A bag of sunflower seeds in Swedish, Norwegian… and Finnish.

me: *never studies my target languages* my language abilities: *dont get better* me:

A hiccup to the tree fiber Another to the hagberry A third to the birch A fourth to the headland A fifth to the withy-band A sixth to the honeysuckle A seventh to the spear-hole An eighth to the stump Ninth over the fence Tenth right to the fence And the hiccup’s beheaded.

An old Finnish spell against hiccups, to be said in one breath in order to work.

(via pipesandmetalandtolkien)

ahhhh yes,,,,,, my favorite language,,,,, the language of the godless heathens,,,,,,

Nüshu (literally “women’s writing” in Chinese) is a syllabic script created and used exclusively by women in the Jiangyong County in Hunan province of southern China. Up until the late Qing Dynasty (1644-1912) women were forbidden access to formal education, and so Nüshu was developed in secrecy as a means to communicate. Since its discovery in 1982, Nüshu remains to be the only gender-specific writing system in the world. Read more here.

I really had to reblog this, guys.

This is really cool.

OH MY FUCKIN GOD

Finnish loan words part 1

Like any language, Finnish has a lot of loan words. A lot of them of them came from our neighbour countries Sweden and Russia, and more recently a lot of new words are coming from English. Here are some taken from Russian:

ikkuna comes from окно (okno), meaning a window lusikka comes from ложка (ložka), meaning spoon värttinä comes from веретено(vereteno), meaning spindle majakka comes from маяк(majak), meaning lighthouse pappi comes from поп(pop), meaning priest piirakka comes from пирог(pirog) meaning pie saapas comes from сапог(sapog) meaning boot rusakko comes from русак(rusak) meaning brown hare siisti comes from чистый(tšistyi) meaning clean, tidy tavara comes from товар(tovar) meaning an item toveri comes from товарищ(tovarištš) meaning comrade

US states overlaid on areas of Europe with equal population.

okay look i’m from england and like, whatever colour, favour, that’s my right but

this is so unnecessary. fuck you British English. you suck

plœæsœ mouthœr, mæy I havœ soumœ porridgœ four suppær?

when u hear a group of people speaking a foreign language in public but u cant for the life of u figure out what language it is bc there is too much ambient noise

can you believe there are people out there who speak MULTIPLE languages and then APOLOGIZE for not having perfect grammar in their third or fourth language?????? like do you know how incredible you are???

When a langblr doesn’t have their native or target languages written anywhere on their blog

50 Harry Potter Themed Asks

1. Hogwarts House?

2: Patronus?

3: Butterbeer, fire whisky, or pumpkin juice

4: Diagon Alley or Hogsmeade?

5: Favorite shop?

6: Your quidditch team?

7: Top five ships?

8: Otp?

9: Notp?

10: Hogwarts, Beauxbatons, or Durmstrang?

11: Your wand?

12: Owl, cat, or toad?

13: Character you most identify with?

14: Character you hate for no good reason?

15: Character you would bring back to life?

16: Character you just want to be happy?

17: What does amortentia smell like to you?

18: Favorite Hogwarts class?

19: Least favorite Hogwarts class?

20: Favorite professor?

21: Centaurs, mermaids, or ghosts?

22: Chocolate frogs or Bertie Bott’s?

23: Zonko’s or Weasley’s Wizard Wheezes?

25: The Leaky Cauldron or The Three Broomsticks?

26: Lowkey ships?

27: Favorite Marauder?

28: The Knight Bus or broomstick travel?

29: Unicorns or Thestrals

30: Your go to spell?

31: Quidditch position or spectator?

32: Favorite friendship?

33: Animagus?

34: Wizarding World job?

35: Your broomstick type?

36: Dream Yule Ball date?

37: Gobstones or Wizard Chess?

38: Crookshanks or Pigwidgeon?

39: Potions expert or charms expert?

40: Favorite common room?

41: The Quibbler or The Daily Prophet?

42: Favorite of the Golden Trio?

43: Fantastic Beasts or The Cursed Child?

44: Invisibility cloak, elder wand, or resurrection stone?

45: Favorite minor character?

46: Harris or Gambon?

47: Would you apparate?

48: Favorite book?

49: Favorite movie?

50: Who would your BFF be?

HEY this seems fun!!! Ask me some guys!!! ☺️

Ask away😁

Learning French vs Learning German

Reading French: a lot of words look like English, fairly straightforward, no casualties yet

Reading German: …where’s the verb gone? because i on sunday with my friend shopping went…

German tenses: wow look at these tenses that are easy to distinguish between

French tenses: is that the future, conditional, or imperfect???

German spelling: not massively difficult

French spelling: HAHAHAHA

German pronunication: things are said how they’re spelt, better master CH and R though

French pronunication: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Listening to German: as long as Hochdeutsch is spoken, all is good

Listening to French: what did i do to deserve this

Speaking German: did i send my verb to the end??? did i even say the verb??? oops i said k instead of ch

Speaking French: honestly why did i learn ALL these endings

French prepositions: not brilliant, not the end of the world

German prepositions: oh just kill me now

Telling people you’re learning French: “But it’s so easy and boring!”

Telling people you’re learning German: “But it sounds so violent!”

French grammar: WHY

German grammar: WHY (x6)

In Finland we do not have a “Valentine’s Day” so to say, here the 14th of February is a day dedicated to friends, which I think is nicer than having to stress over not having a special someone. Let’s celebrate platonic love!

(According to wikipedia thujas and pear blossoms symbolize friendship, so there ya go)

lmao @ americans being “eurovision is trending which means it started but i havent seen posts about it, im blessed”

eurovision is in may. we’re just getting ready ;)