Aceasta este intrebarea.

Am inceput B2.1 fiind eu insami – Luisa, 29 de ani. O fata ca oricare alta. Dupa doar o saptamana la Deutsch Akademie, aveam 75 de ani si eram putred de bogata.

Atat de bogata incat toate rubedeniile imi ravneau milioanele de euro, colierele, hotelul, colectia de tablouri, insula si casa de vacanta din Mallorca. De la fostul meu prieten de 65 de ani, de care ma despartisem pentru maseurul meu tanar si nelinistit, pana la nepotul cheltuitor, de la guvernanta pana la sora mea invidioasa, toti asteptau sa-mi scriu testamentul si sa aiba, astfel, ocazia de a-si ingrasa contul. Colegii si-au interpretat rolurile remarcabil. Tomoko, fiul meu plecat in America, nu s-a lasat pana nu i-am dat cateva milioane bune. Dan – in postura de fost prieten – a trebuit sa se multumeasca doar cu un Picasso lasat amintire, fara posibilitatea de a-l putea vinde.

Maseurul meu – Anja – a avut parte, insa, de mai multe privilegii. La fel si menajera interpretata de Suzanna. N-a fost usor sa imi impart bunurile agonisite intr-o viata, dar mi-a iesit de minune. Si, cand nici bine nu ma obisnuisem cu rolul de milionara excentrica… m-am trezit comisar. Trebuia sa investighez o spargere data unei banci. Doi colegi devenisera peste noapte hoti, si, cu exceptia judecatorului, judecatoare in acest caz, aveam o clasa de suspecti.

Fiecare a povestit ce-a facut cu o seara inainte, fiecare si-a prezentat alibiul dar, spre rusinea mea, inevitabilul s-a produs. Si, fix ca un comisar lipsit de experienta, m-am trezit ca trag de urechi oameni nepotriviti. Logica a functionat destul de prost si teroristii – Dan si Mariana – au scapat nepedepsiti. Dar exercitiul ne-a amuzat teribil.

Incepand de azi, ne-au mai ramas doar cateva zile de joaca. Oare ce va mai urma?

My first B2.1 week is over. Today I’m starting the second one.

Looking back at the previous blue experience and comparing it to the new orange one, I can say this second class is like a step forward to maturity. If in B1.2 I felt like a child during the hours, playing games and talking about stories, now, at B2.1, things are a little big changed.

People take themselves a little more seriously, even if the favourite movie of one of my colleagues is Titanic:) We are no longer kids, we are doctors, financial experts or piano students, we like to talk seriously about how much we read and about our favourite author, we like to look responsible and hard working. The subjects we talk about are more serious, the way we approach these subjects is more serious too.

But, I have to admit, I kind of miss the games, the innocence and the ironies from B1.2. Some other colleagues, still young at heart, miss it too. Even though I felt like a baby sometimes, drawing, playing different roles, creating stories, just like a baby, I also made new friends and easily memorized new things. It was fun.

It’s true, we’ve watched a movie last Friday, we’ve tried to be a bit more relaxed and to enjoy ourselves. But, don’t know why, there’s something missing. The childhood, I guess.

Few months ago, while in Romania, I started my first German classes with a private teacher – Madame Daianu. She was a 60 year old woman, very beautiful and warm. The perfect grandmother look!

After few classes, she wanted to do something a bit more interesting. “Let’s read Little Red Riding Hood” she said. I got really excited about reading a real story, not just a short fragment of a lesson, but my excitement lasted for… only two lines.  Because the text seemed to me really complicated and most of the words were new.  She took the book away and said “Hmm…I think it is too difficult for you…”

So, here I am, carrying my 29 years for nothing. Because, when it comes to German language, I’m still a baby!

Yesterday I attended my third German class at Deutsch Akademie and the baby feeling came back to me. Because, during the class, we played with dices and numbers, we wrote with colored pencils and turned some colored pages into posters.  We asked each other all sort of funny questions and got interesting answers. Do you know why the sun is yellow or why are the people lazy? I found out yesterday!

We worked in teams, we spoke about our favourite movies and shared experiences. The atmosphere was really positive and all students enjoyed the class. Once again, all those games and colors made me feel like I was 4 again and I was just about to turn 5 in another language.

I simply love being a kid! Because children can easily learn anything. Even German.

Hallo an Alle,

Mein Name ist Eros und ab heute schreibe ich mein Blog. Ich habe schon gestern ein Kommentar über mich geschrieben, aber heute möchte ich Euch etwas mehr von mir erzählen. Ich kommen aus einem kleinen Dorf in Norditalien wo gibt nichts zu tun, aber im Winter die Landschaft ist wirclich schön. Ich bin hier in Berlin seit April, weil ich hier an der Freie Universität studire. Ich finde Berlin seher schön, trotz dem Wetter :)

Ich habe ein Tip für Euch: Am Sonntag gibt es einen wunderscön Flohmarkt an Prenzlauerberg (Mauerpark), wo Ihr eine sehr gute Zeit verbringen könnt.

Bis bald

Ciao

Eros

Now that we’re almost at the end of the third week of the course, it’s time to sit look back on what we’ve learned so far. Well, a lot of things.. we started with describing buildings and types of hauses and rooms to live in, family relations and so on… and throughout the stories we started to repeat or learn grammatic rules, such as the „Infinitiv mit zu“, and how to connect the parts of sentences,  oh and the „Ausdrücken“ of course..
Then came the stations of our lives or other famous people’s, with learning the „Praeteritum“ (Past) and „Plusquamperfekt“ (Past Perfect) tenses, and the verbes that these rules doesn’t apply to as to the others.. At that time did we learn when to use „wenn“ and „als“ as well.
Then came the hotels and the indirect questions, the conditional forms, and the lovely „Personalpronomen“, followed by the situations of a tourist guide helping people lost in Graz, giving directions – with the proper prepositions of course. Oh, how could I forgot those „Lokale Prapositionen“!

But these are just the brief facts, not even all of them.. What I like the most is still the situational games and interactions when we have to speak to eachother, because it really gives me the courage to talk to people on the street in german as well. In fact, I have only been speaking to strangers in shops or on the street in german since I’m here, and so far – it went quite good!

I hope that by next week, I’ll be able to write this blog in german as well, because that was my origonal purpose. We’ll see!

Cheers,
Gabor