jonathangriff:

muggle-at-the-barricade:

Seeing a Broadway show: This is the greatest day of my life! 

When the show ends: I’ll never be happy again

you mean

Seeing a Broadway show: I did not live until today

When the show ends: How can I live when we are parted?

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Learning another language

torrent-studies:

me: wow! I think I can actually start to read and understand this new language

people: *ask me questions and talk to me in that language*

me: I know nothing my life is a lie

可__ : __able

chinese-japanese-korean-english:

tiantianxuexi:

可 attached to a verb more or less lets you turn it into an adjective of the able to (verb) kind. That was a terrible explanation here have a vocab list

• 可愛  kě'ài  lovable, cute (where kawaii comes from) 
  
• 可憐  kělián  pitiable
  
• 可靠  kěkào  reliable (kào is to depend on)
  
• 可惜  kěxí  unfortunately, regrettably
  
• 可疑  kěyí  suspicious 
  
• 可笑  kěxiào  laughable, ridiculous
  
• 可氣  kěqì  frustrating, exasperating
  
• 可怕  kěpà  terrifying 
  

There are more (because there are always more) but now you get how great a name/transliteration 可樂 kělè is for “coke,” it looks like happy-able! Coca-cola is specifically 可口可樂, so like “can drink, can happy” but really “good to drink, makes you happy.” (supposedly shop keepers at one point transliterated as 蝌蝌啃蠟 kē kē kěn là, “bite the wax tadpole,” but that was never official. Reasons to pay your translator well.)

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

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Mandarin isn’t actually that scary

adventuresofasinophile:

1) No word genders

2) No conjugation

3) No articles (a, an, the)

4) Subject-Verb-Object sentence structure

5) The characters are like mix-and-match. Certain parts lend certain meanings and/or pronunciations.

6) You can make an adjective out of an entire phrase. (This is something that I have noticed myself wanting so badly in English…)

Of course, this isn’t to say that Chinese isn’t hard. IT IS HARD. And I have days when I question why I’m doing this to myself. But every language is hard in a different way. So, if you want to learn Chinese, go for it! Don’t let rumors scare you away. If you’re going to put all that time and effort into learning a language anyway, you might as well pick one you actually want to learn!

studyign:

i have a slightly incompetent math teacher [have to do a lot of teaching myself] so i can try to help!

• use colors when taking notes - helpful when memorizing formulas and to see the sequence of steps while working examples it helps me a LOT
• maybe rewrite ur notes before a big test?
• i always do practice problems until i recognize the pattern to solve
• make mind maps or concept maps {how to do so}
• dont just do ur required homework - if ur a little confused on a concept its best to practice until ur sure of urself
• here is a post with general study tips 
• for more general study stuff i would look through this blog :]
• use khanacademy.org - videos are gr9 for breaking up practice problems
• if u cant find a specific topic, search it on youtube - chances are someone has made a video about it :) i do this all the time and find it helps a lot bc i dont really have a good teacher
• google does math for u???????????
• PAY ATTENTION IN CLASS
• u have to do less practicing if u engage and ask questions
• here is a post with links to help in math by study-well
  
• google “ur current topic” practice and ur sure to find something to help u out whether its worksheets or games or videos
• some really pretty math notes omg

i hope some of this can be helpful xx

Steps to get straight-As

strive-for-da-best:

Here’s a few steps to get some perfect straight-As!

1. Preview your classes: this might sound silly to some of you, but honestly it helps a lot. Try to force yourself to read through your textbook or notes that you know your teacher will be teaching the day before class, so that you can have a slight idea of what’s going to happen tomorrow. Try highlighting the texts, or, if you’re feeling in the mood, do some outlining! Trust me, you will be so much more confident in class and that will also help you to only jot down things that’s not in your textbook. Lazy people are in fact the ones who do the prep work because they want to save time in the future!
2. Take class notes: Having previewed your class, you’ll realise class is in fact quite fun (shocker here). When your classmates are trying so hard to copy everything down from the powerpoints, you only have to write down things that aren’t included in your notes/textbooks. And, since you should have figured out the things you didn’t understand the night before, you can pay more attention on those parts during class, or even ask your teachers about it!
3. Outline Notes: When you’re home after school (preferably) or during the weekend, try to combine your class notes and textbooks together and make your perfect outline notes. Do your outline notes after every class instead of waiting till your teacher finishes a chapter/section. It will help you to keep track of your classes!
4. Study guides: After a chapter/section, it’s good to narrow it down to a nice and simple study guide. Try to omit information that’s already in your brain from your outline notes and reorganize it into a study guide. The whole process will help you to review the knowledge once again and at the same time give yourself some good source for studying for finals.
5. Index cards: this should be the last step. I usualy prepare index cards when I’m studying for a test. Before the test, I will use my study guide to study, and write down key information (either some main points or parts that I can hardly remember) onto the index cards. The night before/ the morning before the test, the only thing I’m holding is my index cards. So while all your pals are holding their large pile of notes and cramming in the hallways, you can confidently walk with only some cards!

In that case, you’ve basically gone through the same knowledge five times (wow). Honestly though, it doesn’t take much time each and trust me, you’re going to benefit from it SO MUCH MORE! It’s only a matter of habit! Good luck!

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freakyfeatures:

hey, so are we on a “tu” basis or are we still pretty “vous”

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itsleightaylor:

I just tweeted it and I figure I should also post it here. 

This website literally GRADES YOUR ESSAYS. You can choose your grade level, if you’re using American or British english, what type of paper it is (essay, short story, biography…), and it even checks for plagiarism. THEN once it’s grading your essay, it shows you grammatical errors, suggestions for better sentence structure, and a lot of other things. Reblog to save a life. 

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languageoclock:

just-shower-thoughts:

You can drink a drink but you can’t food a food.

You can in German

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A RLY GREAT WAY TO TAKE NOTES OUT OF A TEXTBOOK #studytube

studyign:

a lot of people wanted to know how i take notes for history soooooo

here is a video on how i personally take notes for my ap history class!

subscribe // request a video // more

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CHINESE GRAMMAR

thotadmiration:

10 basic Chinese grammar points for beginners

Chinese Grammar Guide

How to use the particles 吗 (ma) and 呢 (ne) in Chinese grammar

Key Chinese grammar structure: modifier + de + noun (的)

The sentence particles 吧 (ba) and 吗 (ma) in Chinese grammar

Chinese grammar 把 structure: a basic introduction

Source

Past events in Mandarin Chinese grammar (there’s no past tense!)

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