Nach oder zu?

[scooterscot]

Eine yummy Pizza zum Mitnehmen bitte.

FTFY

Danke aber nicht, all to often I hear folks say bitte in the middle, warum? Ich weiß nicht.

[scooterscot]

Das gleiche

You've only been in the country five minutes, where's all the knowledge coming from? Are you learning?

Grüß gott

[Dactylion]

That makes good sense to me -

It's all Greek to me

[DirtyDog]

Danke aber nicht, all to often I hear folks say bitte in the middle, warum? Ich weiß nicht.

I'll take your word for it - it's been 20 years since I lived and worked in Germany. I would always have put the bitte at the end of the sentence, though - is it wrong or just uncommon?

[scooterscot]

I'll take your word for it - it's been 20 years since I lived and worked in Germany. I would always have put the bitte at the end of the sentence, though - is it wrong or just uncommon?

Twenty years could come to pass I'd still not know.

These days when I hear people talking I'm thinking oh their speaking English. Then as they get closer I hear it's still Deutsch. It's weird the ear just starts to tune in even though their speaking too fast for me.

[darmstadt]

Getz bin ich richtig meschugge im Kopp von de ganze Gelaber.

[darrylmg]

Twenty years could come to pass I'd still not know.

These days when I hear people talking I'm thinking oh their speaking English. Then as they get closer I hear it's still Deutsch. It's weird the ear just starts to tune in even though their speaking too fast for me.

I tried going to the hairdressers the other day.
Google translate does not work as well as we think it does.
The lady looked a little puzzled by my request when I showed her my phone, but she worked it out.
Best bit of advice, don't ask for a grade 5. Over here (in Germany) it means 5mm, not the number of the thingy on the end of the clippers!

[suityou01]

You've only been in the country five minutes, where's all the knowledge coming from? Are you learning?

Grüß gott

I try and read, listen to and speak a little German every day. I'm currently reading Moby Dick in German

[suityou01]

I tried going to the hairdressers the other day.
Google translate does not work as well as we think it does.
The lady looked a little puzzled by my request when I showed her my phone, but she worked it out.
Best bit of advice, don't ask for a grade 5. Over here (in Germany) it means 5mm, not the number of the thingy on the end of the clippers!

In England grade 5 also means 5mm.

HTH

[scooterscot]

I try and read, listen to and speak a little German every day. I'm currently reading Moby Dick in German

Well done you.