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I'm learning german.
I need children's books or something on that level.

I'm already watching all I can find in that language that could interest me but I'm open to suggestions.

I mostly watch trashy horror movies and some dubbed cartoons btw.

>> No.11063403

>>11063399
>learning a dead language

Even Italian is more relevant

>> No.11063406

Kafka is unironically not a bad place to start. You won't be able to appreciate the elegance of his prose until later, but for now, it's easy enough to read. Start with his very short stories, then move on to his short stories.

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>>11063403
>tfw I already know italian

I just want to read german philosophers in their original languages.

>> No.11063419

Where does Hesse rank in terms of difficulty? I have some of his books in German and was thinking about trying to read them.

>> No.11064182

Struwwelpeter by Heinrich Hoffmann. A quintessential children's book in Germany.
Also, the Traumfresserchen by Michael Ende.
Maybe the children stories by Janosch, although his adult prose his pretty good, too.

>> No.11064288

Anyone know where Rilke is in terms of difficulty? Plan on learning German soon as well.

>> No.11064312

Non leggere i libri per bambini...

Invece, è molto meglio leggere i libri interlineari.

https://interlinearbooks.com/german/

>> No.11064350

>>11063399
you're pretty fucking lucky, I'm learning Irish and while there is a decent column of literature there is only one feature film, a few short amateur movies, no video games and almost impossible to get your hands on anything dubbed. If I was learning German, I would be playing Skyrim auf Deutsch and watching dubbed versions of my favourite shows/cartoons from childhood, I'll be fluent in no time

>> No.11064427

watch the movies by "fassbinder" and maybe try some erich kästner for literatur

>> No.11064447

>>11063399
Based fucking Steve

I wonder what books he likes, other than military ration history books

>> No.11064455

>>11063406
i always rec Kafka as well
>You won't be able to appreciate the elegance of his prose until later
but his style is simple enough, intentionally 'sober', no big fancy words, and the short stories are short enough that it doesnt get frustrating
>>11063419
I'd say mid-tier; he's def. not super difficult or anything but for a beginner maybe still a bit too much - just try it I guess
>>11064288
exit-tier desu; just to 'get' and appreaciate the subtlety with which Rilke is using certain words and language in general you have to have a really good grasp of the language I'd say - the way he uses language to transcend language etc.

>> No.11064477

>>11063399
For movies I'd recommend Goodbye Lenin and Bella Martha. They[re two movies we watched when I was learning German in college. Goodbye Lenin is the better of the two.

>> No.11064484

>>11063399
just read Harry Potter translated desu

>> No.11064539

>>11063399
I'd stay away from children's books. Get graded readers if you are at a really low level, otherwise start reading news in German online (e.g. on spiegel.de) using the Google Dictionary Chrome extension or something similar (this translates a word for you simply by double-clicking on it). Eventually you can start reading contemporary novels. Games, Youtube, Twitch, music etc. helps out (I was really good at English compared to my classmates because I played lots of Runescape and shitposted on Plebbit as a child).

I also recommend that you check out /int/'s sticky.