Reply to: Learning German

[darrenb]

Tip, try Russian first, German is loads easier after a go at that....

Lass ihn dich nicht täuschen, der bläst dir nur Puderzucker in den Arsch!

[swamp]

Пошли на хуй!!

Ха ха...

Be gone on the penis!!

That is lame. I'm glad English has: **** off!!

[stek]

Пошли на хуй!!

Ха ха...

[sasguru]

Du bist ein inselaffer Spießer.

Jah Jah nitpickingen dumbkopf

[stek]

Tip, try Russian first, German is loads easier after a go at that....

[shaunbhoy]

So in the event of WW3 you'd be on the sharp edge of Soviet tanks stationed in Germany?

The fate of the free world was clearly in bad hands back then

Newsflash for AtW.

Cold War Result just in........................

Nato 1 Warsaw Pact 0

The good guys won. The professional armed forces of the free world intimidated the lackadaisical bolshevik hordes so much, they simply imploded in the end.

HTH

[VectraMan]

Du bist ein inselaffer Spießer.

[Pondlife]

Du bist eine insellafen spiesser.

:rechtschreibfehler:
Inselaffen

[AtW]

Du bust eine insellafen spiesser.

WHS

[sasguru]

I've been using the pimsleur method, not the exact one I've linked there but the result is the same. Before I tried michel thomas, while you get history in the lessons also you need more time for sure.

With the Pimsleur I find myself using being able to make use of what I've learnt very quickly; 'excuse me', 'what is the time' 'when could you have that ready' 'I would like to order etc.. ' lots of stupid small stuff and before you know it your constructing your own sentences.

If you want to impress a German I've been told learn 'eine kleine Schachtel Streichhölzer bitte' (a small box of matches please)

Du bist eine insellafen spiesser.

[mudskipper]

I believe that you only have to speak English but use more V's in front of words when talking in a rough voice.

VE HAVE VAYS OV MAKING YOU TALK HERR VURZEL

Simples.

VHS. Jawohl.

[AtW]

Whilst I was stationed in Germany in the early 80s

So in the event of WW3 you'd be on the sharp edge of Soviet tanks stationed in Germany?

The fate of the free world was clearly in bad hands back then - good thing nothing serious happened and you could continue to peal potatoes for the duration of the tour

[VectraMan]

I started with the Michel Thomas course (bought the "advanced" one too), which I think are really good if you know nothing, but there's big holes in what you do learn and you won't gain listening skills or much vocabulary.

I also bought a good beginners online course called Rocket German, although it was a bit expensive for what it was, and more recently I found a great intermediate course from Audible (the publisher is Innovative Language Learning - I think there's beginners' versions too). That's what's been going round and round in my car for the last few months. As always there's no shortage of beginners' material, but once you get to an intermediate level it's much harder to find anything.

BTW verb conjugation is quite easy in German. It's the cases and crazy word order that make it difficult.

My biggest problem is I'm no good at sitting down and memorizing vocabulary. I know enough of the grammar that I could probably speak German quite well if only I knew what all the words meant.

[MarillionFan]

I believe that you only have to speak English but use more V's in front of words when talking in a rough voice.

VE HAVE VAYS OV MAKING YOU TALK HERR VURZEL

Simples.

[TimberWolf]

Different people have their own preferences because we don’t all learn in the same way. If you are in the UK, go to the library and try some out. You can even back-up their CDs for them free.

WHS. Even my very local library is heaving with audio books, including lots of language books, and the larger central library overfloweth with them. Underrated places libraries, all sorts down there. I sometimes go down there to do my printing too (10p per page).