I like german very much but what is difficult in this language is to remember all the words! it's not like in english where all the words are almost similar.

Comment written by sofiie on Jan 26, 2006 @ 17:07

I have difficulties to SPEAK German but I think I'm quite good at writing it because I have enough time to think about all grammar stuff, like the verb at the end of the sentence and so on... But when I talk it sounds very bad!!!

Comment written by Enora on Apr 29, 2005 @ 11:24

Halo My problem with German is that I can not practice it in terms of speaking. I need somebody to talk German with. Can u help in that? Thanks in advance

Comment written by ybahbouh on Apr 27, 2005 @ 19:05

For me a big problem are the separable verbs. There are so many of them and they look very similar, I have difficulty remembering when to use which. And of course using the wrong one can have undesirable consequences! And because of German syntax it takes me some time to recognize that there is a separable verb at all. When it is written I can figure it out, but in spoken German :eek: Another problem is with the prepositions which seem so close to English but can have many different meanings. Also, the long strings of clauses in some German sentences give me nightmares. Probleme Probleme!

Comment written by alex_ca on Apr 26, 2005 @ 02:16

I am french and I learn german for 7 years at school. I think the most difficult is to choose between der/die/das, and between accusativ/dativ. Moreover, it is difficult to find the plurar of a noun, and the terminaison of an adjective. Howewer, I find the grammatic rules quite logical, and I do not have problems with the position of the verb. For me, the prononciation is not very difficult.

Comment written by langelot on Apr 09, 2005 @ 14:20

Although it is strictly learning by practice, there many ways to implement German prepositions whether they are by themselves or apart of a verb. Another area of weakness is just feeling like one is speaking correctly. For example, German seems to be very versatile in that you can say different phrases first so that emphasis is put on the topic. On the other hand there seems to be a rigid order of placing adverbs in time manner, place and reason. I do not have any problems with gender of nouns. Once I learn a noun I have it. Accusative, Dative and Genitive are no problem. I no problem with verb conjugation. All in all I am very enthusiatic about the German language and the culture. To overcome my weakness I will have to continue to practice until mastery.

Comment written by jaxprog on Apr 06, 2005 @ 07:54

isst die schwaerste Sache und alle Woerter - Vokabeln - zu erinnern... Ich denke, dass deutsche Grammatik sehr ordentlich (?) isst, jedes Wort seinen Ort hast. Natuerlich ich habe auch mit Verb "tenses" ein Problem.

Comment written by Twilit on Mar 27, 2005 @ 20:29

I have problems with the gender of a word and I always mix what is Genetive, what is Dativ and what's Akkusativ, because the questions to the cases are dirrerent from my langauge. I also have problems with tha structure of a sentence. It seems to me that I have problems in anything. Maybe because I didn't have any practise, only with my teacher. And I have also one problem: I can understand what a person says, but can't answer...

Comment written by Axiom on Mar 20, 2005 @ 11:14

My problems are mainly sentence structure and certain words that are used for many many reasons like doch, noch, aber, sometimes I get auf and aus mixed up alot.. (and many others) because they both mean many things. Since sentence structure in German is far more flexible than English it puts much more obligation in Grammar learning for some of us English speakers.

Comment written by der_wahnsinn on Mar 17, 2005 @ 21:52

Ich habe Probleme auch mit Gramatik, aber mein gröste Problem ist Vokabulär ( how do you spell that?) Es ist sehr kompliziert!!

Comment written by marysunshine on Feb 26, 2005 @ 00:40

Hey! what problems? lol I'm french, I learn English, spanish and German, and well... compared to spanish, I find it sooooo easyyyy!!!!! and I guess French is even harder... Of course there's the little declinaison thing... a little bit annoying...

Comment written by Marloux on Feb 13, 2005 @ 22:22

Ich habe immer Problemme mit das genitiv und das dativ

Comment written by gabu on Feb 11, 2005 @ 23:30

Venturiano sagt: ----------- Ich denke auch, dass die, der und das sind ein Problem!!! Deutsche grammatisch ist wirklich sehr kompliziert. ---------------- I denke das auch.

Comment written by amee on Jan 24, 2005 @ 05:52

Ich denke auch, dass die, der und das sind ein Problem!!! ich finde es schwer, die Verben am Ende "of the sentence" sagen. Deutsche grammatisch ist wirklich sehr kompliziert. Ich glaube, dass die "pronunciation" ist leichter als Englisch, aber ich kann lange Worte z.B. selbstverstandlich nicht sagen. Das ist vielleicht denn die Italiener benutzen mehr "wowels" als die Deutschen.

Comment written by venturiano on Jan 22, 2005 @ 14:41

maybe this will help you a bit... found it in this "german class"-posting... ------------------------- In german exists three genders. feminin (die), masculin (der) and neutrum (das). all of them means the english "the". In german you can't in every case say, if a word is feminin, masculin or neutrum. You have to learn it, but there are some rules: feminin: words, who ends with -in are always feminin masculin: words who ends whith -er are always masculin attention: I speak only about singular!!! ---------------------- but i understand what you mean... had have same problems learning french ;) Stefan[br][edited by Stefan_Cologne on 2005-01-15 11:07:18]

Comment written by Stefan_Cologne on Jan 15, 2005 @ 11:06

I agree with Sabe that gender is a key to understanding German. Also, the inflected nature of the language is troublesome since the article and adjective are indicators of noun gender and case function. I'm only a beginner, so I might be missing the point.

Comment written by BubbaShrimp on Jan 14, 2005 @ 22:58

Hi! I learn German since 4 years and I think the main problem lies in the gender of a word (Der/die/das). When you consider that if you write an incorrect gender the whole sentence will be wrong - cause gender influences the Akkusativ/ Dative/ Genetive - that makes it really hard. And another thing - there is no rule which to follow in order to learn these genders - either you know it or you don't.

Comment written by sabe on Jan 14, 2005 @ 20:26

@libitinaO: no, I personally didn´t have much problems with English, maybe because I was engaged in it since I was a little child. Therefor I have problems with pronouncing Icelandic because there are many many different ways to pronounce certain letters... and French - *shiver* ... and so on :wobble: @Hans_china: purportedly the most is pronounced as it is written, certainly the only positive attribut of German. but I´d be glad if you´d tell me with which expressions you got trouble... best regards, venus :wavey:

Comment written by venus_phosphora on Jan 11, 2005 @ 20:40

I am a chinese student ,learning German.I have also the same problem of spreaking some words.Another problem is , sometime i just do not how the Germans say in a sitution .and i also have a question , what is biggest problem when you talk with a forgeiner , pronounce error or grammar error.BTW,i am looking for some one for language exhange .Do you want to help me by learning German?

Comment written by Hans_china on Jan 11, 2005 @ 18:29

I just have problems pronouncing some things. And maybe remembing what is die and what is das..der..etc. Didn't you have any problems with English?

Comment written by libitina0 on Jan 08, 2005 @ 16:57

... something that´s really quite interesting to me as a native speaker: ... what do you think is the most difficult thing by learning german/what causes you the most trouble? :vtff: :drop: :cry: [br][edited by venus_phosphora on 2005-01-09 17:09:49][br][edited by venus_phosphora on 2005-01-09 17:10:45]

Comment written by venus_phosphora on Jan 08, 2005 @ 03:29