#langfocus

[kemetic-dreams]

Yoruba (/ˈjɒrʊbə/; Yor. Èdè Yorùbá; Ajami: عِدعِ يوْرُبا) is a language spoken in West Africa, primarily in Southwestern and Central Nigeria. It is spoken by the ethnic Yoruba people. The number of Yoruba speakers is roughly 45 million, plus about 2 million second-language speakers. As a pluricentric language, it is primarily spoken in a dialectal area spanning Nigeria and Benin with smaller migrated communities in Côte d'Ivoire, Sierra Leone and The Gambia.

[driftlessarearev]

Translation Tuesdays: Colonies of Paradise, by Matthias Goritz @nyjb

A series dedicated to literature in translation whether classic or contemporary. Ranging across the globe and excavating past and present, Colonies of Paradise by Matthias Göritz is a personal journey of self-discovery.

[voidingintotheshout]

Short video about words in English of Yiddish origin. 

[lepartiprisdeschoses]

[tanadrin]

Do you like Langfocus or NativLang better?

I'm not familiar with either of these things, sorry.

[slimethought]

Is this a video about Breadtube? Is it a reaction video to Philosophy Tube / Abigail Thorn and her video about coming out as trans? Is it a reaction video to myself? Is there such a thing as objectivity? Is there hope for joy in the wake of postmodernism? Can YouTubers really fill the role of educators? If not, can I still join in the party of making fun of conservative nonsense from Ben Shapiro and PragerU? Please?

Watch to find out! Then tell us because we have no idea.

The Leftist Cooks are Neil Farrell and Sarah Oeffler

I’m on PATREON! Join the community ►►   / theleftistcooks   SUBSCRIBE why not! ►► https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC358... One time payment in my tip jar? ►► https://www.paypal.com/paypalme/neilf...

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500g (4 cups) of self raising flour 100g (1/2 cup) coconut oil 100g (1/2 cup) of sugar 200ml (7/8 cup) cashew milk Add 125gms (1 cup) dark chocolate

Bake for 15 - 20 minutes at 180°C (350°F)

Heat 250g (1 1/2 cups) frozen berries 100g sugar (1/2 cup) on a low setting on your hob

↓↓↓ CITATIONS↓↓↓

Rozenblit, L., & Keil, F. (2002). The misunderstood limits of folk science: An illusion of explanatory depth. Cognitive science, 26(5), 521-562.

Fernbach, P. M., Rogers, T., Fox, C. R., & Sloman, S. A. (2013). Political extremism is supported by an illusion of understanding. Psychological science, 24(6), 939-946.

Kruger, J., & Dunning, D. (1999). Unskilled and unaware of it: how difficulties in recognizing one's own incompetence lead to inflated self-assessments. Journal of personality and social psychology, 77(6), 1121.

Drescher, J. (2015). Out of DSM: Depathologizing homosexuality. Behavioral sciences, 5(4), 565-575.

Lindholm, C. (1997). ‘The Swat Pukhtum family as a political training ground’, in R.J. Casstillo (ed.) The Meaning of Madness. Pacific Grove, CA: Brooks/Cole.

Heine, S. J., Kitayama, S., Lehman, D. R., Takata, T., Ide, E., Leung, C., & Matsumoto, H. (2001). Divergent consequences of success and failure in japan and north america: an investigation of self-improving motivations and malleable selves. Journal of personality and social psychology, 81(4), 599.

Park, S. W., Tignor, S. M., Joo, M. J., & Heo, Y. H. (2016). Accuracy and bias in self-perception of performance: Narcissism matters in Korea as well. Korean Social Science Journal, 43(2), 29-43.

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ESO/spaceengine.org/L.Calçada RoyaltyFreeTube

Link to Philosophy Tube / Abigail Thorne's little public statement:    • Coming Out As Trans - A Little Public...   (I'm aware that this isn't actually the coming out video but it was the one she gave express permission to play with and use for making art and spreading positive messages)

↓↓↓ LYRICS↓↓↓ (and highly recommend all of these YouTubers)

