My Current Language Goals

I am currently studying Finnish after getting interested in the language by playing the game My Summer Car. After studying it for some time, it isn’t too difficult. The grammar is pretty regular, and the prepositions (like on, at, and to) are just stuck on the ends of nouns, which, while confusing at first, isn’t too difficult to pick up after some practice. And while the language isn’t part of the bigger neighboring language families (Slavic and Germanic), it has been in contact with them for enough time to give a lot of loan words that help keep you balanced in the language.

The other language I have been studying has been Icelandic. While it’s a Germanic language, it is far removed from the modernized Germanic languages, like English and German, and it is quite challenging to learn. I have been studying Icelandic on and off for years. Fortunately, I have been able to start using some decent free resources such as https://icelandiconline.com/, which is open to use by the public. The problem with the website is that almost everything is in Icelandic, so you need some knowledge of the language to use the website. The website was also created in 2010, I believe, and its age does show. If you are interested in Icelandic using the website, then you will have to take a lot of time, in the beginning, using google translate in order to get by.

While learning both these languages, I got inspired to create some learning resources for both of them. I tried my best to find existing resources to no avail. In order to help myself learn these languages and to help all of you who want to learn these languages, I decided to create these resources, which you should be able to see on this website in the near future.

arXiv

If you’re interested in physics or math (or a few other subjects) and want to read the actual papers then you can easily do so.  In my field (cosmology) there is no need to subscribe to expensive journals to read papers.  We just go to the eprint (electronically printed) server arxiv.org where you can look up any paper you want without paying.  It is free and legal.  arXiv is run by Cornell University and has papers from the past 20 years on there.  

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Making Mistakes

Making mistakes is a part of life and everyone makes mistakes.  We as humans are bound to make mistakes, to err is human is the phrase that gets tossed around frequently and will always hold true.  So should we as humans be punished for making mistakes or taking risks? Continue reading “Making Mistakes”

El Agua y Nuestro Mundo (Water and Our World)

Today we have another post by Science Woman.  Today she is talking about water and our world, something that many take for granted but needs to be safeguarded if we are to survive on this planet.

La imagen del planeta tierra, la vista desde el espacio es hermosa y no creo ser la única en tener esa opinión, los colores que se muestran resaltan las bondades de “Nuestro planeta” y  lo que  mas llama la atención a simple vista es el color azul que representa el agua en la Tierra, cualquiera podría pensar que tenemos abundante agua para el consumo humano, pero se equivocan. Continue reading “El Agua y Nuestro Mundo (Water and Our World)”