ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch

Today I finished the Duolingo German tree!!!

Obviously this doesn't mean I have mastered the German language, nor anything near it. I still have a lot of trouble with cases, for one thing. Especially adjective cases, because German adjectives are evil.*

But I have learned a lot, which is nice, because in the early days I despaired of ever remembering anything.

The next steps: first, get all my German skills golden on Duolingo. Then, do some more in-depth grammatical work with my copy of German for Dummies. Then, find some easy things to read. (I tried looking at a German newspaper article a few weeks ago and it was a sobering reminder of my actual, as opposed to Duolingo, level of competence.)

But for tonight, I will just pat myself on the back.


*( How, I will pretend I hear you asking, are German adjectives evil? )