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ClumsyCat

Number of posts: 1649 Age: 20 Location: Measuring her life in LOVE - waiting to embrace her LOVE!!!!!!! House: Alice House YAY^^ Registration date: 2007-08-18
 | Subject: Basic German sayings/ False friends Mon Jun 23, 2008 7:54 am | |
| Yes... well... Here you´ll learn some basic useful sentences: It´ll be like this English - German Hello - Hallo/ Grüß Gott (in southern Germany)/ Moin-Moin (in northern Germany) the last two are dialect Goodbye - Auf Wiedersehen (formal)/ Tschüß (informal) Good afternoon - Guten Tag (NOT Guten Nachmittag) You can also say "Guten Tag" when you meet with somebody you don´t know very well Good evening - Guten Abend Good night - Gute Nacht I - Ich You (singular) - Du (to a friend/ family member)/ Sie (to a stranger/ somebody you don´t know well/ somebody with a higher rank e.g. a teacher) You (plural) - Ihr (to friends/ family members)/ Sie (to strangers etc.) This kind of Sie is always written with a capital "S"He/ she/ it - Er/ sie/ es We - wir They - sie My - mein (m/n) / meine (f) (e.g. "My box of choclates" - "Meine Pralinenschachtel") Your - dein (m/n) /deine (f) (e.g. "Your sister" - "Deine Schwester")/ OR Ihr (m/n) / Ihre (f) (e.g. at work: "Your desk" - "Ihr Schreibtisch") His - sein (m)/ seine (f) Hers - ihr (m/n) / ihre (f) Its - sein (n) A good example for neutral gender is "The girl" - "Das Mädchen". A girl is obviously female but in German grammar is it considered being neutral. So if it´s "The girl lost her bag" - "Das Mädchen verlor seine Tasche". Many Germans would probably say "Das Mädchen verlor ihre Tasche" but that´s actually wrong!)Yes - Ja No - Nein Perhaps/ Maybe - Vielleicht/ Möglicherweise Thank you - Danke sehr (formal)/ Danke _________________ Proud winner of the MOST LIKE EDWARD and MOST LIKELY TO RUN A BOOKSTORE (together with Alu) awards and also very proud to say that SHANA won the CUTEST TA COUPLE award  ~~~~~~~To Hana-chan, the girl I truly love~~~~~~~ I´m Sho, 50% of ShanaThe opposite of war isn´t peace - it´s creation! (Rent)
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ClumsyCat

Number of posts: 1649 Age: 20 Location: Measuring her life in LOVE - waiting to embrace her LOVE!!!!!!! House: Alice House YAY^^ Registration date: 2007-08-18
 | Subject: Re: Basic German sayings/ False friends Mon Jun 23, 2008 9:42 am | |
| Introducing yourself: Hello, my name is... - Hallo, mein Name ist.../ Hallo, ich heiße... I live in... - Ich wohne in... I come from... - Ich komme aus... My hobbies are... - Meine Hobbies sind... _________________ Proud winner of the MOST LIKE EDWARD and MOST LIKELY TO RUN A BOOKSTORE (together with Alu) awards and also very proud to say that SHANA won the CUTEST TA COUPLE award  ~~~~~~~To Hana-chan, the girl I truly love~~~~~~~ I´m Sho, 50% of ShanaThe opposite of war isn´t peace - it´s creation! (Rent) |
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Eternal_Esme

Number of posts: 2672 Age: 16 Location: Wishing you were somehow here again.... :( House: Empathetic Special Motherly Emotional: E.S.M.E Registration date: 2008-06-21
 | Subject: Re: Basic German sayings/ False friends Mon Oct 27, 2008 9:12 am | |
| So... Hallo, mein Name ist Rose! (is that correct?) _________________ "Don't waste your time on me, you're already the voice inside my head... I miss you, I miss you" ~Blink 182 |
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ClumsyCat

