Da lerne ich Deutsche Sprache, ich will, um zu kochen eine Deutsch Lebensmittel. Ich denke, dass ein Weihnachtsstollen wäre eine gute Sache sein. Ich weiß, wie man Brot backen und es gibt Rezepte im Internet. Haben Sie spezielle Art von Stollen, dass Sie mögen, oder ein Lieblingsrezept?
In America, it is not unusual to hear the phrase "you know" overused in spoken English. It may be just a habit of a person, or maybe something that occurs with the person is nervous, or not an ease. It may even occur when an inexperienced person has to speak in front of a group of people without notes.
An example would be: "You know, I remember a time, you know, at my house, you know, when we were attacked my skunks, and uh, and it really stunk, you know." For language learners, the use of "you know" like this is not recommended and is not considered good English.
Are there similarly abuse/misused phrases in German or other languages you would like to share?
I am working on my German, and of course, I struggle noun genders.
I have a freind, also American, who spent about 5 years working in West Germany in the 80s. He learned mostly by immersion, and became fairly fluent. He says "Don't worry about the genders. The German people I worked with said that most Germans don't really know them."
Question: If a person in just wanting to learn conversational german, or be able to understand/read books, movies/audio, does he need to worry about noun gender?
Thanks.
I would appreciate some suggestions for books to read/study that would help my German studies. I have about an A1/A2 level in German language, mature adult who is returning to the language after many years. Since I am a huge J.R.R. Tolkien fan, I am starting with The Hobbit, which is easily available. I will be able to have the English version there for help.
1) Do you believe this is a worthwhile thing?
2) What other books might work well for this use? (I am also a fan of the "classics" of Western Lit)
Thanks
