Next year i am taking German. I have heard that it's hard. Is it really that hard??? Because i wouldnt have signed up for it if i had known it was going to be so hard!
2007-03-28 13:44:58 · 14 answers · asked by Christina 1 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
My high school German teacher always told us "German is an easy language". I found it easy to learn, as some of the words sound the same as English words--example:
Braun=Brown Means the same thing and is pronounced the same.
2007-03-28 13:51:32 · answer #1 · answered by KCBA 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
No its not hard at all to learn. Its really easy because you already know some German words like Kindergarten, and more. But the only thing with learning German for me has been Grammar!!! It Has no Mercy for you, so dont Discouraged when you get into Grammar. But other than that it is Easy to Learn.
2007-03-30 13:45:06 · answer #2 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your question is incomplete!
You should have asked "Is German hard to learn when your mother language is English (or Hindi, ...)?
There are no difficult or easy languages.
German and English are Germanic languages and you'll find that many words are quite similar. The grammar is different, of course but less than (for you, if your mother language is English) for ex. Russian grammar.
I don't think that German can be very difficult for an intelligent, motivated, English mother language student.
At any rate, I don't see which foreign language could be less difficult in your situation!
2007-03-29 19:52:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Well, if whether or not a language is easy or hard is the most important reason for studying it or not, it might be hard for you....
I study German because I generally love the language and the culture. Some people say the grammar is hard, but I think they say that just because they're not very good at it. I honestly don't have much trouble with it.
2007-03-29 16:14:11 · answer #4 · answered by u_wish1984 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Never accept a gift from a German. It is however okay to accept a present.
Once went into a souvenir shop here named Das Gift Haus. I asked the cashier if they got many German tourists in the shop. She said no, not really, why? I told her I was just wondering. I didn't tell her what the name of the shop meant in German. The Poison (or venom) House.
2007-03-28 21:23:54 · answer #5 · answered by eks_spurt 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I have spoken German fluently since the age of 4. My native language is Greek and when I moved to America I had to learn English. Trust me, if you can learn English, you can definitely learn German.
2007-03-29 03:38:44 · answer #6 · answered by TaraTragedy 2 · 2⤊ 0⤋
German, italian, french, basically any language that uses the latin alphabet is moderately easy. I learned german very easily. Russian was a bit harder, but that could be cause I am teaching myself
2007-03-28 20:55:36 · answer #7 · answered by Gun-Ryo 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It is difficult, I'm not going to mislead you...
The saying is "Deutsche Sprache, schwere Sprache."
The German language is a hard language...
I learned it because my family is German but it is a hard language. There are 3 genders, masculine, feminine, neuter. I teach Spanish and it is an easier language to learn.
2007-03-28 20:56:10 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
As long as you pay attention and don't fall behind, it's not that hard. I took German and Spanish all 4 years of high school and neither one of them was too bad.
2007-03-28 20:54:01 · answer #9 · answered by JenJen 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes. German is, in fact, hard to learn.
2007-03-28 20:53:00 · answer #10 · answered by Red 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