Do U Have Any Advice For Ppl Who Want To Study Linguistics And Languages But Couldnt Afford To Study

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Pass along and use the shit out of them

Links to PDFs of French Language Books

The Great Gatsby (Gatsby le magnifique)

The Fault in Our Stars (Nos étoiles contraires)

Twilight (Fascination)

New Moon (Tentation)

Eclipse (Hésitation)

Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone (Harry Potter à l'École des Sorciers)

Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (Harry Potter et la Chambre des Secrets)

The Book Thief (La voleuse de livres)

The Notebook (Les pages de notre amour)

Sense and Sensibility (Le cœur et la raison)

The Little Prince (Le petit prince)

The Girl on the Train (La Fille du train)

Animal Farm (La Ferme des Animaux)

1984 (1984)

Romeo and Juliet (Roméo et Juliette)

Me Before You (Avant toi)

The Secret Garden (Le Jardin mystérieux)

The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (Les hommes qui n'aimaient pas les femmes)

Hunger Games (Hunger Games)

Divergent (Divergent)

To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before (À tous les garçons que j'ai aimés)

how to study with a mental illness!!!! aka a guide to simultaneously caring for yourself and your academics

(disclaimer: this is from purely personal experience and is not a substitute for seeking professional help. these are just personal tips as i was formally diagnosed with depression and anxiety in the third year of college, but had been showing symptoms even in high school. different methods help for different people, but i really hope some of these things can help a struggling student out, because one of the reasons i went on studyblr in the first place was that i felt really lost and anxious.)

1. done is better than none. sometimes an assignment you have to turn in would be objectively easy to complete, but it takes longer to do so because you’re afraid that the final product won’t be as good as you want it to be, or as good as a professor expects it to be. it’s hard to remove those expectations, but it is a little easier when you remember that getting some points (no matter how many they are) are better than getting a deduction for late submissions or not turning in the project at all. many people – including myself – suffer from perfectionism in university, but it is overall more important to complete something to the best of your own ability, and learn from the feedback on the project later on. more importantly, often, you’re doing better than you think you’re doing, so surprise yourself. you can do it. just start.  2.  keep careful track of your deadlines.  much of my undergrad anxiety came from the fact that i knew something was due, but couldn’t keep track of it, or didn’t want to confront it. it’s better to confront it because you have more time to do it slowly and thoroughly. as soon as you hear about an impending exam or paper deadline, keep track of it. personally, i use google calendar. from there, you can make smaller plans and break down your goals to make it more doable! 3. don’t be afraid to ask for help.  there used to be a huge stigma against mental illness, but thankfully, many educational institutions are much kinder and more considerate about it. if you really can’t meet a deadline or come to class, let your professor know. most professors are kind, reasonable people who genuinely care about you and your well-being. even one of my scariest professors granted extensions to a girl who was genuinely struggling with serious depression, and the college of law i’m in takes mental health very seriously to the point that they instruct faculty how to deal with such cases.  if you’re not able to talk to a professor, try to ask help from a classmate or a friend who can share notes or fill you in on how they accomplished a certain assignment. many people will be happy to help. you are not a burden, love. 4. be kinder to yourself.  mental illness is like any illness. it often keeps us from doing as well as we’d like to be because it’s a genuine and serious health problem. sometimes it helps to keep this in mind when we flub a report in class (as i did several tens of times in undergrad), get a bad score, say something ridiculous during recitation, or mess up a paper. it’s okay to do your best while you heal. you know you’re trying your best, and slow growth is still growth. 5. on that note, care for your other needs.  one of my happiest and most fulfilled semesters (even though it was my busiest) was when i had time to see a psychiatrist, run, pack lunches and fruit to school to eat healthy, and have a reasonable-ish sleep schedule. this was during my thesis semester. while i had to take an incomplete, and finish my thesis the next sem, because i was attending to my own needs, i felt like a living, breathing, learning, happy person. and i finished my thesis the next semester. it’s better to look after your own physical health and needs before your academics. 6. sometimes, it’s better to do nothing and rest. you deserve it.  part of the reason i’d been doing horribly in law school was that i didn’t sleep and it was making me mildly unbalanced and incredibly suicidal; not to mention the fact that i wasn’t really retaining any information or performing well. rest days are just as important as days when you study because rest IS productivity.  7. take your meds. see your psych or therapist if you have one. avail yourself of mental health services on campus if there are any. these genuinely saved my life at a time that i thought i was beyond saving. please go seek help if you can.  BONUS: MY STUDY SETUP ON A TERRIBLE MENTAL HEALTH DAY (like today) - i try to clear the space and clean up as much as possible. it makes me feel like i have things under control, and have my work things where i can see them. - i eat something healthy, like fruit, and get a lot of water. i keep a water jug on my desk because it clears my thoughts and helps me replenish the fluids lost from crying (1/2jk). it also really keeps up my strength for the study process. - i turn on a calming playlist, like a jazz or lofi or ghibli playlist. in another window, i turn on a rain sound video on a softer volume, and it helps center me. - it helps when you have a soft or calming scent to calm you down. i use a lavender room spray, and it makes me feel cozy and productive, but in undergrad, i used this tea-tree lavender mix and it smelled like sunny afternoons and guitar coffeshop playlists. it really is nice. - there are breathing exercises and gifs all over the internet. they help calm you down when things seem Too Much.  i really hope this helps, guys. don’t hesitate to message me if you’ve been having a hard time with school or life or anything. please, please care for yourselves. you can do it.  – sam

