Pimsleur’s German steps up a notch…

September 20, 2005 by Oliver
Filed under: Languages 

Well I’m now on unit 3 of German II (i.e. the 33rd lesson in total) and it’s definitely moved up a gear. It has finally mentioned “du” the informal version of you (which even if you never say it you certainly need to recognise) and nearly every thing you say has “interesting” grammar as well as new vocabulary

(By interesting I mean things like subordinate clauses and modal verbs which play with word order).

And of course I have to sing praise to Pimsleur again… which of course I always do since it really is amazing. :)

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2 Comments on Pimsleur’s German steps up a notch…

  1. John B on Wed, 21st Sep 2005 2:44 am

    2. I’ve never liked the Pimsleur method because of how slow it moves. I tried the German series, made it about 15 lessons in, and things like not having not introduced the informal du, something heard constantly in spoken German, made me feel like it was crawling along and that I would be better off doing something else.

    But then, I’m an impatient sod, so perhaps it’s just me :)

  2. Oliver on Wed, 21st Sep 2005 3:35 am

    3. It does begin to speed up at about lesson 25. By then it rarely repeats anything word for word. i.e. it introduces something new and imediately starts putting in complicated combinations with stuff you already know. It also gets funnier too:

    Are you alone?
    No my husband is here.
    I will go then.

    I’ve also found doing something else at the same time helps (although I think people who try it while driving are probably pushing it a bit).

    Thanks for commenting :)