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Missing Words
Sep. 27th, 2008 08:21 amMy nouns keep disappearing.
I've been trying to relearn some German lately.
Back in 1998 (that's ten years ago - wow) I spent three months in Germany, and was pretty much fluent in German by the time I came home. By now, of course, I've forgotten most of it.
So I've been trying to relearn bits of it, by watching German movies and reading books. The other day I found some novels which have German on one page, and the English translation on the other - they're very helpful.
And I've discovered that, if I push myself, I can remember quite a lot.
Except for the nouns.
I can read almost anything, perfectly, without even thinking, until it gets to a noun. And suddenly I'm stuck.
Which is a problem, because nouns tend to get used quite a lot.
And it's nice, knowing that I can remember quite a lot of this language (and some quite tricky bits, too), but honestly - what kind of person can translate "possibility of recalling" without thinking, but gets stuck on "wall"?
I've been trying to relearn some German lately.
Back in 1998 (that's ten years ago - wow) I spent three months in Germany, and was pretty much fluent in German by the time I came home. By now, of course, I've forgotten most of it.
So I've been trying to relearn bits of it, by watching German movies and reading books. The other day I found some novels which have German on one page, and the English translation on the other - they're very helpful.
And I've discovered that, if I push myself, I can remember quite a lot.
Except for the nouns.
I can read almost anything, perfectly, without even thinking, until it gets to a noun. And suddenly I'm stuck.
Which is a problem, because nouns tend to get used quite a lot.
And it's nice, knowing that I can remember quite a lot of this language (and some quite tricky bits, too), but honestly - what kind of person can translate "possibility of recalling" without thinking, but gets stuck on "wall"?
