study like a gryffindor: break out the good snacks and pump the music, use breaks as a time to work out, go to the professor’s office hours when you have questions, be confident in your ability to succeed
study like a hufflepuff: organize study groups, do your readings in your comfiest sweaters, write your own notes and study guides from the textbook, be unafraid of the hard work that studying takes
study like a ravenclaw: think critically when re-reading notes, quiz yourself while brushing your teeth, tackle the hardest practice problems, know that you have the skills to get it done
study like a slytherin: use every resource available to study, use your notes to make your own lecture, challenge yourself by setting goals even if you’re not sure you can achieve them, be proud when you do well
I am trying to start a daily Korean diary but since I’m just a beginner I had no idea what and how to write. After a bit of research these are some expressions I collected:
오늘은 특별한 날이다.
Today is a special day.
오늘은 평범한 날이다.
Today is an ordinary day.
⏰
아침 여섯시 반에 일어났다.
I got up at half past six in the morning.
세수를 했다.
I washed my face.
그리고 비가 내린다.
And it was raining.
☁
흐렸다.
It was cloudy.
맑았다.
It was clear.
❄
눈이 왔다.
It snowed.
☔
비가 왔다.
It rained./It was rainy.
오후 두시 오십칠분 점심식사를 먹었다.
I had lunch at 2:57 p.m.
그 음식은 맛있었다.
That food was delicious.
나는 한국어를 공부했다.
I studied Korean.
학교에 다녔다.
I went to school.
놀이공원에 갔다.
I went to amusement park.
⛺
그 후에 피곤해서 집에서 잠을 잤다.
After that, I slept at home because I was tired.
Please tell me if you spot any mistakes or if you have other useful sentences you come up with.
i suck at updating things here but i was productive!
27.09 - DAY 4
► TTMIK L1 - review
28.09 - DAY 5
► reviewing french grammar
29.09 - DAY 6
► i did nothing productive-productive but i went back home and spent time with my family which i didn’t see since june. i didn’t even think that i’m wasting my time. i enjoyed it and needed it.
30.09- DAY 7
► LingoDeer - French - Basics, Plural
1.10 - DAY 8
► LingoDeer - French - Number 1, Daily Phrase 1
2.10 - DAY 9 (1st day of university)
► the introduction to latin - rewriting notes, started doing my homework
I have uploaded my small collection of Korean children’s books in PDF form. Since I am just learning Korean I summarized a few of them based on the pictures, so please excuse some of the titles!
There are 4 types of PDF’s in each folder, full color editions of the book with pictures (title.pdf) or just the text of the book (titletext.pdf). There are also black and white editions for those who want to print them off to write on them for translating. I’ve also included a zip file for those who want all 4 files.
Korean learners, I hit the point where I learn Korean with Talk To Me In Korean and I’m halfway through the second level and I keep reviewing the first level, scared of forgetting it and… I find it useless to learn more if I can’t practice grammar so.. Do you have any idea how to practice what I’ve already learnt? Any workbooks? Websites? I think about TTMIK workbooks, they’d be perfect, but I need to save money first.
I’ve decided to take part in the most popular challenge of studyblr/langblr community. It’s my last week of summer holidays and after my unproductive summer time, I just want to get back on track with learning languages daily.
100 days scares me, I’m really afraid to fail but well… Let’s give it a try.
Since I read a lot of literature and have been reading purely novels in Korean lately to improve my ability in the language and get a better grasp of sentence structure and reading, I decided to put together a few of my Korean book favourites that if you are learning Korean too, I recommend you give a read if you want to begin improving your reading and translation skills. It may take some time to fully understand them, but perseverance always pays off!
I Have The Right To Destroy Myself [나는 나를 파괴할 권리가 있다] by Kim Young-Ha
This is one of the first fully Korean books I began to read and translate myself and though it is a slow process when you are just a beginner, it’s amazing to see how far you can come. It has a very deep story line and one that will shake you to the core that I really recommend if you want or like a darker plot. This book follows a nameless man who narrates and follows the life of the wounded minds of a dark city.
The Hen Who Dreamed She Could Fly [마당을 나온 암탉] by Hwang Sun-Mi
This was an unusual story for me to read but it was a great choice when it came to studying reading. This was a story lead by a Hen’s perspective and talks on things such as bullying, protectiveness and other life issues. I really enjoyed translating this read, even from an animals mind.
The Vegetarian [채식주의자] by Han Kang
I really love odd concept books so this was a great read for me, but I do know it will not be to everyone’s tastes. Han Kang is a top Korean author and this book follows the perspective of how even the most ordinary people can change very fast. I recommend it nonetheless because it was a great translation.
