German presentation

Nikki · 10-21-2006, 09:23 PM

omg i'm bored. if anyone here can even half speak german pm me,

shimshimhada · 10-21-2006, 09:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikki

omg i'm bored. if anyone here can even half speak german pm me,

www.freetranslation.com

shimshimhada · 10-21-2006, 09:26 PM

http://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nordschleife

Nikki · 10-21-2006, 09:49 PM

those translation sites aren't very good

Taittinger · 10-21-2006, 10:06 PM

Der, die, das... indicative, nominative... Ich bin ein Berliner!

shimshimhada · 10-21-2006, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikki

those translation sites aren't very good

Huh? The Wiki entry is in German originally.

Nikki · 10-21-2006, 10:08 PM

I have a very hard time knowing which words are masculine/feminine/neuter. I asked her if there were any tricks but I don't think she understood me, she doesn't speak English very well. I know in romance languages o is masuline, a is feminine and there were some other rules as well and no neutral words so it was much easier.

Nikki · 10-21-2006, 10:08 PM

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Originally Posted by shimshimhada

Huh? The Wiki entry is in German originally.

yeah i was referring to the freetranslation

shimshimhada · 10-21-2006, 10:10 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikki

I have a very hard time knowing which words are masculine/feminine/neuter. I asked her if there were any tricks but I don't think she understood me, she doesn't speak English very well. I know in romance languages o is masuline, a is feminine and there were some other rules as well and no neutral words so it was much easier.

There are some tricks:
http://german.about.com/cs/vocabulary/a/nsuffix.htm

Nikki · 10-21-2006, 10:12 PM

hmm thanks, that's what i was looking for

Taittinger · 10-21-2006, 10:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikki

I have a very hard time knowing which words are masculine/feminine/neuter. I asked her if there were any tricks but I don't think she understood me, she doesn't speak English very well. I know in romance languages o is masuline, a is feminine and there were some other rules as well and no neutral words so it was much easier.

Or as in French, most nouns ending with an "e" are feminine. The neuter in German really complicates things. As far as I remember, there are no general logical rules indicating gender in German. And then add the tenses for sentences, you have a recipe for confusion.

Nikki · 10-21-2006, 10:20 PM

italian was very complicated but at least it had strict rules, i picked it up pretty quickly.

feminine la (la casa)
masculine il (il formaggio)
vowel l' (l'universitat)
masculine beginning with s + consonant or beginning with z (lo spazio, lo zero)
plural feminine le and change last letter to e (le case)
plural masculine i and change last letter to i (i formaggi)

lol on and on there is a lot more

Driv3r · 10-23-2006, 12:05 AM

uhhh, freude am fahren??

tintivilus · 10-23-2006, 10:42 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikki

lol how do you say shut up in German? :P

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Originally Posted by Taittinger

Rühe!

isn't the suitably impolite form something more like "Halts Mal!"?

/been a while

Scarabeo · 10-24-2006, 05:13 PM

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Originally Posted by Nikki

italian was very complicated but at least it had strict rules, i picked it up pretty quickly.

feminine la (la casa)
masculine il (il formaggio)
vowel l' (l'universitat)
masculine beginning with s + consonant or beginning with z (lo spazio, lo zero)
plural feminine le and change last letter to e (le case)
plural masculine i and change last letter to i (i formaggi)

lol on and on there is a lot more

Parli bene l'italiano! Gets a little more complicated with the oddball words: le dita (the fingers)...or gli zii (the uncles)..gender is very hard to keep track of in Italian, especially when you speak another Romance language like Spanish or Portuguese (my three majors)....

shimshimhada · 10-24-2006, 05:19 PM

Nikki, it's Du bist warm.

Nikki · 10-24-2006, 05:26 PM

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Originally Posted by shimshimhada

Nikki, it's Du bist warm.

what is?

shimshimhada · 10-24-2006, 05:27 PM

Nikki · 10-24-2006, 05:28 PM

Lol what is that about?

Nikki · 10-28-2006, 10:55 PM

ok what does z.Z mean???

Belma07 · 11-03-2006, 12:43 AM

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Originally Posted by Nikki

italian was very complicated but at least it had strict rules, i picked it up pretty quickly.

feminine la (la casa)
masculine il (il formaggio)
vowel l' (l'universitat)
masculine beginning with s + consonant or beginning with z (lo spazio, lo zero)
plural feminine le and change last letter to e (le case)
plural masculine i and change last letter to i (i formaggi)

lol on and on there is a lot more

I'm thinking about learning German on my own (no college course). I hear its very difficult. It sounds that way to me....

Dante · 11-03-2006, 02:33 AM

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Rühe!

No, not quite!

Rühe was our last minister of defense.

"Shut up" would be "Halt die Klappe" meaning "Shut your hole".

Nikki: How can I help you? Feel free to ask!

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Nikki Major General 1042 Rep 6,381 Posts Drives: Sepang Z4MC Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: LA iTrader: (9)	I have a very hard time knowing which words are masculine/feminine/neuter. I asked her if there were any tricks but I don't think she understood me, she doesn't speak English very well. I know in romance languages o is masuline, a is feminine and there were some other rules as well and no neutral words so it was much easier. __________________ Nikki
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Nikki Major General 1042 Rep 6,381 Posts Drives: Sepang Z4MC Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: LA iTrader: (9)	italian was very complicated but at least it had strict rules, i picked it up pretty quickly. feminine la (la casa) masculine il (il formaggio) vowel l' (l'universitat) masculine beginning with s + consonant or beginning with z (lo spazio, lo zero) plural feminine le and change last letter to e (le case) plural masculine i and change last letter to i (i formaggi) lol on and on there is a lot more __________________ Nikki
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10-28-2006, 10:55 PM	#42
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