I heard about that some polyglots do exercises like the following one. For example, they translate the next sentences in the languages they are studing and that helps them.
1. The apple is red.
2. It is John apple.
3. I give John the apple.
4. We want to give him the apple.
5. He give it to John.
6. She give it to John.
Now I start with German:
1. Der Apfel ist rot.
2. Der ist John Apfel.
3. Ich gebe John den Apfel.
4. Ich will ihm den Apfel.
5. Er gibt den John.
6. Sie gibt den ihm.
Könnte jemand meine Übung korregieren? Danke!
I think that maybe these kind of exercises can be useful if you'll increase the sentences complexity day by day. I propose you'll write me down the 6 sentences in the language you are studying. Will you be able to do it? :)
Yes, I'd heard about that before, but for the life of me I can't see what use it would be.
Nevertheless, here it is corrected (by the way, that's what the notebook is for!):
English:
2. It is John's apple (Es la manzana DE John)
5. He gives it to John
6. She gives it to John
Deutsch:
2. Es ist Johns Apfel.
4. Wir wollen ihm den Apfel geben.
5. Er gibt ihn John.
6. Sie gibt ihn John.
The others are correct. Die anderen sind richtig.
