I haven’t posted in quite a while. I am currently on summer break so there will be no notes on school stuff. There will still occasionally be some notes for french, though!
French part two! So far my progress is okay. Hopefully I can be fluent soon (which is still a long way to go). Hope I can be consistent with my self-study schedule.
안녕하세요! Hey everyone! I have a fun little vocab post for y’all to show how to say “still” and “already.” These are really useful words so I hope this post is helpful! I also posted this on my Instagram, so go follow me there for more content like this (link at the end of this post)! I used Canva to design this btw :) 화이팅!
I remember seeing many maaaany years ago like within my first years of Tumblr, a handy post/chart for learning the differences between shared (and unshared) symbols used in Chinese, Korean and Japanese, and so I wanted to throw something together quick to help people learn the differences between languages using the Arabic script– they’re not all Arabic!! These are just some of the more common ones you see online.
Many many languages use a modified Arabic script, and I couldn’t possibly detail each and every one, so here are links to some info about others as well! Including:
she said: don’t forget! milk, oil, flowers our offerings, our worship. my hands are broken but still you kiss each finger. I remember milk for kheer, oil for the lamp, flowers for Shiva. to me these are nothing. in your eyes the world sleeps can I sleep in them, too?
-worship, Kelsey Ray Banerjee
Hindi:
वह कही: मत भूलना! दूध, तेल, फूल हमारा प्रसाद, हमारी पूजा मेरे हाथ टूट गए हैं लेकिन अभी भी तुम एक एक उंगली चुंबन। मुझे याद है खीर के लिए दूध, दीपक के लिए तेल, शिव के लिए फूल। मेरे लिए ये कुछ भी नहीं हैं। तुम्हारी आँखों में दुनिया सो रही मैं उन में सो सकते हैं भी ? -पूजा, Kelsey Ray Banerjee
Bangla:
ও বলল: ভুলে যাবেন না! দুধ, তেল, ফুল আমাদের নৈবেদ্য, আমাদের পূজা। আমার হাত ভেঙে গেছে তবুও আপনি প্রতিটি আঙুল চুমু। মনে আছে খিরের জন্য দুধ, বাতি জন্য তেল, শিবের জন্য ফুল। আমার কাছে এগুলি কিছুই নয়। তোমার চোখে পৃথিবী ঘুমায় আমি কি তাদের মধ্যে ঘুমাতে পারি? -পূজা, Kelsey Ray Banerjee
More language learning with poems. It’s been a while, so I wrote one in Hindi, then translated into Bangla and back into English (my native lang). Not sure if the Bangla is completely right tbh…some new vocab and honestly most dictionaries are not always reliable? I’m learning West Bengal variant, for those interested.
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Instruments: Nope. Tried the piano and guitar but I’m a bit ADHD and lessons are expensive ya’ll.
I’ve started a YouTube series called ’Learn Bengali with a native’, for those of you interested in learning the language.
This is the first episode on the Bengali Alphabet (বর্ণমালা), it contains an introduction to the alphabet along with a pronunciation and writing guide for all the vowels. Hope that helps.
I tried it again - this time with verbs! Lol. I like Bangla a lot though y'all. Was gonna translate it into Greek but the typing wore me out. Next one will probably be Greek though.
I can’t believe one of the major focuses of my degree was German. It’s been too long since I’ve used it in any meaningful capacity. So I’m bringing it in to my poetry fold. :-)
matia mou, what you said other men have only said drunk, smothered in the sweet scent of spirits. jani na, jani na where did you learn such bitter phrases - certainly not in the dictionary we penned together.
There’s nothing sacred in love or violence. Did we light the diya without a lick of oil? Or did the little lantern only overflow and we burned clay to ash?
matia mou, amar shona, if I could see even the moon in your eyes, I’d devour my suffering and call it delicious.
-Five years in, Kelsey Ray Banerjee
glossary:
matia mou - my eyes, Greek jani na - I don’t know, Bangla diya- it’s like a little lamp, Hindi (possibly Bangla, too. idk. My Bangla is still weak ya’ll) amar shona - my beloved, Bangla
Another poem - this time I’m experimenting with a multilingual one, rather than translating. Left everything Romanized to make it easier to pronounce/read.
This game (like a lot of Korean games) is played with the same beat as the Frying Pan game (lap clap right thumb left thumb)
*see gif below*
Intro:
아싸 홍삼 에브리바디 홍삼!
