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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 ThatAwfulGermanLanguage
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Online learning
- Learn Online with Flashcards Texts, Flashcards, Multiple Choice tests
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- Deutsch - warum nicht? von Radio Deutsch Welle, Köln.
- Goethe Institute onlinelinks.
- Pimsleur audio German files…
Grammer
- Perfekt (haben/sein + Partizip II)
- Präteritum
- Passiv (werden + infinitiv)
- Konjunktiv II (Conjugate OR werden + Partizip II)
- Präpostionen (cases…)
Culture
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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: The awful German language - Mark Twain 1880
And why does german grammer have a similar reputation to latin ;)
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?