I can’t believe I didn’t know this
https://twitter.com/nosilverv/status/1193836116367028224?s=20
Month: Nov 2019
Instagram Language Challenge #IGLC
Taking a break from the lizards today to compile Instagram posts I made as part of Lindsay Does Languages‘ Instagram Language Challenge in October, which I did to stretch myself. I tried to use some basic scientific vocabulary and write some more complicated sentences. It was quite good fun thinking of new stuff to write about, and I ended up doing refraction, buddhism, make-up and dinosaurs as well as some totally made-up bollocks that I just wrote for a laugh. Some have been corrected, others not. It’s a bit tough for people doing the corrections, I think. When I talk about how, before the horse was invented, all the idiomatic expressions involving horses had originally referred to dolphins, guinea pigs and other animals, I think serious-minded teachers must wonder whether I’m joking or just severely misunderstanding the meanings of the words and phrases I’m using.
I’ve also added all the new vocbulary into a Memrise deck so I won’t forget it all immediately
Day 1: Red
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Day 2: Blue (The well it mentions, by the way, was repened after its refurbishment by John Bercow. Now if only I knew how to say OORRRRDDAAAAHHH in portuguese)
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Bonus Blue
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Day 3: Yellow
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Day 4: Green
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Day 5: Orange
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Day 6: Purple
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Day 7: Pink
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Day 8: Gold
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Day 9: Silver
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Day 10: Bronze
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Day 11: Black
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Day 12: White
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Day 13: Brown
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Day 14: Grey
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Day 15: Cat
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Bonus Cat
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Day 16: Dog
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Day 17: Fish
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Day 18: Rabbit
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Day 19: Cow
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Day 20: Horse
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Day 21: Sheep
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Day 22: Pig
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Day 23 + 24: Snake/Mouse Crossover edition!
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Day 25: Monkey
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Day 26: Elephant
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Day 27: Lion
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Bonus Lion
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Day 28: Bird
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Prestável and Prestativo
It’s only just occured to me to wonder what the difference between these two is. They can both be translated as “helpful”, but “prestativo” is used when someone is happy to help others, whereas prestável is more instrumental – when some thing is helpful for achieving an end – so more like useful.
Bad Education
Problems of peer-to-peer learning sites: sometimes the people you’re learning from know even less than you.