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A little place for learning languages. Pali Chanting Of The Karaniya Metta Sutta ». On Nov 3, 2007 in Pali. These days Pali isn’t often spoken. But it is chanted quite a bit. I imagine most readers haven’t heard what Pali sounds like, so here’s some Pali chanting for you to listen to. Below the video I’ve pasted the actual sutta so you can follow along (they chant it twice). Karaniya Metta Sutta (Loving-kindness) 1. […]. Grinding Out The Pali ». On Oct 30, 2007 in Pali. Two Months of Non-Stop Pali ».
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Language Fun | babelhut.com
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A little place for learning languages. Tadoku – Read More or Die – April 2011 Edition ». On Mar 29, 2011 in Language Fun. The Tadoku contest, also known as the Read More or Die contest is about to start again. If you haven’t heard of it before, it’s a twitter-based contest designed to motivate you to read more in your target language. For one month, you try to read as much as you can. You read on your […]. January 2011 Tadoku contest will start very soon ». On Dec 31, 2010 in Language Fun. Rikker at Thai...
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Reading with Interlinear Books | babelhut.com
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A little place for learning languages. Reading with Interlinear Books. On Mar 11, 2014 in Study Methods. Linas Vaštakas is an avid language learning enthusiast, and he currently runs a project InterlinearBooks.com. Which aims to make literature more accessible to language learners. He wrote this guest post about learning languages with Interlinear texts. If you have been reading some of the posts about language learning in this blog, you probably know that learning a language requires constant practice.
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A little place for learning languages. Jes, Mi Lernas Esperanton – Yes, I’m Learning Esperanto ». On Aug 31, 2010 in Esperanto. Consider this an admission of guilt. I am learning Esperanto. Esperanto has both its critics and proponents in the language learning community, which initially bothered me. Nobody has criticized me for wanting to learn Spanish, nor has anyone (including myself) felt the need to defend that desire. I expect that the same would be true […]. Subscribe to full RSS Feed.
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Languages | babelhut.com
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A little place for learning languages. Jes, Mi Lernas Esperanton – Yes, I’m Learning Esperanto ». On Aug 31, 2010 in Esperanto. Consider this an admission of guilt. I am learning Esperanto. Esperanto has both its critics and proponents in the language learning community, which initially bothered me. Nobody has criticized me for wanting to learn Spanish, nor has anyone (including myself) felt the need to defend that desire. I expect that the same would be true […]. On Aug 26, 2010 in Languages. Within the...
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How to Read Years in English | babelhut.com
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A little place for learning languages. How to Read Years in English. On Oct 11, 2007 in English. Today one of my students asked how to pronounce 1906. Was it “nineteen six” or “nineteen oh six”? Of course, I answered that the latter was correct. You need to add the “o” sound when the tens’ digit is a zero. He followed up, “So 804 is eight oh four, right? 8220;Well, you can say that, but ‘eight hundred and four’ is also correct.”. 8220;Can you say ‘nineteen hundred and six’? Algorithm for Reading Years.
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The Wonder of Critical Frequency | babelhut.com
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A little place for learning languages. The Wonder of Critical Frequency. On Jan 7, 2011 in Motivation. About two weeks ago, in an effort to increase my Esperanto. Vocabulary, I signed up for lernu.net’s Vorto de la Tago. Word of the Day) service, which sends a daily email with, you guessed it, the word of the day. These emails are great for SRS. Because they include quite a few example sentences. The definitions are also monolingual. I let them sit in my inbox unread. Why did I such a thing? Jan 7, 2011.
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Motivation | babelhut.com
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A little place for learning languages. The Wonder of Critical Frequency ». On Jan 7, 2011 in Motivation. About two weeks ago, in an effort to increase my Esperanto vocabulary, I signed up for lernu.net’s Vorto de la Tago (Word of the Day) service, which sends a daily email with, you guessed it, the word of the day. These emails are great for SRS because they include quite a few example sentences. The […]. Learning a language is like having a pet ». On May 21, 2009 in Motivation. I need to make a confessi...
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A little place for learning languages. French Pronouns: Subjective Case ». On Aug 4, 2010 in French. Comments Off on French Pronouns: Subjective Case. Today we’re going to look at French pronouns. Specifically, the subjective case, the French equivalent of saying the following words: I You He She It We They In English, these are all the pronouns with which you start a simple sentence. Sentences like You are speaking and He is listening. We’ll look at all the […]. Subscribe to full RSS Feed.
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Site News | babelhut.com
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A little place for learning languages. Author Introduction – David ». On Aug 2, 2010 in Site News. My name is David and I’m a new contributing author here at babelhut.com. Like Peter and Thomas both, I’ve realized my desire to learn another language later in life, though looking back at my life, it’s been a rather obvious result. The first thing in my life I can remember involving a second language was […]. We have hopped onto the Twitter bandwagon ». On Apr 30, 2009 in Site News. In case you haven’...
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