You’re a first-time tourist to Germany, with travel book and dictionary in hand, eager to converse with the locals. You might be a new student of the language.  Where do you start?

Or what if you need to learn the German language in the quickest way possible?  You could be applying for an important job that requires a German translation exam, and are brushing up nervously on your language skills.  What should you focus on in your review?

Whatever your situation, the first and most important thing to remember is how the basic German sentence pattern works. A common mistake native English speakers make when attempting to construct or translate a German sentence is to assume it is structured in the same way as in English (it’s not), and to proceed with a word-for-word literal translation.Read More >