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Studying immunology for my exam next monday. I hope it goes well, since it’s my first exam this semester.

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adhd is: i love reading.. i only seem to have the ability to read every 5 or so years.

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tips to have a nice routine

A daily routine is a great way to keep yourself on task. The longer you stick with it, the more each task becomes a habit and it starts to get easier. But a routine isn’t universal, each person has its own. 

plan: before your day starts have in mind - or in a paper - what needs to be done on that day or the next one. It will save you time.

wake up before you need: if you have extra time before you go to work or school, having extra time for you is essential. Eat calmly, take a shower, pack or things and don’t live your house late.

don’t go hard on yourself: enjoy your breaks and take a breath. Pushing yourself to the edge is going to tire you before your day is done. Listen to some music, eat a snack, read.

set a time to sleep and wake up: most people need 8 hours of sleep per day. According to what you need, schedule a bedtime and wake up time that gives you plenty of sleep.

prepare your meals: if you don’t have time to cook daily, take one day off and cook for all week. It’s healthier and cheaper than getting take out every single day. 

follow and repeat your routine: if you don’t try it, you won’t know how your day works. Trying and adapting it is essential to create a perfect routine and transforming it into a habit. 

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CURSING IN GERMAN

This was requested here (I’m so late, I’m sorry). This list is meant mainly to inform, I don’t mean to offend anybody. I’m not translating racial slurs. Some words would be considered slut shaming but these words are very common and I’m simply translating them so you know what they mean if someone calls you that. Obviously, this whole post is heavy in profanity. Please don’t blurt these out on the streets, none of them are family friendly. I’ll make a post on family friendly insults soon.

der Fluch - curse

fluchen - to curse

das Schimpfwort - curse word

die Obszönität - profanity

Curse words:

Scheiße! - Shit!

scheiß - shitty (adj.)

Dreck - dirt (used like shit, less common)

Drecks-(noun) - fucking (noun) (lit. dirt-(noun), often used if something doesn’t work the way it should or when speaking about a group of people, e.g. Dreckskinder, Drecksauto)

Scheißdreck! - Shit/Fuck! (often refers to an object that doesn’t work the way it should, but can be used generally as well)

ficken - to fuck

Fick dich! - Fuck you!

verfickt - fucking (adj.)

(gott-)verdammt - (god) damn

Verpiss dich! - Fuck/Piss off!

We also like to borrow the English ‘fuck’, though most Germans butcher the pronunciation and pronounce it more like ‘fack’. Like we do with other loanwords from English, we also germanify it into ‘abgefuckt’ which just means ‘fucked up’.

Insults:

der Arsch - ass

das Arschloch - asshole

der Wichser - wanker

der Ficker - fucker

der Hurensohn - son of a whore

die Schlampe - slut

die Hure - whore

die Zicke - bitch

der Schweinehund - bastard (lit.: swine-dog)

der Bastard - bastard

der Dreckskerl - scumbag (male)

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German vocabulary: University

