#langblr reactivation challenge

[studyscrasic]

Langblr Reactivation Challenge 2.7

Share with everyone some langblrs you enjoy seeing on your dash, try to put at least 5 people

I'm a bit shy, so I've been nervous about this one, but @salvadorbonaparte @pocketmouse-langblr @nordic-language-love, @ben-learns-smth, @linguistness and @ravenlesslangblr are all really wonderful to have on my dash

I am also always trying to find more langblrs/studyblrs with similar interests, so hopefully I can expand the list as time goes on!

[studieswithmi]

Sep 29, 2023 ・❥・Week 1 Day 1 of prepolygot's Langblr Reactivation Challenge

Day 1: Create an introduction post about yourself. What's your name? What languages are you studying? What languages do you hope to study? What do you hope you'll get out of this challenge?

Hi everyone, long time no see. My name is Mi, I'm 24, and a native English speaker. I use masculine pronouns in any language I study, as well as they/them in English.

My old url used to be hangugeo-hands but I changed it because while I do still want to learn more KSL, Korean and Korean sign language aren't the only languages I want to study. I'm shifting my focus to more Spanish right now because I'm looking at a possible trip in the future! That being said, I'll still post other languages as well!

With this challenge, I hope to use it as a fun little game to really motivate me to renew this blog as I continue my studies.

This is a side blog! Any follows come from @baldyeosang

Languages Currently Studying

Korean

Japanese

Spanish

Languages I'd Love To Study One Day

Gaeilge

Get back into KSL

French

German

[prepolyglot-moved]

Langblr Reactivation Challenge

Hello everyone! As you may know I've created this challenge to help revive the langblr community. It's a three week challenge designed to get you back into learning languages and (hopefully) give you ideas on how to study and share your knowledge of them. It is completely optional to do, but try to reblog other people's posts if you aren't participating.

The challenge is designed to be done daily, however if you miss a day, you can go back and do it later or continue from where you left off. I do encourage you to do your best to keep up with the challenge though. Tag your posts with #langblr reactivation challenge so that others can find your posts.

If you have any questions, please send me an ask or a message and I'll do my best to answer it.

I'll put the prompts under a read more so this post isn't ridiculously long. Good luck to everyone participating! Remember the best way to promote the langblr revival is by reblogging other people's work.

Week 1

Day 1: Create an introduction post about yourself. What's your name? What languages are you studying? What languages do you hope to study? What do you hope you'll get out of this challenge? Add whatever else you’d like to your introduction post!

Day 2: Write a list of goals you have for your target languages. Make both long term and short term goals. An overall goal could be to have the ability to talk with native speakers with ease and a smaller goal would be to finally learn that difficult grammar point that's been plaguing you for ages. How will you achieve them?

Day 3: Create a list or a Mindmap of vocabulary topics. Start with a broad topic and narrow down to more specific topics. An example could be bedroom - furniture - closet - clothes or travelling - languages - study words - school supplies. Keep a hold of this because you'll use it later to create vocab to study. Some broad topics to start with: house, school, work, travelling, friends and family, nature, city. Feel free to use these or think of your own. Share your mindmap so others can get some ideas if they need it. Here are some mind map creation tools (x) (x) (x).

Day 4: Create a vocab list for one of the topics you created yesterday, if you want to make more, feel free to make as many as you like! Share your list and reblog other people's lists. And most importantly, make sure you study these words!

Day 5: Find a video in your target language and watch it as many times as you need to in order to understand it. Make a post about the video. What was it about? Did you like the video? Was it difficult to understand? Make sure you link the video. Try to write your answers in your target language, but if you can’t that’s okay!

Day 6: Look up 3 idioms in your target language and explain what they mean and how you use them in a sentence (with an example!).

Day 7: Send asks to other langblrs (bonus points if it's in a shared target language!) asking them about whatever (for example, ask how their day was, ask questions about their target languages, or share some of your thoughts with them). If you receive one, answer it! You can ask more than one person and it can be on or off anon.

Week 2

Day 1: Over the next week, create a playlist/playlists of songs in your target language(s), they can either have a specific mood or genre or they can be a collection of songs you've discovered. When you feel like you're done with your playlist, share it so others can find some new songs. If you already have a playlist, you can add songs to it and update it.

Day 2: Write an explanation on a grammar rule in your target language (such as verb tenses, exceptions, word order, etc). Include sentences to show how and when it is used.

Day 3: Either make a vocab list or find a vocab list you like and make sentences using those words. You can make them as long or as short as you like. This is a good way to contextualise vocab words and learn them in context. Share your sentences and highlight the vocab word.

