Helfen wollte: Germany hangs out a help wanted sign

[JDPriestly]

3. Very true. But Americans should learn to speak the language because then they will understand

what is going on and be better accepted. A huge percentage of German-speakers also speak English.

I have to point out that that proves how easy it is to learn one or the other language if you speak the other one. Many of our words come from the same original word as a German word.

Hand = hand

Nase = nose

lachen = to laugh

machen = to make

trinken = to drink

And some German words are so funny, you couldn't forget them if you tried:

Kitzeln = tickle

And some have an easy association in English and are easy to learn for that reason:

Kind -- as in kindergarten -- means child

Further, German words are often constructed by putting short German words together and making one word.

langweilig = boring

Can you see the words "long while" in that one word?

German grammar is a bit confusing and hard to learn, but getting by in German is easy if you pay attention, listen then read a German newspaper and piece the words together phonetically. Have fun.