Another mistake being an American…I ALWAYS say so with my german sentences. Zum Beispiel:So diese Wochenende habe ich mit meine Freundin getroffen.This whole sentence is richtig, except for the so-very-english-SO at the beginning! And this week, my teacher definitely put that to a stop! It is funny to hear everybody use this english “so”, but I am the only native English speaker in my class! So the spanish, french, and chinese students use this “so” as well, which I find so lustig! However, since the English “so” is so very wrong, we have learned the famous german translation “damit” instead. Damit wir müssen “damit” benutzen!!And I must say, I am extremely proud of the fact that I have only mistakenly used “so” once after that lesson! Hopefully this huge failure of mine can be fixed once and for all!!