#tandem
Let’s face it: the most difficult thing when it comes to foreign languages is to find natives to practice it. This free app allows you to get in touch with people from all over the world to talk about anything in your target language via free text messages, audios or video calls. If you wish, you can also get professional tutors (but in this case you have to pay).
Also, you can tap on your partner’s messages to correct them!
So basically this app has the same functions of HelloTalk but you don’t have to pay to use it. I’ve been using the app for some months now and I highly recommend it!
Share a Surfboard With This Rio de Janeiro Couple
To see more of Gabriella and Eduardo’s surf sessions, follow @gabiduda.surfduplo on Instagram. Check out @instagrambrasil to discover more stories from the region.
(This interview was conducted in Portuguese.)
“Sharing your surfboard with another person is magical,” explains Gabriella Cardoso (@gabiduda.surfduplo). “You have to be in complete harmony.” She and her boyfriend, designer Eduardo Lima, tandem surf — a Hawaiian sport where two surfers balance on the same board while performing tricks and stunts.
“We need to have perfect movements to help one another,” Gabriella says. “It’s a really fun sport that brings us even closer together.” The Rio de Janeiro couple have attracted a following during their training sessions on the Macumba and Barra da Tijuca beaches. “We want to gain new fans and, maybe one day, host a competition,” says Gabriella.
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I’m pretty sure I’ve won the day with this Enter The Dragon novelisation #BruceLee #EnterTheDragon #Paperback #Book #Tandem #70s
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When people ask how is it to have a German Tandem
You decided to learn a new language? That’s great! But you don’t really know how to start? That’s totally normal, especially if you never learned another language before. But here are some tips how to get started. :)
1. Read about your language. Before you actually start studying your target language you should google it. At least the Wikipedia entry. That takes about 15 minutes but will help you a lot during your study process. It makes it easier to know how your language “works” before starting it. Is it similar or very different to the language you know? How’s the basic grammar? Do they use the same letters? Does it use genders? What’s special about your target language? Do you speak the language just how you read it? So you won’t be confused while studying Spanish when the word “hablo” suddenly changes to “hablas” because you read before that they conjugate verbs in Spanish. That way you will understand it faster.
2. Break sentences or even words down. Maybe there is a pattern. For example in German we call a sloth “Faultier”. If you break it down you have “faul” (lazy) and “Tier” (animal). So while you learned the word for sloth you also learned the word for “lazy” and “animal”. In this case you can learn that we Germans don’t really have endless long words, we just like to put words together that already exist to describe something new. And suddenly “Studentenkrankenversicherungsmeldeverordnung” doesn’t look like a word straight from hell anymore because it’s just “StudentsHealthInsuranceReportRegulation”. And you know it because you broke other words down and discovered that Germans just put words together.
3. Learn the most common words. The most common 100 English words make up about half of all written English.
4. If you don’t know a word in your native language, you don’t need it in your target language. For example “Grommet”. I heard the German words for it but never used it or will use it. So why would I need to know it in English? Unfortunately schools don’t care about that.
5. Try sticky notes.
6. Make a plan what you want to learn.
7. Search for good resources like textbooks/Apps/websites/videos/etc. That’s also a way to get started. I prefer getting a textbook for beginners and combine it with tip number 9.
8. Find a teacher. I’m not really a fan of learning a language sitting in a classroom because you won’t talk much. But if you want someone leading you while you do your first steps in your target language, you should definitely check out italki.
9. Find a language exchange partner. Think about what you normally would chat about, search for the vocabs and use them! You will instantly practice them, learn the words you need to know and have fun while learning your first words in your target language.
10. Get help from the Studyblr or Langblr community! :)
So, quitting happens because of missing plans, structure, goals and rewards.
I’ve been to Italy quite a few times (around 30 times to be honest) and I’ll be there in 2 months again. I want to make the best out of these 60 days, so I can use the language as much as possible. But first, I need a plan!
I should mention I’m not a fan of exact numbers like 10 minutes this, 40 minutes that, a 15 minutes break here. Simply because I never stick to it, then I’m getting frustrated, stop for the day, forget it on the next day, want to start new next week, don’t do that and quit it completely. Not just for learning languages, I’m just like that in general. If I want to start at 6 pm but start at 6.15 pm I’m already mad at myself.
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What are my resources?
- Babbel - it doesn’t make as much fun as Duolingo, but I’m NOT going to use Duolingo. Like I said I want to get the most out of these 60 days and I like that Duolingo is fun but… it’s not really productive. First because the sentences are often non sense (what I usually like because it’s funny), second the progress is slow (the slowest I know) and even if you’re done with a tree you don’t really get far with it compared to the time you put in and where other apps get you with the same amount of time. Babbel is not nearly as cool as Duolingo because it’s way more like “sit down and learn this shit” but in the end this method is faster. I studied 2 different languages with Babbel and the structure (especially for grammar) is the best I know when it comes to apps / websites.
