#language training

（I have an science exam😭😭😭)

Me looking at my teacher as he tells us this 🥲

(我看着老师告诉我们这个🥲）↓

una lema motto

estar esperándote to be waiting for you

la cura priest

una cita date

una entrevista interview

ni una onza not an ounce

celeste sky blue

brillante shiny

elegir to choose

obvio obvious

una gasolinera gas station

un vecindario neighborhood

la pandilla gang

una amenaza threat

el enfoque focus

tras el tiempo across time

quitar to take away

ha arrestado has arrested

juntarse to join

la cárcel jail 

hoy en día nowadays 

la lealitad loyalty

No | rather not | I dunno | I guess | Sure | Yes | HECK yes | Oh gosh you don’t even know |

hello everyone. this is just some words that i have encountered in the few weeks. there is not really a theme, and it’s kind of a mess. also, i hope that everyone’s new goals are going well!

Hello! Every year, over winter break I have such big plans for what I want to accomplish, but I end up just watching Netflix and eating all the cookies. This year, I wanted to do a challenge to keep me accountable, but all the ones I could find were for one month or the three months of summer, so I decided to make my own. I will be completing this challenge with Czech, and updating this on my account starting on December 20 and ending January 2. I will tag things with #winterbreaklanguagechallenge. Good luck!!

Day 1: Write about why you started learning this language in your TL (or in a language you are more comfortable with if you can’t). 

Day 2: Find a vocabulary list on Tumblr or make your own and learn it. 

Day 3: Write about your family’s winter holidays traditions and favorite memories.

Day 4: Listen to 3 songs and translate the lyrics. Learn the new vocab.

Day 5: Pick a city in which your TL is spoken. Plan a trip to that city completely in your TL.

Day 6: Pick a room and name each of the items in it. Describe the relationship between each item if you can. Learn the words for each item you could not name. 

Day 7: Learn one new grammar topic. If you have mastered every topic, write a story using an advanced grammar point. 

Day 8: Make a vocab list about your favorite movie or book. Bonus points if the movie/book is in your TL!! For each word you translate, look up images of the word in your TL to make sure it is the word that you want. 

Day 9: Write about your goals for the language in the new year. This can be in your TL, if you can, or it can be in a language you are more comfortable with.

Day 10: Watch a video in your language and learn new words. The video can be at every level. If you are a low level, I recommend Peppa Pig.  

Day 11: Go for a run, or do some other athletic thing that doesn’t take up all of your concentration. Describe the scenery. If it’s too cold to do this outside, you can totally do it at the gym. Describe the people there.

Day 12: Listen to 2 new songs and translate the lyrics. Learn the new vocab.

Day 13: Find a recipe in your TL for a common dish in (one of) the country(ies) that your target language is spoken. Make that dish with the recipe and learn the new words.

Day 14: Make a vocab list about your favorite holiday movies. Bonus points if you post it to tumblr.

This vocab list is loosely based on a German one from @talen-en-regendagen​. You can find it here. 

Czech English (POS/Gender)

spánek sleep (N/M) spát to sleep (V) ospalý sleepy (ADJ)

únava tiredness (N/F) unavený tired (ADJ) zívat to yawn (V) vyčerpaný exhausted (ADJ)

Dobrou noc! Good night!

zdřímnout si nap (V) lehnout si to lie down (V) sen dream (N/M) mít sny to dream (V) noční můra nightmare (N/F) chrápat to snore (V) zaspat to oversleep (V) probudit se - to wake up (Perfective V) vstávat - to get up (V) probuzený - awake (ADJ)

ložnice bedroom (N/F) postel bed (N/F) gauč couch, sofa (N/M) deka blanket (N/F) polštář pillow (N/M) noční stolek nightstand (N/M) budík alarm clock (N/M)