Wer nie deutsch gelernt hat, macht sich keinen begriff, wie verwirrend diese sprache ist. November 1835 als samuel langhorne clemens in florida geboren. Mark twain, eigentlich samuel langhorne clemens 30. Da auch ich deutsch lerne, kann ich seine frustration gut nachvollziehen. What languages did mark twain speak mark twain inti. A tramp abroadappendix d wikisource, the free online. Mark twain is a man whom english and americans do well to honor. His truth and his honor, his love of truth, and his love of honor, overflow all boundaries. The awful german language is an 1880 essay by mark twain published as appendix d in a tramp abroad. Mark twain s lovehate relationship with the german language is why many people believe that twain did not like german, let alone spoke it. Mark twain the awful german language shackman press. The german language is a dozen fragments of words flung into an octagonal.
This is appendix d from twain s book a tramp abroad. This text is basically a html i spoke entirely in that language. Mark twain criticizes the german cases, separable verbs, articles, gender of nouns and many other grammatical rules. The essay is a humorous exploration of the frustrations a native speaker of. His delightful humor is of the kind which dissipates and destroys national prejudices.
My philological studies have satisfied me that a gifted person ought to learn english in 30 hours, french in 30 days. Mai2005montag ein bisschen bildung macht alle welt verwandt. The edition ive read was bilingual and i took the chance to savor some german with a useful facingpage translation. They pass out for a while and awaken a few hours later to. Meine philologischen studien haben mich davon uberzeugt, dass ein begabter mensch englisch au. For surely it is not clearnessit necessarily cant be clearness.
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