remember being ten and future plans were so far away? and now you have one foot into that future and nothing seems to be right and all you want is to step back but the past keeps crumbling as soon as it's made. there's no going back, there's nothing to go back to.
“how could you have forgotten that” i forget Everything. unless i remember
"how can you remember that" I remember Everything. unless I forget
the nuisance of our language is stunning
ahh but true slavs know they all have slightly different meanings ;)
english sucks because they have like 3 swear words combined
@one-time-i-dreamt can you answer this?
jebati - fuck someone
podjebavati - to screw around with someone
zajebavati - same as above but more joking and lighthearted
zajebati - fuck something up or fuck someone over
izjebati - could mean to fuck someone good or fuck someone up lol
ujebati - made a mistake
razjebati - break something
sjebati - fucked something up, made a mistake
nadjebavati - outsmart someone
jebuckati - to talk minor shit, also a more innocent way to say fuck
odjebati - ditch someone
najebati - get in trouble
prejebati - screw someone over, do something sneaky (bad)
dojebati - move somewhere, often said about people from rural areas moving to big towns
my personal fav - nejebica - state of fucklessness
love when emails start off with “DO NOT REPLY”. like oh yeah way ahead of you brother
I'm currently (actively) learning 3 languages at the same time and thought i'd tell you guys about what i'm doing
So right now i'm learning
and here's what i'm doing:
(Note: i do not recommend the Czech Duolingo course, it doesn't teach any grammar at all and i just got super confused and annoyed)
I've been learning languages for more than 15 years now and i've learned a lot about which learning methods work for me and which don't, so here are a few tips that might help you if you're struggling or unmotivated
I'm currently using Brainscape to learn vocab words because i can control how often the words are shown to me and how familiar i feel i am with them (and the free version offers you unlimited cards & decks)
My top tip would be to always put the word in your native language on the front of a vocab card, so that the 'new' word is on the back. That way you're not just recognizing the words, but have to actively think of them yourself (if that makes sense)
Kinda like this:
-> your brain had to do a lot more work and it might take a while to remember completely new words correctly, but that also means that ultimately you'll learn the words more quickly
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ALTCover of The Cat Who Loved the Sea by Rhoda Goldstein, illustrated by Len Ebert. 1968. Source.
reblog and put in the tags if you had to be stuck in one month forever which one you would choose. i think i’d pick september
PACING IS ABOUT LOAD BEARING WALLS.
*staples violently to my own forehead*
This is such good advice.
All I will add is: WRITE THOSE BREAKFAST SCENES if you want to, they can be absolutely critical in getting a handle on your characters. Or even on the setting. Write them all to fuck. Go hogwild.
Then cut them. They're for you, and for the characters. Not the readers.
Lo these many years ago, in an elevator at some convention or other, Larry Niven gave me some of the best writing advice ever:
Go ahead and write that stuff. The breakfasts, the staring-into-empty-space scenes, whatever. Then pull them out of your work if they serve too little useful purpose. If you feel the need, shove such material into a separate folder to examine for possible usefulness later.
Even if you don't put it where other people can see it, no writing is ever wasted. Every sentence will teach you something. But if a passage or sequence doesn't help illuminate character, build the world, or advance the plot, get it the hell out of your narrative.
Your readers' time is precious. Do them the courtesy of not wasting it.
