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Do you know why we don’t pay the water bill in a haunted house?
Because the water ghost will pay
(pronounce this out loud)
Common -LL- words
-LL- \j\ :
- Accueillir - to welcome
- Aiguille - needle, f
- Bienveillance - benevolence, f
- Billet - note (money)/ticket, m
- Bouteille - bottle, f
- Briller - to shine
- Caillou - pebble, m
- Cédille - cedilla, f
- Cheville - ankle, f
- Citrouille - pumpkin, f
- Conseiller - to recommend
- Coquillage - shellfish, m (sea stuff)
- Coquille - shell, f (egg, nut, snail)
- Cuillère - spoon, f
- Écaille - scale, f
- Émerveiller - to amaze
- Feuille - leaf, f
- Fiançailles - engagement, f
- Fille - daughter, f
- Filleul-e - godson/daughter
- Fouiller - to rummage in/excavate/frisk
- Gaspiller - to waste
- Gentillesse - kindness, f
- Gorille - gorilla, m
- Grenouille - frog, f
- Habiller - to dress
- Juillet - july, m
- Maquillage - make up, m
- Meilleur-e - best
- Mouiller - to wet
- Oreille - ear, f
- Paillasson - doormat, m
- Paille - straw, f
- Paillette - glitter, f
- Papillon - butterfly, m
- Portefeuille - wallet, m
- Pupille - pupil, f (eye)
- Rouille - rust, f
- Se réveiller - to wake up
- Travailler - to work
- Vanilla - vanille, f
- Veille - the day before, f
- Verrouiller - to lock
- Vieille - old, f
- Voyelle - vowel, f
-LL- \l\ :
Allemand-e : German
Aller - to go
Allonger - to lengthen/stretch out (limbs)
Allumer - to switch/turn on
Allumette - match, f (fire)
Balle - bullet/ball, f
Bulle - bubble, f
Collège - secondary school, m
Collègue - coworker
Coller - to stick on
Collier - necklace, m
Dentelle - lace, f
Dollar - dollar, m
Échelle - ladder, f
Emballer - to wrap/pack up
Falloir - to have to (Il faut partir)
Ficelle - string, f
Installer - to install
Intelligent-e - smart
Lentilles - contact lenses/lentils, f
Mille - thousand, m
Milliard - billion, m
Million - million, m
Moelle - marrow, f
Mollet - calf, m (limb)
Nouvelles - news, f
Pull - jumper, m
Quelle - which, f
Réellement - really
Salle - room, f
Sorcellerie - witchcraft, f
Syllabe - syllable, m
Tranquille - quiet (spot)
Vaisselle - dishes, f
Ville - town, f
Violoncelle - cello, m
Any adverb in -ellement (Mortellement, Naturellement)
Any feminine adjective in -elle (Belle, Optionnelle, etc.)
Any word containing -aill (Maillot, Caille)
Any word in -elle (Hirondelle, Mademoiselle, Violoncelle)
Any word in -eille (Groseille, Marseille, Cueille)
Any word starting in Ill- (Illisible, Illégal)
Translated ‘french’ things
- French bean: un haricot vert
- French bulldog: un bulldog français
- French braids: une tresse paysanne
- French chalk: une craie de tailleur
- French cuffs: des poignets mousquetaires, m
- French door: une porte-fenêtre
- French dressing: une vinaigrette
- French fries: des frites, f
- French horn: un cor
- French kiss: un baiser avec la langue
- French loaf: une baguette
- French manucure: une french (manucure)
- French poodle: un caniche français
- French press: une cafetière à piston
- French Riviera: la Côte d’Azur
- French toast: du pain perdu
- French twist: un chignon banane
Prounounced -t words
- Août: august
- Brut, m: raw, untreated
- But: goal
- Cet, m: this (followed by a vowel)
- Christ: Christ (but not in Jésus Christ)
- Déficit: deficit
- Dot, f: dowry
- Est: east
- Exact: accurate, right
- Fait: fact (exclusively in the singular form)
- Granit: granite
- Mat: from Échecs et mat, checkmate
- Ouest: west
- Sept: seven
- Soit: very well
- Tout: everything/all (sometimes)
- Transat: short for Transatlantique, deckchair
- Huit: eight (when it comes without an object)
- Vingt: twenty (when it comes without an object)
- Yaourt: yoghurt
- Zut: dang it
- in nouns ending in -pt: abrupt,
transept, rapt, concept
- when preceded by a -d-: Humboldt, Cronstadt, Hardt
- English words: jet, set, lift,
offset, flirt, cockpit, bit, octet, toast
- Latin words: aconit, accessit, déficit, granit, prétérit, coït, affidavit, sufficit, transit, prurit, exit
- Foreign names: Josaphat, Budapest, Bucarest, Belfast, Liszt, Faust, Kant
i’d like to go through the langblr tag and see less dark academia and studyblr aesthetics and more, idk, language posts? call me crazy
WHAT'S HAPPENING IN BELARUS 🇧🇾
Belarus is a small post-soviet country in eastern europe, closely ro Russia. It doesn't have a lot of resources as oil or gas. Belarus' population, of the whole country, is about 9 million people. It is nowhere near Russia, USA or China in terms of global influence and power, BUT!!! It does not mean that a lot of injustice is not happening here. Right now. Today.
