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| kyknos Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5497 days ago 103 posts - 140 votes  Speaks: Slovak, Czech*, English Studies: German, Spanish | Message 113 of 119 24 December 2011 at 7:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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There is a significant amount of German literature not available in English or any other language. German writers are really productive. In some fields, beaing able to read in German is really necessary. One such field is ichthyology/fishkeeping, the best magazines and books about fishes and their keeping are written in German and in most cases not translated (or, the translations are bad). The same is true about internet sites and forums. Of course, English is also very important in this field, but for the best results, you need to be able to read both.
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| Ellsworth Senior Member United States Joined 4958 days ago 345 posts - 528 votes Speaks: English* Studies: German, Swedish, Finnish, Icelandic, Irish | Message 114 of 119 24 December 2011 at 9:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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1. Great literature
2. Very widely spoken in Europe and many tourists are German. You can always find someone to talk to. 3. Great music 4. Sounds nice 5. In order to go to a German university, one must know German. 3 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| LebensForm Senior Member Austria Joined 5051 days ago 212 posts - 264 votes Studies: German | Message 115 of 119 26 December 2011 at 6:05am | IP Logged | ||
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Now that I really think about it, I don't know my exact reasons for learning German. I do find the grammar to be difficult, yet exciiting, the music is good and because honestly, I just love the language.
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| Camundonguinho Triglot Senior Member Brazil Joined 4750 days ago 273 posts - 500 votes Speaks: Portuguese*, English, Spanish Studies: Swedish | Message 116 of 119 26 December 2011 at 1:23pm | IP Logged | ||
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The only foreigners I know who speak German well, spent some years in Germany.
So, it's difficult to speak German right if you don't live (or have lived) in Germany (or Austria). There are many people who don't get the nouns gender right even after 10 years of learning German. There are even people claiming C1 proficiency and making errors with genders. A C1 or C2 German speaking person should be able to get all noun genders right, of all words in a medium sized (or even larger) dictionary. Edited by Camundonguinho on 26 December 2011 at 1:24pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kyknos Triglot Senior Member Czech Republic Joined 5497 days ago 103 posts - 140 votes Speaks: Slovak, Czech*, English Studies: German, Spanish | Message 117 of 119 27 December 2011 at 1:04pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've noticed that sometimes even native speakers use different genders. There seems to be some local variability.
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| Wernecker Newbie Venezuela Joined 4722 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Studies: English, German | Message 118 of 119 27 December 2011 at 1:44pm | IP Logged | ||
I spent 2 months with a German family (from Bavaria) and they use to make fun of one of the family members due his constant speech errors (genders and cases). And he's graduated from the university, so I think it's not too dramatic if you make some mistakes... 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Gallo1801 Diglot Senior Member Spain Joined 4903 days ago 164 posts - 248 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: Arabic (Written), Croatian, German, French | Message 119 of 119 21 March 2012 at 9:34pm | IP Logged | ||
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Money, money, money!
Tourists: Here is Spain and in the part of FL that my family lives there are a lot of Germans. I hear lots of German here in Spain, more than I do English! Besides the great number of Brazilians coming to FL, in our part of the state we have signs warning against sting rays in three languages: English, Spanish, and yep, German! They have money to spend unlike a lot of other people. Lack of Opportunity in Southern Europe: A lot of young Spaniards are moving to Berlin or Stuttgart in search of better opportunities. 35% increase in German class enrollment here in Spain, says the Goethe Institut. Article here: aprenden-aleman-ante-la-crisis,8f58e2a3419e5310VgnVCM3000009 af154d0RCRD.html">Ciudanos de Europa meridonal aprenden aleman ante la crisis They're Hiring!: Back at my home university in the US, German companies are hiring left and right. Sometimes I wonder why I took Spanish! We had visits in one week from Bosch, Siemens, and BMW. You don't have to know German... But you bet your bottom dollar that as someone who is proficient in Deutsch, you'll get a lot further in the company than someone who only knows English. Granted, this is just how things are now, and there are lots of other reasons to learn this very important language; music, literature, philosophy. But for those of us capitalists, or for anyone looking to widen their job prospects, you bet a command of German will come in handy. 1 person has voted this message useful |
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