Time to pick up german again
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greghop wrote: french - cheese eating surrender monkeys Give it up already, please? greghop wrote: sie habt sehr heupte augen Sorry, but I don't think women appreciate being referred to as third person. At least not while you talk to them. :) -- Berlin rules.
Sie haben sehr huepsche augen. I think thats correct. Sie is formal if I'm not mistaken. Du hast sehr huepsche Augen is familiar. I grew up speaking German at home (my parents are from Germany). I've lost quite a bit in the past 5-10 years, though. I have more trouble with vocabulary and grammar than I used to. I should make more effort to read and speak it. It would be a shame to lose that. BW "In a world full of people, only some want to fly,Isn't that crazy?" - Seal
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Paul Watson wrote: We all know what the leads to! Yes, and there is no turning back now. I just got back from the library with five german books! One big fat grammar book, and four school books. The school books are actually two course book sets. One set contains a text book (Textbuch) and a quiz book (Übungsbuch). I have a feeling this will be fun! :) -- Berlin rules.
Thought to be honest German is hardly a sexy language... not unless you like the leather, chains and whips deal. Lena said something to me in German the one night and I thought she was cursing me, so I stopped what I was doing to which she yells in English "No you fool, carry on!" What is your native language Jörgen ?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Personally, I'm seeking a red-headed, double-breasted mattress thrasher
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Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Personally, I'm seeking a red-headed, double-breasted mattress thrasher
Not this again... Paul, tell me you've seen the tobacconist's sketch? Monty Python? J
"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees."
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Not this again... Paul, tell me you've seen the tobacconist's sketch? Monty Python? J
"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees."
Jamie Hale wrote: Paul, tell me you've seen the tobacconist's sketch? Monty Python? Which is exactly why I feel so damn unclean! :-D Jamie Hale wrote: Not this again... I am booking Office Space this weekend, ok?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Personally, I'm seeking a red-headed, double-breasted mattress thrasher
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Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: I have a plan so cunning, I could actually cut paper with it. Jörgen and his cunning stunts. We all know what the leads to!
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Personally, I'm seeking a red-headed, double-breasted mattress thrasher
cunning stunts for the stunning.... well you get the picture. BW "In a world full of people, only some want to fly,Isn't that crazy?" - Seal
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Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Personally, I'm seeking a red-headed, double-breasted mattress thrasher
Here... http://www.talpak.org/alakulat/python/jelenetek/hungarian.html[^] J
"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees."
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Jamie Hale wrote: Paul, tell me you've seen the tobacconist's sketch? Monty Python? Which is exactly why I feel so damn unclean! :-D Jamie Hale wrote: Not this again... I am booking Office Space this weekend, ok?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Personally, I'm seeking a red-headed, double-breasted mattress thrasher
Paul Watson wrote: Which is exactly why I feel so damn unclean! Okay... thought for a second you really were uncultured. :laugh: J
"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees."
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Sie haben sehr huepsche augen. I think thats correct. Sie is formal if I'm not mistaken. Du hast sehr huepsche Augen is familiar. I grew up speaking German at home (my parents are from Germany). I've lost quite a bit in the past 5-10 years, though. I have more trouble with vocabulary and grammar than I used to. I should make more effort to read and speak it. It would be a shame to lose that. BW "In a world full of people, only some want to fly,Isn't that crazy?" - Seal
brianwelsch wrote: Sie is formal if I'm not mistaken. Only if it's spelled with a capital S, and followed by a verb in infinitive form. I think it's called infinitive in english. Either way, it's the form of verbs you can prefix with to. To eat for instance. Sie can also mean she or they depending on verbs and adjectives. :dizzy: brianwelsch wrote: Du hast sehr huepsche Augen is familiar. Looks and sounds correct. But don't take my word for it.. :) brianwelsch wrote: I have more trouble with vocabulary and grammar than I used to. Same here. I was pretty damn good at it when I studied it. I aced the exams (although, it was only C level german which is basic/entry level). The courses also helped me understand how languages are constructed, since you have to know these things in order to know German. brianwelsch wrote: It would be a shame to lose that. Indeed! -- Berlin rules.
