WHY ENGLISH IS HARD TO LEARN (not written by me by the why)
We'll begin with box, the plural is boxes,
But the plural of ox is oxen not oxes,
One fowl is a goose, and two are called geese,
Yet the plural of moose is never called meese.
You may find a lone mouse or a house full of mice;
But the plural of house is houses not hice.
The plural of man is always men,
But the plural of pan is never pen.
If I speak of a foot, and you show me two feet,
And I give you a book, would a pair be a beek?
If one is a tooth and a whole set is teeth,
Why shouldn't two booths be called beeth?
If the singular's this and the plural is these,
Should the plural of kiss be keese?
we speak of a brother and also brethren,
But though we say mother, we never say mothren.
The masculine pronouns are he,his, and him;
But imagine the feminine...she,shis, and shim!
WHY GERMAN IS HARD TO LEARN (for me anyway)
We learnt how to sing nursery rhymes in German, We learnt how to do a skit of sitting in a train, we learnt how to make a plane ticket and many more unnecessary things. I can briefly remember learning about the mistakes i now make. It would have been extremely helpful learning the difference between- Freund,Freundin, Freunde and Freundinnen. To avoid confusion I try not to mention the word friends, they probably think I have none. However it is better not saying anything than saying I have a girl friend or boy friend when I clearly don't.
Nouns come equipped with genders, learning the genders would have been a great help. televisions are male but the news is female...its too confusing to even think why. There is also neutral but I'm certain it just adds to the confusion.
It is easier said than done "Der is the definite article for male nouns, die for female ones and das for neutral." They all say its simple but it is clearly not, its one of the hardest things to learn but practice makes perfect. Oh hang on, it doesn't end there 'dem and den'...I have no idea what they are even doing.
People say here that English is a lot easier to learn than German is so why do we not have German classes like the English classes they have here? Less singing and more learning I would say.
Credits to Jasper Lindell for helping me out, check out his extremely good blog http://jasperli ndell.blogspot. com/
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