h2g2 The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy: Earth Edition

Ok..... but what does "rule of thumb" mean in English? *confused look*

Rule of thumb is a rule that is always followed.

Oh and I meant shoulder

Kopf! Shultern Knie und Zehen Knie und Zehen Kopf Schultern Knie und Zehen Knie und Zehen und Augen, Ohren, and Mund und Naese Kopf Schultern Knie und Zehen Knie und Zehen!!!!!!!

Head shoulders Knees and toes, knees and toes, head shoulders knees and toes knees and toes and eyes and ears and mouth and nose head shoulders knees and toes knees and toes.

Ah, we had to sing that song in German last year!

That's a song?!?

Indeed it is.

What about the tune? Is it as sophisticated as the lyrics?

It's a children's song with actions where you point to each part in turn. You sing in it nursery school when you're 4.

Now there comes that stupid song into my mind we sang in primary school... well actually it's not even a song, it's rather spoken words ... Do you know it?
"Stand up, sit down, clap, clap, clap" - I think we did that for hours!
This is so insane!!!

Can we learn any German nursery rhymes etc?

Ah! No! Anything but nursery rhymes! *runs around screaming*

what? It's cultural!

I have never attended kindergarten, so I don’t know those stupid rhymes anyway!

"Stand up, sit down, clap clap clap" - that's cultural?

That's it, you're both too insane, I am going to bed.

*rolls over laughing and grabs katkodl*

we're insane! The girl says we're insane! And there were we trying to convince ourselves we arent!

LESSON - IN THE LOONY BIN

das Irrenhaus (die Irrenhäuser) – loony bin (coll.)
die Nervenheilanstalt (die Nervenheilanstalten) – mental home
der Wahnsinnige / die Wahnsinnige (die Wahnsinnigen) – lunatic
der Verrückte / die Verrückte (die Verrückten) – lunatic
der Patient / die Patientin (die Patienten / die Patientinnen) - patient
wahnsinnig – insane
verrückt - insane
die Zwangsjacke (die Zwangsjacken) – straitjacket
der Psychologe / die Psychologin (die Psychologen / die Psychologinnen) – psychologist
der Psychiater / die Psychiaterin (die Psychiater / die Psychiaterinnen) – psychiatrist
der Arzt / die Ärztin (die Ärzte / die Ärztinnen) – doctor
das Krankenhaus (die Krankenhäuser) – hospital
das Spital (die Spitäler) – hospital (Austrian German)
die Krankenschwester (die Krankenschwestern) – nurse
die Tablette (die Tabletten) – tablet


Everybody please form at least 5 sentences with the given information!

Ich will eine Psychiaterin.
I want a psychiatrist.

Ich bin sehr verrückt. Ich bin im Irrenhaus.
I am very insane. I am in the loony bin.

Wo ist die Krankenschwester? Sie hat meine Tabletten.
Where is the nurse? She has my tablets.

*crosses her fingers and hopes she didn't screw anything up*

Ich bin nicht verruecht. Warum setzen Sie mich in diese Zwangsjacke ein?

Mein Psychiater ist sehr häßlich, aber meine Psychologin ist herrlich.

Ich schlucke Tabletten, also toete ich dich nicht.

Katkodl ist eine Wahnsinnige, sie hat von der Irrenhaus entgegangen.

Der verrueckte Psychiater ass seine Patienten für Abendessen.

******

I am not mad. Why are you putting me in this straitjacket?
My psychiatrist is very ugly, but my psychologist is gorgeous.
I swallow tablets so I don't kill you.
Katkodl is a lunatic, she has escaped from the loony bin.
The insane psychiatrist ate his patients for dinner.

Danielle: no mistakes

Katkat:

It’s „verrückt“ instead of „verrücht“

„Warum stecken Sie mich in diese Zwangsjacke?“

„häßlich“ is obsolete – it’s hässlich now (But don’t worry about this one: a lot of German native speakers still write „häßlich“)

I think what you wanted to say is: „Ich schlucke Tabletten damit/sodass ich dich nicht töte.

“Sie ist aus dem Irrenhaus entkommen.”

„Der verrückte Psychiater aß seine Patienten zum Abendessen.“

Don’t worry about the mistakes, you’re making progress!

Katkodl

Yay! No mistakes! *spins around*