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「昨日は寝ない *_* - informal short forms」A few days ago I watched several of Tokini Andy's Genki lessons, and now I'm going back to lesson 8 to take notes and practice ✏📖. It's very cloudy today! I hope it snows ☃️ https://www.instagram.com/p/CKSzTk7BDyD/?igshid=8hyiwul4bf5u

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こんにちわ! i downloaded Genki pdf version because it isn't available in my country but i idn't purchase it because of currency problems. The problem is that i can't find the books audio, do you have any ideas where to download it for free? ありがとうございます!

I had a google around and found these audio files for Genki I and Genki II 1st edition. If you don’t have the 1st edition PDF let me know and I���ll try to find a 2nd edition version for you!

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Can you explain when to use para and por? I always get them wrong :/

¡Hola! 

I answered a similar question before, and I made a Google document about this. But I’ll post it here (because I get this question a lot) with some extra things. :)

Well, first of all I don’t recommend you to learn “por and para” as “to and for” because this is not always correct, and you might get even more confused. The truth is that these prepositions don’t have an exact translation in English or any other language, so the only thing you can do is to know the uses and differences between them.

This is how I recommend you to learn them:

POR: reason, cause, method, way, durationPARA: purpose, goal

I think para is easier to understand. Para always refers to a purpose, a goal or an effect. So if you’re not sure which one to use, ask yourself “Does the next phrase after para talk about a purpose or goal? If yes, use it. If not, 80% of the times is por. (I say “80%” because this is not an official rule. This is just something I thought about to help you choose the right preposition).

Now let’s see some examples to make this clearer:

✦ por vs. para

¿Por qué? - Why? What is the reason?

¿Para qué? - What for? What is the purpose?

Lo hice por ti. - I did it because of you. (You were the reason)

Lo hice para ti. - I did it for you. (You were the purpose)

Trabajo por mi madre. - I work because of my mother. (She got me a job / she is the reason I got a job).

Trabajo para mi madre. - I work for my mother. (I work in her business / I’m her employee).

Una canción escrita por mi amigo. - A song written by my friend. (My friend is the reason why this song exists now)

Una canción escrita para mi amigo. - A song written for my friend. (The song was dedicated to my friend)

✧ por + [place] = way, route (focus on direction, not destination)

Por aquí. - This way

Me fui por la avenida. - I went down the avenue. (The avenue was the way I chose to get to my destination.)

Lo vi cuando pasó por la ventana. - I saw him when he passed through the window. (My window wasn’t his destination)

Caminé por el parque y vi esta flor. - I walked through the park and I saw this flower. (I was walking around the park without a definite destination)

Ayer pasé por tu casa. - I passed by your house yesterday. (I was going to another place and casually your house was on my way).

Viajé por varios países. - I traveled around several countries. (I’m not specific about each country I visited)

¿Por dónde te vas a ir? - How are you going to go? (What’s the way you’re going to choose to go?)

✧ para + [place] = towards, “on my way to..” (focus on the destination)

Voy para el centro. - I’m going to downtown. (I’m on my way to downtown).

Nos vamos para Perú. - We’re going to Perú. (We’re on our way to Peru).

Viajamos para el Caribe en 30 minutos. - We travel to the Caribbean in 30 minutes. (On our way to the Caribbean in 30 minutes)

Voy para tu casa. - I’m on my way to your house.

¿Ya vienes para acá? - Are you coming here? (Are you on your way?)

✧ por + [time] = for, in (during)

Trabajé por 8 horas. - I worked for 8 hours.

Se fue por días. - He left for days.

Ha estado viajando por meses. - He/She has been traveling for months.

No lo vi por años. - I didn’t see him for years.

¿Por cuánto tiempo tienes que tomar los medicamentos? - For how long do you have to take the medications?

✧ para + [time] = due (deadline)

Tengo que terminar esto para las 8:00. - I need to finish this by 8:00.

La tarea es para el miércoles. - Homework is due Wednesday.

El proyecto es para la próxima semana. -The project is due next week.

Tengo que ahorrar 500 dólares para junio. - I need to save 500 DLS before June.

