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  • L Lost User

    What can I say, it is good. It is pretty, clean, cheap, the people are friendly, and the food is good. Many speak English to some degree, and if you dont I have worked out a formula to speak instant German. Hier es ist...: 1) Speak basic English. ie dont use words of Latin extraction, so you 'seek' rather than 'search'. 2) All undeclined verbs add -en and put at the end of the sentence. 3) Change all 'th' sounds to a 'd'. So 'de' for 'the', 'dis' for 'this'. 4) Learn some odds and ends of usefull vocabulary for words that arent almost the same in English ( eg 'bezahlen', 'to pay', 'ruchnung' for 'bill' (all the usual words you need in pubs and restaurants basically)). 5) Learn a few rules, 'w' sounds like 'v'. 'z' like 't', 's' like 'z'. 6) Learn the pronouns: Ich, Sie, er, es, wir. 7) To put a verb into the past tense add ge- to the beginning and usually change the ending to a kind of d/t sound, like in English: Bring->Brought, and note the same vowel change exists in German, Trinken->Getronk (Drink->Drunk). 8) Use the Scots 'ken' for 'know'. And there you go, Nu kan sie Deutsh spreken! (OK you might sound like a mental retard to them but at least you can get somwhere! :) )

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    0. Start calling the language Deutsch.

    "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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    • L Lost User

      What can I say, it is good. It is pretty, clean, cheap, the people are friendly, and the food is good. Many speak English to some degree, and if you dont I have worked out a formula to speak instant German. Hier es ist...: 1) Speak basic English. ie dont use words of Latin extraction, so you 'seek' rather than 'search'. 2) All undeclined verbs add -en and put at the end of the sentence. 3) Change all 'th' sounds to a 'd'. So 'de' for 'the', 'dis' for 'this'. 4) Learn some odds and ends of usefull vocabulary for words that arent almost the same in English ( eg 'bezahlen', 'to pay', 'ruchnung' for 'bill' (all the usual words you need in pubs and restaurants basically)). 5) Learn a few rules, 'w' sounds like 'v'. 'z' like 't', 's' like 'z'. 6) Learn the pronouns: Ich, Sie, er, es, wir. 7) To put a verb into the past tense add ge- to the beginning and usually change the ending to a kind of d/t sound, like in English: Bring->Brought, and note the same vowel change exists in German, Trinken->Getronk (Drink->Drunk). 8) Use the Scots 'ken' for 'know'. And there you go, Nu kan sie Deutsh spreken! (OK you might sound like a mental retard to them but at least you can get somwhere! :) )

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      Sehr gut. So brauchen Sie nicht Google Translate

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        Sehr gut. So brauchen Sie nicht Google Translate

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        Hm I think you should use kein(i wonder what is the gender of "Google Translate" der die or das) instead of nicht ?

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          Hm I think you should use kein(i wonder what is the gender of "Google Translate" der die or das) instead of nicht ?

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          Amol_B
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          Hmm yes. German language always fascinated me.Its way of creating words and phrases is similar Sanskrit and hence i can relate it with my language. Thanks for correcting me 5:thumbsup:

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            What can I say, it is good. It is pretty, clean, cheap, the people are friendly, and the food is good. Many speak English to some degree, and if you dont I have worked out a formula to speak instant German. Hier es ist...: 1) Speak basic English. ie dont use words of Latin extraction, so you 'seek' rather than 'search'. 2) All undeclined verbs add -en and put at the end of the sentence. 3) Change all 'th' sounds to a 'd'. So 'de' for 'the', 'dis' for 'this'. 4) Learn some odds and ends of usefull vocabulary for words that arent almost the same in English ( eg 'bezahlen', 'to pay', 'ruchnung' for 'bill' (all the usual words you need in pubs and restaurants basically)). 5) Learn a few rules, 'w' sounds like 'v'. 'z' like 't', 's' like 'z'. 6) Learn the pronouns: Ich, Sie, er, es, wir. 7) To put a verb into the past tense add ge- to the beginning and usually change the ending to a kind of d/t sound, like in English: Bring->Brought, and note the same vowel change exists in German, Trinken->Getronk (Drink->Drunk). 8) Use the Scots 'ken' for 'know'. And there you go, Nu kan sie Deutsh spreken! (OK you might sound like a mental retard to them but at least you can get somwhere! :) )

