I am trying to learn German

[Forrest_Flock]

probably the only German tv I have ever watched would be Inspector Rex

 

[thekid]

Ist das Kauderwelsch?

 

[little_grey_bantam]

Ha, just throw yourself into a foreign country/movie and you'll be forced to learn the language!

That's actually a good idea... too bad I'm a chicken LOL

 

[Forrest_Flock]

the kid,
eh I will have to translate that
give me a minute...

ah! gibberish!
no, it is not, but longer more complicated sentences usually are

 

[thekid]

dies ist ein Satz, der geht auf das Wort Satz darlin verwendet haben soll.

 

[ChicksterJo]

After learning some French for about 5 years, I decided to try to take up German in college. I dropped the class in a few weeks, mostly because of time management issues on my behalf and the work it takes to keep up with the class. But it is very different from a romance language like French. I think I'd be better off learning Italian!! And I thought I sounded angry every time I practiced

 

[Forrest_Flock]

I barely practise at all

end up sounding weird when I talk something other than english

 

[EweSheep]

I thought German language was rather "harsh" sounding. Alot of rr in it LOL! It does not have any "music" to it either unless you are going to a German opera. Hitler speaking German to the crowd sound harsh, forceful and nothing romantic about it.

However I would not mind going to the Black Forest but it is not far from Germany. I don't think I would want to visit the country itself unless it is country side.

 

[Avalon1984]

I am native German and speak it regularily with my parents back at home. German isn't all that hard of a language. What makes it bad is the many accents. I happen to come from a small village in the Thuringian mountains with 4 villages surrounding mine- each village, although only a few kilometers away- had a different accent, differnent words for the same thing, etc. Although accents are slowly disappearing you will still find many traces of them whens peaking to Germans.A t your service with any questions you may have

 

[Peaches Lee]

Most of the German I know (or remember!) is horse terms. Anytime I would speak it, the Germans were always correcting me to their dialect. So, northern German sounds different than southern German--I guess much like the US. One time there was a playful argument about spaetz-LUH or spaetz-LAY!!

I've always enjoyed the language though because it is so rough, and has direction and each letter is usually pronounced unlike French where there's a bunch of letters you don't say which is confusing for me. I also think German and English are quite similar.

The easiest way to pick up on it for me was through German music.