cristina's langblr

main: @selenephilia / italian girl learning german / berlin lover / "languages for tourism and international commerce" student in verona

[langsandculture]

studying german

someone: so, what's studying german like?

me: it's like german wants you to know that it is smarter than you

[einenkaffee-bitte]

endlich bin ich mit Klausuren fertig! 🥳🍾

2nd semester here we go

[shrews-studies]

A tip for when you feel like you're making no progress and you're never going to be fluent in your target language:

Pick up your old notebooks, from last month or from when you only just began learning. Look into them, all of the notes in there are things you already know, skills you have mastered. See how much of a beginner you were back then, and now look at you. Even if now it feels like you're stuck, you just have to look back and you will notice how far you have come.

[einenkaffee-bitte]

wünsch mir Glück

[peoplecallmecarfanatic]

I just love how in English you say “great minds think alike”, which is a completely positive thing since you’re kinda praising yourself, but in German you go like “zwei Dumme, ein Gedanke” = “two fools, one thought” 

German is beautiful, isn’t it

[reinermariarilke]

Kind of reminds me when my french teacher explained us the french idiom “L’espoir fait vivre” (Hope makes us live) and he asked me how Germans say it and I was like “Hope dies last” and his legit answer was:

“See, that’s why no one likes you!”

[germanlanguagerocks]

German vocabulary list: moods & feelings

aggressiv: aggressive 

ängstlich: afraid

beleidigt: offended

besorgt: worried

beschämt: ashamed

böse: evil

dankbar: grateful

deprimiert: depressed

eifersüchtig: jealous

enttäuscht: disappointed

erschöpft: exhausted

freundlich: friendly

friedlich: peaceful

froh: glad

frustriert: frustrated

gedemütigt: humiliated

gelangweilt: bored

gelassen: calm 

gleichgültig: indifferent

gierig: greedy

glücklich: happy

gütig: kind

heiter: cheerful

hilflos: helpless

klug: clever

nervös: nervous

melancholisch: melancholic

neugierig: curious

offen: open

optimistisch: optimistic

pessimistisch: pessimistic

schockiert: shocked

schuldig: guilty

schüchtern: shy

traurig: sad

trübsinnig: blue

unsicher: insecure

verängstigt: anxious

verärgert: annoyed

verlegen: embarrassed

verrückt: crazy

verwirrt: confused

wütend: angry

zickig: bitchy

zögerlich: hesitant

[langernameohnebedeutung]

DW broke the German supermarket experience down to its bare essentials

[areistotle]

“Die Konsonanten sind das Skelett und die Vokale das Fleisch der Wörter.”

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The consonants are the skeleton and the vowels are the flesh of the words.

Arthur Schopenhauer (1788 – 1860), German philosopher

(via thatswhywelovegermany)

[delphicoracle]

went back to the writing space and wrote 10 pages, only 3 of which will make it past “editing me”, listened to fine line the whole time and drank far, far too many cups of coffee.

[einenkaffee-bitte]

can anyone give me any podcasts (auf deutsch) suggestions?

[soracities]

“Öd’ und leer das Meer” ( “empty and desolate is the sea”) – from Richard Wagner’s Tristan und Isolde, as quoted in the ‘The Waste Land’

[trilingual-girl-carol]

Me, looking at memes in my target language: I'm studying

[einenkaffee-bitte]

HALLO LANGBLR! 8/12/2019

It's Cristina here. I only recently found out about the existence of the online language community, and just by scrolling through a few posts I already felt much more motivated to work for my goals!!!🇩🇪

so here I am, creating a side blog to just reblog stuff in German (Deutsch, you're such a struggle!), aesthetically pleasing pics to keep me motivated, and hopefully post some texts in German when I'll feel confident enough. Anyone learning Deutsch at a A2/B1 like me? Would love to find some useful resources and make some friends on here☕ and I'd be happy helping anyone with their Italian!

P.S. I follow from my main @selenephilia

[einenkaffee-bitte]

my german B1 exam is in a week! time to revise the basics🍵

[studypsychh]

i woke up super early today and now i have the coffee shop to myself☕️

[oldmayihelpyouwithgerman]

How to say “I love you” in German

,,Ich liebe dich”

This directly translates to “I love you”. However, you wouldn’t say that to someone you like. It’s okay to say Ich liebe dich to someone you are close to. For example: your significant other. Saying Ich liebe dich shows that you trust them.

,,Ich hab’ dich lieb/ Ich habe dich lieb”

Is an innocent way to tell that you love someone. You’d use this when talking to a friend or parent. It directly translates to “I have love for you”. However, some native speakers might explain it as someone being a part of all the love they have. You can also use this phrase when you are not quite ready to tell your crush about the feelings you have for them.

,,Ich mag dich”

Directly translates to “I like you”. You’d use this in a more platonic context. It’s sometimes used as a way to indicate romantic interest.

Example: “We share the same humour, Ich mag dich.”

,,Ich habe mich in dich verliebt.”

Translates to something like “I have fallen in love with you.” You’d use this when you are 100% sure about your feelings. It shows that the “process” of falling in love is complete. If you are in the middle of falling in love, you’d use ,,Ich bin in dich verliebt.” (=I am falling in love with you”)

[rubyraventhorn]

“Du hast gelernt, was Freiheit heißt und das vergiss nie mehr”

(Translation: You’ve learned what freedom is and never forget that)