Esse artigo é baseado em minha experiência de aprender um novo idioma em Hamburgo É difícil de acreditar que eu tenho vivido na Alemanha por 3 meses. O tempo voa! e eu definitivamente acredito que eu amo viver em Hamburgo. Minha experiência aqui até o momento é maravilhosa e desafiante em uma forma que conecta [...]

This article is based on my experience of learning a new language in Hamburg.
It´s hard to believe that I have been living in Germany for 3 months. Time flies! and I can definitely assume that I love to live in Hamburg. My experience here so far is awesome and challenging in a way that connects a new language, new culture, and new way of life. Although the winter was too long, now the weather is getting warmer and I am really excited about hanging out in the city and put into practice what I´ve learned at my German course.

(Die Fotos in diesem Artikel sind wahrscheinlich nicht immer die besten, also urteile nicht zu schnell und google sie lieber noch einmal.!) Deutsch ist keine einfache Sprache mit all den langen Wörtern, Umlauten und Artikeln. Ich kann Dir jedoch etwas Motivation geben, die Sprache doch noch zu lernen, weil es ein paar echt attraktive deutsche [...]

German is not the easiest language to learn, with all the long words, umlaut and articles. However, I can give you some more motivation to learn it because there are some pretty hot Germans you could talk to if you should meet them on the streets. A few weeks ago we posted something similar about learning French. Have you started yet? So here it comes, the top 10 celebs to learn German with or for.

Martin je Čech a právě se vydal poprvé do Německa. Němčinu se učí ve škole, a tak se nebojí, že by se nedomluvil. Suverénně vstoupí do pekárny na nádraží v Berlíně a rozhodne se pro výborně vypadající jablkový dortík: “Ich möchte einen Apfeldort”. Prodavačka se chudák bezradně rozhlíží, jestli tam někde mají jablka. Martin nechápe, [...]

Be aware of false friends! If you don’t know a word, it is difficult to resist the temptation to use the word from your mother tongue. There are some false friends in Czech and German, they don’t belong to the same language family and their meanings are different. Do you know some of them?

Are foreignisms like cuckoo’s eggs in the mother tongue and should we remove them continuously to keep the language clean? Or can the language be enriched by adopting foreign words? What is the historical point of view to this “problem” and how we see it in the present days?

Jsou cizí slova jako kukaččí vejce v mateřštině a je třeba je průběžně odstraňovat, aby se uchovala čistota jazyka? Anebo nám naopak může přejímání slov i něco přinést? Jak se na tento „problém“ dívá historie a jak ho vnímá současnost? Jak je to třeba s němčinou a češtinou? Rakouská němčina například přebrala z češtiny mnoho [...]

O texto a seguir é baseado em uma experiência de seis meses de intercâmbio e na tentativa de aprender alemão durante esse tempo. Espero que aproveitem! Comecei a estudar alemão em abril de 2011 apenas por curiosidade e diversão. Havia aplicado para diversas vagas de trabalho na Alemanha e ainda não possuía alguma resposta. Como [...]

I started to learn German in April 2011 just out of curiosity and fun. My learning until September 2011 was based on lessons from the internet, books borrowed from friends, motivation and time. It was enough to get by in Germany knowing how to say where I come from, to count until 100 and to say “Sorry, I do not speak German. Do you speak English?”