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45. Slow by designs Kleine Deutsche Lehre Teil 1 Nr. 2 "Hauptwörter" Continuing on in my study of German Grammar, sourced from a "Sprachlehre" published over a hundred years ago in German, I review nouns. Also included are the three genders found in German, the breakdown of how to group different types of nouns, i.e. singular/plural and common and proper nouns, as well as an introduction to the four cases. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowbydesigns/message

44. Slow by designs Kleine Deutsche Lehre Teil 1 Nr.1 GESCHLECHTSWÖRTER Here's the gist of why I'm doing this series: Learning German was always high on my list of life-long achievement goals. While I speak reasonably well for someone who has spent a total of one 2 years actually living and speaking the language on a daily basis (not consecutively), the grammar side of it has always eluded my brain. (I'm a very slow learner.) Also, professionally I'm a cellist and recently I began teaching a native German speaker and that student would rather not have it in English. I'm cool with that because it is a chance for me to improve and use the German I know. However, I'm quite nervous about it every week and find it hard to form nice sentences, etc. I'll be using an old German Grammar Lesson Book entitled Kleine Deutsche Lehre or "The Little German Lesson" (anyone with a better translation, please let me know). It walks one through the types of word classes, parts of speech, and conjugations. This will be my own study of Grammar. Today's episode is about Geschlechtswörter, or the articles: der, die, das; ein, eine, ein. #learngerman #germangrammar #conjugationingerman #germanlanguage --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/slowbydesigns/message

It's the end of 2022, but the start of 2023. Happy New Year! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message

42. Poem/Gedicht "Der Alte Landmann an Seinen Sohn --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message

This is a great old poem about winter and Christmas. "King Winter" Published by Gustav Seitz in Hamburg, 1859. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message

This is practice and recitation from a native grammar book from germany in the 1800's. Badly needed practice. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message

This is a reading of "Thanksgiving Day", a POEM by Lydia Maria Child. At first, my eye stopped over the opening of the poem because of a phrase that is well known and oft-repeated, or at least it was as a child. Then it became more of a nostalgic experience due to my current living situation, living abroad. That first phrase goes like this, "Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother's house we go". Or does it? LOL I was quite surprised to find out that there were two differences that I had not previously known. Listen to find out. ________________ Subscriptions or turned on for $4.99 per month. For starters I will be offering three types of episodes and plan on about 1 of these per month (possibly more if I get lots of requests). Subscriber requested poem, story, language, Duolingo, etc.* A subscriber can submit a reading of their own (less than 5 minutes). Personal topics on how I came to learn languages. *All content must be clean and friendly. If you still want to support this channel directly but wish to send a one-time donation you can use this link: PayPal.me/travelingcello Thanks for Listening! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message

This poem is by a German named Robert Reinick. The title is Deutscher Rat. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message

Duolingo is a fun way to get started when learning. I have gone on a long, long streak. So far I have done lessons daily for a total of ____ days. (How many days did you hear in the episode?) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message

This is the Second story from the German reader titled, Ährenlese, or Gleanings. Der Fuchs und der Krebs is reminiscent of another story English speakers grow up with. After listening can you ascertain which one? (I reveal the similarities at the end of the episode.) Read Ährenlese stories for yourself here. Project Gutenberg makes digital downloads in the public domain quite an easy process. Show your appreciation for this podcast by telling your friends about it. https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns Also by sending a tip to PayPal.me/travelingcello Send your thoughts as a voice mail from the main platform https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns or as an email: slowbydesigns@gmail.com #German #fairytales #aehrenlese #deutsch #derfuchundderkrebs #thefoxandthecrab --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Episode 35 -- A German story entitled "Die Fliege, die in die Schule Ging" or The Fly, That Went to School This is a special episode. I received my very first message not too long after I uploaded the previous episode. A big THANK YOU to Seth for sending me a message. My apologies for taking soooo long to acknowledge it. That was due mostly to the fact that, in my excitement, I was unable to figure out how to listen to the message! Yes, that is ineptitude or perhaps just not trying hard enough (not to mention how busy the summer had been). Regardless, I finally did and it feels great to hear from a listener! Please be sure to say if you would like your message played "on air" or not (I had not mentioned that previously, and I don't want to take any chances of infringing on privacy). So in this episode I relay a portion of the message from the listener. If you want to support this podcast send a monetary tip to: PayPal.me/travelingcello Thank you and have a good day. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

