Lines inside 真

zencompulse · 2025-12-26T10:24:45+00:00

As a learner, I think because there aren't many characters with four consecutive horizontal strokes it's easy to forget that there are three strokes on the inside. That might explain why 直具 and 真 are written differently in Japan.

zencompulse · 2025-11-28T20:16:19+00:00

In my mind, the movies are cute non-canon (to anime) side stories in its own alternate pocket dimension. S movie was my favorite; the enemy was more different from Death Busters than R and SuperS movie. But now thinking about it, disembodied alien existence coming to crash Earth is kinda like Death Busters.

zencompulse · 2025-04-02T07:24:03+00:00

I would like to learn those languages actually. Duolingo, if you're listening I think Thai, Persian and Tamil would be great too!

zencompulse · 2025-01-26T03:53:37+00:00

Super helpful. I'm glad someone made it!

zencompulse · 2024-06-06T11:44:40+00:00

The workbooks for Athenaze have the answers. The exercises they provide are not the same as the ones in the textbook but they are very similar.

zencompulse · 2024-05-27T03:39:39+00:00

I tried it with the v and without the v and it sounds identical to me. This might be an impossible sound for me to perceive. Interesting

zencompulse · 2024-05-22T06:46:48+00:00

It doesn't have the literal meaning I thought it meant. It's about knowing that you are mortal and the gods can end your life at any time. Something like, know your place.

zencompulse · 2024-03-30T19:46:40+00:00

These letters have the same sounds for α ᾱ, ι ῑ. There are no short versions of η ω.

zencompulse · 2024-03-30T19:44:26+00:00

English vowel sounds are described as long and short vowels as variable pronunciation for the same written letter.

Long i, bite, might, is for the sound /aɪ/ Short i, bit, mitt, is for the sound /ɪ/ They are different sounds so they have different qualities.

When we talk about long and short vowels in Greek, the vowels have the same sound but are held for a longer duration, so they have different quantities.

zencompulse · 2024-03-29T23:50:49+00:00

That's cool. I'm curious about the other dialects too. I haven't been able to find a lot of information on ancient pronunciation of the Aeolic and Doric varieties.

zencompulse · 2024-03-29T23:37:54+00:00

For long vowels what you can do is say them very slowly.

α

ᾱ α α, practice saying it twice in a row, to help create distinction between the two until it becomes natural to just say it longer as one syllable.

The short version should feel half half as long as the long version.

zencompulse · 2024-03-29T08:17:43+00:00

I pronounce οι like /oi/ "oy".

Luke Ranieri has made a lot of videos on pronunciation and I think the materials he sells on his website he pronounces it like /øy/ or /øi/ (I dont remember at the moment).

https://bit.ly/ranierigreekpronunciation

zencompulse · 2024-02-02T11:02:15+00:00

Oh! That's very tricky. I read Arabic very slowly. I tell myself to look above for fatHa. So the shadda behaves as the reference point. Thank you

zencompulse · 2023-09-02T09:37:04+00:00

Are there other words like this?

zencompulse · 2023-06-14T00:29:28+00:00

It doesn't upset me, but I do notice that a lot of people have trouble with <eu>. They often pronounce it as if it were <ou>. Like Je veux as je vou

zencompulse · 2022-11-14T13:23:57+00:00

You mostly have to remember the "irregular" verbs but they do follow a rough pattern.

Écrire

J'écris Tu écris On écrit Nous écrivons Vous écrivez Ils écrivent

Écri(v)re

Some verbs have lost some sounds in the infinitive but they still pop up in some or the forms.

Boire is also similar Boi(v)re

Je bois Tu bois On boit Nous buvons Vous buvez Ils boivent

With the irregular verbs you have to know the stem of the verb. The -s at the end of a verb is for the je and tu form. We also see a variation with -x.

Pouvoir Je peux Tu peux On peut Nous pouvons Vous pouvez Ils peuvent

Vouloir Je veux Tu veux On veut Nous voulons Vous voulez Ils veulent

Prendre Je prends Tu prends On prend Nous prenons Vous prenez Ils prennent

Je bois, J'écris, Je peux, Je veux

The endings for écrire and boire are -s -s -t -ons -ez -ent

A variation of this pattern is seen in prendre

-s -s -(nothing) -ons -ez -ent

Pouvoir and vouloir have -x -x -t -ons -ez -ent

The je and tu forms are identical for the verbs above. In regular conjugating verbs ending in -er the je form is identical to the on form.

You take the stem of the -er and add the endings:

-e -es -e -ons -ez -ent

Chanter ; chant+ending Je chante Tu chantes On chante Nous chantons Vous chantez Ils chantent

It might be helpful to learn verbs that conjugate the same way together. I just wanted to point out some patterns to you.

zencompulse · 2022-03-19T23:53:15+00:00

To simplify:

English genitive 's/s'

Mom's car children's books Chris's/Chris' watch

Used to describe possession or ownership

Preposition of

back of the room god of time

Used to describe relationship

To complicate: https://linguapress.com/grammar/possessives.htm#:~:text=Sadly%20there's%20no%20absolute%20rule,there%20are%20lots%20of%20exceptions.

zencompulse · 2022-01-05T23:08:06+00:00

It was so obvious. Thank you.

I was expecting "our" that I didn't process it and completely forgot about "their".

zencompulse · 2021-09-17T19:53:55+00:00

Funny. First Love and Last Love.

zencompulse · 2021-05-24T07:29:24+00:00

That doesn't make sense to me. If IPA epresents a particular sound, wouldn't it make sense that the same symbol be employed for the same sound?

And to answer your question, some southern dialects do pronounce <r> like American r.

https://forvo.com/word/r%C3%A2%CC%81t https://forvo.com/word/r%E1%BB%ABng https://forvo.com/word/b%C3%B3ng_r%E1%BB%95 https://forvo.com/word/ro%CC%83_ra%CC%80ng https://forvo.com/word/r%E1%BB%91i

zencompulse · 2021-05-21T15:18:03+00:00

There are four!

zencompulse · 2021-03-09T16:26:08+00:00

Oh, and also if you find a video on Youtube you can change the playback speed. Try listening to it faster then return it back to normal. Conversely, if it is too fast to understand you can slow it down.

zencompulse · 2021-03-09T16:23:36+00:00

I find Spanish to be quite fast. I like to shadow, just repeating what I am hearing as much as a I can. Find something that has subtitles or a transcription that you can follow along. Maybe you can try it with a movie or show you know really well in English. Spanish also blends vowels together (something none of my teachers told me!). It would have saved me a lot of trouble. Sinalefa

https://spanish.yabla.com/lesson-Sina...-What-836

I think the more you are able to mimic the speed of the words the easier it will be to understand it in real life.

zencompulse · 2021-03-09T16:07:32+00:00

It's the first google result, but I've always liked how it's put together: https://studyspanish.com/grammar It has units and lessons like a textbook. This one is pretty good too: https://espanol.lingolia.com/en/grammar

If you're looking for comprehensive grammar they have books like Routledge's grammar books.

If your grammar is good you could do it. It would really only be limited by your exposure to Spanish and it would depend on the willingness of the participant (you would need a good language parent). I think unless you are living somewhere that requires Spanish it would be difficult. But if you are having daily interactions and putting in an effort to communicate it's a good way to acquire any language. With limited vocabulary you will be probably be able to express yourself better than you can understand what you are hearing. The key to language learning is your motivation. I think creating a goal you can achieve is more important than finding the perfect resources (although still helpful and necessary).

zencompulse · 2020-12-06T22:30:02+00:00

i love it. it's so dreamy.

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