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@RQuaaden
Neither did all women dress like Grace Kelly back then nor does every woman dress like Billy Eilish nowadays.
People wear what they want, you'll get over it 😉
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ZU 🆚 IN
🔘 zu = to
👉 zum Arzt
👉 zur Schule
👉 zur Universität
👉 zum Supermarkt
👉 zum Konzert (Rock/Pop)
🔘 in = to
👉 ins Kino
👉 ins Büro
👉 in den Zoo
👉 in die Stadt
👉 in das Geschäft
👉 ins Schwimmbad
👉 ins Konzert (klassische Musik)
#langtwt
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No one cares if you get “der/die/das” wrong 😉
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🧨 "ZER- "=
🧨 ZERstören = to destroy
🧨 ZERfallen = to fall apart
🧨 ZERlegen = to dismantle
🧨 ZERreden = to talk down
🧨 ZERreißen = to tear apart
🧨 ZERbrechen = to break apart
🧨 ZERkleinern = to break into small pieces
#langtwt
#deutsch
#learngerman
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THE 5 BEST GERMAN MOVIES CURRENTLY AVAILABLE ON NETFLIX 🎬
1) "Das Leben der Anderen" - won an Oscar in 2007 ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
In 1983 East Berlin, a dedicated Stasi officer becomes unexpectedly sympathetic to the couple he's spying on and faces conflicting loyalties...
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Sometimes that's what it feels like, doesn't it? 😅
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Here's my linguistic history:
Born in 🇩🇪
Parents born in 🇩🇪🇩🇪
Grandparents born in 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
Great grandparents born in 🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪🇩🇪
Family speaks 🇩🇪
I speak 🇩🇪🇺🇸🇲🇽🇫🇷🇧🇷🇸🇪
What's yours? 👇
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🚶♂️ gehen = to go
⚰ draufgehen = to die
💥 kaputtgehen = to break
🍻 ausgehen = to go clubbing
🌄 aufgehen = to go up/to rise
💔 fremdgehen = to be unfaithful
🛫 weggehen = to go away/to leave
Was heißt "gehen" in deiner Sprache?
#langtwt
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Adverbien der Zeit ⌛
⌛ nie = never
⌛ jetzt = now
⌛ bald = soon
⌛ zuerst = first
⌛ dann = then
⌛ später = later
⌛ heute = today
⌛ endlich = finally
⌛ danach = after that
⌛ gestern = yesterday
⌛ morgen = tomorrow
⌛ seitdem = since then
#langtwt
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Wichtiges Obst und Gemüse:
The most important produce:
🥔 Kartoffeln
🍅 Tomaten
🥬 Salat
🥒 Gurken
🍆 Auberginen
🧅 Zwiebeln
🧄 Knoblauch
🥕 Karotten
🌽 Mais
🥦 Brokkoli
🍎 Äpfel
🍐 Birnen
🍊 Orangen
🍋 Zitronen
🍌 Bananen
🍇 Trauben
🍓 Erdbeeren
🍒 Kirschen
🍉 Wassermelone
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🧨 "ZER- "=
🧨 ZERstören = to destroy
🧨 ZERfallen = to fall apart
🧨 ZERlegen = to dismantle
🧨 ZERreden = to talk down
🧨 ZERreißen = to tear apart
🧨 ZERbrechen = to break apart
🧨 ZERkleinern = to break into small pieces
#langtwt
#deutsch
#learngerman
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How old was I when I started learning my languages?
🇩🇪 German: 0
🇺🇸 English: 10
🇫🇷 French: 15
🇪🇸 Spanish: 17
🇸🇪 Swedish: 22
🇧🇷 Portuguese: 25
🇹🇷 Turkish: 31
What about you?
