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l'AllemandDesolée, cette page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. I learnt some German in preparation for a three-week stay with a friend in Regensburg in late 2004. I found I could understand roughly every fourth word that was said to me in Regensburg (perhaps because every fourth word is genau) I also managed to speak it myself, with my notable accomplishments being:
- ordering a pizza, to eat in, with no drink
- buying a CD with a song about sausages, without also buying the sausages that were supposed to come with it
- paying for an icecream at the counter, after a wasp had landed in it, preventing me from finishing it and thus eliminating all hope of a waiter spontaneously approaching to take my money.
As you can see, I'm not exactly an accomplished German speaker, but I've used German a lot more than I've used Japanese. When I visited Geneva straight after my stay in Regensburg, I came in contact with French for the first time, and I have to say, it sounded weird. Well, it sounded nice but I found myself wondering how human beings could actually make such sounds. Whenever I heard German in amongst that, it sounded so familiar, so homely, so understandable... and ever since then I have loved the sound of the German language. Even though I understand French now and have lost about half of of the little German I had, I still really like the sound of German, and I would like to learn it once I know French well enough not to get the two languages confused.| Pimsleur Quick and Simple German for English Speakers | Desolée, cette partie de la page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. The first thing I did to learn German was to download this audiobook. It teaches fairly basic stuff, like how to say hello, I only speak a little bit of German, where is Goethe Straße, Goethe Straße is here, Goethe Straße is not here, Goethe Straße is over there, etc. I was so excited when, on my first day in Frankfurt, in a taxi on the way to the hotel, I saw the street sign for Goethe Straße. I wanted to cry out, 'Die Goethe Straße ist hier!' Lire la suite | | Pimsleur Quick and Simple German for English Speakers | Desolée, cette partie de la page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. The first thing I did to learn German was to download this audiobook. It teaches fairly basic stuff, like how to say hello, I only speak a little bit of German, where is Goethe Straße, Goethe Straße is here, Goethe Straße is not here, Goethe Straße is over there, etc. I was so excited when, on my first day in Frankfurt, in a taxi on the way to the hotel, I saw the street sign for Goethe Straße. I wanted to cry out, 'Die Goethe Straße ist hier!' Lire la suite | | Collins Dictionary plus Grammar | Desolée, cette partie de la page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. I started reading the grammar section, but by the time I got about a third of the way through, I realised that I wasn't retaining the information very well, and I needed more of an introduction than a reference book. So I bought the Hugo book. | | Collins Dictionary plus Grammar | Desolée, cette partie de la page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. I started reading the grammar section, but by the time I got about a third of the way through, I realised that I wasn't retaining the information very well, and I needed more of an introduction than a reference book. So I bought the Hugo book. | | Hugo German in 3 Months | Desolée, cette partie de la page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. Reading the grammar section of the dictionary wasn't really working out, I needed more of an introduction than a reference book. So I bought this one. It was easy to follow as a beginner and I learnt a lot from it, so later when I had to learn French I had no hesitation in buying the French version of the same book. | | Hugo German in 3 Months | Desolée, cette partie de la page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. Reading the grammar section of the dictionary wasn't really working out, I needed more of an introduction than a reference book. So I bought this one. It was easy to follow as a beginner and I learnt a lot from it, so later when I had to learn French I had no hesitation in buying the French version of the same book. | | Der Apfel | Desolée, cette partie de la page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. Telling myself that I'd understand my Mac in any language, one of the first things I did after learning the very basics of German grammar, was to switch my Mac to German. In general I know what all the menus and buttons are, it doesn't matter if they're called something different. I'd switch it back occasionally if there was something I didn't understand, or to learn a new application. That's how I learnt words like Systemeinstelungen and Bearbeitung before important words like käse. Lire la suite | | Der Apfel | Desolée, cette partie de la page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. Telling myself that I'd understand my Mac in any language, one of the first things I did after learning the very basics of German grammar, was to switch my Mac to German. In general I know what all the menus and buttons are, it doesn't matter if they're called something different. I'd switch it back occasionally if there was something I didn't understand, or to learn a new application. That's how I learnt words like Systemeinstelungen and Bearbeitung before important words like käse. Lire la suite | | Sejour à Regensburg | Desolée, cette partie de la page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. I visited a friend in Regensburg for 3 weeks, where I got to put some of my hastily-learnt German into practice. I learnt quite a few new words, for instance genau, and many words related to religion. | | Sejour à Regensburg | Desolée, cette partie de la page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. I visited a friend in Regensburg for 3 weeks, where I got to put some of my hastily-learnt German into practice. I learnt quite a few new words, for instance genau, and many words related to religion. | | Duden calendar | Desolée, cette partie de la page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. While I was in Regensburg, I bought a calendar by Duden which has an example of bad grammar and an explanation for each day. It's all in German, and I presume it's mainly aimed at native speakers, so it would take me up to ten minutes to figure out what it meant each day. It didn't make me anywhere near as popular as my colleague's Dilbert calendar made her. A month into the year of that calendar, I found out I'd be moving to Geneva, so I stopped putting much effort into understanding the calendar and began learning French instead. I've kept the calendar anyway, so that I can review it when I learn German for real. | | Duden calendar | Desolée, cette partie de la page n'a pas encore été traduite en français. Voici la version anglaise. While I was in Regensburg, I bought a calendar by Duden which has an example of bad grammar and an explanation for each day. It's all in German, and I presume it's mainly aimed at native speakers, so it would take me up to ten minutes to figure out what it meant each day. It didn't make me anywhere near as popular as my colleague's Dilbert calendar made her. A month into the year of that calendar, I found out I'd be moving to Geneva, so I stopped putting much effort into understanding the calendar and began learning French instead. I've kept the calendar anyway, so that I can review it when I learn German for real. |
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