#learn mongolian

[slavic-roots-western-mind]

Mogolian Language Resources

I finally got around to combining and sorting through the various material, so here are the materials that I currently use!

Memrises Mongolian 1/Mongolian 2 Great courses for learning the alphabet (the non-traditional Cyrillic script) and some basics e.g. introduction, some basic verbs.

CJV Langs Traditional Mongolian Script. A solid intro to the traditional writing script. I'm sticking to the cyrillic script for now, but this may come in useful in the future.

Open163 Mongolian Basics (Chinese). Another great video course from Inner Mongolia University for learning mongolian basics and pronunciation. The only possible issue is that it's entirely in Chinese and the traditional script is used.

MGL Radio. My level isn't high enough to understand it, but for now it's good to understand how spoken mongolian sounds and later for listening practise.

Radio Garden. This site allows you to listen to various radio programs from pretty much any country in the world, so it's great not just for mongolian.

MNB. This newsite may be currently a tad too advanced, but it's still good reading practice nonetheless.

This site. I love this site, this is a free collection of works in and translated into Mongolian. Reading Dostoevsky in Mongolian is a challenge that I one day will attempt.

Apps

Gertrainer. This is a relatively new app (6 months old?), which had a pretty good collection of vocabulary. The only downside is that the pronunciation recordings are available only in the paid version which comes at around 5 euros per month or 30 per year. Something to consider if I choose to study Mongolian more intensively, but for now I'm quite content with my current pace.

Ling. This seems to be also ok, but it charges a subscription fee and I am not ready for this commitment yet.

Simply. This is quite basic but it covers some vocab in the free version, with the rest of the vocab charging a fee.

Learn Mongolian. This is also has quite a solid vocabulary set, with pronunciations included.

There appear to be quite a few language schools offering lessons over zoom and classes in person (in Mongolia) but I have no idea if they're legitimate or not.

[eri-pl]

Silm Advent calendar 19: Maternity

Warnings: pregnancy, mention of children mortality, implication of offscreen sex (most shippy scene I wrote in a long time, but it's still entirely SFW), old couple being flirty, a linguistic pun which Tolkien would probably hate, and weird characters names (for a reason, but is this a good reason?). Also, the setting is also further from mainstream Silm than in the others. It is still canon compatible, it's just one of the empty spaces on the margins of the central story

Once there was a couple who could not have a child. So the wife went to a fire and asked for a child. But Psta was not this wife, even though she kept the fire lit at every place they settled into, because the mountains were cold.

Once, there was a couple who could not have a child, so the wife took in a wolf cub and raised it as her own. But Psta was not this wife, even though she would gladly take another’s child to raise, but each orphan had someone closer in the family than her.

Once, there was a couple who could not have a child, so Psta sat in a clearing, in the warm sun, and cried. It was not the worst thing that could happen— they were healthy and had food, and the mountains grew safer with each move westward. And the forest would grow, the world would live on regardless of what happens to her family. And yet, she cried. The pines sang in the wind.

Her people were probably a strange sight for the trees— traveling from far away, they have changed their language a couple times since her ancestors started the journey, borrowing words from other tribes and from the woodland spirits. The spirits told them to go West, even if they themselves did not. Psta felt that it was stupid, but what would she know? She was just an old, sad woman.

The sun went west too, and the sun surely knew what she was doing —  that’s what the healer said. But for Psta it would make more sense to go east, back home, because that was where the sun came from. It was easier to meet with someone when going in the opposite direction, wasn’t it? She wondered how the sun came back east every night, but she had no idea. She was just a simple wife. So, when the chief and the healer said that in the west would be their home, she followed. They also said that the sun first came from the west and that back east there was shadow. They were wise people, even though young.

So she would follow west and not complain about the empty house, where just she and Cern and the dogs lived. But now she cried and the trees lulled her to sleep.

She came to the clearing quite often in the summer and the trees seemed to like it. It was a happy thought: when she’d be gone, the pines would remain. And the woodland spirits, impossible to spot when they did not want it.

One day she dreamed of a boy, but it was not as happy a dream as she would expect. She awoke and— why not? She was old, she didn’t care for people laughing anymore.