Our Twisted Hero [우리들의 일그러진 영웅] by Yi Mon-Yol
This novel was also not something I would usually read but it was a very distinct book. It’s narrated by a young boy who moves from a big city to the country and finds his life going in an unexpected direction.
i know that coming back to school might be scary. but we can do it. we’re going to do so good and in a year, we’re going to laugh at how scared we were.
i’m curious if anyone is interested in the list of 625 common words to know in your target language - polish edition?
if you want me to make it - let me know, if you already made one - tell me as well! i can check it out or reblog to share such important resources around our community ^^
In Urdu we don’t say “I won’t give you what you want” if that person went out of line and then asked for a favour, we informally say “تیرے باپ کا راج چل رہا ہے؟ (Teray baap ka raaj chal raha hai ? [“ch” as in “chair”])” which roughly translates to “Is this your father’s kingdom?” and I think that’s beautiful.
In Norwegian, we have this saying “Ta en spansk en” which translates to “Take a Spanish one” which we use if we want to take a rough turn or do something a little wild.
In Finnish, we don’t “I’ll go out even if it rained cats and dogs”, we rarely use the old saying “Menen ulos vaikka sataisi ämmiä äkeet selässä” which literally means “I’ll go out even if it rained bitches/hags with harrows on their backs”.
In Romanian we don’t say “Mind your own business”, we say “Nu-ți băga nasul unde nu-ți fierbe oala” which roughly translates to “Don’t stick your nose where your pot ain’t boiling” and I find it so funny.
In Sylheti Bengali, there’s a sweet dish called “ফিদা (phida)” and it sounds like the word for “punch/hit” which is also “ফিদা (fida)”. So as a joke, cousins and siblings would ask “ফিদা খাইটা নি ? (Fidā khā'iṭā ni ?)” which means “Do you want ‘fida’ ?” and if you say yes they might punch you playfully because after all you agreed to a punch (fida), not a sweet dish (phida).
We had a similar joke in Brazil. The word “bolacha” can mean cookie or a hit/smack depending on what region of the country you’re in. So one kid would ask “quer uma bolacha?” which the other kid interpreted as “do you want a cookie?” and would answer yes, and then would be given a slap, because they did agree to taking a hit/“bolacha”
In Dutch we’ve got this thing where you say a fruit or vegetable and you tell the other kid to say ‘mij’ (me) after every fruit/vegetable, and then at a certain point you say ‘sla’ (lettuce, but also imperative of ‘slaan’, to hit) and the other kid says ‘mij’, so they say ‘sla mij’ (‘hit me’) and you can hit them.
In Mexico, we have something similar. In our spanish variation we say: “¿Quieres un coco?” (Would you like a coconut?) but ‘coco’ is also used for a punch with the knuckles at the top of the head. So when they say “yes”, well, you just give them their ‘coco’.
Moms from Mexico use this when you are a bad kid without asking if you want it.
In French, we don’t say “thong” to refer to the clothing item, we say “(le) string [(\lə\) \stʁiŋ\]”. But in European French, we also have the word “(la) tong [(\la\) \tɔ̃ɡ\]” that translates to the beach slippers/sandals commonly known as “Flip-flops” and I always found it confusing.
In Sylheti Bengali, there’s a sweet dish called “ফিদা (phida)” and it sounds like the word for “punch/hit” which is also “ফিদা (fida)”. So as a joke, cousins and siblings would ask “ফিদা খাইটা নি ? (Fidā khā'iṭā ni ?)” which means “Do you want ‘fida’ ?” and if you say yes they might punch you playfully because after all you agreed to a punch (fida), not a sweet dish (phida).
We had a similar joke in Brazil. The word “bolacha” can mean cookie or a hit/smack depending on what region of the country you’re in. So one kid would ask “quer uma bolacha?” which the other kid interpreted as “do you want a cookie?” and would answer yes, and then would be given a slap, because they did agree to taking a hit/“bolacha”
In Dutch we’ve got this thing where you say a fruit or vegetable and you tell the other kid to say ‘mij’ (me) after every fruit/vegetable, and then at a certain point you say ‘sla’ (lettuce, but also imperative of ‘slaan’, to hit) and the other kid says ‘mij’, so they say ‘sla mij’ (‘hit me’) and you can hit them.
In German we don’t ask “What’s the matter ?” or “What’s on your mind ?” when we are casually talking to somone who is in a bad mood, we say “Wo drückt der Schuh ? [voː dʀʏkt deːɐ̯ ˈʃuː]” which roughly translates to “Where does the shoe pinch ?” and I think that’s beautiful.
But essentially you’re asking the ‘same’ question, both questions “What’s on your mind” and “What’s your pain” serve the same purpose - asking someone about their feelings when they are in a bad mood. It doesn’t matter whether or not I ask people the one or the other question because their answers would be the same.
