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knowing six different languages but only at a basic level like

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Day 1 | Tag 1

5 new words!

Treffen - To meet

Bauch - stomach

Sorgen - worries

Kreis - circle

Brennen - to burn

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Many languages available. One of the hardest audio practice sites I have found. Enjoy!

English, Spanish, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, Russian, Japanese, Dutch, Mandarin, Shanghainese, Danish, Hebrew, Latin, Esperanto 

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Subtle differences are of great importance in every language. German, for example:

zieh dir was Warmes an - “put on something warm”. This person is looking out for you and wants you to be careful when it’s cold outside. zieh dich warm an - “dress warmly”. This is a declaration of war. The person saying this is looking to make sure that your body will never be warm again. 

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Routledge Masterpost

Here are all of the Routledge Grammar PDFs that I currently have. I’ll be updating whenever I find more. Let me know if there’s one in particular you want me to look for^^

Last Update: 2017/04/24

Fixed Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook link 

Added books for Czech, English, French, French Creoles, Persian, Ukranian

Added more books in Cantonese, Danish, Greek, Polish, Spanish, Swedish

Arabic

Arabic: An Essential Grammar Basic Arabic: A Grammar and Workbook Modern Written Arabic: A Comprehensive Grammar

Cantonese

Basic Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook Cantonese: A Comprehensive Grammar Intermediate Cantonese: A Grammar and Workbook

Czech

Czech: An Essential Grammar

Danish

Danish: A Comprehensive Grammar Danish: An Essential Grammar

Dutch

Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook Dutch: A Comprehensive Grammar Dutch: An Essential Grammar Intermediate Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook

English

English: An Essential Grammar

Finnish

Finnish: An Essential Grammar

French

Modern French Grammar Workbook

French Creoles

French Creoles: A Comprehensive and Comparative Grammar

German

Basic German: A Grammar and Workbook German: An Essential Grammar Intermediate German: A Grammar and Workbook

Greek

Greek: A Comprehensive Grammar Greek: An Essential Grammar of the Modern Language

Hindi

Hindi: An Essential Grammar

Hebrew

Modern Hebrew: An Essential Grammar

Hungarian

Hungarian: An Essential Grammar

Indonesian

Indonesian: A Comprehensive Grammar

Irish

Basic Irish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Irish: A Grammar and Workbook

Italian

Basic Italian: A Grammar and Workbook

Japanese

Basic Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Japanese: A Grammar and Workbook Japanese: A Comprehensive Grammar

Korean

Basic Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Korean: A Grammar and Workbook Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar

Latin

Intensive Basic Latin: A Grammar and Workbook Intensive Intermediate Latin: A Grammar and Workbook

Latvian

Latvian: An Essential Grammar

Mandarin Chinese

Basic Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Chinese: A Grammar and Workbook Chinese: A Comprehensive Grammar Chinese: An Essential Grammar

Norwegian

Norwegian: An Essential Grammar

Persian

Basic Persian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Persian: A Grammar and Workbook

Polish

Basic Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Polish: A Grammar and Workbook Polish: A Comprehensive Grammar Polish: An Essential Grammar

Portuguese

Portuguese: An Essential Grammar

Romanian

Romanian: An Essential Grammar

Russian

Basic Russian: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Russian: A Grammar and Workbook

Serbian

Serbian: An Essential Grammar

Spanish

Basic Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Intermediate Spanish: A Grammar and Workbook Spanish: An Essential Grammar

Swahili

Swahili Grammar and Workbook

Swedish

Swedish: A Comprehensive Grammar Swedish: An Essential Grammar

Thai

Thai: An Essential Grammar

Turkish

Turkish: A Comprehensive Grammar

Ukrainian

Ukrainian: A Comprehensive Grammar

Urdu

Urdu: An Essential Grammar

Welsh

Modern Welsh: A Comprehensive Grammar

Yiddish

Basic Yiddish: A Grammar and Textbook

Hope this helps everyone out a bit! Happy studying^^

-koreanbreeze

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My boyfriend got me this german version of Harry potter and the philosopher's stone as an early birthday present! Can't wait to start reading ❤

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My boyfriend got me this german version of Harry potter and the philosopher's stone as an early birthday present! Can't wait to start reading ❤

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GERMAN WORD/EXPRESSION OF THE DAY:

Zeit schinden - to play out time, to stall for time, to procrastinate, to buy time

German definition: etwas absichtlich verzögern, sich Zeit verschaffen

Um Zeit zu schinden, räumte sie die Küche auf. She tidied the kitchen to stall for time.

