Multilingual Vocab Practice

Multilingual Vocab Practice

Summer

(Another vocab dump! Since summer is almost here, I thought it’d be a good idea to learn some summery words. Note: I only did the masculine singular adjectives for Spanish and French)

English | español | français | Deutsch

Nouns air conditioner | el aire acondicionado | le climatiseur | die Klimaanlage August | el agosto | l’août | der August bathing suit | el traje de baño | le maillot de bain | der Badeanzug beach | la playa | la plage | der Strand beach towel | la toalla de playa | la serviette de plage | das Strandtuch boardwalk | el malecón | le trottoir | die Promenade boat | el barco | le bateau | das Boot break | el descanso | la pause | die Pause breeze | la brisa | la brise | die Brise coast | la costa | la côte | die Küste diving board | el trampolín | le plongeoir | das Sprungbrett fan | el ventilador | le ventilateur | der Ventilator firefly | la luciérnaga | la luciole | die Glühwürmchen firework | los fuegos artificiales | le feu d’artifice | das Feuerwerk fun | la diversión | l’amusement | der Spaß garden | el jardín | le jardin | der Garten heat | el calor | la chaleur | die Hitze hike | la excursión | la randonnée | die Wanderung ice cream | el helado | la crème glacée | die Eiscreme iced tea | el té helado | le thé glacé | der Eistee July | el julio | le juillet | der Juli June | el junio | le juin | der Juni lake | el lago | le lac | der See lemonade | la limonada | la limonade | die Limonade lightning | el relámpago | la foudre | der Blitz ocean | el océano | l’océan | der Ozean park | el parque | le parc | der Park picnic | el pícnic | le pique-nique | das Picknick pool | la piscina | la piscine | der Pool sand | la arena | le sable | der Sand sandal | la sandalia | la sandale | die Sandale sea | el mar | la mer | das Meer shore | la orilla | la rive | die Küste shorts | los pantalones cortos | les shorts | die Shorts storm | la tormenta | la tempête | der Sturm summer | el verano | l’été | der Sommer sun | el sol | le soleil | die Sonne sunburn | la quemadura de sol | le coup de soleil | der Sonnenbrand sunglasses | las gafas de sol | les lunettes de soleil | die Sonnenbrille sunscreen | el protector solar | la crème solaire | die Sonnencreme surfboard | la tabla de surf | la planche de surf | das Surfbrett tent | la tienda de campaña | la tente | das Zelt thunder | los truenos | le tonnerre | der Donner trip | el viaje | le voyage | die Reise vacation | las vacaciones | les vacances | der Urlaub wave | la ola | la vague | die Welle water | *el agua (f) | l’eau | das Wasser water slide | el tobogán de agua | le toboggan | die Wasserrutsche

Verbs to camp | acampar | camper | zelten to dive | zambullirse | plonger | tauchen to fish | pescar | pêcher | fischen to hike | ir de excursión | faire de la randonnée | wandern to jump | saltar | sauter | springen to play | jugar | jouer | spielen to relax | relajarse | se relaxer | entspannen to run | correr | courir | laufen to sail | navegar | naviguer | segeln to surf | surfear | surfer | surfen to sunbathe | tomar el sol | prendre un bain de soleil | sonnenbaden to swim | nadar | nager | schwimmen to travel | viajar | voyager | reisen to visit | visitar | visiter | besuchen

Adjectives breezy | ventoso | venteux | luftig cool | fresco | frais | kühl fun | divertido | amusant | **macht Spaß hot | caliente | chaud | heiß humid | húmedo | humid | feucht salty | salado | salé | salzig sandy | arenoso | sablonneux | sandig sunny | soleado | ensoleillé | sonnig sweaty | ***sudoroso | en sueur | verschwitzt warm | cálido | chaud | warm wet | mojado | mouillé | nass

*el agua is one of those rare feminine words that uses “el” because it sounds better than “la” **there is no German adjective for fun that I know of. Instead we say that something/someone “makes fun”! ***in Spanish, it is much more common to say “I am sweating” than it is to say “I am sweaty”

(as always, corrections and suggestions are welcome!)

