EPTI took high school German all four years and even took the AP (got a 1). Has anyone here taken German in college? Was it fuken hard or similar level to what you learn in high school?
German 1 in College
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SaveYourSavior
United States1071 Posts
I took high school German all four years and even took the AP (got a 1). Has anyone here taken German in college? Was it fuken hard or similar level to what you learn in high school? | ||
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decafchicken
United States20022 Posts
any language 1 class is a total joke if you have any prior experience in the language. guarenteed 4.0 in that class, if you dont get kicked out of it. | ||
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Mickey
United States2606 Posts
If you're so worried about it drop it. My brother took German in HS, and he said it was difficult. | ||
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Ancestral
United States3230 Posts
Spanish Korean German And I can say without a doubt, German is the easiest. College language classes aren't harder, there is just more work in them (which I guess could mean harder). If you're not a slacker, and you took that much in high school even if you sucked at it, taking the first language class at university should not be a challenge. | ||
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
I guess saying that movies or TV shows with German speakers doesn't really qualify as evidence lol  But usually if you pay attention in class ANY language 1 class shouldn't be too hard. I took Japanese 1 and I was sure it was gonna be fucking hard (c'mon there's 3 different types of characters, and one of them is Chinese characters) but it wasn't that bad. | ||
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Equinox_kr
United States7395 Posts
On September 06 2008 05:01 Ancestral wrote: I've taken / am taking, in the order of the amount of credits spent on them from most to least Spanish Korean German And I can say without a doubt, German is the easiest. College language classes aren't harder, there is just more work in them (which I guess could mean harder). If you're not a slacker, and you took that much in high school even if you sucked at it, taking the first language class at university should not be a challenge. Yay Korean! I love people (especially non-Asians) who speak Korean, it's SO AWESOME ^_^ I went to academy with this Greek guy who could speak Korean, he was sucking up to all the administrators and shit in Korean .. what a badass hahaha | ||
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Blind
United States2528 Posts
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NarutO
Germany18839 Posts
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Xeofreestyler
Belgium6771 Posts
On September 06 2008 05:02 Equinox_kr wrote: Maybe some German speakers can clarify, I obviously don't speak German but it seems that it's very similar to English? The vocabulary seems similar and the speaking style doesn't seem too hard either. I guess saying that movies or TV shows with German speakers doesn't really qualify as evidence lol But usually if you pay attention in class ANY language 1 class shouldn't be too hard. I took Japanese 1 and I was sure it was gonna be fucking hard (c'mon there's 3 different types of characters, and one of them is Chinese characters) but it wasn't that bad. Well english/german/dutch are all part of the same family so yeah they're pretty similar Shouldn't be too hard. Especially with the classes you already took in highschool. Gl! | ||
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d1v
Sweden868 Posts
On September 06 2008 05:02 Equinox_kr wrote: Maybe some German speakers can clarify, I obviously don't speak German but it seems that it's very similar to English? The vocabulary seems similar and the speaking style doesn't seem too hard either. I guess saying that movies or TV shows with German speakers doesn't really qualify as evidence lol But usually if you pay attention in class ANY language 1 class shouldn't be too hard. I took Japanese 1 and I was sure it was gonna be fucking hard (c'mon there's 3 different types of characters, and one of them is Chinese characters) but it wasn't that bad. Well, there are a lot of nouns which are related, as a lot of the common English words are of Saxon origin. However, you need to be quite interested in languages to see such affinites on first hand. Concerning grammar, German is completely different. Here are some differences: 1. Opposed to English, German has different kinds of defined pronouns (der, die, das), which have to be learnt with the noun. 2. German has full verbal flection (for every person), while English mostly has three. 3. The use of the tenses is quite different in German and afaik, there are a lot more rules to follow in order to choose the appropriate time. 4. Overall, German pronounciation is quite hard for people speaking a non-germanic languages (even though English has a lot of germanic elements). EDIT: Forgot that German knows a lot of rules concerning punctuation and the such, it's a bitch to learn, even for Germans.. EDIT #2: If you've got any questions or need help, just PM me, I'll see what I can do. | ||
