| I was at the 2006 FIFA World Cup
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| | to everyone and much reflection on the
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| Finals.The flight attendant's greeting
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| | experience I had, I decided to widen my
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| aboard German Airlines felt to me like a
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| | languages-spoken zone. To my surprise, a
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| have-a-good-day message or
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| | handful of web sites are apparently
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| enjoy-the-flight customary greeting.
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| | offering online language courses (for
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| Unable to decode the language she was
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| | free at that) on almost about every
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| speaking that sounded so cryptic to me, I
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| | language being spoken by at least half of
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| just jumped into an assumption (logical I
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| | a country's population. I took a German
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| hoped) that what her sounds meant were
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| | language course (as a natural recourse to
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| words of goodwill, either have a good day
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| | the trip I just had) through About 20
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| or enjoy the flight. "You're now just few
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| | other language courses are also available
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| hours from the World Cup. It's our
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| | in learnplus.com, most of which are even
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| pleasure to bring you safely in Germany,"
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| | free of charges.Through my online
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| she then translated after the cryptic
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| | language course, I learned that my most
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| words. None of my guesses was right. I
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| | beloved *lingua franca* apparently had
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| then saw the biggest hurdle right before
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| | some of its origin from the German
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| my face. I should have really brought the
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| | language that I regard as so cryptic.
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| dictionary mom bought.I immediately
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| | Moreover, the syntax, grammar of English,
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| spotted the arranged hotel ride as soon
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| | and German languages are pretty much
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| as I got out of the airport lobby.
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| | hinged on the similar rules and
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| Checking out went smooth and easy. I had
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| | practices. The phonology is what seems to
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| my luggage at hand immediately and some
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| | set both languages' worlds apart and
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| quick passport and visa checking were all
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| | probably the hardest to learn.I'm now
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| done in a jiffy. Airport personnel made
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| | starting to learn sentence construction
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| me feel at ease, we spoke a common
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| | and exerting much and much effort
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| language, my English. Their mumblings
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| | learning the sounds (and pidgins) of my
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| still sounded cryptic or "ambigramic" but
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| | target language. offers very
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| the puzzling was way easier than that of
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| | student-friendly beginner's modules and
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| the flight attendant's totally foreign
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| | readings. The course starts at the very
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| language. Thanks to the holocaust movies
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| | basic levels of language learning prior
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| my dad watches every now and then, I was
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| | to language acquisition. Most practical
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| somehow accustomed and prepared for the
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| | usages of common phrases, words, and
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| German's morphology of my lingua franca.
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| | terms are the primary things I learned
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| Think and speak nasal to understand them
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| | from the first module. The second one
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| and for them to get what you're saying.On
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| | taught me the German alphabet and the
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| the way to the hotel, I sensed that the
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| | basic sounds of the German language.
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| driver or rather the chauffeur ( the
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| | Helpful exercises are also available for
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| closest I can translate "driver" to a
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| | practical mastering especially of the
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| language other than mine) was mightily
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| | pronunciation.After learning well enough
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| trying to extend warmth and hospitality.
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| | how to speak at least conversational
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| Sensitive enough, he immediately
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| | German, my next target language is
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| recognized the
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| | French. I heard that it is harder to
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| I-can't-quite-understand-you crumpled
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| | learn French than German, so my plan to
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| look on my face and spoke in a more
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| | enroll in a French online language course
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| comprehensible sound. In fairness, his
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| | probably by next month will be just in
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| English was excellent (relative to most
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| | time for my Tour de France next summer. I
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| natives during the flight and in the
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| | imagine it to be more exciting
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| airport). Der Chauffeur (my cahuffeur
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| | experiencing the beauty (and hopefully
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| lacked Der, as he told me his
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| | romance) of Paris if I can twist my
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| professional title) gave me a little
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| | tongue the French way. Traversing the
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| crash course on practical German words
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| | mazes of the Louvre will surely be more
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| and lines I can use to survive until my
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| | enriching for the non-art aficionado in
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| flight back home. Hello is "hallo", good
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| | me if I can at least have an easier
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| morning is "Guten Morgen," How much is
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| | conversation with the tour guide by being
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| this is "Wieviel kostet das," hotel is
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| | able to at least converse decently more
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| (luckily) "hotel," bank is "das
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| | than a bonjour, si, and non. A friend
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| Bankhaus," and airport is "der
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| | recommended for French lessons, saying
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| Flughafen." I practiced to get their
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| | it's more practical than the French in
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| pronunciations right until we reached das
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| | After French, I might also take up
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| hotel. Stressed by the language barrier,
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| | Spanish, Mandarin, and Nihonggo. And of
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| I ended up succumbing to my das Beet
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| | course, I must learn at least one of
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| (bed) in my cozy, homey das Hotelzimmer
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| | South Africa's 11 official languages for
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| (hotel room) in Ibis Berlin
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| | the next World Cup. Make it ten rather,
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| Adlershof.Couple of days later, after
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| | English is given.
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| much re-telling of my Berlin experience
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