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    hey its my freshman year and im taking german and i was hoping since i know there is people here from germania if they can put up some usefull phrases i can use and what they mean i already know some basics like wie heiBt du, ich heiBt andrew, machst du spiele, ich bin vierzehn jahre alt just stuff like that so help me please i would aprecciate

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    Quote Originally Posted by Centurion Officer
    hey its my freshman year and im taking german and i was hoping since i know there is people here from germania if they can put up some usefull phrases i can use and what they mean i already know some basics like wie heiBt du, ich heiBt andrew, machst du spiele, ich bin vierzehn jahre alt just stuff like that so help me please i would aprecciate
    Ahem... ,,ich heiße Andrew''.

    ,,Bitte'' and ,,Entschuldigung'' will probably come in handy. Also, ,,Ich bin Ausländer und spreche nicht gut Deutsch''.

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    Congratulation! Excellent choice!!

    Here are some wordes you might find useful:
    Weißwürste
    Breze
    Weißbier
    Eine Halbe bitte! (= Half Liter Bier please!)
    Wie spät ist es? (What time is it?)
    Ich habe Hunger! (I am hungry)

    This link may be helpful: http://dict.leo.org/?lang=en&lp=ende&search=

    If you have any further quastions just ask!

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    Kann Sie englisch sprechen, bitte, ich spreche nicth sehr gut deutsch, danke.
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    That should be "Können Sie bitte Englisch sprechen, ich spreche nicht sehr gut Deutsch".

    But better would be: "Ich lerne Deutsch, bitte sprechen Sie kein Englisch mit mir."

    And here, for memorization, all German possessive pronomina:

    Singular
    mein, meine, meines, meinen, meiner, meinem
    dein, deine, deines, deinen, deiner, deinem
    sein, seine, seines, seinen, seiner, seinem
    ihr, ihre, ihres, ihren, ihrer, ihrem

    Plural
    unser, unsere, unseres, unseren, unserer, unserem
    euer, eure, eures, euren, eurer, eurem
    ihr, ihre, ihres, ihren, ihrer, ihrem

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    "Meine Name ist Roland, ich bin vierzehn Jahre alt. Ich bin ein einiges Kind. Ich habe keine Tiere. Meine Hobbys sind Computer spielen, lesen und die Geschichte." Well that was my German lesson 5 years ago. And today I got 5.2 out of 6 in my exam. Whoopee!
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    Ich bin geil.
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    Quote Originally Posted by King Henry V
    "Meine Name ist Roland, ich bin vierzehn Jahre alt. Ich bin ein einiges Kind. Ich habe keine Tiere. Meine Hobbys sind Computer spielen, lesen und die Geschichte." Well that was my German lesson 5 years ago. And today I got 5.2 out of 6 in my exam. Whoopee!
    Na freili, des häscht joa sehr guat gmocht!

    Seriously: Gratuliere, King Henry! Ich bin zwar selber nicht Deutsch, aber ich lese gerne Deutsche Bücher und Zeitungen und gucke manchmal ZDF und ARD damit ich weiss was los ist bei unseren östlichen Nachbarn. Die Sprache der Dichter und Denker ist mir immer sehr lieb gewesen.
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    Na freili, des häscht joa sehr guat gmocht!

    Seriously: Gratuliere, King Henry! Ich bin zwar selber nicht Deutsch, aber ich lese gerne Deutsche Bücher und Zeitungen und gucke manchmal ZDF und ARD damit ich weiss was los ist bei unseren östlichen Nachbarn. Die Sprache der Dichter und Denker ist mir immer sehr lieb gewesen.
    Ja, meine Oma wohnt in Wien und ich war da fur meinen Sommerferien. Ich habe viele Kriegfilmen gesehen. Sehr viele Kriegfilmen.
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    WHAAAAAA speak english i'm so confused
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    Quote Originally Posted by King Henry V
    Ja, meine Oma wohnt in Wien und ich war da fur meinen Sommerferien. Ich habe viele Kriegfilmen gesehen. Sehr viele Kriegfilmen.
    Vor- oder Nachkriegsfilme?
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    Mmm. I'm not sure if the .org wants me in a thread about German, but you did, in fact, ask for it, though I'm not German... So I will leave this thread, for now.

