Sept. 18th, 2012
Today was a fun day in class. We
learned about adjectives. They are my favorite parts of speech! Some
of my favorite English adjectives include: rotund, sketchy, and
scrumtrelescent.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Scrumtrulescent
My new favorites in German are: nicht lustig (unfunny), schwarzhaarig
(brunette), and hässlich (ugly).
We also learned how to compare things.
You use the word “als” if you want to say something is bigger,
prettier, sketchier, etc than something else. For example, Die
Prinzessin ist schöner als der Troll. (The Princess is prettier than
the troll).
After class, we all went to the Mensa.
It was rush hour, and I randomly picked a line since I couldn’t
really see what they were serving. Of course I chose the line that
was serving something with mushrooms. Ew. There was some sort of
chicken to go along with them though, and it wasn’t too terribly
bad.
When I went to pay, the lunch lady
yelled at me. She asked if I was a student and when I nodded, she
asked for my ID. I showed her my library card, which I thought was
sufficient since it’s the only form of University ID they’ve
given us. Apparently, it was not. She said a bunch of stuff… not
sure what any of it was, but I got the idea that a library card is
not sufficient to get the student discount. I just said OK and paid
my 5 Euro and went on. She kept talking at me as I moved on (probably
calling me an idiot), but I just kept my head down and found a table
with the rest of the group. I didn’t feel so bad, because everyone
else was basically yelled at too.
I’ll be happy when I finally get my
Dortmund University ID so I can then put it on a lanyard and flash it
right under her nose. I might even go through the line 3 times, just
so she can see it more than once a day! I’m being mean… I guess
she was just doing her job, but I have a theory that all Germans
sound scary when they talk quickly, even when they aren’t
criticizing you.
After lunch, I trekked back to my dorm
to get started on homework and leisurely surf the Internet. Now that
I have access, I don’t have to set up a prescribed time to do this
at the library, which is both a good and bad thing. Mostly bad. It
took me 3 hours to do a simple worksheet. Curse you Facebook!
I also had tea with Bilge and we talked
about our favorite books. We got on the subject of Disney and she
loves Pochahontas! So we talked about that for about 30 minutes. Then
she tried to describe a fairy tale she read when she was younger
(this was after our discussion of Cinderella). She said it involved a
man with a blue beard and had seven wives. I thought it was specific
to Turkey, but we looked it up, and it’s by the same guy that wrote
Little Red Riding Hood, Charles Perrault
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bluebeard
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| His eyes crack me up. |
Then we talked about desserts
from our country. She described a Turkish milk with cinnamon that looked
delicious. She asked about “barbequing marshmallows” and I told
her all about S’mores, which she has never had! We made a plan to
try and make some soon. She has also never had a rice krispie treat,
so those will have to made as well.
No cathedrals or travelling this post,
sorry, but I will keep you updated!
Schüss!
German Word of the Day: weiß- “white”
Marshmallows are often weiß, until you barbeque or burn them.
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