die Universität - university das Studium - (academic) studies der Studienplan (auch: das Curriculum) - degree programme (also: curriculum) das Bachelorstudium (auch: das Bakkelaureat) - bachelor’s degree das Masterstudium - master’s degree das Doktorat - degree to become PhD das Aufbaustudium - postgraduate das weiterführende Studium - postgraduate der akademische Grad / der Abschluss / das Diplom - degree der Campus - campus die Mensa - cafeteria der Kurs - course die Vorlesung - lecture die Notizen - notes das Hauptfach - major (subject) das Nebenfach - minor (subject) der Dozent / der Ausbildner - instructor der Professor - professor die Prüfung - exam das Stipendium - scholarship der Nebenjob - side job die Studentenverbindung - fraternity / sorority die Voraussetzung - prerequisite die Aufnahmeprüfung - entrance examination der Notendurchschnitt - GPA (=grade point average) das Semester - semester / term das Auslandssemester - term (or semester) abroad die Prüfungszeit - examination period/time die Fakultät - faculty die Geisteswissenschaft - arts/humanities die Naturwissenschaft - science angewandte Wissenschaften - applied sciences die theologische Fakultät - theological faculty die Rechtswissenschaften - jurisprudence / law der Studienzweig - branch of study (some branches of study following - feel free to add yours if I missed it!) die Sprachwissenschaft / die Linguistik - linguistics die Mathematik - maths die Physik - physics die Chemie - chemistry die Biologie - biology die Theologie - theology die Geschichte - history das Lehramt - teaching degree die Wirtschaft - economy die Technik - technology / engineering die Ingenieurswissenschaft - engineering die Informatik - computer sciences die Philologie - philology die Philosophie - philosophy die Psychologie - psychology die Archäologie - archeology die Kunstgeschichte - art history die Soziologie - sociology die Ethnologie - ethnology sich immatrikulieren - to matriculate (also: to enroll) sich exmatrikulieren - to exmatriculate (also: to leave university) im Ausland studieren - to study abroad das Studium abschließen - to complete one’s degree lernen - to study mitschreiben - to take notes eine Prüfung bestehen - to pass an exam eine Prüfung nicht bestehen - to fail an exam 

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— A2 vocab: —

gute Eigenschaften / Characterzüge - good character traits

bescheiden - modest

ehrlich - honest

ernst - serious

fleißig ≈ arbeitsam - diligent, hard-working

fröhlich - cheerful

geduldig - patient

gerecht - rightful

höflich - polite

klug - smart

intelligent - intelligent

interessant - interesting

lustig - funny

mutig - brave

nett ≈  freundlich - nice, friendly

offen - open

ruhig - calm, quiet

selbstsicher ≈ selbstbewusst - self-confident

sympathisch - pleasant

tolerant - tolerant

treu - faithful, loyal

vernünftig - reasonable

— B2 vocab —

anpassungsfähig - flexible, adaptable

aufrichtig - straightforward

ausgeglichen - balanced

gehemmt - inhibited

großzügig - generous

hilfsbereit - helpful

kultiviert - cultured

locker - relaxed, cool

mitfühlend - sympathetic

reif - mature

respektvoll - respectful

rücksichtsvoll - considerate

selbstlos - unselfish

sensibel - sensitive

taktvoll - tactful

temperamentvoll - temperamental

verantwortungsbewusst - responsible

zuverlässig  ≈ verlässig - trustworthy, steady

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SOME OF MY FAVOURITE GERMAN WORDS & EXPRESSIONS

die Qual der Wahl - when you can’t decide between options (lit: the torment of choice)  den Löffel abgeben - to die (lit: to pass the spoon) mit dem ist nicht gut Kirschen essen - he is not easy to deal with, you shouldn’t upset him (lit: it’s not good to eat cherries with him) Schmetterlinge im Bauch haben - the fluttery feeling in your stomach when you have a crush (lit: to have butterflies in one’s stomach) blau machen - to skip class/work (lit: to make blue) sich aus dem Staub machen - to flee, to bolt (lit: to make oneself out of the dust) sich von jemandem eine Scheibe abschneiden - to be more like someone (lit: to cut a slice off of someone) Geh doch dahin wo der Pfeffer wächst! - Piss off! (lit: Go where the pepper grows!) hinter schwedische Gardinen - behind bars (lit: behind Swedish curtains) das Affentheater / der Affenzirkus - a charade (lit: monkey theatre / monkey circus) jemandem etwas auf die Nase binden - to convince someone of a lie (lit: to bind something on someone’s nose) kein Schwein - nobody (lit: no pig) hundemüde sein - to be exhausted (lit: to be dog tired) jemandem Honig ums Maul schmieren - to butter sb up (lit: to smear honey around sb’s mouth) das Tohuwabohu - chaos dasselbe in Grün - the same thing with a different appearance (lit: the same in green) einen Korb geben / bekommen - to reject someone / to be rejected (lit: to give/receive a basket) auf den Keks/Zeiger gehen - to annoy (lit: to go on the cookie/clockhand)

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Learning French vs Learning German

Reading French: a lot of words look like English, fairly straightforward, no casualties yet

Reading German: …where’s the verb gone? because i on sunday with my friend shopping went…

German tenses: wow look at these tenses that are easy to distinguish between

French tenses: is that the future, conditional, or imperfect???

