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guillemelgat

Hello @kutyozh​! I was your Secret Santa for @langblrsecretsanta2021​, and since you said you were interested in/studying Aymara, I thought that I would give you a gift related to that. This is a scan of a comic from Literatura aymara: antología, compiled by Xavier Albó and Félix Layme; the comic itself was drawn by Moshó for the Proyecto Bilingüe de Puno in Peru and is based on a traditional story. I’ve transcribed it below, including the original Aymara, the Spanish translation from the book, and my own English translation of the Spanish for non-Spanish speakers who are interested. Hope it’s helpful and/or enjoyable, and best of luck with your studies! 💖

MANQ’AT JIWAT QAMAQIEL ZORRO MUERTO DE HAMBRE THE STARVING FOX

—¡Kamisaraki k’usillu! Jutma, manq’antañatakiw ajllsma. —¿Cómo estás, mono? Ven, te he escogido para comer. “How’s it going, monkey? Come, I’ve chosen you to eat.”

—¡Amust’ma! Uturunkuw qhipaxankaski. —¡Piénsatelo! Detrás tuyo está el oso. “Think carefully! There’s a bear behind you.”

—(Kusillux sarawxa rakitay nasa.) —(¡Oh! El mono se ha escapado.) (Oh no! The monkey escaped.)

—(¿Kawkinkis ñanqha k’usilluxa?) —(¿Dónde está el maldito mono?) (Where’s that damn monkey?)

—¡Pirqaw thuñxatasitani! ¡Yanapt’ita! ¡Nayax mä k’ullu aptiriw sara! ¡Nukxasma! —¡La pared está por caerse! ¡Ayúdame! Yo iré a buscar un palo: ¿Podrías aguantar? “The wall’s about to fall! Help me! I’m going to go look for a stick, can you hold it up?”

—(¡Wali jayäxiwa, janipuniw k’usillux k’ullu apt’at kutinxiti! ¿Kamachpachasa?) —(¡Ya hace mucho rato y el mono nunca llega con el palo! ¿Qué hago?) (It’s been a long time and the monkey never brought the stick! What do I do?)

—(Jichhax jakipunimamäwa.) —(Ahora sí que te voy a encontrar.) (Now I’m really going to find you.)

—¡Kamisasktasa! —¿Cómo estás? “How are you?”

—Manq’at wali awtjatatwa, jumasti wali suma manq’araktawa. —Muerto de hambre. Y tú eres muy buena comida. “Starving. And you’re very good food.”

—Nayraqatax khä quqar makhatt’ayita pä achu manq’ant’aniwa! —Antes déjame subir a aquel arbol para comer un par de frutas. “First let me climb that tree to eat a couple of fruits.”

—¡Sarma! ¡Makhatma! ¡Manq’antanma! ¡Ukat jank’akiw saraqanïta! —Ve, sube y come. Pero baja rápido. “Go, climb up and eat. But come down quickly.”

—¡Ayy! ¡Ayy! Janiw kuns uñjkti. ¡Janiw uñjkti! —¡Ay! ¡Ay! ¡No veo nada! “Oww! Oww! I can’t see anything!”

Qamaqisti, niya juykt’ataw k’usill thaqiri qullu parki makhatatayna. Y el zorro, casi ciego, dice que subió a la ladera del cerro buscando al mono. And the fox, almost blind, they say he climbed up the side of the hill looking for the monkey.

K’usillusti niya mä p’iyar purisin qamaqirux jak’achkatatayna. Pero el mono llegó a la orilla de un pozo y se acercó al zorro: But the monkey came to the edge of a well and brought the fox over.

—Jilat qamaqi: “Nina jalluw purini” qulipakaw situ. Nayax aka p’iyaruw imantasi, jallu aphjtipanuw mistsunxä. —Hermano zorro: “Está por llover fuego” me ha dicho la señora Aguila. Yo me meteré en este pozo y saldré cuando haya pasado la lluvia. “Brother Fox, Mrs. Eagle told me, ‘It’s about to rain fire.’ I’m going to get into this well and I’ll come out when the rain is passed.”

