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==Quick intro, at a glance, for new learners== | ==Quick intro, at a glance, for new learners== | ||
You’re already going to go very far in life by knowing English. | You’re already going to go very far in life by knowing English. | ||
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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> | 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> |
Revision as of 17:02, 3 September 2018
Quick intro, at a glance, for new learners
You’re already going to go very far in life by knowing English.
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.
Learning German also means learning the German, learning about German people. Some say people are the same wherever you go in the world, some may even say they are the same on many worlds etc., this is a misconception and tends to alienate the individual from the language and people they are studying. Learning a language is a long term study and appreciation of a people, their society, community, rules, customs, etiquette, culture, emphasises, prejudices, history, tastes, behaviours. If it is not this way then your an alien. This by the way is why on a number of levels several of the Plejaren such as Ptaah are not aliens, because of a very long profound study and investigation, personal learning study and assimilation. While learning English you probably were communicating with folks all over the world, well that is what that is.
If you’re going to be bilingual or multilingual, twinning German and English is a good combination, apparently is easier and faster for those who know English. Many 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 |
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Hamburger > Hamburger Lager > Lagerbier |
Fine > Fein Good > Gut |
Mouse > Maus House > Haus |
This page is similar: en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:List_of_German_cognates_with_English
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 by professionals, in school and in childhood 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 of all ages and personality types, and translate what they’re talking about into English as a lesson.
The best way to learn German is taking a regular class in your local town with a professional tutor in a class or private tuition lessons. Using the Duolingo learning computer software which is free or any learning software, some software may or may not be better because its paid for, its a normal open misconception that money gives you the best, but it may be better in some ways. 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), Austria, Liechtenstein, Luxemburg, Belgium, Italy (the province South Tyrol/Alto Adige), Slovakia (some villages), which is basically that old Germania area. Dutch has some link, and let’s not get too deeply into it but England and the English language itself relook at the list above well surely ok there is some link.
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 becomes self evidential 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 allow you to read a fair few good German books, there are some really good ones, and of course 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.
It will be a challenge, especially if you’ve already developed your brain and are now over 20, but life, it’s all a struggle and experience anyway. Good with making your own luck, all the best with it.
Deutsche Grammatik
das Verb
Präsens
Die Hilfsverben
sein | haben | werden | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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ich | tue |
du | tust |
er/sie/es | tut |
wir | tun |
ihr | tut |
sie/Sie | tun |
Reflexive Verben
sich treffen | |
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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 | |
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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 | |
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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 | ||
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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