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Currently on the Sapphire league, Duolingo has helped me make great progess in studying and learning German as a beginner. I have been using Duolingo daily and have a 26-day streak (and counting).

It has quizzes which have levels (5) and sublevels. It also has multiple restorative quizzes for the same topics. These help in recapping the topics multiple times which have already been completed.

A sample of fully completed quizzes has been attached here. Other topics include Introduction, Phrases, Food and Nouns.

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Duolingo has short stories which help in improving German reading and listening comprehension. It also helped in enhancing my vocabulary.

A sample of stories completed has been attached here.

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The following English words are of German Origin:
1. Doppelgänger (someone that looks like some other living person)
2. Edelweiss (type of flower)
3. Fest (celebration or a feast)
4. Kindergarden (kindergarten)
5. Poltergeist (a ghost)
6. Rucksack (bagpack)
7. Waltz (a kind of dance)
8. Wanderlust (desire, wanting)
9. Schadenfreude (deriving pleasure in someone's misfortunes)
10. Wunderkind (child prodigy)
[Source: https://grammar.yourdictionary.com/word-lists/list-of-english-words-of-german-origin.html]

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I understood conjugation of German regular verbs similar to how I learned conjugation for French verbs. Cutting the ending (-en) from each verb and then adding the specific endings for each subject.

For instance:

wohnen (to live)

Ich wohne
Du wohnst
Er/Sie/Es wohnt
Wir wohnen
Ihr wohnt
Sie wohnen

Conjugation of both regular and irregular verbs was practised using https://www.scholingua.com/en/de/conjugation-trainer and majorly by using Duolingo.

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I watched clips from “Talk German: Episode 1” on BBC https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b0078r6s/clips. The first clip talked about formal and informal greetings such as ‘Guten Tag’, ‘Hallo’ and ‘wie geht’s dir’. The next 2 clips talked about Munich, the third largest German city and its culture. Munich has beautiful buildings and a rich Bavarian culture. Cafes and ‘biergarten’ (beer garden) are popular places for people to hangout. It's art festival and craft markets are extremely popular attract traders from around the world. Germany is a large country in Europe, with port city of Hamburg in north, Berlin in east, vineyards in west and the Alps in the south. Lastly, it taught how to ask if someone was German: “Bist du Deutscher?”. This can be answered as “Ja, ich bin Deutscher” (Yes, I am German) or “neine, ich bin Engländer” (No, I am English).

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German Factfile Quiz: Greetings and Introductions

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German Factfile Quiz: Greetings and Introductions

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Q. How would you greet Dr Müller at 9 am?
A. Guten Morgen Dr Müller.

Q. You overhear one woman say to another Hallo Renate. Wie geht’s? Do they know each other well?
A. Yes, the know each other well as they are using informal language.

Q. Would someone say bis bald when they’ve just arrived or when they’re leaving?
A. Bis bald means 'see you soon' therefore, someone will say it when they are leaving.

Q. How would you introduce your companion Mrs Thomas?
A.  Das ist Frau Thomas.

Q. Someone says to you Danke, gut. Und Ihnen? What was your question?
A.  Wie geht es ihnen.

Q. What do you say in reply to Freut mich?
A. Danke.

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German Factfile Quiz: The German Alphabet

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German Factfile Quiz: The German Alphabet

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Q. What do we call the car that the Germans call a fow-veh?
A. VW (Volkswagen)

Q. You might want to travel by a German high-speed train, an ee-tseh-eh; what German abbreviation will you look out for?
A. ICE (Intercity Express)

Q. Which German town do these letters spell: tseh-ha-eh-emm-enn-ee-teh-tsett?
A. Chemnitz

Q. Which English name do these letters spell: yot-uh-ell-ee-ah?
A. Julia

Q. German also uses WC to indicate a toilet, but how is it pronounced?
A. veh-tseh

Q. Which English surname do these letters spell: ha-ah-err-fow-eh-upsilon
A. Harvey

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German Factfile Quiz: Personal Profile (1)

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German Factfile Quiz: Personal Profile (1)

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Q. If you’re English, how do you reply to the question Sind Sie Amerikanerin?
A. Nein, ich bin Engländerin.

Q. What is the du form of the verb wohnen?
A. Du wohnst

Q. Chantal says Ich bin Französin. Ich spreche Französisch. Complete what Marlene says: Ich bin Österreicherin. Ich spreche ....
A. Deutsch

Q. Which reply best answers Woher genau kommen Sie?: Ich komme aus
Groβbritannien or Ich komme aus Leeds?
A. Ich komme aus Leeds

Q. How would you tell someone you speak English and a bit of German?
A. Ich spreche Englisch und ein bisschen Deutsch.

Q. How would you give your nationality and say where you live?
A. Ich bin indisch. Ich wohne in Sheffield.

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German Factfile Quiz: Personal Profile (2)

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German Factfile Quiz: Personal Profile (2)

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Q. How would you ask someone what they’re studying?
A. Was studierst du?

