I love the langblr community and honestly after a while you don’t even bat an eyelid when someone says they’re learning 4 languages at the same time. And then you feel like that’s what everyone does in their spare time, until you talk to someone irl and you’re like ‘oh yes I’m learning French, Russian, Danish, Arabic, Mandarin…!!’ and they’re like ‘are you okay???’ Then it hits you. And you remember that the average person doesn’t keep a bullet journal in three languages and cry over the smell of grammar books and you’re like OH. OK
[424] アメリカ | amerika | america
learning a language related to a language you already speak
Stop the idea that German and Russian are harsh and ugly languages
звезда - star
луна/месяц - moon
солнце- sun
космос -space
комета - comet
метеор - meteor
планета - planet
Земля - earth
Марс - mars
Плутон - pluto
Венера - venus
Сатурн - saturn
Меркурий - mercury
Юпитер - jupiter
Уран - uranus
Нептун - neptune
солнечная система - solar system
млечный путь - milky way
“Any” Words
“Any” words in Japanese can be created by taking the words:
だれ - who
どこ - where
いつ - when
なに - what
and adding ~でも to the end of them. So..
だれでも - anyone
どこでも - anywhere
いつでも - anytime
なんでも - anything
Quand la vie est folle, on écrit des rêves en rose.
Adjectives are useful so I thought I’d note down a huge list of い adjectives for reference.
あおいーBlue/green あかいーRed しろいーWhite くろいーBlack きいろいーYellow
あついーHot むしあついーHot and humid さむいーCold (air) つめたいーCold (To the touch) あたたかいーWarm すずしいーCool (temperature)
たかいーTall/expensive ひくいーLow/short (in height) やすいーCheap ひろいーWide/spacious せまいーNarrow/cramped おおきいーBig ちいさいーSmall わろいーBad いいーGood よいーGood (Ancient form) ながいーLong まじかいーShort (In length)
おいしいーDelicious まずいーBland (disgusting) うつくしいーBeautiful みにくいーUgly うるさいーNoisy つよいーStrong よわいーWeak
うれしいーHappy かなしいーSad たのしいーFun つまらないーBoring すごいーCool/awesome いたないーDirty むずかしいーDifficult やさしいーEasy/friendly きびしいーStern はやいーFast/early おろいーSlow/late いたいーPainful
9.11 ➕ I think my vocabulary system is going well, although finding sentences is quite time-consuming.
[405] エルフ | erufu | elf
Free Online Language Courses
Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos. You can always check the audit course or no certificate option so that you can learn for free.
American Sign Language
Arabic
- Arabic for Global Exchange (in the drop down menu)
- Arabic Without Walls
- Intro to Arabic
- Madinah Arabic
- Moroccan Arabic
Catalan Sign Language
Chinese
Beginner
- Basic Chinese
- Basic Chinese I. II, III, IV , V
- Basic Mandarin Chinese I & II
- Beginner’s Chinese
- Chinese for Beginners
- Chinese Characters
- Chinese for HSK 1
- First Year Chinese I & II
- HSK Level 1
- Mandarin Chinese I
- Mandarin Chinese for Business
- More Chinese for Beginners
- Start Talking Mandarin Chinese
- UT Gateway to Chinese
- Chino Básico (Taught in Spanish)
Intermediate
Dutch
English
Faroese
Finnish
French
Beginner
- AP French Language and Culture
- Basic French Skills
- Beginner’s French: Food & Drink
- Diploma in French
- Elementary French I & II
- Français Interactif
- French in Action
- French for Beginners
- French Language Studies I, II, III
- French:Ouverture
Intermediate
Advanced
Frisian
- Introduction to Frisian (Taught in English)
- Introduction to Frisian (Taught in Dutch)
German
Beginner
- Basic German
- Beginner’s German: Food & Drink
- Conversational German I, II, III, IV
- Deutsch im Blick
- Diploma in German
- Rundblick-Beginner’s German
Advanced
Hebrew
Hindi
Icelandic
Indonesian
Irish
Italian
Beginner
- Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink
- Beginner’s Italian I
- Introduction to Italian
- Italian for Beginners 1 , 2, 3 , 4 , 5, 6
- Oggi e Domani
Intermediate
Advanced
- Advanced Italian I
- Italian Literature
- Italian Novel of the Twentieth Century
- La Commedia di Dante
- Reading Italian Literature
Japanese
- Beginner’s Conversational Japanese
- Genki
- Japanese JOSHU
- Japanese Pronunciation
- Sing and Learn Japanese
- Tufs JpLang
Kazakh
- A1-B2 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)
Korean
Beginner
Intermediate
Latin
- Latin I (Taught in Italian)
Nepali
Norwegian
Portuguese
Russian
Beginner
- Basics of Russian
- Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian
- Russian Alphabet
- Russian Essentials
- Russian Phonetics and Pronunciation
- Reading and Writing Russian
Advanced
- Reading Master and Margarita
- Russian as an Instrument of Communication
- Siberia: Russian for Foreigners
Spanish
Beginner
- AP Spanish Language & Culture
- Basic Spanish for English Speakers
- Beginner’s Spanish:Food & Drink
- Fastbreak Spanish
- Introduction to Spanish
- Restaurants and Dining Out
- Spanish for Beginners
- Spanish for Beginners 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
- Spanish Vocabulary
Intermediate
Advanced
- Corrección, Estilo y Variaciones
- La España de El Quijote
- Leer a Macondo
- Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos
- Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas
- Reading Spanish Literature
Swedish
Ukrainian
Welsh
Multiple Languages
- Ancient Languages
- More Language Learning Resources & Websites!
Last updated: March 1, 2017
For all my language learning buddies
MOOCs are great.
i swear some of you are angels. thanks for sharing. 💕