radar001
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| 14 Dec 2012 09:57 PM |
Hello I only speak English but I have always been fascinated with my German heritage. I have an old disk from late 2000 for learning German, but it doesn't really help much since I can't figure out how to use it in conjunction with my mic. If any one has a (preferably free and effective) way to learn German please tell me.
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RobloHoss
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| 14 Dec 2012 10:13 PM |
Well basics are like du = you Ich = I bin = am der/die/das = the (Different uses) Ist = is Deutsch = German
Cognats: Words that look kind of like and sound kind of like and mean the same as a word in another lannguage. There are four types of cognats Connecting = Hund > Hound > Dog Pure = Ball > Ball False = die(looks like die)> the and Regular = kann> can
Numbers ( Might not be spelt correctly ) 1 = einz 2 = zwie 3 = drei 4 = vear 5 = fünf 6 = sechz 7 = sieben 8 = acht 9 = nuen 10 = zayn 'ei' sounds like 'eye' 'ie' sounds like 'E'
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radar001
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| 15 Dec 2012 09:54 AM |
Thanks this will be helpful, I'm still open to any thing else though.
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gamehero
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| 15 Dec 2012 10:10 AM |
The best way would be asking yourself how to say a common phrase in German, and then using Google Translate and then Google Search the translation to make sure it's correct. You'll know when you see natives typing those phrases on the forums or wherever. Works well even if you have no knowledge on the language what so ever.
It also helps to use a Text to Speech or an online Dictionary that say the German words out loud.
That's how I learn to say random stuff like: "Mein Nachbar mäht den Rasen."
I'm also sure there's German learning sites everywhere to help. |
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| 15 Dec 2012 12:51 PM |
| Wenn du Fragen hast, ich kann dir helfen. |
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radar001
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| 15 Dec 2012 01:25 PM |
Dank
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