for anyone who might need him right now.
• “time goes by. it’s just slower when you are having a hard time. if you try to enjoy the time, everything will be alright.”
• “there’s no such thing as useless emotion.”
• “it’s fine if you hurt a little. it’s fine if you fall.”
• “even if you don’t gain strength today, it’s alright to gain strength even tomorrow. i wanted to say that it’s okay, even if you have been worn out and had a hard time for as long as a month. please gain strength tomorrow! it’ll be fine as long as you gain strength when you feel like it.”
• “i’ll make everyone a promise. when you’re sad, i’ll cry together with you. if you’re happy, i’ll be even happier for you. i will do anything using my small, little effort to stand beside everone.”
• “cry out loud once. look at the mirror and shake it off. i’ve cried like that before and others will have times like that too. cheer up, you’re not alone.”
• “i think it’s okay to feel lost in your life. i think it’s okay to not reach that final goal (in your life). you may earn things while being lost or could make something out of it through the emotions you feel. i think it should be your judgement. you don’t have to make someone else judge the satisfaction of your life. i hope that you don’t feel too anxious about feeling lost in your life.”
• “when your tears are falling, just let them shed. i wish you’ll think of it as if that weight inside your heart is getting out of your body drop by drop.”
• “is there anyone out there that is crying alone tonight? not crying out of pity for something or someone, but instead because they cannot help asking why they are living in the way that they are? is there anyone that is feeling sentimental or guilty, needlessly? don’t be like that. i hope that you believe that these bitter days of crying alone will prove to be the most beautiful days of your life. you’ll realize, with time, that your life is actually pretty alright. i promise you. in fact, i’ll write you a guarantee! the most beautiful thing in all the world is right now. this moment. you. don’t ever forget that.”
• “life is a series of encounters and farewells. i believe we grow in the process. for now, it is very sad but we will meet again. we can hope for that day to come soon, and we will be able to greet each other with (a) much bigger welcome.”
I like Marie Kondo because I’m so used to all the rhetoric around “decluttering” or “tidying up” being about how it’s somehow immoral to own things and that we need to burn our possessions and all live in sterile minimalist Hell in a plain white apartment with a deck chair and one potted plant.
So I like hearing the tidy lady tell me that yes I should live in a hovel with a bunch of linguistics books and dragon statues and here are some ways to keep the hovel clean and orderly while I lurk in it.
It’s so refreshing.
KOREAN LEARNING MASTERLIST:
originally a quick bookmark that became a comprehensive, work-in-progress, reblog-able masterlist of all korean posts i’ve made and come across on tumblr, ordered by topic/theme. last updated: 04/05/2019
VOCABULARY:
Time + Space:
eojetbam-studies: five a day #21 — time related vocab
eojetbam-studies: position in korean 어디에 있어요?
eojetbam-studies: countries in korean — 어느 나라 사람이에요?
eojetbam-studies: days of the week
koreanstudytips: frequency adverbs
dailydoseofkorea: korean geographic vocab
Relationships:
eojetbam-studies: family in korean — 우리의 가족
Nouns:
koreanstudytips: animals in korean
eojetbam-studies: five a day #3 — thanksgiving related vocab
Adjectives:
eojetbam-studies: colors in korean — 한국어에 색들이
Verbs:
jesslearnslanguages: 25 common korean verbs
19tc: to like/to dislike
patroocle: sleep related vocab
Internet:
patroocle: on the internet
GRAMMAR:
Particles / Attached Endings:
learn-korean-with-alli: object particle 를/을
adventuresinkorean: contrastive ending (으)나
yasuistudies: future tense and probability (으)ㄹ 거예요
Taking Action:
koreanstudytips: let’s in korean
Negatives:
koreanstudytips: how to say don’t in korean
Other Grammar:
h-eonno: korean sentence structure
OTHER:
Honorifics:
koreanstudytips: 존댓말 vs. 반말
Alguien quiere ser mi compañera de lengua? No tengo oportunidades tan cerca de mi de practicar afuera de leer.
-Lisa
Tell a story. It’s a great exercise to improve not only your speaking, but also your grammar and vocabulary. Think about what happened to you or anyone else, that you would talk about to your friends or family. Then tell a story out loud using only your target language. Telling stories is a huge part of our everyday talks, so it’s really important to practice that.
Talk about a book, a movie or whatever you want. Imagine you’re convincing someone to check out (or not to check out) a book you have already read. Review every movie or TV series you want, and don’t worry about spoiling anything or offending someone. If it’s a piece of shit, learn how to say that when talking to Queen Elizabeth II, and how to say that when chatting with someone you’d meet at the bar.
Discuss an important topic that is interesting to you. You can choose from anything: society issues, politics, economics, science, environment, culture… First try to explain it and then tell your own opinion on the subject. It’s different than the second exercise since it develops the specific vocabulary.
Read an article and summarise it. Find an article in your target language that interests you and talk about it. You can do it like you would when asked about it in school, or you can do it in more of a “sharing knowledge with my friends” manner.
Et c’est tout! You can call it “act like a youtuber” exercises. If you want, record yourself while speaking. Remember that work is the key to success.
Tu frase @un-mundo-desordenado 👐💕
The phrase “you don’t know what you have until it’s gone” can apply to terrible things too. You may not realize the amount of pain, depression, or abuse you are living through until you experience what life can be without it
be kind, be gentle, be warm, be positive, be understanding - to each other but also to yourselves.
Notre ami le Subjonctif
go drink a glass of water