Olham 164 Posted February 19, 2010 (edited) What you always wanted to know in the "other side's" language. Please type in above: Jasta [Jagdstaffel] [Luftwaffe] Enjoy! http://www.dict.cc/?s=Jasta+[Jagdstaffel]+[Luftwaffe]&pagenum=1 Edited February 19, 2010 by Olham Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ConradB 0 Posted February 20, 2010 Herr Olham, helfen mir mit mein Deutsch? Sorry, it has been too many years. I have forgotten so much, that a 5 year old has a better grasp than I do. Although when I hear some phrases, I can sometimes pick them out as to what is meant, but it is very difficult anymore. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Olham 164 Posted February 20, 2010 Conrad, don't worry. Deutsch is one of the last languages I would recommend to learn. The grammatics are far too complicated, and then three genders "der, die, das" to make it more complex. Why it should be "der Mond", "die Sonne", but "das Pferd" - I could never explain that. You are much easier with "the moon, the sun, the horse". Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Flyby PC 23 Posted February 20, 2010 A mate of mine was learning Chinese, and told me about a traditional piece of Chinese literature which features a whole page of the word 'sheer', but it still makes complete sense to the reader, (and more sense than a single word repeated). I don't speak chinese, but context and emphasis is apparently very important to understanding it. If you missed the start of a conversation, you often wouldn't understand what they were talking about. He has quite a few languages, but he says Chinese is tough going. I don't speak any German, but I do know a lot of old scots words are very similar to German. Such as kirk and kirche. Coo and Kuh, mair and mehr. If you're interested, this is worth a read... http://www.uni-bielefeld.de/lili/personen/mpaetzold/0203ws/scot/sg01.html Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
ConradB 0 Posted February 20, 2010 Conrad, don't worry. Deutsch is one of the last languages I would recommend to learn. The grammatics are far too complicated, and then three genders "der, die, das" to make it more complex. Why it should be "der Mond", "die Sonne", but "das Pferd" - I could never explain that. You are much easier with "the moon, the sun, the horse". WAS!!!!!!!!! That is blasphemy! Actually, I actually picked it up quick when exposed to it, but I do well with language if I have a basic backround of it. Language comes naturally to me, like it did to my gramma, who spoke english, french, polish, ukrainian, austrian, a smatterring of german, and latin. At the age of 80 she was learning hebrew from the people at the bakery so she could better ask for what she wanted. I was doing the same thing at the Eastern European Market in Denver I would go to. The people there were so impressed with my learning, that every week they would give me 3 or 4 chocolate bars for my kids, and they had them priced at a dollar or more each. But wouldn't include them in the cost. They did have good smoked sturgeon though, and I do miss that. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
