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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostEnglish is considerably easier to pick up reasonable fluency than German is. One of the factors is that if you mispronounce an English word to an English person, there's a fair chance they'll understand what they mean. But get your ie/ei the wrong way round, or bungle your umlauts, and they'll look at you blankly. When I said I was having a ski holiday at Davos (standard English pronunciation) they had no idea where I was going - until I say dah-v[oh]s, with the emphasis on the second syllable. Personally I think they do it to annoy.
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English is considerably easier to pick up reasonable fluency than German is. One of the factors is that if you mispronounce an English word to an English person, there's a fair chance they'll understand what they mean. But get your ie/ei the wrong way round, or bungle your umlauts, and they'll look at you blankly. When I said I was having a ski holiday at Davos (standard English pronunciation) they had no idea where I was going - until I say dah-v[oh]s, with the emphasis on the second syllable. Personally I think they do it to annoy.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostOnly -5 and no snow where I am. But skiing in the Black Forest tomorrow.
Dieser isn't good German - you should use heute. Literally "today morning". Der Englische Garten heute morgen
The awful German language.
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostOnly -5 and no snow where I am. But skiing in the Black Forest tomorrow.
Dieser isn't good German - you should use heute. Literally "today morning". Der Englische Garten heute morgen
The awful German language.
Capital 'M' too, remember!
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Originally posted by NotAllThere View PostOnly -5 and no snow where I am. But skiing in the Black Forest tomorrow.
Dieser isn't good German - you should use heute. Literally "today morning". Der Englische Garten heute morgen
The awful German language.
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Only -5 and no snow where I am. But skiing in the Black Forest tomorrow.
Originally posted by VectraMan View PostNominative I think, so dieser Morgen.
The awful German language.
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Originally posted by VectraMan View PostNominative I think, so dieser Morgen.
Taking 2-3 months out of working life this year to study the language. It's beyond irritating now.
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Originally posted by stek View PostMy missus is a fluent German speaker and I well remember her learning nouns with the article - whilst there are some rather flaccid rules you can apply, the proper way is to learn it with the article too.
And its '...diesen Morgen' isn't it?
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Originally posted by VectraMan View Postder Garten.
I think. I spent ages trying to memorize bloody german noun genders; please don't confuse me now.
And its '...diesen Morgen' isn't it?
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