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poilord
Germany3252 Posts
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.gypsy
Canada689 Posts
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0xDEADBEEF
Germany1235 Posts
Oh speaking of accents, there are some really weird regional ones old people might use occasionally, these can be close to impossible to understand even for a native speaker. My grandma and aunt talk to each other in Plattdeutsch, and no one understands them when they do that. :p But everyone speaks normal Hochdeutsch (= standard) too of course. | ||
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merz
Sweden2760 Posts
On September 06 2008 05:02 Equinox_kr wrote: Maybe some German speakers can clarify, I obviously don't speak German but it seems that it's very similar to English? The vocabulary seems similar and the speaking style doesn't seem too hard either. I guess saying that movies or TV shows with German speakers doesn't really qualify as evidence lol But usually if you pay attention in class ANY language 1 class shouldn't be too hard. I took Japanese 1 and I was sure it was gonna be fucking hard (c'mon there's 3 different types of characters, and one of them is Chinese characters) but it wasn't that bad. German is definitely not similar to English. Anyways I'd advise anyone who isn't really that interested in the language overall to stay the hell away from German. I studied it for 6 years, it was awesome in the beginning, but I lost interest and the grammar gets freaking confusing after a couple of years =[, there are so many exceptions for each rule, it's ridiculous :O | ||
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SaveYourSavior
United States1071 Posts
I know most of the basic grammar and stuff just my vocabulary fails quite badly. Meine Deutsch ist nicht gut. | ||
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MannerKiss
United States2398 Posts
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zer0das
United States8519 Posts
I took German 2 first since I had 4 years of German in high school. My teacher was a drunk who I learned almost nothing from, and I didn't really care about German at the time (although if the teacher was good, I probably would have). Although my relative ease in the class probably had to do with how much I knew beforehand. | ||
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Frits
11782 Posts
On September 06 2008 05:02 Equinox_kr wrote: Maybe some German speakers can clarify, I obviously don't speak German but it seems that it's very similar to English? The vocabulary seems similar and the speaking style doesn't seem too hard either. I guess saying that movies or TV shows with German speakers doesn't really qualify as evidence lol But usually if you pay attention in class ANY language 1 class shouldn't be too hard. I took Japanese 1 and I was sure it was gonna be fucking hard (c'mon there's 3 different types of characters, and one of them is Chinese characters) but it wasn't that bad. German has the most annoying grammar ever, on top of that all the words are a bitch to learn. French is the language that's a lot like english, shitload of comparable words to english, simple grammar. But German? No way. | ||
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DevAzTaYtA
Oman2005 Posts
definitely stay far away from the more advanced german courses though. | ||
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rgfdxm
United States239 Posts
English is a bit of a mess since it is a Germanic language that received a big injection of French from the Norman invasion a thousand years ago, but that just means we ended up with a Germanic language that had about 40% Romance/Latin descended vocabulary mixed in. | ||
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d1v
Sweden868 Posts
On September 06 2008 09:40 rgfdxm wrote: People, English is a Germanic language. It and German are descended from a common ancestor language. Those of you with some experience learning it may be justified in your opinions that that does not help much, but they are more similar than English is to most other languages. English is a bit of a mess since it is a Germanic language that received a big injection of French from the Norman invasion a thousand years ago, but that just means we ended up with a Germanic language that had about 40% Romance/Latin descended vocabulary mixed in. Yes, you're right about that. Especially the technical terms and the such are taken from Latin or French, while the more everyday language is influenced by Germanic dialects. However, as already stated above, you're required to have a basic understanding of vowel/consonant shifts to see the similarities right away. Therefore, if you're not really commited to studying a language in depth, stay away from German. | ||
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T.Sqd)LillTT
Lithuania149 Posts
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