Day 4: Record yourself reading an article, short story, or passage (basically anything written in your target language). Listen to it and see if you can point out any areas you can improve with your speaking and any areas that you're doing well. You can post your recording if you wish.

Day 5: Post at least 2 songs that you like in your target language. Make sure you add a link to them so people can go listen to them.

Day 6: Share a study tip you have. This can range from how you organize your notes to playlists that help you study to apps you use to review. Just something that you find makes studying easier (and more fun).

Day 7: Share with everyone some langblrs you enjoy seeing on your dash, try to put at least 5 people (and make sure you @ them!).

Week 3

Day 1: Remember that playlist you made/are making? Take a song you really like and make a vocab list of words you don't understand, learned from the song, or recognize but don't quite remember. Post so others can see and link the song. If you have extra time and/or want a bit more of a challenge, translate the song as well, either into English or another language.

Day 2: Write about a festival or holiday that is celebrated in a country that speaks your target language. This can be either something you’ve celebrated yourself, have wanted to participate in, or have never heard of before. You can write this in any language you’d like.

Day 3: Make another vocab list from the list you made at the beginning of the challenge. If you are learning two or more languages, make the vocab list in 3 languages (meaning for example: French, German, and English or Japanese, Arabic, and Ukrainian).

Day 4: Find a recipe written in your target language and translate it into your native language (or another language of your choice) or find a recipe in your native language and translate it into your target language. Bonus points if you actually make it (share pictures if you do)!

Day 5: Create a collection of resources you use to study/learn your target language. Add links to them if possible so others can also use them.

Day 6: Create a post explaining a grammar rule that you had/are having difficulties learning. If you’re currently having difficulties, do your best to explain and ask others to help you understand it better. Include example sentences in your explanation.

Day 7: How do you feel at the end of this challenge? Did you meet any goals while doing this? Do you feel more confident in your language abilities? Where do you think you'll go from here? Answer these questions either in your native language or your target language.

Hopefully you guys enjoy/enjoyed this challenge. After you've completed the challenge, I encourage you to continue your studies in your target languages and support others in theirs.

[in--other--words]

Fav Langblrs

Week 2, day 7 of prepolyglot’s langblr reactivation challenge

linguistness - lots of cool langblr but also linguistics content (German, Swedish, French, Czech)

cumbiana - phd life with some Spanish and langblr content thrown in

spanishskulduggery - really helpful explanations about Spanish grammar and vocab

thetudes - lots of useful resources for French

3oey - cute vocab drawings for Russian :3

tealingual - tonnes of resources for tonnes of different languages, great for resource masterposts

sciogli-lingua - several languages but especially Italian

pompadourpink - the ultimate authority on the French language as far as I'm concerned forget L'Académie Française

linguenuvolose - language study and general life posts, just a nice vibe

fluencylevelfrench - French and also book recs

[randomstudyblr]

Konjunktiv in German

This is part of the Langblr reactivation challenge! This is day 9 :)

Write an explanation on a grammar rule in your target language (such as verb tenses, exceptions, word order, etc). Include sentences to show how and when it is used.

Sooo Konjunktiv, we finally meet.

Aka this is the Konjunktiv post that nobody asked me to write and yet I did. This is the English version, but you can also find the German version here (I can't promise that it will be more understandable tho) :)

Konjunktiv I is used for indirect speech. There are also some fixed situations in which one always uses Konjunktiv I. The main verb is only conjugated in the present tense; the auxiliary verbs are conjugated for the other tenses.

The verb sein is regular in Konjunktiv I: ich sei, du seiest, er sei, wir seien, ihr seiet, sie seien.

The rest of verbs are conjugated with the following pattern:

The third person singular is the most used, because it's the most frequent form in indirect speech. In order to conjugate it, one must remove the -n from the infinitive form: haben - er habe.

The modal verbs are also regular in the 1st and 3rd person singular: ich/er/sie/es müsse.

2nd person singular and plural are different from the indicative only by an -e: du gehst - du gehest/ihr geht - ihr gehet.

The 1st person singular and 1st and 3rd persons plural are the same as the indicative, so one must use the Konjunktiv II for situations when these persons are needed.

One can build sentences in the past, present and future with Konjunktiv I :

Simultaneity. The main and subordinate clauses occur at the same time: er sagt, sie lese ein Buch.

Anteriority. The subordinate occurs before the main clause: er sagt, sie habe ein Buch gelesen.

