A Friend Of Mine Uses This As Her Motivation Tool - A Giant Poster Of Kanji That She Highlights As She

Sleepy vocab in German

der Schlaf - sleep schlafen - to sleep schläfrig - sleepy

die Müdigkeit - tiredness müde - tired gähnen - to yawn die Erschöpfung - exhaustion erschöpft - exhausted

Gute Nacht! - Good night! Schlaf gut! - Sleep well! Träum schön / süß! - Sweet dreams!

das Nickerchen - nap sich niederlegen - to lie down einschlafen - to fall asleep der Traum - dream träumen - to dream der Albtraum - nightmare sich hin und her wälzen - to toss and turn schnarchen - to snore ausschlafen - to sleep in aufwachen - to wake up aufstehen - to get up schlaftrunken - drowsy, sleepy (lit. “sleep drunk“) ausgeschlafen - well-rested wach - awake

das Schlafzimmer - bedroom das Bett - bed die Couch, das Sofa - couch, sofa die (Bett)decke - blanket das Kissen, der Polster (österr.) - pillow das Nachtkästchen, der Nachttisch - nightstand die Nachttischlampe - bedside lamp der Wecker - alarm clock

der Schlafmangel - sleep deprivation die Schlafstörung - sleep disorder die Schlaflosigkeit - insomnia das Schlafwandeln - sleepwalking

Kanji version of words usually written in hiragana

While these words are usually written in hiragana, sometimes you’ll see them written in kanji instead, so learning to at least recognize them is pretty helpful. Trust me on this, I got confused by 沢山 way too many times already haha

有難う（ありがとう）ー thank you 幾つ（いくつ）ー how many 流石（さすが）ー as one would expect 更に（さらに）ー furthermore, again, after all 既に（すでに）ー already 沢山（たくさん）ー a lot 丁度（ちょうど）ー just, exactly, precisely 出来る（できる）ー to be able 尚（なお）ー furthermore, still, yet 何故（なぜ）ー why 等（など）ー et cetera 程（ほど）ー degree, extent, approximately 然し（しかし）ー however 居る（いる）ー to be (people, animals) 有る（ある）ー to be (things) 恐らく（おそらく）ー probably, likely 下さい（ください）ー please (give me, do for me) 只（ただ）ー only,  just; free of charge 及び（および）ー and, as well as

“cute” in German

The basic translations for “cute” are either: niedlich or süß (the second one also meaning sweet like in taste) and here are some phrases and other words you might encounter or want to know! :) Some synonyms: drollig - cute and funny, derpy (like when a cat does weird but cute stuff) flauschig - soft and fluffy (in a cozy way like for a blanket or any animal you wanna touch) fluffig - fluffy (like an angora rabbit or a cake) klitzeklein - really small, very tiny knuddelig - cuddly knuffig - small and cute, cute so you want to hug it because it’s helpless and harmless lieb - lovely, kind, well behaved herzallerliebst - really very lovely and kind and cute (lit. heart-all-lovely) putzig - cute (can include animals wearing cute things), “not pretty but still or therefor cute”-cute, smol and cute weich - soft winzig - tiny zum Knutschen - cute so you wanna kiss it (knutschen=küssen - to kiss) Wie niedlich!/Wie süß! - How cute! Wie niiiieeedlich!/Wie süüüß!etc. - How cuuute! (you know, more vowels = more cuteness) (niedlich) aussehen (sieht aus, hat ausgesehen) - to look (cute) der Piepmatz - small and cute (song-)bird die Schnute - (belittlement of die Schnauze - snout) small and cute mouth (like of a cat) Diminutive (belittlement): Add -chen (sometimes -lein) to almost any noun. All nouns ending in -chen are neuter. Pay attention to vowel changes that usually occurs: a -> ä die Katze -> das Kätzchen (cat -> kitty or kitten) a final -e often disappears o -> ö der Vogel -> das Vögelchen (bird -> birdy) u -> ü der Hund -> das Hündchen (dog -> puppy-dog) u -> ü das Buch -> das Büchlein (book -> small book) au -> äu die Maus -> das Mäuschen (mouse -> cute tiny mouse) e, i, ei and eu don’t change. For example: e -> e die Ente -> das Entchen (duck -> duckling) e -> e das Ferkel -> das Ferkelchen (piglet -> smaller piglet) i -> i der Fisch -> das Fischchen (fish -> small fish) ei -> ei das Schwein -> das Schweinchen (pig -> small pig or piglet) There are also rather childish suffixes like: -leinchen, -i, -ilein, -ileini, -ileinchen, which are almost only used in speech. And regional suffixes like: -le. For example: Hundi (my aunt had a dog named like that… :D ) Hundileini (this is what a 5yo might refer to when they talk about their really cute and lovely dog) unser Katerle (our dear and lovely male cat) I probably forgot some stuff (like always) but those are some basics. And of course it’s not very easy to describe the exact difference between all those “cute"s. I’ll make a list of belittled/cute verbs later.