I know tumblr is not the best place for a political discourse. This app/site is very-very USA-centric and let's be honest "western" world, especially on the other side of the Atlantic ocean, rarely really knows what's happening in eastern europe nor does it care.
Belarus has the same president for the last 25 years and Alexander Lukashenko won again, over 80% of votes, BUT!! the this year's election was rigged. As always. As not only in Belarus, but also in Russia. And people didnt agree with it at all and the protests all over the country were started. There was no violence from the protesters. There were no pogroms, no property damage, no fights to provoke the police. But the police attacks the protesters, they use tear gas and explosives to disorient people. Several people were injured. They buils brricades to protect themselves from the police brutality.
I don't know what to say, but please, don't be indifferent!! Share the information, spread the word!! I know that for a lot of people on the other side of the Atlantics and and western europe people who live in Russia and other post-soviet countries seem like savages who thrive under totalitarism and choose to be ignorant and undemocraric, but it is not true!! PEOPLE IN BELARUS ARE EXPRESSING THEIR RIGHTS AND OPINIONS AND DEMAND ANSWERS AND CLEAR DEMOCRATIC ELECTIONS NOW! #ЖывеБеларусь 🇧🇾
As a Ukrainian, I feel sort of a moral obligation to spread the word.
2020 Belarusian presidential election is probably the most hideously rigged election in modern Europe. The current president has been running the country since 1994 and has no intention to stop, the opinion of his people being little concern to him.
Two out of three most prominent opposition candidates have been arrested, one more has fled out of the country to avoid the same fate. The main opposition candidate now is the wife of an arrested candidate, who probably was not persecuted just because the state has underestimated her influence, because she is a woman without any political experience. The most important point in her campaign is that she promises to hold new independent election complying with the international standards.
The state made the election last one week and they have called the process "pre-vote", and when people lined up to vote today (the final day), there were no empty ballots for them, because the votes have been so heavily falsified the election committee has run out of the ballots after so many of them have been used to bloat the votes for the "right" person.
Committee members have be been noticed throwing suspicious heavy sacks out of the window of the station, which could be comical if it would not imply the horrendous fraud happening all over the country.
No independent observers have been allowed presence inside the polling stations. "Because of the Corona", they have said. After the officials saying for months there is no threat from the virus and no measures needed to be taken.
People are on the streets of Minsk, with the most civil and mild form of protest possible. Still, they are beaten, arrested, and run over by the police vans.
so, the cherokee nation is making an animated series called ᎢᎾᎨᎢ! the title translates to “in the woods” and will be exclusively in ᏣᎳᎩ. i’m so happy that we’re finally getting a show in our language, and that a new generation of kids will be able to grow up with that sort of influence. i would’ve appreciated that so much when i was little.
worldoflanguages asked:
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📎 What is your dream job? Does it use your target language?
I’ve been rethinking what field I want to go into recently, but for a couple years wildlife biology is something I’ve really contemplated. So, it wouldn’t involve my target language, but it would still involve one of my other passions which is helping preserve wildlife and the ecosystems they live in 😊
Langblr Asks
🗣 What language do you speak most often?
🧠 What language has been the most difficult for you to learn?
✍🏽 How many scripts do you know?
📱What language is your phone set in?
🌏 If you could live anywhere in the world for a year, all expenses paid, where would you live and why?
😍 What’s a language you really want to learn?
🎼 Who is your favorite singer in your target language?
🎬 What’s the best movie you’ve watched in your target language?
🚑 What sound do emergency vehicles make where you live?
📷 Share your favorite picture you’ve taken while traveling!
⚖️ Would you rather have a huge vocabulary, perfect grammar, or a perfect accent in your target language?
⭐️ What inspires you to learn languages?
🎉 What has been your biggest language-learning milestone so far?
🗝 What is the key to language learning success?
📚 Have you ever read a book in your target language?
📝 Have you ever written an essay in your target language? What was it about?
🔥 Langblr you admire?
💬 Coolest thing about your target language?
📓Have you ever kept a journal in your target language?
🤯 Langblr pet peeve?
👍🏻 What’s the best langblr post you’ve made?
💝 What is a compliment you like to receive?
📎 What is your dream job? Do it use your target language?
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