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To: oldvirginian

German has THREE noun genders. Masculine, feminine AND neuter.

They have four cases and they alter adjectives as well as articles for case AND gender.

German requires some serious intelligence to speak.


105 posted on 01/17/2022 9:07:53 AM PST by Persevero (You cannot comply your way out of tyranny. )
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To: Persevero

And I thought Portuguese was a headache! I’ll stay away from German.

My learning Portuguese is a culmination of a lifelong obsession of Brazil. It goes back to my childhood days when cable hadn’t been imagined. He’ll, man had yet to step foot on the moon. There were only three tv stations and on Sundays, after the religious programming, they had documentaries and travel guides.
There was one show that featured brazil. It was BEAUTIFUL to this inland, never been anywhere kid. One of those far off exotic lands I knew I would never see.
And then came the internet and the world shrank.

Since I retired I noticed my mind becoming numb so I decided to learn Portuguese. Easier said than done but it gives me a time to look forward to every day, my daily mind stretching, world shrinking Portuguese lesson.


110 posted on 01/17/2022 9:38:39 AM PST by oldvirginian (So if a cow doesn’t produce milk, is it a milk dud or an udder failure?)
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To: Persevero

Compared to Polish, German is a cakewalk.


112 posted on 01/17/2022 9:42:14 AM PST by dfwgator (Endut! Hoch Hech!)
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