE the character that gets changed by the Dakuten (Handakuten is the same, except the dot was lowered to the bottom right of the cell)

You’ll note that this brings us up to 14 characters…. where are all the rest?

If you’re observant, you’ll note that Ya, Yu, Yo, and Wa and (W)o are missing from the chart here. That’s because these 5 characters break the rules, just a little bit.

(Note that the Wi & We characters are only there for Ancient Japanese; don’t worry if you never learned them before, they’re gone from Japanese now)

Note that the -y- character there is placed BEFORE another consonant to make it a _y_ version of it (i.e. put it before Ka to make Kya), and that the -w- character is used to make all the irregular Little Characters (i.e. put it before Ha and you’ll get Fa).

There’s 2  more characters to learn, and they’re pretty easy. 

They’re made for doubling consonants, and doubling vowels respectively

For example, putting a Sokuon before Ka makes Kka, and a Chouon AFTER A makes Aa

So instead of studying today, I went through a bunch of websites to find some links for free parallel reading. Give these a go:

https://www.grimmstories.com/

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

https://www.lonweb.org/

http://bilinguis.com/

!!!! http://paralleltext.io/

Being a queer Tolkien fan makes for an interesting time of things, and few places in the legendarium make that as evident as his Elvish languages. Not only is there no word for “sibling” in Sindarin (the most common elven language of the Third Age) while there are a lot of words for “sister” and “brother”, but even words like “bread-giver” and “eavesdropper” are gendered. Binary gendered, of course–this is Tolkien we’re talking about.

So what’s an agender fan to do? Make their own mini-dictionary of gender neutral terminology, of course!

Where do these words come from, anyway?

Many of the words in the dictionary are from the Sindarin dictionary available at Sindarin Lessons (linked in the document) or Eldamo.org. The remainder, for the most part, were created by me based on existing rules of the Sindarin language.

Why Sindarin?

It’s the only one of Tolkien languages I’ve studied in depth so far. :D;; When I have more familiarity with Quenya, I’ll do one for that, too. But it’s also the most useful elven language to know for the period in which The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings takes place, so there’s that, as well.

There are some words in the dictionary that you haven’t translated. What are “Vanyar” and “Teleri”?

Tolkien divided his elves into various clans, whose opinions of each other ranged from indifference to pure loathing. The Vanyar and the Teleri are two of those clans. This sort of detail doesn’t come up so much in his most popular works, but it’s very important in The Silmarillion, for example. If anyone would like to learn more about these groups, feel free to send me a message and I will talk about them way more than anyone really is interested in hearing.

Hi everyone, I’m back with another writing challenge for you! I tried my best, but please let me know if I had any repeats from last month. 

If you don’t know about this challenge: Want to maintain or improve your writing skills in your target language this summer? Try this 30-day writing challenge for June: Every day, answer the following prompts in your target language (in a personal journal or in a tumblr post). Good luck!

Translate the first few sentences of your favorite book into your language (make sure to include the author and title!!).

If you could live in any era (i.e. the roaring ‘20s), what would it be and why?

Write a summary of your favorite TV show or movie.

List 3-5 facts about your country (or your family’s country of origin).

What are 5-8 songs that would be on your summer playlist? Translate their titles into your target language.

Look up and list 3-5 slang terms in your language.

Describe your favorite summer outfit.

Name 3 things that have made you smile this week.

Write today’s to-do list in your target language.

How will you improve as a student next year?

What is one goal you hope to achieve by the end of this month?

Name a funny childhood memory.

Where is your favorite study space? Why?

Translate a few lines from a favorite song.

Give a basic physical description of yourself (if you are posting online, protect your own privacy - don’t list anything super specific!!).

Briefly describe some of your personality traits.

What’s one nice thing that you’ve done for someone else recently?

Why do you want to learn the language you are studying?

List 3 useful phrases in your language (such as “Where is the bathroom?” or “There is an emergency.” I feel like we never learn these things in class lol)

Name some terms and phrases that are specific to the career you are pursuing.

Describe your favorite scene from a book, show, or movie.

What would you do with $100? Why?

What’s one good thing about the world in this day and age? What’s one bad thing?

What are some things on your bucket list and why?

What is one thing (food, a scent, a stuffed animal, etc.) that is nostalgic/brings back memories? Why?

What is one thing that stresses you out, and what do you do to de-stress/avoid stress when you have to deal with that thing?

