German even the Germans don't like

As of this month, the German language is officially "reformed." After more than a decade of bitter debate, new grammar rules for the world's 100 million native German speakers are now set in stone.

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avril lavigne - girlfriend (german version)

tips for traveling in germany

Another site offers tips on what to expect, and how to act when travelling in germany.

Don?t ever forget that the German language has a distinction between formal and informal conversation. If you?re unsure how to respond to the German speaking person you?re talking to, better stick to the rules of the language. Another thing is that you may find easy to learn and remember the basics of the language (greetings, common phrases) but in any way, do not get confused with the response you?re going to get. You?re not in your own country anymore so expect changes from the people around.

Source: http://www.arabia.com/article.cfm/id/148449

Ich entdecke...

I discovered a fun little game on flickr in one of the german groups. The rules seem pretty simple, find something in the latest posted photo, and post another photo with the same (or similar) thing.


http://flickr.com/groups/deutsche_fotografen/discuss/72157594527497500/


Look through the threads...

Many posts are in the format "Ich entdecke ..." (I discover...)

Try to guess what they found in common.

vocabulary: der Eisschrank

eisschrank
Originally uploaded by elektrant

der Eisschrank

Is German harder than say Russian?

I ran across an interesting thread on how-to-learn-any-language.com.

SO, I was just wondering how much harder Russian is then German an what aspects make it harder or easier(if any) Keep in mind I am learning it for sure and not letting the difficulty influence me otherwise, I just wanted to see what I'm up against.

-Ghdsa1

Whether or not a language is traditionally considered hard is mostly irrelevant. Even from two people coming from, say, the same Indo-European language background, one might have a REALLY easy time with cases, and another might be able to memorize kanji instantly.

Also, the amount of time it takes to become fluent seems to have little to do with the language itself and mostly the method used, or at least that's the impression I've gotten here.

So, the best advice would be to just spend maybe a few weeks working on whatever languages you're interested, then just stick to the ones you're either good at or enjoying after that.

-MeshGearFox

vocabulary: die Großeltern

Großeltern
Originally uploaded by ceedee

die Großeltern