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10-27-2009, 12:37 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Denmark.
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| Forget about german as a romantic language...believe me, I know...I've had a german boyfriend once. 
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10-27-2009, 12:40 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: May 2009 Location: Hamlet, NC, US
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| Harrison-I tried Spanish, then settled on German because it was so much easier. Simply put, there are zero exceptions in German. Once you learn the grammatical rule, then you are done. |
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10-27-2009, 12:40 PM
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| Der Crewchief   Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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| German is actually not that difficult. It is very similar to English. There is a reason for that though. English is a Germanic language. As others have said though, it has some things that are difficult. The genders and cases can be difficult. I have been speaking German fluently for over almost my whole life and sometime I get the articles and cases mixed up.
__________________  fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] |
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10-27-2009, 03:52 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey
Posts: 5,688
 | Thanks Diddy and Adler! I think it is set in stone that it'll be my language next year! |
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10-27-2009, 04:01 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Mar 2009 Location: Vojvodina, Serbia
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| Bit of advice...I believe that if you really want to learn a foreign language then you must use it in every day life. After learning German language for almost 10 years in school, but not using it at all after that, I forgot almost everything. On the other hand I started learning English only in high school and even then only as a second language. However, by using it every day since I started university, both in my studies and other things (internet, cable TV, comics and books, etc) I came with it to this point where I'm now...
__________________  "Find your enemy and shoot him down - everything else is unimportant." |
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10-27-2009, 04:06 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2007 Location: New Jersey
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| Spanish would probably be the language then. But there are just tooooooooooo many exceptions. The preterit and imperfect tense. Accent marks, when to put them. Yo, tu, el, ella, usted, nosotros, vosotros, ellos, ellas and Ustedes all have different spellings for the same word. It can get confusing.  |
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10-27-2009, 04:14 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Oct 2007 Location: Texas
Posts: 1,429
| My French class was a real pain. My teacher was French and drove us crazy with her world view. German ended up being a better match and easier for me to learn. What are your goals? If you are looking for college, Latin will help your SAT or ACT sore. I know the school do not offer eastern and middle eastern languages but they are in demand in the US. You have lots of options. DBII
__________________ ~ Ladies and gentleman, this is your stewardess speaking. We regret any inconvenience the sudden cabin movement might have caused. This is due to periodic air pockets we encountered. There's no reason to be alarmed and we hope you enjoy the rest of your flight. By the way, is there anyone on board who knows how to fly a plane?~ |
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10-27-2009, 04:18 PM
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10-27-2009, 04:21 PM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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__________________ fly boy:"isnt that the first jet bomber becasue i have flown one in a flight sim before and i know how it handles"[/I] | |
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10-27-2009, 06:24 PM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: Zlin, Czech Republic
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__________________  Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. | |
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10-27-2009, 06:24 PM
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__________________ Roman Susil Zlin, Czech Republic ...a friend of Joe Owsianik,So. Plainfield, NJ, a former left waist gunner from B-17G ''Tail End Charlie" from 2ndBG,20th Sqdn who was forced to bail out on Aug. 29th, 1944 over my country. | |
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10-28-2009, 02:55 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Feb 2008 Location: Osaka
Posts: 782
| Right...I completed German grammar when I was 19 during 6 months I had no chance to use it to forget. I miss my lost skill now 
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10-28-2009, 06:27 AM
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| Senior Member  Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dordrecht
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| German confuses me sometimes. A lake in Dutch is "meer", while in German it is "Zee". A sea in Dutch is "zee" and in German "Meer". So german isn't logical after all
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10-28-2009, 10:47 AM
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| Der Crewchief Join Date: Nov 2004 Location: Ansbach, Germany
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10-28-2009, 03:43 PM
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| Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: Dordrecht
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| Well, the English agree with us, after all, they call it the sea as well. The Germans have only the French as allies (La mer) 
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