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| soclydeza85 Senior Member United States Joined 3709 days ago 357 posts - 502 votes  Speaks: English* Studies: German, French | Message 161 of 180 09 February 2015 at 4:09am | IP Logged | ||||||||
Hey Gemuse, I wanted to check in and see how your German is going; I'm glad to see you're still moving along!
I've been doing the new Assimil since the beginning of January and I really like it as a followup to the older version. The first half is cake - a good refresher on some of the basic grammar and some new vocab. I'm up to lesson 59 now and it's starting to get challenging, regardless of the fact that I've done the older version. I definitely recommend it. Ich hoffe, dass alles gut ist! 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4335 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 162 of 180 09 February 2015 at 1:48pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Hey Gemuse: Any plans to attend the Polygot conference in Berlin this year?
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| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3884 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 163 of 180 09 February 2015 at 8:49pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
These past few months I am just trying to slow down my decay of German; been on work overdrive for a while. However, things should improve by this weekend as a project I am on will be done (at least for a bit); and also because I am burnt out by work and need to slow down. In addition, the German course will also be done, freeing up time for proper German study. I am glad you are liking the newer assimil course. I probably will also do it after finishing the current one. PS: I sent you the final audio installment of the thing to your gmail address, hope you got it.
Yeah, ol' lazybones did squat that week.
Not currently. I will be on travel in April, and will have to catch up on work, and German, after I return. A new German course begins in late april. 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3884 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 164 of 180 22 February 2015 at 11:39pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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This week: 6h15mins, spread pretty much evenly over the week.
Assimil: 69-73 Active: 16 Linguaphone 1965: 1-3 I decided to add in Linguaphone 65. I like the orator. All serious and businesslike. And this course does not mess around. Dativ tense right from lektion eins. Assimil 73 was hard. Lots of vokab, tenses, PPII used as adjectives. Good stuff. Linguaphone tips from Lektion eins-drei: 1. erst vs nur: use erst when there is the possibility of further increase. Ich habe erste die Hälfte gemacht. 2. Most neuter monosyllabic nouns forms plurals by adding -er + possible umlaut. 3. der Raum can, unlike das Zimmer, be used to denote "space" like in English. Dieser Tisch nimmt zu viel Raum ein. 4. Masc and Neut. nouns ending in -el, -en, -er usually do not change in the plural except adding umlaut. 5. viel = much viele = many wieviel wie viele 6. allerlei = all kinds of 7. dieser = this jener = that jeder = each aller = all solcher = such 8. meiste adj, superlative of viel. Die meisten Lehrer sprehen ganz langsam. Sie verdient das meiste Geld von uns. 9. befinden sich to be situated. Often used in German when speaking of the position of something. Im Erdegeschoß befinden sich: das Eßzimmer, das Wohnzimmer.. 10. (From Assimil) Bestehen To exist, be. Es besteht keinerlei Grund zur Beunruhigung. Random nugget: Falls vs Wenn https://yourdailygerman.wordpress.com/tag/falls-vs-wenn/ Edited by Gemuse on 23 February 2015 at 5:38pm 2 persons have voted this message useful | |||||||||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4335 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 165 of 180 23 February 2015 at 11:03am | IP Logged | ||||||||
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How is the reading going?
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| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3884 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 166 of 180 23 February 2015 at 12:46pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Not so good, unfortunately. I did read one more lesson on lingQ. I need to put in more time. Edited by Gemuse on 23 February 2015 at 12:47pm 1 person has voted this message useful | |||||||||
| patrickwilken Senior Member Germany radiant-flux.net Joined 4335 days ago 1546 posts - 3200 votes Studies: German | Message 167 of 180 23 February 2015 at 1:26pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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why no try some graded readers? I know there are some that are pretty straightforward. I can't but help think you have plenty of grammar now...
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| Gemuse Senior Member Germany Joined 3884 days ago 818 posts - 1189 votes Speaks: English Studies: German | Message 168 of 180 23 February 2015 at 4:49pm | IP Logged | ||||||||
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Oh, I stopped focusing on grammar a while ago.
I do have graded readers on the todo list. I need to eke out some more study time. Edited by Gemuse on 23 February 2015 at 5:21pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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