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    Gott weiß ich will kein Engel sein.

    Guten Tag! Ich heiße Kaiser und ich bin Fünfsehn Jarhe alt. Ich komme aus New Jersey, und ich wohne in der nahe von Philidelphia. Ich hat zwei Katze, ihr heißt Midnight und Rommel. Ich hätte zwei Jahre Deutscheunterricht schon, aber ich habe Deutsche Drei. Mein schule ist sehr klein, wir haben nur 3,000 studenten! Ich habe gut noten auf Schule, und ich bin in der Debate-Team, Mock Trial, SADD, und Jungrepublicans. Mein leiblingsklasse ist Geschichte, und Ich liebe Deutsch und Englisch auch. Ich will in der Amerikanische Luftwaffe arbeiten, oder ich will ein Politician sein. Ich bin Konservative, und meine familie ist on der Linke. Ich habe veile Freunden, aber ich bin immer allein. Mein leiblingsband ist Lynyrd Skynyrd, und ich finde Rammstein und Megaherz spitze auch. Meine familie kommt aus Österreich und Ostpommern, und ich hab' familie von Italia und Ireland auch. Ich leibe Pizza und Weißwurst, und ich trinke Weißbier gern. München ist mein lieblingstadt, und ich gehe zu Heidelberg gern auch. Mein Deutsch ist nict so gut, ich lerne daß von meine Großmutti, sie spricht Österreicher-Steyermarker Deutsch. Es tut mir leid.

    German patrons, feel free to rip this apart. As I said, I'm not from Germany and my german sucks.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
    Gott weiß ich will kein Engel sein.

    Guten Tag! Ich heiße Kaiser und ich bin Fünfsehn Jarhe alt. Ich komme aus New Jersey, und ich wohne in der nahe von Philidelphia. Ich hat zwei Katze, ihr heißt Midnight und Rommel. Ich hätte zwei Jahre Deutscheunterricht schon, aber ich habe Deutsche Drei. Mein schule ist sehr klein, wir haben nur 3,000 studenten! Ich habe gut noten auf Schule, und ich bin in der Debate-Team, Mock Trial, SADD, und Jungrepublicans. Mein leiblingsklasse ist Geschichte, und Ich liebe Deutsch und Englisch auch. Ich will in der Amerikanische Luftwaffe arbeiten, oder ich will ein Politician sein. Ich bin Konservative, und meine familie ist on der Linke. Ich habe veile Freunden, aber ich bin immer allein. Mein leiblingsband ist Lynyrd Skynyrd, und ich finde Rammstein und Megaherz spitze auch. Meine familie kommt aus Österreich und Ostpommern, und ich hab' familie von Italia und Ireland auch. Ich leibe Pizza und Weißwurst, und ich trinke Weißbier gern. München ist mein lieblingstadt, und ich gehe zu Heidelberg gern auch. Mein Deutsch ist nict so gut, ich lerne daß von meine Großmutti, sie spricht Österreicher-Steyermarker Deutsch. Es tut mir leid.

    German patrons, feel free to rip this apart. As I said, I'm not from Germany and my german sucks.
    No man, that was excellent! For someone who has had only two years of German that is very, very good!If you can use expressions like 'finde ich Spitze!', then you are really learning German.
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    Quote Originally Posted by AdrianII
    No man, that was excellent! For someone who has had only two years of German that is very, very good!If you can use expressions like 'finde ich Spitze!', then you are really learning German.
    Thanks man, the trip to germany and all those old WWII speeches I listen to really come in handy. I can't roll my rs though, that would make me sound sinister

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
    Thanks man, the trip to germany and all those old WWII speeches I listen to really come in handy. I can't roll my rs though, that would make me sound sinister
    Little things like that show that you are really getting the hang of it.

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    Fick(en) is always a nice help, especially if you stub your toe on a Nurnberg (no accent keys on this keyboard, sorry) cobblestone, or if they give you the wrong beer in a Berlin restaurant (happened once)
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    German is not that hard to understand.

    I have never studied it, except a few words my nan has shouted at me , and I can understand most of what Kaiser said.