Routledge Masterpost

Here are all of the Routledge Grammar PDFs that I currently have. I’ll be updating whenever I find more. Let me know if there’s one in particular you want me to look for^^

Last Update: 2017/04/24

Fixed Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook link 

Added books for Czech, English, French, French Creoles, Persian, Ukranian

Added more books in Cantonese, Danish, Greek, Polish, Spanish, Swedish

Arabic

Arabic: An Essential Grammar Basic Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook Modern Written Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar

Cantonese

Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook

Czech

Czech: An Essential Grammar

Danish

Danish: A Comprehensive Grammar Danish: An Essential Grammar

Dutch

Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar Dutch: An Essential Grammar Intermediate Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook

English

English: An Essential Grammar

Finnish

Finnish: An Essential Grammar

French

Modern French Grammar Workbook

French Creoles

French Creoles: A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar

German

Basic German: A Grammar and Workbook German: An Essential Grammar Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook

Greek

Greek: A Comprehensive Grammar Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language

Hindi

Hindi: An Essential Grammar

Hebrew

Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

Hungarian

Hungarian: An Essential Grammar

Indonesian

Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar

Irish

Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Irish: A Grammar and Workbook

Italian

Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook

Japanese

Basic Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar

Korean

Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar

Latin

Intensive Basic Latin: A Grammar and Workbook Intensive Intermediate Latin: A Grammar and Workbook

Latvian

Latvian: An Essential Grammar

Mandarin Chinese

Basic Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar Chinese: An Essential Grammar

Norwegian

Norwegian: An Essential Grammar

Persian

Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook

Polish

Basic Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Polish: A Comprehensive Grammar Polish: An Essential Grammar

Portuguese

Portuguese: An Essential Grammar

Romanian

Romanian: An Essential Grammar

Russian

Basic Russian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook

Serbian

Serbian: An Essential Grammar

Spanish

Basic Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Spanish: An Essential Grammar

Swahili

Swahili Grammar and Workbook

Swedish

Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar Swedish: An Essential Grammar

Thai

Thai: An Essential Grammar

Turkish

Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar

Ukrainian

Ukrainian: A Comprehensive Grammar

Urdu

Urdu: An Essential Grammar

Welsh

Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar

Yiddish

Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Textbook

Hope this helps everyone out a bit! Happy studying^^

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Introduction to... Ukrainian!

Hello hello! Learning Ukrainian? Amazing! Here are some resources to get you started!

**There is also a phrasebook for refugees section at the bottom, definitely check that out if you need it! If you need other languages that do not have phrasebook, check out my other "Introduction to..." posts for those

Here is my masterpost of language blogs

I do not speak Ukrainian, so I cannot vouch for accuracy. I also do not guarantee this is the best post of all time, it is definitely not. I am just attempting to put together some resources for you to use :)! Feel free (and encouraged!) to add your own resources, recommend yourself, translate this post, etc!

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What is Ukrainian?

Want to get started on some history and learn about the language itself? These resources should help you out! (Do some exploring on these places!)

Omniglot (Check the links at the bottom of the article for a lot more!)

Wikipedia

Languages of the World Post by gwendolynlerman

Autolingual

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Where can I start?

Well, I am glad you asked! These apps and websites all offer Ukrainian

Duolingo

Memrise

BABADADA

Mango Languages

Babadum

Loecsen

101Languages

Goethe Verlang

Mondly

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Blogs to Follow

@study-ukrainian (This is my Ukrainian sideblog)

Okay, this one is a little bit hard and I am not learning Ukrainian to know anyone directly, so... Please say if you are a Ukrainian langblr! I will add you to the list as I see you, or you can just check the notes :D!

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Youtubers

Speak Ukrainian

21 Languages

PolyglotPablo

UkrainianLanguage

OlgaReznikova (a. b.)

Let's Learn Ukrainian

Easylanguages

LanguageFluent

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Podcasts

These are all on Spotify

Ukrainian Lessons Podcast - Anna Ohoiko

5 Minute Ukrainian - Anna Ohoiko

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Phrasebooks/Posts for refugees (Please do let me know if you want your post added)

Big Phrasebook for Refugees (by @tealingual they have lots of other good lists as well!) - Contains Polish, Romanian, Hungarian, Slovak, German, and Bulgarian.

Italian (by @sayitaliano they also have a lot of other lists!)

