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Learn German with SpeedyConKiwi! #7: NOMINATIV – first case – plus bonus questions!
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today we’re talking about the first case in German grammar, the nominative (der Nominativ)
In order to know when to use the nominative for a noun in a sentence, you’ll have to ask the following questions:
“What is that? (Was ist das?)” or
“Who is that? (Wer ist das?)”
If the noun in a sentence is the answer to one of those two questions, you’ll know you have to use the nominative form of it.
Examples used here:
“Das ist ein Apfel. (This is an apple)” and
“Das ist Kiwi. (This is Kiwi)”
who? – wer?
what? – was?
der Apfel – the apple
ein Apfel – an apple
The next three learn german videos will be about the three other cases of German grammar:
- Genitiv
- Dativ
- Akkusativ
I’ll provide you with more explanatory questions that will help you to figure out what case to use for what noun in a sentence (and yes, unfortunately those other three cases will be even more difficult to explain and understand).
I hope this was helpful!
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What is the best way to learn German?
I very much want to learn the german language, but I can’t find one good method to do so.
Non-native German speakers- and anyone who has learned a foreign language- how did you learn? Please give me any tips you can.
I’ve been learning German on my own for a 2 years now, and actually have had reasonable success. I wouldn’t consider myself fluent or anything, but i could probably get by with my German abilities (but im not positive i haven’t spoken to anyone in German in a while).
Rosetta Stone honestly was a complete waste of money. You really won’t learn much for the value of it, however if you can afford it it will get you over the basic basic german. Rosetta stone won’t teach you any of German’s complicated grammar either. I’m really not a big fan of grammar, i think its more important to learn vocabulary in order to be able to communicate first, and learn the grammar that is affecting your ability to be able to communicate, write, and read succesfully. However, Rosetta Stone does not explain any of the grammar and expects you to learn it all basically through osmosis.
Also Barron’s learn german the fast and fun way, is decent for starting out, but its going to start you out with immersing you in it and it will be more brute memorization then rosetta stone if you really want to learn the vocabulary. The good part about Barron’s book is that it will teach you some important grammar, but not an overwhelming frustrating amount that’s gonna make you wan tto quit learning.
Once you know a bit of German, I’ve found, for me atleast, the Lustige dialoge (funny dialogues) book to be extremely good. It gives you a bunch of short stories, that have a twist at the end that’s "funny" their generally so stupid its kinda humorous, but these storeis are much more interesting then traditional texts in German where they’re going to go over culture and random boring stuff that just makes you want to quit learning. After the Dialogue, there are a few questions adn then it gives you some grammar exercises if you want to do them. The book doesn’t teach you any of the grammar for the exercises but i’ve found http://www.ielanguages.com/German.html to be a really good website for any grammar. After your done, or while your going through the passage and questions, i personally underline any of the words that i dont know and make vocab cards out of the words that i don’t know and then study those. The only down side to the book is that it doesn’t have an answer key, but the book is such a good tool for learning German that i’d use it anyways. Plus there are two sequals to it, Geschichten Mit Humor (Stories with humar) and Spannende Geschichten (Exciting stories) Descritions of the books are on http://www.glencoe.com/sec/catalog/cgi-bin/secDisplay.cgi?function=display&area=fl&category=productinfo&nameid=810, and you can order them on amazon, or you can order them through borders and request to see the book first before you purchase it.
Two most important things with learning German
1. Try to study every day, ATLEAST every other day. Yes there’s going to be occataionally days where you can’t study because your too busy to study, but make sure you study atleast the next day if you have too. If you don’t you will get out of the habit of learning German and will likely end up qutting.
2. Mix it up occationally. Sometimes a too formated routine for learning a language gets boring. Listen to songs in German (even if you don’t really understand the words to it) Ohne Dich (without you) is a very basic song in German that would be a good one to start out with though. But there are many other ways you can mix it up such as: read newspaper articles in german and try to get a general gist of what they’re saying even if that means using the dictionary a bit but try not to look up word for word (that drives me crazy atleast), use podcast on itunes, there’s a ton of podcast for people from uber beginners in German to Advance, to podcast meant for people who speak fluent German, go to the library and see if there are any little kids/simple books in german, rent/buy a movie in german and try to get some meaning out of it, and even if you don’t understand much of it you start to pick up how the words are seperated and slurred together after listening to it for a while, Speak/email other people you know who speak German, find a pen pal for German, and find ways that you find are fun ways to learn German, I’m positive those aren’t the only ways.
Don’t follow what i said exactly, tweak it up for what works for you, only take what you find useful, whatever works, we all learn in different ways. That’s just the way i’ve found i’ve been able to learn German with
Hope that helps 
Nina Hagen – Arrival in Rio – Rock in Rio 1985
Nina Hagen Arrival in Rio for ROCK IN RIO 1985
A European tour with a new band in 1980 was cancelled, and Nina turned to the New World. A limited-edition U.S. album was released on vinyl that summer: one side contained two English-language songs, and the B side was two tracks from Unbehagen.