She found Cern mending an axe.

“Let’s have a child.”

He laughed. “We are old, wife. Have you talked to the woodland spirits, or bonfires?”

“I dreamed. There is no fault in trying.”

“I could surely use a rest from this rusty thing… but do not hope for much.”

“How will you stop me from hoping?” She laughed like a girl and pretended to run away from him.

A season later, when the first snow came, she cooked her grandmother’s best soup, with honey and garlic.

“What happened? Did your niece get engaged?”

She laughed. “ Not, and I doubt that’s going to happen. But the moon has gone and came and gone again, and my moon has not.”

Cern avoided her eyes. “You are old. Your hair is turning silver. It’s just winter, not anything else.”

“Maybe. Even so, the trees will grow and the world will be glad.”

“You are just as strange as when we were young,” he said tenderly and started eating the soup.

In the spring her belly was unmistakably the shape of the full moon, and everyone in the village whispered that Psta had traded with the woodland spirits— or worse. She did not care.

“I will name him pine forest,” she said to Cern and all the distant family, as they were taking a break from planting.

All the women, and many men, gave her horrified looks. How could she name a child before it was even born — and not with a humble enough name. But they moved settlements every ten or so years, why would they not move everything else? She was old and did not care, and the pines seemed to like it.

“If it’s even a him,” said her sister condescendingly. She did not say ‘and if he even lives’ but she did not have to. Everyone knew how it was with children.

“I’m sure it’s a him. And that he will be a good man.”

(explanation for non-Polish-nor-Czech people)

(explanation for people not interested in niche Silm characters)

[kkulbeolyeonghwa]

Another study update after two months ⊹₊｡ꕤ˚₊⊹

These last two months, I've been studying for the university entrance exams, so I've been studying other stuff more. I could go on and on about how I hate these upcoming exams but let's not get into it

⸜(｡˃ ᵕ ˂ )⸝♡

Korean

My Korean reading skills are good, but I have trouble producing text and speech. I've been focusing on immersion more again after for like two years of not caring much.

Ainu & Japanese

These two actually go hand-in-hand now. All the Ainu content I read has Japanese subtitles, so whatever I read in Ainu I also get to read in Japanese. I also take notes in Japanese. Ainu has been surprisingly easy for me. I wish there was more content about it in English (or maybe I need to make it? Would you read it?) because this language is so fun and easy in my opinion!

Dutch

I've been studying Dutch steadily but I feel little progress. It's so similar to Swedish that I understand most texts already. I need to focus on output more.

Mongolian

No progress this time.

Hawaiian

I've been studying it on and off, but I've gotten stuck many times by all the word order rules and other stuff. The lack of resources is also annoying me.

Mandarin & Cantonese

Not much regular studying but a lot of passive input.

Tibetan

Some beginner practice. Tibetan has a lot of resources which surprised me! The spelling is complicating my journey but I feel like this language is beautiful and I will not let it stand in my way!

That should be all. I hope my exams go well!

[yugoslavicgirlie]

What languages do u want to learrn other than russian?

Hiii!

Thanks for asking!

I wish to learn greek, german, french, or hebrew!

Maybe even turkish or arabic!

But I've always wanted to learn mongolian too, not gonna lie!

ALL THOSE LANGUAGES SEEM SO COOL I CAN'T CHOOSEEEE

[gotikaromantika]

Also!!! My professor wants to learn mongolian with me with is a dream come true

[princessofxianle]

girl help ive fallen down a rabbit hole of archery research tryna figure out what the fuck bowstring release technique fx is using in my header...

[tonhalszendvics]

I follow some ppl who went nuts for She Who Became the Sun, and since it's the best kind of advertisement for me, I obviously read it, and was baffled. So good. Can recommend.

I tend to read actual published books mostly in my native language since, y'know, I'm pretty sure the translator speaks the og language better than me. Turns out this book is a duology and everyone and their mother already read book 2 and I'm here with book 1, which was released in 2023.

