There are many aspects – sense-wise – that have been fairly universal in my European travels over the years. There’s certain smells or sensations that have been imprinted on me that, whenever I smell them elsewhere, immediately take me back or fill me with nostalgia. When I noticed these things in Berlin, I knew I […]
Tag: German
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Hey, guess what! I’m not just learning German now, I’m learning Arabic, too! I am not entirely sure how that came about other than that Arabic is another language that’s been at the top of my list to learn for many, many years. And I expect Arabic to be quite useful if what I want […]
Ein Kaffee in Berlin
Most of the German movies that I’ve been watching are older and I’ve already seen at some point – Run Lola Run (of course), The Princess & the Warrior (and old favorite), Das Boot, Europa Europa, etc. I was really excited to come across a newer one that I haven’t seen – “A Coffee in […]
important words in Deutsch / coffee talk
To learn German, I spent the first month using Pimsleur (my old fallback) language cds, the “Step by Step German” book (the step-by-step series is GREAT), duoLingo, and Memrise. Being the obsessive linguaphile that I am, I’ve probably tried at least 50 different language apps for specific languages over the years and at least that many […]
Ich spreche Deutsch. Ich verstehe. Wie wunderbar!
This (to the left) is a screenshot of an email I was sending to myself of things to remember to pick up at the store. For some reason, I still, unconsciously, continue to spell “jogurt” with a ‘j’, Czech style. I do the same with ‘jo’ (instead of ‘yo’). And now that I’m learning Deutsch, […]
“Ich bin eine Berliner!”
I have a long post in process about some exciting things going on with school (University of Washington.) A portion of that story involves a great conversation with a previous teacher who helped me settle on the other language I’ll focus on this year. As part of requirements at UW, you need to have a […]