i want to learn to speak german. my girlfriend is originally from germany, so that is her first language. she learned english at a very young age and speaks just as fluently as anybody, but i still wanna learn. she wants me to come with her to visit her parents someday and i might even consider movin there in the distant future. i was thinkin bout usin rosetta stone, but i have heard good and bad about it. anybody used it or know of a better software?

 

Never tried Rosetta Stone. Best thing you can do is practice everyday.

I spent two years taking spanish in high school and know some but still can't speak fluent... It takes time.

 

it's either ROSETTA STONE or have a GERMAN teacher

 

I have a CUBAN wife, so I can speaking SPANISH very good

 

so good that you are forgetting how to "speaking" english correctly. hahahaha

 

My supervisor is trying to teach me Australian. My wife is from a German Mininite family.After 30 years of listening to it, I still can't figure out what she says.

 

i hear rosetta stone is EXPENSIVE.
im taking german in highschool

 

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All you need for Australian is a few 'crikey's', 'mates', 'cold ones' and 'barbies'.

Austrian, now that's something entirely different.

I've heard good and bad about Rosetta Stone too. I think the best way to learn is total immersion. Ask your girlfriend to talk to you only in German. Eventually you'll figure out what she's asking. You may not know the exact structure of the sentences, but you'll find out the words for objects and things.
My wife can speak Mexican Spanish pretty good, and has tried teaching me. But having our daughter has taught me better as we have a bunch of books that have English and Spanish words for things... and pictures! That's helped me a lot.

 

I couldn't resist

 

I was sinking of learning german also, seriously, German is one language I would realy like, alot of people say spanish but my thinkin is let them learn english if they want to be here!!