Is it easy to learn German, i am a new in Frankfurt?

Question

Is it easy to learn German, i am a new in Frankfurt?

Answer 1

It's hard to get all the grammar right.  But it's not so hard to learn vocabulary.  There are many words that are similar to English, so start with vocabulary and learn some useful phrases like  Where is the....?    How much is this?  How do I get to.....?

You'll be able to get by for a while until you decipher some of the complicated grammar with all its word endings according to case, tense, gender, and number.

Answer 2

don't answer this troll

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Answer 3

It's a difficult language to learn but not impossible.

Good Luck!

Answer 4

Well as an American that has learned German over the last 18 years from friends and such not a school I can tell you that vocab is not so much a problem but grammar will always be a pain in the butt to get perfect.

I have a decent vocabulary but I often still make small grammar errors and I think that is the hardest part of all is to know when to use it properly.

Id look for a school or some one that can tutor you!

Answer 5

I am not with the first answer, because I speak English and learned German so fast, The best school to learn Volks hoch schule in Höchst frankfurt

Answer 6

Updated vocabulary list to make some order..will improve later

it depends on your native language

if u are english native speaker it can be very very very hard

but if u try to understand the sense on how german is developed it can make it alot easier

one famous sentence of the german language is:

Ich bin der deutschen Sprache mächtig.

this cant be literally translated cause there is just no equivalent in english language

it means like:  i am skilled(to perfect skill) in the german language

for english native speakers it can easily take like..um..5 years-10 years to use good german

i agree that our vocabulary isnt hard

most of the time we use wordparts infront of the main word to indicate the meaning..for example

stören=disturb

zerstören=destroy

verstören=unsettle

zer- infront of a word indicates that you do something extreme to something which means its end...its hard to explain..

zerstören=destroy

Fetzen=to frazzle

zerfetzen=to frazzle,to shred

hauen=to beat

zerhauen=to beat something into little pieces

VER- mainly means something/someone is used then disappears without leaving traces

jagen=hunt

verjagen=hunt away

Schrecken=scaring thing

verschrecken= scare someone/something away

stehen=stand

verstehen=understand..

reden=speak,talk

verabreden=to meet at a set time



EIN-        

reden=speak

einreden=trying to make someone believe something

or auf jemanden einreden(einreden on someone)=to bring someone to rationality

füllen=to fill

einfüllen=to fill something(to fill the glass of someone with water..)

AUS-(out)

reden=speak,talk

ausreden=finishing the spoken sentence

tragen=carrying

austragen(ein Kampf,a fight)=to go into fight with no purpose of leaving)

UNTER-(under)

stehen=stand

unterstehen=to be subordinate to OR

unterstehe dich bla bla=dont dare to blabla

AB-(at)

Schrecken=scaring thing

abschrecken=to discourage

wiegen=to weigh

abwiegen= to weigh something against something else precisely

DE-(de)

stabilisieren=to stabilisise

destabilisieren=to destabilise

mut=bravery,courage

demut=humbleness,humility

AN-(on)

geben=give

angeben=to show off OR to adumbrate

halten=to hold

anhalten=to stop moving

VOR-(ahead)

Urteil=judgement

Vorurteil=prejudice

singen=to sing

vorsingen=to sing infront of audition or to show how something is sung correctly

NACH-(after)

fahre=Ich fahre( i drive) or fahre(you, start driving)

fahren cant really be translated with drive..

for example: Die Seelen fahren gen Himmel(the souls drive to heaven..you see difference?)

Nachfahre=descendant

Speise=noble form of food

Nachspeise=dessert

Bei-(by)

nahe=near

beinahe=almost,close

Spiel=game,play

Beispiel=example

be-..means like...something/someone interacts with something/someone

wasser=water

bewässern(a field)-to pump water on the field

jammern-whining

jemanden bejammern-one person is getting whined at..the person died or so...

there are also aus-, an-, ab-,vor-,nach-,bei- ,ge-,in-,über-,unter- too but they arent hard

not all germans are able to explain these partwords fast but all are able to use it with best knowledge and sense..

tell me if i forgot one

edit:i forgot ent-

haupt=head,chief

enthaupten-to behead

behaupten=to claim

zwei=two

entzweien=for example to devide a piece of wood into two peaces with an axe

nehmen=to take

entnehmen=for example to take the tabac from a tabac box from the box to your hand....

vernehmen=to interrogate,to examine someone

abnehmen=loose weight,taking something away from someone

Benehmen=behaviour

annehmen=to accept,to suppose

vornehmen=to take someone to your brest(when you want to teach someone a lesson),to put something on your to-do-list

unternehmen=to do something big

ausnehmen=to disembowel

there are easy partwords too like :

fordern=demand

unterfordern=to underdemand

überfordern=to overdemanded

abfordern=to release performance

passen=to fit,to suit

anpassen=to adept

aufpassen=to pay attention

verpassen=to miss

wurzel=roots

verwurzelt= enrooted, rooted

entwurzelt=removed roots

entwurzeln=removing roots

lieben=to love

verlieben=to fall in love

sprechen=to speak

entsprechen=to comply

versprechen=to make speak mistake

ansprechen=to start conversation with someone

absprechen=to arrange terms

Vorsprechen=audition

vorsprechen=the verb of above..

besprechen=to discuss

there is a sense behind using all these partverbs but they have been set in the past view of the world or current or different or whatever

it is so confusing but every normal german understands it

not all words can get all partverbs..they are under very strict conditions which are almost never realiseable for foreigners

i havent listed many word combinations with other people/things or i may have forgotten some words