German spelling: not massively difficult

French spelling: HAHAHAHA

German pronunication: things are said how they’re spelt, better master CH and R though

French pronunication: HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

Listening to German: as long as Hochdeutsch is spoken, all is good

Listening to French: what did i do to deserve this

Speaking German: did i send my verb to the end??? did i even say the verb??? oops i said k instead of ch

Speaking French: honestly why did i learn ALL these endings

French prepositions: not brilliant, not the end of the world

German prepositions: oh just kill me now

Telling people you’re learning French: “But it’s so easy and boring!”

Telling people you’re learning German: “But it sounds so violent!”

French grammar: WHY

German grammar: WHY (x6)

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Reasons to learn German

you can take questioning your life choices even further with the 6 different words for why

forget a word? just make a new one!!!

so that you can then learn german dialects which will constantly make you cry / lose the will to live / ruin your life

for the quality tunes such as atemlos durch die nacht👌👌👌👌👌

to spend your nights trying to pronounce ch and r and losing all of your dignity in the process

prepositions that make no sense

you can make your own bullshit ‘in german there is a word for this very specific thing’ post

don’t feel like people tell you that german is a violent language often enough? start learning it!!!

word order that will either be really easy for you to understand or the cause of all your nightmares from now on

to be able to read the absolute joy that is kafka

words that do what they say on the tin

anything can be an adjective if you try hard enough

sentences that are half a page long

bc it’s german!!!!! 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪

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German words without English equivalent

Engelsgeduld: (lit.: angel's patience) great amount of patience

Feierabend: (lit.: party-evening) the rest of the day that remains after work

Fernweh: the desire/longing to travel to faraway places/ foreign countries

Fingerspitzengefühl: (lit.: fingertips-feeling) good skill in handling things/ sensitivity and empathy

Geborgenheit: more than safety, protection and invulnerability, it symbolises peace, warmth and calm you feel especially when you're with the people you're close to (e.g. family, friends)

Gemütlichkeit: feeling of comfort

Habseligkeiten: valuable and personally important possessions

Innerer Schweinehund: (lit.: inner pig-dog = weaker self) the part of a person that they have to overcome to be productive

Kitsch: objects with superficial beauty that are actually useless but are appreciated nonetheless

Konfliktfähigkeit: (lit.: conflict ability/skill) ability to deal with conflict / ability to constructively solve interpersonal conflicts

Kummerspeck: (lit.: grief/sorrow bacon (fat)) gained weight from emotional overeating (especially after a breakup)

Lebenslüge: (lit.: life's lie) a lie that you tell yourself to make life more bearable

Mitdenken: (lit.: with-thinking) ability to think for yourself and do more than what you were demanded to do / trying to find a conceptional solution to a problem together with other people

Sehnsucht: intense inner longing for somebody, something or a place

Schnapsidee: (lit.: schnapps idea) a ridiculous and crazy plan/idea you have while you are drunk or an idea that is so stupid that people think you had it while being drunk

Sprachgefühl: (lit.: language feeling) feeling/sense of language, instinctive feel for a certain language / intuitive feeling of what is linguistically appropriate

Stehaufmännchen: (lit.: little stand up man) someone who doesn't give up and begins anew

Torschlusspanik: (lit.: gate-closing-panic) the fear of missing something important / not being able to do some things (because you're too old)

Verschlimmbessern: (lit.: verschlimmern=exasperate, verbessern=improve) improve something for the worse / make something worse but with having had the intention of improving it

Vorführeffekt: (lit.: demo effect) the effect that something you're actually able to do doesn't work when you want to demonstrate it to other people

