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I have started learning German but after a few months find that it is diffecult to understand a newspaper such as Bild.de. Whereas I can understand Paris Match magazine much easier. I am just reading headlines in both but it seems French is much easier. Or is it just me?
I was learning both at the same time for a little while and I thought they were about even, due to the fact that Germanic and Latin words make up a large portion of the English language.
If you want a difficult language to learn, try Arabic.
Reading headlines in newspapers is not necessarily the best way to practise a foreign language you have been learning for only a few months. Bild - being a very low-end paper (which many Germans do not consider to be a newspaper at all) - uses many colloquial phrases you would not learn in school.
I am sometimes having difficulties understanding headlines in American newspapers, and I have been learning and using the English language for 40 years...
You should learn the language which you like to learn, and then stick to it.
Reading headlines in newspapers is not necessarily the best way to practise a foreign language you have been learning for only a few months. Bild - being a very low-end paper (which many Germans do not consider to be a newspaper at all) - uses many colloquial phrases you would not learn in school.
I am sometimes having difficulties understanding headlines in American newspapers, and I have been learning and using the English language for 40 years...
You should learn the language which you like to learn, and then stick to it.
Could you recomment a paper that would be readable for someone starting out? It can't be on the level of Der Spiegel magazine because that would be too far advanced for a beginner.
Could you recomment a paper that would be readable for someone starting out? It can't be on the level of Der Spiegel magazine because that would be too far advanced for a beginner.
You might try news and news videos from Yahoo! and AFP. Many of their stories are written in a very concise and clear style that is easier to understand.
I have started learning German but after a few months find that it is diffecult to understand a newspaper such as Bild.de. Whereas I can understand Paris Match magazine much easier. I am just reading headlines in both but it seems French is much easier. Or is it just me?
As someone who speaks both, French is easier IMHO.
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