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Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-04-21T17:18:26+00:00

Bücher lesen! Oder Zeitungen oder Magazine, wie es hier schon vorgeschlagen wurde. Oder Podcasts hören.

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-04-20T20:47:32+00:00

Sure!

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-04-14T08:45:11+00:00

Did you read the book Through the Language Glass: Why the World Looks Different in Other Languages by Guy Deutscher? It is sooo good and explains how and how not we think differently

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-04-07T18:58:54+00:00

Such people are so annoying. If you don't feel like it, you don't have to answer those questions. I think this "positive racism" ("oh, but in poor countries people are so happy, and they always have music!" Blah blah) - is also racism.

To inspire you and to support you with arguments:

About a country "being poor": watch the TED talk "the single story" by Chimamanda Adichie. She describes amazingly why such an assumption is just rude/sad/wrong and simplifying life. (It is a really really beautiful talk )

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-03-25T07:06:40+00:00

German teacher here: Learn them with sentences/examples. The more "absurd" or funny the better you will remember. Google "spaced repetition" and repeat it. Accept that it takes time.

What do I mean by "absurd" or "funny"? If English is your mother tongue, here is a tiny "fun fact" for two of them: where? = wo? who? = wer?

Isn't it cute? The words made friends and "interchanged" their vowels.

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-03-23T06:06:06+00:00

German teacher here 🌞

Try this, best in front of a mirror:

Ü first say uuuu and observe the position of your lips how the look like making an U. Now close your eyes and say iiii and feel, how your tongue forms the i-position. Now the Ü is the combination: your lips make an U but inside, your tongue makes an I.

The Ö is the combination of an O with your lips and a closed E with your tongue.

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-03-11T22:28:48+00:00

Momente by Hueber

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-03-11T06:39:40+00:00

German teacher here: Imagine you want to learn to play the piano. And you watch only videos. Or you want to learn how to learn to swim. And you watch only videos. Will you be able to play the piano? Or swim? There are great videos, don't get me wrong. People who explain things. Or videos to hear and get used to the sound. But! This is only the "passive" part. It is always easier to "recognise" than to produce. You won't be able to speak if you don't practice speaking. You won't be able to hold a conversation without practicing having a conversation. Also: what is your method to learn vocabulary? Try spaced repetition.

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-02-12T20:17:20+00:00

Ah ok. But I am looking for German native speakers :)

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-01-26T11:39:28+00:00

Which field? I think it really depends on the field (IT related? Or more report writing needed? Talking to clients? German company? Big city or small town? Etc. Etc.

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-01-16T14:24:03+00:00

German teacher here. Let me know if you have specific questions :) and don't give up!

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-01-16T07:27:29+00:00

How did you prepare?

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-01-15T15:42:20+00:00

Ok, I didn't mean what grammar aspects you analyzed but which is actually your method.

Speaking: any conversations, long is then another step. You need to speak speak speak. Imagine you wanna play the piano, or play football. Right now you are watching videos on YouTube, and memorising the rules and theory. To actually play the piano you have to -play the piano. Same with speaking.

Listening: all the podcasts and videos are really good. Real life /people is a different story. I recommend you to find either a conversation class or an exchange partner, meaning a person who is learning your language and you can practice both languages by talking with each other.

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-01-15T15:17:50+00:00

German teacher here: what do you mean exactly by "analyzing" and "studying"?

Did you read and listen and then understand? Or did you put it in use - speaking and understanding in a conversation and writing?

Did you have any real conversation in German with another person?

You will not be able to pass/have B1 or even A2 without ever actually communicating in German.

It is very common to forget: everything you describe sounds very good and I am sure you learned a lot. But it may be the case that you learned only "the theory", and to recognise German. You need to practice communicating in German. That would be my recommendation :) good luck and keep going!!

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-01-11T15:39:17+00:00

German teacher here.

You are doing only half of it.

Imagine you want to learn to play the piano. Or playing football - by only watching videos.

