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26 lvl ✧ ukrainian ✧ language studying, vibes and fun ✧ deutsch b2 ✧ english b2

[neristudy]

Hi, you can call me Neri!

I am a Ukrainian refugee living in Germany. I've finished my B2 Beruf language course and am actively looking for a job, while also trying to make time for language study ^w^

I like to play computer games in the languages I am learning, grow plants and write fanfiction. I have absolutely no idea what I'm going to do for a living, but as my friend used to say - we'll burn that bridge when we get to it.

Right now I'm studying German actively, and I already know a bit of English. Ukrainian is my native language, so if you need some nice little help with it, feel free to message me in DM! x)

I hope to pass the HSK Level 1 and JLPT Level 1 in the near future, but haha, we'll wait and see.

[useless-germanyfacts]

spekulatius

[official-german-translationen]

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[animentality]

[swordi001]

My blog isn't a safe space btw. It failed the last TÜV inspection due to lack of handrails and Notausgangschilder

[einloukrativesangebot]

this is very funny to me

[wingedsparrow7]

I lowkey suck at speaking my native language, I learnt it at near the same developmental stage as I learnt English, so my grammar sucks because it’s English grammar 😔 or vice versa as in my English is Chinese grammar. The two aren’t that different but I digress.

Anyways I mention this because when people say they also speak mandarin, they speak to me in it because they expect us to continue the conversation in a language we both know “better” than English, which is a bold assumption but true in a lot of cases, and I literally blank on how to make sentences because I’ve been listening to Scottish people talk all day and forgot what my own language sounded like 😓

I also speak my own made up language fluently… gulp…

I’ve also been studying Italian and French for school so you can basically just tell where this is going.. 😵‍💫

Innocent person dragged into this; “Oh you speak Chinese? I do too! 你会说普通话吗?”

“Sì! No wai- 是… oui.. no- wait wait 对? Uhhh—coshpheilspeckle…!?!?”

“What? 那是德国人吗?”

“No 它是… freaking MOOSTRADZLE”

Did I mention I end up sounding progressively more scottish the more I try speak anything BUT English so whatever nonsense I decide to spout doesn’t even sound remotely like what it sounds like normally?

It seems increadibly counterintuitive

“I CANNY 做这个— AYE, YEAH?? 我会说普通话?!”

Also ik the grammar is slightly off that’s a part of the point

[neristudy]

Oh my gosh, I've never felt so validated in my life before.

A lot of people say things like, “Come on, it's unrealistic for someone to forget or mix up words in other languages — that's not how polyglots work!11!!", but here I am.

I try to speak German as often as I possibly can (being in Deutschland and all that), but I’ve found that in situations where my ears pick up other languages I know (for example, we went to a fair, and there someone is speaking Ukrainian, someone else Russian, someone else English, and so on), my brain turns into a complete MESS.

I'm trying to speak German to a nice fair lady who tries to ask me something, but my lips are saying English. I'm trying to concentrate, but I can hear someone right behind me speaking Ukrainian, and in the end it turns into "Oh дякую... ich mean Danke... Oh вибачте, Ich bin ein bisschen- wie viele стоит das, oh mein Gott-"

And it's so damn embarrassing! And the more embarrassed I get, the worse it gets! Aaaah! QAQ

[neristudy]

╰┈➤ 14/100 days to better german ☄. *. ⋆

I took a little break because depression was getting the better of me, hahaha. But I think I’m feeling a little better! At least I think I do, huh.

Anyway, to go along with this post, here’s my favorite meme of today— it literally sums up how I’ve been today, hahah.

[neristudy]

╰┈➤ 13/100 days to better german ☄. *. ⋆

To say that the last few days have been stressful is an understatement. To be honest, the last six months have been incredibly stressful for me, but I need to find time for the good things, even if it feels like there’s no hope at all.

And I definitely need to come up with something else to write here, hmm… Maybe compiling a vocabulary list from Yaoi manga that was translated in German isn’t such a bad idea after all, hehe x3

[neristudy]

Babylon Notes: Italian ┊┊┊✧ ⁺ ⁺ 　°

(I wrote “Babylon Notebook” on the page, but oh well, you'll see why later xDD)

In short, I realized I have kinda a lot of language learning books that, to be honest, I usually don’t have the energy or time to use...

So I set aside one of my countless notebooks for so-called Babylonian Notes — whenever I have a free moment, I’ll spin the Babylonian Wheel (why is there a koala there? because koalas are cute), and whichever language comes up, that’s the one I’ll use to fill the page.

