19 5 / 2013
Night
- 1: Night
- 2: Natt
- 3: Nat
- 4: Natt
- 5: Noche
- 6: Nótt
- 7: Nocte
- 8: Nacht
- 9: Naktis
- 10: Nakts
- 11: Noč
- 12: Noite
- 13: Yö
18 5 / 2013
"I wish to speak in many, many languages. I wish to spend time understanding others’ ways of thinking and their cultures. I wish to read in a book’s original language, in order to minimise the loss of meanings, the subtlety conveyed through the simple construction of words in one’s language…"
(via allthelanguages)
18 5 / 2013
A comparative of The Lord’s Prayer, written in three different periods of the English Language’s development: Old English, Middle English, and Early Modern English.
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18 5 / 2013
Caution - school children
die Vorsicht (f) = the caution, the attention
das Schulkind (n) = the school child
You usually can find these street signs close to elementary schools.
18 5 / 2013
Word of the Day :)
das Frühstück- breakfast
das Mittagessen- lunch
das Abendessen- dinner
Heute koche ich meiner Familie das Frühstück, Mittagessen, und Abendessen.- Today I’m making my family breakfast, lunch, and dinner.
17 5 / 2013
The Language Community: More Dutch Things
- http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Dutch - a wikibook with lessons and it’s even got some information on flemish and afrikaans
- http://www.kb.nl/ - literature courtesy of the national library of the Netherlands
- http://www.digitaldialects.com/Dutch.htm - vocabulary games
- …
17 5 / 2013
This is too good not to reblog!
I know I normally reblog romance language stuff but this was too funny.
jättebra
(Source: zaynsmalik, via linguitleteis)
17 5 / 2013
Camping
- 텐트 | Tent
- 말뚝 | Stake
- 로프 | Rope
- 침낭 | Sleeping bag
- 해먹 | Hammock
- 지도 | Map
- 나침반 | Compass
- 캠프파이어 | Campfire
- 손전등 | Flashlight
- 쌍안경 | Binoculars
- 배낭 | Backpack
- 그루터기 | Stump
- 통나무 | Log
- 도끼 | Axe
- 낚싯대 | Fishing pole
- 미끼 | Bait
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16 5 / 2013
Cait-gosa
- a’ gàireachdainn os àird, GOsA: phr., laughing out loud, LOL, e.g. rinn mi GOsA dha-rìribh I actually LOLed
- cat-gosa, -it: nm., lolcat
- mdt: intj., plz, from mas e do thoil e, as in mdt a dh’fhalbh a-nis plz to go away now
- mut: intj., plz (plural or formal), from mas e ur toil e
- gosa, -dh: v., lol, e.g. bha mi a’ gosadh I was lol-ing
I think that covers a good range of things.
16 5 / 2013
Tha Gàidhlig aig Draco cuideachd.
“my father will hear about this”
16 5 / 2013
“Friend”
The sign for “friend” interlocks the index fingers twice. Starting with your dominant hand on top, then flip for the second movement with your non-dominant hand on top.
16 5 / 2013
“Hurt/Pain”
For this sign you bring the tips of the index fingers toward each other. The right hand twists one way and the left hand twists the other.
15 5 / 2013
“Hot”
Make the sign for “hot” by forming a “claw” or a loose “c” with your dominant hand. Place your thumb and fingers at the sides of your mouth. Quickly turn your hand forward and down as if removing something hot from your mouth.
