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Learning German

After learning well enough how to speak at least conversational German, my next target language is French. In Swedish, word order and verb conjugation is mercifully similar to English, which makes learning it much easier than say German, which has a notoriously more complex word order and verb conjugation. Did you find those tips on learning German at home useful?

There are many excellent courses available online that utilizes some of the new learning technologies that can greatly enhance the speed at which you learn German. Everyone who wants to learn to speak German wants to learn as quickly as possible, so quick learning is a selling point for most products offered online and in stores as well. But, by using these three tips, you can incorporate learning German at home into your everyday life.

I myself spent 5 years in high school learning Japanese; however, I was able to speak much better German after just spending maybe 20 hours listening to audio cds. If you intend for your future to be in a Foreign Affairs, International Trade, Communication or National Defense role then learning to speak German is an absolute must. Who has the time or inclination to spend months learning Spanish/French/German or any other language when planning a three day visit

So no matter your age, lifestyle, and potential; German is taught at all levels and Learning and mastering the German language is an investment in lasting and solid values. As such, learning to speak German can be particularly useful when negotiating agreements or applying for jobs where speaking German will be beneficial in liaising with offices in other locations, seeking out new markets and clients or traveling and negotiating with business partners. Because Germany plays a major role in international relations, trade and commerce, politics, tourism, medicine and the Arts, learning German may lead to greater employment options including tourism, trade and commerce, the hospitality industry, medicine, diplomacy, journalism, teaching, translation and interpreting.

If you are learning German, for example, you might produce a "poem" like this:the dog - der Hundthe mouth - der Mundthe air - die Luftthe scent - der Duftto buzz - summento growl - brummenlittle - kleinclean - reinto brood - grübelnto iron - bügelnYou don"t have to worry about grammar - just definitions, pronunciations, gender, and spelling.

And here is another random article you might be interested in...

Starting Up A Company At A Lower Cost By Buying Used

Just a little background about myself. I have been a freelance court reporter for over 25 years. I have owned both large and small businesses, including a large freelance court reporting firm in Philadelphia, a small court reporting firm in Anchorage, Alaska and several typing and marketing businesses throughout the country.

During the time that I owned my businesses, I have tried to find ways to keep costs to a minimum in all of my businesses. My favorite saying is "Why would I want to pay extra for that when I can use that money to buy myself something nice for home?"

There are several ways to buy new items for your business. First, you have to figure out how up-to-date you need the item to be. Why buy the newest computer on the market if its only function is going to be to print out billing statements? Maybe you can still work with a computer from two to five years previously?

I once bought a computer for $25.00 off of E-bay that works with my court reporting program. I also bought several Computerized shorthand machines that saved me spending over $4,000 apiece for new ones. The used machines I bought for between $290 and $800 and were used for multiple years by both me and the court reporters working for me. (One I bought from a pawnshop for $500 and one of the court reporters working for me immediately paid me $1,200 for it. It was worth a lot more, but she was about to spend around $4,200 for a new one when I came across the deal.)

Another resource is trade magazines. A lot of times when somebody has something they tried to use for work and it wasn't compatible, they will sell it fairly inexpensively to get it off of their hands. I have purchased many used cassette transcription machines for between $25 and $50, when new they would cost several hundred. I have bought them off of e-bay, court reporting magazines (they usually have a classified ad section of "for sale" items."

A good on-line resource is Craigslist. You can seem to find almost anything on there.

For my Shaklee business, I have found quite a few sales aids much cheaper than if I were to buy them direct. I have bought four different Airsource 3000 air purifiers for between $50 and $200 off of E-bay. They normally go for over $700 at retail price and I have been able to use them as sales aids to sell new ones. My sales profit on the new ones are a lot more than I am paying for these used machines and usually all that I need to do to sell one is to place a machine in somebody's home and the machine does the sale. Of course, if I had to pay full price for each one, I would have to sell many more to make a profit.

Another thing I have purchased for my Shaklee business are used audio tapes and sales brochures. That can run into a lot of money if you buy them new, but there are always people willing to give them away from practically nothing if they get out of the business or overstock on the sales materials. I save thousands a year in advertising costs this way.

I have always bought used cars. You can get a great deal on a used car (I drive taxi part-time as well and put too many miles on a car to buy it new.) I recently wrote a book called Cab Driving as a Second Career for Fun and Profit telling about the adventures I have had driving taxi at night here in the Twin Cities. (The computer I wrote the book on was less than $50.00).

In summary, almost any business you have can use a few corners cut. Just make sure that you don't cut them too far. Get what you need and, maybe, just a little more.