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1. Do you ever doubt the existence of others than you?

2. On a scale of 1-5, how afraid of the dark are you?

3. The person you would never want to meet?

4. What is your favorite word?

5. If you were a type of tree, what would you be?

6. When you looked in the mirror this morning what was the first thing you thought?

7. What shirt are you wearing?

8. What do you label yourself as?

9. Bright room or dark room?

10. What were you doing at midnight last night?

11. Favorite age you’ve been so far?

12. Who told you they loved you last?

13. Your worst enemy?

14. What is your current desktop picture?

15. Do you like someone?

16. The last song you listened to?

17. You can press a button that will make any one person explode. Who would you blow up?

18. Who would you really like to just punch in the face?

19. If anyone could be your slave for a day, who would it be and what would they have to do?

20. What is your best physical attribute? (showing said attribute is optional)

21. If you were the opposite sex for one day, what would you look like and what would you do?

22. Do you have a secret talent? If yes, what is it?

23. What is one unique thing you’re afraid of?

24. You can only have one kind of sandwich. Every sandwich ingredient known to humankind is at your disposal.

25. You just found $100! How are you going to spend it?

26. You just got a free plane ticket to anywhere in the world, but you have to leave immediately. Where are you going to go?

27. An angel appears out of Heaven and offers you a lifetime supply of the alcoholic beverage of your choice. “Be brand-specific” it says. Man! What are you gonna say about that? Even if you don’t drink booze there’s something you can figure out… so what’s it gonna be?

28. You discover a beautiful island upon which you may build your own society. You make the rules. What is the first rule you put into place? 

29. What is your favorite expletive?

30. Your house is on fire, holy shit! You have just enough time to run in there and grab ONE inanimate object. Don’t worry, your loved ones and pets have already made it out safely. So what’s the one thing you’re going to save from that blazing inferno?

31. You can erase any horrible experience from your past. What will it be?

32. You got kicked out of the country for being a time-traveling heathen who sleeps with celebrities and has super-powers. But check out this cool shit… you can move to anywhere else in the world!

33. The Celestial Gates Of Beyond have opened, much to your surprise because you didn’t think such a thing existed. Death appears. As it turns out, Death is actually a pretty cool entity, and happens to be in a fantastic mood. Death offers to return the friend/family-member/person/etc. of your choice to the living world. Who will you bring back?

34. What was your last dream about?

35. Are you a good….[insert anything you’d like here]?

36. Have you ever been admitted to the hospital?

37. Have you ever built a snowman?

38. What is the color of your socks?

39. What type of music do you like?

40. Do you prefer sunrises or sunsets?

41. What is your favorite milkshake flavor?

42. What football team do you support? (I will answer in terms of American football as well as soccer)

43. Do you have any scars?

44. What do you want to be when you graduate?

45. If you could change one thing about yourself, what would it be?

46. Are you reliable?

47. If you could ask your future self one question, what would it be?

48. Do you hold grudges?

49. If you could breed two animals together to defy the laws of nature, what new animal would you create?

50. What is the most unusual conversation you’ve ever had?

51. Are you a good liar?

52. How long could you go without talking?

53. What has been you worst haircut/style?

54. Have you ever baked your own cake?

55. Can you do any accents other than your own?

56. What do you like on your toast?

57. What is the last thing you drew a picture of?

58. What would be you dream car?

59. Do you sing in the shower? Or do anything unusual in the shower? Explain.

60. Do you believe in aliens?

61. Do you often read your horoscope?

62. What is your favorite letter of the alphabet?

63. Which is cooler: dinosaurs or dragons?

64. What do you think about babies?

Want to maintain or improve your writing skills in your target language this summer? Try this 30-day writing challenge for June: Every day, answer the following prompts in your target language (in a personal journal or in a tumblr post). Good luck!

Write a short letter to someone you haven’t talked to in a while.

What are your future career goals?

What’s your favorite childhood movie? Why?

If you could learn to cook anything this summer, what would it be and why?

List 5 (or more) things that make you happy.

What is your morning routine?

What is your night routine?

Who is one influential person in your life? Why?

Write a poem about someone (or something) you love :)

List 5 of your pet peeves.

What’s something about yourself that you want to improve?

What’s one place you’ve always wanted to visit? Why?

What’s one thing you’re looking forward to this summer?

What’s one of your favorite things about yourself? Why?

Write a haiku about summertime.

Describe a memorable dream you’ve had.

Who’s your celebrity crush? What do you like about them (besides how cute I’m sure they are lol)?

What’s your favorite summer memory?

Translate 3 of your favorite quotes into your target language.

Write 3 things that scare you and why.

