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iQing
24-11-2003, 12:01 PM
Thanx Chen Chow for The suggestion...
German language is worth to learn.. By learning German we can know more about English as both language are germanic language...
by learning German, I found out why certain O in English language is pronounced as E ... actually its ? ... pronounced as OE... English omits the E but they read it as OE
German grammar is complicated and I hope there are Students who have learned German voice out thier view on German language.
littlebigone
24-11-2003, 12:07 PM
i don't get the thing about the O.
Could you give some examples?
iQing
24-11-2003, 12:26 PM
for example the words..
pOlice , cOmpel
we read it like
pElice, cEmpel
as if there's an E replacing O
the O is ? pronounced as E
Schye
24-11-2003, 12:27 PM
I am taking German this semester and 8O the grammar is really complicated.
There are too many rules to be memorized. Furthermore, I am not using them at all, which makes me very poor in it.
I am quite confused with the structure of their sentence too. Maybe I really need to put more time there.
About the OE, my Japanese lecturer pronounces it weirdly (?) and my dictionary is in Japanese so I can?t check the pronunciation.
Can you give some example in English/Malay that similar to it?
iQing
24-11-2003, 01:00 PM
Ooo... if you are learning German, don't forget to memorise the gender and plural form of all nouns...
otherwise more headache will arise..
do find out the formular for which gender is for which ending..
for example, endings with -ung and -heit are for female gender...
yeah.. the whole grammar stuff is really difficult...
I'm browsing thru old topics when I found this .. so, anyone still interested in learning German? I would suggest a new SIG for this language ... :D :D :D
I'm browsing thru old topics when I found this .. so, anyone still interested in learning German? I would suggest a new SIG for this language ... :D :D :D
chenchow
11-02-2004, 09:22 AM
I am sure you will find people interested if you start it. I would like to learn some more words in German..
chenchow
11-02-2004, 09:22 AM
I am sure you will find people interested if you start it. I would like to learn some more words in German..
But I'm not really interested :P ... just wanted to give idea and inspiration to those who are interested ... :lol:
But I'm not really interested :P ... just wanted to give idea and inspiration to those who are interested ... :lol:
Schye
11-02-2004, 12:26 PM
once a week lesson seems to be not enough to me...still clueless about German after 2 sems... :(
Schye
11-02-2004, 12:26 PM
once a week lesson seems to be not enough to me...still clueless about German after 2 sems... :(
Schye, you can watch the German conversation on NHK tv programme every week. Monday morning 6 am or Wednesday night 11:30 pm.
Schye, you can watch the German conversation on NHK tv programme every week. Monday morning 6 am or Wednesday night 11:30 pm.
Schye
11-02-2004, 08:39 PM
Schye, you can watch the German conversation on NHK tv programme every week. Monday morning 6 am or Wednesday night 11:30 pm.
6 am morning maybe impossible for me but the midnight session should be ok :)
thanks !
Schye
11-02-2004, 08:39 PM
Schye, you can watch the German conversation on NHK tv programme every week. Monday morning 6 am or Wednesday night 11:30 pm.
6 am morning maybe impossible for me but the midnight session should be ok :)
thanks !
kelvinlym
23-02-2004, 09:25 PM
I just stumbled on u guys discussing the german language. Well, it's not that difficult actually. I've studied it intensively for 2 years now, and I'm now in Germany. Any questions to forward to me? I could give some tips too.
The secret to learning any language is simple, just use it.
Some weird stuff in the german language: Bra (Busenhalter) is Masculine, Tie (Krawatte) is Feminine! 8O
Have fun!
kelvinlym
23-02-2004, 09:25 PM
I just stumbled on u guys discussing the german language. Well, it's not that difficult actually. I've studied it intensively for 2 years now, and I'm now in Germany. Any questions to forward to me? I could give some tips too.
The secret to learning any language is simple, just use it.
Some weird stuff in the german language: Bra (Busenhalter) is Masculine, Tie (Krawatte) is Feminine! 8O
Have fun!
kelvinlym
24-03-2004, 06:28 AM
This thread is dying a slow death.
Anyway, just wanna say that, u will understand a culture better by learning the language.
kelvinlym
24-03-2004, 06:28 AM
This thread is dying a slow death.
Anyway, just wanna say that, u will understand a culture better by learning the language.
yekban81
24-03-2004, 05:14 PM
Looks like German has some similarities with English, hasn't it. I am completely new to German Language. Is it really worth to learn German if compared with other popular-used language like Mandarin, Japanese, and France? How wide is the usage of German in the world?
I have equal interest in any foreign language but learning all or as many as I could at the same time costs too much time. So I basically choose foreign language, which offer enormous knowledge especially in cutting edge technology, to learn. Currently I am learning Korean and Japanese myself.
Anyway, is there any webpage links to German LAnguage teaching? I am curious to know how German language looks like.
kfyh2
24-03-2004, 07:45 PM
yb: german's used in germany (duh), switz, austria, belgium. top of my head, this is what I can remember. surely there's more.
in terms of usefulness, probably to an extent, but most germans do speak english. (perhaps those in germany could verify that, since I meet those in the uk, duh again)
looking for worldwide, maximum use. probably spanish - the second most spoken language in the world. oo yeaa :lol: and to some extent, lotsa spanish speakers don't speak english, providing yet another motivation to learn the language to communicate with that fit guy / hot girl.
of course, being asian, there's mandarin (which I embarrassingly do not know, despite being chinese). which would prove to be useful since China's a HuGe emerging economy. then again, some Chinese ppl I've met said that knowing mandarin isn't essential to work/ do some business there since English is the way fwd in Shanghai and Beijing. But still....i reckon to be able to cut a sweet deal with the businessmen / firms there, some mandarin knowledge would be handy in terms of relationship building.
kelvinlym
25-03-2004, 12:47 AM
in terms of usefulness, probably to an extent, but most germans do speak english. (perhaps those in germany could verify that, since I meet those in the uk, duh again)
I would say no. Germans who are well travelled do speak English. but if u were to meet a man on the street, most of them don't or can't speak a word of English.
German may not be the most widely spoken language, but in terms of book publications, they are ranked only behind US and China.
http://home.tampabay.rr.com/maseman/why.html
The article sort of sums it up.
But of course, learning any language is definitely a plus. No matter German, Japanese or Swahili.
I'm planning to take up another language next sem too. Most probably Spanish :wink:
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