Du hast ein Buch geschrieben!
I finally got sick of feeling guilty for not knowing German. So, for the past month, I have been studying this language over the internet. I’m using the Rosetta Stone program, ironically named because it uses no translations at all, just a large collection of stock photos, which you have to match up with phrases.
I particularly enjoyed the lesson on “can” and “cannot”:
Please note the facial expression of the non-driving dog, which I intend to emulate for the duration of my German travels.
In the lesson on present perfect, there is this very encouraging illustration of the sentence, “You have written a book!”:
Evidently, the production of this book comes as a complete surprise to its author. No doubt this happens quite frequently in Germany: you spend a year or two writing emails, doing laundry, grading papers, etc.; and then, when you least expect it…
Tags: birds, comparative literature, Germany
March 19th, 2008 at 11:02 am
This is brilliant and so generous too, to share the insight for free, subversive I imagine if in the US author mindset of making a buck for every thought….
to hell with the buck. let’s enjoy the mind dancing.
cheers
Indran