—(Alax pachax rusaruptatawa.) —(Pues sí, el cielo está rosado.) (Well indeed, the sky is pink.)

—¡Aka p’iyax nayatakipana! —¡Este pozo es mío! “This well is mine!”

K’usillux qamaqiruw allintxatayna. Dice que el mono enterró bien al zorro. They say that the monkey buried the fox well.

K’usillux larusisaw ch’apinakamp qamaqirux imantatayna. El mono, riéndose, dejó bien guardado al zorro con espinos. The monkey, laughing, left the fox well-guarded with thorns.

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voyagenotes

Langblr Secret Santa for @fluencylevelfrench

My present to you are some Korean vocabulary I like and find interesting. Also some songs and shows I enjoy very much! I hope you enjoy it very much! (If you have any questions feel free to message me.)

Vocabulary

일(하다) - one, to work

직업 - Job

왕 - King

왕자 - Prince

왕비 - Queen

공주 - Princess

눈 - Snow/Eye

눈사람 - Snowman

겨울 - Winter

호프 - Pub, Bar

아르바이트 - Part time job

벌 - Bee, Penalty

개 - Dog

강아지 - Puppy

눈치 - getting a grasp of the situation and acting accordingly

강하다 - strong

강 - River

빛 - Light, Debt

A little excursion into the history of the language of names:

Given names are mostly composed of two Sino Korean (힌자, meaning of Chinese origin) syllables. Having a Korean and a Chinese way to be written. However there are also pure Korean names:

Love - 다솜 (not used as the word Love anymore), 사랑 (used as the word Love in everyday life)

Star - 별

Sea/Ocean - 바다

Spring - 봄

Korean (variety) shows:

Running Man (ongoing)

Infinity challenge (finished)

Sixth Sense (2 seasons, 3rd is in the making)

How do you play? (ongoing)

Knowing Bros

Boss in the Mirror

Fun-staurant

Songs I enjoy and recommend:

Sway D - Homecoming

Jay Park - Upside Down

Justhis - Gone

Justhis ft Palo Alto - Switch

Palo Alto - Good Times

Bewhy ft Yang Se Hyung - Corea Ura

Day6 - Marathon

Got7 - Time Out

Goopy - I do

I hope your holidays are going well and you have a great start in the new year! 🎄🥰✨🙏🎉

Much health, joy and love for you!

Thank you @langblrsecretsanta2021 for this great project!

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Langblr Secret Santa 2021!!!

(love this beautiful gif by @zandrami​ thank you so much for letting me use this!💛)

Je vous souhaite un très joyeux Noël @procaffeinater​  !

I’m your gift giver from @langblrsecretsanta2021​ and I’ve compiled a smol resource list to help you in your language learning journey (since I’m also a beginner in French, I couldn’t write about my own experiences :P)

I have found websites, podcasts and youtube videos quite helpful in learning and getting familiar with the language and I hope you’ll find them helpful too😊

Since you’ve mentioned learning from Duolingo, I suggest starting out with their French Podcast (plus you get a transcript) for getting familiar with how the language is spoken.

I also love the DisneyFR channel on Youtube with The Beauty and The Beast being my favorite playlist! (closed captions are enabled!) Disney is always a fun watch (and the nostalgia too)

For culture or history (not exclusive to France), I really adore C'est une autre histoire for their wonderful commentary videos on all sorts of topics from myths to art to history. Their animated videos are absolutely delightful, and once again, closed captions make it sooo much easier to follow💙

If you want to make learning an active experience, then Readlang or Toucan are amazing webpage extensions. I previously used them to practice German. 

The BBC French website is also cool if you wanna check that out!

Radio France Internationale or RFI has a live radio feature on their website. On the English version of their website, you get 24-hour French songs in different genres. On the French version of their website, you get to hear the news, though it’s quite difficult to understand if you’re a beginner :(

Now for my most favorite part! Music! I love listening to songs and they just run as background noise as I get my work done.

Most of the songs I listen to are on Spotify, so I’ll be linking them there.

