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Helpful Links for Various Languages
Replies: 62 — Last Post Dec. 31, 2008 8:20am by Periwinkle
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The following collections of links that might be very useful resources for foreign language(s) students is copypasted from Wordreference, and I copypasted them in order to share them with you.

If you add information to this post, please message one of the moderators and ask them to add it to it to table of contents.

Enjoy!

Post edited at 11:14 am on Dec. 31, 2008 by Periwinkle

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Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
To deal with the terrors of existence.

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POLISH


Dictionaries and translators

  • Polish <-> English with Polish diatrical marks
  • English/Georgian/French/Italian/Russian/Spanish <-> Polish, Polish -> Hebrew. Diacritical marks available for all languages involved.
  • Polish monolingual dictionary
  • Polish monolingual dictionary of orthography
  • Polish monolingual dictionary of foreign words
  • Polish <-> English/German/French/Spanish/Italian
  • German/English <-> Polish (many entries accessible to paying users only)
  • English -> Polish
  • Polish monolingual thesaurus
  • English/Russian/German <-> Polish translator
  • Polish <-> English translator

    Specialised dictionaries

  • Dictionary of Polish slang
  • English -> Polish IT dictionary

    Vocabulary

  • Common words

    Grammar

  • Grammar guide (warning: this is a pdf with almost 500 pages and takes a while to load)
  • Grammar guide

    Pronunciation

  • Guide to pronunciation (warning: this is a pdf with 9 pages and may take a while to load over a slow connection)

    Polish online courses

  • In French
  • In English

    Other/General resources

  • Heritage resource centre
  • Wirtualna Francja - French/Polish union (in French)
  • Etymology of common Polish names
  • Common Polish first names

    Post edited at 8:32 am on Dec. 27, 2008 by Periwinkle

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    Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
    May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
    To deal with the terrors of existence.

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    all links broken and therefore section removed

    Post edited at 9:54 am on Dec. 26, 2008 by Periwinkle

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    Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
    May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
    To deal with the terrors of existence.

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    CZECH

    Dictionaries

  • Czech <-> English/German/French/Spanish/Italian/Russian
  • Czech <-> English/German/French/Spanish/Italian/Russian
  • English/German/French/Spanish/Italian/Russian/Latin -> Czech
  • English/German/French/Spanish/Italian/Russian/Polish/Romanian <-> Czech

    Grammar

  • Useful grammar schemes
  • Practical guide  

    Vocabulary

  • Czech primer in pictures

    Pronunciation

  • Downloadable audio files (Winnie the Pooh, Alice in Wonderland)

    Other/General resources

  • Czech language and culture junction
  • Lots of resources for learning Czech
  • Playing with Czech words and curiosities
  • Radio Prague - language and culture taught in English
  • Czech history
  • Czech literature
  • Essential Czech phrases

    Post edited at 6:52 am on Dec. 27, 2008 by Periwinkle

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    Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
    May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
    To deal with the terrors of existence.

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    SERBIAN, CROATIAN, BOSNIAN

    Dictionaries

  • German/English <-> Serbian
  • English <-> Croatian
  • Croatian <-> English dictionary and translator
  • Swedish <-> Turkish/Serbo-Croat, list of technical dictionaries
  • English -> Croatian dictionary of IT terms
  • English <-> Croatian genealogical dictionary

    Pronunciation

  • Croatian pronunciation guide

    Language

  • Etymology of the word 'Hrvatska'
  • Croatian/Serbian tongue twisters

    For tourists

  • Useful phrases in Croatian and English

    Press

  • BBC in Croatian
  • Croatian news

    Croatian music

  • Folk songs
  • 'Silent Night' in Croatian

    Literature

  • Croatian poetry
  • Croatian literature
  • Croatian literature

    Grammar

  • Bosnian language resources
  • Learn Bosnian

    Post edited at 9:26 am on Dec. 27, 2008 by Periwinkle

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    Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
    May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
    To deal with the terrors of existence.

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    BELARUSSIAN

    Vocabulary

  • Basic phrases (Belarussian, Russian, Bulgarian and English)

    Writing

  • Alphabet

    Dictionaries and translators

  • Belarussian translit -> Cyrillic alphabet.

    Grammar

  • Fundamentals of modern Belarussian

    Press

  • Svaboda
  • Belarussian news
  • Belarussain radio

    Other/General resources

  • Virtual guide to Belarus
  • Omniglot page on Belarussian
  • Wikipedia article on Belarussian
  • A collection of links
  • Useful phrases

    Post edited at 8:55 am on Jan. 2, 2009 by Periwinkle

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    Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
    May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
    To deal with the terrors of existence.

