#leadwithlanguages

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The jolly bear grinned, it’s red scarf jauntily wrapped about, shielding the bear’s neck from the bitter cold. “No,” the bear laughed, “I’m a ghost.” His hearty chuckle echoed through the night time wind...

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att tycka om*: to like

It’s just so fun to say. 

Day 23: Your favorite verb

*updated to reflect the correct infinitive form

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Adopting dual-language programs is one way parish schools adapt for Latino students, the new Catholic majority

While there was a time when more than half of Catholic children went to Catholic schools, that is far from true today. And within the largest and fastest-growing Catholic school-aged population — Latinos — barely 3 percent are enrolled in such schools. New strategies are slowly changing that fact.

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Day 20: die Geige, the violin! What are other good German instruments whose names are vastly different than their English translations?

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Day 22: Eine Tasche! Und in der Tasche? Eine Zeitschrift, die Post, und... äh... wie sagt man ‘the contact solution’ and ‘a beer koozie’ auf Deutsch?

Google translate says “Kontactlösung” and “Bierkoozie” but I’m not sure those are totally accurate. Könnt ihr mir helfen?

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Day 10: Verschlimmbessern: to make something worse by trying to fix it. I think we can all relate. I had to look this one up, but it’s going to the front of my memory. I’m positive I’ll use it frequently!

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Day 8: Urtier, primordial beast. This was one of my German professorin’s favorite words. She always translated it as ‘monster’, but other definitions are different. Any fluent speakers have any insights?