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useless Russian fact #17

The Russian writer Nabokov once mentioned an anecdote about a misprint in a newspaper article on the coronation of Russian tzar: instead of “корона” [crown], they wrote “ворона” [crow]. On the next day they apologised for the misprint, correcting it to “корова” [cow]. 

But the interesting thing is that against all odds the word play works in English as well as in Russian:

корона → ворона → корова

crown → crow → cow

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Russian vocabulary: fruit

Why it is important to eat fruit

Ви́шня, cherry. Cherry calms down the nervous system

Виногра́д, grapes. Grapes tone up your blood vessels

Пе́рсик, peach. Peach protects you from evil spells

Я́блоко, apple. Apples scream when you eat them

Арбу́з, watermelon. There are many spiders in watermelon

Апельси́н, orange. Orange makes you fireproof

Клубни́ка, strawberry. Strawberries generate black holes

Бана́н, banana. Banana likes it

Анана́с, pineapple. P̯̜̽̃i̴̤̬̥᷄n̻̏᷈̚e̹̺̽ǎ̝᷈̚̚p̴̹̄̚p̼̺̽̚l̏e̟̹̬̥̚ s̙̯̀ö̟̺w̯̩̝̘̋̌̚ŝ̥̤̰᷅ c̴̟̯̽̃h̤̹̥̀᷅̚a̝̩̯᷈̚ó̺̥̚ŝ̩̟̬̼̌

Черни́ка, blueberry. Blueberry is nature’s sorrow

Яйцо́, egg. Egg is not a fruit

Ма́нго, mango. Mango shuts your mouth SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP THIS IS UNBEARABLE JUST SHUT UP

p.s. happy halloween 🎃

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inspired by my german homework

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mood this week. 

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LOVE THIS <33

Do you know these times when you’re sitting in front of your textbook, trying to learn these boring af vocabs you’ve seen 1000 times but still can’t remember and just wish to do something different (or hoping that the world explodes so you can at least stop)?

Well, there are more ways to learn a language and I think because we just learned how we “should” learn a language at school, we’re limited in creativity. Thanks to school it’s hard to think outside of this “textbook, vocab lists, tests, etc.” stuff but there are ENDLESS things you can do to learn a language. Remember: everything you do in your native language, you can try to do in your target language!

This is for all the people who are tired and exhausted, who are thinking about quitting or don’t have fun with their target language anymore. DON’T YOU DARE TO GIVE UP! YOU’VE COME SO FAR!

_____________________________________________ Examples for different ways of learning a language:

write a diary

summarise an article about a topic you like (cooking, fitness, etc.)

listen to a podcast/radio

listen to music (while reading the lyrics)

try to sing along with music

read out loud while reading a book/magazine/blog/etc.

watch movies/series/videos

record videos in your target language or about how studying is going (progress, problems, etc.)

write a blog (well hello there :))

use apps that make it more fun (duolingo, memrise, lingodeer)

chat with native speakers

actually talk to native speakers ( I know what a crazy idea)

read websites about things you’re interested in

use social media only available in your target language

change the language of your smartphone

change the language of your pc

change the language of your life

play games in your target language (like not necessarily for learning it, I mean just playing a normal game IN your target language)  

take online lessons with teachers that make you forget you’re learning

do a challenge! (I love this one so much)

find a learning group

be active in forums (no matter about language learning or a forum in your target language)

find a language exchange partner. (You should, seriously.)

watch lessons on youtube

read a (children-)book (with audio)

talk to yourself 

think in your target language (a fun way is to tell a story about your life while it’s happening like “I went down the road with a stranger always behind me, who could it be? What does he want? It got quite… too quite. I tried to keep calm but was it really a coincidence? All in the middle of nowhere?” I know I’m bad at this but I hope you get what I mean, think of it like reading a book.)

learn vocabs with pictures, type in the word you want to know and ONLY look for pictures, try to feel the word. If you google for “strawberry” (in your target language and don’t know what it means) look at the pictures, the colours, how could it smell? Make a sentence with the new word. When was the last time you ate it? How was it?

