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Arctic vocabulary [EN-FI-SE]

arctic (adjective) - arktinen - arktisk

arctic circle - pohjoinen napapiiri - norra polcirkeln 

northern (adjective) - pohjoinen - norra

polar night - kaamos - polarnatt

midnight sun - keskiyön aurinko - midnattssol

aurora borealis - revontulet - polarsken

ice - jää - is

iceberg - jäävuori - ett isberg

fell - tunturi - ett fjäll 

snow - lumi - snö

snowstorm - lumimyrsky - en snöstorm

avalanche - lumivyöry - en lavin

permafrost - ikirouta - permafrost

cold - kylmä - kall

to freeze - jäätyä - frysa

to melt - sulaa - smälta

darkness - pimeys - mörker

forest - metsä - en skog

sea - meri - ett hav

reindeer - poro - en ren

polar fox - naali - en fjällräv

snowy owl - tunturipöllö - en fjällugla 

polar bear - jääkarhu - en isbjörn

Hey there! I’ve been getting a lot of questions recently regarding the way that I practice French and learn German at home. I decided to make a masterpost with all of the links I find helpful for learning a language for free!

I don’t like to learn in classrooms, it’s just way too much pressure. My French class last year was too hard for me, and it wasn’t fun at all since we were doing too much vocabulary and not enough fun stuff! I think that learning a language at home is your best option (from my experience), since you can go at your own pace, and not at the fast pace of a class!

I have used all of these links personally, so don’t worry, this isn’t a promotion in any way!

Starting your target language from scratch (beginners) 

Duolingo (can be found in the app stores for Android and Apple) is a great place to start learning a language. You can start from the basics of your target language, and build your way up. It provides a good base for the language learning process. I wouldn’t recommend using ONLY Duolingo to learn your target language, as it just goes through vocabulary. You should use other resources to learn the grammar as well.

BBC Languages is also a helpful website for over 40 languages.

MyLanguages allows you to learn the alphabet for your target language.

101 Languages has 167 languages available to learn for free!

Memrise is another helpful app for vocabulary.

Omniglot is kind of like an online language learning encyclopedia. It’s a good place to start! 

When you’re ready to start using the language (reading, writing, listening)

Interpals is a really cool website that allows you to have conversations in your target language with a native speaker! It’s really just a pen pal thing, but you can also meet people to travel with!

The Polyglot project is a good place to find things to read in your target language. If you don’t know a word, translate it through the site!

HelloTalk is another good app/website for conversing with speakers of your target language.

Celebrating Multilingualism Through Harry Potter is a section in the University of Calgary website. You can listen to the first part of Harry Potter in over 60 languages! 

Resources for studying your target language

Dictionaries are essential for learning a language. Here’s a masterpost with tons of dictionaries for different languages by lets-become-polyglots.

Quizlet is a great flash card making app/website. I use it to practice my vocabulary in my spare time.

Forvo is good for listening to words. Search up a word, and listen to a native speaker of your target language say that word!

Other masterposts regarding language

Learning a foreign language by areistotle

South Asian language resources by reclaimthebindi

Language Learning Collection by cosmogyros

German by studying-for-the-future

French by jenaipassommeil

Italian by studybowie

Maltese by maltese-boy

Latin by learnal

Japanese by nihongogogo

Vietnamese by skopjeisanawesomecityname

Finnish by nimeni-on-hopo-hopo

That’s all of my resources! I hope you all enjoy learning a language!

Sad Hourz ( Another Timmy Forgot Au)

Part 1, Part 2, Part 2.1 , Part 2.2 , Part 2.3 , Part 2.4, Part 2.5 , Part 2.6 , Part 2.7 , Part 2.8 , Part 2.9 Part 3.0 Part 3.1 Part 3.2

Jimmy Neutron’s Dream

Part 1 , Part 2

I love working in a “5-Star Hotel”.

The buckets in the ceiling really bring the place together.