¿Para cuándo es la tarea? - When is the deadline for the homework?

✧ por + [method] = by

Te envié las fotos por correo electrónico. - I sent you the pictures by email.

Le hablé por teléfono. - I called her/him on the phone.

Lo contacté por Facebook. - I contacted him by Facebook.

¿Por dónde me mandaste los documentos? - How did you send me the documents? (Through what? what method?)

✧ por as cause

Por dormir en clase reprobé el examen. - Because I slept in class I failed the exam.

Lo has conseguido por todo tu esfuerzo. - You’ve got it because of all your effort.

Por comer mucho, ahora me duele el estómago. - Because I ate too much, my stomach hurts now.

✧ exchange / change + por

Quiero cambiar mis dólares por pesos mexicanos. - I want to exchange my dollars for Mexican pesos.

Te cambio tu sándwich por mi ensalada. - I’ll trade you my salad for your sandwich.

✧ gracias + por

Gracias por ayudarme. - Thank you for helping me.

Gracias por la comida. - Thank you for the meal.

Gracias por todo. - Thank you for everything.

More examples with gracias + por.

✧ para as goal

Trabajo todos los días para ganar dinero. - I work everyday to make money.

Hago ejercicio para bajar de peso. - I exercise to lose weight.

Practico para mejorar. - I practice to get better.

I hope this was useful! :)

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“Qué” vs. “Cuál” in Spanish

Hope this helps:)

Qué

When in questions

Used to ask something in general, something we don’t know anything about. If the verb carries a preposition, the preposition goes before qué.

¿Qué es la biología? What is biology? 

¿Qué harás mañana? What will you do tomorrow?

¿De qué hablas? What are you talking about?

When in a sentence working as a question

There are no question marks but there’s the intention of a question. 

Me pregunto qué es un hobbit.  I wonder what a hobbit is. 

When in exclamations

Used as an expression of emotion, feeling or reaction. 

¡Qué mañana tan agradable!  What a nice morning! 

Cuál 

When in questions

Used to ask for an option between a list of similar possibilities. Both the speaker and the listener know about these possibilities, they expect them to be familiar. If the verb carries a preposition, the preposition goes before cuál.

¿Cuál es tu fruta favorita?  What/which is your favorite fruit?

¿Cuál es tu opinión?  What/Which is your opinion?

¿Cuál es el mío? Which one is mine?

¿De cuál hablas? Which one are you talking about?

¿Cuál es tu nombre? What is your name?

Note: ¿Qué es tu nombre? sounds off and translates as “what is ‘your name’” as in somebody who doesn’t know what names are.

When in a sentence working as a question

There are no question marks but there’s the intention of a question.

Me pregunto cuál es la fruta favorita de mi madre. I wonder what my mom’s favorite fruit is.

Remember that cuáles is used for when using the plural, but qué never changes. Cuál/cuáles is also used in exclamations, but it is so rare that I think I will talk about that in another post. 

Check the difference 

¿Qué quieres hacer?¿Ir al cine o comer algo? What do you want to do? Go to the movies or eat something?

Estrenaron Spider-man y La monja. ¿Cuál quieres ver? Spider-man and The nun came out. Which one do you want to watch?

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Something my German tutor said today

“When a word doubles up in English, the Latin ‘twin’ of the word represents the mind, and the Germanic 'twin’ represents the heart and the soul. So when someone’s upset you don’t say the Latin "I comprehend” to them, you say the Germanic “I understand”.“

And I just thought the idea of saying "I comprehend” to an upset person sounded a lot like something that could be a meme, that I decided to share this with everyone.

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My Masterposts about German

Hope it helps! I’ll update this regularly :) 

General

German Language (general)

What German is Like

weird fun facts

Resources and Grammar

German Comedies

Books and Music 

Resources for learning German

German Cases

German Grading System

Konjunktiv 1 & 2

Vocabulary

10 German Words that are commonly confused

German Phrases part one

German in Usage 1: Pronunciation and Grammar

German in Usage 2: Informal vs. Formal

German in Usage 3: Dialects

Tourism Vocabulary

Christmas Vocabulary

Writing letters/postcards

Random Advanced German part one / part two 

Words for Stuff

Words for Money

My favourite words part one / part two

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me: *complains about not having enough time to study all of my target languages*

also me: *starts learning german*

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For all of you German learners

I made this Google Doc with the help of the Duolingo community a long time ago, and it hasn’t been used in a while. It has a bunch of neat grammar charts that might be a help to some of you. {x}

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Study Chinese With Me!