how to get the most out of duolingo

duolingo is a great app/website that you can use to begin learning a foreign language, but unfortunately you most likely won’t be able to fully learn the language if you only use duolingo. so, here are some things that you can do to get the most out of duolingo and to learn your target better.

1. read the lessons - most of the languages (especially if you’re learning in english) have little lessons. however, these are only available on the website, so if you use the app, you might want to occasionally check in online and click on the little lightbulb to read the lessons. they usually aren’t super in-depth, but for beginners it is super helpful and not as heavy as a textbook grammar guide.

2. don’t work too fast and always revise - if you’re knocking out a bunch of lessons a day thinking you’ll learn faster, this could be true, but most likely it’s not. if you work at a steady pace and remember to do it once a day (preferably at the same time – they say this is better for memorization) you will learn it better. if you do one lesson or maybe two a day and you still have time for more, go ahead and revise a little. when i first started french, i did two lessons a day and then always revised to make sure i remembered everything.

3. study the vocabulary - not all of the courses have this, but on the online version some of the courses have a tab on the top that says “words” and this is a great place to find all the vocabulary that you’ve been learning in your courses. go through the list and find all the words you don’t know that well or at all and make some flashcards or a set on quizlet and study them. learn how to spell them, pronounce them, conjugate them, and use them within a sentence. if you do this, you’ll always have a solid base to fall back on. this goes for learning conjugations, as well.

4. start learning your native language in your target language - after you’ve finished all the courses in your target language, feel free to revise daily. you might want to, however, start learning your native language in your target language. this might not be an option for all the languages offered on duolingo. for me, i learned english in french. this was helpful for picking up more phrases and seeing more common ways that french people write. if you’re feeling particularly confident and know your stuff really well, try learning a new language in your target language. for example, i did the spanish course in french, which definitely helped with my french phrasing while translating. 

5. don’t stop after you finish your course - if you’ve done it right, finishing your course on duolingo will give you a really good start to the language you’re learning. after you’ve finished, keep revising, but also go ahead and start learning your target language in different ways. i made a whole in-depth post on how to learn a language online here. some ideas are reading children books, watching youtube videos and movies, and talking to natives all in your target language. never give up because it will be worth it. 

Hello! I've just started learning French and I'd like to try reading something. A whole novel sounds quite intimidating, so do you know of any short stories with simple language?

Hello,

My mind goes to :

Les lettres de mon moulin by Alphonse Daudet

Trois contes by Gustave Flaubert

Arsène Lupin contre Herlock Sholmès by Maurice Leblanc (ha!)

Les diaboliques by Jules Barbey d’Aurevilly (pretty)

Le sommeil de la raison by Gabrielle Wittkop

Contes de l’Absurde + Histoires perfides by Pierre Boulle (emo)

Je voudrais que quelqu’un m’attende quelque part by Anna Gavalda

Les filles du Feu by Gérard de Nerval (v pretty)

Le mur by Jean-Paul Sartre (classic)

La Fontaine aux Fées by Chantal Robillard

L’Exil et Le Royaume + L’Étranger by Albert Camus (classic)

Solitude de la Pitié by jean Giono

Des Filles bien élevées by Anne Wiazemski

La Rêveuse d’Ostende by Éric-Emmanuel Schmitt

La Chapelle Sextine by Hervé Le Tellier (naughty)

Le Ratichon Baigneur by Boris Vian

Poussières d’anges by Ann Scott

Contes cruels by Octave Mirbeau (weirdo)

L’arbre des Possibles by Bernard Werber

Mordre au travers by Virginie Despentes (feminist, weird)

Clair de Lune + L’Inutile Beauté + Boule de Suif + Le Horla (has a slight Dorian Gray vibe, classic) by Guy de Maupassant