It's been a while since my last upload here and much longer since my last Norwegian upload. As you can see from this upload, I am still on the fence about dedicating this podcast to one language, i.e. German, Norwegian or English. Mostly, I am ruling out English but based on stats from this summer, German has gained in popularity. I may turn this podcast into a German focused one. This episode (34) is mostly me going through two stages in Unit 2 of Conjunctions in Level 1. I got into a sort of zone about three weeks ago and have not missed a day since. I have also found that completing an entire LEVEL before calling it a day on Duolingo has been more helpful in remembering some of the topic's vocabulary. Probably due to the very repetitive nature of both Duolingo and simply seeing the vocabulary multiple times throughout since I remain in the same topic. You get a raw and unedited version in this episode. I go through the level without a break and you hear me making comments along the way. With any luck and some hard work, I might begin understanding a Norwegian speaker at a very basic level. Hey, if you like this sort of thing send a donation to PayPal.me/travelingcello. Look me up in Duolingo as well. I am Aaron, Traveling Cello. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Here is the last episode from Märchen und Erzählungen für Anfänger, Teil 1. At the end of the book there are nine poems. They are Kleine Gedichte. Do you enjoy reading poems, whether in German or another language? Let me know. Send a comment or answer the question, go Spotify to answer. How about a small tip in exchange for your listening pleasure: PayPal.me/travelingcello #maerchen #stories #german #fairytales --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Did you know that you can leave a voice message for me? Just visit this link, and I can listen and even include your message in future episodes. Let me know what you think of the story, the podcast, the format, or whether or not I should limit this podcast to one language. The story today is a translation from the original German version, which I featured in Episode 28: Die Andernacher Bäckersjungen (transl. "The Baker Boys of Andernach") How do you think about the two stories? Are they really the same? Are the details similar? Does the German version include more details? I'll also leave a question that you can reply to directly in Anchor or if you listen on Spotify. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

I've done it! I set out to finish all of the stories in part 1 of Märchen und Erzählungen (Fairytales and Stories) and here it is. This is Story #15, the final installment from a book for beginners. "Die Vier Brüder" The Four Brothers is a rather relatable story in that we all separate as we go on with life, but come back together from time to time. Life is never fair and never will be. Just as in the winning brother who just so happened to win due to a serendipitous action and order in which it was taken. That's the way it was with those four brothers and that's how it is with us. If you think life should be fair, good luck sorting that one out. Please comment, leave a message, like, and review. https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns If you would rather have this story in English let me know. Answer the poll which is available on Spotify! For now, send a tip for this achievement to paypal.me/travelingcello #maerchen #stories #german #fairytales --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Die Waldfrau Read stories in German. This is 15. Die Waldfrau from "Märchen und Erzählungen" Part 1. edited by: H.A. Guerber. If you like reading in a foreign language leave a reply to the question. What do you think of my summary translation of the story? Leave your answer in Poll. https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns #story #German #reading #learngerman #deutsch #geschichte #maerchen #erzaehlungen #fairytales --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Story number 13 from the book for Beginners learning German: Märchen und Erzählungen für Anfänger, Erster Teil. Reading stories is a lot of fun for me, but reading in a foreign language is adventurous! And it is fun. Perhaps you are looking for a tutor to learn a language. Click on this link for iTalki and find a tutor to suit your needs. #story #German #reading #learngerman #deutsch #geschichte #maerchen #erzaehlungen #fairytales --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