German isn’t there because I have a separate notebook for German, and English isn’t there because, well… I am practicing my English here, haha xDD

I can’t stop giggling, though, that the very first chapter of the book “Learn Italian from German” is about a bakery and how to order bread.

Deutschland, man...

[neristudy]

╰┈➤ 12/100 days to better german ☄. *. ⋆

Sometimes the best thing you can do is just have a little fun while learning.

Seriously, it frees up your mind and makes learning a language a lot more fun, because, at the end of the day, learning a language isn’t a destination — it’s a means to an end. And if I can use the language in a playful and fun way, then why not start right now!~

With silly cats. Bc I can, he-he x)

[neristudy]

╰┈➤ 11/100 days to better german ☄. *. ⋆

This "brain fog" day is turning into a whole "brain fog" week. Ugh. I feel just like that cat on the sticker, especially since I need to send out more job applications, but I feel like crying every time I open them, haha.

Studying and job hunting is pretty tough, but it’s doable. You just have to remember that even “silly” studying counts as studying!

[neri-ist-muede]

The sad reality of having no friends (in general) left in Ukraine (specifically) is that I desperately want to buy a book from my childhood for my personal library — a little Ukrainian fantasy book that’s impossible to find in Germany.

And I probably just won’t be able to, because the big stores don’t carry it (or they do, but only in Russian translation), and I don’t trust people who carry things across the border by hand. Sigh.

[obsob]

on holiday rn and there are these MASSIVE fucking bugs and theyre called. well. well theyre called

[german-enthusiast]

The German name is simply "Feldmaikäfer" (lit. field-may-beetle)

but it made me think about how where in English animals are often called "Common XYZ", we say "Gemeine/r ABC".

It comes from "allgemein" and also denotes that it is the most common, but the adjective "gemein" in non-biological contexts is usually used/read as as "mean"

the mean cockchafer

[neristudy]

╰┈➤ 9-10/100 days to better german ☄. *. ⋆

These tough days never seem to end, I even forgot to post yesterday! But that's okay, I'm sharing it with you today, hehe.

Overall, things are slowly moving forward! Of course, I still feel completely unprepared to work in Germany, and my German feels really weak… but I have to remember that People Who Are Dumber Than Me are managing just fine. So everything will be okay.

Also, I’ve started adding quotes from Stardew Valley every now and then. I installed two major mods (SVE and RV) and managed to get the translation to work with them, which has given me the chance to pick up some extra vocabulary! ^^

[sprotteslaettberg]

Meine Eltern waren letztens im Urlaub und haben gestern von einem Restaurantbesuch erzählt. Da gab es nur eine Toilette für alle, berichten sie, also nicht geschlechtergetrennt. "Unisex" war das Wort, das sie gesucht haben. "Bisexuell" war das Wort, das mein Vater stattdessen benutzt hat. Eine bisexuelle Toilette.

[notgreatbob]

''i wasted those years'' who cares. you lived the only life you could've lived in those moments

[translatingpoststonynorsk]

ikkjebrarobert

"eg sløste vekk dei åri" kven bryr seg. du levde det einaste livet du kunne ha levt i dei stundene

[icelandictextposts]

ekkifrábærtbob

„Ég sóaði þessum árum“ hverjum er ekki drull. Þú lifðir eina lífinu sem þú hefðir getað lifað á þessum stundum.

[translatingpostsintolatin]

nonmagnusrobertus

"illos annos perdidi" quis curat. solam in illis temporibus vitam vixisti quam vivere poteras

[translatingpoststoyiddish]

נישטגוטבאב

״איך האב ארויסגעווארפֿן יענע יארן״ וועמען ארט עס. דו האסט געלעבט דאס איינציקע לעבן וואס דו האסט געקענט לעבן אין די רגעלעך

[mundart-ch]

"ech ha di joor ferschwändet" schiiss druuf. du hesch s'äinzige läbe gläbt wo deet hesch chönne läbe

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pasunbonbob

"j'ai gâché ces années" on s'en fiche. tu as vécu la seule vie que tu aurais pu vivre à ce moment là

[german-enthusiast]

„Ich habe die Jahre verschwendet” scheiß egal. du hast das einzige Leben gelebt, dass du damals hättest leben können.

[emwheezie]

"time heals all wounds" WRONG. time is chasing me with a knife

[icelandictextposts]

„Tíminn læknar öll sár“ RANGT. Tíminn eltir mig með hníf.

[translatingpostsintolatin]

"omnia vulnera tempus curat" FALSUM. tempus cum cultro me insequitur

[german-enthusiast]

"Die Zeit heilt alle Wunden" INKORREKT. die Zeit verfolgt mich mit einem Messer