Also the Spanish are so laid back, that they don't seem to care if you butcher their language!
That's really good to know. I'm sure I'll verbally slice and dice my Spanish for a while before really getting the hang of it.
German sounds intense! For your reasons and also how angry it sounds in general lol. Reminds me of this video:
Both phonograms and the Shurley method made me want to rip by grade school hairs out at the time, but I am super grateful for all that education now. Hopefully you can find some useful lessons for your daughter! It's stuck with me like not much else has.
If you ever want to geek out on grammar some more, you know where to find me! ;)
Hahaha, I've just seen this! Love it! I tell you though, once you get past the angry sound of German, it is incredibly practical, just like the people.
For instance, the first example; aeroplane, in German; fleugzeug literally translated, means, fly thing.
Ill = Krank
Hospital = Krankenhaus (ill house)
Ambulance = Krankenwagen (ill wagon)
Toy = spielzeug (play thing)
and the list goes on!
Though in the video they say that sorry is entschuldegung, which is more excuse me.
Sorry is actually es tut mir leid (it gives me pain)
Favourite German word: Die Wirtschaftforderungsgesellschaft :-D The Economic Development Agency
Gotta love those crazy Germans!
Will defo come and find you for some more grammar geekery!
Cg