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

Thank you. Who knows, maybe when it all starts flooding back (heh yeah right...) I'll be able to converse fully in german! Or maybe that's a bit ambitious....

Who knows indeed!

It's a lovely day today - sun shining, birds singing, me stuck in an office.

Some more phrases:

Are you happy? Sind Sie glücklich?
It is a nice day. Es ist ein schöner Tag.
The Sun is shining. Die Sonne scheint.
There are no clouds in the sky. Es gibt keine Wolken im Himmel.
I am worried about socks. Ich werde um Socken gesorgt.
Life is beautiful. das Leben ist schön.
I wonder where the bus is? It is late, again. Ich wundere mich, wo der
Bus ist? Er ist, wieder spät.
Oh no, not beef again! O nein, nicht Rindfleisch wieder!
Strange, I thought Paris was in France. Merkwürdig, dachte ich, daß
Paris in Frankreich war.
When is your birthday? Wann ist Ihr Geburtstag?
Excuse me, is that your leg? Entschuldigen Sie mich, ist daß Ihr Bein?
I'm sorry, I thought you were a train station. Ich bin, ich dachte
traurig, daß Sie eine Zugstation waren.

A few more phrases there. Some are nonsense admittedly but they do show how the sentence structure works.

I will do more when I can.

As they say - "later".

Ich habe meine geburtstag am ein und dreitsen Oktober. Ich can die nummern nicht schreiben sehr gut.
Ich esse keinen fleisch, ich bin ein (vegetarian)... I have no idea what that is in german!
That was very good for sentence structure, thank you
Wie gehts sie heute?
Dies sonne scheint und es ist ein schonner tag

Hallo,

Ich bin gut heute, danke. Wie geht es Ihnen? (How are you?)
Vegetarian in German is Vegetarier.

It is a wonderful Spring day. I wish I was at home rather than in the office.
(Es ist ein wundervoller Frühlingstag. Ich wünsche, daß ich zu Hause anstatt im Büro war.)

Some more phrases,

There was this dog called Fred. Es gab diesen Hund, der Fred genannt wurde.
When it rains, I have to use an umbrella. Wenn es regnet, muß ich einen Regenschirm benutzen.
He's a bit small, isn't he? Er ist eine kleine Spitze, ist er nicht?
Is that a newspaper? Ist die eine Zeitung?
Sorry, I don't eat meat. I am a vegetarian. Entschuldigung! Esse ich nicht Fleisch. Ich bin ein Vegetarier.
Welcome to my website. I hope you like it. Willkommen zu meinem Website. Ich hoffe, daß Sie es mögen.

das war sehr komisch Ich habe viele work zu machen. (?)
Also ich muss zu hause gehen.
Tchuss...
I have no idea whether or not that makes sense....

Yes it makes sense

No time now to do anymore phrases but I'll pop some more on tomorrow.



PS. It's Tschüss (or Tschuess).

Ok whoops... That's one of me problems, I can quite often remember the words, but not how to spell them and my computer doesn't seem to have any cpacity for inserting correct umlauts (sp?)
I can't remember what work is in german... As in the essay type work...

Ich studiert chemi. Would that be I study chemistry?
Hope you are well and happy

Ja bin ich wohl und glücklich.

Ich hoffe, daß Sie außerdem sind. (I hope you are as well.

Ich studiere Chemie. (I study chemistry).

I expect you already know this, but if you can't do umlauts, then you can write things this way: Fröse = Froese.

Some more phrases:

Where's the tea? Wo ist der Tee?
Is that the exit? Ist der der Ausgang?
I dream in colour. Ich träume in der Farbe.
Life copies art. Das Leben kopiert kunst.
The only truth is art. Die einzige Wahrheit ist kunst!
Science is the spring of all knowledge. Wissenschaft ist der Quelle
alles Wissens.
Chemistry is difficult. Chemie ist schwierig.
Have you seen my dog? Haben Sie meinen Hund gesehen?

A few more phrases to get your teeth into! Since I can only do this at work and not at home I shan't be able to do anymore until Monday . Still, never mind.

Tschüss

Oh yes! If you use windows you can get umlauts the following way:

ä = press alt+0228 (on the little numeric keypad on the righthand side of the keyboard).
ë = alt+0235
ï = alt+0239
ö = alt+0246
ü = alt+0252
keeping alt pressed down whilst typing the number.

Viele dank herr Wulfric Ich kann meine sonnenbrille nicht (wear) heute. Es ist sehr wolkenlisch (?) am morgen.
Ich hoffe das Ihren wokenende wunderbar ist
Tchüss

Hello Siren,

A few corrections!

Weekend is Wochenende. Cloudy is bewölkt.

Ich hoffe, daß Sie ein nettes und entspannendes Wochenende auch haben.

(I hope you have a nice and relaxing weekend too.)

See what I mean about poor spelling?
Thank you
Be well and if it's sunny, take it easy
Siren

Don't worry about spelling mistakes - after all these years of writing German I still make loads of mistakes - spelling and grammatical!

Mit Zeit verbessern Sie. (With time you will improve)

Even if it's not sunny I shall still take it easy . I'm hoping that this will be our first free weekend without any visits/shopping/needing to go anywhere. Vermutlich seien Sie nicht wie das obgleich! (Probably won't be like that though.)

Wulfric

Hmmm, I'm sure if die sonne scheint, keine kaufe mussen sie machen.
I couldn't figure out how to try and say, if it's sunny I'm sure you could easily use persuasive techniques to stay out in the garden / down the beach / park lounging in the sun with a G+T / beer and listen to the radio or read
Better get some work done.
Have a great weekend.
Siren
(in the sun )

Logging off for the weekend now - have a nice weekend. Speaks next week

Wulfric

Gutenmorgen,

Hatten Sie ein nettes Wochenende? Ich hoffe, daß es nett und Entspannen war.

(Did you have a nice weekend? I hope if was nice and relaxing.)

Wir gingen bis zu Cambridge. Fand eine nette kleine Pub auf dem Fluß und trank Bier. Dann gingen wir einkaufen.

(We went to Cambridge. Found a nice little pub by the river and drank beer. Then we went shopping.)

Später...

(More later...)

Wulfric

Halo,
Ja meine wochenende war gut danke. Ich habe "Signs" und "The Hunchback of Notre Dame" ge-watched....
Ich weiss es ist enie kinde movie, aber es war sehr gut.
Sounds like you had a great weekend. I was going to go to St.Fagans, I don't know if you've heard of it, it's an open air museum of welsh life. The people who run if have collected old ruins of houses from all over wales at different times and reconstructed them in the museum. It covers acres and is very pretty. (schön?)

Wie gehen sie am morgen?

Hallo.

A few tips: watched is fernsehen (on TV that it.)

I haven't heard of St.Fagans, I'm afraid. But it sounds like an interesting place. I take it you didn't go? (I WAS going to go...).

I couldn't make out you last sentence.
Wie gehen sie am morgen? translates as "How do they go to tomorrow?"

Could you clarify, please?

No I didn't get to go, unfortunately.... Just too plain lazy nevermind...
My last sentence was me not concentrating, it's still too early for me... Ugh.
I was trying to say how are you this morning? But my gehts turned into a gehen for some bizarre reason... I just wasn't paying attention. OOoopsie... Heh
I feel so stooopid...