The Jazz French songs playlist - this was one of the first playlists I came across and just love the vibes💛

I love indie music irrespective of the language and I listen to them as they show up on my Discover Weekly playlist, but I don’t really know many beyond the fact that they are indie😅

But here’s a French Indie playlist - again, just amazing

L'Impératrice has become one of my most fav artists in the past year (and isn’t it cool that they are called The Empress!?

Now, my last gift isn’t French related but more studyblr related. Idk if you like to study to lo-fi music but if you do, I highly recommend checking out City Girl on Spotify, especially their albums Neon Impasse and Chroma Velocity. Pointless sidenote, City Girl has been my top artist for the past three years straight since I listen to their songs on repeat whenever midterm season or finals roll around (I honestly need to send them a gift basket for saving my grades :P)

That’s it from me, I hope you have a wonderful holiday season!!! Bonnes fêtes de fin d'année🎉✨

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learnelle

langblr secret santa

Merry Christmas @wrixx ! I'm your secret Santa this year and thank you @langblrsecretsanta2021 for organizing this!

I was told that you're into Dark Academia, so I compiled some of my favourite Japanese DA-ish content for you to check out. Choose a an image from the infographic and then go to the number associated with the image below the infographic to check out the content + some beautiful Japanese words associated with your choice.

Enjoy!!<3

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Happy holidays @dykesville !! I am your Secret Santa for this year's @langblrsecretsanta2021 . You mentioned that you like to read and one of your target languages is Korean. So I thought I'd create a vocabulary list surrounding reading that will hopefully be interesting, relevant and helpful to you along your journey to learning Korean!

I am a Korean learner myself, so while I tried my best to be accurate be advised there may be some errors.

I'm sure you already know it, but I'm also including an article on the history of Hangul . The article explains the interesting history and role of Hangul's creation role in increasing the rate of literacy in Korea. I hope you enjoy the list and I wish you a merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Langblr Secret Santa 2021 for @voyagenotes !

Hi!! Your Secret Santa is here! 🎅 and I have a few gifts for you because I couldn't decide on one. I'll give you a playlist of my favourite Italian songs and a couple bonus ones in French. Usually I don't listen to a lot of Italian ones even tho I'm Italian myself, but if they made it to this playlist then they really are cool xD AND I like giving people moodboards, so I tried doing one based on what I saw on your blog and your own blog aesthetic (I'm on mobile so I'm taking the mobile one as reference).

Here are your gifts, I hope you like them!!🎁

Italian songs I personally like:

  1. Morirò da re - Måneskin (not linked the official one but a lyrics video instead because the official video can be triggering)
  2. Il bacio di Klimt - Emanuele Aloia (a lot of literary and artistic references <3<3)
  3. Nera - Irama (I really like the rhythm)
  4. Maracanã - Emis Killa (this one is more difficult one but it was stuck in my head for MONTHS back in 2014 lol. The song was for the football world cup of the same year)
  5. Dove e quando - Benji & Fede
  6. Malibu - Sangiovanni (he won this year's edition of an Italian contest and tv program called "Amici")

A couple French songs too:

  1. Petit à petit - Arcadian
  2. Quatre coins du globe - Suzane

And her is a moodboard for you!

I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year🎅🎁🎆❄

(Event organised by @langblrsecretsanta2021 )

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ipaaciir

Langblr Secret Santa 2021

Hello, @herecomesthepolyglot! You can call me Aciir and I'm your @langblrsecretsanta2021. I don't study any of the languages you asked for since there was kind of a shortage, so I apologize in advance for any mistakes.

Since you said you like music I made with my bf a playlist with the songs we like in those languages (tho the ones in Serbian are actually in Croatian, I'm sorry), I hope you enjoy the music as we do. And I made a music vocabulary list. Hope you learn a lot and merry Christmas!

