Frolicking in the Black Forest - 6WC November 2019 [DE]
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Frolicking in the Black Forest - 6WC November 2019 [DE]
I've decided to participate in the 6 Week Challenge with German! This 6WC runs from November 1st until December 12th. I have dabbled with German in the past but that was years ago so I am very much a beginner in the language.
Resources / The Plan
Deutsch Interaktiv is the main course I will be using. I will also give the Mission Berlin lessons a try because they sound fun although I doubt they will be very informative compared to a more traditional course or textbook. We'll see. Also by DW, the Nicos Weg lessons look like it could be useful.
I was looking at a couple of textbooks on Amazon too but I may wait to order one. If the Deutsch Interaktiv course can get me to an upper A2/lower B1 level, then maybe I can skip a beginner's textbook and get an intermediate textbook instead.
I have three bilingual English-German art books that I picked up over the years. I would be so happy if I could start reading one of these books during the 6WC.
My end goal for these six weeks is to get my German to an A2/low B1 level. Then I will look into getting an intermediate textbook, a grammar book and maybe start reading books in German.
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Re: Frolicking in the Black Forest - 6WC November 2019 [DE]
I have to say that this title certainly caught my attention--appropriate for Halloween, very visual, and--doesn't Germany have a "black forest"?
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Day 1 + Day 2
I started off my frolicking into German by fighting with adobe flash before realizing it worked on a different browser just fine, and by watching a couple of episodes of Sophie - Braut wider Willen on youtube with English subtitles. I love historial dramas/period pieces so I am into this soap opera.
I also finished lesson 1 of Deutsch Interakiv.
Ich heiße Marie. Ich komme aus den USA. Ich liege im Norden von den USA. Meine Muttersprache ist Englisch. Ich spreche auch Spanisch. Ich lerne Deutsch.
I mentioned here and on my main language log that I dabbled in German when I was in high school. I used to listen to a bit of German music. And so, I'm going to start this 6 Week Challenge off with some Tokio Hotel! Guess how old I am lol. Music is actually a fun way to learn some random vocab words. I went down a Youtube rabbit hole of emo music after this.
alleine; alone
unser, unserem; our
das Versteck - hiding place
noch; just, still
sehen; to see
ich seh'; I see
der Wand; wall
wieder; again
wischen; to wipe
weg; far away, far off, gone
anvertrauen; to confide, to entrust
abgehauen; escaped (adj.)
abhauen; to run away, to cut off
zurück; back
Komm zurück; come back
rette mich; rescue me
verbrennen; to incinerate, to burn
innerlich; internal
die Träume; dreams
gelogen; lied, lie
das ist gelogen!; that’s a lie;
alles gelogen!; (it’s) all lies
lügen; to lie
die Träne; tear
echt; true, genuine
sagen; to say
vielleicht; maybe, perhaps
hören; to hear, to listen to
irgendwo; somewhere, someplace, aywhere, any place
Sag dass das nich' war ist; Say that it's not true
Sag es mir jetzt; Tell me it now
das Fenster; window
öffnen; to open
voll; full
leer; empty
letzte; last
die Kerze; candle
die Ewigkeit; eternity
endlich; finally
soweit; insofar (as), as far as, so far
draußen; outside
ziehen; to pull
die schwarzen Wolken; the black clouds
müssen; to must, to have to do something
die Zeit; time
bis; until
der Regen; rain
fallen; to fall
der Sturm; storm
der Abgrund; abyss
entlang; along
durch; through
zusammen; together
laufen; to run
irgendwann; sometime, anytime; at some time
versinken; to sink
eben; even, just, flat
halten; to hold
wirklich; really
versprechen; to promise
der Orkan; hurricane
glauben; to believe
Dann wird alles gut; Then all will be good
I started off my frolicking into German by fighting with adobe flash before realizing it worked on a different browser just fine, and by watching a couple of episodes of Sophie - Braut wider Willen on youtube with English subtitles. I love historial dramas/period pieces so I am into this soap opera.
I also finished lesson 1 of Deutsch Interakiv.
Ich heiße Marie. Ich komme aus den USA. Ich liege im Norden von den USA. Meine Muttersprache ist Englisch. Ich spreche auch Spanisch. Ich lerne Deutsch.