Posteriority - Futur I and II. The subordinate occurs in the future of the main clause: er sagt, sie werde ein Buch lesen/er sagt, sie werde ein Buch gelesen haben.

To speak about things that are impossible or unlikely, we use Konjunktiv II, but also for indirect speech and other situations:

Wishes and hopes.

Unreal statements or conditional sentences.

As previously explained, indirect speech (when Konkunktiv I isn't possible)

Particularly polite or careful requests or statements

There is one pure form of Konjunktiv II, for the present, and several forms with auxiliary verbs.

For the present, only strong verbs are conjugated in Konjunktiv II, because the subjunctive form in weak verbs is the same as indicative Präteritum. In order to conjugate strong verbs in Konjunktiv II, one must add the subjunctive endings (-e, -est, -e, -en, -et, -en) to the Präteritum root. Additionally, the verbs that have an a/o/u receive an Umlaut:

ich fände, du fändest, er fände, wir fänden, ihr fändet, sie fänden.

The modal and auxiliary verbs are also conjugated in Präteritum in Konjunktiv II:

ich wäre/ich hätte/ich würde/ich könnte/ich dürfte/ich müsste/ich sollte/ich wollte...

But many people already know these forms! They are the ones used for polite requests: ich hätte gerne...

The other tenses are conjugated with auxiliary verbs:

For situations in the future, but also for those in the present, one can use würden + infinitive. This is also the only form can be used for the present in weak verbs: ich würde warten.

Plusquamperfekt is constructed with haben or sein in Konjunktiv II + the participle of the verb. It's the past tense: ich hätte gefunden/ich wäre gegangen.

There is a second future form, Futur II, which is built with würde + participle + haben/sein: ich würde geträumt haben.

Thank you very very much to @dreamofghosts for the corrections and help in making sense of this....... interesting topic lol!!

[francaiserin]

Langblr Reactivation Challenge / week 1 / day 4

French university vocabulary

l’université (f) – university

la faculté, la fac – university

études (f) universitaires – university studies

faire des études – to study

l’inscription (f) – enrolment

une carte d’étudiant – student card

un(e) étudiant(e) de première année / a first year student

campus (m) – campus

une salle de conférence – lecture hall

un colocataire – a roommate

les notes (f) – grades, notes

une interrogation – a test

passer un examen – to take a test

rater – to fail

réussir – to succeed

une licence – a bachelor’s degree

une maitrise – a master’s degree

une mémoire – a thesis

[xuexishijian]

Week 2 Day 2 of the Langblr Reactivation Challenge: Grammar Topic

(Totally forgot about doing this, but I’ve kinda been studying still in the meantime)

I’m reviewing grammar in the HSK3 standard textbook and doing a lot with 把 bǎ, so let’s talk about it!

This particle, placed before the result or object of a verb, allows us to focus attention on this result in what may be a much longer sentence. Mandarin normally is an SVO language, but when we use 把, the object is fronted and placed before the verb: S + 把O + V.

It is essential to use this structure when we have other modifiers after the verb (such as location). For example,

我把书放在桌子上。(I put the book on the table.)

We may also use it when an additional prepositional phrase follows the verb:

我把礼物送给他了。(I gave him a gift.)

Verbal complements are also frequently seen with 把:

我把这本书写完了。(I finished writing this book.)

老师把我的名字读错了。(The teacher read my name wrong.)

Note: 把 cannot be used with verbs dealing with feelings or perceptions, since they don’t describe and action that happens to the object. (E.g.: 看，爱，喜欢，想，等等）

Also note that 把 is also the measure word for handled objects (椅子，伞，刀).

[wo-bu-hui-shuo-zhongwen]

langblr reactivation challenge week 3

Day 5: Create a collection of resources you use to study/learn your target language. Add links to them if possible so others can also use them.

Resource Master List

Francais French:

Listening Content:

https://www.epfl.ch/education/continuing-education/catalog/

Reading:

https://www.bibliothequedesameriques.com/

한국어 Korean:

grammar/spacing/spell checker

sejong institute online courses ( i used these before entering grad school and they are really useful if you need structure)

advanced resources list

Chinese 中文:

(in process - i learned at school only and haven't got back into the swing of things)

Egyptian Arabic:

Lisaan Masry dictionary and grammar directory for Egyptian dialect

LIve Lingua courses

Colloquial Arabic of Egypt textbook

masterpost of arabic resources

Russian:

RT free russian lessons

russianlessons.net

Polish:

university of pittsburgh online lessons

[derflauschigstefuchs]

