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Wednesday, 13 July 2011

Just to add. My heart thumps so fast it isn't even funny anymore when I can't understand what people are saying to me. Well the whole hospital functions in German and the personnel speak in Swiss-German, even worse because it's a dialect and I only learn high German. And when they try to speak high German to me, they have a strong Swiss accent which sometimes makes it hard for me to understand.

But I think I've been doing reasonably okay so far because I only clarify certain really important information they tell me, if not I don't really carre to ask them to repeat every single thing. Then when I answer, either i speak too unconfidently or my accent is too strange that sometimes they don't understand me too! hahaha.

Fine I clarified with my team of nurses that I've only learnt German for 2 years therefore my German isn't that great. And what do they say? Oh your German is really really good since you've only learnt it since 2 years ago and since you're in the English school in Basel. Don't know if that is just encouragement or the truth... But well I'm getting used to it. I found one nurse who is from the French side of Switzerland - so she can speak French with me THANK GOODNESS. Haha. Seems like only the doctors are proficient enough in English to converse... :s

Nvm I hope my understanding of spoken German and Swiss-German will improve by the end of the week! ;) oh and work starts at 7am omg and ends at 4pm. Like be in the office by 7am. Even earlier than MGS!! :/ Takes me around half an hour to get to the hospital, another 5 to 10 mins to go to the lockers and change argh. Means waking up at 5.50am... :S

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Monday, 13 July 2009

1st German lesson on Sat: YAY! I was so excited. :D Learning a new language is always so fun. :) But well, it was a family lesson, which meant my parents and sister are my classmates! :D D: Don't know if it's good or bad... Haha. 1st up, my dad, who doesn't take notes at all and just stares at the teacher, hardly getting anything (I know from the look in his eyes). 2nd, my mum, who's a crazy note-taker and pronounces every word really loudly (but wrongly) and quite attentive. 3rd, my sister, who takes quick notes in the textbook and looks on with keen eyes, every word that comes out of her mouth is nearly accurate, thus the teacher says 'Genau! (translated: right!)' to her a lot. 4th, me, the person who asks a lot of questions (until my mum actually finds me a bit irritating) taking neat notes in a huge notebook, linking the differences and similarities of German, English and French together. (This actually makes learning European languages a lot easier.)
Then we went to Lorrach, Germany, for another grocery-shopping trip, and of course spent quite a bit of euros over there. Small town, quite quiet and peaceful, lovely scenery... :)
Sunday: We got free passes to the Giacometti exhibition at Fondation Beyeler, Basel's famous museum! :D Took a look at the unique skinny bronze sculptures Alberto G. made, and Giovanno G.'s (AG's father) cool post-impressionist paintings and portraits. The museum grounds were really beautiful, corn fields by the side and a tranquil pond just outside. The paths and museum walls were made of red bricks, and it looked really beautiful in a cool summer setting. ;)
We returned home and after dinner, my sis and I decided to be hardworking students and took out our German books to revise and complete our homework. :D Our parents, not wanting to lose out, followed us to the dining table. The revision didn't go that well, because we spent about 20mins on the 1st page as my parents had pronunciation difficulties and my dad just kept forgetting what each line meant. IT'S JUST GREETINGS and he can't remember which is which. Tell him, he says oh okay, and doesn't even write the translation down!! D: Then he'll ask me again. OH NO. My mum, on the other hand, took lots of notes but can't seem to pronounce the 'z' and 'ch'... Sigh. It seems like my parents aren't doing a good job in setting a good example for their daughters. Well my sis and I had a great time laughing at them. I know we're horrible.
Eg. Austria is Osterreich in German, and my mum accidentally pronounced it as Ostrich. FUNNY OMG. No is Nein in German, and my dad keeps saying Nay. NO LOGIC GOSH... My dad doesn't seem to know that conjugation exists, and we learnt the conjugation of the verb 'to be' (Etre in French, Sein in German) in which he forgot.
You know my best study partner has to be my sister. We can correct each other, trusting that the other is right. And no stupid funny incidents happen. We both completed all our homework, 4 activities. :D My mum only managed to finish 1 and she was so drained. My dad was already too exhausted and drained to do any activity, so he chucked his book away. Sigh I hope we get to somewhere.
Hopefully I learn German well. No, in fact, I MUST. Sorry French, I'm leaving you in 2nd position for now.
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