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Post by littlesnowflake on May 24, 2008 8:57:15 GMT -5
No, it's always (f), 'John's Gitarre' is still 'die Gitarre'  |
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Post by loraline on May 24, 2008 9:12:36 GMT -5
perhaps a little explanation of german grammar is needed here the article changes with the use of the noun, i.e. the case of the noun. the guitar is nice = die Gitarre ist schön the strings of the guitar = die Saiten der Gitarre with the guitar = mit der Gitarre I have the guitar = Ich habe die Gitarre the possesive pronoun depends on the owner, just like in the english grammar. She has the guitar = Sie hat die Gitarre She has her guitar = Sie hat ihre Gitarre He has her guitar = Er hat ihre Gitarre He has his guitar = Er hat seine Gitarre I have my guitar = Ich habe meine Gitarre |
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Post by littlesnowflake on May 24, 2008 9:18:10 GMT -5
exactly nominative: die genitive: der dative: der (sometimes + preposition) accusative: die |
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Post by lyra on May 24, 2008 10:05:33 GMT -5
'wow! I haven't read the last posts. For me it'll be useful, when I have doubts of my English. And please, when I make a mistake, Tell me!! I have to pass my English exam,and your help will be appreciated. We have time until September |
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Post by loraline on May 24, 2008 10:40:40 GMT -5
any help we can give you will be given just ask away  |
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Post by lyra on May 25, 2008 6:24:31 GMT -5
any help we can give you will be given just ask away Thank you! That's very kind of you. I'll do it |
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Post by kitine on May 28, 2008 17:31:17 GMT -5
How do you say 'Vogel' in Spanish? "Pajaro" (but difficult to explain the phonetic cause "j" in Spanish is a special sound...) I speak Spanish, French, English, Italian and a little bit of Russian ... If you need some more help |
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Post by lyra on May 29, 2008 6:50:00 GMT -5
How do you say 'Vogel' in Spanish? "Pajaro" (but difficult to explain the phonetic cause "j" in Spanish is a special sound...) I speak Spanish, French, English, Italian and a little bit of Russian ... If you need some more help How many languages!!  Pajaro. I'll say that our J is pronounced similar to the H in English. In Spanish, "H" has No sound, is just for writting. But you don't pronounce it. Just en "CH" My little lesson: Isabel : If an English person wants to pronounce right, I'll spell it in English: "E-SA-Bell" (More or less) If you pronounce the I as an I in English,sounds a name completely different. |
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Post by link15 on May 29, 2008 8:46:28 GMT -5
Lyra...you wrote that perfectly. Isabel is pronouced like that in Spanish, and is English it would be Is-a-Bell
I speak spanish, though I don't admit it. If someone asks me a question in English and I hear a Spanish accent in the person asking, I answer in Spanish. Not sure why it happens, it just does.
The Spanish language has some different letters then the English alphabet, so it gets difficult with pronoucing stuff at times.
I am so impressed that not everyone here speaks English as a first language. I wouldn't know at all.
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Post by link15 on May 29, 2008 8:47:23 GMT -5
No, it's always (f), 'John's Gitarre' is still 'die Gitarre' Are you calling John a girl?  So THAT'S why he has a tutu! LOL |
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Post by Jade on May 29, 2008 8:51:27 GMT -5
LOL, Link, but James has also 'die Gitarre' ... and yet he was wearing the trousers... |
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Post by link15 on May 29, 2008 21:55:29 GMT -5
True! LOL...
OK, so I did the Bedlamites challenge tonight and one of the questions were:
The nominitive definite articles in german are:
And I got it RIGHT thanks to you guys......
How do you say:
He is hot? in German?
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Post by gray on May 30, 2008 8:38:36 GMT -5
Link - it means "er ist heiß". Interesting question Hm, I once bought such a set for learning languages yourself.... for Spanish. But I only did the very first chapter. I should try to study a bit more when I have time (summer holidays maybe). |
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Post by loraline on May 30, 2008 8:54:08 GMT -5
He is hot literally means Er ist heiss My german is not good enough to all the expressions, since expressions change from time to time. In german, I would rather say : Er ist spitze, Er is super, Er ist fabelhaft I'm sure our german boardies know the current populair sayings for this so what do they say in german knowadays to point out that a guy is really sexy and great? thnx flakie and gray!! |
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Post by littlesnowflake on May 30, 2008 11:12:08 GMT -5
'Er is heiß' is perfectly okay That's at least what we say here |
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So THAT'S why he has a tutu! LOL
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