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  • L Lost User

    And the say 'dui dui' when they leave! Just what is that supposed to mean?

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    Did it just get warmer? :)

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      1. Simple English Speaken. 2) All undeclined doing-word -en add and at de end of de sentence adden. 3) All 'th' sounds to a 'd' maken. Also 'de' for 'the', 'dis' for 'this' -en. 4) some odds and ends of usefull vocabulary for words that arent almost de same in English learnen 5) Learn a few rules, 'w' sounds like 'v'. 'z' like 't', 's' like 'z'. 6) De pronouns Learnen : Ich, Sie, er, es, wir. 7) To a verb into de past tense put adden ge- to de start and normally de ending to a kind of d/t sound changen. 8) De Scots 'ken' for 'know' usen. Still better than the whole of my pre-GCSE German output. Wanted to take it up to GCSE, but the school forced you to learn French if you only wanted to take one foreign language. I remember my teacher saying this was mad as "Its much easier to pronounce German than French if you are from Newcastle". Take two languages and you had to drop a science topic, so I ended up not taking any. To this day I still don't speak a foreign language properly, the best stab I can have is Arabic, and that at the level of sleeping infant.

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      Nagy Vilmos
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      It annoys me greatly how some people can pick up languages. Mrs Wife speaks Hungarian, Arabic, English, and some Italian and French; while I have English and struggle in Hungarian. Even my 8 year old daughter has better Hungarian than me; I think her Mum might be helping her.

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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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        dan sh
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        0. Start calling the language Deutsch.

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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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          Amol_B
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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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            • A Argonia

              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?

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

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                            • A Amol_B

                              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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                              dan sh
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                              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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                              • 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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