improve my German

I’m from Hungary which is right next to Austria, and since it’s a lot better country, it really comes in handy if you’re fluent in German. So far I’ve been learning it for a year, and I’m OK, but I wanna be a lot better. :)

a copy of “German Made Simple” by Arnold Leitner. I’m up to chapter 4 (so far, most of it is stuff I already know) – but it’s a good refresher. I peeked at the final chapters to see if it goes as far as complex sentences, which I have trouble with, and it does.

Not sure if I should set a time limit to get through the entire book. I’ll see how it goes…

This will have to go to the back burner for awhile until I take the JLPT in December and my favourite list on smart.fm needs to get fixed.

My trip to Germany was a kind of success. I could communicate much better than I could during my last visit, but not as well as I would have liked.

I don’t want to sink any more credits into language if I don’t have to. I think I’ll mark this goal complete once I’ve finished levels 2 and 3 of Rosetta Stone.

Here’s my number.
Hier ist meine Nummer.
Here ist mine-ne new-mer.

I need to eat breakfast.
Ich muss fruhstucken.
Ick mus frew-stuk-ken. Umlauts over both U’s in fruhstucken.

Where is the post office?
Wo ist die Post?
Vo ist dee Post?

Im staying with a friend.
Ich ubernachte [bei einem Freund/einer Freundin].
ik oober-nakh-tuh [by eye-em froynt/eye-ner froy din]. [male/female]

I need a blanket.
Ich brauche eine Bettdecke.
Ick brow-khe eye-ne bett-de-ke.

Is it supposed to get cold?
Soll es kalt werden?
zol es kalt, vair-den?

Get away from me!
Gehen Sie (Geh) weg von mir!
Geh-en zee (geh) wek fon meer!

Do you want a drink?
Mochten Sie (mochtest du)etwas trinken? Umlaut over O in Mochten.
Murk-ten zee (murk-test-doo) et-vas trink-en? Zie is formal, du is informal.

I dont feel well.
Ich fuhle mich nicht woll. Umlauts over the U in fuhle.
Ick fuu-le mick nikht vall.

Next week we can try to brave prepositions.
My german teacher taught me a cute little song and 17 years later I remember it….wow. Das is traurig.

I just entered in 7 new phrases and when I went to enter, they were gone. Ugh. I dont have it in me right now to do it again. I will try again later. I have to pretend to work since I caught up and put myself ahead of schedule yesterday.

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.