Russian (Not yet created, but by @haxyr3 they also have many good lists that may help you!)

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You heard of x-mas now get ready for

Y-Nachten

favorite language learning resources

duolingo- a lot of language learners have issues with it but it’s good to get a base on the language and they’re always adding new languages!

memrise- good for vocabulary and memorizing, they have a wide list of languages

babbel- really effective if you want to learn how to communicate with people or get around, costs money for the full version but they have sales all the time

hellotalk- language exchange app, i’ve had really good experiences with this app, the only downside is that you have to pay to select more than one language you want to learn

tandem- similar to hellotalk, i like it slightly less but it allows you to choose as many languages as you want!

forvo- you can listen to native speakers pronounce things! it’s amazing!

ipachart- interactive chart with the international phonetic alphabet

wordreference- online dictionary for french, spanish, german, italian, portuguese, dutch, swedish, russian, polish, romanian, czech, greek, turkish, chinese, japanese, korean, and arabic

bab.la- another online dictionary with 24 languages

linguee- really great for learning phrases and seeing words in context

omniglot- encyclopedia of writing systems and languages, really great for learning new writing systems & also basic phrases! also has links to other resources!

the great language game- game for testing listening comprehension to several dozen languages!

ba ba dum- fun vocabulary game

easy languages- youtube channel featuring native speakers speaking a variety of languages but mostly spanish, french, and german

wikitongues- youtube channel attempting to document every language in the world

languagepod101- offers podcasts and youtube videos in a wide variety of languages

verbix- verb conjugating website with a wide variety of languages

quizlet- flashcard website that’s great for compiling vocab lists

lingq- i’ve only used it a little but it seems helpful especially for beginners!

tunein- allows you to listen to radio in a variety of languages

wikipedia- they have thousands to millions of articles in various languages so it’s a great place to test your reading skills, and in addition you can read articles about the language you’re learning and get a grasp on the language’s structure and sound system

lyricstraining- allows you to learn languages using song lyrics, really helpful for comprehension

lang-8- you can post things and have native speakers correct them, and correct things from other people!

feel free to add!

French Slang Masterpost

Abbreviations 

Slt (Salut) = Hello Bcp (Beaucoup) = A lot Dsl (Désolé) = Sorry Stp (S’il te plait) = Please Dac (D’accord) = Okay Qd (Quand) = When  Qqch (Quelque chose) = Something Qqn (quelqu’un) = Somebody

Internet words 

Mdr (Mort de rire) = Lol Ptdr (Pété de rire) = Lmao Vdm (Vie de merde) = Fuck my life Tg (T’as gueule) = Shut up BG (Beau gosse) = Hot guy  Tkt (T’inquiête) = Don’t worry

Common sayings 

Bref = In short Ouais = Yeah Putain, Merde = Shit C’est de la merde = It’s crap     Ça craint = It sucks         Ça me soûle = It’s annoying me  C’est relou (C’est lourd) = It sucks  C’est ouf (C’est fou) = It’s crazy C’est trop cool = It’s awesome C’est le bordel = It’s a mess Je suis claqué = I’m exhausted               Je me casse = I’m getting out of here   Je m’en fou = I don’t care         Tu rigoles = You’re jocking       Tu te fous de ma gueule = You’re kidding me  Tu fais quoi? = What’s up? Laisse tomber = Just forget it Fais gaffe = Be careful                 Péter un plomb = Going crazy                 Avoir la flemme de faire quelque chose = To be too lazy to do something

Unformal verbs

Bouffer = To eat Taffer = To work Roupiller, Pioncer = To sleep Kiffer = To have a crush on someone Etre vénère (Etre énervé) = To be annoyed Se marrer = To laugh

Unformal nouns

Un mec = A guy             Une meuf = A girl         Un pote = A friend       Une bagnole = A car                     Une baraque = A house             Un pieu = A bed             Un bouquin = A book Une clope = A cigarette                        Le fric, le blé, le thune, l’oseille, le pognon = Money   Un flic, un keuf = A cop               Un gosse, un gamin = A kid       Un boulot, un taf, un job = A job           La fac = University         Le bahut = High school

The above phrases/words can be used in almost every informal situation, but don’t use them in your essays or in any kind of normal writing!