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Italian: Seasons

stagione f (stagioni) : season

estate f (estati) : summer

autunno m (autunni) : autumn

inverno m (inverni) : winter

primavera f (primavere) : spring

Adjectives

estivo (feminine singular estiva, masculine plural estivi, feminine plural estive) - summery

autunnale (autunnali) - autumnal

invernale (invernali) - wintry

primaverile (primaverili) or vernale (vernali) - vernal {spring}

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German: Seasons

die Jahreszeit (Jahreszeiten) : season

der Frühling (Frühlinge) : spring

der Lenz (Lenze) : spring, poetic

das Frühjahr (Frühjahre) : spring, (March, April, May)

der Sommeranfang (Sommeranfänge) : beginning of the summer

der Mittsommer : midsummer, around the summer solstice

der Frühsommer : early summer

der Sommer : summer

der Hochsommer : middle of the summer

der Spätsommer : Late summer

der Frühherbst (Frühherbste) : early autumn

der Herbst (Herbste) : autumn

der Spätherbst (Spätherbste) : late autumn

der Winter : winter

der Winteranfang (Winteranfänge) : beginning of winter

der Mittwinter : middle of winter, winter solstice

der Spätwinter : late winter

das Winterende (Winterenden) : end of winter

die Winterzeit (Winterzeiten) : winter time

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Czech: Seasons

roční období n - season

jaro n - spring

léto n - summer

podzim m inan - autumn

zima f - winter

na jaře: in the spring

v létě: in the summer

na podzim: in the fall

v zimě: in the winter

these expressions use the locative case!

Adjectives related to the season:

letní - summer

jarní - spring

podzimní - autumn

zimní - winter

Examples

* první jarní den - first day of spring

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Language Goals for Fall 2019

Swedish: I’ve reached the intermediate level for sure, but it’s time for me to really expand my vocabulary. I can do this by reading more news articles on 8-sidor and actually doing those Memrise courses that I have saved. I’ll try to review the Duolingo course as much as I can, but tbh I’m too advanced for that course. I would also like to find Swedish YouTube channels that don’t talk about makeup and clothing. Maybe crochet, nature, cooking, science?? Also going to listen to some Kent, Disney music, and Swedish Pod 101 on YouTube.

Czech: I’m definitely going to take my time on the Duolingo course and review, review, review! This is how I got so familiar with Swedish. I’ve never studied a Slavic language before, so I’m really going to take my time and not rush this. Duolingo is fine for now. Also, CzechPod 101 just for the listening. And Disney songs...

German: My German is in a weird spot. My vocabulary is decent, but not decent enough. So, my goal is to do the Duolingo course and Memrise course, and read some news articles on Deutsche Welle. Also going to do German Pod 101, Easy German, and Disney songs on YouTube. Each week, I may also do a page from my German course book.

Italian: Time to put that coursebook to work! I’m going to do one lesson a week and really focus on it. Going to try to find an easy news site as well. There is also Duolingo, Memrise, and YouTube. Fortunate enough to have a paper dictionary for this language!

Latin: One lesson from the course book a week. Wait patiently for the Duolingo course to come out. Try to find a good Memrise course for it... also, try to memorize good Latin phrases to wow people with haha.

Welsh: Duolingo is really all I have for this. I think there is an app called “Say Something In Welsh”. I’ll try that out and see if it’s a good supplement. Maybe try to find an online dictionary and a good Memrise course. Also try to find a way to get good listening practice...

Faroese: Translate more songs. Memrise. Study grammar. This one is the hardest of all to find resources for, but not impossible.

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Czech: collective nouns

boroví n - pinewood

kamení n - stones

křoví n - bushes

stromoví n - trees

note: these nouns are collective, meaning multiple (plural) objects, but are singular nouns, however.

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Czech: abstract verbs

“Czech abstract verbs of motion whose motion is multidirectional (as opposed to unidirectional) or indirect, or whose action is repeated or in a series, instead of being a single, completed action. Abstract verbs are always imperfective in aspect, even with prefixes that are normally associated with the perfective aspect.” Wiktionary

běhat - to run

chodit - to walk , to go (repeatedly)

lézt - to climb, to crawl

nosit - to wear, hold, bring, or carry

plavat - to swim

Examples

umím plavat - I can swim

Proč umějí kachny plavat? - Why can ducks swim??

Nosí hezké šaty. - (He/she/it) wears nice clothes.

Každý den nám listonoš nosí noviny. - Everyday, the postman brings us the newspaper.

chodíme sem rádi na procházky - we like walking here

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German Lessons - Seperable Prefixes on Verbs

The verbs with the following prefixes are separable: ab-, an-, auf-, aus-, bei-, ein-, los-, mit-, nach-, her-, hin-, vor-, weg-, zu-, zurück- The verbs with the following prefixes are inseparable: be-, emp-, ent-, er-, ge-, miss-, ver-, zer- The verbs with the following prefixes can be either separable or inseparable: durch-, hinter-, über-, um-, unter-

With separable verbs, we stress the prefix; with inseparable verbs, we stress the syllable after the prefix. {source: Lingola}.

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Pharmacy SIG Codes

If you are thinking of entering the pharmacy world, you are going to discover two things for certain- doctors have horrible handwriting, and that pharmacy lingo could be it’s own language (it is actually latin and greek based, but consider this its own dialect). I figured that a small list of absolutely necessary SIG codes would be great for those who may not grasp them yet. Please note that when inputting, every pharmacy may have their own SIG codes, but these will most likely be featured on your exams!

♡ PRN - As needed. ♡ Q - Every. ♡ QD - Every day/Once daily. ♡ NPO - Nothing by mouth. ♡ AS - Left ear. ♡ OU - Each/Both eyes. ♡ AD - Right ear. ♡ AU - Both/Each ears. ♡ OD - Right eye. ♡ OS - Left eye. ♡ SC - Subcutaneously. ♡ IM - Intramuscularly. ♡ IMZ - Immunization. ♡ PO - Per oral/By mouth. ♡ BID - Twice daily. ♡ TID - Three times daily. ♡ HS - At bedtime. ♡ AM - In the morning. ♡ PM - In the evening. ♡ CF - Take with food. ♡ OES - On an empty stomach.