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🌸•Day 3 of #springintospring2020 : What is your strategy?•🌸 🍓I'm assuming this means method of study? It depends on the language, but generally I like to use textbooks as a guide for what to study and making incremental progress. Without structure I go all over the place! They're not the only thing I study, but I use them as a base. I pretend like I'm at school and I try to figure out what the main points of the lesson are or what it's trying to teach me. Funny, that never worked for math class 🤨. 🍓For example: today I read lesson 8 in this Chinese book. The main points I try to cover in this particular book are dialogue, grammar, and the practice problems. I do make note of new vocabulary or words I want to remember on the sticky notes. My focus in studying Mandarin at the moment is learning how to speak naturally, so I do skip certain parts of the chapter if they don't fit what I'm trying to accomplish. With Japanese and Korean, I take more vocabulary notes. 🍓This book is completely in Korean, so I study the HSK book more in depth for grammar and vocabulary because it's in English. I also try to get some listening in by watching youtube videos in Chinese or listening to a pimsleur lesson. 😄💕💕💕 . . . . . . . . . . https://www.instagram.com/p/B9TN6pQhmD-/?igshid=hb9hihs0p51a

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🌠 2 videos with Misa せんせい and it’s like several chapters of my textbooks combined! The video about い/な adjectives really helped me be able to produce sentences on my own. It was explained in Japanese from Zero really well, I just couldn’t get the info to stick for some reason (maybe because I had a cold then 😅). The video was 10 minutes and was super helpful. Yay for Misa Sensei!!! Thanks to those who mentioned her videos in their stories~ 💖💫 (2 posts in a row?! Let’s hope this week continues to be productive🙌🙌🙌

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💥 Ready to crack em open! I’m curious: Who uses the Ewha series? Or do you prefer another series?… 💫 My goal with these is to get used to reading and responding in Korean, with as little English as possible. By the end of next year I should be able to apply for KIIP ● (a govt program for foreign spouses/immigrants to learn Korean and assimilate into Korean society- one get points towards permanent residency by completing it) ● Expecting this book to be a little difficult at first but I’m excited. Even broke out our Neo pillow since it matched 😆. never tried this kind of textbook before! 💗QOTD💭💭💭What new habits/resources are you planning to use this coming year?

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💫今天我开心♡~ 🤷‍♀️今天我第一次学生不会来了， 所以我有一点学中文的时间~♡ 📚 most of my chinese resources are on this old ipad so I’m trying to get used to touching a screen instead of a book… we shall see how that goes 😆 💪✏ reviewing with this chapter, mostly about using 每 and 多. I really like this book! It’s called HSK standard course. The lessons are light and to the point. 💭 I’m not sure what other good chinese textbook resources are out there, since I mostly learned from class or pimsleur (which I highly HIGHLY recommend) or too many Taiwan dramas 😂. What Chinese resources do you use?

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💫 今日の勉強: Started chapter 2 in Genki! Reviewed the grammar points and dialogue, And I learned what ~ね and ~よ do in a sentence so that makes me happy ☺. These chapters feel really long! so I’m breaking it up and will do the practice sections later. I’m hoping to finish the first Genki book within the first quarter of 2020, which should be very feasible! Just giving myself permission to take it slow during the cold season 🍪☕~ 😆 even though it looks crazy I do use all my stationery for different things, like sticky notes for tabs or colored pens to differentiate parts of a sentence etc. And they just end up everywhere on my desk by the end 🤷‍♀️💗 teehee! Guess my genki color pallette is orange and pink

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Mood

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honestly, i hate math and i will not do it. if someone asks me to do math i will pretend like i did not hear them and i will leave. 

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AND??? I WILL TAKE 1500 MORE