#learn german at home

[bowofbalance]

This isn't even a "weird things philosophers say" because this isn't even wrong, but I've just never seen wissen spelled that way. I feel like it's wrong?

#is this just the older spelling system? #am i stupid? #admittedly i have never had formal education in german so all i know is what you learn from speaking the language at home #german stuff #german things #weird things philosophers say

[itwoodbeprefect]

refreshing my german by reading a dutch translation of an english novel

#the joke is that it's agatha christie (translated) with german words scribbled in the margins because my mother used it to learn dutch #it's good! it's genuinely very neat! all books should have my mother's handwriting in the margins #something something time and language and love. feelings of home. connections through decades and words and knowledge #a 30s novel translated in the 70s scribbled on in the 90s which i get to read in these brand new 20s. stories might be magic #*

[gudriva]

Ha-ha look at these silly boys :33

Aren't they cute?

I think so.

~(˘▾˘~)

#welcome home #artwork #welcome home oc #art block #digital art #drawing #art #eddie dear #cute #the sillies #hiiiii #i love welcome home #welcome home is cool #fandom #where am i #Duolingo is rushing me to learn German-

[airenyah]

now that i've turned thai drama into my bachelor thesis, the only question left is: how to turn thai drama into my master's thesis

#i have about 2 years to figure this out #it's gotta be something that i can do with whatever skill level i'm at with my thai once i get there #not just the skill level but also my cultural knowledge #i'm one semester into my master's and i've already decided on a supervisor for my thesis fkfjfjf #and he even said he'd let me do this SO!! #airenyah plappert #alternatively a different idea i had was to do a translation analysis of pjo #since i have 3 different translations of the og series at home (german italian and norwegian) #i think thai would be fun tho bc i don't think the thai language is something that gets researched a lot here #we don't even have thai studies as it's own subject to study #(there's korean studies and japanese studies and chinese studies) #(there's also one major called 'south asian tibetology and buddhist studies' but they have no thai unfortunately) #(i was still thinking of doing that as a 2nd subject tho bc i'd get to learn more about buddhism which i know nothing about) #(and also they do sanskrit which could also be suuuper interesting) #(also i have so many indian mutuals and i thought it might be fun to learn about indian culture) #(and then discuss it with the mutuals and learn even more djcjjcf) #(let's see if i can manage to schedule it hfhfhc) #(bc i've also been thinking of doing theater film and media studies as a 2nd major) #(i have too many things i'm interested in send help)

[drivemysoul]

is attack on titan gonna be the thing that makes me learn a language again

#taylor.txt #i tried learning japanese again like 2 years ago but duolingo sucks ass now #i took italian in primary school bc i learnt it at home as well #and then i took japanese. and then french #and then i stopped #every couple years i decide to relearn japanese again and then give up by the end of the same night #and i remember literally nothing of japanese nor french #i know italian. like. 2 sentences in french. a handful of random words and a couple sentences in japanese. #and i can count to ten in german which. not particularly helpful ever to me but my mother thought it was important for me to know

[alatariel-galadriel]

Woe, 1839 German bible uncovered in family attic be upon ye!

included: names/birthdays from 1892-1985, a pressed flower, a printed condolence card (1913)

not included: several locks of hair, a handmade condolence card (march 1842), 5 deitsch marriage certificates (1851-1935) lots of notes written in deitsch, and the chemise it was wrapped in

#anyways we found all this clearing out my great-great aunt’s house after her passing 6 years ago #There was a photo album too!! I think the earliest one was dated 1871 but don’t quote me on it #I might post photos of it next time I visit my hometown because it’s gorgeous #the benefit of your family never leaving 1 very small county is that there ends up being a lot of history #also it’s really fascinating because my family spoke deitsch in the home up through the forties so a lot of the notes #Written in are minor translations (deitsch is linguistically distinct but Very similar to german) #All of my great-relatives (and the handful of great-greats that I met) could/can still speak a little #Unfortunately WW1/WW2 meant that deitsch pretty much died out everywhere except Amish/mennonite communities #My grandparents still know a couple words but haven’t really spoken it since they were kids #HOWEVER I have learned that some of my/my family’s weird grammar (which I discovered was weird very late in life) is a holdover from deitsc #This has been your obscure linguistics infodump of the day thanks for listening #Whispers from the ally