English - French - Italian - Japanese - Serbian

  • music - [la] musique - [la] musica - 音楽 - музика
  • song - [la] chanson - [la] canzone - 歌 - песма
  • melody - [la] mélodie - [la] melodia - メロディー - мелодија
  • rhythm - [le] rythme - [il] ritmo - リズム - ритам
  • harmony - [l']harmonie - [le] armonia - 調和 - хармонија
  • musical note - [la] note musicale - [la] nota musicale - 音符 - Музичка нота
  • musical instrument - [l']instrument de musique - [lo] strumento musicale - 楽器 - Музички инструмент
  • lyrics - [les] paroles - [il] testo - 歌詞 - текст
  • audience - [le] public - [il] pubblico - 観客 - публике
  • concert - [le] concert - [il] concerto - コンサート - концерт
  • music festival - [le] festival de musique - [il] festival della musica - 音楽祭 - музички фестивал
  • music band - [le] groupe de musique - [la] banda musicale - 音楽バンド - Музички бенд
  • voice - [la] voix - [la] voce - ボイス - глас
  • earphones - [les] écouteurs - [gli] auricolari - イヤホン - слушалице
  • speaker - [le] haut-parleur - [l']altoparlante - スピーカー - звучник
  • to listen to music - écouter de la musique - ascoltare musica - 音楽を聴きます - да слуша музику
  • to sing - chanter - cantare - 歌うために - Певати
  • to play an instrument - jouer d'un instrument - suonare uno strumento - 楽器を演奏する - свирати инструмент

Also! This video was published some days ago and I think you might enjoy it!

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espanhois

Hi @ipaaciir !!! I'm your Langblr Secret Santa (@langblrsecretsanta2021), so I thought I'd put together a list of youtube channels related to linguistics and fashion with a few extras thrown in! I hope you enjoy them! <3

(Before you start, I have two songs about language itself for you to listen to: Língua and Meu Bairro, Minha Língua)

  • Língua - Vidas em Português: This is just a documentary about the Portuguese language and the many places it's spoken that I remember really liking when I had first seen it.
  • Professor Noslen: He has a ton of videos on a lot of school related topics, but he has specific playlists dedicated to linguistics, here's the one for phonology!
  • LeveLetras: The channel is dedicated to linguistic theory and I thought it was super helpful for explaining concepts I wasn't quite getting that are a bit more out there.
  • Museu da Língua Portuguesa: If you're looking for long talks, this channel is perfect, since it goes over a lot of topics related to the Portuguese language. Here's one I particularly enjoyed on pluricentrismo.
  • MOPC Linguística: This channel gives me sort of a Langfocus vibe, it just gives little overviews of various languages, but I admittedly haven't watched it extensively.
  • Tus clases de portugués: You might already know this channel! It was really helpful for me when I started learning Portuguese, and the more recent lessons are still helpful even now. It's great for spot-checking your skills.
  • Descomplicando a Moda: This channel talks about famous fashion figures and brands. I truthfully am not that knowledgeable on fashion history but I believe this channel is more about the history and the industry rather than what to wear.
  • Blonde Venus: This channel is pretty similar to the other! However, their focus is more on vintage style. Here's a video that could interest you: Como pesquisar a história da moda
  • Leitura ObrigaHISTÓRIA: This one is a podcast on a ton of different humanities and history topics, and I saw quite a bit of anthropology videos as well! I really like the deep dives into topics like this, so I hope you do too.
  • A Modista do Desterro: More historical fashion! This one, aside from history, has a ton of tutorials as well! I really liked this video: Moda Feminina no Brasil nos tempos do imperador

feliz natal! <3

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Hej! @world-of-lit, I was your @langblrsecretsanta2021! You learn Swedish and French, just like me, but I fear that your level in both is higher than mine, so I don’t think I can really help you on the languages part, and I also don’t know too much about French culture, but I did spend half a year in Stockholm 2 years ago and I visited a lot of museums there, and since you said you miss going to museums I will talk about some of them to give you inspiration if you ever happen to visit Stockholm. Plus I will link you to extra information about the things relating to Sweden that I found interesting. So it’s basically a mini museum tour based on things I learned in Stockholm's museums.

So, let’s go.

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Hello @nihilistens-luftslott​, I’m your @langblrsecretsanta2021​! Merry Christmas, メリークリスマス, God Jul, Wesołych Świąt! Hope you enjoy the little gift :)

Since you mentioned you’d like to know more about art and culture-related stuff, I focused on that. For Japanese, there’s a list of a few interesting artists and for Swedish - some resources that might spark your interest.

