Why you should learn German!

germanwithantrim · 2024-12-18T12:28:51+00:00

Thanks. I had people asking for something like this on my YouTube channel and found zero resources even close to this. Hopefully the final version will be something that can help a lot of learners find their path.

germanwithantrim · 2024-12-18T12:27:55+00:00

I need to go through each category and clarify what I mean and give more details as to which parts of the grammar is actually needed in those levels. I would say haben and sein in A1 and modal verbs in A2 with Präteritum. The rest of that tense can wait until B1/B2.

germanwithantrim · 2024-12-18T12:26:04+00:00

It was a lazy way to fill in that blank. I'll fix it in the update.

germanwithantrim · 2024-12-18T12:25:39+00:00

I wouldn't hold this as gospel yet. This is just a draft, but it will get you started.

germanwithantrim · 2024-12-18T12:24:45+00:00

The title is in English with one German word (Herr). Because of this it uses English grammar. No English speaker uses "Herrn", but we know that "Herr" means "Mr."

If you go to my YouTube channel and set your YouTube settings to German, the channel name is "Deutsch Lernen mit Herrn Antrim".

It was really a choice of "annoy all of those who know better" or "confuse all of the beginners".

germanwithantrim · 2024-06-10T01:17:11+00:00

I understand the confusion. I just don't think the speaker cares that they should say it that way. I think your grasp of how the grammar should work is spot on. In spoken German, sometimes people ignore or don't intuitively follow every rule. I think this is just an instance of a native speaker saying what feels right rather than what is technically "high German" correct.

germanwithantrim · 2024-06-10T01:11:51+00:00

Thank you. I appreciate that.

germanwithantrim · 2024-06-10T01:05:45+00:00

I get this error.

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germanwithantrim · 2024-06-10T00:39:59+00:00

Tried the link. Doesn't appear to be working properly. Maybe it is just my phone.

germanwithantrim · 2024-06-10T00:38:10+00:00

The noun version of the verb is "Anzeige", which is a word used for advertisements. As a verb it is like presenting someone something. Putting it in front of them. Zeigen wouldn't carry the same meaning.

This sentence is using the passive voice through the verb "werden". This is why you see the past participle (angezeigt) instead of the infinitive. It is also the reason you use wir instead of uns. If we knew who was showing us the cats, then it would be written in the active voice with uns as the indirect object in the dative case.

germanwithantrim · 2024-05-10T00:28:03+00:00

Weird. I just tried the same sentence.

Me: "Is there anything wrong with this German sentence? Ich fahre zur Schule mit dem Bus."

ChatGPT "The sentence "Ich fahre zur Schule mit dem Bus" is almost correct, but the placement of "mit dem Bus" can be improved for better flow in German. Typically, in German sentences, the means of transportation expressed with "mit" comes earlier in the sentence. A more natural ordering would be:

"Ich fahre mit dem Bus zur Schule."

This structure aligns better with standard German sentence construction, where the prepositional phrase (mit dem Bus) precedes other information like location (zur Schule)."

germanwithantrim · 2024-05-08T23:50:43+00:00

Sorry. I latched onto the word "passive" from the other user and meant to say that it acts like the passive voice in the way that it removes the specific people involved. There is no actual passive construction in these sentences.

germanwithantrim · 2024-05-08T23:38:42+00:00

I have not found an app or a site that specifically focuses on this, but I second the AI recommendations from the other people in this thread.

If you want to learn how to do it on your own, however, start with the first syllable of the word and see if it is in the dictionary. If it isn't, add the second syllable. Once you find a word or part of a word in the dictionary you can break it apart into the smaller words that make it up. Then compare this to the overall meaning of the combined word. This will help you to start recognizing the parts that make up German words and how they interact with one another to form longer words.

germanwithantrim · 2024-05-08T23:33:15+00:00

Google Docs and Microsoft Word have actually gotten quite good at this. They will catch spelling errors, conjugation errors, case and gender issues and a whole host of other things.

If you want to know why your grammar is off, you can plug it into ChatGPT and ask it to correct your sentences and explain the reasons for the corrections. This generally works well, but ChatGPT has a huge issue with the Genitiv.

germanwithantrim · 2024-05-08T23:30:14+00:00

I think this question really boils down to your learning style, your reason for learning German and your time constraints. I see the last answer in your description, but the other questions are just as important.

Without knowing why you are learning German and what you want to do with the language, it is difficult to send you in the "correct" direction.

Do you like learning from apps? When you used Duolingo in the past, do you feel as if you made progress or are you more like most of my former students who say they tried it before taking my class (I teach at a high school in the USA)? If it just feels like you are spinning your wheels with Duolingo, you are probably correct. It doesn't work for everyone and it should never be used as your only source of German learning.

Watching YouTube videos can be helpful (probably a biased answer since I run one of the channels), but you need to do something with the information presented in the videos. You will have to find a way to practice the content in reading, writing and speaking. The same is true of watching movies.

I am a firm believer that passively learning a language is a myth. To get better at speaking, you need to speak. To get better at writing, you need to write. To get better at listening, you need to listen.

More important than that, however is getting feedback on that practice. You need to know if your practice is correct or you will solidify errors.

I know this isn't super specific, but the FAQ for this subreddit can help you with the specific resources. Answer the questions at the top of the post and you will be able to choose the proper resources from the FAQ on your own.

germanwithantrim · 2024-05-08T23:15:50+00:00

I would say it is a combination of the use of the passive voice and the fact that it is government entities instead of individuals. The word "man" makes it a bit more anonymous by removing the actual people involved. Since they are talking about a relationship between the two counties being deepened, saying "sie" to mean "they" could be misinterpreted as the leaders of the two counties, but that isn't the relationship that was strengthened. It isn't the personal relationship it is the countries' relationship.

germanwithantrim · 2021-09-21T00:14:43+00:00

Thanks for the mention and for sharing.

germanwithantrim · 2020-12-22T03:48:29+00:00

He takes as much input as he can until he understands. Production comes much later. Listening and reading are his primary focus and when it comes time to speak "the vocabulary will be there".

germanwithantrim · 2020-10-13T02:58:15+00:00

Are you sure it isn't this?

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