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WingSuet Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5349 days ago 169 posts - 211 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: Cantonese
| Message 73 of 116 26 January 2013 at 11:11am | IP Logged |
@BAnna: Yeah, the class is really great! I can't believe how much I've learned this
past semester. When I first started, I had forgotten everything! Even the word
'vergessen' - to forget, so I couldn't even explain to my conversation partner that I
had forgotten all the words! :P Now I can converse (although not in a great way) and I
can write texts. I'm really looking forward to seeing how much I can learn within this
semester!
I've been working a lot with vocabulary lately. I finished the course "1000 words of
Elementary German" on Memrise and am going to start on the course "5000 German Words".
That will keep me busy for a while ;)
We had a discussion about the book "Kleider machen Leute" by Gottfried Keller, but I
still haven't finished the book. The next book, "Bahnwärter Thiel" should be finished
by Monday and I still have a lot to read. I really need to step it up and finish those
books! The language is so much more difficult than the other German books I have read,
as the language is very old and sophisticated. I found a lot of old dative endings,
such as "im Bette" and old words. Even though the books are difficult, I'm enjoying
them. I think it's very interesting to read old books because of the way they are
written and the way the characters speak. The language really is beautiful!
Next week I'm going to Austria for a week to visit some friends that I meant during my
exchange semester in Hong Kong. I probably won't be speaking much German though, as
some of my friends don't speak it, but maybe I'll get some opportunity to practise
anyway.
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| Sunja Diglot Senior Member Germany Joined 6083 days ago 2020 posts - 2295 votes 1 sounds Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Mandarin
| Message 74 of 116 13 February 2013 at 8:56am | IP Logged |
Are you back now? How was your trip to Austria?
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| WingSuet Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5349 days ago 169 posts - 211 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: Cantonese
| Message 75 of 116 20 February 2013 at 12:45pm | IP Logged |
Sorry that it took so long for me to update. I'm back from Austria, and I had a lot to
do to catch up with my school work. The trip was good, it was great seeing my friends
again!
Week 7 - 10,88 hours spent on German
I've been reading a lot lately as part of my school work. I've finished reading
Kleider machen Leute, Bahnwärter Thiel and Homo Faber and am
currently halfway through Effi Briest. All in all I've read about 500 pages for
the last month. All but Homo Faber were written during the 19th century, so they were a
bit tricky to read, but also great practise! So far I've enjoyed all the books, except
for maybe Effi Briest, which is very slow at times.
I've also been trying to catch up on my flashcards since the trip, but I still have a
lot of words to go through, especially in my Cantonese deck. I also need to get started
on Memrise again. Hopefully I'll be back on track by next week.
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| WingSuet Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5349 days ago 169 posts - 211 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: Cantonese
| Message 76 of 116 02 March 2013 at 4:49pm | IP Logged |
Week 8 - 11,5 hours German
Jetzt werde ich zum ersten Mal meinen Beitrag auf Deutsch schreieben. Letzte Woche habe
ich das Buch Effi Briest von Theodor Fontane fertig gelesen. Es handelt von einem
Mädchen, das, als sie sechszehn Jahre alt ist, den zwanzig Jahre älteren Mann Baron von
Innstetten heiratet, weil es der Wunsch ihrer Eltern ist. Sie muss ihre Heimat
verlassen und in sein gruseliges Haus einziehen. Dort fühlt sie sich sehr einsam, denn
Innstetten kümmert sich sehr viel um seine Arbeit und ist oft weg. Später trifft sie
den Major Crampas und sie haben eine Affäre zusammen, aber Effi liebt ihn eigentlich
nicht. Einige Jahre später wird Innstetten befördert, und, zu Effis Glück, müssen sie
nach Berlin wegziehen, und sie verbringen sieben glückliche Jahre dort. Eines Tages
erfährt jedoch Innstetten über Effis und Crampas' Affäre, als er Briefe zwischen ihnen
findet. Die Frage ist dann: was soll er jetzt tun? Soll er ihren glücklichen Zustand
zerstören, um sein Name zu verteidigen, oder soll er tun, als ob er nichts davon
erfahren hat?
Ich fand das Buch ein bisschen langweilig, weil in Teilen des Buchs nicht so viel
passiert, aber am Ende wurde es besser. Die Sprache war ganz schwierig, weil das Buch
im 19. Jahrhundert geschrieben ist, aber es war trotzdem eine gute Übung und alles in
allem war es ein interessantes Lesenserlebnis.
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| Josquin Heptaglot Senior Member Germany Joined 4842 days ago 2266 posts - 3992 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Latin, Italian, Russian, Swedish Studies: Japanese, Irish, Portuguese, Persian
| Message 77 of 116 02 March 2013 at 6:07pm | IP Logged |
WingSuet wrote:
Week 8 - 11,5 hours German
Jetzt werde ich zum ersten Mal meinen Beitrag auf Deutsch schreieben. Letzte Woche habe
ich das Buch Effi Briest von Theodor Fontane fertig gelesen. Es handelt von einem
Mädchen, das, als sie sechzehn Jahre alt ist, den zwanzig Jahre älteren Mann Baron von
Innstetten heiratet, weil es der Wunsch ihrer Eltern ist. Sie muss ihre Heimat
verlassen und in sein gruseliges Haus einziehen. Dort fühlt sie sich sehr einsam, denn
Innstetten kümmert sich sehr viel um seine Arbeit und ist oft weg. Später trifft sie
den Major Crampas und sie haben eine Affäre zusammen, aber Effi liebt ihn eigentlich
nicht. Einige Jahre später wird Innstetten befördert, und, zu Effis Glück, müssen sie
nach Berlin wegziehen, und sie verbringen sieben glückliche Jahre dort. Eines Tages
erfährt jedoch Innstetten von Effis und Crampas' Affäre, als er Briefe zwischen ihnen
findet. Die Frage ist dann: was soll er jetzt tun? Soll er ihren glücklichen Zustand
zerstören, um sein Name zu verteidigen, oder soll er tun, als ob er nichts davon
erfahren hat?