Japanese Artists

- Matsuo Bashō was the most famous poet of the Edo era. Nowadays, he remains known as the master of haiku, in his times called hokku. Bashō’s poetry is short, simple and often inspired by the years he spent wandering around the country. Here’s an example:

年暮ぬ笠きて草鞋はきながら toshi kurenu / kasa kite waraji / hakinagara  another year is gone / a traveler’s shade on my head, / straw sandals at my feet [1685]

- Tsukioka Yoshitoshi was a printmaker who witnessed two eras: Edo and the Meiji restoration. With the rapid westernization and technological advancement, he remained the last great master of ukiyo-e (woodblock printing and painting). He gained a lot of popularity in 1860s thanks to graphic depictions of violence but he also painted kabuki actors, beautiful women and the highly popular series “One Hundred Aspects of the Moon”.

- Takashi Murakami is a contemporary artists who uses various media such as sculpture, painting or animation. He is sometimes compared to Andy Warhol as he also blurrs the boundaries between the fine and commercial art. He founded the postmodern art movement “superflat” which makes use of various flattened forms of Japanese art.

- Nahoko Kojima is a paper cut artist who makes use of the Japanese paper cutting technique known as Kirie. She has mastered the art of applying intricate designs on her works - you can check them out here. Her most famous piece is a 32-meter long blue whale.

- Akiko Urasaki, also known as Awich (which short for Asian wish child) ia a hip-hop artist born in Naha, Okinawa. Music and American influence have been present in her life since childhood. In 2017, she entered Yentown, a Japanese hip-hop collcective, as the only woman and soon became a big name in the industry. She’s absolutely fabulous - I’d most recommend songs like  “ 洗脳 “, “GILA GILA“ or “Revenge”.

P. S. You mentioned you like 80s music too and I happen to have a playlist with some old Japanese songs ;)

Swedish resources

Swedish Pod 101 - youtube channel with soooo many useful videos; practice for different language levels and some cultural insights

List of the best Swedish movies to search for inspiration

SVT Play offers some tv shows and movies

8 Sidor, Dagen, Metro - news sites

arte.tv - cool documentaries

and a few playlists: Christmas music, Swedish pop, Swedish rap, and some indie rock

Happy Holidays!

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Hi @learnelle I'm your secret santa. I've focused mostly on culture: art, films and music, and added a few phrases throughout that don't translate literally. As I don't know your level in French, it's in both languages. I really hope you like it <3 @langblrsecretsanta2021

Pour être heureuse il faut éliminer deux choses: la peur d’un mal futur et le souvenir d’un mal passé.
To be happy, we must eliminate two things: the fear of a bad future and the memory of a bad past.

Marie Valet

Marie Valet aussi connue sous le nom de Jacqueline Marvel. C'était une artiste française qui a commencé à peindre au début du 20ième siecle à Paris. Elle a dessiné des nus féminins et des paysages comme la peinture au-dessous. Nombre de ses peintures ont acquis la réputation d'être audacieuses et provocantes.

Also known as Jacqueline Marval. She was a French artist who began to paint in the early 1900s during her time in Paris. She drew nude women and landscapes like the picture below. Many of her paintings gained a reputation for being edgy and provocative.
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Un coup de foudre - love at first sight

Un Peu, beaucoup, aveuglément

Il s'agit d'une comédie romantique où une femme déménage dans un apartement et l'homme qui habite dans l'apartement à côté essaye de l'intimider pour continuer à habiter seul. Cependant ça ne fonctionne pas. Au début, ils font beaucoup de bruit pour s'ennuyer l'un l'autre, mais finalement ils réalisent qu'il est possible qu'ils s'aiment bien et décident de se mettre en couple mais sans se voir et ne se parlent qu'à travers les murs. C'est un peu ridicule mais très drôle!

It's a romantic comedy film where a woman moves into an apartment and the man, who lives next to her, tries to scare her so that he can continue live alone. However, this doesn't work. They start to make a lot of noise to annoy each other, but eventually, they realise that perhaps they like each other and decide to become a couple but without seeing each other and they only talk to each other through the walls. It's a little ridiculous but very funny!
J'ai perds la raison - I've lost my mind

Fauvism

Le fauvisme était un mouvement artistique du 20ième siècle. Le style d'art a été crée par un groupe d'artistes français et inspiré par plusieurs artistes incluant Vincent Van Gogh. Les artistes utilisaient des couleurs vives et peignaient des images abstraites plutôt que des images réalistes.

