Before the exchange – Rohan’s first impressions

In the column “before the exchange” the German and Indian students explain why they participate in the exchange project. They write about their first preparations and their first contact with their partner.

Today Rohan, a student of Lotus Valley International School, tells us how he was chosen for the exchange project, what he is looking forward to and why he is participating in our students exchange.

Please tell us in the comments what you would like to visit in Germany and what question you would ask a student of the Johannes-Turmair-Gymnasium.

Speeking the German language quite fluently, Rohan wrote his full statement in German.

Die Teilnahme an dem deutschen Austausch wird eine wunderbare Erfahrung für mich. Ich glaube, dass es mir helfen wird, meine Zuversicht aufzubauen. Diese Reise wird mir zu verstehen geben, wie ich ohne meine Familie leben werde. Das wird mir in Zukunft helfen, wenn ich im Ausland studieren möchte.

Sobald ich Deutschland erreiche, werde ich mehr über die Kultur und das Leben der Menschen in Deutschland erfahren. Folglich wird es mein Wissen verbessern. Sobald mein Austauschpartner nach Indien kommt, habe ich mich entschlossen, ihn gut zu behandeln und werde versuchen, die meisten seiner Bedürfnisse zu erfüllen.

Ich habe bereits begonnen, mit meinem Partner zu kommunizieren und ich weiß sehr viel über ihn. Er scheint ein toller Mensch zu sein! Continue reading “Before the exchange – Rohan’s first impressions”

Namaste! Our first word in Hindi!

Like every Thursday we sit in the computer lab of the Johannes-Turmair-Gymnasium and try to get ready for the arrival of our Indian guests and to prepare for our stay in India.

Like always we discuss cultural differences, talk about German and Indian habits and we try to learn the most important parts of Indian culture and cuisine.

During the last weeks we have even started to learn a little bit of Hindi.

We know, that all the participating students and teachers can speak English and that they are fit in the German language. But for most of them their mother tongue is Hindi and is good manners at least to try some sentences in this language.
Of all the hindi language videos we liked the following one most:

At this point, we can greet somebody in Hindi, can introduce ourselves and can count to ten (more or less). Are there more sentences, which we should learn? What are the most important and respectful phrases?