Write a story/book online or just for yourself.

Make a mindmap

Use a topic jar (a jar where you put in notes with different topics on it, you take one every day and write/talk about it)

use social media to find groups interested in learning a new language or your target language

translate texts and act like you’re a famous translator who’s the only person on earth who can translate your target language (for example if you’re reading articles about historical stuff, act like you’re the only one who can find out what happened back then and the whole world is counting on you!)

try to solve random online tests

listen to a song/audiobook/whatever and write down what you hear

search for words you want to learn and build up (funny!) sentences with them or even whole stories

read comics/mangas/etc.

search for receipts  in your target language and pray to god you’re doing it right… if not, well you won’t forget the vocab again. Win-win situation. :p

search for language learning groups near your living place and actually meet them (stay safe and check everything before)

listen to children songs (I still remember the first children song I learned in English lessons… like… 11 years ago in 5th grade) these songs are supposed to stick… *cough* head shoulders knees and toes knees and toes *cough* sorry where was I?

connect with language learners over Skype (useful groups of course like German trying to learn French, Frenchman trying to learn Turkish, Turk trying to learn German)

write a list (you know… like I do right know so I don’t forget English)

describe things you see (more fun with a partner)

teach your target language to others

listen to audio while sleeping

take notes in your target language (I don’t mean for grammar rules or something like that, I mean notes you would take in your native language anyway)

write a letter (so much better than an e-mail)

write an e-mail (who has time for letters)

learn rimes 

learn jokes (it’s also useful for social interaction)

talk to your pets (at least if they listen to you, if I start to talk to my cat she starts yelling into my face)

translate songs and learn the vocab of it so you have more fun listening to it later

think about a topic and write down every word you can think of and then translate them into your target language

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oh my gosh

What it’s like to live and work with 6 people of 5 different nationalities and none of you is a native English speaker

- desperately trying to explain to another coworker that your Bangladeshi flatmate is saying “pea shells” and not “bee shells” (“pea pods, du ved, ærte… skræller..? Ærtebælge!“)

- Tunisian guy says a French word. Everyone understands. French guy says "it’s the same in English”

- you forget the English word for strainer. You know it in German. Only your Austrian flatmate understands what you’re talking about.

- “according to my high school diploma I speak B1 French”

- Austrian forgets the English word for fork, but remembers it in Danish.

- “I don’t have the name in English” *tells us what an animal is called in Latin*

- 0 out of 6 people can remember what broom is called in English

- “fucking… she’s trying to kill me” – our Frenchman after tripping over the dishwasher

- *accidentally speaks Danish to non-Danish flatmate* *starts to say something in English to my family* *is spoken to in English by Danish flatmate*

- I tell the Frenchman to write leverpostej om the shopping list. He looks at me like he’s dead inside and writes pâté

- no one knows how to spell

- “what gender is apple in German?” “is book neuter or common gender in Danish?” *calls an inanimate object he or she* “what’s the plural of hus? Huser?”

- What are gendered genitive pronouns? I mean, who really knows? Not the French speakers, that’s for sure!

- everyone speaks 2 languages, most at least kind of speak 3.

- my English gets worse for every day that passes

-translating jokes from your native language to English makes for the best anti jokes. “A dwarf walks into a bar and the bartender asks him ‘Do you play cards?’ 'No, I was born this way,’ the dwarf answers”

- Austrian: “ti, tyve….. uhhhh….. fyrre, halvtreds, tres, halvfjerds…. fjers?? ….. …?????? hundred.”

- “can you hand me the… Uhh… You know the, the thingy!” “The what?” “THE BOWL!”

- “You can’t name your child Valdemar, that’s the guy from Harry Potter!”