From a book for Beginners learning German entitled Märchen und Erzählungen für Anfänger, Erster Teil. 1897. This is story number 11. Die Andernacher Bäckersjungen. If you think there is something interesting in the episode, let me know. If you want to leave a voice message it seems you must download the Anchor.fm app. Listen on Spotify to answer the question posed here. To listen on Spotify follow this link: SlowbyDesigns You can support this podcast by listening, telling others, and also by sending financial support here: PayPal.me/travelingcello If you are interested in hearing my other podcast, about cello music, go here: Forgotten Cello Music Podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Story No. 10 from "Märchen und Erzählungen" Das Reiterbild in Düsseldorf A classic example of tricking the envious. Listen in and let me know what you think of the story, how I read it, and if the accent holds up throughout. (What accent do I have when reading in Germany anyway?) Leave a voice message here at Anchor.fm https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message. Or, respond to a question only in Spotify. Help me reach 500 subscribers on my Youtube channels: Slowbydesigns TravelingCello Your support and views, listens are greatly appreciated! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Take a look at the word list in your DuoLingo account. It is a list of every word you every saw while learning your target language. Pretty interesting. I have seen over 800 words! I read a selection from those words that I know well and those I need to re-learn. The second part of this episode is in "Questions". Although Duolingo said I did it perfectly, there was one small mistake. Were they right to use the word perfectly in this context? ----------- Looking for a tutor in your target language? Go to iTalki where you can learn and practice your target language. iTalki --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Duolingo is a reasonably convenient way to get exposure to a language. I actually enjoy the short lessons and like how it utilizes the same sentence patterns for each lesson. It would be nice to have some short stories to read periodically, but overall the app is quite good. This episode features Family 1, Level 5 plus a few levels prior. If you are learning Norwegian, leave a reply to the question on this episode. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Part 5 to the story entitled Das Gestohlene Kind. Do you like reading in a foreign language as well. I think it is great fun. Thanks for listening. You can even send me a tip to PayPal.me/travelingcello. Or perhaps you are looking to have some lessons in German. Click the following link and I will get a small commission if you sign up with a tutor at iTalki through this link. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Part 4 to the story entitled Das Gestohlene Kind. Do you like reading in a foreign language as well. I think it is great fun. Thanks for listening. You can even send me a tip to PayPal.me/travelingcello. Or perhaps you are looking to have some lessons in German. Click the following link and I will get a small commission if you sign up with a tutor at iTalki through this link. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Part 3 to the story entitled Das Gestohlene Kind. Do you like reading in a foreign language as well. I think it is great fun. Thanks for listening. You can even send me a tip to PayPal.me/travelingcello. Or perhaps you are looking to have some lessons in German. Click the following link and I will get a small commission if you sign up with a tutor at iTalki through this link. #German #LearnGerman #GermanStory --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Part 2 to the story entitled Das Gestohlene Kind. If you like the fact that I enjoy reading in German, please like, leave a comment or send me a message. You can even send me a tip to PayPal.me/travelingcello. Or perhaps you are looking to have some lessons in German. Click the following link and I will get a small commission if you sign up with a tutor at iTalki through this link. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

From Märchen und Erzählungen comes a 5 part story. This episode features Part 1: Die Räuber. You can find the subsequent parts in the following episodes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Die Prinzessin, die nicht lachen wollte This is story number 8 from a book for German learners at the beginning of their journey; Märchen und Erzählungen für Anfänger, published over 100 years ago. My goal is to read all of the stories from this Reader. Have a comment? Do you like this sort of thing? Tell others about it and Send a tip -- PayPal.me/travelingcello --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Surprisingly, I remembered more of the vocabulary than I forgot, despite a three month break from Norwegian. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Whoa! I did not expect that score! It has been so long since I did anything "official" in the German language. I keep up with it by reading and listening weekly, to news or stories, etc. the Placement Test on DW is quite interesting. You should give it a try as well. Looking for a language tutor? go to iTalki here https://www.italki.com/affshare?ref=af13063809 #german #placement test #deutsch #dw --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

So, it's my first time to take an online German placement test. I visit the Deutsche Welle website at least monthly just to read something in German. I recently was poking around the site and was reminded that they have German material for learning the language. There I saw the Placement Tests. I decided to take the A1 test. After learning German in Austria some years ago and basically not studying it since then, although I regularly read and listen in German to maintain, I was curious how I'd do. What is your ability? Have you done any of those placement tests before? Hey, if you are looking for a language tutor, go check out iTalki. They have so many teachers available, and an array of prices. Here's a link so you can explore their platform and sign up when you find someone you like. https://www.italki.com/affshare?ref=af13063809 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Reading auf Deutsch is such a release. I don't really know what it is about it, but I get pleasure and a sense of relaxing for the time I'm reading. This is Story number 7 from Märchen und Erzählungen für Anfänger, click on the title to look at the book for yourself. I'm half way through that book for beginners learning to read and comprehend in German. It was such a a surprise when I first discovered this book. I had know idea that teachers sought to simplify learning a foreign language 100 years ago. While it is by no means simple as I think of simple in today's definition, it is easy enough for a student of my level to understand without too much looking up words in the dictionary. 7. Undank ist der Welt Lohn Show your support by leaving a tip at my PayPal.me/travelingcello Thanks for listening. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

I am now working on completing all 5 levels in each Topic of UNIT 2 in Duolingo-Norwegian. Today's installment is three lessons long: 1. Definitive Plural 2. The Cafe 3. Counting I noticed these three topics had cracks in the golden shields, so this was a review and repair episode. What are you studying and how fluent are you now? Please like and leave a message! --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