Waldeinsamkeit: (lit.: forest loneliness/solitude) the seclusion/solitude of the forest

Warmduscher: (lit.: warm showerer/ somebody who showers with warm water) a wimp / a person that doesn't like to leave their comfort zone

Weltschmerz: (lit.: world pain (world weariness)) gratuitous melancholia / kind of feeling experienced by someone who believes that physical reality can never satisfy the demands of the mind / the feeling of anxiety caused by the ills of the world

Zeitgeist: (lit.: time-spirit, spirit of the time ) the dominant set of ideals and beliefs that motivate the actions of the members of a society in a particular period in time

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German vocabulary

Useful phrases

To make complaints and react to them

To complain

… lässt zu wünschen übrig. - … leaves much to be desired.

Darauf hätten Sie hinweisen müssen. - You should have pointed that out.

Es kann doch nicht in Ihrem Sinn sein, dass … - It can’t be in your mind that…

Es kann doch nicht sein, dass … - It can not be that…

Es stört mich sehr, dass … - It bothers me very much that…

Ich finde da ein Problem: … - I think there is a problem here: …

Ich finde es nicht in Ordnung, dass … - I think it’s not right that…

Ich möchte mich darüber beschweren, dass … - I want to complain that…

Ich muss Ihnen leider sagen, dass … - Unfortunately I have to tell you that…

Könnte ich bitte Ihren Chef sprechen? - Could I please speak to your boss?

Könnten Sie mich bitt emit … verbinden? - Could you please connect me with…?

Wenn Sie … hätten, hätte ich jetzt kein Problem. - If you had …, I wouldn’t have a problem now.

To react to complaints

Einen Moment bitte, ich regele das. - One moment please, I’ll fix that.

Entschuldigung, wir überprüfen das. - Sorry, we will check that.

Ich kann Ihnen … anbieten. - I can offer you…

Ich würde Sie bitten, sich an … - I would ask you to…

Könnten Sie bitte zu uns kommen? - Could you please come to us?

Oh, das tut mir sehr leid. - Oh, I am very sorry.

Wir könnten Ihnen … geben - We could give you…

Wir kümmern uns sofort darum. - We’ll take care of it immediately.

Wir würden Ihnen eine Gutschrift geben - We would give you a credit.

Würden Sie mir das bitte alles schriftlich geben? - Would you please give it to me in writing?

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you may be tired, but you’re still powering through. that’s amazing. you got this.

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wednesday, 12th december ⎪❄️

guess who couldn’t spend much time with their brother because they had to study for math, social studies and do homework

but only next week and then we finally have winter break

i passed that point of stress where you start to act weird? but i’m pretty proud of myself because this finals phase i managed to be remotely healthy and didn’t procrastinate too much 

🎧 3racha

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normal brain: i’m begging you….. please…. if we sleep now, we can get 4 hours… please…. i’m so tired…. so so tired….

ADHD brain: hnnnnnng joan mulanee

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tips for writing more

As someone with adhd I have a lot of trouble being productive and staying focused. This year i’ve developed a few techniques that have really helped me write more!

Write for a set amount of time Every day I write for one hour. Sometimes I don’t write much, other times I write a lot. What’s important is that I have one hour every day to sit down and do it. Making it a habit is important! Also, the fact that I have a set end point helps me to focus. 

Have a writing space I never seem to be able to focus as well when i’m writing from bed. Now what I do is I have a table in the living room, and I go there to write. That’s what I do there, and when I sit down at that table, it puts me in the mindset to write. 

Have writing music I have playlists for certain stories! Personally I have to listen to ones that are soft and mostly instrumental. When I listen to the playlist, I know it’s time to write!

Have a writing candle This one might be a personal thing, but I like to have a scent associated with a task. 

anyone else have specific things they do that help them focus or be productive?

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melchior may be the best in latin, greek, and trigonometry, but you simply CANNOT tell me he knows that baby carrots don’t just grow like that.