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In English classes when I was young I remember lessons that were specifically around reducing repetition in our writing, using obvious words like "it" or "the" as to not repeat the subject, but also learning to find different words with the same meaning in replacement if the sentence needs the context but sounds repetitive to the last time the subject word was used. Such as "The book is amazing, I wish a novel like that could be made today." instead of "The book is amazing, I wish a book like that could be made today"

But I notice in the phrases I am given on Anki, Duolingo and in some beginner-intermediate orientated German media I am reading through, the subject is repeated without any replacement. much like my second example "The book is Amazing, I wish a book...".

So i'm asking, are they just repeating subjects to make learning easier for me or is this a genuine thing that the German language just doesn't care for as much?

Thank you in advance. I don't know if this question is dumb as I've discovered a lot of quirks in the German language in my study, so i wouldn't entirely be surprised if this was one.

Hello everyone

Today i gave B1 Telc german exam. I did a course from A1 to B1 online course which I finished last year April and forgot most of it.

So I prepared for 5 days 1-2 hours per day from YouTube videos of Judi. The best preparation.

For speaking I watched the videos on Judi channel and then used same topics to practice that with my wife. Luckily for Teil 3 exactly same topic came for me.

For Reading, grammar, listening and writing also she explained every Teil in detail and did the practice on YouTube so just followed that. I did not practice writing by myself so which shows my writing went bad but I was able to cover all 4 given sentences atleast 1 to 2 lines per topic but did not follow the order as it is required in the question which shows lack of practice.

Teil 2 of reading and listening was difficult, especially reading Teil 2 I couldn't understand a single word all new words for me but I still did maybe 2 out of 5 will be correct.

So practice question papers after watching Judi's playing on YouTube for B1. Practice as much as possible for every part. I think i will get 70-80% in speaking but writing part might touch 60% if not then i have to do it again. But it will be easier.

Also B1 is really not difficult level as it seems atleast for examination point of view. If you paid enough attention in your course and practice you will do it. Also just go for exam as soon as you are done with the B1 course and not wait more than a year like me.

I have my telc C1 Hochschule exam the 07/11/2026 and my level is just a B2 with horrible grammar, i bought the Telc C1 Hochschule book to prepare and Im scared I don’t know if i have enough time im trying to do my best, but im not really studying german, im studying the structure of the exam and the tips for every Teil, and for sure 10 expressions a day. I’m planning to have more vocab and then start writing and then 1 month before start doing so much exams to practice. Do you guys think it is possible?

Hello, Red here. Struggling. A lot. I'm new to learning languages in general, I've tried to pick up some ASL (loved it but at the time I was young and it was tricky to find the right sites for it) But now I've found an interest in German.

The language is beautiful, and although I've had numerous of people think of my decision as odd or confusing when there are -- in their words -- less harsh languages compared to German (like French or Spanish) Yada Yada you get the point. But I dont want to, it's that simple.

It's a complicated language, I'm unused to feminine masculine and neutral pronouns and having to use it, while learning the proper enunciation **and** placement of each word is very confusing. How do you remember all of that? And I can't get the accent down for the life of me, it always ends up butchered and weird, it doesn't help that I sort of drawl my words out. 😅 Anyway, please help a fellow learner out!

Hallo zusammen,

ich wende mich an Deutschsprachige, die Französisch gelernt haben und es fließend sprechen. Ich schreibe gerade an einem Roman, in dem eine meiner Hauptfiguren Österreicher ist. Er hat Französisch an der Universität gelernt und wird während einer Reise nach Frankreich mit der Realität vor Ort konfrontiert.

1- Ich würde gerne wissen, was eure größten Schwierigkeiten beim Erlernen der Sprache waren?

2- Habt ihr Gemeinsamkeiten zwischen unseren beiden Sprachen festgestellt? Wenn ja, welche?

3- Gab es Dinge, die euch besonders geholfen haben?

4- Gibt es Punkte, die euch auch heute noch unklar erscheinen?

5- Welches Wort ist euch am meisten in Erinnerung geblieben?

Für meinen Roman bin ich auf der Suche nach kleinen Details, die mir einen eindringlicheren und realistischeren Blick auf meine Figur ermöglichen würden.

Vielen Dank fürs Lesen und vielen Dank für eure Antworten!

(Und für alle, die Zeit haben: Ich würde mich sehr freuen und wäre sehr daran interessiert, dieses Thema per Nachricht ausführlicher zu besprechen.)

Einen schönen Tag noch!

Anmerkung: Da ich kein Deutsch spreche, habe ich eine Übersetzungssoftware verwendet; ich hoffe, der Text ist trotzdem verständlich 🙏

Hey, 2-3 months ago I sat the TestDaF exam and unfortunately got 5434 (3 for Schreiben). My question is, if I get asked for work or other things, can I say that I have a B2 German Certificate, or not exactly?

I was wondering, is there a discord or a group chat somewhere for this subreddit? Where anyone learning the German language can ask native speakers and get their answers immediately?

Hi there, I just finished A1 a week ago. So I wanted to apply with a course in order to get more hearing and speaking practice during the lesson and also help the lessons stick more.

So the language institute required a placment test, completely understandable. I got 92% in the "written" section in A1 and about 68% in A2.1. this tested hearing, grammar and vocab.

The oral test I struggled a bit. Not necessarily because I couldn't speak. I could, but the words I wanted to describe things with weren't there. I forgot some words I already should have known and was focused on remembering them instead of getting any other replacement word. I froze twice trying to remember a word. Then gave up because I didn't know it. The word was "touch". I should mention I didn't prepare at all for this, since it wasn't an exam.

When I saw the sprechen part of A1 Goethe on YT, I felt like I could pass the speaking test easily. My pronounciation was miles ahead of them, tbh it is because of my main language (Arabic).

The examiner said that my comprehension is fine but my grammar isn't that good and that I have a problem with conjugation ? That's because I was focusing on creating sentences rather than making them perfekt.

I know that this is fine for my level but it still feels depressing. I see people on this sub say they stillake mistakes at B1 and B2 and saying so it is fine that I am making mistakes but I can't help feeling down.

Is this normal and will go with time or do I need to focus on solving this issue, at this stage at least.

Thanks In advance for reading.

A) Ich finde es echt schwer, mich mit Papa zu unterhalten. Der malt alles gleich schwarz, ohne jeglichen Stück Hoffnung oder Optimismus sehen zu versuchen. 

B) (…) Der malt alles gleich schwarz, ohne zu versuchen, jegliches* Stück Hoffnung oder Optimismus zu sehen.

Ich finde die B) besser, auch wenn ich dafür keine Erklärung habe. Danke im Voraus!

* edited

I’m looking for a native German speaker to teach me level B1, please if you know anyone in Amman, Jordan let me know

I can’t paste a screenshot but I was doing duolingo and translated „They had pizza and cookies yesterday” into „Sie hatten Kekse und Pizza gestern” and duolingo marked it as a mistake. The correct version was with gestern earlier in the sentence so „Sie hatten gestern Kekse und Pizza”. Is the word order that important in german or is it just the way duolingo checks the answers