- I try to speak German and my Austrian roommate tells me that my accent is cute because I speak the hard German sounds so softly

- Frenchman imitates really bad French accent and it’s hilarious

- someone thought the Austrian was Scottish because she rolls her r’s

- “Share a coke with… Vendire… Veninerere…” “Veninderne” “Please tell me that’s not a name” “It’s means female friends”

- Høkeren -> hookeren

- *French speakers forget to pronounce an h*

- there’s a heated discussion about whether or not some penguins can fly. The argument immediately dissolves as it is revealed that in French auks are called penguins.

- you learn to never correct people unless they ask you to or you literally do not understand what they’re saying

- you translate an idiom from your own language into English. It’s the same in one of the other languages, but not in English. No one questions it.

- you borrow a flatmate’s Netflix. All the titles are in a language you don’t speak. FRIENDS is dubbed in German, so you turn on sous-titres. They’re in Bangla.

- “Santa Claus surprise”, the Frenchman cheerfully says about secret santa

- you try to talk about knitting with your roommates but you don’t know any of the proper terms in English. They try to talk about crotcheing in turn, but they don’t even know what that’s called.

- you have to disassemble the couch, so you send your roommate to get the tools for doing that. You never talk about the tools of which you don’t know the names, but she brings the right ones regardless.

- you say a sentence and someone repeats it back to you, mispronouncing one of the words because they’re certain you mispronounced it

- you somehow manage to hold a conversation in two languages at once

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french words ask meme. 🌸

ange (angel) | do you know of anyone who is basically the human embodiment of an angel?

chaussettes (socks) | do you like to wear socks? do you own any pairs with neat designs?

citrouille (pumpkin) | do you like to carve pumpkins for halloween?

étoile (star) | do you like star gazing?

papillon (butterfly) | do you like butterflies?

pleuvoir (rain) | what's your favorite thing to do on rainy days?

pastèque (watermelon) | what's your favorite fruit?

citronnade (lemonade) | do you prefer to drink pink or yellow lemonade?

câlin (hug) | do you like hugs?

tournesol | do you have a favorite flower? which is it?

oreiller (pillow) | how many pillows do you sleep with?

rêvasser (daydream) | what do you day dream about the most?

rêver (dream) | what are most of your dreams about?

je t’aime (I love you) | who do you love a lot in your life?

neige (snow) | do you like when it snows?

thé (tea) | how do you like your tea?

paix (peace) | when do you feel most at peace?

planète (planet) | which planet is your favorite?

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growing up means realising that most of those “polyglot speaks 10+ languages” videos are actually just people who speak 1-3 languages and can say basic memorised phrases in 7 others

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I'll add some of mine that I literally just learned yesterday

сестра (sister)

брат (brother)

компьютер (computer)

окто (window)

пицца (pizza)

бургер (burger)

тупица (dumbass)

also this seems like a afun way to memories new words so I guess I'll try to write here everyday 😳

Russian words I know from memory-

Привет (Hi)

Спасибо (Thank you)

Да (Yes)

Нет (No)

Гей (Gay)

Что (What)

Это (Its, This is)

Мама (Mom)

Папа (Dad)

Хорошо (Good, Okay)

Россия (Russia)

Американский (American)

Сука (Bitch)

Хаха (Haha)

Кот (Cat)

These are just some, not all, I’m still learning XD

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OK IM HAVING A MOMENT AJDJSKDK I've wanted to learn Russian for a while now but seeing you try it kinda inspired me to do it early (I was planning on starting over the summer) and I fvckin- I live in a really intense part of the Bible Belt in the southern chunk of the USA and whenever I try to saw "Sweater", which sounds like "Sweeter" in Russian, I think "Sweater=Sweeter" bUT MY ACCENT FORCES IT INTO "Sweetah" AND I KEEP FAILING MY LESSONS IMB CRYIGN-

You using duolingo now aren’t cha?