아 lap 싸 clap 홍 right 삼 left 에브리 lap 바디 clap 홍 right 삼 left
아싸 | assa (general cheer)
홍삼 | red ginseng
에브리바디 | Korean pronunciation of everybody
Rules:
첫 번째로 시작한 사람은 “아싸~ 너! 너!” 라고 외치며 두 사람을 지목합니다
The first person to start yells, “Assa~ you! You!” and picks two people
지목을 당한 두 사람은 “아싸~ 너!”라고 외치며 각자 한 명씩 다른 사람을 선택합니다. 속도가 빠를수록 게임의 난이도는 높아지니 스피드를 점점 UP 시켜주세요~!
Those two chosen people yell, “Assa~ you!” and each choose a person. The faster the speed, the higher the level of difficulty, so slowly speed up how fast you go!
서로 다른 사람을 지목하다 두 사람이 한 사람을 동시에 지목했다면 지목 당한 사람이 “아싸~ 홍삼~!” 이라고 말하며 자신만의 제스처를 보여줍니다. 그럼 다른 사람들도 모두 함께 “에브리바디~ 홍삼~!” 이라고 외치며 제스처를 따라 해야 합니다.
If the two people both pick the same person, the chosen person has to say, “Assa hongsam!” while doing a gesture of their choosing. And everyone else has to follow by responding with “everybody hongsam!”
그리고 지목을 받은 사람이 다시 처음으로 돌아가 “아싸~ 너! 너!” 라고 외치며 두 명을 지목합니다.
And the person who was chosen has to start over from the beginning with, “Assa~ you! You!” and pick two people.
*you lose by not responding/choosing someone after being pointed at. ( basically if you miss your turn, you lose)*
Loser usually has to drink or receive some type of punishment
I work at a high school and last week my students all had their government mandatory PE test. About half the school knows I know Korea, some assume I know some Korean, but a large chunk think I know like 5 words (which tbh is what I would prefer.)
Most of the kids who *know* I know Korean will usually still speak to me in English to practice/because they think it’s fun. This one kid in particular picks up a ton of phrases from movies and tv and he uses them pretty naturally all the time…but immediately after will ask what it actually means (they’re usually insults about other students or chill phrases like “no big d”) ((the kid he insults is also his best friend and that friend is pretty much fluent in English))
Anyways, this one class is just over halfway done and 3 students come over to me with Boy Who Tries in front and Boy Who is Fluent and Different Boy behind him. BWT points to something behind me and said what I thought was “mouse.” I mildly panic and let out a squeaky “paRdON?!” He then repeats and points again “mouse.” I turn and there is nothing behind me.
I look to BWF behind him for help and his just says “He means zip.” And I am still full confusion. “Zip! Zip!”
I turn again and BWT is directly pointing to the iced Americano I had behind me and he says the same thing again but this time I hear what he ACTUALLY said which was “one mouth.”
Now this kid is 18 and flirty af so I come back yet again but stronger with a “PARDON?!” And then I realize BWF probably said “sip” not “zip” and BWT usually translates things literally and in Korean “one bite/sip” is “한입” which literally translates to “one mouth.”
TL;DR I’m old and my hearing is awful. And while my students were supposed to be the ones exercising, I was the one that left with sore abs from laughing at my own dumb hearing.
These are ones that (usually) don’t have coffee in them. Always better to ask.
군고구마라떼 | sweet potato latte (tan/slightly green color)
자색고구마라떼 | purple sweet potato latte
그린티/녹차라떼 | green tea latte
초코라떼 | hot chocolate
블루베리라떼 | blueberry latte
3) 아이스/에이드 | Iced/Ade
This category is usually iced teas, specialty iced drinks, and “ades.” The lemonades and other drinks are usually more of the non-American style where they’re fizzy instead of made with water, sugar, and juice of the fruit.
레몬에이드 | lemonade
오렌지에이드 | orange
자몽에이드 | grapefruit
딸기에이드 | strawberry
청포도에이드 | green grape
블루베리에이드 | blueberry
아이스티 복숭아 | iced peach tea
아이스티 레몬 | iced lemon tea
4) 쥬스/스무디 | Juice/Smoothie
These are the most common flavors. There’s often a combination of them below. And if theres more than one flavor, they’re often like this 딸기바나나 요거트 스무디.
생과일 | fresh fruit (생 before a fruit name means its fresh)
