Smash Fear, Learn Anything - Ueberwinde deine Angst, Lerne alles I've watched Tim Ferriss's TED.com speech, called Smash Fear, Learn Anything. In it, he tells the story of learning Japanese very quickly at age 16. He has since developed a way to learn grammar in any language using these 6 sentences. The apple is red. It is John's apple. I give John the apple. We want to give him the apple. He gives it to John. She gives it to him. I hardly think that these sentences will cover everything I need to know, seeing as 4 of the 6 use the verb "give". But I am curious to see if this helps. Please write your translation of the above sentences into your native language, especially if you are a German speaker. And please answer no matter if someone has already answered, especially if someone has translated it differently than you would have. Here is the link to the speech if you are interested. It is available with German (and 18 other languages) subtitles.