Tbh a good tip is to trick yourself into thinking you know the language, by being “inspired”

Ive done this by:

Setting my phone language to Russian

Thinking of pronunciation

Often texting others Russian, even if they don’t know it (its also fun-)

WRITE IT! Its fun to do and construct sentences

Make an OC that speaks in only Russian (I have yet to do this but I am thinking on it)

WRITE NOTES ON THE ALPHABET! Pronunciation and the handwriting, if you want to, try cursive

Listen to some songs from their language! I personally love “Лицемер” (“Hypocrite”) And “Сказка” (“Skazka”)

Don’t solely focus on Duolingo, it doesn’t help you understand the actual alphabet, I suggest:

THIS ALL CAN APPLY TO OTHER LANGUAGES AS WELL!

Thats all I got m8 uwu

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спасибо!! 💜

I need to practice dailyyy 🔥 🔥

my tips for learning Russian 🇷🇺~

/// notice that I am not a professional tutor or anything, it’s just some “insider” tips from a teenager - native Russian speaker (*´∇｀)ﾉ & sorry for my English ///

Поехали! Let’s go! 👏  👇

1) Listen!👂

I think it can be applied to any language though listening is still important. If you’re not familiar with Slavic languages (Russian, Ukrainian, Polish, Czech…) the phonetics may seem challenging for you, however it’s pretty easy, trust me. (Oh, the famous Russian “R” in accents!) Try watching films, TV shows in Russian (with subtitles if you want), listening to Russian music etc. Even if you don’t understand anything, an essential thing is to get used to the speech. 

(btw, I heard the letter “Ы” is difficult to pronounce for foreigners, are you able to do this?)🤔

2) The alphabet!🔤

Of course, knowing Romanized version of Russian alphabet (and how to read it) can be useful too but I recommend to simply learn Russian letters in Cyrillic script (А, Б, В, Г, Д, Е, Ё, Ж, З, И, Й, К, Л, М, Н, О, П, Р, С, Т, У, Ф, Х, Ц, Ч, Ш, Щ, Ъ, Ы, Ь, Э, Ю, Я). I think you can draw an analogy with the language I’m currently learning - Japanese. Reading romaji is cool but without kana you’re getting nowhere.

3) Similar words!🆗

I noticed that every year the Russian language adapts more and more foreign words. You can say, 10% of the Russian words resemble English. Many of them from all over the world used in business, politics, technology, food and so on found their way in Russian. The sounds are veeery similar, adjust it to Russian phonetics and you’re good, for example:

Internet - Интернет

computer - компьютер

manager - менеджер

restaurant - ресторан

burger - бургер

deadline - дедлайн (I use this one all the time at school as an experienced procrastinator)

user - юзер

impeachment - импичмент

And many more! Look them up on the Интернет (haha)

4) Grammar!🆒

There are grammatical cases, conjugations, etc. in Russian. Yep, with each Russian case, there’s a set of rules dictating the spelling and pronunciation of nouns and any adjectives that modify them.🇷🇺  Try learning one thing at a time with the help of examples and context. I won’t write a lot here as it is a whole big system but in case (is it a pun? no? case? падеж?) of grammar my advice is to look up tables, use flashcards and mnemonics. I am sure that almost first grammar rule Russian children are taught at primary school is a rhyming  “жи/ши пиши с буквой и” (write letter “и” in the “жи” and “ши” syllables even though you hear it as “ы”). Here’s another one we are taught at primary school to learn cases:  

Иван Родил Девчонку Велел Тащить Пелёнку – the beginning letters of each word correspond with the beginning letters of the noun cases – именительный (nominative), родительный (genitive), дательный (dative), винительный (accusative), творительный (instrumental), предложный (prepositional).

