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| CS Groupie United States Joined 5133 days ago 49 posts - 74 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: Icelandic, Latin, French | Message 105 of 119 01 March 2011 at 9:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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I'm busy with French at the moment, but I took German in college and I'd like to get back to it. There are *tons* of
books in history and linguistics in German.
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| strummer Diglot Newbie Switzerland Joined 4927 days ago 38 posts - 53 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 106 of 119 19 July 2011 at 2:54pm | IP Logged | ||
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After you realize that it is not so difficult, and you start to appreciate it, learn it can be pretty exciting!!!
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| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6387 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 107 of 119 20 July 2011 at 3:28am | IP Logged | ||
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I'm learning French. I am interested in another European language to study, although
I'm planning on learning an Asian one too. Is German really a good choice? How useful is German really? Spanish seems to be a logical choice, but I'm slightly more interested in Italy or Germany than Spain, and Spanish relies on Mexico/Argentina mainly for its major status outside of Europe. I'm not sure I have a lot of interest in those countries. Spanish seems to be easier to learn however than German. However, German seems to be a language that is stagnating compared to a fast growing Spanish. Edited by aquablue on 20 July 2011 at 3:29am 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| strummer Diglot Newbie Switzerland Joined 4927 days ago 38 posts - 53 votes Speaks: Italian*, English Studies: German, Mandarin, Japanese | Message 108 of 119 20 July 2011 at 4:10am | IP Logged | ||
Go to this link http://how-to-learn-any-language.com/e/languages/german/inde x.html it explain everything about the German language(usefulness, reasons to study,etc) 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Oregano Diglot Newbie Poland Joined 4905 days ago 3 posts - 3 votes Speaks: Polish*, English Studies: Swedish, Russian | Message 109 of 119 20 July 2011 at 4:37am | IP Logged | ||
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I had been learning German for 8 years and... I stopped doing that last year. German classes were compulsory at schools I was attending to and when I graduated from my secondary school I simply stopped, making up a decision to teach myself Spanish instead.
Now I regret, because after one year without contact with the language everything gradually disappears (+ Spanish didn't work with me and I resigned from learning it). I have to admit than as i become older, I am more and more 'linguistic conscious' and maybe one day I'll come back and restart. I think German is pretty useful while one wants to be a conference interpreter in the European Union (which... ok, let's say that, I dream about, but it's quite distant dream) Edited by Oregano on 20 July 2011 at 2:05pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| aquablue Senior Member United States Joined 6387 days ago 150 posts - 172 votes Speaks: English* Studies: French, Mandarin | Message 110 of 119 20 July 2011 at 5:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Why would learning German be better option than learning Spanish for business?
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| LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5055 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German | Message 111 of 119 20 July 2011 at 6:10pm | IP Logged | ||
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I get asked this question a lot by people. Besides my Germanic roots, I like the sound of the language and it comes a bit easier (the pronuncioation, not necessarily the grammar lol) than say,the romance languages like Spanish or Italian. For me, I've come to appreciate its beauty, even though many can't see it. I do plan to study in Germany next year (Goethe Institut) so it's good to already know some of the language. I just hope their not too picky if I accidently use the wrong case (say maybe, "die Frau" instead of der Frau" for dativ, or that matter, genitiv I know femine is der in the dativ but it still sounds funny to me:)
Yeah, I heard German is good for business too, I'd also like to hear more on that. In the US, maybe Spanish would be better, not sure, but at any rate (slow most likely), I'm learning German and that's that lol. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Camundonguinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4754 days ago 273 posts - 500 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish Studies: Swedish | Message 112 of 119 24 December 2011 at 4:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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German is difficult, and it does not pay that well. I've chosen Norwegian instead.
I had troubles with German nouns (die, der, das), but in Norwegian no problems at all even in 3 gender dialects (like the Oslo one). 1 person has voted this message useful |
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