Number of posts: 1649 Age: 20 Location: Measuring her life in LOVE - waiting to embrace her LOVE!!!!!!! House: Alice House YAY^^ Registration date: 2007-08-18
 | Subject: Re: Basic German sayings/ False friends Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:18 am | |
| Ja, das ist korrekt^^ (Yes it´s correct^^) _________________ Proud winner of the MOST LIKE EDWARD and MOST LIKELY TO RUN A BOOKSTORE (together with Alu) awards and also very proud to say that SHANA won the CUTEST TA COUPLE award  ~~~~~~~To Hana-chan, the girl I truly love~~~~~~~ I´m Sho, 50% of ShanaThe opposite of war isn´t peace - it´s creation! (Rent) |
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Eternal_Esme

Number of posts: 2672 Age: 16 Location: Wishing you were somehow here again.... :( House: Empathetic Special Motherly Emotional: E.S.M.E Registration date: 2008-06-21
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ClumsyCat

Number of posts: 1649 Age: 20 Location: Measuring her life in LOVE - waiting to embrace her LOVE!!!!!!! House: Alice House YAY^^ Registration date: 2007-08-18
 | Subject: Re: Basic German sayings/ False friends Wed Oct 29, 2008 10:31 am | |
| Hobbies: (it´s "Hobbies" in German as well^^) riding (on horseback) - (ein Pferd) reiten -> horseback would be "Pferderücken" but we don´t say "auf einem Pfrederücken reiten" lol (to ride - reiten) drawing - zeichnen; (to draw - zeichnen) painting - malen; (to paint - malen) singing - singen; (to sing - singen) dancing - tanzen; (to dance - tanzen); (a dance - ein Tanz) writing (short) stories - (Kurz-) Geschichten schreiben; (to write - schreiben) -> you´d write "short stories" like this: Kurzgeschichten climbing - klettern; (to climb - klettern) hiking - wandern; (to hike - wandern) jogging - joggen; (to jog - joggen) Your hobby is not there? Feel free to ask what it is in German^^ |
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Eternal_Esme

Number of posts: 2672 Age: 16 Location: Wishing you were somehow here again.... :( House: Empathetic Special Motherly Emotional: E.S.M.E Registration date: 2008-06-21
 | Subject: Re: Basic German sayings/ False friends Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:06 pm | |
| okay let me try.... Meine Hobbies sind: zeichnen, singen, Geschichten schreiben (where is reading? and giving advice?) _________________ "Don't waste your time on me, you're already the voice inside my head... I miss you, I miss you" ~Blink 182 |
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ClumsyCat

Number of posts: 1649 Age: 20 Location: Measuring her life in LOVE - waiting to embrace her LOVE!!!!!!! House: Alice House YAY^^ Registration date: 2007-08-18
 | Subject: Re: Basic German sayings/ False friends Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:08 pm | |
| ohhhh.... reading - lesen, to read - lesen giving advice - Ratschläge geben, to give - geben; we´d use advice in plural so it´s not Ratschlag but Ratschläge^^ _________________ Proud winner of the MOST LIKE EDWARD and MOST LIKELY TO RUN A BOOKSTORE (together with Alu) awards and also very proud to say that SHANA won the CUTEST TA COUPLE award  ~~~~~~~To Hana-chan, the girl I truly love~~~~~~~ I´m Sho, 50% of ShanaThe opposite of war isn´t peace - it´s creation! (Rent) |
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Eternal_Esme

Number of posts: 2672 Age: 16 Location: Wishing you were somehow here again.... :( House: Empathetic Special Motherly Emotional: E.S.M.E Registration date: 2008-06-21
 | Subject: Re: Basic German sayings/ False friends Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:14 pm | |
| thanks hunni! okay here I go: (tell me if i get anything wrong) Meine Hobbies sind: zeichnen, singen, Geschichten schreiben, lesen, Ratschläge geben. _________________ "Don't waste your time on me, you're already the voice inside my head... I miss you, I miss you" ~Blink 182 |
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ClumsyCat

