A blog for religious studies and foreign language adventures. Chris, he/him, Wiccan, USA. Native English speaker. Advanced proficiency: Italian, Spanish, Russian, Arabic, German. Intermediate: Modern Hebrew, Biblical Aramaic. Elementary: Mandarin Chinese, Biblical Hebrew. Interested in learning: a ton more as i'm sure my blog will attest to. Always looking for target language practice so feel free to dm me! أهلاً وسهلاً (rebooting this blog after a multi-year hiatus and a theme change so sorry if the majority of these posts are irrelevant for now)
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Hebrew Phrase of the Day
Trying to actually use this as a langblr now so here's a Modern Hebrew phrase of the day, hopefully I'll actually remember to keep this up.
כל הגוף שלי כאב.
Kol Ha-Guuf Shelii Ko'ev.
"My entire body hurts."
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pride 2019 25/30 | queer muslim pride
check out queer as fact: a queer history podcast
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I found italian and latin textbooks in a store for 1€ each and I wasnt studying those languages but
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The fantastic Mari blinging up her ear with this rose gold in her tragus :) this is one of the works you were able to see on My Story snapchat last week :) salabodymod (ved Pinpoint Piercing)
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The fantastic Mari blinging up her ear with this rose gold in her tragus :) this is one of the works you were able to see on My Story snapchat last week :) salabodymod (ved Pinpoint Piercing)
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This tweet doubles as a great explanation of the difference between semantic and pragmatics:
A: Your greatest weakness? B: Interpreting semantics of a question but ignoring the pragmatics A: Could you give an example? B: Yes, I could
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So true, mean everything coming from someone who isn’t black. #Love it!
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Dorm room #aesthetics guide
Cinderblock Minimal Target Aisle 7 Perfect Binding Bibliophile Fabby Road Natty Light Upscale Trip El Che-core Black Light Lit Ayyyy BoHo Window Fan Smart Contemporary Laundry Day High School Transitional Vintage Marley Curbside Collage Neo-wastebasket
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Go Nuts
Four Russian idioms for going crazy/ cuckoo/ banana - you got the idea:
Гуси полетели - lit. Geese flew (away)
Крыша поехала - lit. one’s roof is sliding/falling (down)
Чердак потёк - lit. one’s attic is leaking
Башню сорвало - lit. one’s tower was blown up
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person who has only ever heard German in WWII movies: the German language...
me: hoe don't do it
person who has only ever heard German in WWII movies: is so harsh and angry!
me: oh my god
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Me, after studying my target language for several hours: When will my English fluency vient back de la war?
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other people: do you mind if i play my music next to you
me: do you mind if i play the dutch duolingo audio next to you
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