Deutscher Kaffeewortschatz

English   -   German with definite article

Coffee - der Kaffee

A cup of coffee - eine Tasse Kaffee

Cup  - die Tasse

Sugar - der Zucker

Milk - die Milch

Coffee maker - die Kaffeemaschine

Coffee pot - die Kaffeekanne

Coffee grounds - der Kaffeesatz

Coffee bean - die Kaffeebohne

Ground coffee - der gemahlener Kaffee

Vanilla - die Vanille

Vanilla sugar - der Vanillezucker

Caramel - der Karamell

Cinnamon - der Zimt

Cinnamon bun - die Zimtschnecke

Whipped cream -  die (Schlag)Sahne

Coffee to go - Kaffee to-go | Kaffee zum mitnehmen

Note: Eiskaffee is not what Americans think of as iced coffee, meaning coffee with ice cubes! See below:

Coffee with icecream - Der Eiskaffee

Iced coffee - Kaffee mit Eiswürfeln

This vocabulary list was made for the langblr reactivation challenge week one day four! I could have added a ton more words but I didn’t know how much vocabulary people would be interested in on the topic. That said if you want a longer / more specific / different themed / more complex list in German, let me know and I would be happy to make one or point you towards other resources!

[k0rvy]

112322 | Week 1 Day 4 of Langblr Reactivation Challenge by @prepolyglot

Day 4: Create a vocab list for one of the topics you created yesterday, if you want to make more, feel free to make as many as you like! Share your list and reblog other people’s lists. And most importantly, make sure you study these words!

Chinese/Japanese/German/English

蔬菜 - shū cài / 野菜 - やさい / Gemüse / Vegetables

西红柿 - Xīhóngshì / トマト / Tomate / Tomato

洋葱- Yángcōng / タマネギ /Zwiebel / Onion

姜 - Jiāng / ショウガ / Ingwer / Ginger

土豆 - Tǔdòu / じゃがいも / Kartoffel / Potato

蘑菇 - Mógu /キノコ / Pilz / Mushroom

黄瓜 - Huángguā /キュウリ / Gurke / Cucumber

蒜 - Suàn /ニンニク / Knoblauch / Garlic

肉 - Ròu / 肉 - にく/ Fleisch / Meats

猪肉 - Zhū ròu / 豚肉 - ぶたにく/ Schweinefleisch / Pork

牛肉 -Niú ròu / 牛肉- ぎゅうにく / Rindfleisch / Beef

鱼 -Yú /魚- さかな / Fische / Fish

鸡肉 - Jī ròu /鶏肉 - ときにく/ Huhn / Chicken

香肠 - Xiāngcháng /ソーセージ / Würstchen / Sausage

虾 - Xiā / エビ / Garnele / Shrimp

蟹 - Xiè / カニ / Krabbe /

水果 - Shuǐguǒ /果物 - くだもの / Obst / Fruits

苹果 - Píngguǒ / リンゴ / Apfel / Apple

橙 - Chéng / オレンジ/ die Orange / Orange

梨 - Lí / 梨 - なし / die Birne / Pear

西瓜 - Xīguā / スイカ / die Wassermelone / Watermelon

柠檬 - Níngméng / レモン / die Zitrone /Lemon

葡萄 - Pútáo / 葡萄 - ぶどう/ die Trauben Grapes

日用品 - rì yònɡ pǐn / 日用品 にちようひん / Die täglichen Erfordernisse / Daily Necessities

香皂 - xiānɡ zào / 石鹸 - せっけん / die Seife / Soap

毛巾 - máo jīn / タオル / das Handtuch * Towel

洗洁精 - / 食器用洗剤 しょっきようせんざい / Geschirrspülmittel / Dish washing liquid

卫生纸 - wèi shēnɡ zhǐ /トイレットペーパー / Toilettenpapier / Toilet paper

牙刷 - Yáshuā / 歯ブラシ / Thootbrush

[salvadorbonaparte]

Langblr Reactivation Challenge

Week 1 - Day 1 - Introduction

Hello! I'm trying to pressure motivate myself into studying with this :)

My name is Mack and you might know me from my folder of language learning resources but I'm also a translation student and really good at procrastinating my language studies.

I'm hoping to focus on Spanish, Romanian, Yiddish, Croatian and Korean for the rest of the year but I'm interested in more languages than I can realistically learn in a lifetime.

I technically have a degree in Spanish but I'm a bit rusty and I want to get my Spanish to a level where I can use it as a source language. I'm technically a beginner in Romanian but I understand more than I can use because of my experience with Romance languages and I have no idea what my Yiddish level is. I'm a complete beginner in Croatian and Korean.