Fauvism was an art movement from the twentieth century. The art style was started by a group of French artists and was inspired by several artists including Vincent Van Gogh. The artists used strong colours and painted abstract pictures instead of realistic ones.
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Couper le souffle - breath taking

La famille Bélier

Le film suit une jeune fille, Paula, 16 ans, qui découvre qu'elle peut très bien chanter et encouragée par son professeur, elle veut postuler pour une école de musique à Paris. Cependant, toute sa famille est sourde et elle a le sentiment de devoir cacher son talent parce qu'ils ont besoin d'elle et elle a peur qu'ils ne comprennent pas pourquoi elle veut chanter.

The story follows a young girl, Paula, 16 years old, who discovers that she can sing well and encouraged by her teacher, she wants to apply for a music school in Paris. However, all of her family are deaf and she feels as if she must hide her talent because they need her and she is scared that they won't understand why she wants to sing.
Tu sais veux dire? - you know what I'm saying?

La musique française (une playlist pour toi)

Love - Louane

[Couplet 1]

On ment comme l'éclair, on ment pour avoir l'air

De ce qu'on aimerait être, alors qu'on l'est déjà

On ment pour un verre, on ment pour un deuxième

On ment pour se plaire, alors qu'on s'plait déjà

[Stanza 1]

We lie like lightning, we lie to look

Like what we'd like to be, when we already are

We lie for a drink, we lie for a second

We lie to like each other, when we already do

[Pré-refrain]

Je marcherais sur la mer, je nagerais dans la terre

Je mens car avant de t'avoir, j'ai eu peur de te perdre

Je marcherais sur la mer, je nagerais dans la terre

Je mens car avant de t'avoir, j'ai eu peur de te perdre

Je coulerais si tu m'touches

J'te prêterais mes yeux si tu louches

Mais je coulerais si tu m'touches

Des grands enfants, la vérité n'sort pas d'nos bouches

[Pre-chorus]

I would walk on the sea, I would swim on the land

I lie because before I had you, I was scared to lose you

x2

I would sink if you touched me

I would lend you my eyes if you squint

But I would sink if you touched me

Grown kids, the truth doesn't get out of our mouths

[Refrain x2]

Love, love, love, love

Celle que je suis n'est pas celle que j'étais

Love, love, love, love

Les mensonges qui s'répètent deviennent des vérités

[Chorus x2]

Love, love, love, love

The one that I am is not the one that I was

Love, love, love, love

Repeated lies become truths

[Couplet 2]

On ment toutes les heures, on ment parce qu'on a peur

On ment quand on rit, on ment même quand on pleure

On ment par erreur pour protéger nos cœurs

Car les gouttes de larmes ressemblent aux gouttes de sueur

[Stanza 2]

We lie every hour, we lie because we are scared

We lie when we laugh, we lie even when we cry

We lie by mistake to protect our hearts

Because drops of tears look like drops of sweat

[Pré-refrain]

Je marcherais sur la mer, je nagerais dans la terre

Je mens car avant de t'avoir, j'ai peur de te perdre

Je marcherais sur la mer, je nagerais dans la terre

Je mens car avant de t'avoir, j'ai peur de te perdre

Je coulerais si tu m'touches

J'te prêterais mes yeux si tu louches

Mais je coulerais si tu m'touches

Des grands enfants, la vérité n'sort pas d'nos bouches

[Pre-chorus]

I would walk on the sea, I would swim on the land

I lie because before I had you, I was scared to lose you

x2

I would sink if you touched me

I would lend you my eyes if you squint

But I would sink if you touched me

Grown kids, the truth doesn't get out of our mouths

[Refrain x2]

Love, love, love, love

Celle que je suis n'est pas celle que j'étais

Love, love, love, love

Les mensonges qui s'répètent deviennent des vérités

[Chorus x2]

Love, love, love, love

The one that I am is not the one that I was

Love, love, love, love

Repeated lies become truths

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Hi, @languagelearningcorner, Merry Christmas! I’m your secret santa for the @langblrsecretsanta2021.

