My favourite German word.
My Favourite German word. With wave after wave of the pandemic. Everyone’s world has been thrown into the doldrums. I figured it was a good time to try and begin picking up a new language. Come out slightly better off than I was going into this whole ordeal. So I took the plunge and downloaded Duolingo onto my mobile, once again. Like everyone else I had previously tried learning a new language on and off over the years since 2016. Didn't every follow through with it. Not this time. The language of my choice is German, given its likeness and similarity to English not to mention English itself being a Germanic rooted language. I figured the learning curve shouldn’t be too steep. I set the goal of earning 50XP every day on Duolingo for the first 3 months. I broke past that barrier and am now at a total of 11100XP. It has been 5 months since I started. While I’m nowhere near being able to converse and follow a conversation in German, I’m getting there. Being able to recognis...