It took a while, but now I've got a grasp on na-adjectives (and about half of the time I spent on them was for the sake of making my notes pretty)

some compounds of one of my favourite kanji, 火

[486]  くも  |  kumo  |  spider

Kanji available on Patreon!

03.10.17 // 23/100 days of productivity // handwritten

i’ve decided that alongside my general duolingo/lingodeer/etc app time, i’m going to devote my handwritten studies to the stuff I’d need to pass the JLPT N5. I’ve missed the cutoff for this year, but I figure that gives me ample time to make sure i’m fully prepared for next year! Also, I’ve been woeful in my kanji study, so it’s probably a good idea to start taking it seriously.

it’s also day 3 of @athenastudying ‘s October Study Challenge! I keep forgetting about the time difference and getting confused as to why i’m a day ahead  (o>艸<)

ig: @hinodestudies

in swedish it’s “tjuvlyssna” (tjuv-lyssna = thief-listen)

do other languages not have an equivalent of the English verb ‘to eavesdrop’?

twos germans, a portuguese & an italian I know, not only didn’t know what  the word meant, but said their languages don’t have a word for it after i explained.

GERMAN YOUTUBERS MEGAPOST

Hey German Study Buddies,

I think watching German youtube for the past year or so has allowed my German to improve so much. Adopting the German colloquialisms and listening to the fluency and grammar structures in the videos has really helped me so so much! For anybody learning a language: youtube is the best!

Not only is it fun to watch the many funny videos or hauls (yes…I have obsession with clothing hauls), but also you can learn so much by just continually listening to the German. Anyway, it took me a while to find these German youtubers so I thought I would share them in one big master post here:

PS: if you know any other good German youtubers let me know and I’ll add to the list! :) PPS: I put a little heart next to my favourite ones x

Funny Videos: ♡ Luca Con-Crafter: https://www.youtube.com/user/ConCrafter Lifestyle : ♡ Anika Teller: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCUyjVrHZ5lpKSOEkXASdt7w Anne Welt : https://www.youtube.com/user/annewelt ♡ Hannah : https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCr7AU8iyxuCcedAwy4vJQHQ Taimi: https://www.youtube.com/user/MyLittlePinkMuffin ♡ Ema Louise: https://www.youtube.com/user/xXTheMakeUpGuruXx Diana zur Löwen: https://www.youtube.com/user/dfashion100germany Laren Joelle: https://www.youtube.com/user/LaurenCocoXO/videos Bibis Beauty Palace: https://www.youtube.com/user/BibisBeautyPalace Rebekah Wing: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCHKVTtxg9yRJ_5KDMZFCkCw/videos ♡ Shanti Tan: https://www.youtube.com/user/TheMsMania ♡ Ischtar Isik: https://www.youtube.com/user/isipisi5 ♡ Katharine Damm: https://www.youtube.com/user/katharinadamm/videos Laura Lareeva: https://www.youtube.com/user/youshouldalwaysfeel/videos xLaeta: https://www.youtube.com/user/xLaeta/videos Bonny Trash: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1FUmelOA9Tc8VFmoeexIkw/videos ViktoriaSarina: https://www.youtube.com/user/ViktoriaSarina/videos Lisa-Marie Schiffner: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrVsCGkgj5Yz6d5l7etndkg Tina Neumann: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCU1scWF4_I3SgoO9px3K-1g/videos Barbara Sofie: https://www.youtube.com/user/Barbieloveslipsticks/videos Douniaslimani: https://www.youtube.com/user/douniaslimani/videos   Gronkh: https://www.youtube.com/user/Gronkh/videos Cold Mirror: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MWr0CosN0dY Space Radio: https://www.youtube.com/user/SpaceFrogsRadio   Space Frogs: https://www.youtube.com/user/SpaceFrogsEnt Doktor Allwissend: https://www.youtube.com/user/doktorallwissend Marti Fischer: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC78yJH3WrmLE6AyL0OgPV7g Mr Wissen 2 Go: https://www.youtube.com/user/MrWissen2go/videos Applear Pictures: https://www.youtube.com/user/ApplewarPictures Marmelade Oma: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCSSUG_vo76v04FKRnsWavMA/videos LeFloid: https://www.youtube.com/user/LeFloid Unge: https://www.youtube.com/user/unge 

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16 sep ‘17 // some bio notes from last week