All these wasted hours playing Age of Empires...
#LanguageNerd

Der Kobold (fast 6, erkennt mehrere Buchstaben, liest kurze Wörter aus bekannten Buchstaben) möchte jetzt rumänisch lernen. Ich hatte das auch mal angeschaut, aber bin über die ersten Wörter nich raus gekommen. Nachdem es jetzt aber mehrere Tage lang Thema war: Welche Ressourcen zum #SpracheLernenMitKind nutzt ihr so?
Bevor wir all in gehen gern erstmal niedrigschwelliges um zu schauen, ob das Interesse bleibt.

#SpracheLernen #Rumänisch #LanguageNerd #GerneBoosten

@landley

I think the latter sounds better to me 😉

There was someone a few years back who wrote a paper on the definitive order of adjectives in English - the pattern is apparently strong enough to reach firm conclusions. e.g. that a native speaker is unlikely to say "the brown big dog" and will almost certainly use "the big brown dog".

He came up with an order, like size-shape-colour-origin-material-purpose, but it was a fair bit longer than that. It's hard to search for so I haven't got a reference. Closest I have is the one I took that 6-element one from:
https://english.prof/adjective-order/

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#LanguageNerd #nerditry

Bill(i)ard(s) is a funny word

eng.: (written) billiards (ponounce) 'billiards'
fr.: (written) billiard (ponounce) 'biiaar'
de.: (written) Billard (ponounce) 'Billiard'

#language #languagenerd
#billiard #billiards #billard

The Ball Ist Dran 🤣 denglish for "The Ball Is In Your Court" #languagenerd

http://the-bee-writes.com/2025/05/01/the-ball-ist-dran-%f0%9f%a4%a3/

sabah alkhayr ( صباح الخير)or good morning & a little about the Arabic language #languagenerd

http://the-bee-writes.com/2025/04/23/sabah-alkhayr-%d8%b5%d8%a8%d8%a7%d8%ad-%d8%a7%d9%84%d8%ae%d9%8a%d8%b1or-good-morning-%f0%9f%91%8b-this-is-arabic/

ምልካም እድል (milikami idili) or Good Morning in Amharic which is spoken in Ethiopia
#languagenerd #goodmorning

http://the-bee-writes.com/2025/04/22/%e1%88%9d%e1%88%8d%e1%8a%ab%e1%88%9d-%e1%8a%a5%e1%8b%b5%e1%88%8d-milikami-idili-or-good-morning-in-amharic/

ምልካም እድል (milikami idili) or Good Morning (find out later on my blog which language this is.)👋 ምልካም እድል (milikami idili) oder guten Morgen (findet später auf meinem Blog heraus,welche Sprache das ist)
#languagenerd #goodmorning

English is a tough language to learn!

The rule says:

“I before E, except after C"

But did you know there is a second part that says:

"...or when sounded as A, as in neighbor and weigh."

#WritingCommunity #writers #writer #LanguageNerd

I'd love to read a lot more like I did last year, but it's actually hard af when learning two foreign languages or three, especially when there's one you're a complete beginner in #books #bookstodon #reading #readingcommunity #ReadingList #reading2025 #booksky #language #languages #languagelearning #languagenerd #booknerd

I love the word "hoary."

That's it. That's the toot.

#WordNerd #LanguageNerd

Learning Random Words In English & German " Matchbox" #languagenerd

http://the-bee-writes.com/2024/11/28/learning-random-words-in-english-german-matchbox/

Another One I cannot pronounce or have I shared this already? 🤔 Noch eines, das ich nicht aussprechen kann oder habe ich das schon geteilt? #languagenerd

http://the-bee-writes.com/2024/11/27/another-one-i-cannot-pronounce/

I wish this could be directly translated from English to German #languagenerd

http://the-bee-writes.com/2024/11/23/i-wish-this-could-be-directly-translated/

Random Word Of The Week English & German "Susurrous" #languagenerd

http://the-bee-writes.com/2024/11/13/random-word-of-the-week-english-german-susurrous/

Moin, möget Ihr heute einen schönen Kaffeeklatsch haben ☕️ Good morning, may you have a nice coffee klatch today🍰
#languagenerd #english #german #languagelearning
https://youtube.com/shorts/RHQJB-VO0kU?si=7bpRzNxhp-zEZ7Hu

I am still cry-laughing at this screenshot of my medical clinic's portal, they are REALLY dedicated to accessibility

#AncientEgyptian #MiddleEnglish #OldEnglish #ThisIsReal #LinguisticsHumor #LanguageNerd #Languages

Das haben wir früher andauernd gemacht. 😘 We used to do that all the time
#languagelearning #languagenerd
https://youtube.com/shorts/RHQJB-VO0kU?si=8kbp1rGmYZ4w1YeA

Random Word Of The Week "Insouciant" #languagenerd

http://the-bee-writes.com/2024/09/25/random-word-of-the-week-insouciant/

Yes, that's a thing and German, doesn't have a word for it 🇩🇪 Ja, das existiert, und im Deutschen gibt es kein Wort dafür
#languagenerd
https://youtube.com/shorts/Cg5UyTw4TE4?si=qn3cKlqdnNa0Ze9h