#language textbook

[aphel1on]

AuDHD is so funny sometimes like what do you mean my hyperfixations/special interests will last for years on end or possibly forever but they will cycle out every month or two with absolutely no transitional period or warning. like i will think about the same topic every day obsessively for 46 days in a row and on the 47th day with no visible cause adhd brain goes "ok! bored of that now" and autism brain goes "dw i got something queued up for ya" and i blast into full blown obsession on some other topic whose mental file folders haven't opened in 9 months. brain's out here treating hyperfixations like a crop rotation. once the dopamine runs out it cycles in another one but once something's in the rotation it never ever leaves. last summer we brought in one from when i was 11. it's so funny to me but frustrating too bc like. i cannot stress enough my inability to predict or control this. or how completely abrupt and random it can be

EDIT: seems this is more common among ND people than i thought, and probably not limited to AuDHD specifically :] i was just describing my own experiences and didn't expect this post to blow up, so don't take me for an authority, but i'm glad it resonated with so many of y'all

[themoonsaid]

Hindi is not difficult. reading in Hindi is not difficult. writing in Hindi is not difficult. counting in Hindi is not difficult. Hindi numbers are not difficult (१२३४५६७८९०). alphabets क्ष,ष,फ are not difficult. you just consume, are surrounded by and have been taught english and the latin alphabets way more than your native language and script use some sense

(this goes for any language not just hindi btw)

[kirdoodl]

Happy holidays!!! :DD This is extremely self indulgent

[eesirachs]

references for reading and studying the hebrew bible (named the old testament for some, the tanakh for others)—

biblegateway makes available most translations. ethical, responsible versions used in academia include the nrsvue (here with commentary) and the jps (here, on sefaria, with hebrew notations). software like accordance is helpful for those familiar with languages.

on languages—here is more on learning biblical hebrew. here are my recs on hittite, sumerian, akkadian (huehnergard, caplice), ugaritic, and aramaic.

holding the narrative alongside introductory material is meaningful—here is a list of many, and here is the book assigned in most syllabi.

finally, oxford offers entries on heuristics and methods that might help move religious study further in meaning. here are recs for my method

[nyaa]

[nanzhuqiushi]

yesterday Chinese class before 老师’s power outage and 我的 internet issues

[an-spideog]

Hey if you study/have studied Irish using a textbook, which textbook did you use and what did you like or dislike about it? Reply to me or reblog or send me a message or whatever. I'm interested in hearing about what people think of the various irish textbooks that are currently available. Since I know my own thoughts on them but I imagine people have very diverse feelings.

[sysig]

Talk yourself into it (Patreon)

[panthermouthh]

Once I start writing comics in Latin it’s Over for u bitches

[anelaxoxo]

Okay, genuinely ? Tumblr is the like best app/website literally ever. The way I'm constantly discovering new media and free resources on here is crazy. I mean just the other day i discovered the magnus archives podcast and I've been obsessed ever since. I deadass finished like a whole season in less than a week.

Not to mention the pdfs, articles, poetry, language learning resources, book recommendations AND TEXTBOOK LINKS ??!! ALL FOR FREE !!!

Yeah just wanted to say Tumblr is the superior app idc.

[indianabonez]

starting to compile all the textbooks ive gathered either for classes within my programs or things ive downloaded out of personal interest. would anyone be interested if i made the drive public? its still small as of now but im working on it.

subjects so far include but arent limited to: phys/bio & forensic anthropology or archaeology, osteology, paleopathology, zooarchaeology, paleontology, biology, and history/politics/culture. may add some of my language textbooks also.

[rigelmejo]

anyway. a reminder from me. study however you want to study, do whatever you can get yourself to do regularly for many hours. your study plan will probably change as you learn more, it's fine.

you'll probably do a mix of intensive study where you use explanations/looking things up, and practicing with extensive study (where you practice understanding what you've already learned and guess the meaning of new stuff from surrounding context). Most people do a mix eventually.

Literally anything will work. As long as you understand what you're engaging with in the language (whether because you intensively study it to understand it, or extensively read/listen to things you mostly understand).

let go of the idea there's some 'best' method out there to learn a language, and the idea you need to defend whatever you're doing as 'best'. Whatever you can get yourself to do will be the best study plan FOR YOU, and that's really all that matters.

[renegade-hierophant]

A table of beginner Ancient Greek courses with chapters collated for parallel study: link to Google Spreadsheet.

[birdyverdie]

ive been itching to learn a vocal language. Sign language is good and very helpful for my stimmy self, but I kinda wanna learn something to speak

[er-cryptid]

Arriba! Ch. 7 Vocabulary (Spanish)

Patreon

[nereb-and-dungalef]

I keep drinking coffee thinking it's gonna make me Productive and then instead of doing the work I actually have to do I just compulsively make spreadsheets :(