German

By: Karl Schumann

Narrated by: Sheila Marie Nicholas

Length: 56 mins

Publisher's Summary

Even though languages contain thousands of words and phrases, at least you can get started by memorizing some of these common sentences and expressions. It's a fun, easy travel guide with simple things people say in everyday situations. You will learn exactly what a German person would say, so you can be confident that you are being taught correctly. Topics include:

• Common questions
• Conversation related to work, religion, and hobbies
• All kinds of small talk
• Explaining personal data
• Money matters, the weather, and taking pictures
• What to say in case of an emergency
• Asking directions
• And much more!

So are you looking for a quick, simple, easy-to-use language guide? Then why not pick up this one and find your way in a foreign country or get some of the basics down with these short sentences?

©2016 Karl Schumann (P)2016 Karl Schumann

Great book

What does Sheila Marie Nicholas bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

My favorite part was when the author made everything simple and made things so clear and concise to make this a very good audio book.
An excellent performance of narration.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

Yes I was able to listen this in one sitting and I feel like I have some good ideas

Any additional comments?

I have always thought that learning a new language can be very hard. But after having this book I found out that all you need is courage. Courage in finding a great book that will offer you what you need and courage to do the learning process right away. Learning German is not as easy as we think, and that is what I like about this book, . I think this did a great job in compiling the commonly used phrases as well as learning the basics of the language such as pronunciation and grammar.

1 of 1 people found this review helpful

Not worth it

This book is just someone reading the dictionary!!! Not even repeating the german translation .... not worth it!

Not very helpful overall

I unfortunately didn't find this book very helpful. While I enjoyed listening through the first time it quickly became obvious to me something was missing.

My first suggestion is to name the chapters something other than chapter 1, chapter 2 etc. my suggestion is something more meaningful to the listener. This is one of the books weakness that prevents The listener from being able to learn more.

In this book she simply states the English word followed by the German Pronunciation. The book simply list word after word after word until all 500 I've been said. These are grouped into chapters that are topic related.
And the topics are not shown in the chapter index as I stated earlier.

Overall I did not find this book very helpful.

Useful Information

Would you recommend this audiobook to a friend? If so, why?

Yes i i'll recommend to my friend this book. Because its very useful guide to learn german

What does Sheila Marie Nicholas bring to the story that you wouldn’t experience if you just read the book?

This book was very well designed and easy to understand. I am currently attempting to learn to speak German & acquiring this book is a step in the right direction! If you need to learn specific words, this is the book for you.

Any additional comments?

German is a difficult language. I find this eBook very educational and the context of this eBook are simple and easy to understand. I highly recommend this eBook to everyone who are planning to move, visit or study in Germany. Recommended!

Informative Book

Where does German rank among all the audiobooks you’ve listened to so far?

TOP 5

What about Sheila Marie Nicholas’s performance did you like?

Yes. An excellent performance of narration.

Was this a book you wanted to listen to all in one sitting?

It is 52 mins Book and i don't know how the time gone The BOOK made me to listen in one sitting.

Any additional comments?

I have a friend who is German, he was teaching me how to say some phrases in German and I think it was quite easy. That encouraged me to get this book because i find it fun to speak the language.

Useful guide

Would you consider the audio edition of German to be better than the print version?

Both are good.... Audio make me very easy to understand.

Have you listened to any of Sheila Marie Nicholas’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Nothing to compare.. its different from other one..

Any additional comments?

A good book for me as a beginner - it stood as my foundation and guide on my first time journey of learning the German language. It was a good grabbed for me and made the learning easy, good grabbed.

A good book for me.

If you could sum up German in three words, what would they be?

Awesome book

Have you listened to any of Sheila Marie Nicholas’s other performances before? How does this one compare?

Sheila Marie Nicholas has done a great Job the explanations were very good and neat performance.

Any additional comments?

That encouraged me to get this book because i find it fun to speak the language. Great resource. Toll!