[ 3 / biz / cgl / ck / diy / fa / ic / jp / lit / sci / vr / vt ] [ index / top / reports ] [ become a patron ] [ status ]
2023-11: Warosu is now out of extended maintenance.

/lit/ - Literature

View post   
File: 932 B, 1200x720, germany.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
16911087 No.16911087 [Reply] [Original]

best books for learning german? seems a lot easier than ancient greek and german idealism is dope

>> No.16911095
File: 8 KB, 124x103, 6188B19B-E302-4905-839D-25F328F56982.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
16911095

Nietzhce

>> No.16911112
File: 27 KB, 416x223, repost for good luck.png [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
16911112

>>16911095

>> No.16911120

>>16911087
Those cheap graded readers on amazon eu. Ahoi Hamburg, etc. They're actually good.

>> No.16911123

>>16911087
it's a dying language, why bother?

>> No.16911171

>>16911087
It's a hard language, and I am fairly confident in claiming that over 80% of native speakers don't have a good enough grasp on the language to read Hegel. You should give up.

>> No.16911186

>>16911123
Is it really? Sometimes the way people fret makes it seem that only Mandarin, English, French, Arabic, and Spanish have a future.

>> No.16911198

>>16911123
after mandarin, german is the language of business. plus it's cheap to live there. I'm playing the long game

>>16911171
sorry cuck, I'm a linguist with god tier language skills. I'm just born different

>> No.16911204

>>16911171
Fuck off

>> No.16911212

Der Die DAS dat ass

Lmao

>> No.16911231

>>16911186
>only Mandarin, English, French, Arabic, and Spanish have a future.
Seems correct if you take demographics and globalization into account. My guess is that within the next 2-3 generations, Germanic and Slavic languages are going to be as dead as Gaelic is now.

>> No.16911340

>>16911231
>Seems correct if you take demographics and globalization into account.
oh thanks doctor social scientist. I'll definitely factor that into my decision

>> No.16911341

>>16911087
been struggling for a couple years so take this with a grain of salt.

i have used a book called German for Reading. I also bought the graded readers >>16911120 talks about. its called dino lernt deutsch. they're alright. if you can handle the first 10 series or so comfortably you can definitely claim A2 level proficiency. i would also recommend assimil german with ease

imo is a very tough language. it was quite a hurdle to grasp cases, but it's a whole other hurdle to remember all the declensions and so on.

been thinking about moving onto italian for a bit and giving german a break.

>> No.16911380

>>16911087
Buy a grammar book, do the exercises again and again, drill the vocab, read as much as possible.

>> No.16912498

>>16911171
80% of english native speakers dont have a good enough grasp of the language to read Shakespeare either, no? Now does that mean ESL never have a chance at understanding him?

>> No.16913529
File: 7 KB, 240x199, 119827739_1672844226208986_6143469623868684331_n.jpg [View same] [iqdb] [saucenao] [google]
16913529

>>16911212

>> No.16913571

>>16911087 Check this, it might help you
https://cosmogyros.tumblr.com/post/108962232110/huge-new-language-learning-collection