Your Spanish level is really good so I wasn’t sure what to give you. You said that you’re interested in cultural things and regional variations, so I thought you might like a list of things that have different names depending on which Spanish speaking country you’re in. I chose food as it has a lot of variations, but I’m linking you to some resources in case you want to look for other words: x, x, x, x. This got a bit out of hand, so sorry about the super long post.

I'm also sending you a classic video about regional variations [Qué difícil es hablar el español]. I'm sure you've already watched it, but it's worth a rewatch and if not, then I hope you like it!

And here's a game about the different Spanish speaking countries. It's really hard even for native speakers!

So here we go... How do you call this food in Spanish?

  • Papaya. Papaya (in most Spanish speaking countries), mamón (Argentina, and Paraguay), fruta bomba (Cuba), lechosa (Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, and Venezuela).
  • Strawberry. Fresa (in most Spanish speaking countries), and frutilla (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Paraguay, and Uruguay).
  • Hot Dog. Hot dog (in most Spanish speaking countries), perrito caliente (Spain, and El Salvador; perro caliente in Nicaragua), completo (Chile), shuco (Guatemala), pancho (Paraguay), frankfurter (Uruguay, they also called it pancho), asquerosito (informal in Venezuela), frankfurt (El Salvador).
  • Sandwich (food presented in a bread cut in two halves). Sándwich or some variant: sánduche, sánguche (in most Spanish speaking countries), bocadillo (Spain. In Spain sándwich is exclusively the one made with sliced bread), torta (Mexico), pan con… (Venezuela, Perú), refuerzo (Uruguay), pan (Guatemala), emparedado (Colombia).
  • Bean. Poroto (Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Ecuador, Panamá, Perú, and Uruguay), judía (Spain, and Cuba), frijol (Bolivia, Costa Rica, Cuba, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Nicaragua, Panamá, and Venezuela), frejol (Ecuador, and Perú), fríjol (Colombia), habichuela (Dominican Republic, Puerto Rico, Spain, and Colombia), caraota (Venezuela), alubia (Spain).
  • Green bean. Chaucha (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay), vainita (Bolivia, Ecuador, Honduras, Perú, and Venezuela), habichuela (Panamá, Guatemala, Spain, Cuba, Colombia), poroto verde (Chile), vainica (Costa Rica), ejote (El Salvador, Guatemala, Mexico), judía verde (Spain), fréjol (Spain), piloyes (Guatemala), vainita de frijol (Nicaragua), gandul (Puerto Rico), guandul (Dominican Republic).
  • Popcorn. Palomitas (in most Spanish speaking countries), pochoclo (Argentina), pururú (Argentina), pororó (Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay), pipocas (Bolivia), cabritas (Chile), popcorn (Chile, Panamá), crispetas (Colombia), maíz pira (Colombia), rositas de maíz (Cuba), canguil (Ecuador), roscas (Canarias) cotufas (Venezuela, Canarias), poporopos (Guatemala), millo (Panamá), canchita (Perú), pop (Uruguay), gallitos (Zulia).
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Langblr Secret Santa

Hi @zoueriemandzijnopmars! I’m your Secret Santa for this year’s event by @langblrsecretsanta2021​! You said you liked fantasy and Swedish was your preferred language for the gift, so I decided I’d make a short glossary of interesting creatures in the Swedish folklore. There’s a fair chance you already know all of those, so I hope reading this can at least bring a smile to your face :) Merry Christmas to you! ❤️

Bys is a gnome-like creature that haunts the woods in Gotland. He looks like a little grey man with an axe, and lures people into the woods or meddles with the woodsmen’s work. As a punishment for a crime he has committed, he is condemned to walk the Earth forever.

Lyktgubbe is a creature carrying a lantern and often associated with irrbloss (will-o-the-wisp) around the marshes or lakes. He is a dead soul who didn’t get any peace in his grave. In some parts of Sweden he’s a ghost of a man who had guarded illegally buried money in the ground or moved boundary markers without permission.