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🔄 VER = the nature of something changes
🔄 vergessen = to forget
🔄 vermischen = to mix up
🔄 verändern = to change
🔄 verarbeiten = to process
🔄 vereinfachen = to simplify
🔄 verschwenden = to waste
🔄 veröffentlichen = to publish
#langtwt
#deutsch
#learngerman
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Obst und Gemüse:
Fruits and vegetables:
🥔 Kartoffeln
🍅 Tomaten
🥬 Salat
🥒 Gurken
🍆 Auberginen
🧅 Zwiebeln
🧄 Knoblauch
🥕 Karotten
🌽 Mais
🥦 Brokkoli
🍎 Äpfel
🍐 Birnen
🍊 Orangen
🍋 Zitronen
🍌 Bananen
🍇 Trauben
🍓 Erdbeeren
🍒 Kirschen
🍉 Wassermelone
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🚗 fahren = to drive
🚗 hinfahren = to drive there
🚗 wegfahren = to drive away
🚗 überfahren = to run sb. over
🚗 abfahren = to leave/depart
🚗 herunterfahren = to shut down
🚗 schwarzfahren = to go by bus/train without a ticket
Was heißt "fahren" in deiner Sprache?
#langtwt
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Alternativen zu "Nein"
⛔ "Bitte nicht"
⛔ "Lieber nicht"
⛔ "Auf keinen Fall"
⛔ "Nur über meine Leiche"
⛔ "Für kein Geld der Welt"
Was heißt "Nein" in deiner Sprache?
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schneiden ✂
✂ schneiden = to cut
✂ beschneiden = to trim
✂ abschneiden = to cut off
✂ ausschneiden = to cut out
✂ zuschneiden = to cut to size
✂ aufschneiden = to cut open
✂ anschneiden = to cut off the 1st piece
Was heißt "schneiden" in deiner Sprache?
#langtwt
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Tiergeräusche 📢
🦁 Löwen -> brüllen
🐶 Hunde -> bellen
🐷 Schweine -> grunzen
🐮 Kühe -> muhen
🐝 Bienen -> summen
🐸 Frösche -> quaken
🐴 Pferde -> wiehern
🐺 Wölfe -> heulen
🐐 Ziegen -> meckern
🐱 Katzen -> miauen
🐔 Hühner -> gackern
🐳 Wale -> singen
#langtwt
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🔄 VER = the nature of something changes
🔄 vergessen = to forget
🔄 vermischen = to mix up
🔄 verändern = to change
🔄 verarbeiten = to process
🔄 vereinfachen = to simplify
🔄 verschwenden = to waste
🔄 veröffentlichen = to publish
#langtwt
#deutsch
#learngerman
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🏗 bauen = to build
🏗 einbauen = to install/to fit in
🏗 zusammenbauen = to assemble
🏗 aufbauen = to build/to establish
🏗 umbauen = to convert/to modify
🏗 nachbauen = to recreate/to copy
🏗 auseinanderbauen = to disassemble
Was heißt "bauen" in deiner Sprache?
#langtwt
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🔄 VER = the nature of something changes
🔄 vergessen = to forget
🔄 vermischen = to mix up
🔄 verändern = to change
🔄 verarbeiten = to process
🔄 vereinfachen = to simplify
🔄 verschwenden = to waste
🔄 veröffentlichen = to publish
#langtwt
#deutsch
#learngerman
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🧍♂️ stehen = to stand
🧍♂️ widerstehen = to resist
🧍♂️ aufstehen = to stand up
🧍♂️ beistehen = to assist/support
🧍♂️ anstehen = to stand in a queue
🧍♂️ unterstehen = to be subordinate
🧍♂️ überstehen = to survive/to weather
#langtwt
#deutsch
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Adverbien der Zeit ⌛
⌛ nie = never
⌛ jetzt = now
⌛ bald = soon
⌛ zuerst = first
⌛ dann = then
⌛ später = later
⌛ heute = today
⌛ endlich = finally
⌛ danach = after that
⌛ gestern = yesterday
⌛ morgen = tomorrow
⌛ seitdem = since then
#langtwt
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Verben mit "sehen" 👀
👀 sehen = to see
🔎 ansehen = to look at
🧐 hinsehen = to look closely
🧑🦯 übersehen = to overlook
🔮 hellsehen = to be clairvoyant
🪄 einsehen = to understand/recognize
Was heißt "hellsehen" in deiner Sprache?"
#langtwt
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ZU 🆚 IN
🔘 zu = to
👉 zum Arzt
👉 zur Schule
👉 zur Universität
👉 zum Supermarkt
👉 zum Konzert (Rock/Pop)
🔘 in = to
👉 ins Kino
👉 ins Büro
👉 in den Zoo
👉 in die Stadt
👉 in das Geschäft
👉 ins Schwimmbad
👉 ins Konzert (klassische Musik)
#langtwt
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schneiden ✂
✂ schneiden = to cut
✂ beschneiden = to trim
✂ abschneiden = to cut off
✂ ausschneiden = to cut out
✂ zuschneiden = to cut to size
✂ aufschneiden = to cut open
✂ anschneiden = to cut off the 1st piece
Was heißt "schneiden" in deiner Sprache?