Les Plaisirs et les Jours by Marcel Proust, 

L’Heptaméron by Marguerite de Navarre, 

Cantatrix sopranica by George Pérec, 

Deux et deux font cinq by Alphone Allais

Religere + Déchirures by Sir Cédric (goth)

Gloire à nos Illustres Pionniers by Romain Gary

Les Vrilles de la Ligne by Colette (badass lady)

Nouvelles sous Extasy by Frédéric Beigbeder (v weird/edgy)

La Botte Secrète by Éric Boisset

And that’s probably enough. Hope this helps! x 

how does he produce full movies in three mins?? give him his oscar already

French Vocabulary - Basics

les jours de la semaine - the days of the week

lundi - Monday mardi - Tuesday mercredi - Wednesday jeudi - Thursday vendredi - Friday samedi - Saturday dimanche - Sunday

les mois - the months

janvier - January février - February mars - March avril  - April mai - May juin - June juillet - July août - August septembre - September octobre - October novembre - November décembre - December

les saisons - the seasons

le printemps - Spring l'été - Summer l'automne - Autumn l'hiver - Winter

les nombres - the numbers (1-10)

un - one deux - two trois - three quatre - four cinq - five six - six sept - seven huit - eight neuf - nine dix - ten

les couleurs - the colours 

rouge - red jaune - yellow bleu (m), bleue (f) - blue noir (m), noire (f) - black blanc (m), blanche (f) - white vert (m), verte (f) - green gris (m), grise (f) - grey marron - brown rose - pink

The colour (adjective) comes after the noun! English: the red car French: la voiture rouge

Le soleil est jaune. - The sun is yellow. La nuit est noire. - The night is black. La mer est bleue. - The sea is blue.

les interrogatifs - the question words

qui - who quoi - what pourquoi - why quand - when où - where comment - how combien - how much/many quel(le) - which/what

les expressions de base - basic phrases

Oui. - Yes. Non. - No. Bonjour. - Hello/Good day/Good morning. Bonsoir. - Good evening. Bonne nuit. - Good night. Salut! - Hi/Bye! Au revoir. - Goodbye. S'il vous plaît (formal) - Please S'il te plaît (informal) - Please De rien. - You’re welcome. Merci. - Thank you. Merci beaucoup. - Thank you very much. Bienvenu(e). - Welcome. A plus tard. - See you later.  A bientôt. - See you soon. A demain. - See you tomorrow. Je suis désolé(e). - I am sorry. Pardon! - Excuse me! Ça va? (informal) - How are you? Comment allez-vous? (formal) - How are you? Ça va. - I am fine. (Answer to “Ça va?”) Très bien. - Very good. Je vais bien. - I am fine. Pas mal. - Not bad. Mal. - Bad. Comment vous appelez-vous? (formal) - What is your name? Tu t'appelles comment? or: Comment tu t'appelles? (informal) - What is your name? Je m'appelle … - My name is … Enchanté(e)! - Nice to meet you! Vous êtes d'où? (formal) - Where are you from? Tu es d'où? (informal) - Where are you from? Je suis de … - I am from … Où habitez-vous? (formal) - Where do you live? Tu habites où? (informal) - Where do you live? J'habite à … -  I live in … Quel âge avez-vous? (formal) - How old are you? Tu as quel âge? (informal) - How old are you? J'ai ____ ans. - I am____years old. Parlez-vous français? (informal) - Do you speak French? Tu parles français? (informal) - Do you speak French? Je parle français. - I speak French. Je ne sais pas. - I don’t know. Bien sûr. - Of course.

Three words you probably don't know #2

A whisk: un fouet

The white part of bread: la mie de pain

A tissue: un mouchoir

French Classical Mythology Vocab

Correct me if anything’s wrong~

mythologie - mythology

une dryade - dryad

une nymphe - nymph

une naïade - naiad

une sirène - siren

un(e) centaure(sse) - centaur

un(e) satyre(sse) - satyre

un faune - faun

les olympiens - the Olympians

un héros - hero

un dieu - god

une déesse - goddess

un demi-dieu - demigod

un mortel - mortal

un monstre - monster

cornes - hornes

une hydre - a hydra

un griffon - griffin

un messager - messenger

une harpe - harp

une légende - legend

le labyrinthe - the labyrinth

céleste - celestial

la prophétie - prophecy

l'aventure - adventure

la mer - sea

un navire - ship

la rivière - river

les bois/forêts - woods/forests

une île - island

la guerre - war

nettoyer (to clean) present tense🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️🕊️

je nettoie                   [i clean]

tu nettoies                [you clean]

il/elle/on nettoie      [he/she/it/we clean]

nous nettoyons       [we clean]

vous nettoyez          [you clean]

ils/elles nettoient    [they clean]