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cunning stunts for the stunning.... well you get the picture. BW "In a world full of people, only some want to fly,Isn't that crazy?" - Seal
brianwelsch wrote: cunning stunts for the stunning.... well you get the picture. Glad someone else gets it... Crude but I still laugh.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Personally, I'm seeking a red-headed, double-breasted mattress thrasher
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Thought to be honest German is hardly a sexy language... not unless you like the leather, chains and whips deal. Lena said something to me in German the one night and I thought she was cursing me, so I stopped what I was doing to which she yells in English "No you fool, carry on!" What is your native language Jörgen ?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Personally, I'm seeking a red-headed, double-breasted mattress thrasher
Paul Watson wrote: Thought to be honest German is hardly a sexy language... not unless you like the leather, chains and whips deal. :rolleyes: Bestrafe mich! :rolleyes: Paul Watson wrote: Lena said something to me in German the one night and I thought she was cursing me, so I stopped what I was doing to which she yells in English "No you fool, carry on!" :laugh::laugh::laugh: I know this sounds very very very sick, but I'd give anything to have witnessed that. :-D Paul Watson wrote: What is your native language Jörgen ? Swedish, a language in the German family. Eventhough German and Swedish are related, their grammars have evolved very differently. Swedish is more relaxed as we don't care much about the sex of objects, and thus we have much fewer versions of verbs and adjectives. Swedish is also much more linear than German - verbs are inlined with nouns and adjectives. German is more of a stack language. Push all the verbs onto the stack, output everything else, and pop the verbs at the end of a sentence. I bet German is great for telling stories, as the anticipation builds up the closer you get to the end of a sentence.. :) Swedish is also much softer than German. Some say we sing when we talk, but I don't know. They have probably never heard a norwegian before - they really sing when they talk! -- Berlin rules.
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Paul Watson wrote: Which is exactly why I feel so damn unclean! Okay... thought for a second you really were uncultured. :laugh: J
"I am the Lorax. I speak for the trees."
Jamie Hale wrote: Okay... thought for a second you really were uncultured. No, surprisingly I was brought up on John Cleese, the Goon Show (not the American ones, the British ones with Bluebottle and Eckles), Black Adder and all those greats :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Personally, I'm seeking a red-headed, double-breasted mattress thrasher
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Paul Watson wrote: Thought to be honest German is hardly a sexy language... not unless you like the leather, chains and whips deal. :rolleyes: Bestrafe mich! :rolleyes: Paul Watson wrote: Lena said something to me in German the one night and I thought she was cursing me, so I stopped what I was doing to which she yells in English "No you fool, carry on!" :laugh::laugh::laugh: I know this sounds very very very sick, but I'd give anything to have witnessed that. :-D Paul Watson wrote: What is your native language Jörgen ? Swedish, a language in the German family. Eventhough German and Swedish are related, their grammars have evolved very differently. Swedish is more relaxed as we don't care much about the sex of objects, and thus we have much fewer versions of verbs and adjectives. Swedish is also much more linear than German - verbs are inlined with nouns and adjectives. German is more of a stack language. Push all the verbs onto the stack, output everything else, and pop the verbs at the end of a sentence. I bet German is great for telling stories, as the anticipation builds up the closer you get to the end of a sentence.. :) Swedish is also much softer than German. Some say we sing when we talk, but I don't know. They have probably never heard a norwegian before - they really sing when they talk! -- Berlin rules.
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Swedish is more relaxed as we don't care much about the sex of objects From what I hear, and saw while in Greece, you Swedes are easy about all things sexual. Actually it seems most Europeans are quite open about it, rather different for this South African. Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: I know this sounds very very very sick, but I'd give anything to have witnessed that :wtf::laugh::laugh::laugh: At the time I did not laugh as she seemed very earnest (was the first time she slipped into her native tongue when speaking to me.) But the next day I had a good chuckle and wondered what kinky stuff I knew in Afrikaans that I could try out.
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Personally, I'm seeking a red-headed, double-breasted mattress thrasher
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Thought to be honest German is hardly a sexy language... not unless you like the leather, chains and whips deal. Lena said something to me in German the one night and I thought she was cursing me, so I stopped what I was doing to which she yells in English "No you fool, carry on!" What is your native language Jörgen ?
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Personally, I'm seeking a red-headed, double-breasted mattress thrasher
Paul Watson wrote: Lena said something to me in German the one night and I thought she was cursing me, so I stopped what I was doing to which she yells in English "No you fool, carry on!" lol... You know what I've said about that language. I always think Ulla and her family are fighting... especially with her mother... I'm normally getting read to leave the room when they both realise that they are scaring the poor Irish boy.... Regards, Brian Dela :-)
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I found a german language course, split up in 4 parts. Each part only costs €100, which is a bargain if you consider the value you get for knowing another language. I studied basic german for 2 years at gymnasium level (equiv. high school), but that was almost 10 years ago, so I figure I'll start from scratch again. Anybody else here planning on learning another language? If all goes well, I'll dive into another language later on. French would be nice to know. :) -- Berlin rules.
