Mister Big asked: I have been asked by a friend aged 20 to give her German tuition so that she can communicate with locals she goes to visit relatives in Germany. Please recommend a suitable book and CD/DVD course which can be bought quickly and easily in the UK, e.g. Deutsch Plus. (I am NOT a fan of linguaphone.) Say why you recommend that particular course as opposed to others.
I would also appreciate links to online resources for tutors of German to beginners.
Geraldine
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Chia Pet asked: Can you guys give me some suggestions or tips on how to start
Learning German. Maybe some good websites that I can check out too. I’m a complete beginner to the language, so any advice is welcomed. Thanks!
Eugene
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n_b_23 asked: I would like to learn conversational German for beginners. The local colleges and universities do not have night classes and I am employed full-time during the day. I am looking for a class, or teacher, as opposed to software (for example Rosetta Stone) for more practical conversation practice and feedback. I am a total beginner but have German relatives and would like to be able to communicate with them in their language. Plus, I visit Germany regularly, so to be able to speak the basics would be helpful. Any practical suggestions or advice?
Jill
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Emily asked: Alright, so I am
Learning German.
Beginner’s course. woo.
I was readin the section on “double consonants” and came upon “qu” which is supposed to be pronounced “kv.”
How is the “kv” supposed to sound?
Lucille
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Im a beginner at german, please help?
Hi,
I always teach my students to use the following to help them distinguish between cases:
NOM: Subject - Who or what is doing the verb
ACC: Direct Object - Who or what is being “verbed”?
DAT: Indirect Object - Who is it to or for?
Meine Oma hat dem alten Mann einen Kuchen gebacken. (My grandma baked the old man a cake.)
NOM: Subject - Who or what is doing the baking? Meine Oma
ACC: Direct Object - Who or what is being “baked”? Einen Kuchen
DAT: Indirect Object - Who is it to or for? Dem alten Mann
The Dative is also used after the following prepositions:
(I made up the word ZVAMBANGS to help my students remember them all.)
zu
von
außer
mit
bei
aus
nach
gegenüber
seit
The dative is also used with the following prepositions, but only when it shows location and not movement (then it would be accusative).
I taught my students vü u in haza (as in see you in haza) to help them remember this lot…
vor
über
unter
in
neben
hinter
an
zwischen
auf
Hope that helps.
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I know some of the most common words, but I don't understand the way they form their sentences, those little symbols, (Are they called accent marks or stress marks?) and how they pronounce German. Also, what does this symbol "ß" mean? As you can see, I'm having a lot of trouble.
ß is called the 'scharfes s' 'sharp s' which equals two s's, thus ß=ss, it's an older way of writing things but is still used quite a lot. Umlauts are the little dots above words and they stress the vowel a bit. Listen to a native speaker, it's hard to explain. Sentences…it all depends on conjunctions and verb positioning. You need a teacher for that stuff. Best of luck to you.
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Watch “Learn German free” videos on youtube from a german native. The are great for beginners and include motivational music.
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