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Language as a Tool

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Sometimes it’s easy to forget the simple joy of learning a new language. It may not be the easiest thing in the world, especially when it’s a solitary endeavor, but it’s incredibly rewarding whenever you look at a line of text that just half an hour ago would have been unintelligible to you, and suddenly it all makes sense.

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Sorry Peoples!

I know I have done anything in forever (on here), but I went on vacation and then was just too lazy to type up all that German :/ But I shall do it soon! (Sunday night or Monday). Keep studying~!

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Day 9 : Vocabulary 265-297 of 3003

die Bahn - railway

der Bus - bus

das Fahrrad - bicycle

das Flugzeug - airplane

der Heißluftballon - hot air balloon

das Schiff - ship

das Taxi - taxi

der Wagen - car

der Zug - train

das Angebot - (special) offer

die Fahrkarte - ticket

der Flugschein - airplane ticket

das Reisebüro - travel agency

der Reiseprospekt - travel brochure

der Sparpreis - discount price

das Ticket - ticket

die Abfahrt - departure

das Abteil - compartment

die Ankunft - arrival

der Anschluss - connection

die Auskunft - information

die Autobahn - highway

der Bahnhof - train station

der Bahnsteig - train platform

die Buslinie - bus line

der Fahrkartenschalter - ticket window

die Fahrt - trip

der Flugbegleiter - flight attendant

der Flughafen - airport

die Gepäckaufbewahrung - baggage check

das Gleis - track

der Nichtraucher - nonsmoker

die Haltestelle - (bus) stop

(forJune18th)

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Grammar Coming Soon!!!

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Day 8 : Vocabulary 232-264 of 3003

das Adjektiv - adjective

das Adverb - adverb

das Auto - car

das Handy - cellular telephone (cell phone)

der Herr - gentleman

der Kunde/die Kundin - (male/female) customer

die Mark - mark (as in DM [Deutsche Mark] - DM [German marks])

die Mensa - student cafeteria

der Mensch - person, human being

die Miete - rent

der Mitbewohner - roommate

das Motorrad - motorcycle

das Pferd - horse

das Problem - problem

das Studenten(wohn)heim - dormitory

das Substantiv - noun

der Verkäufer - salesperson

das Verb - verb

das Video - video(tape)

die Wohngemeinshcaft [WG] - shared housing

die Wohnung - apartment

der Wortschatz - vocabulary

die Zeit - time

die Zimmerpflanze - houseplant

preiswert - a bargain, inexpensively

recht - quite, rather (recht preiswert - quite inexpensive)

schön - nice(ly), beautiful(ly)

schon - already

etwas - something; somewhat, a little (adverb)

kein - no, none, not any

nichts - nothing

sonstig - other, additional

wen (acc.) - whom (accusative) [see other post]

(forJune17th)

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Day 7 : Vocabulary 199-231 of 3003

das Arbeitszimmer - workroom, study

das Bad - bathroom

das Badezimmer - bathroom

der Balkon - balcony

das Esszimmer - dining room

das Fenster - window

die Garage - garage

der Garten - garden, yard

die Küche - kitchen

die Terrasse - terrace, patio

die Tür - door

die Wand - wall

das Wohnzimmer - living room

das Zimmer - room

bequem - comfortable, comfortably

bestimmt - definite(ly), certain(ly)

billig - inexpensive(ly), cheap(ly)

da - there

dringend - urgent(ly)

frei - free(ly)

gerade - just, exactly

gern - gladly

hell - bright(ly), light

hoch - high(ly)

klein - small

möbliert - furnished

niedrig - low

noch - still; yet

nur - only

selten - rare(ly)

teuer - expensive(ly)

vielleicht - maybe, perhaps

wieder - again

(forJune16th)

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Day 6 : Vocabulary 166-198 of 3003

das Bett - bed

das Bücherregal - bookcase, bookshelf

der CD-Spieler - CD player

der Computer - computer

der Couchtisch - coffee table

der Fernseher - TV set

das Foto - photograph

das Haus - house

das Kaufhaus - department store

der Kleiderschrank - clothes closet

die Kommode - dresser

die Lampe - lamp

der Nachttisch - nightstand

das Poster - poster

das Radio - radio

das Regal - shelf

der Schreibtisch - desk

der Sessel - armchair

das Sofa - sofa

die Stereoanlage - stereo

der Stuhl - chair

das Telefon - telephone

der Teppich - rug, carpet

der Tisch - table

die Uhr - clock

der Videorecorder - videorecorder, VCR

der Wecker - alarm clock

aber - but, however

so - so

und - and

bitte - please; you're welcome

danke - thanks

dunkel - dark

(for June15th)

