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sharklovespink · 2 days
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Found some aesthetic german quotes, so I thought I would use them in my new König gremlin art 💕🎀
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I don’t own the characters, all rights belong to the creators of the games.
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german-enthusiast · 5 months
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In my L1-acquisition class two weeks ago, our professor talked about how only 9% of the speech a baby hears is single words. Everything else is phrases and sentences, onslaughts of words and meaning!
Thus, a baby not only has to learn words and their meanings but also learn to segment lots of sounds INTO words. Doyouwantalittlemoresoupyesyoudoyoucutie. Damn.
When she talked about HOW babies learn to segment words our professor said, and I love it, "babies are little statisticians" because when listening to all the sounds, they start understanding what sound is likely to come after another vs which is not.
After discussing lots of experiments done with babies, our professor added something that I already knew somewhere in my brain but didn't know I know: All this knowledge is helpful when learning an L2 as well:
Listen to natives speaking their language. Original speed. Whatever speaker. Whatever topic.
It is NOT about understanding meaning. It is about learning the rhythm of the language, getting a feeling for its sound, the combination of sounds, the melody and the pronunciation.
Just how babies have to learn to identify single words within waves of sounds, so do adults learning a language. It will help immensely with later (more intentional) listening because you're already used to the sound, can already get into the groove of the languge.
Be as brave as a baby.
You don't even have to pay special attention. Just bathe in the sound of your target language. You'll soak it up without even noticing.
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hecho-a-mano · 7 months
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a german woman who's a scammer call her a fräudlein
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karuuhnia · 8 months
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... ... So anyway, what do you say for "kick the bucket" in your native language?
In German we say "den Löffel abgeben" (= "to turn in/hand over the spoon") or "ins Gras beißen" (= "to bite the grass") among other things.
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escuerzoresucitado · 3 months
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The German language has quite a few animalistic verbs:
fuchsen ("to fox") = to annoy
hechten ("to pike") = to dive
reihern ("to heron") = to puke
dackeln ("to dachshund") = to walk slowly
aalen ("to eel") = to bask
vögeln ("to bird") = to have sex
einigeln ("to hedgehog in") = to curl up
hamstern ("to hamster") = to hoard
schlängeln ("to snake") = to wriggle
stieren ("to bull") = to goggle
unken ("to toad") = to gripe, augur doom
tigern ("to tiger") - to walk tigerishly
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witchthewriter · 2 months
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König: Self-care is for the schwach! (weak!) You: *coughs* König: Scheiße! We need ambulance!
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german-garbage · 4 months
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This is the morst german thing I (a german living in germany) have read in months and it's coming from tumblr 💀
[Transl.: Holy crap (literal: holy straw bag)! You've reached 100k likes!]
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kayuripax · 5 months
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Some funny German words that are kind of hard to translate that are also not from the lexicon of obscure sorrows:
- Eigenart, Die. (Noun) Lit: the own-kind, meaning: Quirk
Usage example: "Ach, das ist dem seine Eigenart." (Oh, that's his quirk)
- Verschlimmbessern. (Verb) Lit: Worse-improving, meaning: trying to make something better, but making it worse in the process
Usage example: "Verschlimmbessern kann der gut." (He's great at making things worse while trying to make them better.)
- Sturmfrei. (Adjective) Lit: Storm free, meaning: having the house to yourself because your parents are away
Usage example: "Ich hab das ganze Wochenende sturmfrei." (I have the house to myself the whole weekend)
- Ohrwurm, Der. (Noun) Lit: Ear Worm, meaning: a song you can't get out of your head
Usage example: "Das Lied ist seit drei Tagen mein Ohrwurm." (That song has been playing on repeat in my head for three days)
- Schnapsidee, Die. (Noun) Lit: alcohol idea, meaning: An idea so stupid it could only have come from someone drunk.
Usage example: "Du weißt schon, dass das 'ne Schnapsidee ist?" (You do know that this is a stupid idea?)
- Treppenwitz, Der. (Noun) Lit: Staircase joke, meaning: coming up with a perfect reply for a joke or argument too late for it to be any use
Usage example: "Ich hätte in der Prüfung viel besser sein können, wenn mir die besten Ideen nicht erst als Treppenwitze gekommen wären." (I could have been much better in the exam if I hadn't thought of my best ideas afterwards while on the stairs.)