Påskveckan - Easter week 

Swedish kids are free from school the week of, or the week after easter. In earlier days, all the stores used to be closed on good Friday but now most of the stores are open as usual but are closed during the easter weekend. It’s most common to do the actual celebration on Easter Eve, we usually meet with the family and eat together. (As you may know, Sweden is a very irreligious country so it’s very uncommon to go to church during Easter)

Påsk -en - Easter

Påsklov -et - Easter break

Skärtorsdag - Maundy Thursday

Långfredag - Good Friday

Påskafton - Easter Eve

Påskdagen - Easter Day

Annandag påsk - Easter Monday 

Påskkärring - Easter witch

Swedish kids usually dress up as witches (påskkärringar) on Maundy Thursday or Easter Eve and go around to their neighbors giving them a small hand-made card or present to get some candy in return. This tradition has its roots in the witch huntings during the 1600′s when it was believed the witches travelled to Satan at Blockula to feast on Maundy Thursday. The modern tradition stems from the 1800′s. The children are often dressed up in a dress, an apron and a shawl and may also have a black stuffed toy cat, a broom and a coffee pot.

Påskkäring -en - Easter witch 

Blåkulla - Blockula

Present -en - Gift

Kort -et - Card

Kvast -en - Broom

Katt -en - Cat

Kaffepanna -an/Kaffekanna -an - Coffeepot

Klänning -en - Dress

Förkläde -et - Apron

Sjal -en - Shawl 

Godis och mat - Candy and food

Candy and food is a big part of the Swedish easter tradition. The kids (and sometimes the adults) usually get an easter egg filled with candy and maybe a small gift or money. Here the Swedish phenomenon of bulk confectionary comes in handy because the parents can pick and choose the quantity of candy they think their child should eat. It’s said to be the easter bunny who comes with the eggs. For the food there is often a big buffet or smorgasbord of things to choose from. Some classics are boiled eggs, fermented herring, salmon and boiled potatoes. (Very similar to the food we eat on every Swedish holiday) For drinks there are the alcoholic brännvin and snaps and for the kids there’s påskmust which is a carbonated drink kinda similar to coke (but also not at all, because it’s so much better. Also there’s julmust during Christmas which is exactly the same thing but with a different branding). 

Påskägg -et - Easter egg

Godis -et - Candy

Lösgodis -et - Bulk confectionary

Påskhare -en - Easter bunny

Buffé -én - Buffet

Smörgåsbord -et - Smorgasbord

(Kokt) ägg -et - (Boiled) egg

(Inlagd) sill -en - (Fermented) herring

Lax -en - Salmon

Potatis -en - Potato

Brännvin -et - Brännvin

Snaps -en - Snaps

Påskmust -en - Påskmust

Dekorationer - Decorations

How much you decorate for easter varies from family to family but we decorate less than for Christmas. We usually have something similar to an easter tree which basically is a few branches of birch which gets decorated with colorful feathers and decorations in the shape of chickens, eggs and easter witches. The decorations are mostly yellow or pastel and it’s very usual for small children to make their own easter decorations in kindergarden or primary school to hang in the easter tree. 

Dekoration -en - Decoration

Påskris - et - Easter tree 

Björk -en - Birch

Färgglad - Colorful 

Fjäder -ern - Feather

Kyckling -en - Chicken

Ägg -et - Egg

Gul - Yellow

Pastell - Pastel

Glad påsk! - Happy easter!

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I feel confident enough to post these now. A collection of all the existing posters after some edits from the other post that got 13k notes! These are full size/quality. Go nuts.

You may use them for wallpapers, tabletop campaigns, whatever. Consider tipping me or buying a print or sticker on ko-fi here! If you do use them, let me know what for, or send pictures!

Some Swedish verbs

Att ha ont i : To hurt

Att hjälpa : To help

Att köa : To stand in the line

Att ställa (sig) : To place (oneself)

Att visa : To show

Att gå in : To enter

Att arbeta : To work

Att bryta : To break

Att leka : To play

Att tillbringa : To spend time

Att fylla : To fill in

Att hoja : To increase

Att förbjuda : To forbid

Att lugna (sig) : To calm (oneself) down

Att kommer fram : To arrive

Att byta : To change

Att beror : To depend

random swedish vocab list 6/?

att förändra - to change

att vänta - to wait

en tillvaro - an existence

att slita - to wear; to tear

avlägsen - distant, remote

en oxe - a bullock

läslig - legible

snitsig - stylish, chic

märkvärdig - peculiar

övergiven - abandoned

dold - concealed, hidden

övertänd - overexcited, overenthusiastic

att uppdaga - to discover

mäktig - powerful

dödlig - deadl; fatal/mortal

ett undantag - an exception

tokig - crazy, mad

sann - true, truthful

en grind - a gate

att sätta igång - to get started

en myndighet - a majority; an authority

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Thanks for your attention.  I hope that you all have a wonderful week and stay safe, everyone.