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10/1/26 - der zehnte Januar 2026.
Hallo, zusammen!
Recently I've been fully preparing to switch to A2 German, even writing in German in my trusty language learning notebook! In addition, once I get german videos like Instagram reels popping up, I either look it up on an online german dictionary or my physical german-english dictionary and get myself to practice it in the diary and verbally.
And in addition, I've recently passed a German speaking test in my class once holiday break stopped, and I got the highest grade in the class, even higher than the native German speaker who I practice with.
I've also been thinking about getting some childrens' books in German so I can really start to improve my German reading, but for now, I've been borrowing from my German teacher's small library of German childrens' books, such as 'One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish' in German and other such childrens books.
And lastly, I've also started to watch Pocoyo dubbed in German. Back when I was A1-A2 in Russian I really loved to watch it because for the most part it was easily understandable and I could easily pick up new words from it, it also had no subtitles so I was really forced to just listen to it. I also liked it quite a lot as a kid, when my younger relative watched it around me all the time, so when I first found it in other languages, I was pretty happy!
Bis Spaeter! (unfortunately umlauts do not work! :( )
-Monika
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19/12/2025 - The 19th of December, 2025 - Der neunzehnte Dezember 2025
Hallo, zusammen!!
Recently, I've gotten a hang of A1 German (I've been fully studying it since september) and I've started studying A2 German grammar and vocab! As of late, I can write a short, 1-page postcard, and I feel quite proud of myself, considering how detailed I can make it so early! :)
Recently, I've watched a German Christmas movie called 'Klaus' in class, and though I didn't understand much,I still understood quite a bit. I'm very proud of myself.
I've also started an Animal Crossing New Leaf (I don't have a nintendo switch, or the resources to emulate New Horizons, so for now just New Leaf) in German too, along with my trusty notebook, and noting down phrases that seem useful, look them up in my dictionary, and make sure to practice them after my playthrough for the day.
Also, though it was against my will, I keep getting German videos pop up on my Instagram Reels feed... I like them quite a lot more than the typical feed (considering I'm learning German myself and I'm actually interested in it, probably) so it feels a bit nice to see and I've even followed a few German learning accounts on Instagram, too.
And lastly, I'd like to give a link to a rather helpful series of videos about German Grammar as an iceberg, sorted based on level, and I'm using it to list what grammar I need to learn for A2. :3
Link Here :)
Well, that's all I have for now! Tschuess.
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28/11/25 - The 28th of November 2025
Hiiiii, everyone :))) I'm back. Again!!!
Recently I've been watching videos from Easy German a lot, specifically their interview videos where they ask basic things like age, hobbies, ect because I've been learning about that a lot recently in German class.
Along with that, I've been trying to find videos of topics I like that are by german-speaking youtubers, like Stardew Valley and Minecraft.
Also recently, I've gotten an idea of something I could do with the friends I have in my German class: We were thinking of maybe making a minecraft realm or world, and sort of roleplaying on it in german, make lots of nice little shops (like bakeries, weaponsmiths, groccery stores, castle, ect) and label the items that are in there in German. It's a bit like the sticky note idea that most beginner language learners are suggested, but I have no time for that, nor the sticky notes, nor the tolerance of the people around me and myself to use sticky notes, so I think the Minecraft idea might be a pretty good one! I might write back on it sometime to tell any readers how it was for me!! :D
In addition, I've gotten myself a nice, portable german dictionary and an understandment of how conjugating verbs works, so I've started writing a sort of diary in German. I've tried it for a week even and I've remembered so much more than if I had just used flash cards, (maybe because I'm actively using the verbs instead of just trying to remember them? Idk) and it's a really nice way to practice my "Was machst du in deiner Freizeit?" verbs, too. I know this isn't my Russian vlog, but I had tried writing in a diary in Russian for 1 month (starting at around October 25th or so) and I've made a LOT of progress, considering I've jumped from 40 word entries every day to 110 WORDS!!! I'm very proud of myself, as you can probably tell. ^U^
And for my last thing, in German class, we've been watching a movie called "Das Wonder von Bern" in German to practice our "Was machst du in deiner Freizeit" verbs too (and maybe because my German teacher is really nice and wants us to have fun, lol) and I can't help but reccomend it! It's on youtube with English and Vietnamese subtitles and it's about football and set in 1954. I don't want to spoil it too much, but it's centered around a young boy named Matthaias and his father figure/football player as the football player goes to Bern for the 1954 world cup and Matthaias' father returns from being a POW in Russia. That's all I'll tell you, you'll have to watch it for yourself. :3 Even if you aren't learning German, it's a really amazing movie! I couldn't help but reccomend it!
Well, I'll post again soon. See (or well, you'll see me) you all soon!
-Monika
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22/11/25
Hiii, everyone! This is my first entry, and I'd like to tell you all a bit about me, especially when I learn German! :3
So I'm Monika, and I learn german at school! I also do lots of learning at home, since language learning is a VERY BIG task!!!
So since this is not my first time doing this, I have my resources, and I like helping people, I'll just do this. Yay!!
So, first things first: What do I use to learn, currently?
Well, I use German Class in my school (but if you aren't able to take a class, it's completely fine!!)
And German Learning Youtube channels such as "Easy German" And "Learn German with Herr Antrim".
Before I started German classes though, I listened to a podcast called "Coffee Break German" (on Youtube, Spotify, and maybe more) and it was also rather useful! I still remember it today, as I'm passing (with a 107%) in my German class.
You also may be wondering if I use Duolingo, right? Well, I don't. I do NOT reccomend it to get fluent. I just don't like it (with the AI and all) and it wasn't really effective, for me, so I quit it after (trying) to learn Russian on it. Seeing as I completed ALL of the Russian course on it and tried a bit of the German course too recently, I'd be able to tell you Duolingo alone cannot get you fluent. It cannot supplement the conversations that you need with native speakers, the writing, the reading, and lsitening you need to get fluent.
I'm not saying to not use it. You can. But just know: You cannot learn a whole language on Duolingo. There is no actually lazy way to learn a language, despite what many may tell you. You actually need to put effort into it!!
And that's why I made this: To make a resource for language learners to look at, since just going into a language, it's like treading into water you can't see through: You don't know what's all in it. So I want to help people like that, since I, too, was once like that (and still somewhat am)
Anyway, if you read this far, thanks! If you check back in a bit, I might have another blog posted about my language learning journey!
For now, goodbye!
- Monika!!
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