German??

**Viking** · 07-21-2008, 23:10

Originally Posted by shlin28

Pah, even I know that:

Sprech Sie (or sie, one of them refers to 'formal' you and the other refers to she, right?

) Deutsch?

(That's how far 3 years of studying German got me

)

Sprechen Sie Deutsch?

Always -en suffix after sie (plural) and Sie (formal).

**Husar** · 07-22-2008, 03:38

Actually "sie" can be female or plural, "Sie" is either formal or the first word of a sentence, for example:

Sie gab mir etwas für Sie. (female then formal)
Sie gab mir etwas für sie. (female and then female or plural)
Sie sind schuld! (formal or plural)
Schuld sind Sie! (formal)
Schuld sind sie! (plural)

Obviously it depends a lot on the context.

**Quid** · 07-22-2008, 23:55

Originally Posted by Evil_Maniac From Mars

I hate to tell you Warman, but what they speak in Switzerland...that ain't German.

You're right, of course! It's far superior!

Quid

**Fragony** · 07-24-2008, 16:08

Originally Posted by Husar

Actually "sie" can be female or plural, "Sie" is either formal or the first word of a sentence, for example:

Sie gab mir etwas für Sie. (female then formal)
Sie gab mir etwas für sie. (female and then female or plural)
Sie sind schuld! (formal or plural)
Schuld sind Sie! (formal)
Schuld sind sie! (plural)

Obviously it depends a lot on the context.

German is so terribly complicated. I think it is the most refined and courtious language there is but it's absolutily insane to learn to really speak it, I can get by and have a conversation in german but it really is impossible for me to really learn it. But I love it anyway, ' mein liebe' ' entschuldigung' 'heimweh' <--- I love this word in particular I don't know why.