In Sylheti Bengali, there’s a sweet dish called “ফিদা (phida)” and it sounds like the word for “punch/hit” which is also “ফিদা (fida)”. So as a joke, cousins and siblings would ask “ফিদা খাইটা নি ? (Fidā khā'iṭā ni ?)” which means “Do you want ‘fida’ ?” and if you say yes they might punch you playfully because after all you agreed to a punch (fida), not a sweet dish (phida).
We had a similar joke in Brazil. The word “bolacha” can mean cookie or a hit/smack depending on what region of the country you’re in. So one kid would ask “quer uma bolacha?” which the other kid interpreted as “do you want a cookie?” and would answer yes, and then would be given a slap, because they did agree to taking a hit/“bolacha”
In Sylheti Bengali, there’s a sweet dish called “ফিদা (phida)” and it sounds like the word for “punch/hit” which is also “ফিদা (fida)”. So as a joke, cousins and siblings would ask “ফিদা খাইটা নি ? (Fidā khā'iṭā ni ?)” which means “Do you want ‘fida’ ?” and if you say yes they might punch you playfully because after all you agreed to a punch (fida), not a sweet dish (phida).
Yes, it does sound like salmon snake to a modern speaker, but etymologically it’s something completely different: it’s an old loan from Old Swedish, floghdrake, that means a flying snake. Finns couldn’t pronounce the many consonants at the beginning of the word, so it changed in their mouths into lohi that sounds quite similar and happens to mean salmon. Käärme is a direct translation of the word drake, snake.
I’ve made a couple of posts about this, and will continue to do so as long as I see these translations going around. This is why language is so interesting.
In Mandarin Chinese we say “再见 (zài jiàn)” as “goodbye” or “farewell”, which roughly translates to “see (见) you again (再)” and I think that’s beautiful, because that means there is no true goodbye in the Mandarin Chinese language, and we only ever part ways for the time being.
In Danish, when the wind is really strong we can say “Det stormer/blæser en halv pelikan”, it directly translates to “It’s storming/blowing half a pelican” and I have absolutely zero idea why. It is an older saying though, so not everyone will know it.
In Czech we don’t say “You’re annoying” or “You’re irritating me”, we say “sereš mě (seresh me)”, which literally means “You’re shitting (on) me” and this is just perfect way to describe the feeling.
In German we don’t say “Happy New Year” we say “Guten Rutsch ins neue Jahr” which roughly translates to “A good slide into the new year" and may all your wishes come true.
In German we don’t say “killing time”, we say “Zeit totschlagen ” which literally means “beating the time up to death” and I think that’s beautiful
I didn’t tell you the whole truth: The verb “totschlagen” belongs to the noun “Totschlag”. “Totschlag” and “Mord” (murder) are two types of crime where someone committed homicide. “Mord” on the one hand was a mostly planned or at least intendet murder yand is more severe than “Totschlag” - killing someone in the heat of the moment, out of a sudden urge or emotion.
“umgangssprachlich; Der Begriff ”Zeitvertreib" ist erst eine Erfindung des 18. Jahrhunderts, aber den Reichen und Adligen war Sport, Spiel und Unterhaltung auch vorher natürlich nicht unbekannt. Das redensartliche Bild meint, dass man die "Person Zeit“ vertreiben oder gar töten kann, damit sie einen nicht länger durch ihre Anwesenheit belästigt.”
“colloquial; The term “Zeitvertreib” has only been invented in the 18th century, although prior, sports, games and entertainment (as a pastime) weren’t unfamiliar to the rich and nobles. The idiomatic picture indicates that one dispels or even ‘murders’ (see above explanation) the personified “time” so it would no longer disturb oneself through its presence.“
In German we don’t say “killing time”, we say “Zeit totschlagen ” which literally means “beating the time up to death” and I think that’s beautiful
I didn’t tell you the whole truth: The verb “totschlagen” belongs to the noun “Totschlag”. “Totschlag” and “Mord” (murder) are two types of crime where someone committed homicide. “Mord” on the one hand was a mostly planned or at least intendet murder yand is more severe than “Totschlag” - killing someone in the heat of the moment, out of a sudden urge or emotion.
“umgangssprachlich; Der Begriff ”Zeitvertreib" ist erst eine Erfindung des 18. Jahrhunderts, aber den Reichen und Adligen war Sport, Spiel und Unterhaltung auch vorher natürlich nicht unbekannt. Das redensartliche Bild meint, dass man die "Person Zeit“ vertreiben oder gar töten kann, damit sie einen nicht länger durch ihre Anwesenheit belästigt.”
“colloquial; The term "Zeitvertreib” has only been invented in the 18th century, although prior, sports, games and entertainment (as a pastime) weren’t unfamiliar to the rich and nobles. The idiomatic picture indicates that one dispels or even ‘murders’ (see above explanation) the personified “time” so it would no longer disturb oneself through its presence.“
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