Introducing yourself:
[color:"yellow"]Hallo, ich bin Kiya[/color] = Hello, I am Kiya
[color:"yellow"]Wo kommen Sie her? [/color] = Where do you come from
(Germans knows 2 ways for adressing people, the familiar
"du" = you - for kids under 14 and friends/relatives/fellowschool comrades/fellow students etc. - and the polite, distant, respectful
"Sie" = you - reserved for adults, strangers and people you don't like -> that's how I treat them, go into distance and try to avoid/overhear their offer to be addressed with "du" - why? It's easier for me to stay neutral polite then)
[color:"yellow"]Ich komme aus Deutschland, ich bin Deutsche [/color] = I'm coming from Germany, I'm German (if you're male = ich bin Deutscher, if you're female = ich bin Deutsche)
[color:"yellow"]Und wo kommen Sie her? [/color]= And where do you come from?
Waiting for responses, specially from the Dutch front, who prefer to say they come from the Netherlands, because Holland is merely a county, not the whole state - or the Scots or Irish or Welshmen/women, accepting to come from the UK and are British, but not really like it if they're thrown into the England pot - hm, and what about the Belgians and their Flemish/Walloon differences? <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" />
Netherlands = Niederlande
dutch = Niederlaender or Niederlaenderin if female
Scotland = Schottland, scottish = Schotte or Schottin
Welsh = Wales, Waliser or Waliserin
Canada = Kanada, Canadian = Kanadier or Kanadierin
USA = USA or Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika, North American = US-Amerikaner or US-Amerikanerin
Belgium = Belgien, <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/badsmile2.gif" alt="" /> and now? Flame/Flaemin? Belgier/Belgierin? Wallone/Wallonin <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/evilgrin1.gif" alt="" />
France = Frankreich, French = Franzose or Franzoesin
