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#1 2011-06-06 20:10:20
German
As some of you may know, I am trying to learn German by myself- not German school or any German classes (yet. I may do it in highschool)
I can now pretty much form a bunch a sentences. But I'll need some people who are fluent or just pretty decent in German to help me.
Can you tell me if these sentences make sense? If not, please correct my grammar, spelling, capitalization, gender or whatever.
Haben sie Rot Apfel? (Do you have a red apple?)
Ich habbe Blau Luftballon. (I have a blue balloon.)
Ich mochte ein Katze. (I would like a cat.)
Ich bin gehen auf Berlin. (I am going to Berlin.)
Ich kann Deutsche sprechen. (I can speak German.)
Ich liebe auf studiere die Kunst. (I love studying Art.)
Du bist sehr gut bei sprechen Deustche. (You are very good at speaking German.)
Du Ißt drei Ire. (You eat three eggs.)
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#2 2011-06-06 20:18:05
Re: German
some of them dont.
in german, you never put two verbs right next to eachother.
like you said this:
Ich bin gehen auf Berlin
what you actually do is put the linking/ helping verb there and put the second verb and the end of the sentence and revert it back to dictionary form:
Ich bin auf Berlin gehen
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#3 2011-06-06 20:20:58
- bananaman114
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Re: German
I only know:
Ich Liebe Dich (Freund) Auch.
the sun still shines
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#4 2011-06-06 21:53:52
- gettysburg11
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Re: German
Don't capitalize the colors, and Katze is a die word, so ein would change to eine.
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#5 2011-06-06 21:58:18
Re: German
Go try posting on the german forums. Just email me some stuff and I can get my dad to check it over. I went to a german school in grade 1 or 2 and santa came and threw hard candy at the students. Im switching from french to german in grade 10. We'll uave to use german in GChat. Bayern munich ftw. My german uncle might get me a bayern munich shirt when he comes in a couple of weeks.
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#7 2011-06-06 22:02:58
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Re: German
wiimaster wrote:
gettysburg11 wrote:
Don't capitalize the colors, and Katze is a die word, so ein would change to eine.
How can I tell what words are Die Der or Das?
A lot of the time, you'll probably have to look it up. Do you have a German-English dictionary? If you don't, you should get one. If you do, in front of the words in the German section, it should say m, f, or nt. M means it's a der word, f means it's a die word, and nt means it's a das word.
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#9 2011-06-06 22:03:49
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wiimaster wrote:
gettysburg11 wrote:
Don't capitalize the colors, and Katze is a die word, so ein would change to eine.
How can I tell what words are Die Der or Das?
you need to learn it
but males (uncles and dads and whatnot) are der which is masculine
Females are die which is feminine
and hamaphrodites are das which is nueter (that's a joke)
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#10 2011-06-06 22:22:14
Re: German
gettysburg11 wrote:
wiimaster wrote:
gettysburg11 wrote:
Don't capitalize the colors, and Katze is a die word, so ein would change to eine.
How can I tell what words are Die Der or Das?
A lot of the time, you'll probably have to look it up. Do you have a German-English dictionary? If you don't, you should get one. If you do, in front of the words in the German section, it should say m, f, or nt. M means it's a der word, f means it's a die word, and nt means it's a das word.
I do have a dictionary, MrMokey gave it to me as a birthday gift. Thanks!
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#11 2011-06-06 23:05:34
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I noticed a few mistakes here, i.e. the first one should probably be "Haben Sie einen roten Apfel?". The thing is, you have to end adjectives and articles based on the gender and case of the noun, but that's all really advanced stuff.
Here's some tips for genders, among other things:
You just learned how each word is either der, die and das, right? Well, the words for he/she/it are er/sie/es, respectively.
So...
der - er
die - sie
das - es
See the pattern? Makes sense now, right?
You have to end "ein", based on gender too, but it's a lot less obvious:
Masculine: ein
Feminine: eine
Neutral: ein
Furthermore, these can change completely depending on where they are in the sentence, but that comes later. I suggest you try posting on forums for German learners, so you can get a handle on these things quicker. Trust me, it becomes almost second nature once you memorize these little things.
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#12 2011-06-07 01:22:26
Re: German
wiimaster wrote:
As some of you may know, I am trying to learn German by myself- not German school or any German classes (yet. I may do it in highschool)
I can now pretty much form a bunch a sentences. But I'll need some people who are fluent or just pretty decent in German to help me.
Can you tell me if these sentences make sense? If not, please correct my grammar, spelling, capitalization, gender or whatever.
Haben sie einen roten Apfel? (Do you have a red apple?)
Ich habe einen blauen Luftballon. (I have a blue balloon.)
Ich möchte eine Katze. (I would like a cat.)
Ich gehe nach Berlin. (I am going to Berlin.) The progressive form doesn't exist in German.
Ich kann Deutsch sprechen. (I can speak German.)
Ich liebe es, die Kunst zu studieren. (I love studying Art.)
Du kannst sehr gut Deutsch sprechen. (You are very good at speaking German.) In german you can't really use the "to be very good at" form. You have to use "to can ... very good" (... sehr gut können)
Du isst drei [color]Eier[/color]. (You eat three eggs.) The ß is only used if the previous vocal is spoken long.
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#16 2011-06-07 16:03:03
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Re: German
echs wrote:
"Ich bin ein Berliner."
Famous quote from JFK.
Actual traslation: "I am a jelly doughnut."
JFK sure was good with words
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#17 2011-06-07 16:26:44
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Re: German
Guten tag.
...that's all I picked up in our German class 2 years ago. XD
Offending strangers since 2010.
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