Help the Desperate German Learner...
This is a desperate German learning beginner. I've been learning German for one month and now I really believe that what the German major students said is damn true. "What happened to me when I chose it as my lifelong major?! Was my head kicked by a donkey or pinched in the door?!" "Give ma a Chinese word, I'll return you a German one twice as long as the equator!" That's a bit exaggerated at least, German number is a relief to me, compared to French. Well, you know in French, if your phone number is 123456, then you should say 12-34-56, and you'll wish you were a calculator. Ah, being a calculator is far from enough because if you think 20+60=80, YOU ARE TOO INNOCENT BABE! And how to say 79? It should be 60+10+9, SURPRISE! I really don't know what's the point of doing so except to refute that French are not so good at math! Well, in German, you can think logically as normal people do. I LOVE IT!
But this evening, German number broke my heart... We took turns to read out our respective phone number and the rest of us would write it down. "Listen carefully, don't miss the number of whom you have a crush on," said our teacher. Yes, if I had a crush on any guy in our class, I'd end up crying on my sorry ass tonight. I GOT NOTHING! "Hören Sie, bitte. !"§$%&/(I(%&/))=(=????!!!!! Ok tell me what you have got!" “WHAT?! That's all?! Bitte noch einmal...Langsam, bitte...Lauter, bitte...Ich verstehe nicht...” "Hm, you need more practice..."
She's right. Not only numbers, but also something like "listen to the dialog and fill in the blanks with the words you hear (Hören Sie den Dialog. Bitte ergänzen Sie die Zahlen)", everything related to listening, I suck. I hate the feeling of being a loser. Actually I rely on sound more than other senses to learn a foreign language. I prefer to read out the new words to get a unique feeling from it, so that I can remember it. But now, for German, this connection based on sound is missing. I could feel it when I was learning French but I feel so little now for German. I really want to learn it well and I must.
Maybe listening to more German material will help but unfortunately, it's not as available as English stuff here. The only resource available and not so dull for me is Knallerfrauen, but after watching 4 episodes of Season 1, I've started losing interest in it...
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这英文流畅的..... 羡慕啊......
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@Markus Yeah, it's more logical and more reasonable than English when it comes to pronunciation but still, I haven't found it easy to handle. Well, I also have a friend who relies on the integrated imagination which is interesting, by seperating the word into different parts to form a picture related to the word, together with the pronunciation similar to Chinese. Ah, just doesn't work on me. I still prefer sound. Oh, by the way, I'm the last one on this planet to have the honor to be called a sissy. @Ms Help, Hi~! I don't really care about the vote stuff but you know what, never try pissing off women on period or in menopause, since you're female too, you know how dangerous it can be:P
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@Ms Help. Well, you are right, you could better have posted this as a *question*, written in English about learning German. And not as a notebook entry. But I do not consider it a capital crime. The -3 thumbs down is a bit over the hill I think.
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If you want to learn German and practice your writing, please try to write in German. You will get helpful corrections from native speakers.
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Help the Desperate German Learner...
This is a desperate, beginning German learner learning beginner. I've been learning German for one month and now I really believe that what the German major students said is damn true. "What happened to me when I chose it as my lifelong major?! Was my head kicked by a donkey or pinched in the door?!" "Give ma a Chinese word, I'll return you a German one twice as long as the equator!" That's a bit exaggerated at least. German numbers is are a relief to me, compared to French. Well, you know in French, if your phone number is 123456, then you should say 12-34-56, and you'll wish you were a calculator. Ah, being a calculator is far from enough because if you think 20+60=80, YOU ARE TOO INNOCENT BABE! And how to do you say 79? It should be 60+10+9, SURPRISE! I really don't know what's the point of doing so except to refute that the French are not so good at math! Well, in German, you can think logically as normal people do. I LOVE IT!
But this evening, German numbers broke my heart... We took turns to read out loud our respective phone number and the rest of us would write it down. "Listen carefully, don't miss the number of whom you have a crush on," said our teacher. Yes, if I had a crush on any guy in our class, I'd end up crying on my sorry ass tonight. I GOT NOTHING! "Hören Sie, bitte. !"§$%&/(I(%&/))=(=????!!!!! Ok tell me what you have got!" “WHAT?! That's all?! Bitte noch einmal...Langsam, bitte...Lauter, bitte...Ich verstehe nicht...” "Hm, you need more practice..."
She's right. Not only numbers, but also something like "listen to the dialog and fill in the blanks with the words you hear (Hören Sie den Dialog. Bitte ergänzen Sie die Zahlen)", everything related to listening, I suck. I hate the feeling of being a loser. Actually I rely on sound more than other senses to learn a foreign language. I prefer to read out loud the new words to get a unique feeling from it, so that I can remember it. But now, for German, this connection based on sound is missing. I could feel it when I was learning French but I feel so little now for German. I really want to learn it well and I must.
Maybe listening to more German material will help but unfortunately, it's not as available as English stuff here. The only resource available and not so dull for me is Knallerfrauen, but after watching 4 episodes of Season 1, I've started losing interest in it...
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