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[multilingualpotato]

Autumn in Czech

Hey guys, autumn is in full swing in the Czech Republic so I thought it's time for some autumn vibes and vocabulary! Enjoy~

podzim (m)- autumn

list (m) - leaf

strom (m) - tree

mrholení (n) - drizzle

déšť (m) - rain

bláto (n) - mud

kaluž (f) ; louže (f) - puddle

deštník (m) - umbrella

kabát (m) - coat

pláštěnka (f) - raincoat

šála (f) - scarf

čaj (m) - tea

kakao (n) - hot cocoa

svíčka (f) - candle

krb (m) - fireplace

dýně (f) - pumpkin

kaštan (m) - chestnut

šípek (m) - rosehip

září (n) - September

říjen (m) - October

listopad (m) - November

počasí (n) - weather

špatné počasí (n) - bad weather

Verbs:

pršet – to rain

zmoknout - to get wet from the rain

Phrases:

venku je zima – it is cold outside

venku prší – it is raining outside

venku je ošklivě – it is bad weather outsider

Czech proverbs:

počasí že by psa nevyhnal – weather that one couldn't even get the dog outside

meaning that the weather is so bad, that even the dogs (who usually love to be outside) do not want to go outside

* f = feminine, m = masculine, n =  neuter

[crescentaureola]

hey did you know that i had translated some bits of the Bible into Polabian language? (Polabian is a now extinct West Slavic language that was located around Elbe river in Germany).

maybe someday ill translate more, but recently i have no energy for anything, so... bluh!

beginning bits of the Genesis story:

beginning of the Tower of Babel story:

[tepli-mravenci]

Funniest thing about the "chai tea" meaning "tea tea" to me is that I'm Czech and the Czech word for tea is "čaj" which is pronounced "chai" and you know what we actually - no joke - call chai tea?

"chai čaj"

We literally call it chai chai we DO call it tea tea we literally pronounce it chai chai it's a thing

[cup-noodle]

the cruelest thing about the world is that there's so many languages and a girl can't learn all of them

[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.

[learnukrainian]

Free online courses about Ukraine

Basics of the Ukrainian Language and Culture - https://www.open.edu/openlearn/languages/introduction-ukrainian-language-and-culture/

Ukraine: History, Culture, and Identities; this course is available in English, French, Italian, and Norwegian on Coursera: https://ui.org.ua/en/sectors-en/the-first-online-course-about-ukraine-in-english/

The Making of Modern Ukraine with Timothy Snyder: https://www.coursera.org/learn/the-making-of-modern-ukraine

Crimea: History and People on Udemy: https://www.udemy.com/course/crimea-history-and-people/

[fortunatelywingedwizard]

Hey there,

I need help from the Sorbian tumblr community to translate a Sorbian text from the German theatre version of Otfried Preußler's "Krabat" into English or German!

Would be amazing if someone could help, so I can shorten the sentence without cutting the entire sense of it... so here it is:

merbo perosch andribo

mirosch mylosch tonlo merbo

kuzo uschto tentar slabo

perlo slachaltar malerbo

The translation websites can't cope with the "sound written" words...

[manifesting-me-06]

[renegade-hierophant]

The suffix -nik comes from Slavic languages.

For example, you take a word like "robota" which means "work", and you add the suffix -nik to form "robotnik", which means "worker".

I used this in my native language since I was child, not knowing how it was used English.

[languah]

Family Vocabulary in Polish

All vocabulary comes from Polish English Visual Dictionary and Polishpod101. I have started to take this language more seriously and plan to post a vocab list weekly. Eventually I will post about grammar as well so keep an eye out.

rodzina, family

babcia, grandmother

dziadek, grandfather

wujek, uncle

ciotka, aunt

ojciec, father

matka, mother

kuzyn, cousin

brat, brother

siostra, sister

synowa, daughter-in-law

syn, son

wnuk, grandson

wnuczka, granddaughter

córka, daughter

zięć, son-in-law

mąż, husband

żona, wife

teściowa, mother-in-law

teść, father-in-law

szwagier, brother-in-law

szwagierka, sister-in-law

siostrzenica, niece

siostrzeniec, nephew

krewni, relatives

rodzice, parents

wnuki, grandchildren

macocha, stepmother

pasierb, stepson

pokolenie, generation

dziadkowie, grandparents

dzieci, children

ojczym, stepfather

pasierbica, stepdaughter

partner, partner

bliźnięta, twins

niemowlę, baby

dziecko, child

chłopiec, boy

dziewczynka, girl

nastolatek/ak, teenager

dorosły, adult

mężczyzna, man

kobieta, woman

pani, mrs

pan, mr

panna, miss/ms

chłopak, boyfriend

dziewczyna, girlfriend

para, couple

narzeczony, fiancé

narzeczona, fiancée

narzeczeni, engaged couple

młodsza siostra, younger sister

młodszy brat, younger brother

starszy brat, older brother

prababcia, great-grandmother

[strawberrymleko]

