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+ | ==Quick intro, at a glance, for new learners== | ||
+ | Being bilingual (reading and speaking two languages) is good for many reasons; it’s a skill, demonstrates ability to solve problems, brings up intelligence generally. It draws the studying persons attention to words, and words are all civilization has ever been founded upon in any epoch and words are the way we think and feel. It also allows the bilingual person to communicate with many more folks than before, opens up wider social opportunities which is nice, and it anyway sits well on a curriculum vitae / résumé.<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | If you’re going to be bilingual or multilingual, twinning German and English is a good combination. Most English speakers learn French by default and others Spanish and Italian so in those cases tripling it with German seems a reasonable way forward, may as well.<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | The English and German languages share some old connection.<br> | ||
+ | Sometimes the words are written the same or similar but pronounced differently and sometimes they’re written differently but pronounced the same or similar.<br> | ||
+ | To throw you into getting started and beginning to pick out and identify key words, here are some of those words that are similar.<br> | ||
+ | <br> | ||
+ | '''Easy list''' | ||
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+ | |- style="background-color: lightgray" | ||
+ | ! English > German || English > German || English > German | ||
+ | |- | ||
+ | | Hamburger > Hamburger <br> | ||
+ | Lager > Lagerbier <br> | ||
+ | Father > Vater <br> | ||
+ | Brother > Bruder <br> | ||
+ | Milk > Milch <br> | ||
+ | Friend > Freund <br> | ||
+ | Book > Buch <br> | ||
+ | Garden > Garten <br> | ||
+ | Telephone > Telefon <br> | ||
+ | Dolphin > Delfin <br> | ||
+ | Abseil > Abseilen | ||
+ | Lamp > Lampe <br> | ||
+ | Crocodile > Krokodil <br> | ||
+ | To train > Trainieren <br> | ||
+ | To study > Studieren <br> | ||
+ | Think > Denken <br> | ||
+ | To hope > Hoffen <br> | ||
+ | | Apple > Apfel <br> | ||
+ | Dance > tanzen <br> | ||
+ | To help > Helfen <br> | ||
+ | Heart > Herz <br> | ||
+ | Cheese > Käse <br> | ||
+ | Ten > Zehn <br> | ||
+ | Better > Besser <br> | ||
+ | To eat > Essen <br> | ||
+ | Water > Wasser <br> | ||
+ | Daughter > Tochter <br> | ||
+ | Hobby > Hobby <br> | ||
+ | Flip-flops > Flip-flops <br> | ||
+ | Baby > Baby <br> | ||
+ | Taxi > Taxi <br> | ||
+ | T-Shirt > T-shirt <br> | ||
+ | Tourist > Tourist <br> | ||
+ | Computer > Computer <br> | ||
+ | Sweatshirt > Sweatshirt <br> | ||
+ | | Mouse > Maus <br> | ||
+ | House > Haus <br> | ||
+ | Photo > Foto <br> | ||
+ | Park > Park <br> | ||
+ | Reporter > Reporter <br> | ||
+ | Zoo > Zoo <br> | ||
+ | Ball > Ball <br> | ||
+ | Name > Name <br> | ||
+ | Radio > Radio <br> | ||
+ | Hotel > Hotel <br> | ||
+ | Bus > Bus <br> | ||
+ | Neanderthal > Neandertal <br> | ||
+ | Doppelgänger > Doppelgänger <br> | ||
+ | Festival > Festival <br> | ||
+ | Spiel > Spiel <br> | ||
+ | Over > Über <br> | ||
+ | Coffee > Kaffee <br> | ||
+ | |} | ||
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+ | |||
+ | These are just the similar terms, and there are ofcourse many more, but the way of creating a sentence and pronouncing the words is different and that will be the thing that takes the time to learn. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Nowadays many young persons throughout the world are taught English and develop a high level of skill with it. There are therefore many videos on youtube that you can bring up where locals demonstrate how they speak, and translate it into English. | ||
+ | |||
+ | The best way to learn German is taking a regular class in your local town. Using Duolingo or any learning software. And physically visiting those areas of Europe. | ||
+ | |||
+ | In English we adopted the old Roman term Germania, presumably back in Roman times, for the geographical region in north-central Europe (for all intents and purposes, Europe). Which is probably why we call it German and Germany today. However that old Germania has since then been divided up into the many countries we know in Europe i.e. Europe; and German is now spoken in Switzerland, Deutschland (Germany), Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Belgium, Italy (the province South Tyrol/Alto Adige), Slovakia (some villages), which is basically that old Germania area. Dutch has some link too. | ||