- Memrise - I think I don’t have to say much about it… build up vocab as fast as possible.
- Beelinguapp - It’s an app with audio books. You choose your target language and a book. While reading it you listen to the audio version of it and if something is unclear you have the translation in your native language below.
- Italienische Verben - a collection of Italian verbs and their conjugation. And if you didn’t notice by the name it’s a German app but I’m to 99,99% sure there is something like that in English (or other languages).
- Habitica - a to do list in rpg style. Actually I use this anyway, even without learning a language haha ^^ but I’m a really competitive person and you can join guilds (groups for everything you can imagine), so I joined a few language learning guilds to attend challenges. There’s also a guild chat for exchange and many more things you can do. :)
Warning: if you don’t do things on your to do list, your character will lose health. :p - Deezer and Pi Music Player - music players for… well I guess you know.
- Tandem - an app for language exchange, finding an exchange partner or even a teacher. If you click on “community” you see native speakers of your target language learning your native language. Already with the topic they want to talk about. You can decide between (video-) call or messaging them. Warning: you maybe have to wait to get in, because they want to keep it balanced between different countries. GIGANTIC plus point for girls: this way it’s impossible to get hardcore spammed by men from… specific countries asking you to marry them or who are sending you photos of their tiny wiener. I’m serious this app is PERFECT for girls. Almost all people are just there for language exchange and not to find a girl of the country they want to move to.
- HelloTalk - also a nice language exchange app but I prefer Tandem.
- Google Translate - well… duh. Why do I even mention it.
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What are my study plans?
- find a language exchange partner as friend (with Tandem and HelloTalk)
- learn as much vocab as possible (with Babbel and mainly Memrise)
- much practice of listening skills (Memrise for the native speaker option, Babbel for the dialogues between people at real life situations, Beelinguapp for audio books, Deezer and Pi Music for listening to music in Italian)
- practice writing (Babbel, Memrise and chatting with native speakers on Tandem/HelloTalk)
- practice speaking (a little bit with Memsie and Babbel but mainly with native speakers from Tandem and HelloTalk)
- practice reading (Beelinguapp, chatting with native speakers on Tandem/HelloTalk, Babbel)
- learn basic grammar (with Babbel)
- study as much as I can do per day but at least 30 minutes every day NO MATTER how busy I am
- have a small basic conversations with my language exchange partner (who will probably speak extra slowly and clearly, because they know your language level) after one month
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What are my goals?
- have small-talks with native speakers in Italy
- get around without using German or English at all. The worst part about this will be that they always start speaking German or English with me (I guess I don’t look Italian at all but you can see my profile picture soooo yeah I don’t know) and I have to tell them to stop trying to have a normal conversation with me so I can make the situation awkward and hard to understand for everyone with my broken Italian. :D Embarrassing moments I’m coming for you!
- set my smartphone on Italian and actually understand the most of it
- get a diary and use it in Italian without a dictionary
- live the language as much as I can (here is a post about what I mean)
- find Italian friends
- understand a few songs I like (going to learn a little bit vocab from my favourite songs to make it easier)
- play a game like Sims and understand most of it (I wanted to use Skyrim but I guess everyday life vocab will be more easier to understand than the vocab about potions, killing dragons, magic spells, being a dragonborn, etc.)
Drifting in Oregon was sick, a bunch of photos are up on my new site at TYRphoto.com under Automotive/Drifting.
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Tandem.14
#tandem #couple #two #blue #figurative #art #sculpture #artist #sculptor #figurativeart #jpj #artwork #arte #artists #kunst #kunstwerk #konst #skulptur #rust #metalart #metal #künstler #kunstner
https://www.instagram.com/p/CbhmQ5eggqB/?utm_medium=tumblr
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This is how it turned out. The printed copy of a book where a publishing company used the picture of Tandem.1 for a book cover.
#bookcover #coverart #bookcoverart #bookart #couple #arte #kunst #two #life #metalart #metal #sculpture #artist #sculptures #art #metal #sculptor #junkart #tandem
https://www.instagram.com/p/CZZn304gLGR/?utm_medium=tumblr
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Art & Bikes
Art / Bicycles / Gastronomy / Solidarity
The 26th of June “Ca Lluis tapes i creativitat” (Lluis ́ Place- Tapas and Creativity) will inaugurate their solidarity initiative that will be entitled “ART & BIKES” and which consists of custom art of bicycles done by recognized artists, designers and illustrators who will donate 100% of the profits to social projects related to the world of cycling.
The event begins the 26th of June with an auction of the art work, and will end the 9th of October when the checks are sent.