Näck is a water creature mainly found in rivers, ponds, lakes etc. He symbolises all sorts of water dangers and lures people into drowning. He can shapeshift into a number of different forms, one of which is a horse called a Bäckahäst.

are spirits who are keepers at certain places or even human-made objects - it is said that every object, animal and plant has their own . The have power over forces of nature and they can cause good or back luck to humans. Their name most likely comes from the word “råda” (to rule), which corresponds to their origin. There are a lot of types of , the most popular being:

  • Skogsrå (sometimes called Huldra or Tallemaja) is the of the forest. Typically female, she appears as an attractive human woman but has a tail. Skogsrå lures lost hikers and seduces them; those who have an intercourse with her become unable to speak because their soul has stayed with her.
  • Sjörå is the of the lake. Also a seductress, she appears to lonely males who live close to the lake. Her distinguishing feature is hollow back. Those who share their food with her get good fishing luck. Sjörå can be chased away by throwing a metal object in her direction. When seen hanging laundry on the beach, she is considered to forecast a storm.
  • Bergsrå is the of the mountains. It’s said to misguide those who accidentally find an ore in the mountains, so that they cannot find it again later.
  • Gruvrå is the of the mines. She can shapeshift and usually scares away those who are trying to mine, but if in a good mood, she can guide the miners to rich grindstones or warn them about accidents.
  • Skeppsrå is a female who lives on ships and protects them.

Tomte is a guardian of farms, usually depicted as a small man with a beard and a hat. He is usually the first owner of the particular farm and continues to look after it even after death. He also watches over the animals and can punish the farmers if they mistreat their animals. A tomte appreciates a bowl of porridge as a thank you for his work. Nowadays Santa Claus in Sweden is considered a tomte and often called jultomten.

Trolls are unfriendly dwarves who live among the mountains or in the woods, where they have been chased away by Christianity. Unlike  or Näck who are solitary beings, trolls have a social structure and are often found in small family units (mother-son or father-daughter). Some of them are ugly and slow-witted; others look and behave just like humans. They can be rich in gold and frequently engage in bergtagning - a sort of kidnapping where trolls lure a person into the mountains, then release them with a significantly changed state of mind.

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kutyozh

Hola @kanamestudies, soy tu @langblrsecretsanta2021!! Te hice una playlist con todos los idiomas que estudias. Había planeado hacerte también otro post con arte navideña de Latinoamérica, Alemania, Corea, Japón y China pero se me murió mi compu (RIP) y no me quedó suficiente tiempo para completar el post. :(

Ich hoffe, die Playlist gefällt dir und hilft dir beim Lernen! Ich habe von jeder Sprache 20 Lieder hinzugefügt, die auch nach Sprache sortiert sind. So kannst du dir bequem die Lieder anhören, deren Sprache du üben willst, oder alles per Zufallswiedergabe durcheinander hören.

圣诞快乐!新年快乐!!

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dykesville

Hello @guillemelgat​ and happy holidays!

I’m your @langblrsecretsanta2021​! You asked for music for a couple of different languages, so I put together three playlists in Welsh, Basque, and Malayalam. Whenever I listen to music to learn a language, I like to have the lyrics with me, so I assembled all the lyrics I could find into books for you to use! And for the Welsh and Basque songs, the English translations are there, too.

welsh playlistwelsh lyric book
 basque playlistbasque lyric book
 malayalam playlistmalayalam lyric book
 all songs playlistall songs lyric book

I hope you enjoy, and that you have a fantastic winter holiday. Gwyliau hapus, jai zoriontsuak, and സന്തോഷകരമായ അവധി ദിനങ്ങൾ!

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Langblr Secret Santa 2021 for @espanhois !

❄Hellooo!

I'm your Emergency Secret Santa so it is not big but I read a few days ago that you liked Gabriel García Márquez's Cien años de soledad so I made a little moodboard just for you:

❄ Also, I found out the recipe in Spanish for making gingermen (here), I never tried but I hope you have fun with it ^^

I wish you a merry Christmas and a happy New Year!!🎅🎆

(Organised by @langblrsecretsanta2021 )

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