+ | |||
+ | There is a difference between the way the Swiss German and Deutschland and Austrian (Österreich) German speakers use the language which isn’t a particularly important fact to know at this stage and is the sort of thing that becomes clear by itself. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Learning German will give you better access to travelling around north-central Europe and conversing with the locals, if later in life you want to take a look around. But it will also allow you to read a fair few good German books and ofcourse [[Billy Meier]]s books. It then gives you access to reading all of Billys books, and they will also make more sense, and much more information will come out of what has been explained by extraterrestrials. Information that has never been translated into English are in those [[Books]], because of the shear volume of it all and the time required to translate it. | ||
== Deutsche Grammatik == | == Deutsche Grammatik == | ||
Revision as of 12:14, 8 July 2018
Quick intro, at a glance, for new learners
Being bilingual (reading and speaking two languages) is good for many reasons; it’s a skill, demonstrates ability to solve problems, brings up intelligence generally. It draws the studying persons attention to words, and words are all civilization has ever been founded upon in any epoch and words are the way we think and feel. It also allows the bilingual person to communicate with many more folks than before, opens up wider social opportunities which is nice, and it anyway sits well on a curriculum vitae / résumé.
If you’re going to be bilingual or multilingual, twinning German and English is a good combination. Most English speakers learn French by default and others Spanish and Italian so in those cases tripling it with German seems a reasonable way forward, may as well.
The English and German languages share some old connection.
Sometimes the words are written the same or similar but pronounced differently and sometimes they’re written differently but pronounced the same or similar.
To throw you into getting started and beginning to pick out and identify key words, here are some of those words that are similar.
Easy list
English > German | English > German | English > German |
---|---|---|
Hamburger > Hamburger Lager > Lagerbier |
Apple > Apfel Dance > tanzen |
Mouse > Maus House > Haus |
These are just the similar terms, and there are ofcourse many more, but the way of creating a sentence and pronouncing the words is different and that will be the thing that takes the time to learn.
Nowadays many young persons throughout the world are taught English and develop a high level of skill with it. There are therefore many videos on youtube that you can bring up where locals demonstrate how they speak, and translate it into English.
The best way to learn German is taking a regular class in your local town. Using Duolingo or any learning software. And physically visiting those areas of Europe.
In English we adopted the old Roman term Germania, presumably back in Roman times, for the geographical region in north-central Europe (for all intents and purposes, Europe). Which is probably why we call it German and Germany today. However that old Germania has since then been divided up into the many countries we know in Europe i.e. Europe; and German is now spoken in Switzerland, Deutschland (Germany), Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Belgium, Italy (the province South Tyrol/Alto Adige), Slovakia (some villages), which is basically that old Germania area. Dutch has some link too.
There is a difference between the way the Swiss German and Deutschland and Austrian (Österreich) German speakers use the language which isn’t a particularly important fact to know at this stage and is the sort of thing that becomes clear by itself.
Learning German will give you better access to travelling around north-central Europe and conversing with the locals, if later in life you want to take a look around. But it will also allow you to read a fair few good German books and ofcourse Billy Meiers books. It then gives you access to reading all of Billys books, and they will also make more sense, and much more information will come out of what has been explained by extraterrestrials. Information that has never been translated into English are in those Books, because of the shear volume of it all and the time required to translate it.
