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Memrise

Duolingo

Mondy

Words in German

German in ~200 words

Deutsch Lernen

Deutsche Welle

Deutsch Akademie

Learn German Easily

German Online

Slow German

German Grammar

German About

German101

GermanPod101

Digital Dialects

Goethe Verlang

Surface Languages

Internet Polyglot

Mylanguages

Linguanaut

Polymath

Loecsen

ielanguages

ilovelanguages

ilanguages

Omniglot

Wikipedia

Wiktionary

Wikibooks

Wikitravel

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Hi, which book did you chose for your German challenge?

I was working with Deutsch im Blick --- a completely free (and pretty good) resource with an option to purchase, but I think it was around the halfway point that I ended up switching over to the everyday smarterGerman course. sG is a pricey option, so if you don’t have or want to drop $400+, DiM is’t bad at all. I think the fairytale theme made it more interesting than most other typical textbooks, and I believe there are Quizlet sets to go along with each chapter.   (:

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31 Days of Deutsch | Day 04 - 09

Today carries strong autumn vibes, and that makes me want to curl up with a blanket, some coffee, and language study all day long. Sadly I can’t do that, so I’ve been listening to the Slow German podcast while doing house chores or running errands, practicing genders and article changes with the German Article Busters app, inching my way through DiB’s first chapter (nearly done with it now!), and having some fun with Nicos Weg.

When you’re short on time like I was this week, incorporating the small things a little bit each day seriously helps.

(For convenience, I’ve switched to daily updates in my IG stories.)

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Apparently I’ve reached the “maybe I should brush up all my rusty languages” stage of the pandemic.

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Learning a language sparks so much joy and excitement in me.

Retaining that language makes me wanna bang my head against every table I can find.

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31 Days of Deutsch | Day 02 - 03

A tough couple of days to get things done! On Sunday we celebrated my mom’s birthday, which was a pretty cramped day as it was, so I barely managed to squeeze in some quick article/noun gender practice with the German Article Busters app again. It’s seriously become one of my favorite resources for memorizing genders and articles since I first started using it!

Today I did have more time, but with my usual luck I had dumb computer problems. Long story short: it underwent a problematic update that I had to reverse, and I have been ignoring the update notifications since. It decided to do an auto-update while I was away, though, and there was nothing I could do for a whole four hours. Around 11 PM I was finally able to submit a timesheet due for work and sneak in some grammar review from Deutsch im Blick --- so far I am actually enjoying this. I’ve known about DiB for a long time but guess I was being judgmental because it’s free, and I assumed the content couldn’t be that useful? Ah! But it is, and so far I like its approach. I decided to work with DiB since, for whatever reason, I am perpetually getting stuck in Treffpunkt and find it difficult to study from.

So here’s to a late night snack for some late night study. zzzzz.

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How to learn a language and its culture together

1 Learn typical recipes (maybe try to recreate them)

2 Watch movies (not only the genres and themes you prefer, but watch their classic movies that everyone there already watched)

3 Listen to music (same as 2)

4 Watch and read the news (follow the news on social media)

5 Watch people travelling around the country

6 Follow youtubers (the vloggers who visit buildings, who talk about festivals and holidays and do stuff at the town)

7 Read books (you can read in english and then re-read in the target language, it’ll make easier)

8 Follow random people on social media (in that way you’ll can see the everyday language, photos of some city, political stuff, etc)

9 Follow meme pages - memes aren’t spaceless and timeless, they talk about some subject the people from that culture are talking about

10 Talk to natives and ask them about their daily lives

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31 Days of Deutsch | Day 01

I knew it was going to be one of those days where I’d be struggling not to drown amongst all of the tasks on a gigantuan to-do list, so I knew it’d be no going for grammar. Instead I listened to several Slow German episodes while I was shopping, and again later when I was cleaning. (I have the biggest itch to try and transcribe what I hear, but sadly there’s no time for that.) I also practiced memorizing articles based on case + article hints based on noun endings with the German Article Busters app --- jotted them down in my notebook so it’d be easier to follow along during the songs!