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Can you do an about me page lol? I'd like to know who you are :P

Haha, sure thing ✌

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I was confirming what you had posted :P

Awwh, now I feel mean ㅠ.ㅠ あいう(沙*･ω･)

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listen to me!!!

did none of my little ungrateful followers (ten) do their motherflipping homework??! WAI U NO LUFF MEH???!

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Also, one more thing! I used Anki when learning Japanese, and it was the ONLY thing that could nail everything into my head. HIGHLY recommend it. I'd label spaced repetition systems as essential to any serious learner.

Haha, I already posted that, silly ;P I'll have more on it later. I must admit, it is EXCELLENT!

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Hi, I also recommend the GoogleTTS plugin (Text-to-Speech) and have it automatically generate audio for the vocabulary. The function is surprisingly accurate for most words, and I have found it to be essential to my studies! This is coming from an upper beginner / lower intermediate, so take what you'd like from it ;D I like the blog by the way!

Thank you very much ^^ I'll definitely look in to it because I've been dying to add some audio. I have a German friend or two that might be able to check to see the accuracy of the audio, but it sounds pretty good! Congratulations on the progress you have made so far, I only hope that my blog can be of some use to you(: ThankYouThankYouThankYou! :D Awwh, that means so much! If you (or anyone else) has ANY suggestions, requests, ideas, etc., feel free to ask. Ta-ta for now.

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Day 5 : Vocabulary 133-165 of 3003

der Monat - month

die Woche - week

der Tag - day (ex. guten Tag - good day; jeden Tag - every day)

die Stunde - hour (ex. die Sprechstunde - office hour)

die Minute - minute

die Sekunde - second

der Januar - January

der Februar - February

der März - March

der April - April

der Mai - May

der Juni - June

der Juli - July

der August - August

der September - September

der Oktober - October

der November - November

der Dezember - December

das Familienfest - family gathering

(der) Fasching - Mardi Gras (southern Germany, Austria)

der Geburtstag - birthday

das Geschenk - gift, present

die Hochzeit - wedding

der Kalender - calendar

(der) Karneval - Mardi Gras (Rhineland)

der Muttertag - Mother's Day

das Neujahr - New Year's Day

(das) Ostern - Easter

(das) Silvester - New Year's Eve

die Tradition - tradition

der Valentinstag - Valentine's Day

das Weihnachten - Christmas

der Weihnachtsbaum - Christmas tree

(forJune14th)

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Highly recommended! Just enter in all the words (I'm in the process of constructing a deck for you guys, though) and let the magic juices teach you all these fantastic vocabulary words by the 91st day of this Gerney (see what I did there? German + journey?...no...nevermind).

:D

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Day 4 : Vocabulary 100-132 of 3003

der Stammbaum - family tree

der Bruder - brother

die Eltern (pl.) - parents

der Enkel - grandson

die Enkelin -granddaughter

die Familie - family

die Frau - wife

die Geschwister (pl.) - siblings

die Großeltern (pl.) - grandparents

die Großmutter - grandmother

der Großvater - grandfather

die Kusine/die Cousine -(female) cousin

die Mutter - mother

der Neffe - nephew

die Nichte - niece

die Oma - grandma

der Onkel - uncle

der Opa - grandpa

der Schwager - brother-in-law

die Schwägerin - sister-in-law

die Schwester - sister

der Sohn - son

die Tante - aunt

die Tochter - daughter

der Vater - father

der Vetter/der Cousin - (male) cousin

feiern - to celebrate

gratulieren - to congratulate

heiraten - to marry

kennen - to know (be acquainted with a person or thing) [see other post]

planen - to plan

wissen - to know (something as a fact) [see other post]

wünschen - to wish

(forJune13th)

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Die Toten Hosen // „Tage wie diese"