#languages amirite

[my-name-is-apollo]

Anyway, didn't find the vase painting I was looking for, but I did find one where Apollo is offering a flower to Hermes :D

(Hermes is behind the horses btw, just letting you know cause it took me a whole 10 seconds to figure that out)

[vikinglanguage]

How to articulate your emotions in Danish

WARNING: LONG POST AHEAD

Literal years ago, I got an ask about how to talk about emotions in Danish. I was never really entirely sure, what the person was asking about, but I recently had the idea to just flat out translate one of those "how to identify which emotion you're experiencing" charts. So here goes nothing

Please note: all of these are approximations, and a lot of the words that are used to describe the same general feeling are in fact more or less interchangeable, as is the case with the emotion chart.

This is the chart I used:

[ID in alt text]

bange - fearful

noun: frygt - fear

bange, frygtsom, ræd - scared hjælpeløs - helpless skræmt, rædselsslagen - frightened

nervøs, ængstelig - anxious overvældet - overwhelmed bekymret - worried

usikker - insecure utilstrækkelig - inadequate underlegen, mindreværdig - inferior

svag - weak værdiløs - worthless ubetydelig, betydningsløs - insignificant

afvist - rejected holdt udenfor, ekskluderet - excluded forfulgt - persecuted

truet - threatened nervøs - nervous udsat - exposed

sur - angry

noun: vrede - anger

skuffet, svigtet - let down forrådt - betrayed forurettet - resentful

ydmyget - humiliated ikke føle sig respekteret - feel disrespected gjort nar ad, latterliggjort - ridiculed

bitter - bitter forarget - indignant krænket - violated

vred - mad rasende - furious jaloux - jealous

aggressiv - aggressive provokeret - provoked hostile - fjendtlig

frustreret - frustrated arrig - infuriated irriteret - annoyed

fjern - distant tilbagetrukken/tilbagetrukket - withdrawn følelsesløs, følelsesforladt - numb

kritisk - critical skeptisk - sceptical affejende, afvisende - dismissive

frastødt - disgusted

noun: afsky - disgust

misbilligende - disapproving fordømmende - judgemental pinligt berørt - embarrassed

skuffet - disappointed forfærdet - appalled væmmes (verb, reflexive) - to be revolted e.g. jeg væmmes ved lugten af fisk 'I am revolted by the smell of fish'

frygtelig - awful kvalm - nauseated foragtelig - detestable

frastødt - repelled forfærdet - horrified tøvende - hesitant

ked af det - sad

noun: bedrøvelse, sorg - sadness, sorrow

såret - hurt flov - embarrassed skuffet - disappointed

deprimeret*, nedtryk - depressed mindreværdig - inferior tom, følelsesforladt - empty *while deprimeret like English depressed primarily should be used in relation to a medical diagnosis of depression, it is also used as a synonym of nedtrykt (literally ned 'down, de' + trykt 'pressed') in the vernacular

skyldig - guilty fortrydende, skyldbetynget, angerfuld - remorseful skamfuld - ashamed

fortvivlelse - despair adj: fortvivlet - despairing sorg - grief adj: sorgfuld, sorgramt, sørgende - grief-stricken, grieving magtesløs - powerless

sårbar - vulnerable gjort til offer, offergjort - victimised skrøbelig - fragile

ensom - lonely isoleret - isolated efterladt - abandoned

glad - happy

noun: glæde, lykke - happiness

legesyg, legende - playful ophidset - aroused fræk - cheeky

tilfreds - content fri - free lykkelig, glad - joyful

interesseret - interested nysgerrig - curious videbegærlig - inquisitive

stolt - proud succesfuld, succesrig - succesful selvsikker - confident

accepteret - accepted respekteret - respected værdsat - valued

stærk, magtfuld - powerful modig - courageous kreativ - creative

fredfyldt - peaceful kærlig - loving taknemmelig - thankful

tillidsfuld - trusting følsom, sensitiv - sensitiv intim, tæt - intimate

optimistisk - optimistic håbefuld - hopeful inspireret - inspired

overrasket - surprised

noun: overraskelse - surprise

forskrækket - startled chokeret - shocked forfærdet - dismayed

forvirret - confused desillusioneret - disillusioned perpleks - perplexed

forbløffet - amazed forbavset - astonished ærefrygt - awe

begejstret, spændt - excited ivrig - eager energisk - energetic

dårligt - bad

kede sig (verb, reflexive) - to be bored e.g. jeg keder mig 'I am bored' ligeglad - indifferent apatisk - apathetic

travl - busy presset - pressured forhastet - rushed

stresset - stressed overvældet - overwhelmed ude af kontrol - out of control

træt - tired søvnig - sleepy ufokuseret - unfocussed

[can-of-w0rmz]

Ok so I literally just heard this this morning and I’m really curious if it’s true, apparently it’s only an Irish thing where we say “on me” to mean “in reference to myself”, sort of? Like example, we’d say “she’s broken a window on me”, and we’d mean “she’s broken a window which reflects on me”, not literally “she’s broken a window on top of me”. Like you’d say it if it was your window, or if it was your sister who broke the window and that reflects negatively on you. So you’d say “Awk sure he’s gone and lost the dog on me”, implying that him losing the dog leads to some negative consequence for you.

And apparently English people don’t do that? So I’m assuming Americans also don’t do it? And other people who speak English as a second language and didn’t learn it in Ireland? Is that true??? I’ve literally said this my entire life and never thought about it before so now I really want to know

[conlangcrab]

[dullahandyke]

sidenote speaking of polls that infuriated me, that poll like 'does a story require themes to be good' was sent from hell to kill me

[cxpperhead]

Copperhead is fluent in Spanish. Growing up in Arizona, a considerable percentage of the population speak the language and for a while it was all he spoke until he left the state, choosing to go primarily with English.

[drzephyr]

I've switched all my social media apps to japanese, I feel I little bit insane ngl

[piarles]

NOOOOO

[im-no-jedi]

I know it’s like 4 AM rn (where I am anyway LOL) but I just gotta say this one thing before I go to bed cause it’s been on my mind for the last 4+ hours since I saw the new episode

but

I cannot BELIEVE Hunter somehow became more of a Dad™️ this episode than ever before holy frick give this man all the children please 🥺😭💙

[non-binary-laurie-strode]

I was like, why do we "make a noise"? Why can't we "noised" or be "noising"? What would that word be if it derived from anything?

Bray. Bray apparently used to be able to used as a descriptor of human noises, but now it's restricted to donkeys. Because of course it is.

[lmtyl]

Woke up to Mattie sitting on my chest about ten minutes before my alarm was set to go off

And the only thing my brain could think of was to call her a Fluff-u-butt (same cadence as "succubus")

[dinoboirex1]

why is it that once you brushed your teeth, you feel like you could speak more clearly? what's up with that

[uefb]

Can’t stop, won’t stop 😭

Have I got almost the entirety of Part 2 and just a smidge of Part 3 written before I’ve even finished the last few chapters of Part 1? 

Absolutely.

I gotta get it done soon or I’ll spoil the whole thing through 1938 😅

[crybabydraws]

They just banned TikTok at my college. No school wifi for me I guess 💀

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[zasetentransformator]

Miluju, když na mě rodiče řvou, když jím.

Pak mám mít zdravej vztah s jídlem...

~•~

I love when my parents yell at me while I'm eating.

And then I'm supposed to have a healthy relationship with food...

[amandabe11man]

yeah i speak latin. i know “ave satani” by heart