Learning German.

[logansrogue]

Hi y'all.

Well, I am trying to learn German. Dad's taken to pointing to objects and giving me the German name for them. I know, it's utterly attrocious that a girl as so thoroughly and proudly half-German as I am can't speak the language, but I do know a few words and it seems, as I look through German books (buch.. buchen? what's the plural?) and stuff, that I actually know some of the grammar instinctively. Like, I took this easy German test, and even though I got most of the questions wrong, I actually did a lot of second guessing and my instincts with German are correct (like grammar structure and so forth). So I'm comforted on that count, and I'm thinking maybe it won't be so hard to learn.

I just wish I had some of those really easy kids books, like I had in school when I was learning to read. You know, like the really shit easy books like, "See Dick run. Run Dick, run!" All the way up to, "Sally went to the park and played with the ball." All that shit. Cause then I can learn the way I learnt english, and it'll be easier on me that way. God, I wish I could remember where that old German kids book my Oma and Opa sent me was. :T Stupid me for losing it!! I might pull out an old German fairy story book - I aim to be able to read that fucking thing. I never could as a kid and I want to.

So anyway, wish me luck!! And if any of my German friends want to send me emails in German, you're welcome to. Just know that I know fuck all at the moment, so you have to aim your German levels to someone with the IQ of a potato. (Kartoffel).

Comments

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Aaah - okay, so umlauts go in and - wow I'm so lost. *whimper* And thanks for the help, I'll probably need it (badly). Especially since Dad hasn't lived in Germany for like, thirty years!! LOL. (He still speaks it fluently, but you know how older people speak different from younger people).

[eretria.livejournal.com]

If you're interested, I could maybe send you files of a German audio-book: Ghosts stories, maybe, if you're interested? That should help you get an "ear" for the language.
Und keine Sorge - es ist alles halb so schlimm, wie es scheint.

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

That'd be fecking awesome!!! *bounces* Thanks, man, this is so great! *hugs* And uhm... *tries to read German* It'll take me a while to figure that out... Aah! And no worries! It's .. not half so bad... Uhmm.... such as it seems!! Baahahaha I figured it out!! *dances the dance of spazzy joy* (I know, I'm a huge dork)

[logansrogue.livejournal.com]

Oh and Ghost stories are my favourite!!

[eretria.livejournal.com]

Can you receive files via AIM?
My virtual harddisc is wonky at the moment, so I can't upload there. Or, I could try yousendit ... That way, they'd store it on their server for a day or two, ad you could download it from there. However, IM'd probably be easiest.