June 18 2012

Today was tiring, although, I was able to rest yesterday since it was a free day. The bike ride and 2 hour walk was probably not the smartest idea when I knew that I was already tired.They were completely worth it.

Today we did a lot more grammar and reading in our text. We also had Phonetiks class. It is hard enough to come back to class normally, but when it is Phonetiks it is even worse. The girls who teach it I think are really nice and they just want to help, and I think they think they are a great help, but, it can be frustrating when you cant get the right sound out and they are standing in front of you asking you to keep trying. I just want to tell them sometimes, “let me go practice on my own, let me figure out how to even make my tongue and throat do that, and then I can come back and be able to do it, or at least once I can even make the general sound, you can help me improve it.” But that is a lot to have to say in German and I’m not sure they wouldn’t take it the wrong way.

After Phonetiks we had Kelly’s class. We went over grammar and it was incredibly helpful. I wish they did more of that in our other classes rather than spending time on games and trying to make “rrrrchh” sounds.

Words:

Gewalt (f) (-en) = force, violence, authority

Zahlen= to pay

Zählen = to count, number, to amount to

Kratzen = to scratch

Krippe (f) (-n) = crib, manger, day nursery (for up to 3 year olds)