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    MACEDONIAN AND BULGARIAN

    Bulgarian

    Dictionaries

  • English <-> Bulgarian

    Writing

  • Guide to alphabet and pronunciation

    Pronunciation

  • Guide to alphabet and pronunciation  

    Macedonian

    Dictionaries

  •  English/German/French/Italian/Albanian/Greek <-> Macedonian
  • Downloadable Macedonian <-> English dictionary and font (freeware, Windows 9x/Me/NT/2K/XP)

    Writing

  • Alphabet
  • Alphabet 2

    Pronunciation

  •  Reading and pronouncing - interactive tutorial

    History and culture

  • History of Macedonia
  • Current cultural life in Macedonia
  •  Macedonian culture

    Media

  •  BBC news
  • Macedonian news and radio

    Other/General resources

  • Introduction to Macedonian
  • Romanisation of Macedonian
  • Online exercises
  • Information about the Republic of Macedonia
  • More information about the Republic of Macedonia
  • Wikipedia page about Macedonian

    Post edited at 6:36 am on Dec. 27, 2008 by Periwinkle

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    Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
    May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
    To deal with the terrors of existence.

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    SLOVAK

    Dictionaries

  • English/German/French/Spanish/Russian/Italian/Hungarian <-> Slovak
  • English <-> Slovak
  • English <-> Slovak
  • English <-> Slovak

    Grammar

  • Words/grammar exercises (in Slovak only)

    Press

  • Cassovia

    Other/General resources

  • Learn Slovak - dictionary, grammar, chat, lessons
  • Slovak literature

    Post edited at 8:49 am on Dec. 27, 2008 by Periwinkle

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    Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
    May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
    To deal with the terrors of existence.

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    Whoa, thanks for taking the time to make this topic ..It's great although you might wanna edit some parts and I think they might sticky it.

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    ARABIC

    Pronunciation

  • Writing and pronouncing Arabic names
  • Pronunciation
  • Arabic alphabet with audio

    Alphabet

  • About the Arabic alphabet

    Writing

  • Arabic calligraphy
  • Arabic keyboard  

    Other/General resources

  • Transliteration of some names into Arabic [French site]

    Grammar

  • Wikipedia article about Arabic grammar
  • Guide to Arabic grammar
  • Arabic grammatical terminology
  • Grammar tutorials

    Learning Arabic

  • Learn to read Arabic
  • Basic vocabulary, grammar and culture
  • Apprendre l'arabe (in French)

    Post edited at 8:48 am on Dec. 27, 2008 by Periwinkle

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    Religion which you consider an opiate and wish to abolish
    May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
    To deal with the terrors of existence.

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    Romani 16


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    I bet you had loads of fun compiling all those links together...thanx this is gonna help a lot of people i imagine..if the mods sticky it


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    ITALIAN

    Pronunciation

  • Survival phrases
  • Pronunciation
  • Pronunciation basics

    Grammar

  • Grammar
  • Basic Grammar Rules
  • Italian Grammar
  • Wikipedia article on Italian grammar
  • Basic Italian Grammar

    Culture/History

  • Culture, customs and etiquette
  • Wikipedia article on culture of Italy
  • Brief Italian history

    Other/General resources

  • Italian flashcards

    Post edited at 11:21 am on Dec. 31, 2008 by Periwinkle

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    May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
    To deal with the terrors of existence.

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    ANCIENT GREEK/MODERN GREEK

    Dictionaries/translators

  • Greek <-> English translator
  • Greek <-> English dictionary
  • Greek <-> English translator

    Culture/history

  • General history
  • Culture
  • Culture again
  • Wikipedia history of Greece

    Biblical Greek/New Testament Greek

  • Grammar
  • Grammar and explanations
  • Elementary Greek
  • NT Greek.net

     
    Ancient Greek

  • Vocabulary and grammar
  • Pronunciation
  • Pronunciation and vocabulary with audio
  • Phrases
  • Learning tools

     
    Modern Greek

  • Learning Greek
  • Greek lessons
  • Basic Greek grammar
  • Greek basic course with audio
  • Vocabulary and grammar
  • Greek alphabet with audio
  • Pronunciation
  • Writing Greek letters
  • Modern Green resources
  • Learn Modern Green
  • Introduction to modern Greek
  • Wikipedia article on the Greek language

    Post edited at 9:44 am on Dec. 27, 2008 by Periwinkle

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    May be the only anaesthesia that enables the masses
    To deal with the terrors of existence.

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