{"id":502,"date":"2012-10-04T14:43:34","date_gmt":"2012-10-04T14:43:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/?p=502"},"modified":"2013-08-19T16:06:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-19T16:06:08","slug":"what-exciting-language-discoveries-will-you-make-part-i","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/blog\/what-exciting-language-discoveries-will-you-make-part-i\/","title":{"rendered":"What Exciting Language Discoveries Will You Make? (Part I)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>When you learn a new language it is a step into the known, isn\u2019t it? When else in your adult life are you likely to be faced with so many unknowns waiting to be discovered?<\/p>\n<p><strong>Long Words in German<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>If there is one thing which puts me off the idea of learning German it is the thought of all those incredibly long words. If you are taking <a href=\"http:\/\/www.listenandlearn.org\/german\/\">German lessons Leeds<\/a> or any other UK city must seem like a strange setting in which to be saying things like donaudampfschifffahrtselektrizit\u00e4tenhauptbetriebswerkbauunterbeamtengesellschaft, although a worryingly large number of other words are also contenders for the longest word in German. What ones will make your jaw drop open as you learn the language? <\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/safe-img04.olx.com.mx\/ui\/16\/55\/86\/1323836276_291014986_1-Fotos-de--Clases-de-Aleman-por-skype-o-messenger.jpg\" alt=\"null\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you learn a new language it is a step into the known, isn\u2019t it? When else in your adult life are you likely to be faced with so many unknowns waiting to be discovered? 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