Tom Scott, Adam Neely, Lonerbox and Michael Stephens T1J, Folding Ideas, Nerdwriter, Kevin Lieber Legal Eagle, Lindsay Ellis, Jay Foreman, Rowan Ellis David Bennet Piano, Innuendo Studios Every Frame a Painting, Lessons from the Screenplay, Matt Gray, Patrick Willems, We’re in Hell, Khadija Mbowe PBS Eons, Veritasium, Hank Green Animalogic, Numberphile and… John Green It’s Okay to Be Smart, & Today I Found Out Langfocus, Tom Nicholas, Jake Roper (opted out) Thought Slime, Jessica Kellgren Fozzard, Jessie Gender and Cogito, Ordinary Things and Hbomber...man Big Joel, Little Joel, Medium-sized Joel Plenty of others -- (YaadPikni, Verilybitchie, Flavorlab, Paul Morrin, Renegade Cut, Zoe Bee...) but how was I supposed to know? Some of these people might be absolutely full of sh*t And it’s an English-speaking young white guy list Edutaintment isn’t bad Nobody’s a perfect Dad Some of them are really smart And some of them just make Art Some of them created a whole new art form Like Natalie Wynn and Abigail Thorn.

And check out our special guest Matthew Tallon here:   / tallonmatthew   He's the funniest person on the Internet.

Thanks to All My Patrons: Lacey Eberl Unoriginal Junglist Lou Grath Misfit Unicorn Melinda Hristo Kolev Finola Mohan

[skiddo-xy]

jesterdayplays771 under The Turkish Language (REBOOT) by Langfocus

[tsikli]

a little langfocus-style slide i made...

[nj-stone]

Langfocus - Can Chinese Speakers Read Japanese? https://youtu.be/ZWsLahVQj9s?si=EUA146LuecT-5nOP via @YouTube

[hellhammerdeath]

I wish LangFocus would do a video on English, or at least an older version of English, like Old or Middle English. I think it'd be interesting.

[penguinlover27]

I am having a lot of fun learning Norwegian with Duolingo. I’ve completed the first two units, so I’ve only learned about 50 words, but I am making great progress and have retained the new vocabulary without too much of an issue.

One of the things I am coming to love in Norwegian are the interrogatives, the question words. They really sound cool!

I also find it interesting how Norwegian handles its definite and indefinite articles. (This corresponds to “a/an” vs. “the” in English.) Indefinite articles appear in front of the noun: i.e., en gutt, ei jente, et eple. Definite articles, however, are attached to the end of the noun: i.e., “gutten” instead of “en gutt”.

If you want to learn more about the Norwegian language, check out this great overview by Langfocus on YouTube. I so love his videos!

Norway is a beautiful country and Norwegian is a beautiful language. It may take me the rest of this year to complete the course, but it will be worth it one day when I get to travel to Norway and see the beautiful fjords, mountains and the Aurora Borealis with my own eyes!

[iostobene]

i want to smoke weed with langfocus paul

[multilingualmarissa]

[geekyglot]

I have been loving the langfocus videos in general. Today YT suggest Japanese compared to Korean. Their word order and particle systems are identical! Yes, i am a nerd.

[voidingintotheshout]

OK, a little background here this dude, named Paul. He does videos breaking down the way different languages all over the world structure sentences and convey ideas. He’s done hundreds of videos at this point covering both well-known and lesser known languages all over the world.

I think it is so cool that he gave AAVE (a.k.a. Ebonics) the same grammatical explanation of how the mechanics of the dialect work with consistent rules across a variety of different sentences. I loved its explanation of how verb forms are consistent inside of a single tense but do change from one tense to another in a way that I might not have thought about.

I really love that he used his ability (linguistics) to talk about this. I had heard people tell me that AAVE has consistent rules but I never had someone explain it in a way that I totally understood what they meant. There were so many of the eureka moments in this video. I can’t recommend this enough. This video makes an ironclad case that AAVE is a distinct dialect of English and is definitely not simply “proper English spoken badly“ as many people erroneously try to make a case for. It is a dialect with consistent grammatical structures. I love this video. I can’t recommend it enough.

[weatherman667]

FRISIAN - Sister Language(s) of English!

Frisian, the closest language to English, apparently, does not include Dental Frictives

(th)

None of the other Germanic languages seem to use it either, nor does anyone else, which leads me to believe it’s one of the Brittonic languages.

Meaning that Th is unique, not found elsewhere in the world.

Along with Gh (phlem)/ the rolling in rolled R’s.