Deutsch- Effekt ( German Effect )

Thursday, February 11, 2010 Edit This 7 Comments »
Guten Abend - Good Evening

This semester I am learning German.. Since for the first time I am studying and learning a foreign language , so it is both very exciting and difficult..I am not a bookaholic and dnt study regularly, so as usual opened the German book a day before the German Exam. First I thought of starting German but then recalled that OMG !! i have another exam on the same day n that too Finance..Cant afford not to study that.

I was in dilemma n it was time for trade off b/w German n Fin. After wasting a hell lot of time , finally i decided that I will study Fin n in b/w whnevr i will be bored , I will switch to German.

So I guess after studying for half day , finally i switched to German. The moment I started, I felt that I am gone and I am surely gonna flunk bcz these das, die , der, unser, diese, dieser, dieses, ein, eine will make me mad..( By the way, these words mean A , AN, THE , THIS ). One must be wondering that I wrote 9 words but just four meanings. Well , Dz z German :)

Der/Dieser - The/This for Masculine
Die/Diese - The/This for Feminine
Das/Dieses - The/This for Neutral

Wht's this crap ? I guess 'The' is 'The' n whts d adv f confusing d lang so much for ordinary people like me by including masculine, feminine or neutral.

Similarly, there are some very funny n strange words like -

1. Vergangenheit - Means ' past '. Pronunciation -> F- r- gain - gun - height. By the time u will pronounce it , it will already be past.
2. Auf Wiedersehen - Means ' bye- bye' . Bye bye kam n abusive language jyada lagti h.
3. Bleistift - Means ' pencil '. I dont knw why such a strnge name for simple word. Children will be scared of asking pencils if they have to ask in Germn.
4. Kugelschreiber - Means ' Ball pen '. Pronunciation -> Ku - gal - sh - ra - e - b - r. It seems like a word used for Kings of ancient times. Never thought that owing a pen will make one so proud.
5. Bonbon - Means ' Toffee '. The pronunciation seems as if a dog is making sound.

But there are some good and interesting words also. Like -

1. Liebe - Means ' Love '. Seems like a very cute word.
2. Bitte -Means ' Please '. I dont knw if it z intersting for others, but i like it.
3. Ruhe - Means ' Keep quiet ' . Short and simple.
4. Uhr - Means ' Watch ' . Pronounced as -> oo - a - r. Seher uhr ( See watch ) :). Although it seems like hindi version of 'pig' but atleast it is easy to pronounce.
5. Ja - Means ' Yes' . Best part is that it is pronounced as ' Ya '.

While studying German , I thought let's try and write 5-6 simple sentences about myself that I wrote probably last time in 1st standard at school. Read with concentration : It is always good to learn something new.

1. Ich heißt Swati Jain
2. Meine vorname ist Swati
3. Meine nachname ist Jain
4. Ich habe zwei Brüder ( This double dot is known as umlaut )
5. Ich bin zweiundzwanzig jahre alt.
6. Ich arbeite nicht.

Could not write much because I knw limited German and I dint have time to waste in stressing so much just one hour before exam.

Well the conversion is simple :)

1. My name is Swati Jain
2. My first name is Swati
3. My last name is Jain
4. I have 2 Brothers
5. I am 22 years old
6. I am not working

Although I was scared of German when i opend the material yet I enjoyed it later. Hope i will be an expert in dz ;) Quite impossible bcz Sir said 'For that u need to study it for atleast 2 years' n I have to study for 3 months out of which 1 month is gone.

P.S : Try a new language if getting bored in life or want to have fun. ( Bcz in every lang u will find funny words n quotes )

Gute Nacht - Good Night :)

Masti Time..

Monday, January 04, 2010 Edit This 3 Comments »

Before I begin I wanna wish HAPPY NEW YEAR to my blog and all my friends. The new year is a nice beginning for me. The reasons r many : exams r over, 1/3th of MBA is complete ( not bad ) , after 6 months of MBA finally got 10 days of break, outing with friends after long time, new year eve celebration, new year celebration, n last but not the least visit to Vrindavan.

First 23 days of December 09 were hectic. Projects, viva, assignments, ppts n exams, sleepless nights, travelling , cold,cough,fever, n vomiting ( Yuks ) . Life seemed like Hell. I said to myself “ Boss MBA is not that easy”. N not to discuss about exams as they r meant to be just over. Like after every worst days, comes the happy days , so they came.

I felt like an independent girl ready to fly in the open sky.

First two days of holidays i just slept n slept to recover my lost strength.

