@languagedreamin / languagedreamin.tumblr.com
to my black followers,
i love you, you are important, your life matters. and i’m so sorry for how america, and the world treats you.
I support you and I’m sure the equality will win! ✊🏿✊🏾✊🏽✊🏼✊🏻
One of the best feelings is getting to a point where you can turn off subtitles and still understand basic plot in your goal language.
languages exist in our lives through association. we pick a language and associate it something– an experience, a feeling, an idea– we decide and the language gets meaning. people don’t just open a grammar book and fall in love with verb conjugations. even if you don’t speak the language, if you can associate a good feeling with it through media representation or personal experience, you’ll come to like the language. the same way, if you associate a negative idea or feeling with the language or its people, you will find yourself disinterested or displeased by the language. if you’ve only seen people abuse others in X language, X language itself will become a trigger to you. Similarly, if you’ve only seen Y language be used in casual conversations and don’t know of plays, movies, novels in that language, you may consider Y language to be inferior or lacking in a way compared to other languages. languages aren’t sweet, soft, harsh, romantic, annoying, threatening, inferior, or special– we put the labels.
recordar con cariño - to remember fondly
si mal no recuerdo - if I remember correctly
¡Te vas a acordar! - You’ll see. / You’re going to remember this moment.
gastarse un dineral en algo - to splash out on sth
infringir una ley - to violate a law
en cada esquina - on every corner
la casa de apuestas - gambling house
la confianza en sí mismo - self-confidence
el amanecer - dawn
un acierto - good call, good decision
rebelde - rebellious
expulsado de la escuela - expelled from school
una temporada - a period of time
estar interno(-a) - to live in a boarding school
estrictamente - strictly
adinerado - wealthy
un antepasado - an ancestor
de renombrado prestigio - renowned
unos ojos penetrantes - sharp eyes
fracasar - to fail
Todo lo que sube baja. - What goes up must come down (un dicho)
A mal tiempo buena cara. - To bad weather, good face (un dicho)
el / la escolar - a pupil, schoolchild
una tutoría - tutorial
en torno a algo - approximately / relating to sth
a través de los ojos de alguien - through the eyes of sb, from one’s perspective
estar ajeno a algo - to be unaware of sth
una compañía emergente - a start-up company
vía internet - via the internet
una inversión modesta - a modest investment
un referente - a benchmark
un refranero - a collection of sayings
un refrán = un dicho - a saying
creciente - rising
escalofriante - hair-raising
un impulsor - driving force, a promoter
un licenciado - a college graduate
el postgrado - postgraduate degree
apuntar algo - to indicate sth
el portavoz - a spokesperson
poner algo en marcha - to launch
to satifacer al cliente - to satisfy the client
el nicho de mercado - a niche market
los gastos de desarollo - developement costs
de media - on average
salir adelante - to get ahead
nada desdeñable - nothing negligible
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physically i'm in july, but mentally i’m still processing february.
I was thinking about starting a monthly list of Swedish song recommendations. This will be my first one, if this post is appreciated I will make another one at the beginning of next month. This post will also be a little introduction to the concept of these posts and how they’ll be formatted. If you have any genres you would like me to find Swedish songs in, or if you have any good ones you would like me to include, write me! ＾ω＾
Kaffe och en cigarett Miss Li
Apelsinskal (feat. Newkid) Tjuvjakt, Newkid
Klär av dig Viktor Leksell
Ja må du leva Darin
En säng av rosor Darin
Dö ung Hov1
Jag hade en gång en båt Allyawan, Näääk
How You Like That Blackpick
This is a new release from the south korean girlband Blackpink. I especially like the beginning of the song, as it starts of pretty dramatically and is bound to catch your attention.
my safe place; should i do an apartment tour?🕊
instagram: thomreads
@shootingforgold tagged me to list ten songs that I really like, each by a different artist (solo songs of band members count as a different artist than the band).
1. How You Like That - BLACKPINK
2. Dance Dance Dance - Astrid S
3. Living With No One - Phil Good
4. Mehr davon - LOTTE
5. Stay Gold - BTS
6. This City - Sam Fischer
7. The List - Maisie Peters
8. Übermorgen - Mark Forster
9. Rain On Me - Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande
10. Bad Friend - Rina Sawayama
I’m tagging @hannahbeelanguages @language-aholic @gaelstudies @fluencylevelfrench @your-casual-langblr & anyone who wants to do this (i just randomly tagged blogs i like, no pressure if you don’t wanna do this!)
*If you feel that you really need a responsible buddy for language practice, join the #tumblrexchange challenge. Introduce yourself, your goals and preferences, and let`s practice together!
Here`s the detailed post about the language exchange. And here`s my own introduction (I offer to help with Russian and seeking smb to practice advanced English with).
Wie man einen erfolgreichen deutschen Post macht:
Schritt 1: Erwähne Brot
(Messy) desk situation: trying to stay hot and cozy while studying for finals
this was all just a dream ig: fleurilie
ancient greek notes and current reads
requested by anon
ursäkta? - excuse me?
va? - what?
vad sa du? - what did you say?
jag missade det där - i missed that
jag hörde inte det där sista - i didn’t hear that last part
kan du ta det igen? - could you repeat that (you’re literally saying “can you take that again”)
kan du prata lite långsammare? - could you speak a bit more slowly?
kan vi prata engelska istället? - could we speak english instead?
oj - oops
vad sa du nu? - what’s that?
vad betyder det? - what does that mean?
jag förstod inte det där ordet - i didn’t understand that word
jag vet inte vad det betyder - i don’t know what that means
hur uttalar man det här? - how do you pronounce this?
kan du förklara det här? - can you explain this?
skulle du kunna förklara det här? - can you explain this? (a bit more polite, not that the first version is impolite)
tack! - thank you
snälla? - please?
the painting is Sol och skugga på bergen, by Gustaf Fjaestad, 1927. study this post to the second movement of Beethoven’s Pathétique for the ultimate experience
click here for flowers in swedish
(en) dröm - dream
att drömma - to dream
att dagdrömma - to daydream
att drömma sig bort - to get lost in ones thoughts while daydreaming
(en) stjärna - star
(ett) stjärnfall - shooting star
(en) mångata - the long reflection over water made by the moon late at night
(en) måne - moon
(en) sol - sun
himmelen - the sky
(ett) moln - cloud
vacker(t) - beautiful
snö - snow
norrsken, polarsken - northern lights
sensommar - latesummer
eterisk - etheral
fager - fair
(en) fe - fairy
pastell - pastel
(en) natt - night
(en) afton - evening
(en) blomma - flower
flora - flora
(ett) ljus - light
poesi - poetry
musik - music
