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The condemned ate and slept with the others. Before the eyes of the prisoners, they were led out at night and hanged in the prison yard, so that in the cells “were heard the cries and moans of the hanged.” All the prisoners suffered from the nervous strain. “Koba slept soundly,” says Vereshchak, “or calmly studied Esperanto (he was convinced that Esperanto was the international language of the future).”

En tiu renkontiĝo Prezidanto Ho parolis angle kaj france kun la gastoj. Turninte sin al polaj delegitoj li subite demandis: "Ĉi tie ĉeestas reprezentantoj de Pollando, la patrujo de Doktoro Zamenhof, la kreinto de la internacia lingvo? Do kiu el vi povas paroli Esperanton?". Du el ili levis siajn brakojn. Ho Chi Minh montriĝis ĝoja kaj de tiu ĉi momento li babiladis kun tiuj poloj en Esperanto.

As long as the Jew has not become the master of the other peoples, he must, whether he likes it or not, speak their languages, and only if they would be his slaves then they might all speak a universal language so that their domination will be made easier (Esperanto!).

I didn't realise how closely the Esperanto movement was tied historically to the left movement. But it makes sense. Pity Stalin and Ho Chi Minh never got together and used their resources to set up international academies.

Hun? Pun?

(Classifed under ISO 639-3 as POT - The language is critically endangered and im learning it in hopes to restore it)

Most Potawatomi words are entire sentences combined into a phrase (especially when it comes to contemporary items). Words are always direct, and verb heavy - clearly describing persons, objects, places, or actions.

Tasomkekos or "Computer" (TAH SOME KA KOS)

When tasomkekos is broken down into an english sentence it translates to Tiny box you put information in

byeeeee for now

Title. One of my friends is interested in learning the language and I want to help them out, but the duolingo method doesn't work for them. I can teach them a good amount of conjugations and such but I was wondering if anyone had good vocabulary lists or anything for me to forward them, or had good ideas for what I need to look at, or just teaching languages in general!

Ofuro ni wa irimasu :cowboy-cri:

For fuck's sake guys

I also think it's really cool that they almost completely got rid of kanji because apparently I'm a big dumb baby

Seems neat, I'm sure it reaps your data, but you could try it on a browser you just use for browsing, it's also on firefox

it claims to not sell your data though

https://jointoucan.com/privacy

https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/toucan-language-learning/

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With Toucan installed for either Chrome, Edge, or Safari, the first time you visit a website or click on an article, you’ll notice something strange: Some of the words on the page will change, and translate to your chosen language. If you’re trying to learn Portuguese, you might see a sentence like esta, but one or two palavras will be translated.

Hover your cursor over the translated word, and a pop up will reveal what it means in English. (“Esta” is “this;’ “palavras” is “words.”) This pop up gives you additional interesting controls, such as a speaker icon you can click to hear how the word is pronounced, a mini quiz to see if you can spell the word, and a save button to highlight the word for later.

It starts out with one word at a time, but as you learn, Toucan ups the ante, adding more words in blocks, or “lexical chunks.” It makes sense, since languages don’t all share the same grammar structure. By building up to larger groups of words, you’ll more naturally learn word order, verb conjugation, and the general grammar of your chosen language.

The extension also offers “shortcuts,” which are a bit more like a traditional language-learning experience. These highlight key words and phrases you’ll use in common situations, such as greetings or going out to eat. Interestingly, shortcuts only work on Twitter, Reddit, YouTube, and Google.

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:frothingfash:

Muslims around the world are observing the holy month of Ramadan—a time of self-discipline and character-building that includes abstaining from food and drink, from sunrise to sunset, to create empathy for those less fortunate who do not have access to food. Breaking the day-long fast is also central to Ramadan traditions, and while the significance of the celebrations is shared by the 1.8 billion Muslims worldwide, how people break their fasts represents each community's unique combination of religious, regional, and culinary traditions.

Here's the most important—and delicious—vocabulary about Ramadan!

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Chinese people believe that letters are as valuable as gold. For thousands of years, letters, across mountains and oceans, have been delivering the writers' sentiments and conveying friendship and expectations.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, has managed to find time to reply to some letters from different sectors of the society and different parts of the world despite of his busy work schedule.

Through his letters, Xi has corresponded with international friends from all walks of life on numerous occasions, part of a series of excellent stories of China's international exchanges in the new era. The letters have also added vivid colors to the diplomacy between China and other countries.

The Global Times traced and contacted some of the recipients of Xi's letters, to hear the inspiring stories behind the letters and their communications with the Chinese president.

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[formal] a state of disuse.

Probably not practical for a lot of people here, but cool if you want to pick up a few words

The free app, called Dakhód Iápi Wičhóie Wówapi, was unveiled in February

Khloe Cavanaugh learned some Dakota words from her grandfather growing up on the Spirit Lake Reservation in North Dakota. He was one of the few fluent first language speakers on the reservation.

“I have an Indian name and I didn’t know how to say it in Dakota, so he taught me how to say it and how to introduce myself,” said Cavanaugh.

“Haŋ Mitáuyepi, Čhaŋte waštéya napé čhiyúzapi. Dakȟóta ia Heȟaka Thašina Wakȟaŋ Wi emákiyapi. Wašiču ia Khloe Cavanaugh emákiyapi.”

“(Hello my friends and relatives, I greet you with a good heart and handshake. My Dakota name is Heȟaka Thašina Wakhaŋ Wi and my English name is Khloe Cavanaugh.)”

Cavanaugh, a freshman at the University of Minnesota, is studying beginners Dakota and considering a major in American Indian studies, with a focus on developing mastery of the language. And now, she has a new tool — co-created by her Dakota teacher, Šišókadúta — to help her remember vocab words and work on pronunciation: a Dakota language dictionary app.

The free app, called Dakhód Iápi Wičhóie Wówapi, was unveiled last month at an event at the Grand Casino Mille Lacs in Onamia, Minnesota. It contains over 28,000 words in Dakota and includes a Dakota language keyboard and audio recordings of first language speakers — both men and women — saying the words so users can learn how they are pronounced. It’s a vital resource not just for preserving the language, but also for learning vocab on the fly. There’s no Google Translate or other online dictionary for Dakota.

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Any good workbooks or grammar books for German? I'd like to improve without having to spend more time in front of a fucking screen.

Look to learn a list of words like 'search, 'image', 'video'. Take note of various images and try to find common words in those images so that it can help you find things faster. You don't need to know the whole language, just enough to do sleuthing and plop it into a translator.

I've gotten pretty decent at trawling Chinese news sites and scientific journals this way. The problem with translating the page in browser is you sometimes lose some context clues that are very useful for finding articles, so its best to learn what certain specific phrases mean

Theres also some apps that can swap Chinese characters over to pinyin. I find that helpful too for searching because I really suck at their writing system currently

My Spanish skills have been getting better fast but I just can't seem to wrap my head around Direct Object, Indirect Object, and Reflexive pronouns...

I often have no idea which to use (or if I need to use one) when writing or speaking. Also trying to figure them out in real time when listening or reading is a struggle.

Any tips for learning and practicing these specifically?

¡Grácias amigos!

Tl; Dr : Israeli politicians say one thing for an English-speaking audience and one thing for a Hebrew speaking audience.