Choc said:
I have a friend who managed a reasonable conversation in spanish after an awful of drink, yet claims to this day that he doesn't speak it. but then again, I had an awful lot of drink too....
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I have a friend who managed a reasonable conversation in spanish after an awful of drink, yet claims to this day that he doesn't speak it. but then again, I had an awful lot of drink too....
Callie said:can someone tell me...if links is left and recht is right, what is straight on?
Ich bin einzelkind und das isnt nicht meinen wellensitisch!
On the right is rechts.
das Recht is 'the right' which is a noun.
If you say someone is right in German (i.e. you agree with what they have said), you say they 'have right' (Recht haben): 'Ja, du hast da Recht' => 'You are right there, matey'.
Auf wiederschreiben!
Pickman's model
sunset spires and twilight woods
wohnen sie alles deutsch lernen? 
Callie
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hovis said:
Das kino ist on (!) die ertse strasse rechts, die bahnhof ist geradeaus? das ist nicht sounding good.
I remember bits of german, Im better at saying it than spelling it though! I can never remember whther things are die/das/the other one...was there another one?!
Maybe I need a lesson, I dont have any germans to talk to though 
My favourite thing I was taught at school was not to say Er/sie/ich ist/bin heiss/kalt (sorry about the spelling) because you might get a slap. Ive forgotten what word you were supposed to use if you wanted to say you felt hot/cold.
ngeru
away with the fairies
tread carefully here!Callie said:
"ich bin heiss" literally translates to "i am hot" but in the context of "'i am horny"!
the correct way to say "i am hot" (temperature wise), is "mir ist heiss" which literally translates to "me is hot".
Similarly you'd say "mir ist kalt" for "me is cold".
well that is what I was taught anyway!
Du bist Warm would work the same way Callie.
It's not really in common useage as a personal description, more modern is "schwul". Schwul is also used as a general negative by da kidz in a the same way as "gay" is in English.
But in written German in the gay press it is heavily used.
eg. A pre-party is a chance to "aufwärmen" , a warm up.
A newspaper someone I know produces is called the "Wärmste Wochenblatt"
etc etc
It's not really in common useage as a personal description, more modern is "schwul". Schwul is also used as a general negative by da kidz in a the same way as "gay" is in English.
But in written German in the gay press it is heavily used.
eg. A pre-party is a chance to "aufwärmen" , a warm up.
A newspaper someone I know produces is called the "Wärmste Wochenblatt"
etc etc
Schmetterling
I saw something nasty in the woodshed!
Jawohl!Isambard said:Wer hat uns verraten?
Die Sozialdemokraten.
Schmetterling
I saw something nasty in the woodshed!
Ok Kinder, Ihr wollt Deutsch lernen? Wie Süß! Ein Treffen hoert sich gut an. Kann auch gerne auf E-mails anworten.
Am bona-fide, fully certificated, all-squeeky german and I have been living in England since 1985.
I agree with the poster above that German can/does sound very harsh which is why I love English so much. It is so smoooooooth and round (one of my favourite words being Lothian) and the scope for expressing things/emotions/opinions is so vast. But it is true also that if you master German well that scope is open to you as well.
I think arranging meet-ups, having some sort of continuous thread or e-mailing each other sounds wonderful. Can we add a poll at this stage to see who would prefer what?
Try to listen to some german radio on the Internet. You need to hear the language as people speak it.
Auffi! Let's go!
Am bona-fide, fully certificated, all-squeeky german and I have been living in England since 1985.
I agree with the poster above that German can/does sound very harsh which is why I love English so much. It is so smoooooooth and round (one of my favourite words being Lothian) and the scope for expressing things/emotions/opinions is so vast. But it is true also that if you master German well that scope is open to you as well.
I think arranging meet-ups, having some sort of continuous thread or e-mailing each other sounds wonderful. Can we add a poll at this stage to see who would prefer what?
Try to listen to some german radio on the Internet. You need to hear the language as people speak it.
Auffi! Let's go!
Schmetterling
I saw something nasty in the woodshed!
Ooooh; wau, sowas wollte ich schon immer einmal haben! Dankeschön!Thora said:
Or do you need the 'Oh my god, what the hell were you thinking about? You inconsiderate, kraut-chomping, stingy weird friend I met on the train and could not say no to' kind?
Thora said:
Which is why I suggested next week.
- Darum hab ich naechste Woche vorgeschlagen.I see what Choc says about building up the buzz
but if it's gonna be a regularish thing we might as well start now, even if it's just the two of us, and if others want to join now or later, great. That's not meant to be 'exclusive' in any way, of course everyone is most welcome, it's just that it was Thora and Onemonkey who both talked to me about this last weekend and were particularly keen.