Indem er sich einverstanden erklärte, der Lehrling des Zauberers zu werden, konnte er vielleicht etwas Zeit schinden. By agreeing to become the wizard’s apprentice, he might have bought himself some time. 

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Subordinating Conjunctions in German

As part of 100 Days of Languages

Day 16: learn 1 grammatical concept. (I already knew how to use these, but now I have a better grasp of them)

While writing sentences in German you can use a subordinating conjunction to join a main clause (Hauptsatz) with a subordinate clause (Nebensatz). When you use one, the word order of the sentence is changed sending the verb to the end of the sentence. There’s many subordinating conjunctions, I’ll go through some.

Als – when (past events)

Als sie in Italien war, hat sie viele Menschen getroffen.

When she was in Italy, she met many people.

Bevor – before

Wer denkst du an, bevor du einschläfst?

Who do you think about before going to bed?

Dass – that

Ich denke, dass uns einander nicht treffen sollen.

I think we shouldn’t see each other.

Damit – so that

Sie hat Medizin in der Universität studiert, damit sie eine Ärztin werden können.

She studied medicine in the university so that she could become a doctor.

Nachdem – after

Nachdem ich nach Deutschland gereist war, esse ich mehr Brot.

After I travelled to Germany, I eat more bread.

Ob – if

Sie hat mir gefragt, ob du kommst zurück nach Hause.

She asked me if you are coming back home.

Obwohl – although/even though

Er isst Nüsse, obwohl er allergisch ist.

He eats nuts even though he is allergic.

Seit – since

Sara wohnt in Schleiz, seit sie geboren ist.

Sara lives in Schleiz since she was born.

Sobald – as soon as

Er wird Japanisch lernen, sobald er fertig mit Französisch ist.

He will learn Japanese, as soon as he is done with French.

Sofern – as long as

Ich kann nicht schlafen, sofern ich studieren muss.

I cannot sleep, as long as I have to study.

Soviel – as much as/for all

Soviel sie weist, Pamela mag Mädchen auch.

For all she knows, Lara also likes girls.

Soweit – as far as

Soweit ich mich erinnern kann, dieser Film ist über Vampire.

As far as I can remember, this film is about vampires.

Sowie – as soon as

Sie wird ihr Buch lesen, sowie sie mit Hausaufgaben fertig ist.

She will read her book, as soon as she is done with homework.

Während – during/while

Während wir ins Kino gehen, könnten wir auch etwas essen.

While we go to the cinema, we could also eat something.

Weil – because

Ich lerne Deutsch, weil es sehr schön ist.

I learn German because it is really beautiful.

Wie – how

Wir haben keine Idee, wie die Lampe kaputt gegangen ist.

We have no idea how the lamp broke.

Wo – where

Daniel weiß nicht, wo sein Zwilling ist.

Daniel doesn’t know where his twin is.

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Reading Practice: Wintergemüse für Dummies: Die Kartoffel mal ganz anders

die (pl.) Bratkartoffeln – fried potatoes die Kartoffel (pl. die Kartoffeln) – potato der Kartoffelbrei – mashed potatoes die Knoblauchzehe – clove of garlic die Mulde – hollow das Öl (pl. die Öle) – oil die (pl.) Pellkartoffeln – jacket potatoes das Rezept (pl. die Rezepte) – recipe die Schale – skin; peel; shell die Scheibe – slice die Wintergemüse (pl.) – winter vegetables der Wochenmarkt – weekly market die Zutaten (pl.) – ingredients

abkühlen – to cool down (etwas) abspülen – to rinse (something) anrösten – to toast einweichen – to soak kochen – to cook; to boil mutieren – to mutate schneiden – to cut sieben – to sieve; to sift vermengen – to mix

knubbelig – lumpy länglich – oblong lauwarm – lukewarm rund – round schmal – narrow

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Time is Money

This may seem like just a meaningless platitude but in English, we do, in some ways, treat them similarly. We spend time and we spend money. But what about in other languages? I was surprised to learn that this was also the case in Chinese.

花时间 (huā shíjiān) - to spend time

花钱 (huā qián) - to spend money

I was especially surprised because I learned in German that it’s “Zeit verbringen” (to spend time) but “Geld ausgeben” (to spend money).

