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I have a passion for language, I think all languages are beautiful and seek to learn as many as I can. I work in the Army and am usually busy and have never had the time to consistently study a language, so the basic grasp on German that I have is mostly self-taught. Definitely would like help perfecting German, and always keen to start learning Russian if the oppurtunity comes along. Herzlichen danken!
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    Are there hard and fast rules for determining with suffix to use in German? I've never had a German teacher so much of what I learned was self taught, something I never really learned was when to use 'e', 'en', 'es', etc as the endings to different words. For example, when would you use 'ein', 'eines' or 'einen'?
    April 7, 2012
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  • Commented

    I think French comes to mind for most English speakers. It's seamless and music to the ears. I personally would say German, it's probably my favourite language, it sounds suave and classy to me, but it can be masculine and authoritative or feminine and sexy at the same time.

    I think all languages are beautiful, they're all a kind of music to me. I appreciate the beauty in them all.

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    April 7, 2012
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  • Corrected

    First notebook entry: Introducing myself

    Welcome italki...I wish and hope my English improves with you.

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    April 7, 2012
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  • Answered
    You're very right. Within meaning 'less than' or 'before' the noun that follows. So 'within 5 minutes' would mean '5 minutes or less', 'in 5 minutes' would mean 5 minutes roughly.
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    April 2, 2012
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  • Answered
    'During the holiday,' is correct. 'In' or 'on' don't make sense when used with a noun like holiday.
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    April 2, 2012
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  • Posted
    Why is Russian considered a 'difficult language'? When I've looked it up in the past I see a lot of warning about it's difficulty. But what especially makes it 'difficult' so to speak? I've seen phrases and words that don't seem particularly hard to pronounce (unlike languages with lots of silent letters). Is the grammar complicated? What else?
    April 1, 2012
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    Erste teil Hallo, ich heisse Matthias West, ich komme aus Australien. Ich denke mein deutsch ist ok, aber meine grosste problem ist mit der grammatik. Und wenn zu machen 'die,der,das,des oder denn'. Ich habe mich selbst gelehrt hat, und sprechen mit deutschers zu perfektionieren. Ich weiss fehler gemacht zu haben! Tut mir leid fur die schlecht deutsch und danke fur ihre hilfe.
    April 1, 2012
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