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Thiiis was way harder than it should have been. The second bit, anyway.

На каком курсе ты учишься? Ask what year your classmates are in. Find out what courses they are taking.

На каком курсе ты учишься? Я учусь на втором курсе.
Что ты изучаешь? Я изучаю химию, биологию, математику.

На каком курсе ты учишься? Я учусь на четвёртом курсе.
Что ты изучаешь? Я изучаю хурналистиу, литературу, русский язык.

Автобиография. You are in a Russian classroom on the first day of class. The teacher has asked everybody to tell a bit about themselves. Be prepared to talk for at least one minute without notes. (AUGH. Though this would be great to do on Skype for pronunciation, but. AUGH.)

Меня зовут Кити. Я живу в Северном Каролине. Я учусь в [школе куртизанкы? pending grammar confirmation]. Я изучаю литературу, русский язык, немецкий язык, философию. Я люблю русский и немецкий язык. Я говорю неплохо по-испански, по-француски, по-японски.

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It's time for another Good Idea, Bad Idea.

Good idea: Losing weight so that you will be in shape again.

Bad idea: Losing weight and forgetting that this makes your old jeans fall off your dumb ass.

The end.

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Ask your partner questions using the words Wann, Was, Was für, Warum, Wer, Wie, Wie alt, Wo, and Woher. You can ask about your partners family and friends, courses, leisure activities, the weather, and so on.

1. Was für Musik horst du gern?
2. Wie ist das Wetter heute?
3. Woher kommst du?
4. Wie alt ist das Buch?


Und auf Deutsch? Karoline, your guest from Germany, doesnt understand the conversation of your two American friends. Translate for her. (Aaand I'm fairly sure I goofed this one royally. Crap.)

Ed: We’re playing tennis today, right? Wir spielen Tennis heute, nicht wahr?
Katie: No, it’s too cold. We’ll play tomorrow, okay? Nein, ist zu kalt. Wir spielen morgen, ja?
Ed: But it’s so nice out. The sun’s shining and tomorrow it’ll rain for sure. Aber ist es schön. Die Sonne scheint und am morgen es regnet bestimmt.
Katie: I don’t think so. Ich glaube nicht. (Though it said to use das… mrr?)
Ed: By the way, what time are we going to the movies tonight? Übrigens , wann wir ins kino gehen?
Katie: At six thirty. George is coming too. Am halb sechs. George kommt auch.
Ed: Really, isn’t he working this evening? Vielleicht, arbeitet er heute Abend nicht?
Katie: No, he works on Monday and Tuesday. Nein, er arbeitet am Montag und Dienstag.