THE LOVE OF LANGUAGE ~ BRIAN ~ A DECET

ANGELA & BRIAN



 

KNOWLEDGE OF A FOREIGN LANGUAGE - KEY FOR WORK & TRAVEL 

 

GERMAN ~ Language of INDUSTRY

FRENCH ~ Language of HAUTE COUTURE

CHINESE ~ Language of COMMERCE 

SPANISH ~ Language of PASSION

ITALIAN ~ Language of LOVE

DUTCH ~ Language of Clogs - Cheese - Coffee !

POLISH ~ Language of Eastern Europe

JAPANESE ~ Language of Dynasty & Poetry

RUSSIAN ~ Language of POWER

ARABIC ~ Language of  The Middle East

 

This list of Languages is in the Order of

Importance as Languages that are considered

most important to UK Employers ~ OK !

 

Thanks for visiting ~ comments welcome ~ Love BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡

 

VOCABULARY is of prime importance when first learning

a Foreign Language. For Native English Speakers ~ GERMAN

is the easiest VOCABULARY to master. Many of the small 

everyday words are similar. In the video on FRUIT about 

24 different Fruit are mentioned. 14 (60%) of them are very

similar to ENGLISH and several are identical. So in TEN MINS

you have learned 14 German words for Fruit. Very useful if

you are in a Greengrocers in Berlin ! The same is true for 

NUMBERS : Ein ~ Zwei ~ Drei ~ Vier ~ Funf ~ Sechs ~ Sieben

Acht ~ Neun ~ Zehn : They are very similar to English can be

learned in five minutes ~ and are pronounced phonetically ! 

 

ANGELA IS FLUENT IN SPANISH can get by in PORTUGUESE

and understands French & Italian and is learning German !

I studied French & Spanish in School  & German & Italian

at College so we do well in Europe ! In essence it does take

at least a Year to be confident in a language and with Greek 

and Russian if you learn the Alphabet you can often

TRANSLITERATE a word ~ so if it says APOCATHERY you

know it is a Chemist ! In big cities many People are

fluent in English but if you get off the beaten track in S.

America a knowledge of Spanish is very useful. Also many

ART GALLERIES & MUSEUMS the signs are only in the 

Mother Tongue !  If you are travelling to a NON-ENGLISH

speaking Country go to a Language Class to prepare. They

are good fun and one meets lots of NICE PEOPLE !  🧡🧡🧡

 

 

 

  • Author: ANGELA & BRIAN (Pseudonym) (Offline Offline)
  • Published: April 13th, 2019 03:22
  • Category: Reflection
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  • orchidee

    Yep, I was just off to a greengrocers in Berlin. Thought I would nip there, as me local Co-op has run out of some fruits! I'm gonna use all 14 words, and come home with a ton of fruit. Very handy It's educational 'ere, not any old rubbish!
    I'm busy chopping down palms in my poem - oops, it's not helping conservation, but right for that time.

    • ANGELA & BRIAN

      THANKS UNCLE STEVE ~ Pleased you enjoyed it. Most of my Friends (30 -40's) who try German at this stage in their life ~ find its easier than they thought ! Especially the vocabulary ! Im thinking of writing a BOOK "2000 German Words you already know !" Always remember deforestation leads to Global Warming ! Good shopping in Berlin a great CITY !
      Blessings to You & Fido
      Love in the SPIRIT B & A 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

    • Michael Edwards

      This list of Languages is in the Order of
      Importance as Languages that are considered most important to UK employers - shouldn't English be first ? lol 😊

      Sorry - couldn't resist that - yes languages are so important but in my book so is grammar (okay I know I'm old fashioned but I have respect for the language). If I hear another 'I was sat' I shall go mad.

      • ANGELA & BRIAN

        THANKS UNCLE MIKE ~ Perhaps English was an ommision ? You and I had a Grammar School Education ~ so we were taught proper Queens English ! Once advertisers were allowed to use BEANZ - MEANZ - HEINZ ~ Grammar & Spelling were doomed and TEXTING has killed it stone dead ! The PARADOX with German is ~ The Vocabulary is much easier than the Romance Languages but German Grammar is much more difficult ! Every Silver Lining has a Cloud !
        Blessings & Joy
        BRIAN & ANGELA 🧡🧡🧡🧡

      • ANGELA & BRIAN

        HOLA BRIAN AMORADO MIA ! A me gusta tu Poema de lenguas ! Love the German Fruit video and I now know 14 more words in German like Orange : Kiwi & Grapefruit : EASY PEASY ! Im doing what your told me : writing my own GERMAN ~ ENGLISH DICTONARY with all the words which are the same or similar like MUTTER (Mother) BROT (Bread) and HUNDT (Dog) etc. I now have over 500 words (nouns : verbs : adjectives & adverbs etc) Being an extrovert I find no difficulty in conversing with Germans living in NZ (without grammar) and they keep telling me new words and phrases. There is also a German Circle which I have joined and they like me to teach them Spanish. Like YOU I love languages and I am learning to sing in Maori ! Its SUNDAY 7:30am here and Im getting ready for Church : PALM SUNDAY !
        Muchos Abrazos y Brazos y Todo de Mi amor
        Solomente una semana and we'll be "TOGETHER AGAIN !"
        I'm posting that tomorrow : in anticipation : OK !
        ANGELA TUA por La Mia OSO GRANDE : BRIAN 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡

        • ANGELA & BRIAN

          Muchos Gracias La Mia Angela Amorato ! Love your comments ~ pleased you are progressing with German. I know you would love to go to OBBERAMAGAU in 2020 ~ I will make enquiries. I know German Grammar is more difficult than Spanish but it is compensated for by the ease of the Vocabulary ~ glad you are compiling a Dictionary and have access to native German Speakers for pronunciation ! The Daniel O'Donnell ~ Mary Duff duet is on YOU TUBE for Together Again include it if you can ! I will look forward to that ! I guess its 12 noon Sunday in NZ ~
          Buenas Noches es Midnoche aqui !
          Muchos Abrazos y Besos ~ Tu Oso Grande Amorado BRIAN
          🧡 🧡 🧡 🧡 🧡 🧡 🧡

        • Goldfinch60

          Thank you for your list of languages, I am fluent in two languages, up I speak English and Rubbish.

          • ANGELA & BRIAN

            Thanks for your comments UNCLE ANDY ~ very Droll. I mnetioned elsewhere that I did FRENCH & SPANISH @ School and later Scientific German and also Conversational Italian @ Night School. Those four languages get you by in most of Europe and Angela & I visit Europe a lot especially "off-track" SPAIN where Spanish is necessary also Mexico & South America (Portuguese in Brazil) !
            Blessings & Peace to you BOTH
            Love in the Spirit B & A 🧡🧡🧡🧡🧡



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