Anyways, the key is to not let the grammar hold you back, all you really need to learn is how to express your ideas and sentences in a natural way.✨

5) Practice!⭐️

Now, once you know the Russian alphabet (if even more then that’s awesome!) - it’s time to put it into practice. Learn a handful of words, read something, find a tutor, a Russian pen pal/Internet friend (привет), use apps (I recommend Duolingo - classic; SpeakEasy Russian - free but there is a paid version, I noticed the pronunciation and phrases are good; Drops Russian - nice for visual learners, liked the interface; Bravolol Russian - I use the same app with Japanese version). Finally, here are some basic Russian phrases & words (I highlighted the emphasis) :

Привет - Preevyet - Hi (informal)

Здравствуйте -  Zdrastvooyte -  Hello (formal)

Как дела? - Kak diela? - How are you?

Хорошо, спасибо - Khorosho, spaseebo - Fine, thanks

Спасибо - Spaseebo - Thank you

Да - Da - Yes

Нет - Nyet - No

До свидания - Da sveedaneeya - Good bye

Пока - Paka - Bye

Удачи - Udachi - Good luck

Вы говорите по-русски? - Vy govoritye po-russki? - Do you speak Russian?

Вы - Vy - You (can be used in formal or plural context)

Ты - Ty - You (can be used in informal or singular context)

Я - Ya - I/me

In conclusion, I hope these tips somehow helped you if you’re learning Russian or is interested! Don’t forget that you can always write me or ask me anything, I’ll do my best. Russian is the most widespread language over Eurasia, so have fun and good luck :)

Удачи! 😊

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extremely helpful 💕

How to know which language level you’re at and tips for improving your skills - divided by proficiency level!

These are all my personal thoughts and experiences from reaching a proficient level in one language, and an intermediate in another!! Feel free to correct me or add whatever you wish<3

 1. A0 - Knowledge Level: Nothing

At this stage, you have absolutely no knowledge or very little knowledge about a language. My advice is to start out slow: the alphabet, pronunciation rules, basic pronouns, colors, etc. At this point, there’s not much you can improve on (Reading/Writing, Listening and Speaking) since you’ve got no actual knowledge to expand upon. Try apps like Duolingo, have fun with translating words such as your favorite animal, plant, or swear word. Don’t put too much pressure on yourself at this point, it’s all in good fun! Try starting a notebook in which you write down new words, (i.e. all of them) or watching a couple videos on Youtube, even if you don’t understand much.

2. A1 - Knowledge Level: Just a Bit

This is when you slowly exit the stage of “is this even a language” and enter the “beginner” world. You know a couple basic verbs (to be, to have, eat, sleep, walk, talk, etc) and some sets of basic nouns/pronouns. (weekdays, months, numbers, colors, objects you find around the house, and all that fun jazz.) You can string together a couple sentences you’ve heard twenty times on Duolingo! Regardless of the fact that “The boys drink milk” is not really something you’ll need in irl conversation, it’s good that you’re getting familiar. By this time, you should start looking into proper grammar rules such as verb terminations, tenses, noun declinations, pronouns, etc. Children’s books are a good way to learn a lot of stuff you’d need. The language is simple and it goes straight to the point, which is the only type of writing you understand, mostly. Right now, speaking is not really an option aside from learning to pronounce words right. Listening, on the other hand, can be done really easily! If you find that Youtube channels in your target language are boring or too hard to understand, music is the way to go. You’re especially lucky if you’re a Disney fan, because most of their songs are easy to remember and are dubbed in a lot of languages, so have fun with finding what fits you best!

3. A2 - Knowledge Level: Basic/Preliminary

Now we’re beginning to see some major improvements. You pick up words easier, you can read almost perfectly even if you don’t understand everything, and you can form really basic sentences by yourself. For speaking, by now you should be able to say your name, the place you live in, and maybe talk about your hobbies or your favorite stuff! It depends on if you’ve worked with a teacher until now or not, so don’t worry if you’re still struggling. As a stepping stone between beginner and intermediate, this level can either be the one when you slowly improve or make a really big jump in your skills. Listening to songs and youtube videos should be easier, but nobody is expecting you to actually comprehend everything. As for vocabulary and reading, learning new words should come more intuitively by now, but again, you’re still in the early days. Writing is still something that can be difficult, so try maybe linking a couple sentences together to make a short story and translating some simple texts. But it you don’t find it difficult, writing a hundred words once a couple days may be the way to go.