The next day was 25th Dec ie Christmas so went to CP Catholic Church with friends. The waiting time in queue was min of 2 hours and we were getting late so thought once of going back. I forgot that i have wonderful incorrigible friends with no scope of improvement. They planned something and went ahead. With the help of some weird excuses they took the entry in the queue very near to the entrance of Church. Later I also joined them. We saved approx 1 n half hrs.

I went there for the first time co-incidentally on D Day so expectation was high. I expected huge celebration n decoration inside church. Although it was very calm n peaceful inside yet it was not according to my imagination. People were just entering and leaving. The fans and desk were not properly aligned and deco of Christmas tree was better in Malls than of Church. I think most of the things is better in privatisation thse days. Still I had amazing time followed by wrong journey in Metro. We wre so engrossed in Gossip and chatting that we dint notice that we have taken wrong Metro. So after roaming 1 hr in Metro for actual distance of 15mins we reached our respective places. In short, the time saved by wrong entry in queue was balanced.


Next day I went for Super hit Block Buster Movie who did business of 250crores. By this time everyone has come to know what I am talking about. Yes, it is 3 IDIOTS. I hope no explanation required about the story and movie. No one can beat Rancho uff chote uff Wangdu uff Aamir’s acting be it Andaaz apna apna, Dil Chahta Hai, Rang De Basanti, Taare Zameen Par, Ghazini or 3 idiots. He is 'The Best'.


O o.. I forgot to mention about my visit to ICD Dadri ( dry port ) in UP just week before exams. We got stuck in traffic and were already late by 2 hours then estimated time, so Sir n we all decided to walk as ICD was 2 Kms away 4m dre. ICD was of full of trucks and containers of 10 feet height n 20/40 feet length. I felt as if I am watching some shooting in which Heroine is hiding behind some container, villain is searching and hero will come and jump from the top of container to rescue her. Apart from hallucination I learned the basics about import and export.


Now back to holidays. New year eve was full of Masti which includes second time 3 idiots,outing, DJ night with neighbours and cousins, tambola etc till 3:30A.M. O God! I was very tired that day. This is how I said Adios/Bye Bye/ Alvida to 09.


I welcome 10 by waking up at 10. New year’s programme was visit to Dilli Haat. The moment I was about to leave home I got to know that I dint have car n my 3 friends were waiting 4 me to join me on the way. I had to cajole my bro to drop me till the place where my friends were waiting. We four travelled till Punjabi Bagh ( Oops I forgot my bro, I mean v 5 )and there one more friend was waiting for us. We joined her in her car n reached Dilli Haat. There we were interested less in stalls and more in different states food. Tried various diff state dishes, some good n some not so good. Then we said Alvida to our friend Kappi who came to Delhi to meet us. On return journey ,again we got stuck in heavy traffic.

Uff this traffic will consume 1/10th of my life. I was scolded at home because continuously for two days I was roaming n eating unhygienic stuff.

Someone says that what you do on New Year is followed whole year. This means that i will roam whole year. WOW!!..


The last holiday was also special. I went to Vrindavan. Although evry visit there is a unique experience for me yet this time also I had peace of mind and nice dharshan.

This time, I also visited Nidhi Van/Madhu Van. The Van is full of short trees of height 5 or 6 feet only. It is said that half of the trees are gopiyaas n half r Krishna n they become alive at night to do Raas-Leela. The unique thing about these trees is that the roots of the trees are connected to each other and these trees seems dry n dead from the root but are alive and green from the top. This Van is closed after the process of ARTI at 8p.m. A very mysterious conception is associated with this temple i.e. after the sacred process of ARTI, not only human beings, but any kind of single animal also can't remain in the periphery of this temple. In case anyone remains during night in the compass of the temple, either he / she becomes dumb, deaf, blind, lame or dies. He/she is not found hale and hearty in the morning to disclose the spiritual secret of the lord Radha-Krishna.

Walking bare foot in the Van in such cold weather was exciting plus difficult. The best part according to me was my Bhabhi. She did ‘ kikli’ there with my bro saying to my bro that ‘ You are my Krishna n I m ur Radha so let’s do Leela here ’ , that was really funny n sweet. I will not describe minutely about other things as I have described about them in length in earlier articles.


O ..At last i have written some anecdotes about my past 1 month. I can actually write 40-50 pages if I will write in detail but that will be too much to digest for me as well as others lolz.

HAPPY NEW YEAR ONCE YEAR..

LIFE IS SHORT SO LIVE IT TO THE FULLEST !!