The title of this poem is a fairly well-known saying in English, but how many know that the saying comes from a poem? Do you know that it comes from a poem? I'm personally that guy who always sees the negative. I wish I was more like the woman, the man's wife (presumably) who slept soundly, "waited to see", and didn't look for problems before they cropped up. So, the reading is more a public reminder to myself to hold my tongue when tempted to blurt out all the negatives that might be but haven't yet manifested themselves (and may very well never come to be). Never Trouble Trouble by: Fannie Windsor --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

What do you think of my FAIL? Pretty bad, eh? Even the Review from Unit 2 was quite awful. Some days are like that. If you would leave a comment or simply like this episode that (Follow?) would be swell. Tell your friends about it as well. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Warum soll ich Deutsche Geschichte vorlesen? Weil ich mag Deutsch. Punkt. Und, um meine Vokabular zu verbreiten und meine Aussprache zu verbessern. Diese Geschichte heute geht um einen Pfeifer. Bitte zuhören um meine Aussprache zu kritsieren. Du kannst mich auslachen. Oder nur kein Mensch zu diesem Podcast zuhören. Ich mag diese Geschichte weil ich lerne noch besser wie Plural formen und die Vergangenheit besser zu konjugieren. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35794 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Duolingo is a pretty good play to pick up vocabulary. It's not the only way I get language learning done but it is a starting place. This lesson features the INTRO. lesson. I go through the Legendary Challenge. (Not sure what is up with today's misuse of words...I thought lots of people had to know about someone to make them legendary. Or maybe the challenges are legendary, but they just came out with these in the summer, right? It's just a little peeve of mine.) Spoiler: I passed INTRO's legendary. Send a message. Let's compare notes. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

This story is taken from book of Fairy Tales and Narratives written just for beginners. The Title of which is Märchen und Erzählungen für Anfänger, edited by H. A. Guerber. These stories are all great if you are looking for a better understanding of how to build up sentences with an ever increasing vocabulary. What they are not is a set of ground-breaking forms of literary genius. Although, I happen to think highly of them in terms of useful educational material. :) They are repetitive, but deliberately so. Just as the editor mentions in the Preface. This story, Number 5 in the sequence, is not only a repetitive telling, it is also very long. It is almost like having two stories in one. 5. Der Riese und Das Kind is quite the long, drawn out formulation. It took about 20 minutes of reading to get through the 4 pages of story. I hope you will find some usefulness in my reading of "The Giant and the Child". To read it for yourself visit this link: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35794 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Initially I had planned on two lessons, but as I finished the second I thought to go on. That way, I could finish out Unit 1. This episode contains the last four lessons in Unit 1 of Doulingo's Norwegian course. 1. Food 2 2. People 3. Definites 4. Plurals How many of you have done enough of the course to read in Norwegian? Can anyone hold a conversation after completing the course (or before completing)? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

What can be said? Learning a language is rough work, with difficulties in correct pronunciation, or at least good enough that someone can understand what you are saying. Not only that, but you must master sufficient vocabulary to give yourself a chance at being able to enter into conversation in the first place. And finally, Grammar. It seems that Duolingo is a good place to begin with vocabulary. After which, start reading books away from the app to increase understanding and pick up more vocab. while learning to recognize standard sentence structure. My goal is simply to pick up vocab. little by little. At this point, there is virtually no chance that I will ever use it with a native speaker so, just for fun. Do you have any Graded readers that you, the listener, can recommend? --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

From a book titled, Märchen und Erzählungen für Anfänger Der Pfannkuchen gets it right. There are many opportunities to learn and understand how a word or phrase is used. This is a German learner reading a short Tale. It was written over 100 years ago to aid beginners in acquiring German vocabulary. Take a look at it for yourself here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35794 --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

