language – Page 3 – Here for the underdogs

Noam Chomsky: “Colorless green ideas sleep furiously” is a sentence that is grammatically correct, but semantically nonsensical.

Me, a Magic the Gathering player:

–Ausir on twitter

palatinamedea:

have made autocorrect typo of the century: proto-indo eurovision

missangorian:

Learning languages is fun because I love being able to embarrass myself internationally

diagonalmovement:

jumex:

kontrollsysteme:

mazzystardust:

HE’S BACK

whom

my fav

I could watch this man explain diphthongs all damn day

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

remuslupinisthevoiceofgod:

Me: I want to know languages

Person: then study

Me: no study. Only know.

thoodleoo:

thoodleoo:

the hardest part about teaching latin to elementary school kids is that there are very few resources out there for very young students, which makes it difficult since when i first learned latin most of the words were about blood and death so i have no idea what is actually appropriate to teach to young latin students

early reading for modern foreign languages: this is spot. see spot run. run, spot, run! spot is running to the house.

early reading for ancient foreign languages: this is spot. see spot kill. kill, spot, kill! spot is conquering the barbarians.

gottasleepgottastudy:

I wish I could like… download languages into my brain.

queenofperv:

it-begins-with-rain:

The greatest video since “The History of Japan”

#this goes through so many stages of sounding like #the speaker has #anything from #an italian accent to a spanish accent to a german accent to a swedish accent to an icelandic accent xD #to my ears at least #aka how english would sound if it made sense like the rest of us #english can’t even blame it on ‘having a lot of vowel sounds’ cause swedish has a similar amount (or arguably more)#the difference is that swedish has a proper system and Rules #for when the letter becomes a different sound #in swedish how it’s written is what you get it’s straight forward #english is just put together with duct tape and a prayer (via @erasedcitizen2)

The problem with the English writing system is that hasn’t been renovated in something like 400/300 years. I’m not sure since my books are in another country, but still it has been a long time since someone touched it while the spoken language evolved. And a lot.

Like the Great Wovel Shift (the main culprit of the phonetical inconsistencies) happened between the 1350 and the 1700. Before then, English was spoken as it was written. Easy peasy.

(Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

thelangblrnet:

Subjunctive is a mood typically used to express wishes, desires, emotions, opinions, doubts, and necessities.

To form the present subjunctive, take the present indicative 3rd person plural form (ils/elles) of most verbs, remove the ending -ent, and add the following endings:

-e -es -e -ions -iez -ent

Verbs which take on irregular formations include avoir, être, faire, aller, savoir, pouvoir, and vouloir

The present subjunctive is used with expressions which could fall into 5 general categories:

1. NECESSITY

il faut que // it is necessary to

il est important que // it is important that

il est nécessaire que // it is essential that

il est temps que // it is time that

il est urgent que // it is urgent that

il est exigé que // it is required that

ex: Il est essentiel que je finisse mes devoirs. // It is essential that I finish my homework.

2. DESIRE

aimer (mieux) que // to prefer that

défendre que // to forbid that

demander que // to ask that

exiger que // to demand/require that

ordonner que // to order that

permettre que // to permit that

préférer que // to prefer that

souhaiter que // to wish/hope that

vouloir que // to want/wish that

ex: Mes parents défendent que je sorte pendant la semaine. // My parents forbid that I go out during the week.

3. DOUBT

il est douteux que // it is doubtful that

il est (im)possible que // it is (im)possible that

il est improbable que // it is improbable that

il n’est pas certain/sûr que // it is not sure that

il n’est pas clair que // it is not clear that

il n’est pas vrai que // it is not true that

il se peut que // it is possible that

il semble que // it seems that

douter que // to doubt that

ex: Il se peut que ces touristes ne parlent pas français. // It is possible that these tourists do not speak french.

4. EMOTION

il est bon que // it is good that

il est dommage que // it is a pity that

il est triste que // it is sad that

il est surprenant que // it is surprising that

il est regrettable que // it is regrettable that

il est étonnant que // it is astonishing that

il est bizarre que // it is odd that

il est curieux que // it is curious that

il est (mal)heureux que // it is (un)fortunate that

il est honteux que // it is a shame that

il est (in)utile que // it is useless/useful that

il est incroyable que // it is incredible that

ex: Il est très utile que nous apprenions le français. // It is very useful that we learn french.

5. OPINION

il est normal que // it is normal that

il est logique que // it is logical that

il est naturel que // it is natural that

il est (in)juste que // it is (un)just that

il est rare que // it is rare that

il est préférable que // it is preferable that

il est convenable que // it is fitting/proper that

il vaut mieux que // it is better that

ex: Il vaut mieux que tu ne viennes pas avec eux. // It is better that you do not go with them.

ohstevienicks:

ayasaga7:

ohstevienicks:

i think the reason so many ppl on tumblr latched onto “y’all” is because a lot of ESL bloggers were getting tired of not having a 2° person plural pronoun

Maybe it’s because most of us are southerners who grew up with “y’all”, fam

fairly sure “world population that’s not from the US > southerners” but i might be wrong in my calculations