[itsoverfeeling]

not to sound like a stereotypical texan, but texas is genuinely a really cool state in my totally unbiased opinion

#i mean this in like a cultural way but also a nature way #because i think non-texans have this idea that texas is kinda overall a similar region/culture? #but theres a lot of natural diversity and cultural diversity that im constantly learning about #and idk its just pretty cool #like. people are actively working to conserve ocelots here. #native ocelots. how cool is that? #not to mention the history of tejanos and black americans and cajuns and germans and fucking houston as a whole. and like #yes theres a lot of shitty stuff with texas but i feel like its a total diservice to the people and history to just act like its a bland #state with only evil bad people when its also a home for so much more than that #sorry. im getting emotional. its probably because its 4am #lone star posting

[oatbugs]

i am actually terrified xoxo

#ok yk how i ended up going to sweden to a family friends house and staying in an empty w a futon in it #the family friend in question is actually a really ridiculously clever translator/linguist/author/journalist/etc #genuinely shes so smart . but also shes like . super introverted and the whole house is constantly silent i can hear someone sighing #through a closed door . and the door to my containment cube TM is in the living room and i am constanrly living in fewr #of making any noise . also forgot to take UK-EU adapter w me so i literally cpuld not study which is the entire reason #i came here . to run away from my parents constantly screaming at each other etc. anyway theyre actually lovely ppl but i am so afraid of #like . using up their food etc . that i rejected it for a while . which is dumb as fuck bc straight up rejecting to eat smns cooking #is actually rly rude in my culture . but i still feel guilty. and like im not even here w my own money (i dont have any of that left xoxo) #anyway we had a convo abt languages and i realised my persian is so shit rn its so . shameful of me. she also told me to learn german #(bc philisophy) and i told her i kind of am kind of and she said do u find it a mathematical langauge ? WHAT DOES THAT MEAN #WHAT DO U MEAN . LIKE IK ROUGHLY WHAT SHE MEANT BUT LIKE WHAT WAS THE RIGHT ANSWER #when i responded she just smiled and said nothing for 10 seconds i feel like my whole personality was being judged for that response #anyway @swedes ur consensus culture is actually so fascinating #empty cube** first tag #every moment i am living in fear . still 100x better than being home lmao #the way i didnt sleep for 3 days . xoxo #anyway linköping bitches r like lets do smth crazy and go to a pub at 7pm order 2 entire beers chat cordially and split the bill before 8pm #heart emoji everyone here js rly sweet

[opens-up-4-nobody]

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#srry for the continued pause in scribbles ive been feeling not very good at all #idk something just broke in my brain after our last sampling trip idk y bc it wasnt that bad but when i got back #it was just a couple days of my brain being real crazy in terms of thought patterns. it still kinda continues to b like that #but idk i haven't had a session of hysterical crying today so maybe im on the mend. its weird i haven't felt this bad in a really long time #i dont even have the energy to complain about it its just no joy. burned streight thru that. bruned streight thru my desire to draw #i mean i still draw every day but its like shitty i dont have time scribbes bc idk it all feels so fucking pointless. and im terrible at #hiding how i feel abt things so my boss is like: maybe u should take a break this weekend i dont want u to burnout. like. lady we crossed #that bridge way back in March. u r speaking to a ghost. i just. i dont kno if i can stay here until like next july at least if not longer #and it sucks bc i kno someday ill look back and this time in my life will make me real sad bc im laying here choosing to make myself #miserable and i somwhere halfway across the country my mum has tumors growing in her abdomen. and i cant go home for Thanksgiving and idk #how long ill get at Christmas. not bc anyone is telling me i have to stay. my brain just wont let me do things. i just lay here in my #increasingly chaotic apartment not taking the steps to get refunded for travel expenses worrying over deadlines and agonizing over social #interactions. worrying about all the things my brain wont let me do that need to be done and not taking the steps to get better #its stupid and annoying and i know its only going to get worse when i have to start taking measurements in the lab #ive at least been practicing a lot of german tho lmao. someday ill look back like: lol remember when u got super depressed and filled the #void with learning german? literally today my dyslexic read the word albeit as aber and it was v disorienting #idk its just fun and i feel like im at least being productive. so yea idk when ill b able to post scribbles again #but i thought id at least post something while i had the energy i accumulated by taking with a happy Canadian lab group #maybe ill join them in a year idk idk decisions decisions and so many applications the cost of which is trying to dissuade me from #getting a tatt0o :-P ay ay ay live a little! pls i beg u. but no prob not. against the rules #unrelated

