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Due to popular demand: U75 German class

re meeting up...

i'm happy to start whenever really seeing i have quite a bit of spare time on my hands. :)

does anyone mind partiularly where though? is it going to be brixton based?
 
Choc said:
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 :D .

:)
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'on heat'; that's what you were looking for.
 
Speaking of warm; a current colloquialism is 'warmduscher'; someone who takes warm showers, or: wimp. :D

Re meeting up:
My vote goes toward Stoke Newington as I live in the East End.
 
Schmetterling said:
Speaking of warm; a current colloquialism is 'warmduscher'; someone who takes warm showers, or: wimp. :D

Re meeting up:
My vote goes toward Stoke Newington as I live in the East End.
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Will be good to meet you. Ich freue mich drauf. :)
 
Schmetterling said:
hovis said:
Choc said:
mir ist heiss = well done :)


Nope. 'Mir ist heiss' is just fine. Using 'es' in that statement makes it sound awkward and you would only use it if you really, really needed to stress that you are hot.
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I thought it should be Mir ist es heiss because it is the same structure as Mir geht es gut.
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Beginner's class Tuesday 18.10.

Okay, in the spirit of not-messing-about ;) it's been decided to get started this coming tuesday, 18.10.

This is going to be mainly a complete beginner's session - everyone welcome, but we'll be covering the very basics:

Ich heisse...

Ich komme aus...

Ich haette gern ein...

Where?/Wo? At Kameron's in Brixton. (pm for address and directions)

When?/Wann? 7pm -sharp :D /Um sieben (for about an hour, before going on to Bond's birthday drinks in the Albert.)

BYO drinks and snacks.

:)

Apologies for short notice - this is to get Thora and Onemonkey started; we can arrange a bigger meet-up at a time and place suitable for more people as well.
 
ngeru told me yesterday about this U75 German class, count both me and tomas in for this! :)
I found out that I remember a lot more from my german classes at high school than I thought when we went to Berlin this summer, but I have regressed to a very basic stage. :( tomas is a complete beginner.

Really looking forward to this!
 
zora said:
This is going to be mainly a complete beginner's session - everyone welcome, but we'll be covering the very basics:

Ich heisse...

Ich komme aus...

Ich haette gern ein...
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Ich hätte gern ein ... ?

Is that I would like a ... ?

We were taught to use 'Ich möchte'

I would translate 'Der Hund ist heiß' as 'The dog is in heat' but that could just be regional variation, which might account for you saying 'Ich hätte gern ein ...' too ... ? (People forget German covers a vast area and it's not homogeneous - just like English ;))

PS Für Umlauten (?), man kann AllChars utilisieren :)
 
der hund ist heiss

HotDogs.jpg


:D
 
Hey... cool pic!

Earlier today I bought the Collins Easy Learning book of German Grammer. Just by flicking through the pages I know it will prove invaluable in helping me re-familiarise myself with those long forgotten German skills. I'll show you fellas on Tuesday...

Bis bald! :)
 
I wish I could come (being as I was talking to zora about this and was very enthusiastic too), but I can't... Hope it goes well though :) (I'm sure it will, despite me not being there :p )
 
Velouria said:
Ich hätte gern ein ... ?

Is that I would like a ... ?

We were taught to use 'Ich möchte'

I would translate 'Der Hund ist heiß' as 'The dog is in heat' but that could just be regional variation, which might account for you saying 'Ich hätte gern ein ...' too ... ? (People forget German covers a vast area and it's not homogeneous - just like English ;))

PS Für Umlauten (?), man kann AllChars utilisieren :)
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Not so much a regional variation as just one of many different ways of expressing the same thing, and just a personal preference. (In the way you could be asking in English both 'What would you like?' and 'What are you having?' and there being nuances in context/degrees of formality etc. :)

Must check out this Umlaut thingy, cheers.

Next time, Iemanja! :) (Naechstes Mal!)
 
zora said:
Okay, in the spirit of not-messing-about ;) it's been decided to get started this coming tuesday, 18.10.

This is going to be mainly a complete beginner's session - everyone welcome, but we'll be covering the very basics:

Ich heisse...

Ich komme aus...

Ich haette gern ein...

Where?/Wo? At Kameron's in Brixton. (pm for address and directions)

When?/Wann? 7pm -sharp :D /Um sieben (for about an hour, before going on to Bond's birthday drinks in the Albert.)

BYO drinks and snacks.

:)

Apologies for short notice - this is to get Thora and Onemonkey started; we can arrange a bigger meet-up at a time and place suitable for more people as well.
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zora,
I have just tried to PM you but am not sure whether it was successful as it still says 0 on my 'Sent Messages' folder-thingy. Could you PM me with the details, please? Ta
Schmetterling
 
If anybody needs any help, I'm a translator, interpreter and teacher of languages but specialising in German. It'll also help me to keep my hand in.

Und wenn's öppe hett, wo cho a chli Schwiizerdütsch, könne mer eus bei Gelegenheit zäme hoche.

MsG
 
arse, busy this tuesday but would love to pop in , i'm doin some work in Germany in November and really need to reacquaint myself. Will it be every week?
 
Uuund eine kleine Übersetzung nachgeschoben, für dienenigen, die des Schweizer Dialekts nicht mächtig sind:

"Wenn es jemand gibt, der ein bisschen Schweizerdeutsch kann, können wir uns zusammen hinsetzen."

Eus, eus, eus kloar?

MsG
 
erm when i run that thru a translation program, i get something about translating Swiss dialects, although the actual translated text doesn't make a lot of sense!

i think i get your drift though....
 
bugsy7 said:
Uuund eine kleine Übersetzung nachgeschoben, für dienenigen, die des Schweizer Dialekts nicht mächtig sind:

"Wenn es jemand gibt, der ein bisschen Schweizerdeutsch kann, können wir uns zusammen hinsetzen."

Eus, eus, eus kloar?

MsG
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If there is anybody who can speak a bit of Swiss-German, then we can sit together.
 
zora said:
Okay, in the spirit of not-messing-about ;) it's been decided to get started this coming tuesday, 18.10.

This is going to be mainly a complete beginner's session - everyone welcome, but we'll be covering the very basics:

Ich heisse...

Ich komme aus...

Ich haette gern ein...

Where?/Wo? At Kameron's in Brixton. (pm for address and directions)

When?/Wann? 7pm -sharp :D /Um sieben (for about an hour, before going on to Bond's birthday drinks in the Albert.)

BYO drinks and snacks.

:)

Apologies for short notice - this is to get Thora and Onemonkey started; we can arrange a bigger meet-up at a time and place suitable for more people as well.
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Bit too short notice for me... will make future ones, thank you very much for doing these!
 
the B said:
thank you very much for doing these!
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How sweet of you. :) You're welcome. Gern geschehen!

Re the frequency of future ones: As this is a bit of an experiment (all levels, different motivation etc) it depends entirely how it all goes, and who wants to do what.

We'll see, eh. :) Wir werden sehen, oder: Schau mer mal.
 
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