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・31 Days of Deutsch・

I’ve never done it, but I always liked the 100 days of Productivity challenge—being productive doesn’t mean doing the same thing(s) every day, because all it requires of you is accomplishing even the most basic of tasks on certain days. 100 days is also just over three months, and that’s a great amount of time to build good and better habits! That said, I’d like to apply that line of thinking to German, so here’s to 31 Days of Deutsch.

I love challenges, especially when I’m looking to push myself forward in something I’m passionate about, and I went off to hunt down any kind of language challenge that would help motivate me in my German studies. I may have skimmed the tags—(I’m sorry if you’re like me right now and hating on the new tags page layout)—but I couldn’t find anything that was suited toward my goals and level, so why not just create the challenge myself? 

Starting tomorrow (1.8.20), I challenge myself to jump into my German studies for a consecutive 31 days. Some ground rules:

Not every day has to be a long study session. As a bare minimum, I will study or indulge in something German-related for at least 5 to 10 minutes every day.

Be it studying grammar, vocab, reviewing noun genders, reading about the culture, watching something with German subs, or just listening to German—as long at it applies to the German language and culture, it counts.

Share what I’m doing throughout the 31 days using the #31daysofDeutsch tag.

Thirty-one days is not a hundred, but I think 31 is a good place to start and might feel more bite-sized than the prospect of three months. This is something I created and am doing purely for myself, but it’s open to all at any time (because no, you don’t have to do it in August only).

I’ll be here tomorrow. (ฅ⁍̴̀◊⁍̴́)و ̑̑

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the APPLE method : tips for self-discipline

💌 AWARENESS

identify the difference between your current and ideal priorities. be honest with yourself. if it helps, keep record of the time you actually spend studying vs. reading for pleasure vs. watching tv, for example. is your routine effective for what you need to accomplish?

💌 PLAN

 for each ideal priority, create 2 goals focusing on them:

                                e.g. priority: coursework

                           ❣️goal #1: write 1 page / day

                           ❣️goal #2: read for 15 min / day 

💌 PRACTICE

set time limits, such as pomodoros (or just regular timers) at first. discipline is about endurance. you won’t be able work steadily for 2hrs or complete 5 tasks in a row at first. i spent this year building my attention span back (in the beginning, i couldn’t even read 10 pages without feeling exhausted). i started with 15 min of reading per day, and kept increasing it by 15 min increments until time no longer mattered.

💌 LEARN

after a month (minimum!), re-analyze your goals. are they working well for you? can you increase them, or add more for each priority? what habits have you changed / added? It took several months to get my attention span back to a decent place, but now i can sit through 3 hour classes attentively (the entire time), and read all day without tiring. 

💌 EVOLVE

self-discipline allows you to create strong foundations for success. motivation is more like ‘how much can i do while this candle is burning’, and you never know how long the candle will burn. self-discipline is a steady supply of logs into a slow-burning fire. you’ll be able to feel confident tackling larger goals, and keep your responsibilities operating even if you don’t feel like it.

if you have any questions, please send me an ask!

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Quick Tips for Learning Languages on Your Own

Here are some mindsets and techniques that helped me study Italian on my own after classes ended. Hope this helps :)

Also, I’m trying out a new format for shorter posts–let me know what you think!

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Every time you see this post on your dashboard you have to go learn one new word in your target language

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A quick insight into German (Millennial) meme culture (inspired by the blast to the past this uquiz gave me):

Bernd das Brot (a depressed bread puppet, originating from a children’s parody on advertising shows, later getting his own show)

The Bielefeld conspiracy: Bielefeld is a city in western Germany with about 300,000 inhabitants; there is also a running gag that Bielefeld doesn’t actually exist. The origin of that joke seems to be extremely random, there isn’t really a big story behind it. 

Germans like to argue about name and gender of their food. Ask a group of German people what they call the inside of an apple, or what gendered article to use for Nutella, and watch them yell at each other for half an hour.

