Archive for the ‘German’ Category
Mar
Mar
The days of the week, in German
While we are discussing days of the week, and since I have decided to deviate from my target language on the weekends, I have chosen to discuss the names of the days of the week in German! While not as logical as Russian, German should be just as easy — or easier — just for its resemblance to English.
Apr
Apr
Andrea Bocelli now gives me Italian and German!
One theme I really like to emphasize is using music to learn. In fact, one of my most popular posts was the one about learning Italian from Andrea Bocelli. Using music to reinforce your vocabulary is great because it makes learning fun. That’s the most important thing, because if you don’t enjoy it, you’re not going to do it.
Apr
Apr
A top-notch online German dictionary!
Category: General, German · Tags: dictionaries,learning materials,using the web,vocabulary
I am a big fan of WordReference, as most of you already know, but I saw this web site mentioned in a post by Benny after the first week of his three-month mission in Germany. After having a look, I thought it was a great tool to add to the language-learning arsenal, and worth a mention here.
Mar
Mar
That’s a beautiful language!
Category: General, German, Italian, Polish, Russian, Spanish · Tags: pronunciation,sounds
This morning I was talking with David Mansaray about languages that sound beautiful, and about their tendency sometimes to lose their luster. This provides me a great introduction to a related topic that I’ve been thinking about lately.
How our view of a language changes
I remember when I first started learning Spanish. I was…
Dec
Dec
Not a total bust
As I mentioned in my last post, it’s clear that I will not be speaking fluent Turkish by the end of this year – even if I were to be amazingly productive for the rest of this month. But it’s still not a total bust. I did learn a lot this year!…
First, obviously, I