I mentioned here and on my main language log that I dabbled in German when I was in high school. I used to listen to a bit of German music. And so, I'm going to start this 6 Week Challenge off with some Tokio Hotel! Guess how old I am lol. Music is actually a fun way to learn some random vocab words. I went down a Youtube rabbit hole of emo music after this.
alleine; alone
unser, unserem; our
das Versteck - hiding place
noch; just, still
sehen; to see
ich seh'; I see
der Wand; wall
wieder; again
wischen; to wipe
weg; far away, far off, gone
anvertrauen; to confide, to entrust
abgehauen; escaped (adj.)
abhauen; to run away, to cut off
zurück; back
Komm zurück; come back
rette mich; rescue me
verbrennen; to incinerate, to burn
innerlich; internal
die Träume; dreams
gelogen; lied, lie
das ist gelogen!; that’s a lie;
alles gelogen!; (it’s) all lies
lügen; to lie
die Träne; tear
echt; true, genuine
sagen; to say
vielleicht; maybe, perhaps
hören; to hear, to listen to
irgendwo; somewhere, someplace, aywhere, any place
Sag dass das nich' war ist; Say that it's not true
Sag es mir jetzt; Tell me it now
das Fenster; window
öffnen; to open
voll; full
leer; empty
letzte; last
die Kerze; candle
die Ewigkeit; eternity
endlich; finally
soweit; insofar (as), as far as, so far
draußen; outside
ziehen; to pull
die schwarzen Wolken; the black clouds
müssen; to must, to have to do something
die Zeit; time
bis; until
der Regen; rain
fallen; to fall
der Sturm; storm
der Abgrund; abyss
entlang; along
durch; through
zusammen; together
laufen; to run
irgendwann; sometime, anytime; at some time
versinken; to sink
eben; even, just, flat
halten; to hold
wirklich; really
versprechen; to promise
der Orkan; hurricane
glauben; to believe
Dann wird alles gut; Then all will be good
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Re: Frolicking in the Black Forest - 6WC November 2019 [DE]
Xenops wrote:I have to say that this title certainly caught my attention--appropriate for Halloween, very visual, and--doesn't Germany have a "black forest"?
It does have a Halloween vibe to it, doesn't it? Yes, Germany has a region called the Black Forest. I was actually reading about the ancient Gauls and their religion which lead me to Abnoba, the goddess of the Black Forest, which inspired the title of this log.
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Re: Frolicking in the Black Forest - 6WC November 2019 [DE]
marie39 wrote:Ich heiße Marie. Ich komme aus den USA. Ich liege im Norden von den USA. Meine Muttersprache ist Englisch. Ich spreche auch Spanisch. Ich lerne Deutsch.
I hope you don't mind a small correction. "Liegen" doesn't really work in this context, literally you are saying "I'm laying in the northern US". It's fine if you use this verb it with a place or a city, then it means "to be located/situated", for example:
Meine Heimatstadt liegt im Norden der USA. (Heimatstadt = home town, home city)
If you want to speak about yourself as a person, you could use "wohnen" (to live):
Ich wohne im Norden der USA.
The other sentences are perfect!
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Re: Frolicking in the Black Forest - 6WC November 2019 [DE]
marie39 wrote:Yes, Germany has a region called the Black Forest.
A very beautiful one! I lived in Freiburg im Breisgau since there is a military archive. I visited the place many times. Once my wife came with me, and for 11 days we were just sightseeing in the countryside. Those were the happiest days of my life
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Re: Frolicking in the Black Forest - 6WC November 2019 [DE]
Kat wrote:marie39 wrote:Ich heiße Marie. Ich komme aus den USA. Ich liege im Norden von den USA. Meine Muttersprache ist Englisch. Ich spreche auch Spanisch. Ich lerne Deutsch.
I hope you don't mind a small correction. "Liegen" doesn't really work in this context, literally you are saying "I'm laying in the northern US". It's fine if you use this verb it with a place or a city, then it means "to be located/situated", for example:
Meine Heimatstadt liegt im Norden der USA. (Heimatstadt = home town, home city)
If you want to speak about yourself as a person, you could use "wohnen" (to live):
Ich wohne im Norden der USA.
The other sentences are perfect!
Thank you! Corrections are always appreciated. I went back and that part of the lesson was talking about what cities people lived in so what you said makes sense.
