German notes

I’m teaching myself German. This is the type of thing people resort to when they can’t be physically active anymore, I guess! Anyway, I have pages of scattered handwritten notes around my house and office, so I figured I would use my long-abandoned slice of the Internet to try and keep things at least somewhat organized.

Sorry this isn’t a real update, but the good/bad news is that I will probably update way more regularly now! The bad/bad news is that it will mostly be boring German notes. But maybe I’ll try to fold in some actual “hard-hitting life/blog/fatigue/anxiety content,” too, for you, my fan. Heh. We’ll see. Anyway, time to dump some German vocab. Apologies in advance.

Also, is anyone out there learning German? Or another language? Any tips? I have a few. Maybe I’ll write a thing about it if anybody is interested. For now, I will just say this: German grammar is fuckin’ schwierig. It vexed me as a high schooler and it vexes me now. I seriously think it’s what made me stop trying back then. That and just being an angsty moron. But, unlike back then, I am determined to master it and make progress. And also unlike back then, I have YouTube now. Anyway. Los geht’s, shall we?

German verbs in sentences, plus English translations:

Auf Deutsch:

Aber der Wind scheint so stark zu sein.

In English:

But the wind seems to be so strong.

Auf Deutsch:

Ihr seid bei Klaus.

In English:

You are all with Klaus.

Auf Deutsch:

Wir trinken etwas.

In English:

We drink something.

Auf Deutsch:

Man muss Pfand in den Einkaufswagen stecken, um ihn zu bekommen.

In English:

You have to put a deposit in your cart in order to get it.

Auf Deutsch:

Isi schläft an der Wand.

In English:

Isi sleeps on the wall.

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