Callie said:lol they never told us that bit at school isambard
ngeru - yeah thats what i meant, you mustnt say ich bin heiss but you can say mir ist heiss.
Does the same apply to er and sie? as in er ist heiss?
mir ist heiss = well done
er ist heiss means more he is hot, you will have to say ---> ihm ist heiss/ihr is heiss (female)/dem hund ist heiss (it)
but you can say: mir ist warm....oder....es ist sehr warm hier....ihm ist warm....ihr ist warm..
(only in specific guy language the word warm means what the other poster explanained...it is a bit with the word gay that used to mean just jolly)
actually just to add to the confusion. on my previous example with 'der hund is heiss'...this could easily mean the dog is (don't know the english word, the period thing) as well .
in general i think everybody would understand what you want to say in any case..learning a new language means opening up to mistakes and starting all over like a child. this can be difficult..but it is possible and eventually easy only takes a couple of years
.in general i think everybody would understand what you want to say in any case..learning a new language means opening up to mistakes and starting all over like a child. this can be difficult..but it is possible and eventually easy only takes a couple of years
My German fluctuates between "can't understand a thing" and "can understand most of what's being said", depending on how tired I am or how recently I've had to use it.
As there is something of a shortage of German speakers in rural Cheshire, I have acquired a satellite dish which is beaming German telly into my house not really the same, but better than nothing.
(DW-TV is very good. It's aimed internationally, and they seem to use more simple language.)
As there is something of a shortage of German speakers in rural Cheshire, I have acquired a satellite dish which is beaming German telly into my house
not really the same, but better than nothing.(DW-TV is very good. It's aimed internationally, and they seem to use more simple language.)
kyser_soze
Hawking's Angry Eyebrow
Guten tag. Wie geht es dir?
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
kyser_soze said:
Jeht's mir janz jut, danke. Hab jerade diese Fade jesehen. I reckon the best way to learn German is to meet up, have a few beers and read aloud from my Bukowski books translated into German whilst simultaneously listening to Ton Steine Scherben on the CD player. Keine Macht fur Niemand!
goldenecitrone
post tenebras lux
Mein Alter sagt, die Welt wird sich nicht ändern,
dabei weiß er ganz genau, was läuft.
Doch er glaubt, er vergißt die ganze Scheiße,
wenn er abends in der Kneipe hängt und säuft.
Er sagt, der schönste Platz ist immer an der Theke,
da hat er recht, zu Haus ist kaum noch Platz für drei.
Darum bin ich auch den ganzen Tag auf Arbeit,
man kann sagen, ich bin so frei.
I love that full blast. But I slightly prefer Paul Panzer's Blues
Komm ich abends nach Hause zu meiner Braut.
Bißchen was zu fressen, hab ich bei Karstadt geklaut.
Und ich sag zu ihr: "Puppe, ich bin heut so geil."
Und sie sagt: "Macht nix, Junge, schalt den Fernseher ein!"
Dann bin ich echt fertig und was ich steh'n hab, laß ich stehn.
Den Abend, den kannst mich nur noch in einer Kneipe rumhängen seh'n.
Da sauf ich mich voll und wichst mich einer an,
kriegt er paar auf's Maul, solange ich kann.
Und von dem ganzen Fussel penn ich zum Schluß ein,
der Wirt weckt mich um Fünf und quatscht: "Arbeit, Junge, muß sein!"
Classy!
dabei weiß er ganz genau, was läuft.
Doch er glaubt, er vergißt die ganze Scheiße,
wenn er abends in der Kneipe hängt und säuft.
Er sagt, der schönste Platz ist immer an der Theke,
da hat er recht, zu Haus ist kaum noch Platz für drei.
Darum bin ich auch den ganzen Tag auf Arbeit,
man kann sagen, ich bin so frei.
I love that full blast. But I slightly prefer Paul Panzer's Blues
Komm ich abends nach Hause zu meiner Braut.
Bißchen was zu fressen, hab ich bei Karstadt geklaut.
Und ich sag zu ihr: "Puppe, ich bin heut so geil."
Und sie sagt: "Macht nix, Junge, schalt den Fernseher ein!"
Dann bin ich echt fertig und was ich steh'n hab, laß ich stehn.
Den Abend, den kannst mich nur noch in einer Kneipe rumhängen seh'n.
Da sauf ich mich voll und wichst mich einer an,
kriegt er paar auf's Maul, solange ich kann.
Und von dem ganzen Fussel penn ich zum Schluß ein,
der Wirt weckt mich um Fünf und quatscht: "Arbeit, Junge, muß sein!"
Classy!
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