From a book for beginners learning German, Märchen und Erzählungen, comes story #3 titled: Der Hausvater. These stories all are effectively lessons in Vocabulary and Grammar. They aren't just another set of engaging stories. As the editor relates in the Preface, they are carefully written to repeat throughout so as to help the reader better remember the vocabulary. Have you ever heard about people that are professional reciters? That is, those who train their brains to remember vast amounts of information and turn around to recite it from memory. I had heard that they all use a certain technique that associates words or figures with certain images or ideas. Many of those reciters have said that the more silly the association the more likely they are to recall the target vocabulary, etc. In a way, It seems that these stories are quite like the reciters' techniques for memorizing. The stories presented in this volume are very silly stories that have contain an aspect that is quite absurd, according to our reality. Story #3, Der Hausvater, has two extremely silly elements. 1) There is an old man who is scarcely as big as a little child. 2) The traveler must ask who he assumes to be the Man of the House, but is referred to another man, and then another, an so. 3) (Listen in to find out if there is a third element of silliness. --Is it about age?) To read the stories for yourself and share your recording with me or in your own podcast, go to Gutenberg here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35794 #deutsch #German #stories #derhausvater #beginningGerman #Deutschfueranfaenger #maerchen #märchen #erzaehlungen #erzählungen --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

I've never taken Norwegian lessons apart from the lessons I've completed in Duolingo. This is purely and exercise for fun. How many of you learn a language only for fun? There is one other motivation, but it has no bearing of me being able to speak it. Because many of my ancestors were Norwegian it would be fun to read and speak in their mother tongue. This episode consists of: Introducing the episode Animals Actions1 Some comments about learning Norwegian, again My general demeanor Invitation to leave a comment and record your own version of these lessons -- "Animals and Actions1" One up me (or show me how bad my pronunciation is) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

This poem is a great example of the ideal person. This something I hoped I would be able to do, or at least, mostly and most of the time. Hopefully, it will spur me and someone else on to greater aspirations. Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) #kipling #poem #if #poetry #character --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

GOAL: To read all stories from this title Märchen und Erzählungen Heft 1. I highly recommend this reader for learners of German. This story comes from a German reader for beginners. Really, it for the elementary level and specifically if you have a basic knowledge of German. It is repetitive in the sense that one reads the same and nearly the same sentences multiple times throughout the story. Take a look at it for yourself. https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35794 Please tip me a quarter: PayPal.me/travelingcello #German #Deutsch #maerchenerzaehlungen #learnlanguage #reader --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

There's a great book for German learners who already have a decent grasp of the language to practice. Märchen und Erzählungen für Anfänger, by: H. A. Guerber Fairy Tales for Beginners is a book specifically written and designed for learners of German. They don't write stories like this nowadays. It is worth your while to check out. With all the repetition you are likely to remember more grammar and vocabulary. The author continually makes reminders of initial vocab. and grammar in a rather flowing way. Yes, it is redundant and no native speakers would likely ever read a book like this to their own kids. (Tell me if I'm mistaken.) However, it does serve those of us who wish to learn German and do so in the environment of elementary readings. Download the book here: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/35794 Send your support here: PayPal.me/travelingcello (Request a story, poem, topic for discussion.) Leave a voice message if you would like to start a discussion "in person" and I will use it in a future episode. https://spotifyanchor-web.app.link/e/Ps537lRKXsb I'm not dedicating this channel to anything specific but rather to a smattering of things that are interesting to me. Tell your friends and send messages to let me know how you are enjoying the content. #german #fairytales #beginnergerman #maerchenerzaehlungen #Jakobshaus #Deutsch --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Learning a language is good for the brain. I have learned German. Now on to Norwegian. Although I speak other languages I'm always nervous about doing it. However, I thought it would be interesting to put this out there for others to hear. Who else is learning Norwegian? Do you think DuoLingo is useful? Can it be employed in similar ways to traditional methods or as a supplement too? Share with your friends. :) ________________________ Thanks for listening in. Is this what you thought is was when you read the title? If you like this type of episode, send a tip to PayPal.me/travelingcello and if you are looking for a tutor, iTalki has what you need. Click on the link and I even get a small commission if you sign up through that link. #norwegianlearning #duolingo #language #fourthlanguage --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support

Hi and welcome! This podcast is not really about language or reading helpful stories. It is not really about learning vocabulary. The purpose of this podcast is to let out some long-time, pent-up steam. I have always liked learning languages and have been conversant in German for about 15 years now. Chinese is something of a chance encounter but am not able to get around but not quite able to hold my own. Not too long after going abroad to learn German I had realized that Norwegian would be somewhat of an easier undertaking after having become conversational in German. Not only that, it would be fun to learn something from the language of my ancestors. SO, here I am, posting episodes of me learning Norwegian vocabulary with Duolingo, reading little stories in German, and also reading some poetry and prose in English. These are things that I take quite a bit of pleasure in. Although I'd like to have hundreds of listeners, I don't expect to have but a few if that. To those few who use their valuable time to listen in, Thank You. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/slowbydesigns/support