I've been interested in Spanish for ages and studied it at uni. I got interested in Yiddish in high school because I thought the history was fascinating and I ended up writing my undergrad dissertation about Yiddish. Romanian I originally started learning for a job but now I want to stick with it and also eventually add it as a source language.

I'm starting Croatian because it might help me as a translator but I'm also interested in Croatian culture because I've travelled there once as a child. I'm starting Korean because I low-key thought about learning it for like seven years because I wanted to learn more about Korean history.

[studyscrasic]

Langblr Reactivation Challenge 2.6

Share a study tip you have. This can range from how you organize your notes to playlists that help you study to apps you use to review. Just something that you find makes studying easier (and more fun).

Honestly the most important tip I have is to engage with your target language(s) in ways that actually interest you.

Learn vocabulary related to your favorite subjects and hobbies, listen to podcasts, read articles, and watch documentaries on things that you find interesting, seek out fiction you're genuinely going to enjoy, find music in your favorite genres, bond with conversation partners over your shared hobbies -- it'll help you remember everything you learn better, make studying feel like less of a chore, and it just makes sense. Tying language learning to your existing interests makes it feel more real and tangible, and it has a real impact!

[studieswithmi]

Oct 2, 2023 ・❥・Week 1 Day 2 of prepolygot’s Langblr Reactivation Challenge

Write a list of goals you have for your target languages. Make both long-term and short-term goals. An overall goal could be the ability to talk with a native speaker with ease and a smaller goal would be to finally learn that difficult grammar point that's been plaguing you for ages. How will you achieve them?

Non-Langauge Specific Goals

Watch and listen to more movies, shows, music and podcasts in target languages to practice listening, and repeating phrases back to practice speaking

Buy more books in target languages to practice reading

Start journalling in target languages to practice writing more often

Korean Goals

I don't have too many short-term goals for Korean, I'm more looking at the broad picture.

Reach B2

Watch a movie without subtitles and feel confident in understanding what is going on

Do more speaking exercises to gain more confidence in pronunciation

Focus on vocab more (I know a lot of grammar but it outweighs my vocab knowledge so I can't use my grammar to its full potential)

Japanese Goals

Reach B1

Improve my handwriting - sometimes I can't read the kanji when I go back later to review my notes :') But my handwriting can be improved overall

Create at least 60 vocab flashcards and memorize them by the end of the month (October)

Watch more subbed anime (often I swap to dub so I can do other things and leave the show on in the background. Watching in sub would force me to listen and focus more)

Spanish Goals

Reach A2

Do at least a lesson of Duolingo everyday

Continue watching children's shows dubbed in Spanish - Shout out to Bob Esponja

Focus on Latin American Spanish

Be confident in knowing when to use ser vs estar

Reach Intermediate on Spanish Pod 101

[prepolyglot-moved]

Directions in French and German

langblr reactivation challenge | week 3, day 2

english - french - german

north - nord (m) - Norden (m) east - est (m) - Osten (m) south - sud (m) - Süden (m) west - ouest (m) - Westen (m) left - gauche - links right - droite - rechts toward - vers - in Richtung away from - loin de - entfernt von, weiter weg von

Please let me know if there are any mistakes or better translations.

[in--other--words]

Top 3 Free German Resources

Week 3, day 5 of prepolyglot’s langblr reactivation challenge

(Probably goes without saying but just my personal top 3! You'll notice it is quite listening focused because that is what's most important to me.)

Nicos Weg (A1, A2, B1, Complete Youtube Playlist) - the story of a Spanish guy called Nico who moves to Germany. Really nice and well produced. Each level is made up of 80ish videos of a couple of minutes each, with exercises to review and test your comprehension. This adds up to a movie of almost 2 hrs for each level.

Easy German (x) - street interviews in German. Great for learning how Germans actually speak, outside of the artificial context that you find in a lot of learning resources.

The German Project (x) - online lessons with audio snippets and easy to understand explanations, plus animated short stories with audio. Wish there were some exercises to go with it! Also available for Spanish, French and Italian.

[sivstudier]

langblr reactivation | 2022-11-18

week 1, day 2: some goals

for reference, my target language is danish

write essays

speak about art and architecture with more ease

continue to read poetry

explore niche literature

dare to speak to random people when in denmark

stop expecting to remember every mistake i make

keep a diary in my target language

the image above is a film still from éric rohmer's film the aviator's wife (1981).