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Mikry
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South Africa
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Studies: German

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29 September 2010 at 10:45am | IP Logged

t123 wrote:

Some things that could be useful:

The podcast: http://pukkagerman.com/index.php
From their site description: German slang, idioms, funny sayings, common German words and phrases

Read through tabloids, they use more colloquial language, like http://www.bild.de/ or something.

Find a German forum and read through some posts there, on topics on like sport and music people tend to use written language which is more like the spoken language. That'll give you time to find the expressions and new words (but watch out for bad grammar and spelling). And you can post there and not worry about replies taking too long, since it's a forum.

You can practice more formal writing at http://lang-8.com/

And finally if you're looking for a way to remember words, you may be intested in using a SRS. Anki is pretty popular and free, but there are others.

I don't know of any German stuff specifically in SA, but maybe kalahari has something? Or perhaps some shops in Namibia that can post, don't know how much German still exists there though.

I was looking through Pukka German. It really has a wealth of colloquialisms. The only problem is that a few of them I think I'd have to check how colloqial they are. For example: "Sein Arschloch ist zugesnappt" to say "He's kicked the bucket" might come on a bit strong or even rude. But otherwise, a very useful series, thanks!

I generally use Take2 over Kalahari, I find their prices are usually a bit cheaper, even though they don't always have exactly what I'm looking for. However, always pays to look around. :)

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