Learn German Quickly - Numbers
What would life be without numbers? Love them or hate them, we need numbers to function in our daily lives. The same is true when you want to learn German quickly. One way to learn German quickly is to practice using German numbers as you go about your daily tasks such as grocery shopping for instance.
German numbers from 1 - 12 are very straight forward and easy to pronounce and put to memory. However, there are a few patterns with the numbers that follow:
Pattern of the Teens:
The numbers 13 to 19 all start with the same number used for 1 - 9 and end in the number for 10 "zehn". Example 13 = dreizehn, 14 = vierzehn,...19 = neunzehn.
Pattern of TEN:
The numbers 20, 40 - 90 start with the pratically the same words used for 1 - 9 and end with "zig" with 20 zwanzig and 30 dreißig being the only exceptions. For example, 40 vierzig, 50 fünfzig, 60 sechzig, 70 siebzig, 80 achtzig, and 90 neunzig.
Pattern of the "one-and-twenty","two-and-twenty...etc"
The numbers 21 - 29;31 - 39;41 - 49;51 - 59;61 - 69;71 - 79;81 - 89 and 91 - 99 all have the one-and-twenty, two-and-twenty pattern. For example, 31 = einunddreißig; 44 = vierundvierzig; 55 = fünfundfünfzig; 67 = siebenundsechzig; 78 = achtundsiebzig; 82 = zweiundachtzig and 99 = neunundneunzig.
Isn't German cool? As long as you master 1 - 12, the rest will come naturally as you learn German quickly.
Learn German Quickly
Wednesday, June 11, 2008
Friday, June 6, 2008
Learn German Quickly
Learn German Quickly - Back To The Basics (Part 4)
The last of the four main basic abilities you need to learn German quickly is the ability to speak. It is much easier to understand German when spoken than it is to express yourself in German. Why? Because it is less difficult to translate German into English when you hear it, compared to when you have to translate English into German when you want to speak it. This is because there are German words that we can recognize easily when hearing German called "passive vocabulary". And there are German words that we struggle to recall when speaking German called "active vocabulary", but when heard we instantly remember them. You should aim to get more experience listening to and speaking real day-to-day German. More exposure to German, as it is spoken on the street, will improve your oral proficiency and make your spoken German sound more natural and less like your German textbook.
Learn German Quickly
The last of the four main basic abilities you need to learn German quickly is the ability to speak. It is much easier to understand German when spoken than it is to express yourself in German. Why? Because it is less difficult to translate German into English when you hear it, compared to when you have to translate English into German when you want to speak it. This is because there are German words that we can recognize easily when hearing German called "passive vocabulary". And there are German words that we struggle to recall when speaking German called "active vocabulary", but when heard we instantly remember them. You should aim to get more experience listening to and speaking real day-to-day German. More exposure to German, as it is spoken on the street, will improve your oral proficiency and make your spoken German sound more natural and less like your German textbook.
Learn German Quickly
Friday, May 30, 2008
Learn German Quickly
Learn German Quickly - Back To The Basics (Part 3)
One of the four main basic abilities you need to learn German quickly is the ability to write. A great way to practice your written German is to find a German pen pal. You and your pen pal can write about a specific topic in his/her own words and then compare the versions. You should rewrite your paragraph several times making the corrections with each edit. This seems tedious but you'll see an improvement with your written German. When you want to learn German quickly, writing in German not only gives you a "formal" grasp of German but it also will improve your grammar and vocabulary and hence overall proficiency in German.
Learn German Quickly
One of the four main basic abilities you need to learn German quickly is the ability to write. A great way to practice your written German is to find a German pen pal. You and your pen pal can write about a specific topic in his/her own words and then compare the versions. You should rewrite your paragraph several times making the corrections with each edit. This seems tedious but you'll see an improvement with your written German. When you want to learn German quickly, writing in German not only gives you a "formal" grasp of German but it also will improve your grammar and vocabulary and hence overall proficiency in German.
Learn German Quickly
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
