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I'm mentally preparing to complain to a pigeon feeder in my target language. Wish me luck.

(the pigeons are filling up my window sill with shit and have learned to wait for the feeder early in the morning, waking me up way before my actual alarm)

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[–] dragontamer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I'm about 1.5 months into my German studies, and I was able to just read the entire first Chapter of "Cafe in Berlin" (beginner story for German-learners, graded A1 and A2).

I think the biggest "leap forward" was multiple weeks of study in Anki, allowing me to reach a vocabulary of roughly 300+ words at the moment. Its not much, but its enough to get started reading these simplest of stories.

[–] Lazycog@sopuli.xyz 1 points 1 day ago (1 children)

That's really impressive, nicely done! And thanks for the tip. Think I'll give that story a go as well.

I think that's a nice way to go about it with learning enough to be able to read a story and seeing that as a goal. Way more motivating than "want to pass an exam".

[–] dragontamer@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

My actual long term goal is to be able to watch Peppe Wurtz and comprehend the episode.

I've also got Deutsche Walle A2 News (news graded at the A2 level) that I'm trying to read and watch, but that's still far above my skill level. I'm better with news than German, so I watch (American) news in English the. Watch the A2 graded news and kinda learn new words lol.

https://learngerman.dw.com/de/kurz-und-leicht/s-69137519

The book was basically the first thing I was able to do (and indeed, level A1 level). Everything else is more like high A2 or low B1 level....

I wouldn't say that it's a goal to read Cafe in Berlin, because I'm actively doing it! It's more of a true and proper exercise.