The Ramblings of a Wannabe Polyglot

Or, “How to fuck up your racist sentiment when trying to translate it into Irish.”

Lucinda gives him a surprised look. “You’re rather weird. Usually I get guys that demand I fall in love with them because they ‘saved’ me. Which by the way, you didn’t actually do.” She jabs a thumb towards the direction of the dragon. “She’s trained. I tell her to keep assholes away from me, but if I tell her to let you in, she won’t do anything to you.”

“Oh.” Well now he feels a bit better. “But um, the whole lesbian thing? I uh… god this is going to sound weird, but would you consider dating my sister if I brought her to you?”

Lucinda blinks, opens her mouth, and then shuts it. She finally settles on, “Is your sister cute?”

“Um, I don’t know? I mean to me she is, because she’s my sister. But um.”

“Describe her.”

“Red hair, freckles, five foot… two, I think? Likes to make dresses and pretty headdresses out of flowers, her favorite activity is scrapbooking. She’s nineteen and looking for a nice girl to settle down with.”

Lucinda admits, she sounds tempting. “Fine, I’ll meet her. But why are you acting as the go-between for your sister’s love life, exactly?”

Thomas grimaces. “Dad wants to marry her off, and she’s… kind of a lesbian too. Except dad thinks if he throws her at the right dick, she’ll suddenly want that, so… yeah.”

Lucinda cackles.  “Oh my god, you climbed a tower to wingman for your sister?”

“Um, yes?”

She stands, brushes her dress off. “I like you. Show me this cute little sister of yours. We’ll take the dragon - let’s see what that old man of yours thinks when a stolen princess shows up riding a dragon wanting to marry his daughter.”

“I think he’ll have a heart attack.”

“Even better. Now let’s move. Pudding, come!”

Day #41 of Summer Challenge

hey y’all i made a post like this a while back and i just wanted to make a new one with newer songs and hopefully a larger variety. i hope u all enjoy :)

Pop

Casi Humanos - DVICIO

No Pide Tanto, Idiota - Maldita Nerea

Bailarina - Maldita Nerea

Como Tarzan En Las Ramas - Victor Muñoz

Mi Felicidad - Victor Muñoz ft. Nacho

Ella - Agapornis

Princesa - Río Roma ft. CNCO

Caraluna - Bacilos

Just As I Am - Spiff Tv ft. Prince Royce & Chris Brown

Ella Es Mi Fiesta (Remix) - Carlos Vives ft. Maluma

Rock/Indie/Alternative

Ácido - Miss Caffeina

Mira Cómo Vuelo - Miss Caffeina

Celebrando - CLUBZ

Épocas - CLUBZ

Fluye - Reyno

Niebla - Supersubmarina

Diciembre - La Oreja De Van Gogh

Hip Hop/Rap

Cuatro Babys - Maluma ft. Noriel, Bryant Myers, & Juhn

Si Tu Novio Te Deja Sola - J. Balvin ft. Bad Bunny

Ahora Dice - J. Balvin ft. Ozuna, & Arcángel

Siempre - Bonnevilla ft. Akil Amaar

El Llano En Llamas - Sharif, Mcklopedia, & Morgan

Infinito - Jonas Sanche

Electronic/EDM

Perdoname - Deorro ft. DyCy & Adrian Delgado

Titanium (Spanish Version) - David Guetta

Ecos de Amor (Northern Lights Remix) - Jesse & Joy

Baila - Alex Branch

No Estás Aquí - Mr. Pig ft. Belanova

Este Amor - Cedric Gervais ft. Juanes

Quiero Que Sepas - Juan Magán

Reggae

Sentimiento Original - Gondwana

La Complicidad - Cultura Profética

Pensando En Ti  - Quique Neira

Pupilas Lejanas - Los Pericos

Reggaetón

Reggaetón Lento - CNCO

Me Rehúso - Danny Ocean

Nunca Me Olvides - Yandel

Traicionera - Sebastian Yatra

Felices Los Cuatro - Maluma

Mi Gente - J. Balvin ft. Willy William

IRISH 101 | GAEILGE 101

HAPPY — áthas

SAD — brón

RUSHED — deifir

DISGUSTED — dèistin

SCARED — eagla

ANGRY — fearg

WORRIED — imní

SURPRISED — ionadh

ASHAMED — náire

HUNGRY — ocras

THIRSTY — tart

TIRED — tuirse

In Irish we use prepositional pronouns when talking about feelings. We say “fear is on me” or “thirst is on me”. We use “on + pronoun” e.g. “on + me” = orm.

EXAMPLES:

Tá brón orm — I am sorry  — “sorrow is on me”

Tá eagla ort — you are scared  — “fear is on you”

Tá fearg air — he is angry  — “anger is on him”

Tá tuirse uirthi — she is tired  — “tiredness is on her”

Tá imnÍ orainn — we are worried  — “worry is on us”

Tá tart oraibh — you (pl) are thirsty  — “thirst is on you”

Me to me at the end of every day: 

CAN WE JUST TALK ABOUT HOW ON POINT EVERYONE IS HANDLING THIS CASE.

someone: maybe because you’re trying to learn 5 languages at the same time

me:

Can’t believe I only found out about this today! 

Pit-A-Pat Korean (두근두근 한국어) is a 10-minute show on the Korean language targeted at the global audience who are interested in learning about Korean culture and language. The program introduces daily conversational Korean expressions through popular Korean dramas and K-pop lyrics.

I feel bad about not following all of my lovely followers back. Unfortunately, I have a tendency to get sucked into social media and not come up for air if my Dashboard is too full. So as a compromise, I decided to add this feature. Once a week, I’ll browse my followers’ blogs to find something pertinent to the blog and reblog it to help spread the love and information.