Class 1B, 6 to 9 pmSeptember 21, 2009We got our test back from last week. For someone who seem to be constantly lost in class, I answered 13 out of 15 questions correctly, which came as a pleasant surprise. Well, I suppose it wasn’t really that difficult given that it was multiple choice, unlike having to write an essay or a short story. Speaking of essay/short story, we had to submit a 3-5 sentences on ‘our last holiday trip’ today. To save time from flipping through the dictionary, I typed my essay into the google translator and translated that into German. But wait, the translated German is not 100% correct. I have been using google translator for a long time and knew it wasn’t exactly accurate, but now I could actually pick out some of the grammatical mistakes! WOW, this is awesome! So my German course in Munich has paid off!We continued with perfect tense today.  It’s a little confusing but with my supplemental “German for dummies” book, it is so much easier to understand when explanations are in English. I know both English and German are Germanic languages and share some similarities, but as I have been using English all my life, I have taken much of it for granted. So much so that when I have to identify subjects, objects, indirect objects, etc, I was having trouble because in English, it just came out of my head naturally. Hopefully the next 7 days would fly by soon and I look forward to taking a break before going onto 2A.