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Hi Guys,

as You wish is this the Thread, wich explain German for Englishone.

Hope that it work, special thank to kiya, who support if its need <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/wave.gif" alt="" />
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Write Your Question, and of course do it in German or You really don't know it in English.
You see I write in English, or try it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/rolleyes.gif" alt="" />

Greeting:

Hello = Hallo
Hi = Hi
Good Day = Guten Tag

You can say; Tach, Wie geht's, too.

Leaving:

Good bye = Auf Wiedersehen
See ya = (Wir) sehen uns

And: Tschau, Tschüss, Bye-bye, too

This is very simple and only a few of many used Greetings or Leavings <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/exclamation.gif" alt="" />

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A dictionnary thread? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/think.gif" alt="" />

That must be an exclusive <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />


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I would love to learn German here: I learn it at school but I am not fond of our teacher and the class makes too much noise so I have troubles to learn it.
I got past "Gruss Gott" and "Halo", though. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> (Sorry, no SZ on my keyboard... I could use |3 but it's not obvious). But I really like the german culture, country and people <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

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I think it's nice. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


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[quote] I got past "Gruss Gott" and "Halo", though.

Don't worry. Look:

Gruess Gott = Grüss Gott

Hallo, simpel two l

You know: Servus too?

All of Ä,Ö and Ü can be write AE,OE and UE. It means Ä,Ö and Ü

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[quote] I got past "Gruss Gott" and "Halo", though.

Don't worry. Look:

Gruess Gott = Grüss Gott

Hallo, simpel two l

You know: Servus too?

All of Ä,Ö and Ü can be write AE,OE and UE. It means Ä,Ö and Ü

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Ah yes, I remember you can write 'ss' with |3 and |3 with 'ss'.
I might try something... AHA! ALT+0223 gives 'ß'!

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Ah yes, I remember you can write 'ss' with |3 and |3 with 'ss'.
I might try something... AHA! ALT+0223 gives 'ß'!

Only in certain encodings.


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Ah yes, I remember you can write 'ss' with |3 and |3 with 'ss'.
I might try something... AHA! ALT+0223 gives 'ß'!



Err, look we had an Rechtschreibreform. And unfortunately 'ß' is an dying letter.

daß = dass

Ok?
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Err, look we had an Rechtschreibreform. And unfortunately 'ß' is an dying letter.

daß = dass

Ok?
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You did? LOL, that must have been fun. I bet there were a lot of people in favor and against it <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />


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But it is still Grüß Gott, not Grüss Gott. And still Fuß, not Fuss, and so on.
And be careful, people in the northern parts of Germany might be confused by "Grüß Gott". (It's only common in the south, and actually means "Greet God")


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But it is still Grüß Gott, not Grüss Gott. And still Fuß, not Fuss, and so on.
And be careful, people in the northern parts of Germany might be confused by "Grüß Gott". (It's only common in the south, and actually means "Greet God")


Yes, in the North please said: Moin Moin
If this to complicated said: Morgen, or at Midday Tag or at Evening Abend

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And DON'T act like every german is an bavarian ! That's rude !

Kandidat = candidate, where the first d is not spoken at all.

EDIT : I'll take this as the place for an shameless ad <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> :

http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=12414014

It's a Star Wars Story I translated from german into english. It was very diffucult, especially since I have no experience with combat scenes.

There is also another story by me in the same area, but it's still not translated. http://boards.theforce.net/message.asp?topic=12894229&replies=22

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for my first assignment i would love to know what this says! <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />

do i say.... moin morgen


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No you don't... hm... maybe you could. <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
But normally it's just one of those two.
(Moin Moin
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Morgen)



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I'd say this:
Guten Morgen = good morning, this is neutral and even the Bavarians understand, though they identify you at once as non-Bavarian <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" /> - even a fluent "Grüßgott" or "Grüß Gott" with the typical rolling "R" in there will not allow you to hide your foreigner status. Foreigners - or even worse: Prussians (all Germans coming from above the white sausage border, I'm one <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" /> ) - are treated friendly, if they take care of some rules - and these are not lingual reasons <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" /> - nope, I'm not going into details there, I spent 5 holidays in Bavaria

Well, if you want to be identified as a "northern light" (East Frisian, north German) use "Moinmoin" or "Moin Moin" - take care to sound as if you have a slight cold then and talk in a nasal way.

And about our ortography reform: It is a catastrophy IMO! My colleague e.g. has this letter "ß" in her name and she is keeping it! For the sake of history there are still regions with "ß" = Preußen -> Prussia.
Fußball = football in the meaning of soccer for the Americans <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
(American Football = your kind of football)

And the "ß" is still valid due to several rules dealing with vowels/consonants. For the sake of the internet: ß = ss and the vowel combos ä = ae, ö = oe, ü = ue are no problem.

This reform has tried to demolish the origin of words - example:
Delphin = dolphin = is now Delfin -> the Latin "ph" is modernised to the "f"
Clown = clown = is now Klaun <shudder> -> written now how pronounced
Känguruh = kangaroo = is now Känguru -> if you look at this spelling you get a hunch how it is pronounced (ä/ae = like the English "a" in "apple")
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i too would love to learn german here <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />
i learn it at school but the teacher hates me, and I make too much noise so i don't get to spend much time on the actual learning of the language <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/winkwink.gif" alt="" />

deutsch macht spass <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />


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deutsch macht spass


Hmm, German is fun?
German = Deutsch
machen = makes, does -> the infinitive -> macht = he/she/it makes, 3rd person singular, present time
Spass = fun

Ok, no grammar lessons anymore
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to put kiya back on the german track :

a couple of words we had to learn <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

der die das die
des der des der
dem der dem den
den die das die


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Hmm, German is fun?
German = Deutsch
machen = makes, does -> the infinitive -> macht = he/she/is makes, 3rd person singular, present time
Spass = fun

Ok, no grammar lessons anymore
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Yes kiya.
That was/is(?) used in schools in the Netherlands and Belgium to get students motivated.
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Ah, yes: In German you don't have to guess the gender like in English - the gender article defines this - if you use the correct one <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/biggrin.gif" alt="" />
Der Apfel = the apple is masculine
Die Sonne = the sun is feminine
das Kind = the child is gender neutral <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />
das Mädchen = the girl is gender neutral <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />
der Junge = the boy is masculine from the start <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/delight.gif" alt="" />
die Katze = the cat is feminine (animal race)
der Kater = the male cat, masculine
die Kaetzin = the female cat, feminine
der Hund = the dog, masculine (animal race)
die Huendin = the female dog, I don't know if "bitch" is only used for cussing
der Ruede = the male dog

So, if you don't use the noun you have to correspond by using the appropriate gender personal pronoun

er = he, masculine
sie = she, feminine
es = it, gender neutral

and if you use plural:
sie = they

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