Learning German – A view from English standpoint

If you speak English and want to learn German, there are a few things to bear in mind when you set out to learn the language on your own. The Germanic language family is where both German and English actually originate.

This can be seen as a significant advantage over a speaker of a different language family. It unquestionably provides a significant edge, for instance, over a Japanese individual attempting to learn German. Despite belonging to the same language family, German and English have very few things in common.

The grammar would be the most challenging aspect of learning German. One of the few Germanic languages that still largely use old fully-inflected grammar is this one.

The grammar would be the most challenging aspect of learning German. It is one of the few remaining fully-inflected Germanic languages, similar to Latin or Russian in structure, and has retained the majority of that grammar.

German sentences differ from English sentences in the way that they are organized. Because of this, it is sad that you cannot just substitute German terms for those in a phrase. For instance, “hilf mir doch mal jemand” might be translated into English as “someone me help.”

As you can see, learning German’s grammatical structure might be challenging at first. However, it becomes much simpler if you master some grammar.