Advanced German lesson

[bea]

 

[eSGEe]

well that is FUN!

 

[Sérgio]

Bea, ich kann Deutsch (eigentlich, so so, mein Deutsch ist ganz verrostet, aber ich habe es gelernt und sprach es ganz fliessend ein paar Jahre zuvor), und ich wusste nicht dass Wirtschaft bedeutet auch "pub", "Kneipe" oder so was... Sagt man das oft da oder ist es selten benutzt?

 

[Inspector #20]

Ha! I remember learning German and being told, "If it's hot, do not say "Ich Bin Heiß," (I am hot) because that means you are Gay...."

Also, 'Blau' is the name for the color blue, but if you say "Ich Bin Blau," it means I am drunk...

 

[bea]

Wirtschaft bedeutet auch "pub", "Kneipe" oder so was... Sagt man das oft da oder ist es selten benutzt?

Wirtschaft ist ein sehr gängiger Begriff für eine Kneipe, eigentlich eher für ein einfaches Restaurant.

 

[bea]

"Ich Bin Heiß," (I am hot) because that means you are Gay...."

Gay is "warm", not hot. Hot is a girl or woman who makes men mad. Including Suzie Quattro in her younger days. BTW, if it is hot, You mighjt say, "mir ist heiß" or better (in settings not too noble) "Puh, was für ne Affenhitze"

 

[Inspector #20]

Wirtschaft ist ein sehr gängiger Begriff für eine Kneipe, eigentlich eher für ein einfaches Restaurant.

Und lassen sie mich nicht einmal anfangen, mit all den problemen zu reden, die sie über würstchen reden ...

 

[Chubbles]

This is the only German I know...

 

[Don O]

In English, punctuation plays a big role. For example:

Let’s eat, grandma.

Vs.

Let’s eat grandma.

 

[Sérgio]

In English, punctuation plays a big role. For example:

Let’s eat, grandma.

Vs.

Let’s eat grandma.

That’s f’d up, man! Lol

 

[Sérgio]

Wirtschaft ist ein sehr gängiger Begriff für eine Kneipe, eigentlich eher für ein einfaches Restaurant.

Witzig, das hatte ich noch nie gehört... Danke!

 

[gasket]

In English, punctuation plays a big role. For example:

Let’s eat, grandma.

Vs.

Let’s eat grandma.

TTR forum members (generally) are very bad at using punctuation. I often read posts a second or third time to understand what the member is attempting to get across. Your "eat grandma" example of punctuation usage should be a lesson for all.

 

[Gahr]

I did German for five years in school (middle/secondary and high school). I can still read it fairly well (depending on the subject). And if I concentrate a bit, I understand most of it when I listen to it. But I am mad at myself for not keeping up my own spoken German. My grammar is all over the place, and my vocabulary is very rusty. Thankfully a lot of words are the same or similar in German and Norwegian, so it’s not completely gone. I’m kind of the same with Dutch. I can read it pretty well, but can’t speak much. And understanding spoken Dutch is quite hard.

 

[Chubbles]

My schools only offered spanish.

These days, I only use my cell phone for the internet. Auto correct is not perfect. That's my only excuse for poor grammar. That and I'm lazy.

 

[Gahr]

This is the only German I know...

That was a HUGE hit here as well.

This one (which I guess Bea will know) was a hit among my friends in my student days. I shared a flat with a friend who studied German and had worked at a university in Berlin. He had brought home quite a bit of German music, but this was the one song we used to play at parties all the time.

 

[bea]

Mhmm, i rather know:

And that - i hope You understand the text of the intro

 

[Sérgio]

I did German for five years in school (middle/secondary and high school). I can still read it fairly well (depending on the subject). And if I concentrate a bit, I understand most of it when I listen to it. But I am mad at myself for not keeping up my own spoken German. My grammar is all over the place, and my vocabulary is very rusty. Thankfully a lot of words are the same or similar in German and Norwegian, so it’s not completely gone. I’m kind of the same with Dutch. I can read it pretty well, but can’t speak much. And understanding spoken Dutch is quite hard.

I studied German at the university and spoke it quite fluently, but that was 18 years ago. I’m very rusty, though I still understand it well.

Being a native Portuguese speaker, Dutch is very hard to figure out to me, even though I know some German. It sounds like a mix of German and English spoken with a strong French accent by someone with a potato in his mouth

 

[Gahr]

I studied German at the university and spoke it quite fluently, but that was 18 years ago. I’m very rusty, though I still understand it well.

Being a native Portuguese speaker, Dutch is very hard to figure out to me, even though I know some German. It sounds like a mix of German and English spoken with a strong French accent by someone with a potato in his mouth

Haha, good description. If you know German and English, Dutch is pretty easy to read, but heari g it is a different matter... Dtch and Flemish people seem to speak really fast. However, agaim, if you know German and English, it isn’t that hard to nail a decent accent. I did a couple of beginners Dutch courses at an open university about 15 years ago, but I have definitely not kept it up. When I retire I will pick it up again.

 

[smitty_p]

TTR forum members (generally) are very bad at using punctuation. I often read posts a second or third time to understand what the member is attempting to get across.

I usually just give up.

 

[CabanaBoy]

That's funny, man...