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You can be fluent in German.
You can be fluent in German.
You can be fluent in German.
You can be fluent in German.
You can be fluent in German.
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Die 16 Bundesländer 🇩🇪🗺
Baden-Württemberg
Bayern
Berlin
Brandenburg
Bremen
Hamburg
Hessen
Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
Niedersachsen
Nordrhein-Westfalen
Rheinland-Pfalz
Saarland
Sachsen
Sachsen-Anhalt
Schleswig-Holstein
Thüringen
How many of these have you visited?
#langtwt
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Insekten 🕷
🕷 die Fliege
🐝 die Biene
🕷 die Spinne
🐛 die Raupe
🦟 die Mücke
🐜 die Ameise
🦗 der Grashüpfer
🐞 der Marienkäfer
🦋 der Schmetterling
Was heißt "Schmetterling" in deiner Sprache?
#langtwt
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🔄 VER- = the nature of something changes
🔄 VERgessen = to forget
🔄 VERmischen = to mix up
🔄 VERändern = to change
🔄 VERarbeiten = to process
🔄 VEReinfachen = to simplify
🔄 VERschwenden = to waste
🔄 VERöffentlichen = to publish
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Präpositionen & Fragewörter
❓ in > worin?
❓ zu > wozu?
❓ für > wofür?
❓ an > woran?
❓ mit > womit?
❓ bei > wobei?
❓ um > worum?
❓ von > wovon?
❓ nach > wonach?
❓ über > worüber?
❓ unter > worunter?
❓ wegen > weswegen?
Was heißt "womit?" in deiner Sprache?
#langtwt
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I can't believe 24.000 people are interested in what I'm doing here!
Thanks to each and every one of you!
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🚪 die Tür = door
🚪 die Tür zumachen = to close the door
🚪 die Tür aufmachen = to open the door
🚪 die Tür zuknallen = to slam the door shut
🚪 an die Tür klopfen = to knock on the door
🚪 die Tür aufbrechen = to break down the door
#langtwt
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🦥
🦥 faul
🦥 träge
🦥 müßig
🦥 inaktiv
🦥 untätig
🦥 kraftlos
🦥 schlapp
🦥 bequem
🦥 behäbig
🦥 antriebslos
🦥 schwerfällig
🦥 phlegmatisch
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🪢 ziehen = to pull
🛋 einziehen = to move in
📦 ausziehen = to move out
🩲 sich ausziehen = to undress
👔 sich anziehen = to get dressed
👩🏫 erziehen = to raise/to educate
Was heißt "ziehen" in deiner Sprache?
#langtwt
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🗣 sprechen
🗣 reden
🗣 labern
🗣 babbeln
🗣 erzählen
🗣 quasseln
🗣 schwafeln
🗣 quatschen
🗣 schwätzen
🗣 schnacken
🗣 formulieren
🗣 sich äußern
🗣 in Worte fassen
Was heißt "reden" in deiner Sprache?
#langtwt
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🧪 Wichtige Elemente = important elements
🧪 das Calcium = calcium
🧪 der Stickstoff = nitrogen
🧪 der Sauerstoff = oxygen
🧪 der Kohlenstoff = carbon
🧪 der Wasserstoff = hydrogen
🧪 das Magnesium = magnesium
Was heißt "Sauerstoff" in deiner Sprache?
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zu + Adjektiv = too + adjective
zu teuer = too expensive
zu billig = too cheap
zu klein = too small
zu groß = too big
zu schwer = too heavy
zu leicht = too easy
zu salzig = too salty
zu scharf = too spicy
zu süß = too sweet
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"A fluent person is an amateur who did not quit."
Which language are you learning today?
🔘
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Netflix for German learners 🎬
Beginner mode: German audio + subtitles in your mother tongue
Advanced mode: German audio + German subtitles
God mode: German audio + no subtitles
Which level are you at?
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Dear German learner: you are going to make it!
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