Como una traductora, es muy importante practicar los idiomas cada día. Y por supuesto, es importante para mi, personalmente porque quiero hablar con fluencia. Simplemente, me encantan los idiomas. Hablo un poco de muchos idiomas – el alemán, el francés, el checo, el árabe… Mis idiomas más fuertes son el español y el francés, entonces, […]
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Recursos de Aprendizaje del Idioma Español
sans queue ni tête
C’est assez naturel que j’ai finalement choisi de m’immerger dans la langue française. Depuis aussi longtemps que je me souvienne, j’adore les films français, la culture, l’art, et bien sûr la cuisine… mais principalement, j’aime la culture française de la philosophie, la sexualité… Toujours, je suis obsédée par les films d’art spécialisés et les films […]
je practique le français
I am going to *try* to get into the habit of writing some posts in French before each test, using the vocab and grammar from the unit. I write a lot by hand, of course, but sometimes having to maneuver with a keyboard in different languages helps things stick. Plus, I just enjoy writing in […]
أكتب كل توم
Another post in my effort to write something in Arabic every day*. (In other news: I’ve gotten quite proficient at switching back and forth from the English to Arabic keyboard. In fact, I’ve been getting confused when trying to type in English sometimes, forgetting where this or that key is! In particular, every time I […]
!لحَمْد للها
لحَمْد للها means “Alhamdulillah!” which literally means “praise God!” “God” figures quite largely within the Arabic language, but I (and many Arabic speakers) are atheists so in that case it’s an exclamation of joy, for example: I’m feeling better – Alhamdulillah! The bus showed up on time – Alhamdulillah! I found some chocolate in the cabinet – Alhamdulillah! Or, […]
الموسيقى العربية
These past couple weeks I’m consciously realizing that I need to begin to immerse in the Arabic language. As I’ve had to choose classes for the Winter quarter, I’ve decided that this class (Arabic) is the most important one and the one I need to invest the most in. (Since I’m hoping these two years of […]
love of language
It is well known that I’m obsessed with languages. Most people in my circle understand why a person would be, but occasionally someone will ask why – why do I want to speak Arabic? German? Czech? Spanish? *insert any language you’d like here* Saw an only slightly cheesy but true post on Tumblr that explains […]
Ich spreche Deutsch. Ich verstehe. Wie wunderbar!
This (to the left) is a screenshot of an email I was sending to myself of things to remember to pick up at the store. For some reason, I still, unconsciously, continue to spell “jogurt” with a ‘j’, Czech style. I do the same with ‘jo’ (instead of ‘yo’). And now that I’m learning Deutsch, […]
something they don’t tell you in the travel guides
Funny little thing I noticed about Prague people… In my teaching, I get sent to various companies. Many of these companies are in buildings with many floors, and have elevators. I noticed that every time someone got off a elevator, they said, “Na shledanou.” (The Czech version of ‘au revoir,” typically said anytime you leave […]
word of the day
To say hello in Czech: Dobry den! (Doh-bree den)