Deutsche Grammatik
das Verb
Präsens
Die Hilfsverben
sein | haben | werden | |
---|---|---|---|
ich | bin | habe | werde |
du | bist | hast | wirst |
er/sie/es | ist | hat | wird |
wir | sein | haben | werden |
ihr | seid | habt | werdet |
sie/Sie | sein | haben | werden |
Regelmäßige (schwache) Verben
leben | machen | sagen | gehen | bleiben | bringen | beginnen | suchen | denken | fragen | hören | kaufen | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ich | lebe | mache | sage | gehe | bleibe | bringe | beginne | suche | denke | frage | höre | kaufe |
du | lebst | machst | sagst | gehst | bleibst | bringst | beginnst | suchst | denkst | fragst | hörst | kaufst |
er/sie/es | lebt | macht | sagt | geht | bleibt | bringt | beginnt | sucht | denkt | fragt | hört | kauft |
wir | leben | machen | sagen | gehen | bleiben | bringen | beginnen | suchen | denken | fragen | hören | kaufen |
ihr | lebt | macht | sagt | geht | bleibt | bringt | beginnt | sucht | denkt | fragt | hört | kauft |
sie/Sie | leben | machen | sagen | gehen | bleiben | bringen | beginnen | suchen | denken | fragen | hören | kaufen |
schwimmen | probieren | singen | spielen | trinken | wohnen | zeigen | brauchen | lieben | fliegen | kommen | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ich | schwimme | probiere | singe | spiele | trinke | wohne | zeige | brauche | liebe | fliege | komme |
du | schwimmst | probierst | singst | spielst | trinkst | wohnst | zeigst | brauchst | liebst | fliegst | kommst |
er/sie/es | schwimmt | probiert | singt | spielt | trinkt | wohnt | zeigt | braucht | liebt | fliegt | kommt |
wir | schwimmen | probieren | singen | spielen | trinken | wohnen | zeigen | brauchen | lieben | fliegen | kommen |
ihr | schwimmt | probiert | singt | spielt | trinke | wohnt | zeiget | braucht | liebt | fliegt | kommt |
sie/Sie | schwimmen | probieren | singen | spielen | trinken | wohnen | zeigen | brauchen | lieben | fliegen | kommen |
Regelmäßige (schwache) Verben mit e-Erweiterung
öffnen | finden | antworten | arbeiten | bedeuten | kosten | senden | warten | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ich | öffne | finde | antworte | arbeite | bedeute | kosten | sende | warte |
du | öffnest | findest | antwortest | arbeitest | bedeutest | kostest | sendest | wartest |
er/sie/es | öffnet | findet | antwortet | arbeitet | bedeutet | kostet | sendet | wartet |
wir | öffnen | finden | antworten | arbeiten | bedeuten | kosten | senden | warten |
ihr | öffnet | findet | antwortet | arbeitet | bedeutet | kostet | sendet | wartet |
sie/Sie | öffnen | finden | antworten | arbeiten | bedeuten | kosten | senden | warten |
Regelmäßige (schwache) Verben mit e-Tilgung bei Endung eln und ern
sammeln | verbessern | |
---|---|---|
ich | sammle | verbessere |
du | sammelst | verbesserst |
er/sie/es | sammelt | verbessert |
wir | sammeln | verbessern |
ihr | sammelt | verbessert |
sie/Sie | sammeln | verbessern |
Unregelmäßige (starke) Verben
reisen | heißen | setzen | |
---|---|---|---|
ich | reise | heiße | setze |
du | reist | heißt | setzt |
er/sie/es | reist | heißt | setzt |
wir | reisen | heißen | setzen |
ihr | reist | heißt | setzt |
sie/Sie | reisen | heißen | setzen |
fahren | schlafen | |
---|---|---|
ich | fahre | schlafe |
du | fährst | schläfst |
er/sie/es | fährt | schläft |
wir | fahren | schlafen |
ihr | fahrt | schlaft |
sie,/Sie | fahren | schlafen |
helfen | geben | nehmen | essen | lesen | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
