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Friday, June 16, 2006

German
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Lesson 12
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GEOGRAPHIE (1)

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As I have said before, there are 4 Cases in German. However, I am not going to teach all at once because there'll be 99% chance that you'll get them all mixed up. Also, it's boring to keep on teaching grammar. Let's drift away for one or two lessons. What's on for today? Geographie. Asia? No, the spellings of the Asian countries are almost the same as English and it's rather boring. Since Germany and France are in Europe, are we going to learn about Europa? No, that's a little to big a place. Let's focus on Weisseuropa. (West Europe)

All right, This is the map. :)
Three most important German-speaking countries:

1. Germany ---------- Deutschland
Hauptstadt (Capital): Berlin (Berlin)

2. Austria ---------- österreich (Okay, the o with umlaut is supposed to be capitalised but I can't find a capital one. Sorry.)
Hauptstadt: Wien (Vienna)

3. Switzerland ---------- die Schweiz (die Schweiz is always preceded by its Artikel, i.e. die.)
Hauptstadt: Bern (Bern)


Your favourite:
France ---------- Frankreich
Hauptstadt: Paris (Paris)

Other more prominent countries include:
1. Italy ---------- Italien
Hauptstadt: Rom
(Rome)

2. Spain ---------- Spanien
Hauptstadt: Madrid
(Madrid)

3. Portugal ---------- Portugal
Hauptstadt: Lissabon
(Lisbon)

4. Poland ----------- Polen
Hauptstadt: Warschau
(I dunno whats Poland's Capital City in English. Weird. Is it just Warschau?)

5. Danemark ---------- Dänemark
Hauptstadt: Kopenhagen
(Copenhagen)

6. Britain ---------- Grossbritannien
Hauptstadt: London
(London)

7. Ireland ---------- Irland
Hauptstadt: Dublin
(Dublin)

8. Norway ---------- Norwegen
Hauptstadt: Oslo
(Oslo)

9. Sweden ---------- Sweden
Hauptstadt: Stockholm

10. Finland ---------- Finnland
Hauptstadt: Helsinki
(Helsinki)

Notes of interest:
1. Greece ---------- Griechenland
Hauptstadt: Athen
(Athens)

2. Russia ---------- Russland

Repeat after me!

"Deutschland ist ein sehr schönes Land."

I was a teacher @ |4:53 pm|

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