Shinsyl  -  http://shinsyl.tumblr.com  -  http://www.pictame.com/user/shinssyl/2165585581

Good wood - sorry I’ve been off radar for a while but back now with this little gem. The ‘Elsewhere Cabin Retreat’ in Texas is a remote little haven to escape from the busy world. Not sure the horse comes as part of the package though…

Muyang Xu

recent notes + bujo spread, ft. pictures from my seoul/tokyo trip over the summer! // ig: studylustre ✨

botanical boudoir: for the green gallery fall / winter 2018

“Why do your showers take so long” uh probably because I was practicing conducting a cello concerto my bad

Reading rules

Russian is spoken not in the way it is written. With vowels stress means a lot. There are two tricky vowels: О and Е. If these are stressed in a word, they are О and E, that’s ok. But if they are not stressed, they turn into А and И respectively. The word “велосипЕд” (a bicycle) should be pronounced as “виласипет”. The first Е is not stressed, O is also not stressed, the second E is stressed and it’s still E and about Д down below.

Some consonants have pairs. A deaf one and a ring one. They are Т-Д, К-Г, Ш-Ж, П-Б, Ф-В, С-З. If a ring sound is in the ending of a word, it is pronounced as its deaf pair. In a word “велосипед” Д is the last letter of a word, that’s why it turns into T in speaking. If a ring consonant stands before a deaf consonant, it also turns into its deaf pair. “лОжка” (a spoon) is pronounced as “лошка” because К is a deaf sound. So Ж becomes Ш.

If a deaf consonant is in a position before a ring consonant, it also becomes ring. “ПрОсьба” (a request) sounds like “прозьба”. Б is ring and С becomes З. “C другом” (with a friend) also sounds like “Здругом” as C is deaf and Д is ring, so C turns into З.

*UPDATED* Here is a masterpost of MOOCs (massive open online courses) that are available, archived, or starting soon. Some are short, some are very interactive, some are better than others. I think they will help those that like to learn with a teacher or with videos.I checked each link to make sure they are functioning.

Spanish

Beginner 

Beginner’s Spanish:Food & Drink

Spanish 103 - Review of Elementary Spanish

AP Spanish Language & Culture

Preparing for the AP Spanish Exam

Spanish for Beginners

Basic Spanish for English Speakers

Fastbreak Spanish

Intermediate 

Spanish:Reading, Grammar, and Composition 

Spanish:Ciudades con Historia

Spanish:Espacios Públicos 

Advanced

Leer a Macondo (Taught in Spanish)

Spanish:Con Mis Propias Manos

Spanish: Perspectivas Porteñas

Corrección, estilo y variaciones

French

Beginner

AP French Language and Culture

Beginner’s French: Food & Drink

Français Interactif

Elementary French I

Elementary French II

French:Ouverture

Intermediate

French: Le Quatorze Juillet

Passe Partout

Advanced

La Francophonie Essence Culturelle

La Cité des Sciences et de Industrie

Portuguese

Brazilian Portuguese for Beginners

Italian

Beginner

Survive Italy Without Being Fluent

Beginner’s Italian: Food & Drink

Beginner Italian I

Oggi e Domani

Intermediate

Intermediate Italian I

Advanced 

Italian Literature 

Italian Novel of the Twentieth Century 

Advanced Italian I

Latin

Latin I (Taught in Italian)

Russian

Beginner

Russian Alphabet

Reading and Writing Russian

Russian Phonetics and Pronunciation

Russian for Beginners

Easy Accelerated Learning for Russian

Basics of Russian

Russian Level I

Travel Russian

Advanced

Business Russian

Let Us Speak Russian 

Russian as an Instrument of Communication

Ukrainian

Read Ukrainian

Kazakh

A1 Kazakh (Taught in Russian)

Chinese

Beginner

First Year Chinese I

First Year Chinese II

Chinese for Beginners

Basic Mandarin Chinese I

Basic Mandarin Chinese II

UT Chinese 

Chinese for Travelers

Beginner’s Chinese

Chinese Characters

Oral Chinese

Chinese Made Easy

Mandarin I

Chinese is Easy

Start Talking Mandarin Chinese

Easy Mandarin

Intermediate

Intermediate Business Chinese

Intermediate Chinese Grammar

Japanese

Japanese JOSHU

Beginner’s Conversational Japanese

Learn 80 JLPT N5  Kanji I

Learn 80 JLPT N5  Kanji II

Learn 80 JLPT N5  Kanji III

Learn 80 JLPT N5  Kanji IV

Korean

Beginner

Pathway to Spoken Korean

Intermediate

Intermediate Korean

Dutch

Introduction to Dutch

German

Beginner

German Alphabet

Beginner’s German: Food & Drink

Rundblick-Beginner’s German

German Modal Verbs

Basic German Grammar

Study German Language from Native Speakers

German A1 Grammar

Deutsch im Blick

Advanced

German:Regionen Traditionen und Geschichte

Norwegian

Norwegian on the Web

Finnish

Basic Finnish

Finnish for Medical Professionals

Frisian

Introduction to Frisian  (Taught in Dutch)

Icelandic

Icelandic 1-5

Arabic

Arabic Language for Beginners

Arabic for Global Exchange

Arabic Fast Track

Moroccan Arabic

Conversational Arabic Made Easy

Arabic Without Walls

Hebrew

Hebrew Alphabet Crashcourse

Know the Hebrew Alphabet

Hindi

A Door into Hindi

Business Hindi

Indonesian

Learn Indonesian

Nepali

Beginner’s Conversation and Grammar

Welsh

Beginner’s Welsh

Irish

Introduction to Irish

I’ll keep an eye out for new courses and if you know of any, let me know so I can update this list.

Last updated: January 1,2016

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