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| wandern Bilingual Pentaglot Newbie Germany Joined 5374 days ago 8 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese Studies: German | Message 1 of 15 14 March 2010 at 12:55pm | IP Logged | ||
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I've been looking around the forum (and the internet at large) for some specific differences between Assimil
German editions, but I'm still not all that clear. I apologize if I missed the thread dealing with this specific issue. I have "Il Tedesco senza sforzo" book and tapes from the 80s. I was suggested to use an English version instead. I found a cheap old copy of "German without Toil" (in English) from the same era on Amazon. Can use it with the tapes that came with the Italian version? Or do you think I should just shell out for the new "German with Ease" package of book and CDs already? As I mentioned yesterday in my first post, I am trying to bring myself up to B2 level in 2 months. I am currently at A2, and am taking time off from work to just study German. I plan to do it full-time. Edited by wandern on 14 March 2010 at 5:56pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kaikai Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5756 days ago 27 posts - 28 votes Speaks: English*, Mandarin Studies: German | Message 2 of 15 14 March 2010 at 2:07pm | IP Logged | ||
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I just took a brief look at Il Tedesco senza sforzo and it does not look like the 'without toil' text. So, you will not be able to use the same audio for it.
However, you should be able to use those tapes with a newer book. That being said, I definitely would get the Cd's just so you can convert them to MP3 to take along with you. Viel Spaß! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| wandern Bilingual Pentaglot Newbie Germany Joined 5374 days ago 8 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese Studies: German | Message 3 of 15 14 March 2010 at 3:52pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thanks kaikai.
Maybe if I transcribe a selection of 3 dialogs from the Italian version somebody can tell me which is the exact English book that can be used with it? I have a friend who has offered to make me good quality MP3s out of the tapes, so at this point I would prefer to spend money only on the matching printed version. Lesson One: 1-Herr Ober! 2-Der Tee ist kalt! 3-Wie is der Tee? 4- Er ist kalt! 5- Oh, Verzeihung! 6- Herr Ober, der Tee is jetzt gut; 7 aber die Tasse... 8- Ja, die Tasse? 9 - Sie ist zu klein! Lesson 51: Erinnern Sie sich auch daran? 1- Erinnerst du dich an die Fußballweltmeisterschaft? 3 -Und ob ich mich daran erinnere! 3 -Algerien hat uns geschlagen, und ich hab' 'nen Kasten Bier verloren. 4- Mit wem hast du denn gewettet? (etc) Lesson 100: 1- Sagen Sie, was ist Ihnen denn über die Leber gelaufen? Kann ich Ihnen vielleicht irgendwie helfen? 2- Nein, niemand kann mir helfen! Alles is zu Ende! 3- Na, na, nun mal langsam! "Immer wenn du denkst, es geht nicht mehr, kommt irgendwo ein Lichtlein her". Kennen Sie das? (...) 14- Guten Tag! Warum weinen Sie denn so? Kann ich irgend etwas für Sie tun? 15- Nein, niemand kann mir mehr helfen! Alles is zu Ende... Edited by wandern on 14 March 2010 at 3:55pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||
| tractor Tetraglot Senior Member Norway Joined 5454 days ago 1349 posts - 2292 votes  Speaks: Norwegian*, English, Spanish, Catalan Studies: French, German, Latin | Message 4 of 15 14 March 2010 at 4:15pm | IP Logged | ||
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| josht Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 6447 days ago 635 posts - 857 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: French, Spanish, Russian, Dutch | Message 5 of 15 14 March 2010 at 4:43pm | IP Logged | ||
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As tractor said, based on your transcript, you need the German with Ease recordings, not German without Toil. The recordings don't match up in the least, particularly as German without Toil has 125 lessons, whereas German with Ease only has 100.
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| wandern Bilingual Pentaglot Newbie Germany Joined 5374 days ago 8 posts - 11 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish*, Catalan, Italian, Portuguese Studies: German | Message 6 of 15 14 March 2010 at 5:00pm | IP Logged | ||
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Thank you tractor and josht. Sorry if I am being redundant, but does that mean there's only ONE recorded version
of "German without Toil" and ONE of "German with Ease"? Is it only the printed editions that change? 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| kerateo Triglot Senior Member Mexico Joined 5647 days ago 112 posts - 180 votes Speaks: Spanish*, English, French Studies: Italian | Message 7 of 15 14 March 2010 at 5:28pm | IP Logged | ||
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For German with ease theres only one recorded version. For German without toil there should be more than one but they differ very little, and actually in internet you'll only find one :).
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| Julien71 Tetraglot Groupie United States Joined 5373 days ago 42 posts - 52 votes Speaks: French*, English, German, Spanish Studies: Portuguese, Hungarian | Message 8 of 15 14 March 2010 at 6:48pm | IP Logged | ||
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Between German with ease and German without toil, is there one that you find better than the other one?
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