Week 1: Apr 28 - May 4 🦋

Polish 🇵🇱

Duolingo Units 1-6: basic greetings, basic verbs, some basic use of accusative and instrumental cases, people, food

Colloquial Polish Units 1-3: basic greetings, a few verbs, basic questions, accusative case

Clozemaster

Watched Dzień Świra on yt with English subtitles

Put all new words into flashcards

Russian 🇷🇺

Clozemaster

Ukrainian 🇺🇦

Clozemaster

Pics: Rose Garden near the Natural History Museum in LA 🌹

[multilingualpotato]

Back to School Vocabulary in Czech

Hey guys,

seeing as the new school year starts soon I thought we could take a look at some back to school vocabulary in Czech.

PS: yes, I just decided to start posting again after three years… so, welcome back!

Zadání (n) - Assignment

Úkol (m) – Homework

Student (m); Studentka (f) – Student

Žák (m); Žákyně (f) – Pupil

Ředitel (m); Ředitelka (f) – Principal

Zkouška (f); Test (m) – Exam

Prezentace (f) – Presentation

Hodina (f) – Class (referring to a school subject, for example: a math class = hodina matematiky)

Třída (f) – Classroom

Třída (f) – Class (referring to a group of students who together form a class, for example: we go to the same class = chodíme do stejné třídy)

Předmět (m) – Subject

Rozvrh (m) – Timetable

Učebnice (f) – Textbook

Sešit (m) – Notebook

Známka (f) – Grade

Propiska (f) – Pen

Tužka (f) - Pencil

Penál (m) – Pencil case

Guma (f) – Eraser

Zvýrazňovač (m) – Highlighter

Knihovna (f) - Library

* f = feminine, m = masculine, n =  neuter

[crescentaureola]

i forever will lament the fact that the Old Polish words as "latoś" ("this year"), "łoni" ("last year") and "nocsia/notsia" ("this night") didnt survive to the Modern Polish. except maybe in some local dialects only

"latoś" and "nocsia" are formed the same way as "dziś/dzisiaj" ("today") obviously.

actually, talking about "dzisiaj", in Old Polish it was just "dzisia" (without the /j/ sound at the end), so the Old Polish form of "nocsia/notsia" would most likely looked like: "nocsiaj/notsiaj" in Modern Polish with the added /j/ sound

[tepli-mravenci]

I find it funny how English speaking people use he/she pronouns for objects/animals as a way of showing endearment when there's multiple languages - including mine - that just gender objects and animal species in general

Table? Guy shaped.

Shoe? Girl shaped.

Door? They/them that bitch.

Cat? Girl until proven otherwise.

Dog? Boy until proven otherwise.

Pig? Let's not even bother, it's an it/its.

And that's just Czech. German has completely different genders for most of these things. And that goes for every other heavily gendered language. It's a curse really :)

[pol-ski]

Noun genders in Polish | Polish for Beginners

[slavic-roots-western-mind]

The 然's

突然，虽然，忽然. and the other 然's can often get mixed up, so here's a quick explanation of some of the most common ones!

突然 (Túrán): This means suddenly or unexpectedly

居然 (Jūrán): This kind of means suddenly, but more in the sense of "surprisingly" or to suggest disbelief at something that happened.

忽然 (Hūrán): This also means suddenly or unexpectedly, but it has a more stronger connotation.

既然 (Jìrán): This is a conjunction meaning "since" or "now that"

既然the weather is great, let's go out!

既然 you aren't busy, let's go watch a movie.

不然 (Bùrán): This means "otherwise" or "or else";

You should study, 不然 you won't do well on the exam.

虽然 (Suīrán): This means although or even though.

虽然 I'm not good at singing, I still like to go to the karaoke.

当然 (Dāngrán): 当然 means certainly or definitely and can be used as a reply:

Can you help me with A? 当然!

自然 (Zìrán): This can mean nature or naturally.

China's 自然 is very beautiful.

She speaks Chinese 得很自然.

仍然 (Réngrán): This can mean "still" or "yet".

I仍然 haven't read that book.

依然 (Yīrán): Similar to 仍然, this also means still" or "yet" but it's usually used in more formal and literary works, whereas 仍然 is more often used in spoken language.

果然 (Guǒrán): 果然 can be used to mean "indeed" or "as expected"

This movie is 果然 interesting.

竟然 (Jìngrán): This is an adverb used to suggest surprise or something unexpected.

He竟然forgot her birthday.

显然 (Xiǎnrán): This means "clearly" or "obviously".

This soup 显然 hot.

偶然 (Ǒurán): This means "accidentally" or "by chance".

We 偶然 met at the same cafe.

How many other 然's do you know about? Drop a comment!