However. Someone thought that they should just use the Hungarian transcript for the names, which is kinda okay for me, since I don't speak Chinese at all and had to beg for a pronunciation chart for MDZS (but in my mind I still said those names as they were written. Let's not talk about it.) My Chinese speaking friend almost cried blood when she saw the names.

Long story short, it took me a while to decipher that people are talking about those books in detail, bc Ouyang is the only one who I was able to recognise from those posts. Esen? Who's that? Oh, you mean Jeszün, aaaaa

Here I am, avoiding spoilers like bullets in the Matrix with the power of language barrier

[jurakan]

Welp absolutely no one asked but it’s Fun Fact Friday and I’m about to go to bed, so Today You Learned about the Mongolian Death Worm!

Ew.

So in 1926, Roy Chapman Andrew discussed in his book stories about a killer worm thing in the Gobi Desert. Apparently everyone is terrified of it, and it’s so poisonous that touching it will kill you. Some time later, some guy (Ivan Mackerle) proposed that maybe it could shoot venom, or maybe it could produce electricity, like an electric eel?

Yeah, it’s weird.

After that, the story sort of spun out, but mostly from Western sources claiming this was an ancient Mongolian thing. Several expeditions were mounted, but no one’s ever found the darn thing. There were supposedly several sightings by locals, but hardly any hard evidence.

Cryptozoologists go nuts over this thing, though.

[vvelegrin]

guy who likes archery writes a short thing featuring archery

[slavic-roots-western-mind]

Discovered that there are regular flights between Germany and Mongolia so decided to give Mongolian another try. I was pleasantly shocked to discover that there are now more and better learning resources available.

My main mistake was relying solely on english teaching material, I completely forgot that I know other languages e.g. Chinese and the resources found on Baidu look promising.

I might make a post with the resources and material at some point, but for now I need to sort out what's useful and what's not suitable yet.

Who knows, perhaps a summer exploring Mongolia isn't such a distant ethereal dream after all.

[depvotee]

I'm not going to fight on the comments of AC: Shadow trailer, I'm just going to see my new blorbos and be happy. The devil is speaking if I want to take a look.

[kkulbeolyeonghwa]

Today starts with Korean as most days! Here is my vocab for today:

Already at 136 words this month! 🫶

Then I went on Gyeoremal and looked at some recent posts, here are my notes on wild chives!

My favorite name for it must be the Hamgyeong-do Dalloe.

Then time for Mongolian! Some simple sentence structure.

[saja-star]

here's a fun trick for mongolian language learners

ahlah - high, as in high school

alhah - to walk

alah - to murder

good luck!

[billygoat26]

Do you ever just wanna draw Horrordust because you're on a horrordust kick but you have to do schoolwork even though you're staying home because the weather is being weird?

That's me right now.

I've been ruined by the ship (/j)

[snarkivistfic]

When you see this, post 5 songs you actually listen to and tag some awesome people!

tagged by @heyholmesletsgo, thank you!!! I am adding links to the videos of these songs because all of these are great videos!

Fils de Joie by Stromae - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Z2tgJo8Hg&list=FLjTTxXrAdqMUnnKaz1H42vQ&index=13 - I put it in the tags but am putting it here also. If you love JGY watch this video and imagine it is the funeral he would have thrown for Meng Shi if he could have!

Hana Mash Hu Al Yaman by A-Wa - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iD90UbVXZSE&list=FLjTTxXrAdqMUnnKaz1H42vQ&index=17

Poi E by Patea Maori Club - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6BoC4k8cGyI&list=FLjTTxXrAdqMUnnKaz1H42vQ&index=37 (the video isn't super interesting but it has the Maori lyrics so you can sing along)

Hunnu Guren by Batzorig Vaanchig & Auli - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vztRqe_CHC0&list=FLjTTxXrAdqMUnnKaz1H42vQ&index=9

Du hast den Farbfilm vergessen by Nina Hagen https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PLcgZCDO26Y&list=FLjTTxXrAdqMUnnKaz1H42vQ&index=28

Tagging: @unfortunatelycake @zaelriel @jaggededges123 @apocrypha73

[arcadianico]

someone needs to give me a list of random sentences to translate into a language i don’t know. this will fix me