Anyway, enjoy! Hope you get a laugh or two out of it.
What's that quote Leonie Dawson says about finishing projects and riding wild donkeys? It doesn't have to be perfect, it just has to be done? Well, I'm following that philosophy today and going to call my german challenge done. It will still be something I will actively work on, however, I am biting the bullet and publishing this video of me online, reading one of my daughter's favourite books… in german!! Now, if that's not pushing me out of my comfort zone and worthy of challenge completion, then I don't know what will!!
Anyway, enjoy! Hope you get a laugh or two out of it.
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Last night I was a busy bee, finding all these different resources I will be using to improve my german vocabulary and grammar. Who knew there were so many free online sites dedicated to the german language!! Thank goodness for Pinterest and its awesome capacity to find amazing links on the interwebs!! I then read a bit more of my library book and indulged in an early night.... only to be woken 3 times by my toddler! Argh! Broken sleep makes mummy a walking zombie!!! I have been looking forward to her nap all day as I am going to recover one of the best ways I know how - it's bubble bath time! I'm off to enjoy myself! Take care! ;)
I have been busy the last few days! I went shopping and bought supplies to make my home made gift and care package, stuff to make cupcakes, and a book to begin a journal. I even managed to make it to the library to borrow some books. I've always been meaning to read something by Jodi Picoult, and I've seen the Lonely Planet Happy book several times and have wanted to flick through it.
Hallo! Ich heisse Melissa und ich bin neunundzwanzig Jahre alt. Mein dreißigster Geburtstag ist am 26. April. Ich bin eine Krankenschwester an der Neonatal Intensivpflegestation im lokalen Krankenhaus. I spreche ein bisschen Deutsch. I schreibe ein bisschen mehr. Ich kann Deutsch lesen besser als ich spreche oder schreibe es.
Now, to the uneducated person, that sounds like I have a fairly decent ability to write german. Truth is, that took me at least 30 minutes to complete. And several rounds of editing. And reference to a german dictionary - more than five times. Without the dictionary, the only bits of the above that I would have got correct would have been: Hallo! Ich heisse Melissa und ich bin neunundzwanzig Jahre alt. Ich bin eine Krankenschwester in einem Krankenhaus. Ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch. |