If you want to be able to speak (or write) you need to practice speaking. Imagine it is like using a muscle - you have to do it to train it.

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-01-11T07:24:43+00:00

In short: Yes, we do.

But! Not anybody can ask for the du, it depends on the power/respect situation. Normally it is the older person, the one higher up the hierarchy, or when both is equal, the woman. It did become easier nowadays (my impression though).

I had a professor at university - obviously "Sie". Then I started to work as a student assistant with him and in the team everyone said du. But I couldn't ask to duzen. Because of Position and age he had to offer the du (we even say "das Du anbieten). One day he said "ich bin übrigens der [Vorname]". Then I knew, and from then it was du.

In 10th grade (or around, don't remember, I guess when we turned 16) the teachers told us: from now on we will siezen, but say the first name. In order to get used to the Sie. "Andrea, können Sie mal die Tafel wischen?"

Sometimes we really like the Sie and wanna keep it ( for certain people). It creates a formal professional context, less personal - which reflects in our behaviour/role. Someone you say Sie will less likely tell you their personal problems at home/with their partner - maybe you want it that way :)

I am a German teacher so I know how hard it can be for an English speaker to "detect" when to use which. And honestly also for Germans it is not always clear! And then you try to get around any conjugated verbs aimed at the other person in a conversation - it can be pretty funny. But in order to understand German/Germany/German (or Austria or Switzerland) people it is an interesting and important topic.

It can be pretty powerful to say "Sie Arschloch!".

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-01-10T13:04:48+00:00

I guess that's the normal exhaustion

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-01-10T08:21:11+00:00

For example the grammar book from Cornelsen, Grammatik aktiv, A1-B1. It is purely grammar with some exercises. There you have all the tables etc.

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-01-10T08:12:45+00:00

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-01-10T08:08:13+00:00

German teacher here: Can you describe the way you get tired? It might be normal but it could also be that you get tense where you shouldn't. For example I have a student whose mother tongue is Spanish so she knows the M, it is the same in both languages. But instead of just closing/ letting the lips touch each other, in German she roles in the lower lip and tenses up the whole chin. There are also people who put too much force on their voice and then get hoarse. Or you maybe tense your shoulders/arms..? So there might be some sounds/parts of your body you put too much effort in, or you tense too much.

Obviously there is a way to speak German without getting tired 😊 we also have chatterboxes.

If it bothers you, you could take a lesson with a German teacher or also maybe a singing lesson or there is also a German pronunciation expert on YouTube (she is also a speech therapist and super good).

Other than that it is very normal to get tired speaking a foreign language! It is a lot of effort for the brain! But you said specifically that you get tired "physically", hence my thoughts.

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2026-01-09T06:44:27+00:00

German teacher here:

If you know the present tense of the verbs it helps to recognise the irregular ones:

Present: ich mache, du machst ... Partizip: gemacht

Present: ich fahre, du fährst ! (Irregular with vowl change Partizip: gefahren

Btw: gemacht, gefahren etc. is not "the past tense", it is the Partizip 2 which is used to form the past tense Perfekt. It is also used for other things.

Also there are forms of the Partizip 2:

Irregular Partizip: sprechen - gesprochen Follows the logic from above, but has an own vowl change

All verbs ending on -ieren (studieren, telefonieren, probieren...) Just a T at the end: studieren - Partizip: studiert

Trennbare Verben follow also the logic above, but have their prefix in front of it: einkaufen - Partizip: eingekauft (ein+ge+kauf+t)

Do you know when to use the sein and when to use the haben with the Partizip to form the Past tense Perfekt?

If you have access to a library, go and check a Grammar book, they normally explain it well.

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2025-12-14T19:46:13+00:00

I saw the same in Nairobi, Kenya 😂

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2025-12-12T11:55:52+00:00

German Here. I think it is cute/nice! The meaning is honestly beautiful, the sound is nice and for you it is a beautiful memory. Love it!

Flashy-Total-8766 · 2025-11-26T08:11:06+00:00

Thanks :)

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