4. B1 - Knowledge Level - Intermediate

Finally, we’ve reached the intermediate stage! By now you should be able to hold very basic conversation and reveal information about yourself. You should be able to pick up words you know from the people around you, and understand mostly everything if spoken slowly and clearly to. Reading light books or magazines should be challenging but okay, while you should be able to remember certain words without making too big of an effort. By this stage, active learning is still essential, as you probably have a lot more ahead in your language learning journey. I encourage you to write short stories or several sentences about your day in a diary, depending on what works for you. Watching Youtube videos should be something you do often, because it improves listening skills greatly and gets you accustomed to informal speech patterns and filler words.

5. B2 - Knowledge Level - Advanced Intermediate

Yay! You have officially reached the advanced intermediate stage! You should be able to hold everyday conversation without too big of a headache, listening probably isn’t a breeze for you but still, if you watch a basic youtube video you can pretty much get all of it. YA books should be a regular part of your reading, since they’re not too hard to comprehend but still a good reading exercise. Vocabulary probably isn’t a bother anymore, since you know most of the words you need and the ones you don’t, you hear them once or five times and they stick to you. At this level you can probably write some basic fanfiction, or anything that doesn’t require advanced language skills but is still challenging. Congrats! You’re almost at an advanced level!

6. C1 - Advanced

If you’re still here, means you’ve got a strong sense of dedication. C1 is the advanced level, where you have pretty much everything that you need to comfortably live your life in a country which speaks your target language. If you’re already here and most of the above things seem far, far away to you, then maybe it’s time to get down on some serious reading. Look up local classics, or contemporary works that stimulate your mind. Writing essays, reviews, reports, etc, should be something you are able to do, as you have a good grasp on both formal and informal language, both literary concepts and idioms/phrasal verbs/slang. Listening should come easily, with the ability to understand everything that is spoken to you without worries, as long as they don’t have an alien accent. Speaking, too, should be a breeze by now, with everyday conversation being a piece of cake and more formal conversations not posing too big of a challenge. If you want to reach the next– and last– level, it can be done through thorough preparation of skills that are usually required by exams or for language-related jobs. If you don’t care about either of these, congrats! You learned a language! 

7. C2 - Proficient

Long past fluency, you now wish to master a language, down to its very core and history. Pick up some of the big classics to read. Watch a bunch of those complicated videos explaining complicated concepts. Write poetry and prose,and speak to people in contexts which require more than the average range of vocabulary. If you’re still not satisfied, get a damn teacher. Tumblr can’t help you now.

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Do you know these times when you’re sitting in front of your textbook, trying to learn these boring af vocabs you’ve seen 1000 times but still can’t remember and just wish to do something different (or hoping that the world explodes so you can at least stop)?

Well, there are more ways to learn a language and I think because we just learned how we “should” learn a language at school, we’re limited in creativity. Thanks to school it’s hard to think outside of this “textbook, vocab lists, tests, etc.” stuff but there are ENDLESS things you can do to learn a language. Remember: everything you do in your native language, you can try to do in your target language!

This is for all the people who are tired and exhausted, who are thinking about quitting or don’t have fun with their target language anymore. DON’T YOU DARE TO GIVE UP! YOU’VE COME SO FAR!