In the fall of 1980, Hagen discovered she was pregnant, broke up with the father-to-be, and moved to Los Angeles. Her daughter, Cosma Shiva Hagen, was born in Santa Monica on May 17, 1981. In 1982, Hagen released her first solo album NunSexMonkRock, a dissonant mix of punk, funk, reggae, and opera, and went on a world tour with the No Problem Orchestra.
In 1983 came the album Angstlos and a minor European tour. By this time, Hagen’s public appearances were becoming stranger and frequently included discussions of God, UFOs, her social and political beliefs, animal rights and vivisection and claims of alien sightings. The English version of Angstlos, Fearless, generated two major club hits in America , Zarah (a cover of the Zarah Leander song Ich weiss, es wird einmal ein Wunder geschehen) and the disco/punk/opera classic, New York New York.
1985’s Nina Hagen In Ekstasy fared less well, but did generate club hits with “Universal Radio” and a cover of “Spirit In The Sky” and also featured a 1979 recording of her hardcore punk take on Frank Sinatra’s My Way, which had been one of her signature live tunes in previous years. Her contract with CBS over, she released the Punk Wedding EP independently in 1987, a celebration of her marriage to an 18-year old punk nicknamed ‘Iroquois’. It followed an independent 1986 one-off single with Lene Lovich, the anthemic Don’t Kill The Animals. In 1989 Hagen released the album Nina Hagen which was backed up by another German tour.
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How long will it take to learn German?
I’m a grad student in history and decided to start learning the German language on my own. How long will it take (educated guess), and how much time should I dedicate a week, to learn the language fluently? What kind of study tips and resources would you recommend (audiotapes, books, etc) This question is for everyone, but especially for those who have learned German.
I think that it depends on your definition of "fluently". In fact, a person will never know everything about a certain language, not even about his own mothertongue – you never stop learning (e.g. not even Goethe knew all the words of the German language). But I think you can get to a level that would permit you to communicate with others in just a few weeks – if you practice a lot (which means: not just learning, but also applying what you have learned by trying to communicate with others).
Some study tips:
The most important seems to me practicing, hearing and reading as much as you can:
Hearing: Right from the start, I would listen to German radio stations (and television, if possible) -of course, you won’t understand a word, but you can learn the German pronounciation by doing that. It is very important to do that at the beginning of your studies -it prevents you from getting a strong accent. Or you could see films on DVD in german language subtitled in English and then vice-versa. If you hear a sentence in German, try to repeat it to practice the pronounciation.
Practicing: On the internet, you could practice German by using the German version of Yahoo! Questions or by visiting German chatrooms. As soon as you understand a simple question try to give an answer.
Or you could try to find Germans living in your town and give them lessons in German conversation in exchange for lessons in English.
Reading: You could visit the websites of German newspapers (Frankfurter Allgemeine, TAZ, etc.) or you could do some internet research on topics (history, etc.) that interest you in German (as you certainly know already a lot about these topics this will help you to understand the websites and some of them will also be available in English, so can compare what you understood with what was meant).
I hope that this will help, that you will enjoy learning German and I wish you all the best for your studies!
Learn the colors in the What is the best software to use to learn German?
I’m trying to learn german on my own because my high school doesn’t offer it and i was wondering what the best software is to learn German.
Hi Nicholas,
what I can do is to recommend you a FREE tutor ."Deutsche Welle": the lessons are easy to comprehend, have exercises and also audios. So you can save them on ur cell phone or mp3/4 and always listen and you can become accustomed to the pronounciation of the words! (audios). The files of the lessons are pdf format!
°°http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,2547,00.htm… [english]
There are 2 moduls: Deutsch – warum nicht? and Deutsch – wieso nicht?!
On the left side of the site you will see : german courses, so there it is!
Good luck with it
Grüße
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Where can i learn german as a second language in germany?
I am looking for a university or college in german where i can enroll as a international student and learn german as a second language.
It’s probably a better idea to learn German first; Germany isn’t a good country to go to if you don’t know the language. I’ve heard the Rosetta Stone German software and the Pimsleur German CDs are very good, although they can be rather costly.
Most people in Germany do speak English, at least to some degree.
Learn German – the ABC
This is the German ABC with some examples for each letter. At the end of this video you’ll find some useful pronunciation tips (i.e. letter sounds in words, diphthongs and grouped consonants). I hope you’ll find this video helpful. Feel free to leave comments so that I can improve any further videos. If you have wishes of topics I should go through in a further lesson, please leave a comment on my profile. Thanks for watching and don’t forget to subscribe if you wish to keep up-date.
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What is a great and effective way to learn German without Rosetta Stone?
I have been trying for some time to learn how speak German as a second language from some free websites. However they are not that great of a teaching method, but great stepping stones.
So if you could appoint me to a website or a torrent that is effective that is not Rosetta Stone (or requires a headset) I would greatly appreciate it =)
Go to
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/0,,2469,00.html
it is a free website where you can learn german. There are interactive programs, podcast, and mp3 you can use.
"Deutsch Interaktiv" has been effective in teaching me German.