Write a short letter to your past self (maybe 5 years ago?).

What is your Myers-Briggs personality type? Describe it? Is it accurate?

What is one worry/problem you have right now, and what are you doing/going to do to fix it?

What is the nicest thing someone has said to you/about you?

Favorite memory from this month?

远(yuǎn) – 近(jìn) = Far - Close

快(kuài) – 慢(màn) = Fast - Slow

肥(féi) – 瘦(shòu) = Fat - Thin

满(mǎn) – 空(kōng) = Full - Empty

好(hǎo) – 坏(huài) = Good - Bad

开心(kāi xīn) – 难过(nán guò) = Happy - Sad

湿(shī) – 干(gān) = Wet - Dry

宽阔(kuān kuò) – 狭窄(xiá zhǎi) = Wide - Narrow

活着的(huó zhe de) – 死亡的(sǐ wáng de) = Alive - Dead

经常(jīng cháng) – 从不(cóng bú) = Always – Never

古代(gǔ dài) – 现代(xiàn dài) = Ancient - Modern

承认(chéng rèn) – 否认(fǒu rèn) = Admit – Deny

到达(dào dá) – 离开(lí kāi) = Arrival – Departure

美丽(měi lì) – 丑陋(chǒu lòu) = Beautiful – Ugly

开始(kāi shǐ) – 结束(jié shù) = Beginning – Ending

钝的(dùn de) – 锋利的(fēng lì de) = Blunt – Sharp

责备(zé bèi) – 赞扬(zàn yán) = Blame – Praise

勇敢(yǒng gǎn) – 胆小(dǎn xiǎo) = Bravery – Cowardice

重(zhòng) – 轻(qīng) = Heavy - Light

这(zhè) – 那(nà) = Here – There

高(gāo) – 低(dī) = High - Low

里(lǐ) – 外(wài) = In - Out

大(dà) - 小(xiǎo) = Big - Small

热(rè) – 冷(lěng) = Hot – Cold

有趣的(yǒu qù de) – 无聊的(wú liáo de) = Interesting - Boring

亮(liàng) – 暗(àn) = Light - Dark

长(cháng) – 短(duǎn) = Long - Short

多(duō) – 少(shǎo) = Many - Few

新(xīn) – 旧(jiù) = New - Old

富有(fù yǒu) – 贫穷(pín qióng) = Rich - Poor

右(yòu) – 左(zuǒ) = Right - Left

聪明(cōng míng) – 愚蠢(yú chǔn) = Clever – Stupid

常见(cháng jiàn) – 罕见(hǎn jiàn) = Common- Rare

消失(xiāo shī) – 出现(chū xiàn) = Disappear – Appear

失败(shī bài) – 成功(chéng gōng) = Fail – Succeed

包含(bāo hán) – 排除(pái chú) = Include – Exclude

笑(xiào) – 哭(kū) = Laugh – Cry

懒(lǎn) – 勤奋的(qín fèn de) = Lazy – Industrious

领导(lǐng dǎo) – 追随者(zhuī suí zhě) = Leader – Follower

疯狂的(fēng kuáng de) – 理智的(lí zhí de) = Mad – Sane

嘈杂的(cáo zá de) – 安静的(ān jìng de) = Noisy – Quiet

永久的(yǒng jiǔ de) – 暂时的(zàn shí de) = Permanent – Temporary

对(duì) – 错(cuò) = Right - Wrong

高(gāo) – 矮(ǎi) = Tall – Short

年轻(nián qīng) – 老(lǎo) = Young - Old

便宜(pián yi) – 贵(guì) = Cheap - Expensive

早(zǎo) – 迟(chí) = Early - Late

干净(gàn jìng) – 脏(zāng) = Clean - Dirty

深(shēn) – 浅(qiǎn) = Deep - Shallow

向下(xiàng xià) – 向上(xiàng shàng) = Down - Up

易(yì) – 难(nán) = Easy - Difficult

安全(ān quán) – 危险(wēi xiǎn) = Safe - Dangerous

单身(dān shēn) – 已婚(yǐ hūn) = Single - Married

光滑(guāng huá) – 粗糙(cū cāo) = Smooth - Rough

软(ruǎn) – 硬(yìng) = Soft - Hard

强壮(qiáng zhuàng) – 薄弱(bó ruò) = Strong - Weak

厚(hòu) – 薄(báo) = Thick - Thin