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ilysosososomuch · 3 months
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RAH RAH RAH RAH PEOPLE WHO SPEAK/WANT TO LEARN GERMAN AND LIKE THE HOBBIT BOOK. LISTEN TO ME
ARD (THE GERMAN EQUIVALENT TO THE BBC) HAS AN AUDIO BOOK OF THE HOBBIT ONLINE. AND YOU CAN DOWNLOAD IT!
BUT ONLY UNTIL JANUARY 24TH, AFTER THAT THEY'RE TAKING IT DOWN
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vibinwiththefrogs · 3 months
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Does anyone have any fave German listening material for immersion?
I'm aware of EasyGerman on YouTube and various programs aimed at learners, but I'm looking more for TV shows, YouTube series, or streamers. Podcasts are fine too.
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How to build a language self-study plan
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So I’ve noticed, upon combing through pages and pages of youtube videos and google blogs, that rarely does anyone ever actually tell you what you should be studying. There’s a reason for this ! Everyone is different and at a different level, different motivation. It’s impossible to create a study plan that is perfect for everyone... which is why it can also be agonizing to make one for yourself. 
“How am I supposed to know what’s important to study, if I don’t speak the language?” 
Well that’s a good question! You need to gauge how far you’ve come so far and how far you’d like to get. It’s easiest when you are starting from zero because you can learn the alphabet, numbers, basic phrases, and basic grammar. Easy peasy. You can go cover to cover in a text book. 
Here’s a check-list to create the perfect study plan special to you. 
1. What do I know already? What do I need to work on?
- is it worth starting a textbook, if you feel like you already know half of it? It might be worth completing the given exercises and if you achieve an 80% or higher (or you could give that lesson to someone else) then you can move on from that specific point.
- create a list of the points that you still need to master
2. What do I need to include in a study session?
- naturally there needs to be a focus or a few different focuses of a study session, whether it’s a specific activity or a grammar point. I recommend creating a list of things you want to get done (a.) every day, (b) every week, and (c) every month. These goals must be quantifiable. For example, every week I read two news articles in German. As a reflection, I then write a summary of the event of the article as well as a personal opinion. That’s an easy box to check.
- you need a reflection. It’s important to really take time to reflect on how you feel about the time spent and the materials used. What could you do better next time? What went well? 
3. When is the best time to study? 
- are you more active/focused in the morning or in the night? The key is consistency. If you have a routine, you’re far more likely to adhere to it. I know that my own schedule is highly changeable and that can make it very difficult, but I’ve found if I wake up in the same period of time every morning, brush my teeth, make my bed, and then sit down to my work, I feel far more productive. 
- how much should I study at a time? The recommended period is 25 minutes from the Pomodoro Method with a five minute break. You can research time-management techniques but ultimately it comes down to you. 
4. How do I take notes ?
- IT”S ALL ABOUT YOU! What I do is take messy notes in classes or on my own and then I transcribe the finished page to my Notion page. It gives me a chance to make the notes neater and also to review a little bit. I will say though statistically, you will remember better if you write by hand. 
- I like to have a column on each page for words I didn’t know
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ceilidhtransing · 4 months
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The Duolingo blog has given me my new absolute favourite German word:
das Kopfkino
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german-enthusiast · 16 days
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I think, broken down to its essence, learning a language can have three stages/goals, which can but needn't all be reached:
- Goal 1: have enough vocab and grammar to say stuff and have your message be understood
- Goal 2: have the grammar and vocab to say grammatically correct sentences
- Goal 3: be able to do creative/academic writing (meaning: have the skill+vocab to vary writing style according to the text type)
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strawberrus0da · 5 months
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"why does this word mean multiple things in this language" vs. "why can't i use this word for all these different contexts it's so much more simple that way"
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mapsontheweb · 4 months
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Countries where German is the official language.
by languages.eu
German is a West Germanic language mainly spoken in Western Europe and Central Europe.
It is the most widely spoken and official or co-official language in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, and the Italian province of South Tyrol. It is also an official language of Luxembourg and Belgium, as well as a recognized national language in Namibia.
Outside Germany, it is also spoken by German communities in France (Alsace), Czech Republic (North Bohemia), Poland (Upper Silesia), Slovakia (Košice Region, Spiš, and Hauerland), and Hungary (Sopron).
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sysy-studyblr · 7 months
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tuesday 12/09/23
second day of class! it was so fun!! covered professions today and it was awesome
♫ the spins - mac miller ♫
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