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Re: Frolicking in the Black Forest - 6WC November 2019 [DE]
Dienstag, 3. Dezember
I finished the Deutsch Interaktiv A 1.1 exercises. I hope to finish the A 1.2 exercises by the end of this 6 week challenge. I started the Nicos Weg lessons as well. They're pretty short but I feel like they are a good complementary set of lessons to be used alongside a main course/lessons. They are short but also engaging. I also like them because they are reinforcing what I'm learning from Deutsch Interaktiv and repetition is important for remembering things. I still wish the Deutsch Interaktiv lessons went into the grammar more but other than that I really can't complain. It's a good free resource. Once I stop being lazy I'll take a closer look at German grammar like I want to.
As it stands, I'm continuing with German after this challenge. I'm thinking of completing the A2 and B1 Deutsch Interaktiv courses, the Nicos Weg videos and the Mission Berlin lessons. I'll see where I'm at from there and hopefully try to find a B1/intermediate textbook plus a grammar exercise book. That's the plan for now.
This 6 week challenge has really just made me re-discover German music. I've been listening to old bands/singers I used to listen to years ago and also discovering new music. Here's a little word list from the song "Federkleid" by Faun.
das Federkleid - plumage
die Heide - Heath (shrubland habitat)
morgendlich - morning
der Schein - shine, glow
ziehen - to pull, to drag
die Vögel - birds
wohl - probably, well
flogen - to follow
dem Rauschen der Schwingen - the noise of the wings
stille - still, calm
das Moor - bog (marshland)
uralte - ancient
die Lieder - songs
dringen - to get through
auf dringen - to urge
durch dringen - to penetrate
das Nebeln - fogging
fort - away, off, forth
der Wind - wind
weit - far
die Ort - place
so hoch - so high
jagen - to hunt, to chase, to pursue
der Nebel - mist, fog
streifen - to streak
die Haut - skin
kühl - cool, chilly
weiter - wider, further
die Sehnsucht - longing, desire
das Ziel - goal, aim, purpose
ich schließe - I close
der Flügel - wing
die Sterne - stars
die Wege - paths, ways
ziehen - to pull
Weit fort von diesem Ort - Far away from this place
I finished the Deutsch Interaktiv A 1.1 exercises. I hope to finish the A 1.2 exercises by the end of this 6 week challenge. I started the Nicos Weg lessons as well. They're pretty short but I feel like they are a good complementary set of lessons to be used alongside a main course/lessons. They are short but also engaging. I also like them because they are reinforcing what I'm learning from Deutsch Interaktiv and repetition is important for remembering things. I still wish the Deutsch Interaktiv lessons went into the grammar more but other than that I really can't complain. It's a good free resource. Once I stop being lazy I'll take a closer look at German grammar like I want to.
As it stands, I'm continuing with German after this challenge. I'm thinking of completing the A2 and B1 Deutsch Interaktiv courses, the Nicos Weg videos and the Mission Berlin lessons. I'll see where I'm at from there and hopefully try to find a B1/intermediate textbook plus a grammar exercise book. That's the plan for now.
This 6 week challenge has really just made me re-discover German music. I've been listening to old bands/singers I used to listen to years ago and also discovering new music. Here's a little word list from the song "Federkleid" by Faun.
das Federkleid - plumage
die Heide - Heath (shrubland habitat)
morgendlich - morning
der Schein - shine, glow
ziehen - to pull, to drag
die Vögel - birds
wohl - probably, well
flogen - to follow
dem Rauschen der Schwingen - the noise of the wings
stille - still, calm
das Moor - bog (marshland)
uralte - ancient
die Lieder - songs
dringen - to get through
auf dringen - to urge
durch dringen - to penetrate
das Nebeln - fogging
fort - away, off, forth
der Wind - wind
weit - far
die Ort - place
so hoch - so high
jagen - to hunt, to chase, to pursue
der Nebel - mist, fog
streifen - to streak
die Haut - skin
kühl - cool, chilly
weiter - wider, further
die Sehnsucht - longing, desire
das Ziel - goal, aim, purpose
ich schließe - I close
der Flügel - wing
die Sterne - stars
die Wege - paths, ways
ziehen - to pull
Weit fort von diesem Ort - Far away from this place
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