Learning German..

12/17/2007 04:28 OblivionMage#1
Well,
My family is pretty much all from Germany (or England) and although many of my grandparents speak German I cannot :(.

I am taking German lessons next semester, but was wondering if there was a good way that I could learn to at least type it/read it from the computer? I have heard that using google translator and flipping through the German-English then trying to respond in German is a good way to learn. Anyone have suggestions? Thoughts?


Cheers & Gutenacht
12/17/2007 08:13 mRs#2
wtf go to your family oO
12/17/2007 13:13 nickzulang#3
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Its a good translator for words, better then google^^
12/17/2007 13:22 invisible#4
You may want to visit this Site:
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There you should find all the Stuff you need to master German, or at least understand it ;)

so far~
12/18/2007 17:16 ushon#5
u should just speak/write in german.
exercise is the best way to learn.
make some german friends and speak with them. it aint so tough.
but i guess the grammatic will be horrible :)
12/18/2007 22:12 X-Matrix#6
How are you? Means:"Ich möchte deine Brötchen greifen?"
12/18/2007 22:56 -kitschi-#7
Good morning! means: "Für fünf mücken"
12/18/2007 23:46 S.A.L.O.M.O.N.#8
wie assi kann man eigentlich sein , lasst das gefälligst
12/19/2007 00:28 Screeny#9
Hello : Hallo
Bye : Tschüss
How are you : Wie geht es dir
I have a Question : Ich habe eine Frage
I would like to learn German : Ich würde gerne Deutsch lernen.
I'll go to my warm bed now : Ich werde nun in mein warmes Bett gehen.

Cya have fun learning German

Akkusativ,Dattiv, -.- ich kann den scheiß jetz noch ned xD
12/19/2007 05:20 OblivionMage#10
Thanks alot for the translator and the resource site, they should be very useful. I must admit how terrifying is when an admin (or co-admin) says something that you cannot begin to guess at, other then 'das' can mean 'the'. Here is what I came up with;
Quote:
wie assi kann man eigentlich sein , lasst das gefälligst
-'wie' seems to be 'as', or 'how'
-'assi' I have no clue about, I heard that it is an abbreviation for 'assistant' but that is english..
-'kann' seems to be a word that, when used with other words, can mean 'can' or 'cannot'
-'man' = you, or at least it can be
-'eigentlich' = actually, infact
-'sein' = his, or its
-'lasst' = Lets, or lets go
-'das' = the/who/which
-'gefälligst' = kindly

So that would be;
As ___ can you his, lets which kindly?
On another site I got; as assi one can actually be, leaves kindly

What does assi mean :/
12/19/2007 06:27 -kitschi-#11
Asozial
12/19/2007 12:37 Jack's Smirking Revenge#12
Anti-social, in this case failing @ being funny.
Forum trolls everywhere.

Since it's rather a rhetorical question, translating it won't help you to get his point.
12/19/2007 17:36 ushon#13
well lets start with the basic....
there are 3 basic types of words
"subjekt" "prädikat" and "objekt"
subjekt is the person ur talking about, for example. "he" or "dog". "prädikat" are verbs. like "gehen" or "sprechen". and objekt are things like "home" or "bone"
the wordorder is like "S" "P" "O" in example: "ich gehe nach hause".that means: i go home, but im not sure about "nach" which is "to", since its a word only germans need. thats cuz u cant say "ich gehe hause".
so now u know the basic wordorder. now learn the basic verbs. and learn how to bend them.
in example:
"ich gehe" i go
"du gehst" u go
"er/sie/es geht" he she it goes
"wir gehen" we go
"ihr geht" u go
"sie gehen" they go

ok thats it for now.
please dont start learning what i said before any other german agreed with me.

ps: "wie assi kann man eigentlich sein , lasst das gefälligst" means "ur such jerks, stop that".