OK - up to now I’ve only blogged here in English. But actually German is a pretty easy language to pick up - at least it is the way I speak it!
So let me tell you about my day yesterday in German:
Ich wontten schoppen gehen. Ist regenning, zo ich mit mein auto schoppen gehen. Dammundblast [...]
Planning to waste years of your life sweating over a German grammar book? Well stop right now.
Here’s how you really speak German. Welcome to Imbißdeutsch…
We’re all told that German is a difficult language to learn. Its grammar is grisly, its pronunciation prickly and its cases catastrophic.
Well now I can reveal…exclusively to readers of this blog… that there is an easier way to learn German. It’s effective and quick. Throw away those grammar books and try this method….
I think this video could be a metaphor for a phone conversation I had yesterday. It was one of those situations where I understood every single word… but nothing in the sentences made any sense.
Anyone else ever have those days?
If Germans don’t learn English…. one day it’ll come back to bite them. (Okay - the first example comes from Holland… but it still applies).
…and , why you should never let your children learn German…
Most of my neighbours are enjoying the warmer weather and spring flowers that are starting to come out in the gardens. But not me.
Springtime heralds the start of the annual warmer weather which makes me sweat. Not because of the heat, you understand. Because of my sheer terror when it comes to discussing the temperature [...]
On my first full day in Germany I was unfortunate enough to go down with a cold. This meant my first task was to go and buy a packet of tissues.
After the breakfast experience, I thought it wise to arm myself with the correct vocabulary, so from the depths of my luggage I retrieved my [...]
Of course when I first came to Germany, I assumed I’d pick up the language fairly fluently within a week or two. The best way to do this would be to immerse myself totally. I resolved to seek out people who don’t know any English and insist on talking with them. In German, of [...]