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            • L Lost User

              What can I say, it is good. It is pretty, clean, cheap, the people are friendly, and the food is good. Many speak English to some degree, and if you dont I have worked out a formula to speak instant German. Hier es ist...: 1) Speak basic English. ie dont use words of Latin extraction, so you 'seek' rather than 'search'. 2) All undeclined verbs add -en and put at the end of the sentence. 3) Change all 'th' sounds to a 'd'. So 'de' for 'the', 'dis' for 'this'. 4) Learn some odds and ends of usefull vocabulary for words that arent almost the same in English ( eg 'bezahlen', 'to pay', 'ruchnung' for 'bill' (all the usual words you need in pubs and restaurants basically)). 5) Learn a few rules, 'w' sounds like 'v'. 'z' like 't', 's' like 'z'. 6) Learn the pronouns: Ich, Sie, er, es, wir. 7) To put a verb into the past tense add ge- to the beginning and usually change the ending to a kind of d/t sound, like in English: Bring->Brought, and note the same vowel change exists in German, Trinken->Getronk (Drink->Drunk). 8) Use the Scots 'ken' for 'know'. And there you go, Nu kan sie Deutsh spreken! (OK you might sound like a mental retard to them but at least you can get somwhere! :) )

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              Erudite_Eric wrote:

              ( eg 'bezahlen', 'to pay', 'ruchnung' for 'bill' (all the usual words you need in pubs and restaurants basically)).

              Hitting it off with the local women?

              Twits[^]

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              • A Amol_B

                Hmm yes. German language always fascinated me.Its way of creating words and phrases is similar Sanskrit and hence i can relate it with my language. Thanks for correcting me 5:thumbsup:

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                Sanskrit and German? I don't see how you could relate them. But then last I studied Sankrit was 15 years back and last I studied German was 7 years back.

                "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                • L Lost User

                  Brilliant - what are you smoking? What's next - play the clarinet in one easy lesson, build a low orbit vehicle from household items.

                  Peter Wasser Art is making something out of nothing and selling it. Frank Zappa

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                  Lost User
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                  pwasser wrote:

                  what are you smoking?

                  Gold Virginia.

                  pwasser wrote:

                  play the clarinet

                  Nah, guitar is bd enough. Ober ich moess segen dat Deutsch es niet zo slecht. ;P

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                  • A Amol_B

                    Sehr gut. So brauchen Sie nicht Google Translate

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                    Lost User
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                    Ja, hap ich Google Translate keine brauchen. :)

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                    • D dan sh

                      Sanskrit and German? I don't see how you could relate them. But then last I studied Sankrit was 15 years back and last I studied German was 7 years back.

                      "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                      Amol_B
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                      I will give you an example Bundeswehr - Bundes wehr - Federal Military -> this combined word is created form two different word. Now what we call it as ThalSena -Thal Sena.. there are several other words like that

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                        Ja, hap ich Google Translate keine brauchen. :)

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                        Amol_B
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                        Dann ist es sehr gut! haben fünf +5:thumbsup:

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                          I will give you an example Bundeswehr - Bundes wehr - Federal Military -> this combined word is created form two different word. Now what we call it as ThalSena -Thal Sena.. there are several other words like that

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                          That logic does not makes sense. That way, I can relate English and Sanskrit as well. Somebody - Some body

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                          • D dan sh

                            That logic does not makes sense. That way, I can relate English and Sanskrit as well. Somebody - Some body

                            "Bastards encourage idiots to use Oracle Forms, Web Forms, Access and a number of other dinky web publishing tolls.", Mycroft Holmes[^]

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                            Check these http://jabdakhata.blogspot.in/2011/02/similarities-between-german-and.html[^]

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