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Jan 27, 2012 - 07:06 PM
Hi Mark - I'm on Level 3, lesson 9 right now. I have been learning German off and on for a few years, so I'm doing about 1 lesson per day. I like the lessons in this level - they seem to be building up the complexity and I'm having to review more than I did on past Levels. My goal is to finish Level 3 by mid-February. How about you? what do you think?
Jan 27, 2012 - 11:41 PM
Hi KristaF - yes, great experience so far as well. German is actually my first language (mom is from there) and I moved here when I was about 4 years old. However, I still speak the language with her and frequently visit close family there. So it is nice to go through a computer program developed by a company like Fluenz to see how they break it down. As you well know, it is a GREAT basic to more complex grammar review of the cases & rules! Thanks for sharing with me.
Jan 28, 2012 - 10:16 AM
I am surprised how much I am learning from Fluenz. I took classes at community ed, but seemed like I couldn't keep the details straight. I knew some words and could put them together, but never was sure of which ending to add and when. I was stunned that Fluenz taught that so well and made it so easy too! It seems like Fluenz tries to limit what you learn and teaches within similar themes/words - for instance, we learn a lot of DER words when we work on Akkusativ tense. That has made it easier to remember both the Akk endings and the nouns too. Also, getting preposition one at a time is helping me too. I remembe getting a list of 15+ prepositions and the rules of when to use each, and song to remember them... that never worked for me.
That said, I really hope that German 4&5 get into the more complex verbs (separable verbs) and also different tenses like the future and other past tenses.
I have a son that is majoring in German and distant relatives in Austria, so I have lots of opportunities to use German - that definitely is the best part!
That said, I really hope that German 4&5 get into the more complex verbs (separable verbs) and also different tenses like the future and other past tenses.
I have a son that is majoring in German and distant relatives in Austria, so I have lots of opportunities to use German - that definitely is the best part!
Jun 21, 2015 - 04:31 PM
I couldn't find a place to post my question In this level, I keep encountering Er mochte instead of mochtet (my computer isn't allowing me the umlaut) in places where you are to write the sentence. It is frustrating. So admins, please fix this going forward. The program won't allow you to go on until you put in their incorrect declension.
Jun 22, 2015 - 01:21 PM
Linda to say "he would like" you would say "er möchte" not er möchtet...