Ich fand das Buch ein bisschen langweilig, weil in Teilen des Buchs nicht so viel
passiert, aber am Ende wurde es besser. Die Sprache war ganz schwierig, weil das Buch
im 19. Jahrhundert geschrieben wurde, aber es war trotzdem eine gute Übung und alles in
allem war es ein interessantes Lesenserlebnis. |
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Your German is great! My compliments. I read Effi Briest a few years ago and quite liked it, but I can imagine the language must be rather difficult for a non-native. Congratualtions on finishing it!
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| BAnna Triglot Senior Member United States Joined 4620 days ago 409 posts - 616 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish Studies: Russian, Turkish
| Message 78 of 116 03 March 2013 at 6:09pm | IP Logged |
You piqued my curiosity about Effie Briest, so I looked it up at Gutenberg.de and struggled through the first chapter. I would definitely say reading the whole book is quite an accomplishment. Bravo!
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| WingSuet Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5349 days ago 169 posts - 211 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: Cantonese
| Message 79 of 116 11 April 2013 at 12:16am | IP Logged |
One month since my last post, that's really bad! Sorry guys! I can only say that I've
been very busy with homework, which I guess could be a good thing, since I've at least
been studying a lot of German.
Thanks Josquin and BAnna for your nice comments! It was quite a challenge to read the
book, so I'm really glad about having finished it!
Seit Effi Briest habe ich noch einige Bücher für die Schule gelesen: Das Urteil und Die
Verwandlung von Franz Kafka (beide sind Novellen) und Jugend ohne Gott von Ödön von
Horvath. Die Verwandlung fand ich sehr gut! Die Handlung ist etwas seltsam, aber
trotzdem denkwürdig und interessant (ich fand es auch teilweise humoristisch, aber
manche würden vielleicht nicht mithalten :P). Es handelt von einem jungen Mann, der
plötzlich zu einem Käfer verwandelt wird. Zuerst glaubt er, dass es nur einen Traum
sei, aber wenn sowohl sein Chef als seine Familie vor im Angst haben, versteht er, dass
er wirklich verwandelt ist.
Ich war ein bisschen erstaunt darüber, wie einfach das Buch zu lesen war. Ich dachte,
es wäre schwieriger zu lesen, weil ich gehört habe, dass Bücher von Kafka schwierig zu
lesen sind, aber vielleicht meint man nur, dass der Inhalt und die Botschaft schwierig
zu verstehen sind.
Jugend ohne Gott fand ich auch sehr gut und ganz einfach zu lesen. Bücher, die neue
sind (mindestens aus dem 20. Jahrhundert), sind jetzt für mich nicht schwierig zu
verstehen. Dieses Buch hat eine sehr spannende Handlung, und noch mit einer guten
Botschaft. Ich kann es stark empfehlen!
Ich glaube, das ist genug für diesen Beitrag. Ich habe mehr Nachrichten, und die werde
ich auch bald mitteilen, aber jetzt muss ich schlafen! Gute Nacht! Ich werde versuchen,
öfter hier zu schreiben und mehr aktiv im Forum zu sein!
Edited by WingSuet on 11 April 2013 at 12:16am
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| WingSuet Triglot Senior Member Sweden Joined 5349 days ago 169 posts - 211 votes Speaks: Swedish*, English, German Studies: Cantonese
| Message 80 of 116 22 April 2013 at 9:56pm | IP Logged |
Week 16 4,93 hours German
Not much studying done this week. Mostly I've been slacking off with my reading and
I've fallen a little behind in my book course. I'll try harder this coming week!
These are the things I HAVE done this week:
I had a test in German language history. It happens to be one of my absolute favourite
subjects, and since I've studied Swedish language history before, which is very similar
to the German, it wasn't too difficult for me. That is however the main reason why I
haven't been able to read much in my book.
I'm currently reading Der Vorleser by Bernhard Schlink. I'm only about half way
through, but so far it's very good and not that difficult! A few weeks ago I started
reading Kleiner Mann - Was nun? by Hans Fallada, but didn't have time to finish it in
time so I had to put it aside. In this one I'm also only halfways, but the book is
about 400 pages so that explains why. We also needed to read Die Leiden des jungen
Werthers, but it was really difficult! It's the oldest one we've needed to read (1774)
so the language is very different and hard. I need to finish all these books by the
16th May, when I have my oral test about all the books we've read during the semester.
I also got the test result back from our test in history of German literature. It was
very difficult, there were many long complicated answers and everything was in German
of course! We also needed to learn to recognize all of the poems in the book and this
is where I failed on the test, but I managed the questions well and got the highest
grade (not as impressive when you consider that there are only three grades in Swedish
universities - approved, well approved and not approved.) I'm still very happy with the
result, as I had struggled and worked so hard preparing for it.
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