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gluggafoss, hvolsvöllur

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i just want to say that dental dam is a fucking awful term. who the fuck wants to go down on someone and think “this is like being a pussy dentist”. in iceland we call them töfrateppi which means magic carpet and is so much better. thanks for coming to my ted talk

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Built in 1939, people would have had to sail to the cliff and scale it to reach the top. Þrídrangar lighthouse, Iceland is possibly the most isolated lighthouse in the world.

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Glacial Pools in Iceland by h0rdur

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Iceland // Alexey Dubinsky

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Eileen Myles

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advanced learner’s toolbox: spanish

a lot of the resource lists that are out there are generally geared towards beginners, which makes sense. more advanced learners + native speakers have already used these resources and can vouch for them, whereas if you’re an advanced learner you’ve probably already stumbled upon some of these already. that said, i figured i would compile my favorites here :)

diccionario de la lengua española, also known as the rae dictionary. it’s probably the most referenced dictionary in spanish

diccionario panhispánico de dudas, another resource from la rae, meant to handle specific common doubts within the language

corpus de referencia del español actual (crea), a linguistic corpus. i personally like using this to find examples of words and phrases. it contains examples from the last 25 years so you can have up to date examples

corpus diacrónico del español (corde), another linguistic corpus, but for examples from the beginning of the language up until 1974. both of these corpuses are a little clunky, but they do the job well

bonus: if you’re looking for a corpus from a specific country, look up the website for the academia (nationality) de la lengua and you’ll usually find a corpus from that specific country. examples: corpus del habla del ecuador, corpus diacrónico y diatópico del español de américa, you can even see a corpus from learners of the language: corpus de aprendices de español

wordreference, a forum for language use. whenever i have a specific question, i look up the phrase in question + ‘wordreference’ and i’m able to get opinions from different countries and not just the rae opinion

asihablamos, which is basically urban dictionary but in spanish, but unfortunately not as large. still, a helpful resource for learning slang from different countries. you can even sort by country!

fundeu, a site that does some more niche grammar and usage explanations. its whole bit is that it does more current usage questions, like this one on gaslighting

español avanzado, a site like the fundeu that explains random advanced grammar topics. i rank it below fundeu though because of the paywall.

biblioteca digital ciudad seva, aka my professors’ favorite site in undergrad. full of short stories and poetry in spanish, both originally written in spanish and translated.

católogo de voces hispánicas, these are just linguistic descriptions of different dialects of spanish both in spain and latin america. i’ve always found it pretty cool to look at, but if you’re looking to imitate a certain way of speaking check here!

and that’s it! if you’re already at this stage i’m assuming you know how to find interesting content (if not, let me know! i love finding media recommendations in spanish for people) <3

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Foggy Skies Over the Icelandic Wilderness in the Mountains Near Kirkjubæjarklaustur [OC] [4086 × 5449] - Author: HinniHil on reddit

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Icelandic is such a beautiful language

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A protection against evil sending by bad people 

#magic #iceland #iclandicmagic 

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Iceland's Traditional Woman's Dress

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Snippets from Reykjavik in July

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Bring on the four-day work work. We earned it.

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Daily Learning Checklist

Pimsleur Lesson - x I had to re-listen to yesterday’s lesson to get all the little words. They’re adding on the writing portion now, so I guess that means I gotta order the workbook. 

Drops - x 

Memrise - x Couldn’t answer a bunch of the hearing ones because I’m in the office, haha, but the spelling practice is good while I search for the Pimsleur workbook. 

Podcast listening - Not done yet, but the day is young.

I also applied to an international pen pal website and messaged a girl around my age about possibly practicing Icelandic with her? If anyone here is interested in being a penpal, either online or snail mail, hit me up!

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Heima

Humans like to think that they are big and strong and that nothing can hurt them. 

This is not true. Humans are small and helpless and sometimes lost. Not only the small ones, the big ones too.

Because they are so small and helpless and sometimes lost, they need a shelter to make them feel less small and less helpless and not so lost.

When they are in this shelter, they say they are “heima”.

It means “home”, and it is where they go to feel like they belong somewhere, and to forget that they are small and helpless and sometimes lost.

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Daily Learning Checklist

Pimsleur Lesson - x I finished Lesson 9 today. We started incorporating numbers into sentences. 

Drops - x I’m too cheap to pay for the full pack so I just do a little 5 minute flash cards lesson to get familiar with the spelling. I’ll be in Iceland soon so I’d rather focus on speaking phrases than reading little words like “fork” and “girl”. 

Memrise - x Bit the bullet and paid for their full service. They’re having a sale right now. I found a pretty good flashcard kit for basic vocab. 

Podcast listening - x I’ve done about one hour so far, with plans to finish the other hour throughout the rest of my workday. 

Not a bad way to start the week! 

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