This initiative will have several diverse phases:
A) The 26th of June and the 17th and 18th of July and the 18 of September, the custom canvases will be auctioned off to raise money for the different associations that we are supporting and will be exhibited in between the auction dates.
B) For those people who wish to collaborate economically for this cause and who can not afford a full canvas, we will have a piggy bank for solidarity. We will periodically update the money raised and publish it on our web.
C) Of all the people who come to eat dinner at Ca Lluis and who would like to sign up in our client database, we will award one bicycle at random to one person in our database.
D) The 9th of October we will send the checks to the different charity associations we are supporting.
We wish to raise awareness about the benefits of using bicycles, modifying our habits to improve the quality of life in our cities and to transmit the idea that bikes are one of the most ecological, healthy and accessible ways to move around. The bicycle is a cheap and environmentally friendly transportation method. As soon as you ride oneyou begin to smile, you ́re exercising without even knowing it, zero carbon emissions, you save on gasoline, parking and traffic violations, traffic jams, you are reducing your chances for heart attacks, it ́s a first class aerobic exercise, it ́s cheap, fun and great to share with friends….
Here at Ca Lluis we are aiming to contribute to this project by working with different organizations that get bikes to people who are underprivileged and who need them to get around or just have fun.
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tandem
by airauralintensity (aka me, xyzcekaden!)
It makes the prettiest, most delicate sounds; but it also knows how to be powerful.
fandom: under the oak tree (light novel, webcomic)
characters: maximillian calypse, riftan calypse
ship: maxitan (aka lipmac)
genre: romance, fluff
themes: maxi plays the piano, canon-tangential, fanart included, dialogue only, lack of narrative text, drabble
word count: ~370
rating: K+
read it below or on ao3!
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A/N (12.28.2021): For the Creative Secret Santa on discord! @sophiemaye requested art of Maxi and Riftan playing the piano together. Alas, my drawing skills aren’t that great, so I only drew one of them playing. Partially in apology for being flexible with the prompt and partially in explanation, I wrote two different headcanons as to how they could end up in that scene. For a bonus challenge, I wrote only in dialogue / without narrative text.
There are TWO distinct scenarios in this one post! The piano emojis serve as a page break.
Thanks sophiemaye for the prompt and for letting me share the work! Happy holidays, everyone! ❤
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“Oh! R-Riftan, you scared me.”
“Sorry, my love. I heard the piano from the hallway, and I was curious who it could be. No one has ever used the piano in this room before.”
“I’m s-sorry! I didn’t mean to ov-verstep…”
“You know everything in this castle is yours.”
“Right.”
Plink, plink.
“I didn’t know you could play.”
“I c-can’t. I was just trying to fig-gure out the tune to a song I heard Rudys h-humming earlier … then I s-started playing around with the keys. It’s noth-thing.”
“You seem to enjoy music. Should I hire a live-in bard?”
“No, no! Not to th-that extent!”
“Hmmm.”
Plink, plink.
“It’s a lovely instrument, d-don’t you think? It makes the prettiest, most delicate sounds; b-but it also knows how to be powerful.”
“I can’t say. Not much room for a lyre on an expedition caravan, much more a piano.”
“Oh. R-right, of course not.”
“Er, um, why don’t you play me something?”
“Ah, no. I c-couldn’t.”
“You seemed to be doing just fine before I came in.”
“I-I wasn’t really playing, th-though.”
“Okay, play fake piano for me then.”
“Riftan!”
“Just let me stay and listen. Please?”
“ … Well, alr-right. I did figure out part of Rudys’ lullaby. I’ll pl-play that so Riftan has something nice to l-listen to.”
“Go ahead.”
“You were right. That was lovely.”
“I’m g-glad it pleased Riftan.”
“I didn’t know you could play the piano.”
“Yes! It was the onl-ly form of noble training I received back in C-Croix Castle… I did not need t-to speak to learn.”
“That’s nonsense! I shall hire a vocal tutor right away. You should be able to sing while you play if you so desire!”
“No, n-no thank you! I like playing the piano by its-self, truly! The piano can do all of my talking f-for me.”
“I love your voice.”
“Oh, thank you… But, d-does that mean Riftan does not l-like my piano then?”
“Of course not. You’re so talented you could go on tours. I shall hire a tour planner.”
“Riftan!”
“All of Whedon needs to hear you play! There will be stadiums packed with admirers—”
“… Yes? ‘Admirers’?”
“On second thought, you should not go on tour.”
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Once David and Talia have been thoroughly spanked, they must stand against the wall and think about their actions under the watchful eye of headmistress Blake. “Behind the Bikesheds” starring Pandora Blake, David Weston and his real-life girlfriend Talia Lane, at Dreams of Spanking.
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I guess this is the German cover of Tandem? The title translates to The Light of Aurora. Fun fact: when I was working on this book, for a long time it was called Aurora. Then I changed it, about halfway through writing it.
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