It’s been a good long while since my last meme, so I let myself be inspired by this one about expat life over at Letters Home. If you’re living in an adopted country too, feel free to join in and drop a link in the comments. How long have you lived away from your home …
Tag: Learning German
Word of the Day: glaubwürdig
So, back to improving my German vocabulary. While I have managed to vastly improve my passive vocabulary in the last year, I really need to start making those words an active part of my speech. Today’s Word of the Day is: glaubwürdig: (adjective) credible or believable. Example sentence from the Goethe Institut: “Zum einen erwarten …
31 Things Update
Can you believe it is almost time for me to start making a 32 Things list? Neither can I! So here is my last update to 31 Things, and then next month I will give you all a year-end summary before I move on to my 32 Things. 1. Run a race here, either in …
Learning Through Imperfection
At the risk of sounding like a broken record, here I go again writing about language. I can’t help it, really. As a stranger in a strange land, language is one of the dominating forces in my life these days, and I spend an inordinate amount of time thinking about vocabulary, grammar, and communication. Before …