Studying German

Fad ILY wrote: Update_2: Had the test today and I freaking totally forgot about again. Don't think I did too well on it D:

@Missy Lol I dont know any Germans ><
The pronounciation is ridiculously hard. Also it's really weird how there's gender associated with Nouns ie: die, der and das o.O

do the AWEs (allgemeinwissenschaftlichen Ergänzungsfächer) where you hav to talk alot (like Rhetorik etc.), you dont need to do the examp in that AWEs just go there and learn

Well I could offer to skype with you and go through the questions you might have?

Han-Dok wrote:

BirdsFly wrote: Always willing to help. But yeah...a Chinese once told me, that there is a turn of speech that says you learn German a lifetime.

hahahha:D that comming from china??? their language is like crazy complicated ...i guess

the chinese grammar is not that difficult, so i have been told by a chinese girl last weekend... her boyfriend is german, studying chinese... she is studying german... and they talked chinese, because it is "easier".... hahaha i did not expect that, to be honest...
so, i am german... and grammar sometimes kills me!
the best way to learn a language... speak to the people... don't feel ashamed and don't let germans talk to you in english... because that is what we do...

ohhhhhhhh.... now....
you are in australia...
well than...
WHY DO YOU STUDY GERMAN?!?!?!
hahaha

i'd like to help!
it's gonna be fun i guess
and i know how it is, looking for a language tutor
hehe

MissMiss wrote:

Han-Dok wrote:

BirdsFly wrote: Always willing to help. But yeah...a Chinese once told me, that there is a turn of speech that says you learn German a lifetime.

hahahha:D that comming from china??? their language is like crazy complicated ...i guess

the chinese grammar is not that difficult, so i have been told by a chinese girl last weekend... her boyfriend is german, studying chinese... she is studying german... and they talked chinese, because it is "easier".... hahaha i did not expect that, to be honest...
so, i am german... and grammar sometimes kills me!
the best way to learn a language... speak to the people... don't feel ashamed and don't let germans talk to you in english... because that is what we do...

Yes, there's nearly nothing you can do wrong with the chinese grammar...no tenses like past, it's easy to create questions...chinese is complicated because of other things, like right pronounciation, all the words and characters you have to learn and stuff...when you know the chinese grammar it's quite funny to hear a chinese speak german, cause you notice that they just use the chinese "grammar" in german too XD
That is so cute...

Woah Missy you speak German? Wutdaheck.... o.O
Calm down ladies I know you're all eager to help me out but there's no need to fight over it.

Did you find any audio CDs to be worthwhile?

Maybe Pimsleur tapes? Or FSI ones? I've always found those to be good starting points.

MissMiss wrote:

Han-Dok wrote:

BirdsFly wrote: Always willing to help. But yeah...a Chinese once told me, that there is a turn of speech that says you learn German a lifetime.

hahahha:D that comming from china??? their language is like crazy complicated ...i guess

the chinese grammar is not that difficult, so i have been told by a chinese girl last weekend... her boyfriend is german, studying chinese... she is studying german... and they talked chinese, because it is "easier".... hahaha i did not expect that, to be honest...
so, i am german... and grammar sometimes kills me!
the best way to learn a language... speak to the people... don't feel ashamed and don't let germans talk to you in english... because that is what we do...

" it is "easier"". das ist aber nichts neues. sogar wir chinese, das unintelligentste volk(was sprache angeht, meine ich ernst), können diese sprache fließend. es darf nicht schwer sein.
"grammar sometimes kills me". auch das ist nicht unbedingt neues. ich weiß auch fast nichts von chinesischer grammatik. dabei bin ich sogar repräsentativ. generell gilt: von der grammatik haben muttersprachler wenigere ahnung als sprachlerner. honig kann ein bienenvolk besser herstellen als ein mensch, von dessen biochimie weiß es aber weniger bescheid als er. konkret: deutsche grammatik ist (nicht nur) dir schweriger als mir. chinesische grammatik wird dir höchstwahrscheinlich leichter fallen als mir, wenn du chinesisch studierst