Thread: Learning German - suggestions

Use German daily. Post in the German counterpart of this forum.

Originally Posted by Gapo

Use German daily. Post in the German counterpart of this forum.

You obviously didn't read my whole post, I said i want to learn the basics of the language.
FYI, we're already in the German counterpart of sbi.

start by learning alphabet (listening & writing) then try audio books from .bz sites , you can also download some books from learn german - search - library.nu, last step is practice you need to practice a lot (writing & talking) .

Originally Posted by Extraterrestrial

You obviously didn't read my whole post

I always read the whole post.

Originally Posted by Extraterrestrial

I said i want to learn the basics of the language.

Why not learn from the Germans themselves?

Originally Posted by Extraterrestrial

we're already in the German counterpart of sbi.

Only thing missing is your question in German

I also recommend Rosetta Stone, time ago i tried to learn french with its method and in spite of not ending the course, at least I can understand many things in french.......

You only need to learn one phrase in any language IMO "Zwei Biere, bitte". Also curious why you would want to learn German.

learning tool for any language is Rosetta Stone.

haven't used it myself, supposedly its a decent tool and it should be available on many torrent sites


useful from personal experience:

as a reminder for some grammar related things:

Code:

http://www.udoklinger.de/Deutsch/Grammatik/Adjektiv.htm

an en <--> de online dictionary that also has a section with user questions/phrases/additions - two examples of the same query:

Code:

english interface:
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=en&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=&search=deutsch+sprechen
german interface:
http://dict.leo.org/ende?lp=ende&lang=de&searchLoc=0&cmpType=relaxed&sectHdr=on&spellToler=&search=deutsch+sprechen

hi.. try some online tutors to teach you German....

I had german as a part of my course some time back. I just sat through the classes!. Although I downloaded a ton of german material, I never did go through any of it.

I would ove to lern germ. too
Starting from here

I don't wanna give you tips where you can find online-tuts to learn German. There are enough to find if you use Google.

But what I sometimes do to improve my English or Italian is watching films I've already seen in the language I want to learn and activate subtitles in my mother tongue. I think, this is a good and simple way for start-up and improvement. Of course, you have to learn the basics first, but that's just a matter of will...

Jep.

Best and simple way (after some basics, of course): Get some movies in german language with english subtitles.

Best to start with are all Disney-Movies, after that Movies for Kids (Harry Potter!).

I've alway had a "5" in english (that's the second worst note here in germany, with a "6" you'll have to repeat the year) - I've learned english from David Letterman.