https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054 The record of German learning process en-us 2019-02-21 15:42:47 UTC 2025-12-24 02:17:36 UTC hello@padlet.com ewso1 https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/333688007 I learnt the way to introduce myself using some basic German words after learning how to greet other people. I do find difficulties in remembering pronunciation of some of the words. One reason is that sometimes I still follow the English pronunciation when I saw words that are very similar to or completely the same with their corresponding English words.
Besides, I practiced the basic verb conjugation using a mobile App called Duolingo. Practicing helped me better understand the conjugations and become more familiar with the pronunciation of the basic words.]]> 2019-02-21 15:47:04 UTC https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/333688007 ewso1 https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/336428048 This is my third week learning German and I learnt how to count from 1 to 100. I found it a bit hard initially as the way German counts is quite different from the way English counts.

I used this video to revise the pronunciation of German numbers. The melody is simple and the song is just about repeating 1 to 20 over and over so it helps me memorize the pronunciations. The video also shows the Arabic number and the German words at the same time and this further enhance my memory.

]]> 2019-02-28 15:01:23 UTC https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/336428048 ewso1 https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/337683831 This is my second week learning German. The conjugation of regular verbs is a bit confusing for me at the beginning. However, after realising that there is an obvious pattern for the ending of the verbs, I found it manageable to learn the conjugation.

Ich -e
du -st
er/sie/es -t
sie -en

I wrote down these endings on my notebook and this really help me get more familiar with them.]]> 2019-03-04 21:20:21 UTC https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/337683831 ewso1 https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/343832310 This week is a tough week for me as we begin learning the separable verbs. This is my first time learning verbs that can be separated into two part and be placed in different position of a sentence. This is interesting and it helps me remember the meaning of a word based on their two parts once I get used to them.

 Also, when using adverbs of frequency, initially I tend to follow the grammar of English which does not work in German. It took me some time to remember that verbs should be always placed in the second position of the sentence wherever the adverbs of frequency are.

Adverb of Frequency + Verb+ Subject+.........
Subject + Verb +Adverb of Frequency+..........

Time Manner Place]]> 2019-03-21 15:03:10 UTC https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/343832310 ewso1 https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/343832405 I leant the nominative and accusative case in this week. The grammar for these two case is quite similar to that of English.   However, the word "the" and "a" have more variations and this takes me a long time to remember all the different form of articles even though they are not really difficult. I wrote down the summary of articles and this helps a lot as I kept referring back to them.

 I did struggle with the gender of words so  I think I will just do more exercise to help myself remember more German words with their gender. Also, this video helps me a bit in finding some patterns of gender. 

]]> 2019-03-21 15:03:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/343832405 ewso1 https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/358843076 This week I learnt the possessive articles. Unlike English, these possessive articles change with the gender of the noun after them. So again, the importance of knowing the gender of words is demonstrated.
This video explains well how the possessive articles are used for different cases and give easy but useful examples.

]]> 2019-05-10 12:32:44 UTC https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/358843076 ewso1 https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/358852834 I learnt the way to express likes& dislikes this week.  At the beginning , I always forgot to use the infinitive form of verbs when saying "gern/lieber/am liebsten". The position of the words expressing likes or dislikes follow the principle that was stated in Woche 5 which means it is always positioned after the verbs(Ich kaufe gern ein) and can be placed at the head of the sentence.(Am liebsten trinkt sie.)

I also learnt more ways to talk about time. The only one that is confusing to me is "halb" as in English, people say "half past" while in German people say "half to". 
The video below briefly explains how people say time in different ways in German. It is helpful and practicing is indeed very necessary.]]> 2019-05-10 12:58:17 UTC https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/358852834 ewso1 https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/358863907 Modal words in German are not difficult to remember as some of them are similar to the English modal words, especially "Können" and "Müssen". The position of modal words is important. They are placed always at the head of a yes/no question and at the second position(after subject) when used as the main verb. 
The video below explains the modal verbs quite well and helps me revise.]]> 2019-05-10 13:22:32 UTC https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/358863907 ewso1 https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/358871859 Many of the German Alphabets sound the same as the English ones. But still, I kept forgetting their pronunciation. Learning and revising them through melody did help me a lot. ]]> 2019-05-10 13:39:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/358871859 ewso1 https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/358878967 I got more confused when I learnt about dative case. But after working on exercise, I understand more about the circumstances in which dative case and accusative case are used. 
The website below provide tables of articles for words with different gender in different cases and it is useful for me to look through them more frequently.]]> 2019-05-10 13:55:01 UTC https://padlet.com/ewso1/yni26tsc054/wish/358878967