The song from the Superperforator commercial (from a parody on Western movies that gets way more credit for being LGBT rep than it deserves (the song’s a bop tho))

Gays in Space (a parody on Sci-Fi movies that gets way more credit for being LGBT rep than it deserves)

A coke commercial with the keeper of Germany’s national football team lead to the “maybe it’s not […], maybe it’s Manuel Neuer” meme

This super weird opening to a porn which I am going to translate real quick: “This is the fuse box we always have problems with, can you look at it?” “With pleasure, but why is there straw lying around?” “And why are you wearing a mask?” “Mmmh… give me a blowjob then.”

Bravo, the biggest German youth magazine, is infamous (amongst other things) for cheesy photo love stories, failing gloriously at using authentic German youth slang. This panel is the origin of “alles bäm?” (”all bam?”), a greeting nobody ever used before, but for a while everyone used it ironically after that.

Once a year every school in Germany holds a sports competition called ‘Bundesjugendspiele’ (Federal Youth Games). Participation is mandatory. It literally serves no purpose. You’re not even competing against other schools. Based on your score you either get a ‘Participation Certificate’ (’you participated but you’re also a loser’), a ‘Winner’s Certificate’ (you participated and didn’t win shit, but we want to make you feel better about yourself’), or a ‘Honors Certificate’ (’you can now brag about how good you are at sports’). Everyone hates it. Ask a German about Bundesjugendspiele and see their eyes go blank from hot fury and/or unprocessed childhood trauma.

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So, in the wake of the quarantine, The Language Accountability Project is seeking new members! Most have been inactive, and if you find yourself no longer a member (I set it to prune without checking the number because my phone is a terrible device to use for it whoops) feel free to join again, and even reintroduce yourself if you feel like it!

The LAP is specifically for langblr goals, so if you want something more general, head on over to Studyblr Solidarity!

Please reblog this even if you dont joy, I really want these to get new members!

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Huge New Language-Learning Collection!

Hey, anyone who wants to learn a language – I have great news for you!

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5 essential tricks for language learners

Speak more often then read or write something.

If you can`t memorize a word or a phrase, a) sing it, b) shout it, c) pronounce it as the rudest swear word in your native language.

Read aloud the articles and essays you really love. In the beginning, our tongue will ache as fuck, but your pronunciation will really get better. Even if there`s no one near to point your mistakes.*

If you see a word with abstract meaning, immediately make a collocation with a “simple” noun. e. g. Instead of learning what “to accustom” means, learn something like “I accustomed myself not to cry because of the high taxes” or “I`ve never been accustomed to working hard and I`m not going to start”

Watch the useless and strange videos on YouTube in your target language. There are many advantages in the crap like “Get Ready With Me” or “What is in my back?” First of all, they all contain almost similar phrases and word collocations. Watch 5 GRWM-videos and you`ll know for sure how to say “Hi, guys!”, “make-up”, “lipstick”, “really good” etc. Secondly, vloggers typically talk as if their audience is full of idiots. They repeat the same phrases dozens of times. And that`s! Don`t hesitate to feel foolish for 5 or 10 minutes straight. Surprisingly, the most unintellectual content will make you more competent and actually intellectual.

*If you feel that you really need a responsible buddy for language practice, join the #tumblrexchange challenge. Introduce yourself, your goals and preferences, and let`s practice together!

Here`s the detailed post about the language exchange. And here`s my own introduction (I offer to help with Russian and seeking smb to practice advanced English with).

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Glücklich (happy vs lucky)

Ich bin glücklich can mean either "I am happy" or "I am lucky". Is "glücklich" the most common word for both meanings, or are there other words that can help make the meaning clearer?

Well first of all you could use Ich bin Glücklich in both of these ways.Still, if you want to say that you are lucky or someone is lucky you could also refer to Er hat Glück. (He is lucky) Ich habe Glück. (I am lucky) This would be a slightly more clear way to state that he is lucky (not happy) in a game or something else for example.

Let me make one thing a little bit more clear because I am not sure whether that is clear enough. Although it would grammatically be correct to say Ich bin glücklich in both of the two ways, you would not use this version if you really refer to lucky.