I came from Latin America from the beautiful country Panama, which I miss a lot. I married a German guy. Here in Germany life is totally different from Panama starting with the language. At the beginning I thought "oh my God why german is so difficult to learn". I barely understood a word except for "hallo" "Wasser" and "tschüss". I was totally scared to run into one of my neighbors because I could not speak any word in german.
Two years have passed since I arrived in german lands, and I still struggle with this language. At least At this moment I can speak it a little.
If any of you have learned german I will be grateful for advice. Now the problem I have is that my English is germanized, for example instead of saying "today is a beautiful day" I say " heute is a beautiful day. Terrible.
I hope don't make you bored my story.
Hey MissMia! How cool that you come from Panama - I went on a backpacking trip there almost 2 years ago and it remains to be one of my most favorite memories. Do you know Playa Morillo? It's my favorite spot I visited in Panama :) Anyway - I recognize your troubles. I also have a German partner with whom I communicate in English, and since living in Germany, German words are slowly slipping into our daily communication. Personally, I try to look on the bright side and find it funny that my partner and I have such a unique way of communicating, and that others would probably be confused when they try to follow our conversations. But I get that it's not great when you're really trying to learn the languages. I have a few suggestions/recommendations you could use for learning German, that I am using now:
Your English seems very good, well done! If I could give any advice it would be to just focus on simple language and using it effectively. For example, when you said "since I arrived in German lands'; this isn't a big error at all and everybody would understand what you meant, but it's best to stick with 'since I arrived in Germany' or something equally simple. I hope this helps somewhat, best of luck with your future with English and German!
You write really good! Tell us more about differences in culture and situations what you experienced
Panema and Germany must be very different! What do you miss most about Panema? What do you like most about Germany?