Sing and Learn German

Sing and Learn German Artist: Global Village Kids
Label: Global Village Kids, LLC
Category: Music



Average customer rating: 3 out of 5 stars
Media: Audio CD
Number Of Discs: 1


UPC: 061432294627
EAN: 0061432294627
ASIN: B00015NJ7A


Release Date: 2003-12-15

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Tracks:

  1. If You're Happy and You Know It/Bist du Glücklich und du Weiss
  2. Do Your Ears Hang Low?/Hängen Deine Ohren Tief
  3. Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes/Kopf, Schultern, Knie und Zehe
  4. Hey Diddle Diddle/Hey Diddel Diddel
  5. Twinkle, Twinkle Little Star/Funkel, Funkel Kleiner Stern
  6. Three Little Kittens/Drei Kleine Kätzchen
  7. Mary Had a Little Lamb/Mary Hatte Ein Kleines Lamm
  8. Lazy Mary Will You Get Up?/Faule Mary, Wirst du Aufstehen?
  9. Farmer in the Dell/Der Bauer Im Tal
  10. Old Macdonald/Old Macdonald
  11. Baa Baa Black Sheep/Mäh Mäh Schwarzes Schaf
  12. This Little Piggy Went to Market/Dieses Kleine Schweinchen Gin
  13. Eensey Weensey Spider/Die Klitzekleine Spinne
  14. Teddy Bear Turn Around/Teddybär Dreh Dich Um
  15. Wheels on the Bus/Die Räder Am Bus
  16. Ten Little Babies/Zehn Kleine Babys
  17. Six Little Ducks/Sechs Kleine Enten
  18. There Are Seven Days/Es Gibt Sieben Tage
  19. Mulberry Bush/Der Maulbeerbusch
  20. Global Village/Das Weltweite Dorf

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Customer Reviews:

1 out of 5 stars I wish I had listened to the tracks...........2007-01-08

This lady's voice will drive you to tears. Please save yourself the torture.

Although, it is fun to hear these songs in German. German is so fun!! But this lady's voice just kills it for me.

1 out of 5 stars ... and that's still one star more than it deserves........2006-11-19

Whoever translated it, did so one word at a time, which not only means that the syllables don't match and you can't sing it to a tune designed for another language, but it also means that, because German grammar and sentence structure are different to English grammar and sentence structure, much of it no longer makes any sense.

What's worst though is that they chose a singer who apparently does not speak German. If the words weren't printed in the CD booklet, half the time I wouldn't know what the woman is talking about; her pronunciation is appalling.

What a waste of money. I bought this to have my son hear other people than myself use German, but now I'm wondering whether I should sell it used to some other poor, naive and trusting person online or whether I should simply toss it in the garbage.

5 out of 5 stars northwest mom.......2006-09-18

my kids love it. I put it on in the car while driving. I know it isn't the best learning tool to teach 'exact' German, but my kids are familiar with the American tune, and remembers it because of it. I know they are 'learning' the foreign words when they say and sing back/ repeat the german tuned words.

4 out of 5 stars Fun for kids, but rushed & dodgy accents!.......2006-07-16

I bought this with a view to using it to teach German, and it is good for this, but could be better. They've tried to keep the German as close in meaning to the English as possible, but this means that the German parts are often rushed, because there are WAY too many words and syllables in some stanzas. This makes some of the German hard to understand, which slightly negates the reason for buying the CD.

The other big no-no is the pronunciation. "Dienstag" is pronounced like "dine" and not "deen", "Sonntag" and "Monntag" like "Sun" and "Mun" -- among other things.

MOSTLY, the pronunciation is good, the songs fun and upbeat, and I do recommend it, but there IS room for improvement.

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