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EllenInEdmonton :mstdnca:EllenInEdmonton@mstdn.ca
2025-11-21

TIL: the Korean and Mandarin translations for "vote" are pronounced very similar!
투표
投票

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One of the joys of listening to languages that build in relationship-indicators to their ways of speaking to each other.

The depth of a relationship indicated by a 형 vs 아저씨 or 선배님

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@BrianBinh dice.camp/@BrianBinh/115473400

#Inktober2025 #Inktober Day 31: award

Practicing vocabulary and writing in Mandarin and Hangeul

I feel like seeing this entire month's worth of practice is an award for me. Wow!
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Weekly planner for Friday, Inktober 2025 day 31: award.
The word is written multiple times in both Hangeul and Mandarin.Weekly planner page for Inktober 2025. Sunday - Tuesday are empty. Wednesday - Saturday have Inktober days 1-4 written in both Hangeul and Mandarin.Weekly planner open to two visible pages, each filled with daily Inktober entries written in both Hangeul and Mandarin.Weekly planner open to two visible pages, all days but the last one filled with Inktober entries written in both Hangeul and Mandarin.

I just realized, after seeing posts of Kyungsoo's Tokyo concerts this weekend, that Tokyo is spelled 도교 in Hangeul, where 도 is the same as Kyungsoo's last name. But 'D' versus 'T' in romanization.

With that realization, it finally occurred to me that ㅌ is like a double ㄷ just like ㅋ is a double ㄱ. 🤯 It looks so obvious now!

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SecondUniverse (she/her/they)SecondUniverse@autistics.life
2025-10-22

In an effort to fund my beach-based lifestyle, I am giving English lessons online. If you are looking for some conversational practice with a bit of grammar and pronunciation, I'm really really cheap! #english #LanguageLearner

#Inktober2025 #Inktober days 20 & 21: rivals & blast

Practicing vocabulary and writing in Mandarin and Hangeul

Attention to detail is missing for me today, putting the Mandarin under the wrong days.

Korean "rivals" was super easy because it is literally the English word "rival" with the Korean plural particle 들 at the end.

Mandarin "blast" kicked my ass. Two complicated characters, and that second half of the first one has so many elements. 😩
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Weekly planner for days Monday and Tuesday. Inktober 2025 days 20 & 21, Rivals & Blast. Both words are written multiple times in Mandarin and Hangeul, but the Mandarin lines are under the wrong days.

My elderly neighbor, who speaks no English, received my parcels, and I was able to handle the entire exchange, including discussing an extra unexpected parcel, entirely in Dutch.

Progress, I think?

#nederlands #languagelearning #languagelearner #dutch

#Inktober2025 #Inktober Day 2: weave

Where I am using this as a #LanguageLearner opportunity to practice vocabulary and writing in Mandarin and Hangeul

(Oh. Those double ㅉ are so hard for me to fit well in a character space! 😅)

Photograph of a weekly planner notebook page with a fountain pen on the desk next to it. A sticky note with cartoon EXO characters has the word "Weave" in Korean and Mandarin written on it. Thursday in the planner page practices writing in both languages.

#Inktober2025 #Inktober Day 1: moustache

Where I am using this as a #LanguageLearner opportunity to practice vocabulary and writing in Mandarin and Hangeul

Photograph of a weekly planner notebook page with a fountain pen on the desk next to it. A sticky note with cartoon EXO characters has the word "Moustache" in Korean and Mandarin written on it. Wednesday in the planner page practices writing in both languages.

I'm watching children's news to learn Dutch.

Mijn Nederlands is nog niet zo goed 🥴

#nederlands #learndutch #languagelearner

Clip from a children's news show, interviewing children

The Mandarin word for France looks like the Eiffel Tower!

法国

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2025-07-12

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#hebrew #languagelearner #israel #hebrewbyinbal

2025-05-30

I just yelled, 'Fuochi d'artificio!' in my empty office.

That means fireworks 🎆.
But it sounds like something else.

#vocabulary #LanguageLearner

2025-05-19

It's a strange thing.
I know how to read and write the Greek Cyrillic alphabets, but most of the time I have no idea what I'm reading about.
I only know Καλημέρα, παρακαλώ, ευχαριστώ πολύ (Hello, please, thanks a lot) for the Greek, and Сиводня, спасибо for the Russian Cyrillic (today, thank you).
#language #languages #languagelearning #LanguageLearner #languagelearners

Head·word /ˈhedˌwɜː(ɹ)d/ n.headword@lingo.lol
2025-05-13
Amanda Makepeace (ᏣᏁᎾ)amandamakepeace@turtleisland.social
2025-05-10

I looked outside and realized I know how to say…

ᎠᎦᏍᎦ ᎪᎯ ᎢᎦ
agasga gohi iga

It’s raining today. 🌧️

#languagelearner #cherokee

2025-04-21

I'm on day 5 of learning Polish using the Drops app. I've requested "Polish for Dummies" and "Złotowłosa i trzy misie/Goldilocks and the three bears" through my local library. I've also very optimistically purchased an eBook copy of the Cyberiada by Stanisław Lem.

So far, it's nifty how much my high school French class seems to help with Polish--like, knowing French "quelle heure est-il" makes it easier to learn Polish "kiedy". I don't know if that makes sense linguistically or if it's just my brain having more options to make connections along.
#polishlanguage #happy #languagelearner

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