Q. Would a man or a woman say Ich bin Polizistin?
A. A woman

Q. Would you use du or Sie to ask Herr Spitz whether he’s a teacher?
A. Sie

Q. How would you say that you’re a secretary?
A. Ich bin sekretärin.

Q. You’re an electrician; what’s your reply to the question Sind Sie Mechaniker?
A. Nein, ich bin elektriker.

Q. What is eine Lehrstelle?
A. It is an apprenticeship.

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Q. How would you and your spouse say you have two children?
A. Wir haben zwei kinder.

Q. If Dorothea is Georg’s Groβmutter, what relation is he to her?
A. He is her grandson.

Q. Would you introduce your colleague Brigitta by saying Das ist mein Kollege or Das ist
meine Kollegin?
A. Das ist meine Kollegin.

Q. A friend explains where her husband is in a photo by saying he is neben mir. How will you
know which person he is?
A. Her husband is next to her in theh photo.

Q. What is der Ehering?
A. A wedding ring

Q. How would you say ‘my daughter is three years old’?
A. Meine Tochter ist drei jahre alt.

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Q. Write in figures hundertachtundneunzig.
A. 198

Q. How do you say ‘18 euros’?
A. Achtzehen euro

Q. What’s the number 72 in German?
A. zweiundsiebzig

Q. What’s the answer to this sum: zwölf plus neun?
A. Einundzwanzig

Q. How would you ask for 50 grams of something?
A. Fünfzig gramm

Q. What’s the alternative word for ‘two’, used for clarity?
A. zwei

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I learned food names from the following links (given in Lecture).

1) Obst (Fruits)
https://www.languageguide.org/deutsch/vokabeln/obst/

2) Gemuse (Vegetables)
https://www.languageguide.org/deutsch/vokabeln/gem%C3%BCse/

3) Nahrung (Food)
https://www.languageguide.org/deutsch/vokabeln/nahrundg2/

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Q. Which of the following is a chocolate cake: Johannisbeerkuchen, Sachertorte, Apfelkuchen?
A. Sachertorte

Q. If you and your friend are going Dutch, how do you answer the waiter’s question Zusammen oder getrennt?
A. Zusammen

Q. How would you order another cup of tea?
A. Noch eine Tasse Tee, bitte.

Q. If someone says Ich bin satt would you order them more to eat?
A. No, because they are full and done eating.

Q. How would you ask for a piece of apple cake with cream?
A. Ich hätte gern Apfelkuchen mit Sahne, bitte.

Q. Would you expect to hear Was darf’s sein? from a waiter or a customer?
A. From a waiter.

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Q. If you wanted a dish without meat would you say mit Fleisch or ohne Fleisch?
A. Ohne Fleisch

Q. How would you ask the waiter if they have vegetarian dishes?
A. Haben sie vegetarisch essen?

Q. Would you eat or drink Knödel?
A. Eat

Q. What’s the German for ‘Cheers!’?
A. Prost!

Q. Someone comes up to your table and asks Ist dieser Platz frei? What are they asking?
A. They are asking if the seat is taken?

Q. Which is the odd one out: Ratskeller, Gasthaus, Bierstube, Schweinebraten, Gasthof?
A.  Schweinebraten (roat pork). Other words are places (to eat).

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I tried the Food and Cultural crossword. I learned about German and Europe's food culture.

For instance: Germans eat Goose on Christmas and Venedig was the first coffeehouse in Europe.

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German Factfile Quiz: Leisure activities

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German Factfile Quiz: Leisure activities

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Q. How would you say ‘I like doing drama’?
A. Ich spiele gerne Theater.

Q. Is a sporty person more likely to say ich male gerne or ich klettere gerne?
A. Ich klettere gern.

Q. A friend says she’d like ein bisschen Entspannung. Will you suggest a competitive game
of volleyball?
A. Nein, she wants to relax.

Q. You’re invited to a concert. You think that’s a great idea – how will you reply?
A. Ja, gut idee!

Q. You read that there’s eine Ausstellung on in town. What’s that?
A. It is an exhbition.

Q. Put the following words in order to make a question: du/ Wochenende/ was/ dieses/
machen/ willst.
A. Was willst du dieses wochenende machen?

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All German Factfile Quizzes are from BBC German Factfiles (available in additional resources section).