improve my German

I’ve been learning it for 1 year at school, but now, I won’t have german classes anymore… So I’d like to know someone who can help me with it!

I teach German at the Primary (Elementary) School level, and my own German is probably only at mid-Secondary level. I would really like to gain more confidence and fluency. I don’t really need it for the job, but it would give me a sense of accomplishment and satisfaction, as well as exercising the old brain. I don’t want to take a class, I want to do it in my own time at my own speed. I’m not sure what the best method would be. A lot of language teaching resources focus on tourist phrases, but that’s not what I want. I want to learn the language itself,and perhaps eventually be able to read German literature in the original language. Does anyone have any suggestions? Because this is just for my own interest, I can’t justify spending a lot of money.

I have been using Rosetta Stone, and plan to do lessons daily now that summer has officially started. The plan is to be able to communicate somewhat effectively with my German relatives this coming August.

What time is breakfast?
Wann gibt es Fruhstuck? Umlauts over both U’s.
Van gipt es Frew-stewk?

I don’t eat [raw fish].
Ich esse keinen [rohen Fisch]
ich es-e kai-nen [ro-nen fish]. Insert whatever you want. This is what the calendar said. I personally love sushi, not so much sashimi.

How is everything?
Ist alles in Ordnung?
ist ah-less in ord-nung?

What are you wearing?
Was tragen Sie (tragst du)? umlaut over a in tragst.
vas trah-gen zee (trag-st doo)?

I think they are running out of interesting things to say because the rest really blew.

Cheers.

This calendar is all over the place. But if I look at these entries that I tore out, it seems to be things you would say to someone staying with you (?)

Your english is great!
Sie Sprechen (Du sprichst)aber gut Englisch.
zee shpre-khen (do shpri-kst) ah-bear goot eng-lish.
(Sie sprechen is formal, du sprichtst is non formal. If someone is staying at your home, I assume you know them and its ok to use du)

My friends call me__.
Meine Fruende nennen mich_.
Mine-e froyn-da nen-en mikh__.

I lost my passport.
Ich habe meinen Pass verloren.
Ick hab-e mine-en pas fer-law-ren.

I’ve heard so much about you.
Ich habe so viel von Ihnen (dir) gehort. (umlauts over o in gehort).
Ick hab-e zo feel fon ee-nen (deer) ge-hurt.

How old are you?
Vie alt sind Sie (bist du)?
vee alt zint zee (bist doo)?

Sweet dreams
Traum Suß.(umlauts over a in traum. Remember the funny looking B at the end is actually and Eszett and takes the place of 2 s’s. There is also an umlaut over the u. Seems intimidating, but not so much. Give it try.
troy-m sews.

Have a blessed week.
Cheers.

This calendar is all over the place lately. Usually its a week of subjects, but the person putting it together must have gotten bored.

I really appreciate it.
Ich bedanke mich sehr dafur. (umlauts over the a in dafur)
ick be-don-ke mikh zehr da-fewr.

I am [23] years old.
Ich bin [dreiundzwanzig] Jahre alt.
ick bin [dry-und-zwan-zikh] yah-re alt.

I’m broke.
Ich bin pleite.
ick bin plai-tuh

I’m on flight [101] to NYC.
Ich fliege mit Flug 101 nach NYC.
ick flee-ge flook [hun-dert-ains] nakh New York City.

What is your email address?
Wie ist deine Emailadresse?
vie ist dine-e e-mail-address-suh?

Can you forgive me?
Konnen Sie (kannst du)mir je vergeben? (umlauts over o in Konnen)
Kur-nen zee (kanst do) meer yeh fer-geh-ben?
Konnen Sie is formal (someone you dont know), kannst du is informal, used for friends and family.

Where is the bus station?
Wo ist die Bushaltestelle?
vo ist dee Buss-hall-tuh-shtel-luh?

May I have a napkin?
Darf ich bitte eine serviette haben?
darf ick bit-tuh ein-ne noy-eh zer-vee-et-tuh ha-ben?
replace napkin for anything; fork, water, etc. For a “new” something, add “neue” pronounced noy-eh. Eine neue Gabel (fork).

Cheers.

Hello,

na wie geht’s?

...okay I will continue my entry in English.
My Name is Cedro and I am studying economy in Frankfurt. I speak German perfectly due to the face that I was born here. If you really want to improve your German skills, I can help you. You can send me essays and I will correct tthem for you. I think to have a native speaker who corrects essays you write, is the best way to learn a language. Maybe you ask yourself…okay whay does this guy want to help me? The answer is, that I want to improve my English skills. I consider my skills as quite good, but I still can learn. So my suggestion would just be, that you can send me essays or what ever via e-mail and I correct them. You can write me a private message if you want to.

Schönen Tag noch
Cedro

Is it supposed to rain this weekend?
Soll es dieses Wochenende regnen?
Zol es dee-za Voken-en-de reg-nen

I’d like to see the zoo.
Ich mochte [den Zoo] besuchen.
Ick muhr-kthe [den tso] be-zoo-ken.

Do you like yoga?
Machen Sie (Machst du) gern Yoga?
Ma-kehn zie (makst doo) gehrn Yoga?
Machen sie is formal—someone just met
Machst du is informal—buddy or friend of yours

I need a gift for…[my parents].
Ich brauche ein Geschenk fur [meine Eltern].
Ick brow-ke ein ge-schenk fuhr(fewr) [mine-a El-tern].

I need 5 more minutes.
Ich brauche noch funf Minuten.
Ick brow-ke nokh fewnf min-nu-ten.

I cannot believe how much of this is coming back to me. For some horrible reason the word schwenger popped in my head the other day.
schwenger [sch-ven-ger]. Pregnant; knocked up. The things we remember from high school.

Cheers. Have a good week.

Last night I got the results from my first assessment, which will count for 15% of my final coursework mark, and I got 85% which is a distinction…but only just :P

Good luck to everybody working on this goal.

How’s it going?
Wie geht’s?
Vee gates.

I have to go home now.
Ich muss jetzt nach Hause gehen
Ikh mus yetst nakh how-se gay-en.

What time is it?
Wie viel Uhr ist es?
Vie veel ouhr ist es?
Which really means “how many hours is it”?