What about in the languages you’re learning/know? Does one use the same verb to spend time and to spend money?

As always, please correct any errors/misconceptions I may have

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Nice things to say in German

*I really wanted to share this list with you because haven’t seen lists like this before and these phrases are something I really want to know when I’m learning a language. It would be cool to see more lists like this in the future!

Ich mag dich. = I like you. Ich hab dich gern. = I like you. Ich hab dich lieb. = I love you. (platonic) Ich liebe dich. = I love you. Du bist mir wichtig. = You are important to me Ich mag dich so wie du bist. = I like you the way you are. Ich bewundere dich. = I admire you. Du bist die Beste. = You’re the best. (to a woman) Du bist der Beste. = You’re the best. (to a man) Ich freue mich darauf, dich zu sehen. = I look forward to see you. Ich verbringe gerne Zeit mit dir. = I like spending time with you

Du bist nett. = You are nice. Du bist lieb. = You are kind. Du bist schlau. = You are clever. Ich mag deinen Humor. = I like your sense of humour. Du hast einen guten Musikgeschmack. = You have a good taste in music. Du kannst gut (+infinitve) = You’re good at … Gut gemacht! = Well done! / Good job!

Du bist hübsch. = You are pretty. Du bist süß. = You’re cute Du siehst gut aus. = You look good. Du hast so ein schönes Lächeln. = You have such a beautiful smile. Du hast wunderschöne Augen. = You have beautiful eyes.

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#100daysoflanguages: day 11/100 | Learn four idioms Today’s language is German and here are the idioms I (took from here) learned: Da kannst du Gift drauf nehmen - you can bet your life on that Sich zum Affen machen - to make a fool of oneself Eine Extrawurst verlangen - to ask for special treatment Da steppt der Bär - it will be a good party 

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Autumn vocabulary in German

Der Herbst - autumn Der September - September Der Oktober - October Der November - November Die Herbsttagundnachtgleiche - autumn equinox Das Halloween - Halloween Das Thanksgiving  - thanksgiving Das Blatt - leaf Der Rechen  - rake Der Regen - rain Die Pfütze - puddle Der Wind - wind Der Sturm - storm Der Nebel - fog, mist Der Reif - frost Das Eis  - ice Kühl - chilly, cool Kalt - cold Dunkel - dark Braun - brown Gelb - yellow Orange - orange Rot - red Der Pullover - sweater Die Wollsocken - woolen socks Der Schal  - scarf Der Regenschirm - umbrella Der Regenmantel - raincoat Die Stiefel - boots Die Decke  - blanket Die Kerze - candle Die Laterne - lantern Die Taschenlampe - torch, flashlight Die Nuss  - nut Der Kürbis - pumpkin Der Apfel - apple Die Beere - berry Der Pilz  - mushroom Der Mais - corn Die Eichel - acorn Der Truthahn  - turkey Der Kuchen - cake, pie Die heiße Schokolade - hot chocolate Die Ernte  - harvest Die Vogelscheuche  - scarecrow Die Schule - school Sich erkälten - to catch a cold Die Grippe - flu Das Taschentuch - tissue, handkerchief

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Die Morgenlatte

Some days ago I was watching “The Voice of Germany” and it made me see how tricky the word “Morgenlatte” can be for foreigners.

One of the Judges isn’t a native speaker. He sayed something like “Morgens brauch ich immer zwei morgen Latte um wach zu werden” which you could translate to “in the morning I always need two morning lattes to get awake”. The audience was laughing. Why?

Of course you could translate morgen Latte to morning latte but nobody is ever going to do that because the word Morgenlatte means morning wood in german.

And the word Latte (meaning pole/wood) is often used to describe a hard on.

Edit: It’s pretty important to know the articles.

“Ich habe einen Latte” - “I have a latte” (coffee)

“Ich habe eine Latte” - “I have a hard on” or “I have a pole/wood”

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How to say “it’s hot” in 8 languages

More comparative vocabulary lists: http://www.ielanguages.com/comparative.html

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100 Days of Languages

I probably won't stick to this for the whole 100 days, but I thought I'd give a few a try!

5 new words

Warten - To wait (v)

Gefärlich - Dangerous (aj)

Der Beruf - Job/Occupation (n)

Unbequem - Uncomfortable (aj)

Die Welt - The world (n)