Language
These are flashcard "decks." I use Duolingo's Tinycards, which has many limitations, but I like the functions it does include. The way it's set up, sensible decks come in multiples of five. Mine are mostly limited to 15, for thematic purposes.
This is the pages I practice from (one of the things I don't like about Tinycards is the poor organization it has for anything more than a few decks). The order of the decks changes depending on what I'm personally working at.
And, yes, I consider my Tinycard decks to be a creative form, if not artwork (even if a minor one). To me, they are something between an illustrated poem and a learning device.
The picture links click through to the flashcard deck URLs on Tinycards.
This is the pages I practice from (one of the things I don't like about Tinycards is the poor organization it has for anything more than a few decks). The order of the decks changes depending on what I'm personally working at.
And, yes, I consider my Tinycard decks to be a creative form, if not artwork (even if a minor one). To me, they are something between an illustrated poem and a learning device.
The picture links click through to the flashcard deck URLs on Tinycards.
French
I started my Tinycard Deck obsession with French, when it seemed likely that in 2019 I would actually be able able to travel to France. That trip has not come off, but I still enjoy imagining myself rambling through the French countryside, lush in a summer maze of French flowers, plants, and animals that I now intrinsically know are not merely les fleurs, les plantes, et les animaux.
I started my Tinycard Deck obsession with French, when it seemed likely that in 2019 I would actually be able able to travel to France. That trip has not come off, but I still enjoy imagining myself rambling through the French countryside, lush in a summer maze of French flowers, plants, and animals that I now intrinsically know are not merely les fleurs, les plantes, et les animaux.
Les Salles de Monet à Giverny
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La Mode portée par Bridget Bardot
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Les Assaisonnements Culinaires
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Les Animaux de la Foret
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French City: Stores/Les Magasins
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Le Corps Humain
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La Mode portée par Jean Reno
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Les Boissons Alcoolisées
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La Mode: Des Chaussures
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La Mode portée par Surya Bonaly
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French Home: Furniture/Les Meubles de Victor Hugo
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French Home: Cooking Tools/Ustensiles de Cuisine
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French Colors: Les Couleurs en Français
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French Food: Les Boissons du Café
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Invitation a un Jardin
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Ukrainian
I did not understand that Ukrainian is both a Slavic Language and a Romance Language until I started learning it. This knowledge continues to blow me away, largely because I have decent familiarity with three Romance languages and somehow, the idea of language structures moving across borders... never became part of my (modern) mental outlook. Looking at Ukraine's long border with Romania, and I both "get it" now, and find myself wondering about all the other mysterious and central ideas that I still do not know. My Ukrainian is rudimentary--and so are these decks!
I did not understand that Ukrainian is both a Slavic Language and a Romance Language until I started learning it. This knowledge continues to blow me away, largely because I have decent familiarity with three Romance languages and somehow, the idea of language structures moving across borders... never became part of my (modern) mental outlook. Looking at Ukraine's long border with Romania, and I both "get it" now, and find myself wondering about all the other mysterious and central ideas that I still do not know. My Ukrainian is rudimentary--and so are these decks!
Будинок: At home with Taras Shevchenko (rooms & house)
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фрукти/Fruit
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домашні тварини/Pets (domestic animals)
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трави та приправи:
Herbs & Seasonings
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Кольори.Colors
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тварини лісу/Forest Animals
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Сніданок/Breakfast
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Opera Night/вечір в Опері
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Тварини На Ферми/Farm Animals
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Ukrainian Letters (this is BoatbuilderA's Deck)
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Last updated KAR, February 19, 2019