|[[http://dict.leo.org/?lang=de&lp=ende|leo]]|[[http://www.german-flashcards.com/|Flashcards]]|[[http://www.google.com/translate_t?langpair=de|en|tranlsate]]|


[[http://www.vhs-regensburg.de/hp5017/ihre-vhs.htm|VHS Regensburg]]


===== email expressions =====

  Ich ruf ihm an später = I'll ring him back later
  ...    = Please find attached
  ...    = See below
  bzgl. (bezüglich) = regarding
  bzw. (beziehungsweise)  = respectively
  Ist es möglich eine Kopie die Folie von die Besprechung heute zu bekommen?


Mark Twain [[Mark Twain|ThatAwfulGermanLanguage]]


====== Der Wikidobia ======

[[wp>German_language]]


===Online learning===
   *[[http://www.german-flashcards.com|Learn Online with Flashcards]]  Texts, Flashcards, Multiple Choice tests
   *[[http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,265,00.html|Deutche Welle]] News in simple German and more...
  *[[http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,2142,2163,00.html|Deutsch - warum nicht?]] von Radio Deutsch Welle, Köln.\\
  *Goethe Institute online[[http://www.goethe.de/lhr/lks/gra/deindex.htm|links]].
  *Pimsleur audio German files...
[[http://www.daf-portal.de/|DAF Portal]]\\

[[Rep. Ireland 3-03-08]]


==== Grammer ====

  *Perfekt (haben/sein + Partizip II)
  *Präteritum
  *Passiv  (werden + infinitiv)
  *Konjunktiv II (Conjugate OR werden + Partizip II)
  *Präpostionen (cases...)


=== Culture ===
[[http://www.lyricsbox.com/wir-sind-helden-8f8f6.html|Wir Sind Helden lyrics]]\\
[[http://www.spiegel.de/|Der Spiegel]]

"Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiß nichts von seiner eigenen." Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1821


==== On learning German... ====

Mark Twain on the German Language: [[Mark Twain|The awful German language - Mark Twain 1880]]


And why does german grammer have a similar reputation to latin ;)
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<code>
CENTURION: What's this, then? 'Romanes Eunt Domus'? 
'People called Romanes they go the house'?
BRIAN: It-- it says, 'Romans, go home'.
CENTURION: No, it doesn't. What's Latin for 'Roman'? Come on!
BRIAN: Aah!
CENTURION: Come on!
BRIAN: 'R-- Romanus'?
CENTURION: Goes like...?
BRIAN: 'Annus'?
CENTURION: Vocative plural of 'annus' is...?
BRIAN: Eh. 'Anni'?
CENTURION: 'Romani'. 'Eunt'? What is 'eunt'?
BRIAN: 'Go'. Let--
CENTURION: Conjugate the verb 'to go'.
BRIAN: Uh. 'Ire'. Uh, 'eo'. 'Is'. 'It'. 'Imus'. 'Itis'. 
'Eunt'.
CENTURION: So 'eunt' is...?
BRIAN: Ah, huh, third person plural, uh, present 
indicative. Uh, 'they go'.
CENTURION: But 'Romans, go home' is an order, so you 
must use the...?
BRIAN: The... imperative!
CENTURION: Which is...?
BRIAN: Umm! Oh. Oh. Um, 'i'. 'I'!
CENTURION: How many Romans?
BRIAN: Ah! 'I'-- Plural. Plural. 'Ite'. 'Ite'.
CENTURION: 'Ite'.
BRIAN: Ah. Eh.
CENTURION: 'Domus'?
BRIAN: Eh.
CENTURION: Nominative?
BRIAN: Oh.
CENTURION: 'Go home'? This is motion towards. Isn't it, 
boy?
BRIAN: Ah. Ah, dative, sir! Ahh! No, not dative! Not 
the dative, sir! No! Ah! Oh, the... accusative! 
Accusative! Ah! 'Domum', sir! 'Ad domum'! Ah! Oooh! Ah!
CENTURION: Except that 'domus' takes the...?
BRIAN: The locative, sir!
CENTURION: Which is...?!
BRIAN: 'Domum'.
CENTURION: 'Domum'.
BRIAN: Aaah! Ah.
CENTURION: 'Um'. Understand?
</code>