    If somebody was speaking it then I would have problems.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
    Gott weiß ich will kein Engel sein.

    Guten Tag! Ich heiße Kaiser und ich bin Fünfsehn Jarhe alt. Ich komme aus New Jersey, und ich wohne in der nahe von Philidelphia. Ich hat zwei Katze, ihr heißt Midnight und Rommel. Ich hätte zwei Jahre Deutscheunterricht schon, aber ich habe Deutsche Drei. Mein schule ist sehr klein, wir haben nur 3,000 studenten! Ich habe gut noten auf Schule, und ich bin in der Debate-Team, Mock Trial, SADD, und Jungrepublicans. Mein leiblingsklasse ist Geschichte, und Ich liebe Deutsch und Englisch auch. Ich will in der Amerikanische Luftwaffe arbeiten, oder ich will ein Politician sein. Ich bin Konservative, und meine familie ist on der Linke. Ich habe veile Freunden, aber ich bin immer allein. Mein leiblingsband ist Lynyrd Skynyrd, und ich finde Rammstein und Megaherz spitze auch. Meine familie kommt aus Österreich und Ostpommern, und ich hab' familie von Italia und Ireland auch. Ich leibe Pizza und Weißwurst, und ich trinke Weißbier gern. München ist mein lieblingstadt, und ich gehe zu Heidelberg gern auch. Mein Deutsch ist nict so gut, ich lerne daß von meine Großmutti, sie spricht Österreicher-Steyermarker Deutsch. Es tut mir leid.

    German patrons, feel free to rip this apart. As I said, I'm not from Germany and my german sucks.
    How did your family feel about Rommel the cat?

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    Quote Originally Posted by evil_maniac from mars
    How did your family feel about Rommel the cat?
    They call her Lina, I call her Rommel (she has like a desert camo fur pattern, it's cute)

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    A couple from school - but my spelling is dodgy on this...

    "Ich habe keine verstanden." (I have no understanding, favourite phrase) und "Kann ich ihnen helfen?" ( can i help you? but more polite than du). and "enshuldigung, bitte". (excuse me, please).

    Watch the genders if you are a native english speaker, der/die/das tripped me up (I didn't realise till too late I needed to know this as well as the actual words) so I ended up using them randomly in my written german essays... unsurprisingly the only exam in my life I've ever failed...
    The scary thing about leaving the Org for a while and then coming back is the exponential growth of "gah!" on your return...

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    Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
    They call her Lina, I call her Rommel (she has like a desert camo fur pattern, it's cute)
    Awesome. My cat's name is Tora (apparantly Tiger in Japanese, and she has claws like one too).

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    What would Rommel think of all this.

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    Ach, ja. I forgot "Wo ist der Klo?"

    Kaiser, your German's pretty sharp, but the conjugations are killing you. It'll come with time. Is there anyone you know with whom you can practice?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NeonGod
    Ach, ja. I forgot "Wo ist der Klo?"

    Kaiser, your German's pretty sharp, but the conjugations are killing you. It'll come with time. Is there anyone you know with whom you can practice?
    i ramble off in german alot, it helps my pronunciation and all. Also my granny speaks pretty good german (though it's Austrian-German so it's scarcely understandable). I plan on finishing up German 4 next year and then taking German in collage, then maybe living in Germany for a few years or so.

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    German 4? I only took German 2...maybe the programs here are more comprehensive.

    So you're not really a Pennsylvania German?

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    Quote Originally Posted by NeonGod
    German 4? I only took German 2...maybe the programs here are more comprehensive.

    So you're not really a Pennsylvania German?
    I'm in German 3 right now. I've completed German 2. I will finish German 4 before I die.

    No I'm not, I'm not even from PA (I just live here)

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    Huh. I remember thinking, "Oh, that makes sense," when I read that you were from PA. Plenty of Germans around there.

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    Quote Originally Posted by NeonGod
    Huh. I remember thinking, "Oh, that makes sense," when I read that you were from PA. Plenty of Germans around there.
    I'm half German, by blood though. 4/8ths Prussian and 1/8th Austrian.

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    thanks for all the help this is useful

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