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Post 1

Bagpuss

Hallo, Wir beide Deutsch sprechen und wir finden deine Worterbuch ziemlich langweilig.

You need a few really relivant phrases that will impress the Germans and make them accept you as a native speaker.

zum Beispiel;

Ein Ende ist nicht abzusehen
an end is not in sight.

Es muss wohl als eine Zeiterscheinung betrachtet werden.
It ought to be seen as a conteporary phenomenon.

and to make sure they know you are english and proud of it, here are some english related useful phrases.

Demokratie, so sagte einmal ein englischer Schriftsteller, sei wie ein Floss in bewegter See. Es konne nicht untergehen aber man habe standig nasse Fusse.

An english writer once said that democrasy is like a raft sea - it can not sink, but one always has wet feet.

In Krisenzeiten trinken wir gelassen unseren Tee.

In times of crisis we sit calmly drinking our tea.


High German (Hoch Deutsche)

Post 2

Fluff McFluffy a.k.a Fluffy the Vampire Slayer

I completly agree with this, although that is probably because I'm the one who typed it. However it is not only important to know of these useful phases, we must also be able to remember them.
This is a way of remembering one German verb;

Once apon a time, there was a bee. This bee was, as all bees are, very small and not very strong, but this particular bee was so small the he was onl a be. Now this 'be' didn't like being weak and was quite upset about so, one day, he made a decision and joined the local gym. He started to work on his upperbody strength by lifting weights, however what with him only being half a bee and the weights being several times his actual size he had to strain really hard and his tiny 'be' muscles were under a lot of stress and he felt quite ill, sick even.
So whenever you hear the pained crys of a be - toning (his muscles) think
: sich betonen - to stress (or emphasize)


Hääää?

Post 3

genfinch ((1*3)-1-1)*(6*7)=42

i just don´t get it. Although I am German. Help.


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Post 4

Monsignore Pizzafunghi Bosselese

ich hab's kapiert smiley - smiley

Das ist eine Eselsbrücke, um sich das Verb "betonen" zu merken. Die Biene war so klein, daß sie nur eine 'Bie' bzw. 'be' gewesen ist, und ihre Muskeln 'tonen' mußte. Ich finds hübsch!


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Post 5

You can call me TC

Ist aber etwas mühsam, gebe ich zu.

Das Wort "Betonung" kennt man ja eh, wenn man schon so weit ist mit Deutsch, in Bezug auf Aussprache, also ist die Ableitung eigentllich einfacher als die Eselsbrücke. Für English braucht man eher so was.


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Post 6

genfinch ((1*3)-1-1)*(6*7)=42

Wo wir grad dabei sind, weiß eigentlich irgendwer hier, ob es ein englisches Wort für Eselsbrücke gibt?


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Post 7

You can call me TC

mnemonic


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