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101 Reasons German is a Great Language! | ||
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| ReneeMona Diglot Senior Member Netherlands Joined 5336 days ago 864 posts - 1274 votes  Speaks: Dutch*, EnglishC2 Studies: French | Message 49 of 55 18 September 2010 at 7:47pm | IP Logged | ||
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The anthem of the European Union officially doesn't have any lyrics but Beethoven based the melody on a poem by the German poet Friedrich Schiller called "Ode an die Freude" (Ode to Joy) so when it's sung, the German lyrics are often used.
Personally, I had no idea Europe even had an anthem until a couple of weeks ago but now that I do, it adds to my motivation to learn German one day. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| mts-ca Diglot Newbie United States Joined 5886 days ago 12 posts - 13 votes Speaks: English*, German Studies: Spanish | Message 50 of 55 18 September 2010 at 10:25pm | IP Logged | ||
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Oktoberfest! It's one of the biggest events of it's kind in the world. You don't need to
be in Munich to celebrate either, as it's becoming increasingly common to see Oktoberfest celebrations around the world.Wikipedia Oktoberfest Celebrations 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| maydayayday Pentaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 5220 days ago 564 posts - 839 votes Speaks: English*, German, Italian, SpanishB2, FrenchB2 Studies: Arabic (Egyptian), Russian, Swedish, Turkish, Polish, Persian, Vietnamese Studies: Urdu | Message 51 of 55 19 September 2010 at 12:46pm | IP Logged | ||
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If you know English you are already well on the way there :-) and many Germans will talk German back to you even if your accent isn't that convincing.
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 budonoseito Pro Member United States budobeyondtechnRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5806 days ago 261 posts - 344 votes Studies: French, Japanese Personal Language Map | Message 52 of 55 19 September 2010 at 1:51pm | IP Logged | ||
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Stop, I don't have time for German right now. :)
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| aarontp Groupie United States Joined 5268 days ago 94 posts - 139 votes | Message 53 of 55 22 September 2010 at 2:00am | IP Logged | ||
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I intend to learn it primarily for the literature, although the ability to speak with
Germans will be nice, too, when I eventually get there. I also have German on both sides of my family; my paternal grandparents spoke Yiddish, and my maternal Grandfather spoke German (son of German/Austrian immigrants). 1 person has voted this message useful | |||
| Carnaby Newbie United States Joined 5158 days ago 1 posts - 1 votes Speaks: English* | Message 54 of 55 14 October 2010 at 10:20pm | IP Logged | ||
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Is there much hard sci-fi written in German?
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| Lindsay19 Diglot Senior Member United StatesRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 5822 days ago 183 posts - 214 votes Speaks: English*, GermanC1 Studies: Swedish, Faroese, Icelandic | Message 55 of 55 14 October 2010 at 11:45pm | IP Logged | ||
Kind of true. Though not written extremely in depth, the language series "Kauderwelsch" has many books in not so common languages like Faroese :-) 1 person has voted this message useful |
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