ich | helfe | gebe | nehme | esse | lese |
du | hilfst | gibst | nimmst | isst | liest |
er/sie/es | hilft | gibt | nimmt | isst | liest |
wir | helfen | geben | nehmen | essen | lesen |
ihr | helft | gebt | nehmt | esst | lest |
sie/Sie | helfen | geben | nehmen | essen | lesen |
tun | |
---|---|
ich | tue |
du | tust |
er/sie/es | tut |
wir | tun |
ihr | tut |
sie/Sie | tun |
Reflexive Verben
sich treffen | |
---|---|
ich | treffe mich |
du | triffst dich |
er/sie/es | trifft sich |
wir | treffen uns |
ihr | trefft euch |
sie/Sie | treffen sich |
Trennbare Verben
auskommen | anrufen | |
---|---|---|
ich | komme aus | rufe an |
du | kommst aus | rufst an |
er/sie/es | kommt aus | ruft an |
wir | kommen aus | rufen an |
ihr | kommt aus | ruft an |
sie/Sie | kommen aus | rufen an |
Nicht trennbare Verben
bekommen | bestellen | besuchen | bezahlen | verstehen | vergessen | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ich | bekomme | bestelle | besuche | bezahle | verstehe | vergesse |
du | bekommst | bestellst | besuchst | bezahlst | verstehst | vergisst |
er/sie/es | bekommt | bestellt | besucht | bezahlt | versteht | vergisst |
wir | bekommen | bestellen | besuchen | bezahlen | verstehen | vergessen |
ihr | bekomme | bestellt | besucht | bezahlt | versteht | vergesst |
sie/Sie | bekommen | bestellen | besuchen | bezahlen | verstehen | vergessen |
Die Modalverben und wissen
können | sollen | wollen | müssen | mögen | dürfen | wissen | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ich | kann | soll | will | muss | mag | darf | weiß | |
du | kannst | sollst | willst | musst | magst | darfst | weißt | |
er, sie, es | kann | soll | will | muss | mag | daft | weiß | |
wir | können | sollen | wollen | müssen | mögen | dürfen | wissen | |
ihr | könnt | sollt | wollt | müsst | mögt | dürft | wisst | |
sie/Sie | können | sollen | wollen | müssen | mögen | dürfen | wissen |
Links
Dictionaries
- http://dict.leo.org/
- http://dict.tu-chemnitz.de/
- http://de-en.dict.cc/
- http://dictionary.reverso.net/german-english/
Translation Services
- http://translate.google.com/
- http://www.online-translator.com/
- http://babelfish.yahoo.com/
- http://itranslate4.eu/
- http://translate.reference.com/
Text to Speach Demos
- http://text-to-speech.imtranslator.net/
- http://www.oddcast.com/home/demos/tts/tts_example.php
- http://www2.research.att.com/~ttsweb/tts/demo.php
- http://cepstral.com/demos/
- http://www.loquendo.com/en/demo-center/interactive-tts-demo/
- http://enterprisecontent.nuance.com/vocalizer5-network-demo/index.html
- http://www.ivona.com/
Language Learning Communities
- https://www.duolingo.com/
- https://www.livemocha.com/
- http://www.busuu.com/
- http://www.lingq.com/
- http://www.hello-hello.com/
Grammar Tables
- http://www.mein-deutschbuch.de/
- http://www.vistawide.com/german/grammar/german_grammar.htm
- http://www.dartmouth.edu/~german/Grammatik/Grammatik.html
- http://deutsch.lingo4u.de/
- http://www.canoo.net/
- http://www.verbformen.de/
Web, Audio, Video Courses
- http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,2547,00.html
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/languages/german/
- http://www.udoklinger.de/Deutsch/
- http://userweb.port.ac.uk/~joyce1/abinitio/
- http://fsi-language-courses.org/Content.php?page=German
- http://www.ielanguages.com/German.html
- http://www.germanforspalding.org/
- http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/German