Since I'm still depressed and confused for some things, think I'll go back to learning German

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@sarahfinch.bsky.social My experience with (free) Duolingo and trying to learn tourist German was mixed. It gave me a decent amount of vocabulary but almost zero grammar which meant that I could be understood but only in limited contexts. The app was much more useful when they still had the […]

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I am honestly in awe of people learning German as a foreign language. The amount of German grammar I had to formally learn when learning other languages is staggering. Sometimes it's like a scavenger hunt from one language to the other via a third to make sense of stuff.

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Oh, for sure! I learned so much general grammar for all languages by taking German (my first foreign language).

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This year I've been learning German, and building things to help me on that journey. One of the most fun projects has been to create Wagner-themed German-language podcasts with Notebook, which I listen to on my commute. You can check out my progress at www.aufbruchmatt.com/horen-podcasts

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