Write about a challenge you’ve overcome!

Who is someone, dead or alive, you would love to meet? Why?

Who is your best friend and why do you love them?

What is your favorite item in your room?

What’s one book you had to read in school that you DIDN’T like? Rant about it.

What’s one good memory from school?

List an insecurity, then refute it by reminding yourself how great you are :)

How do you think someone would describe you?

How do you relax after a stressful or difficult day?

What was your favorite part of this month?

Degree - der Abschluss / das Diplom

Diploma - der Abschlusszeugnis / das Diplom

College/university instructor - der Dozent / die Dozentin

Subject - das Fach

Seminar - das Seminar

Scholarship - das Stipendium

Class - die Veranstaltung

Lecture - die Forlesung

to take - belegen

to go - gehen

to study/learn - lernen

to major in - studieren

Café - das Café

Lecture hall - der Hörsaal

College classroom - der Seminarraum

Gym - die Sporthalle

easy - einfach

useful - nützlich

useless - nutzlos

I’m a new account and I need to follow more people so reblog if you speak/learn:

-German

-Swedish

-Italian

-French

-Russian

-Dutch

-Irish

In German, there are two translations for ‘the same’: der/die/das gleiche and der/die/dasselbe.

They don’t describe the same concept of same-ness (Is that even a word? Well now it is). Dasselbe means ‘that exact same thing’ while das gleiche means something like ‘an exact copy of that thing’.

Look at my amazing editing skills these graphics to illustrate the difference:

1. (Go ahead) Do it: Trau dich 2. (I have) No idea: Keine Ahnung 3. A little: Ein bisschen 4. All in all: Alles in allem 5. All the best: Alles Gute 6. Alright: Na gut 7. An apple doesn’t fall far from the tree: Ein Apfel fällt nicht weit vom Stamm 8. Be careful: Passen Sie (gut) auf 9. Be quiet: Sei still 10. Believe it or not: Sage und schreibe 11. By no means: Auf keinen Fall 12. Don’t give it a thought: Machen Sie sich keine Gedanken 13. Everything under the sun: Gott und die Welt 14. For example: Zum Beispiel 15. For heaven’s sake: Um Himmels Willen 16. For the most part: Im Großen und Ganzen 17. Fun to be with: Lustig beisammen sein 18. Get well soon: Gute Besserung 19. God forbid: Gott behüte 20. Good dog: Braver Hund 21. Good luck: Viel Glück 22. Have fun: Viel Spaß 23. Heartfelt good wishes: Herzlichen Glückwunsch 24. How about: Wie wär’s mit 25. Hurry up: Beeil dich 26. I don’t get it: Es will mir nicht in den Sinn 27. I’ll drink to that: Darauf trink ich 28. In the meantime: In der Zwischenzeit 29. It doesn’t matter: Das macht nichts 30. It’s about time: Es wird Zeit 31. It’s me: Ich bin’s 32. Last but not least: Zu guter Letzt 33. Make yourself at home: Fühlen Sie sich wie zu Hause 34. Money isn’t an issue: Geld spielt keine Rolle 35. Move it: Beweg dich 36. No pain, no gain: Ohne Fleiß kein Preis 37. No problem: Kein Problem 38. No wonder: Kein Wunder 39. Not at all: Gar nicht 40. Of course: Na klar 41. Out of curiosity: Aus Neugierde 42. Quite close by: Ganz in der Nähe 43. See you later: Bis später 44. So far so good: So weit ganz gut 45. So to speak: Sozusagen 46. Take a look: Werfen Sie einen Blick 47. Thank God: Gott sei Dank 48. That’s a pity: So ein Pech 49. That’s fine with me: Das ist ganz in meinem Sinne 50. That’s life: So ist das Leben 51. That’s not my problem / business: Das ist nicht mein Bier 52. That’s the point: Da liegt der Hund begraben 53. Time will tell: Kommt Zeit kommt Rat 54. Until next time: Bis zum nächsten Mal 55. What a mess: So ein Mist 56. What a shame: (Wie) Schade 57. What are you waiting for?: Worauf wartest du? 58. What does it come to?: Was macht das? 59. What nonsense: Was für ein Unsinn 60. What will that accomplish?: Was bringt das? 61. What’s for lunch?: Was gibt es zum Mittagessen? 62. What’s your point?: Worauf willst du hinaus? 63. Will that do / work?: Geht das? 64. Yet again: Schon wieder 65. You can say that again: Das kannst du laut sagen 66. You included: Sie mit eingerechnet 67. You shouldn’t do that: Das sollst du nicht 68. You’re kidding me: Du bindest mir einen Bären auf

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