You don’t need to learn all that much for functional fluency.The 1,000 most common words in German make up about 80% of the written language.So if you concentrate on those first, you’ll make a big dent in the amount of German you’ll be able to understand. It’s the easiest way...
So as you can see, once you’ve learned the basic rules, you’ll be able to easily grasp these concepts in other tenses using the same techniques. It simply becomes a matter of practice to get to a point where you're comfortable with each of the different conjugations so you can use ...
German Language Vocabulary If you are just learning a new language, it's always a good idea to learn how to say your native tongue, even if only to ask someone: 'Do you speak English?' This might come in handy if you are traveling in one of the six countries in Europe that has Ger...
Separable verbs are very much a unique feature of the German language and there are more than 12,000 of these. It’s important to understand the syntax of separable verbs and how they’re used as well as where to place them in a sentence. Every separable verb is comprised of a verb an...
"When the language instructors of such great countries as the US and the UK can hardly even dream of effectively improving any level of language skills of the 'old' and 'new' Americans and Britons, who is left to help the foreign authors of modern English self-study manuals and courses, ...
Especially when learning vocabulary from a foreign language, it’s important to repeat the words frequently.But not randomly.When you use a process scientists call this process spaced repetition you can easily cut down on the amount of repetition you need....
, like learning a new language, there are also aspects of our personalities that can come in very handy. here are some of the main ones: listen — really listen. sometimes (or oftentimes!) we so prefer listening to talking! we can easily hang back and take in a conversation. listening ...
Third, the first three sentences expose if the language has much-dreaded noun cases. What are noun cases? In German, for example, “the” isn’t so simple. It might be der, das, die, dem, den and more depending on whether “the apple” is an object, indirect obj...
You can apply the tips below to learn any foreign language. In fact, Français Immersion is a method that I personally applied while learning Spanish, English and that I still apply now learning German! “For teaching to be effective teacher must understand how people learn” ...
I spoke only English until I was 21. I nearly failed German in school, and I lived in Spain for six months without being able to learn the language — because I was doing it wrong. Fast forward to now: I speak around a dozen languages and counting, and it’s because I make my st...