Learn and Speak More Languages

I bought Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stoneauf deutsch a little while ago. Compared to the 18thh century literature we’re reading in my German class right now, Rowling is a breeze! I’m so happy that I can read a book in German and actually know what’s going on.

Swedish is also going well.

Swedish is going well. I’m still really enjoying it. Hopefully that will keep up!

My German, on the other hand, is really suffering. My vocabulary was never very strong, and I feel like I’m out of my depth. Maybe I should make some flashcards for myself.

I’m a German philology (German language, rather than German culture/history/society) major, and am in 6th semester college German right now. It’s pretty daunting.

But I’m also taking a beginning Swedish course. It kinda seems like a cop-out, since many of the words are so similar, but I’m really happy with it. And wow—compared to my current German class, Swedish 1001 is a breeze. We’re reading and interpreting Kafka and Kleist in German right now… but in Swedish?

“Bok! Golv! Penna!” (Book, floor, pen!)

It’s refreshing.