[sea-of-machines]

I want to know if Arjen has eaten stroopwafels but I don't want to ask him so I'm just going to assume that he has

#stroopwafels.... #I wish I had #it's bothering me because my family's had some dutch stuff at home #usually food like stroopwafels and the sprinkle like things u put on top of a bread #and the yummy powder that also goes on top of bread #and some other foods #because our mom lived her life from day zero to like 20 years in netherlands #but has finnish parents #so we have a bit of that in the family #but I hate that I don't know the language #she never taught it to us #would be so easy to learn german if i knew dutch #random #text

[minarcana]

sometimes i do things with uris syntax im not entirely sure is actually correct for archaic english but it comes from writing him as an ESL speaker where i grab habits from other languages and blend them in based on my vibe, which partially im like. yea that tracks. partially im like. no dez u should write proper early modern grammar. a third secret part of me is like "no one will notice, only you, becuase only you are enough of a pedant"

#ooc #i know basic german grammar and decent enough russian grammar and writing him with some ESL habits from both of these #even tho i generally assume his home tongue is french but im scared of french #i dont know about french and i refuse to learn #theres too many letters for all the lack of pronunciation they have #me pronouncing uris name like 'ranger' with the thickest texan accent u can possibly imagine for the LONGEST time bc i CANNOT do french

[emobatsy]

language death grief hours lads n ladders

#i cant go home to talk to my grandpa cuz my stepfather is there so instead of being able to talk to my grandpa #in his mothertongue and write with him in the writing system he learned. we're away from each other scared of the same fuckhead #and i miss being able to go downstairs and debate him for the platt word for squirrel for half an hour #ANYWAYS time to become my own grandpas pen pal i fuckin guess but its not talking it just aint #anyways. schreib dich nich ab lern platt #satan talks #text #german stuff

[beachboysnatural]

My parents after ignoring every option available to them: it just wouldn’t have worked to teach you German

#my dad is so happy that i have even a little bit of the language!! #so why didn't we learn it?? #and i know they had their reasons why only at-home teaching wouldn't have worked #but like. there are german preschools in my city...why didn't we go to one of them?? #anyways. one of the things i will always hold against my mom because she's the one who spearheaded the no german thing #and like yes spanish is more helpful but one of my best friends did the same spanish program and speaks french at home #WE COULD HAVE DONE THAT TOO. #when i have kids i am going to teach them german and spanish as best i can. #persannal

[iamthekarmapolice]

working from home plus my office hours starting later in the day spoiled me because i used to have an entire morning to scroll through all of tumblr and then all of Twitter and then r/popheadscirclejerk and then the new posts in the Daily Scuffles thread of r/hobbydrama and then do the Vulture daily crossword and then read the batshit Slate advice columns and the comments making fun of the posts and then I’d start work. How am i supposed to cram all of that into 2 hours

#plus im also supposed to find the time to learn German in the middle of all this #i think ive naturally started to do vulture and slate when I get home from work #so it’s just about cramming all the socials into my new morning routine

[mement0--m0ri]

Forst week back at uni has been successful

#even if I was an hour late to class today because of fucking daylight svaings #studying at 2 unis in 2 different states is going to be a learning curve #still not 100% sure studying both on campus at my home uni and online from a southern uni will work #but hot damn am I going to give it a go #luckily today in my online class (german a1 level) i already knew everything covered today so didnt miss anything #cassa studies 2024