I learned a new word today! A student wanted to set the goal of making his parents proud, so I translated it as “hacer que estén orgullosos de mí”. Well after class I learned that there’s a verb for to make proud! Enorgullecer (-zco). Quite a mouthful but super fun to learn!

One of the lines is „Hier an der Playa sind wir nie allein”. The German word for beach is der Strand. To say we are on a beach, you’d say „Wir sind am Strand”. But in the song, she says an der Playa, which means playa in German is feminine, just like in Spanish. Strand, on the other 🖐️, is masculine

I’ve gotten back into listenING to German music. One that randomly came up on Apple Music awhile ago was is called Mallorca (I don’t know why Germans seem particularly obsessed but it’s a place that actually comes up in a lot of songs I’ve heard). ANYWAY, the language thing:

Finally got around to seeing Rebel with a Clause! Leaving with such a feeling of linguistic joy,
@grammartable.bsky.social

The plural of schema is schemata. Yes, schemas is also valid, but @merriam-webster.com lists schemata first, and I think that’s just swell.

I’ve always justified/explained it (even if made up in my head) that it’s V like the tip of a squeeze bottle of glue

Happy #NationalGrammarDay, everyone! My sister made cupcakes for me to bring in for my colleagues so I can spread the enthusiasm

The annual National Grammar Day poetry competition was one of my favorite things on Twitter.

Here we go again…