It seems like I’ve been studying German for centuries, yet still can’t write or speak in any kind of meaningful way. My vocabulary is limited, my grammar questionable, and my confidence… well, my confidence is just about nonexistent. I’m actually only a couple of generations removed from speaking German fluently. My great-grandmother was from Austria (or, Austria-Hungary, really), and my grandmother, according to my uncle, understood fluent German but chose to speak in Englis