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Less Vocabulary…
More Phrases!

Give your grammar a subconscious workout! 

This way of learning really helped when I was tackling the German language as I often found that direct translations didn’t work!

Once you are aware of the grammatical structure of an expression or phrase, you can simply replace the words.

I will give you a German example.

Let’s say, for example, I want to say “From my perspective” in German. The word-for-word translation would be “Von meiner Sicht“. This, however, would be incorrect as they say “Out my perspective” in German. 🤔 

So, what would the correct sentence be?

Exactly. Aus meiner Sicht! So, now I know this, and 2 weeks later I want to say “From your perspective“, what do you think I will say? 😉

“Aus deiner / Ihrer Sicht.”

Even if expressions differ amongst each other, your educated guest will be a lot more… Well… Educated.

Have a play around with it. See how it works out for you.

—
Oliver J. Baxter
Englischlehrer / Englischkurse in Liechtenstein.