from john ciardi’s translation of “the inferno” by dante alighieri
are you ever struggling to pronounce a sound in a target language and wish a native speaker could temporarily possess your body and force your mouth and tongue into the right position and leave you with the muscle memory of how to do it
In German you “congratulate” people on their birthdays and I find that both morbid and empowering
French written like it’s German
komm sah ? ahn Fät, il serä interessant de konssider, komma leh Person parlan leh Luxemburschua äppel leh Emprant fransäh da lör Laag.
Manne mousse érkennen, d’asse site nicht vie deuïtche haouse
danquë cheune
blaumagierin
i think part of me died reading this
Personne d’autre
Welp, here I am… still procrastinating by doing The Thing No One Asked For…
I did No One Else in German a while ago, but my French is still much stronger than my German, soooo I’m going back to that
Let me know what you think!
Anyone know of good resources for learning Yiddish? Preferably ones that teach you to write as well as speak
Teen French expressions
For if you want to make hip young friends.
Disclaimer: French people complain a lot. A lot. Don’t be surprised if 90% of these expressions are complaining.
- Non mais oh - say this if someone does something mildly annoying and you want to express your shock and distaste.
- Tu me fais chier - (alt. tu me fais chier, là.) literally ‘you make me shit’. means you’re pissing me off.
- Carrément - translates to ‘squarely’. Means ‘literally’. If someone tells you something surprising or annoying, you can answer simply “ah carrément.” see: tu me fais carrément chier.
- J’hallucine / je rêve - are you annoyed by something? say these.
- C’est pas possible - a classic. anything bad happens - c’est pas possible. There is no cheese left? It’s not possible. I’m hallucinating. This is a burden on me that solely I can bear I cannot believe this is happening.
- Ça commence à me gaver - I’m starting to get real sick of this. see: Ça commence carrément a me gaver là, putain.
- T’es relou - verlan slang for ‘lourd’ meaning someone’s heavy, personality-wise. They’re tedious.
- Ça me saoûle / ça me gonfle - similar to gaver, means something’s pissing you off, you’re sick of it.
- Grave - totally.
- C’est clair - totally/that’s clear. Like ‘claro’ in spanish. “Justine elle est trop relou” “C’est clair. Elle me fait chier.”
- J’en ai marre - I’m sick of this.
- J’en ai ras le bol - I’m sick of this.
- J’en ai ras le cul - I’m sick of this (vulgar).
- (J’en ai) Rien à battre - I don’t give a damn.
- (J’en ai) Rien à foutre - I don’t give a fuck.
- C’est bon, là. - That’s enough.
- Perso, euh, - “Personally,” generally used at the start of a complaining sentence, to express how personal the matter is to you. Perso, euh, c’est bon là. J’en ai ras le cul.
- Rôh là - general expression of distaste. Le longer the rôh, the more annoyed you are. Rôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôôh, c’est quoi ce bordel.
- C’est quoi ce bordel ? - translates to “what’s this brothel”, means “what’s this shit?!”
- C’est de la merde - It’s shit.
- C’est une blague ? - Is this a joke?
- Idem - ditto
- J’ai la dal - I’m hungry
- Ça caille - It’s freezing
- Ouf - two meanings 1. phew or 2. verlan for “fou”, meaning crazy (as a noun or adjective). “Kévin, c’est un ouf! Il fait du vélo sans casque!” “Ouais carrément, c’était un truc de ouf!”
- Kévin - there’s a running joke that all the young delinquents seem to be called Kévin.
- Crever - slang for “to die”. Va crever, connard!
- Connard/Connasse - c*nt, but a lot less vulgar in french peoples eyes
And finally,
T’es con. No English translation can express the power behind the words “t’es con”. While it may sort of translate to “you’re a c*nt/idiot”, it expresses something much deeper. You really are a god damn fool.
There is nothing funnier than people trying to understand French. Also keep in mind that expressions are always changing, and some of them are not used everywhere in France!
punxgirl
dude you forgot “tarpin” it’s the most important :(
lesbianstudyblr
Lol j'suis pas marseillais
languagemoon-deactivated2018041
Hanukkah Vocabulary in French
- Hanoucca (f) - Hanukkah
- Fête des Lumières - Festival of Lights
- Fête de l'Édification - Festival of the Edification
- Fête (f) - Party, Holiday
- Huit jours - 8 Days
- Octobre (m) - October
- Décembre (m) - December
- Judaïsme (m) - Judaism
- Juif (m) / Juive (f) - Jew; Jewish
- Temple (m) - Temple
- Temple de Jérusalem secondaire - Second Temple of Jerusalem
- Huile (f) - Oil
- Miracle (m) - Miracle
- Fenêtre (f) - Window
- Bougie (f) - Candle
- Hanoukkia (f) - Hanukiah
- Menorah (f) - Menorah
- Coucher de soleil (m) - Sunset
- Prière (f) - Prayer
- Famille (f) - Family
- Cadeau (m) - Gift
- Pièce de monnaie (f) - Coin
- Toupie (f) - Spinning top
- Étoile de David (f) - Star of David
- Galette de pommes de terre (f) / Latke (m) - Latke
- Compote de pommes (f) - Applesauce
- Beignet (m) - Doughnut
- Un grand miracle s'est produit là-bas - Nes Gadol Haya Sham
- Célébrer - To celebrate
- Manger - To eat
- Boir - To drink
- Allumer - To light (a candle)
- Jouer - To play
- Chanter - To sing
Based on @languagesandshootingstars Finnish Hanukkah list!
If you spot any mistakes please don’t hesitate to let me know~
my hobbies include:
- correcting guys’ grammar on tinder when they attempt to send me gross messages in one of my target languages
A magical boat that, despite many obstacles, brings a pair of lovers together
In other words
It ships them
one universal truth: no matter what language you are learning, no matter your native language, prepositions are a bitch
My Linguistics 101 professor asked one day, “Why do we consider love a container but drugs a surface?” and my life changed forever.
To say there is no worth in learning a language that isn’t economically useful is like saying there’s no point in being friends with somebody unless they’re going to help you get a better job. It’s a spectacular, cynical miss of the point.
Rhona NicDhùghaill, “Don’t Neglect the UK’s Indigenous Languages”
The whole article is great, but this quote is especially stellar.
(via allthingslinguistic)
sometimes i reblog really interesting language resources and ask myself when will i use all the resources ive saved since i started this blog?
Häagen-Dazs
You: /ˌhɑːɡənˈdɑːs/
Me, an intellectual: /ˌhɛ.ɑɡənˈdɑtsz/
talking in your head in your target language
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actually talking to ppl in your target language
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