As my last post lamented (just a bit) the difficulties in learning German, I thought I’d bring your attention to the ridiculousness (sometimes) that is English.
This cute post that I found today made me chuckle and reminded me to stop worrying so much when things don’t make sense in German – for example “Ich bin geblieben.” translates literally to “I am stayed/remained” but means “I have stayed/remained”. As my teacher constantly says, when my English brain prompts me to query the strangeness, “Das ist Deutsch!” (“That’s German!”) which means “Stop complaining and have fun with it!”, lol.
A Bahamian In Austria 