Number of posts: 1649 Age: 20 Location: Measuring her life in LOVE - waiting to embrace her LOVE!!!!!!! House: Alice House YAY^^ Registration date: 2007-08-18
 | Subject: Re: Basic German sayings/ False friends Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:20 pm | |
| Sehr gut! (Very good) And for me: Mein Name ist Katja Meine Hobbies sind: zeichen, malen, lesen, singen, Geschichten schreiben und Musik hören. listening to music - Musik hören, to listen - hören, zuhören sorry I forgot about that one as well... _________________ Proud winner of the MOST LIKE EDWARD and MOST LIKELY TO RUN A BOOKSTORE (together with Alu) awards and also very proud to say that SHANA won the CUTEST TA COUPLE award  ~~~~~~~To Hana-chan, the girl I truly love~~~~~~~ I´m Sho, 50% of ShanaThe opposite of war isn´t peace - it´s creation! (Rent) |
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Eternal_Esme

Number of posts: 2672 Age: 16 Location: Wishing you were somehow here again.... :( House: Empathetic Special Motherly Emotional: E.S.M.E Registration date: 2008-06-21
 | Subject: Re: Basic German sayings/ False friends Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:23 pm | |
| so thats: drawing, painting, reading, singing, writing stories and listening to music? _________________ "Don't waste your time on me, you're already the voice inside my head... I miss you, I miss you" ~Blink 182 |
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ClumsyCat

Number of posts: 1649 Age: 20 Location: Measuring her life in LOVE - waiting to embrace her LOVE!!!!!!! House: Alice House YAY^^ Registration date: 2007-08-18
 | Subject: Re: Basic German sayings/ False friends Wed Oct 29, 2008 1:33 pm | |
| yupp^^ pretty much^^ and being online - online sein^^ _________________ Proud winner of the MOST LIKE EDWARD and MOST LIKELY TO RUN A BOOKSTORE (together with Alu) awards and also very proud to say that SHANA won the CUTEST TA COUPLE award  ~~~~~~~To Hana-chan, the girl I truly love~~~~~~~ I´m Sho, 50% of ShanaThe opposite of war isn´t peace - it´s creation! (Rent) |
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Eternal_Esme

Number of posts: 2672 Age: 16 Location: Wishing you were somehow here again.... :( House: Empathetic Special Motherly Emotional: E.S.M.E Registration date: 2008-06-21
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ClumsyCat

Number of posts: 1649 Age: 20 Location: Measuring her life in LOVE - waiting to embrace her LOVE!!!!!!! House: Alice House YAY^^ Registration date: 2007-08-18
 | Subject: Re: Basic German sayings/ False friends Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:14 pm | |
| important verbs - Wichtige Verben: to be - sein (above) to walk - laufen I walk - Ich laufe You walk - Du läufst He/ She walks - Er/ Sie läuft We walk - Wir laufen You (pl.) walk - Ihr lauft They walk - Sie (pl.) laufen _________________ Proud winner of the MOST LIKE EDWARD and MOST LIKELY TO RUN A BOOKSTORE (together with Alu) awards and also very proud to say that SHANA won the CUTEST TA COUPLE award  ~~~~~~~To Hana-chan, the girl I truly love~~~~~~~ I´m Sho, 50% of ShanaThe opposite of war isn´t peace - it´s creation! (Rent) |
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Eternal_Esme

Number of posts: 2672 Age: 16 Location: Wishing you were somehow here again.... :( House: Empathetic Special Motherly Emotional: E.S.M.E Registration date: 2008-06-21
 | Subject: Re: Basic German sayings/ False friends Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:22 pm | |
| nice! _________________ "Don't waste your time on me, you're already the voice inside my head... I miss you, I miss you" ~Blink 182 |
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