I learned English and a little German, I was in Germany for 7 months 4 years ago with a scholarship, the time was not enough to learn that beautiful and rich language. Now I´m doing an internship in VolksWagen Argentina and they gave me the opportunity to take classes for free. I think german is a classic language, but very hard to master. cheers Daniel Cespedes "There are 10 types of people, those who understand binary and those who do not" "Santa Cruz de la Sierra Paraiso Terrenal!" daniel.cespedes@ieee.org
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Jamie Hale wrote: Okay... thought for a second you really were uncultured. No, surprisingly I was brought up on John Cleese, the Goon Show (not the American ones, the British ones with Bluebottle and Eckles), Black Adder and all those greats :)
Paul Watson
Bluegrass
Cape Town, South AfricaRoger Wright wrote: Personally, I'm seeking a red-headed, double-breasted mattress thrasher
Paul Watson wrote: the Goon Show (not the American ones American Goon Show? Please do tell me more, I've never heard of such a thing. The Goon Show was a classic. I was brought up listening to the repeats on Radio 2 and reading my Dad's collection of script-books. Michael 'War is at best barbarism...Its glory is all moonshine. It is only those who have neither fired a shot nor heard the shrieks and groans of the wounded who cry aloud for blood, more vengeance, more desolation. War is hell.' - General William Sherman, 1879
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I found a german language course, split up in 4 parts. Each part only costs €100, which is a bargain if you consider the value you get for knowing another language. I studied basic german for 2 years at gymnasium level (equiv. high school), but that was almost 10 years ago, so I figure I'll start from scratch again. Anybody else here planning on learning another language? If all goes well, I'll dive into another language later on. French would be nice to know. :) -- Berlin rules.
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Anybody else here planning on learning another language? Yea, actually I'm planning a trip to Italy next year with a friend and his family and I'd like to be able to have a conversation with the native italians in their own language. Not sure how I'm going to learn it yet, though... -Mike Zinni "No shit it's tough. If it wasn't, everybody and their sister would be an engineer and then you wouldn't have a job."
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Sie haben sehr huepsche augen. I think thats correct. Sie is formal if I'm not mistaken. Du hast sehr huepsche Augen is familiar. I grew up speaking German at home (my parents are from Germany). I've lost quite a bit in the past 5-10 years, though. I have more trouble with vocabulary and grammar than I used to. I should make more effort to read and speak it. It would be a shame to lose that. BW "In a world full of people, only some want to fly,Isn't that crazy?" - Seal
brianwelsch wrote: It would be a shame to lose that. [serious]Don't forget your mother tongue.[/serious]
BTW, the article...
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Paul Watson wrote: Thought to be honest German is hardly a sexy language... not unless you like the leather, chains and whips deal. :rolleyes: Bestrafe mich! :rolleyes: Paul Watson wrote: Lena said something to me in German the one night and I thought she was cursing me, so I stopped what I was doing to which she yells in English "No you fool, carry on!" :laugh::laugh::laugh: I know this sounds very very very sick, but I'd give anything to have witnessed that. :-D Paul Watson wrote: What is your native language Jörgen ? Swedish, a language in the German family. Eventhough German and Swedish are related, their grammars have evolved very differently. Swedish is more relaxed as we don't care much about the sex of objects, and thus we have much fewer versions of verbs and adjectives. Swedish is also much more linear than German - verbs are inlined with nouns and adjectives. German is more of a stack language. Push all the verbs onto the stack, output everything else, and pop the verbs at the end of a sentence. I bet German is great for telling stories, as the anticipation builds up the closer you get to the end of a sentence.. :) Swedish is also much softer than German. Some say we sing when we talk, but I don't know. They have probably never heard a norwegian before - they really sing when they talk! -- Berlin rules.
Jörgen Sigvardsson wrote: Bestrafe mich! :laugh: Regards, Brian Dela :-)
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I found a german language course, split up in 4 parts. Each part only costs €100, which is a bargain if you consider the value you get for knowing another language. I studied basic german for 2 years at gymnasium level (equiv. high school), but that was almost 10 years ago, so I figure I'll start from scratch again. Anybody else here planning on learning another language? If all goes well, I'll dive into another language later on. French would be nice to know. :) -- Berlin rules.
I'd like to learn German while I'm over here, and Swazi or Zulu when I go home. A lot of the local colleges around London seem to offer European languages at a good price. I need to get organised :)
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I found a german language course, split up in 4 parts. Each part only costs €100, which is a bargain if you consider the value you get for knowing another language. I studied basic german for 2 years at gymnasium level (equiv. high school), but that was almost 10 years ago, so I figure I'll start from scratch again. Anybody else here planning on learning another language? If all goes well, I'll dive into another language later on. French would be nice to know. :) -- Berlin rules.
Look what you started with this thread!!! tchh!!! Regards, Brian Dela :-)