_____________________________________________ Examples for different ways of learning a language:

write a diary

summarise an article about a topic you like (cooking, fitness, etc.)

listen to a podcast/radio

listen to music (while reading the lyrics)

try to sing along with music

read out loud while reading a book/magazine/blog/etc.

watch movies/series/videos

record videos in your target language or about how studying is going (progress, problems, etc.)

write a blog (well hello there :))

use apps that make it more fun (duolingo, memrise, lingodeer)

chat with native speakers

actually talk to native speakers ( I know what a crazy idea)

read websites about things you’re interested in

use social media only available in your target language

change the language of your smartphone

change the language of your pc

change the language of your life

play games in your target language (like not necessarily for learning it, I mean just playing a normal game IN your target language)  

take online lessons with teachers that make you forget you’re learning

do a challenge! (I love this one so much)

find a learning group

be active in forums (no matter about language learning or a forum in your target language)

find a language exchange partner. (You should, seriously.)

watch lessons on youtube

read a (children-)book (with audio)

talk to yourself 

think in your target language (a fun way is to tell a story about your life while it’s happening like “I went down the road with a stranger always behind me, who could it be? What does he want? It got quite… too quite. I tried to keep calm but was it really a coincidence? All in the middle of nowhere?” I know I’m bad at this but I hope you get what I mean, think of it like reading a book.)

learn vocabs with pictures, type in the word you want to know and ONLY look for pictures, try to feel the word. If you google for “strawberry” (in your target language and don’t know what it means) look at the pictures, the colours, how could it smell? Make a sentence with the new word. When was the last time you ate it? How was it?

Write a story/book online or just for yourself.

Make a mindmap

Use a topic jar (a jar where you put in notes with different topics on it, you take one every day and write/talk about it)

use social media to find groups interested in learning a new language or your target language

translate texts and act like you’re a famous translator who’s the only person on earth who can translate your target language (for example if you’re reading articles about historical stuff, act like you’re the only one who can find out what happened back then and the whole world is counting on you!)

try to solve random online tests

listen to a song/audiobook/whatever and write down what you hear

search for words you want to learn and build up (funny!) sentences with them or even whole stories

read comics/mangas/etc.

search for receipts  in your target language and pray to god you’re doing it right… if not, well you won’t forget the vocab again. Win-win situation. :p

search for language learning groups near your living place and actually meet them (stay safe and check everything before)

listen to children songs (I still remember the first children song I learned in English lessons… like… 11 years ago in 5th grade) these songs are supposed to stick… *cough* head shoulders knees and toes knees and toes *cough* sorry where was I?

connect with language learners over Skype (useful groups of course like German trying to learn French, Frenchman trying to learn Turkish, Turk trying to learn German)

write a list (you know… like I do right know so I don’t forget English)

describe things you see (more fun with a partner)

teach your target language to others

listen to audio while sleeping

take notes in your target language (I don’t mean for grammar rules or something like that, I mean notes you would take in your native language anyway)

write a letter (so much better than an e-mail)

write an e-mail (who has time for letters)

learn rimes 

learn jokes (it’s also useful for social interaction)

talk to your pets (at least if they listen to you, if I start to talk to my cat she starts yelling into my face)

translate songs and learn the vocab of it so you have more fun listening to it later

think about a topic and write down every word you can think of and then translate them into your target language

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did I have to be called out like this??

me: learning a language is a long, beautiful journey of patience, practice and consistency

also me: i shall to be fluent by TONIGHT

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(When things are) POINTLESS in French

autant pisser dans un violon ! - it’s like pissing into the wind ça ne sert à rien - it’s pointless c'est un coup pour rien - it’s a waste of time une chasse au dahu - a fool’s errand discuter du sexe des anges - to engage in pointless discussion être inutile - to serve no purpose se fatiguer pour rien - to waste your breath inutile - pointless/useless n'avoir aucune raison d'être - to be pointless ne pas valoir la peine - to not be worth it/not be worth the effort ne rimer à rien - to be pointless une perte de temps - a waste of time pisser dans un violon - to waste your breath une quête perdue d'avance - a fool’s errand/a pointless endeavour vain - pointless