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German Log Entry 6
Listening: Assimil German Listening: 3 by 30 minutes over the last 3 days. It’s not the first listening as I listened to these lessons last year. I’m noticing some progress. I think the Assimil dialogues are great – especially the humour. I also listened to some of the Michel Thomas Beginner’s German course today. Pronunciation: The sound [ʏ]. Glück [glʏk] küs·sen [ˈkʏsn̩] müssen [ˈmʏsn̩] wünschen [ˈvʏnʃn̩] Dürre (e) [ˈdʏrə] (drought) dünn [dʏn] adj, adv thin(ly) It would be useful to have more examples of (simple) words that differ only in the vowel sounds - [ʏ] and [ʏ:]. Here’s one example but more examples are most welcome. Wüste (e) (desert) versus wusste (wissen) Dünn jdn in die Wüste schicken (fam, fig) send sb packing Ich wusste nicht, was ich tun sollte I like this expression: jdm die Suppe versalzen (fam) (120 minutes) FR: J’ai vu deux films français ce weekend. Un prophète (je vous le conseille à le voir) L'homme qui voulait vivre sa vie (le scenario est un peu farfelu mais ce n’était pas mal). Du vocabulaire : Limoger Sortir de l'ornière Edited by Tournesol on 09 January 2012 at 10:39pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
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German Log Entry 7:
German Listening to Assimil/Michel Thomas German course snippets. I alternate for variety. (60 minutes) FR : Skype call. Du vocabulaire : les moyens de transports doux fustiger conforter: e.g. conforter leur analyse. une rustine,des mesures "rustines" un pot de yaourt: Un sympathique et ludique pot de yaourt citadin (à propos du Ford Ka) 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
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German Log Entry 8
Pronunciation: Another vowel that we don't have in English. [eː] Some examples. Is this sound always written as 'ee' or are there other possibilities? Fee [feː] e Tee [teː] r Schnee [ʃneː] r Idee [iˈdeː] e Klee [kleː] r (clover) Kaf·fee [ˈkafeː] r Vocab: Not sure if these expressions are widely used but I found them interesting. Schnee von gestern/vom letzten Jahr etc. old hat (problem, difficulty etc. that is now forgotten) water under the bridge etw. ist kalter Kaffee (fam, fig) sth is of no importance Also it's useful to know that coffee isn't "made" but "cooked"... Kaffee kochen Listening Michel Thomas German Course (45 mins) Edited by Tournesol on 13 January 2012 at 8:54am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
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German Log Entry 9:
I can probably count on one hand the number of German films I’ve seen. So I decided to seek out a German film in the local library and today I watched “Alice in den Städten”. It wasn’t bad at all. I was a bit confused at the start as the dialogue is in English but it switches to German and there’s a bit of Dutch too. And I was fascinated by the Wuppertal Floating Tram which can be seen in the film. Since the characters, travel around a lot, it’s a good chance to see several cities as they were almost 40 years ago, before the mobile phone and all the gadgets that punctuate modern life. Here’s some vocab I picked up without much effort. Dumme: fool to have something/nothing against sb/sth etwas/nichts gegen jdn/etw haben Es ist mir egal: I don’t mind Ausmachen. etw. macht jdm nichts aus sb does not mind sth, sth does not bother sb. z.B. die Kälte macht mir nichts aus komisch adj funny, comic(al) adj, adv strange(ly), odd(ly), funny(-ily) jdm ist/wird komisch sb feels/starts to feel strange/funny kritzeln vti to scribble, to scrawl I think I’m starting German lessons with an Austrian later in the week. We'll see how it goes. Edited by Tournesol on 15 January 2012 at 10:09pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
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Just a quick update in a busy week.
DE: Listening: Michel Thomas German Course : 40 mins. Skype lesson with German native speaker: 45 mins. I found it useful - slightly challenging but challenging is good. FR: Skype 30 mins 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Flarioca Heptaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5884 days ago 635 posts - 816 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Esperanto, French, EnglishC2, Spanish, German, Italian Studies: Catalan, Mandarin | Message 110 of 133 20 January 2012 at 1:10am | IP Logged | |||||
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May I ask you how do you get your Skype lessons?
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I replied to an online ad that the teacher had placed on an Irish website. It's a paid lesson not an exchange. First impressions were good. FR: un film:Ça commence aujourd'hui 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Flarioca Heptaglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 5884 days ago 635 posts - 816 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, Esperanto, French, EnglishC2, Spanish, German, Italian Studies: Catalan, Mandarin | Message 112 of 133 21 January 2012 at 2:44pm | IP Logged | |||||
Thanks. I would like to try something like that very soon but haven't yet really searched much on this line. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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