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Comment on Can Anyone Help Me With Norwegian or German? by Louie the linguist

Louie the linguist — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 23:22:29 +0000

I can help, but first have a look at some of the resources on my website: NorwegianLanguage.info. I suggest you join Norskklassen, too. It’s a Yahoo group which will help you.

Comment on Can Anyone Help Me With Norwegian or German? by monkeyqueen906

monkeyqueen906 — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 16:34:09 +0000

If you have yahoo messenger i can help you for shure!
Lässt so anfangen! that means so lets begin in german!

Comment on Does anyone know any good Afrikaans, South African movies i can download? And some German ones for beginners? by andy f

andy f — Fri, 20 Feb 2009 16:16:32 +0000

A massive list can be found here..

my favourites are: the Gods Must be Crazy and Tsotsi.
hope this helps.

Comment on Know any BAD GERMAN WORDS or PHRASES? by tabun1015

tabun1015 — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 15:45:40 +0000

Fick dich - F*** you
Halt’s Maul - Shut the f*** up
der Scheiss / die Scheisse - s***
der Arsch - a**
die Möse / die Fötze - c**t, p*ssy
die Schlampe / die Sau - b*tch
das Schwein / der Schweinhund - bastard, jerk
das Arschloch - a**hole

Those should satisfy you for now. What AlpineAlli said regarding “du” and “Sie” is also nice to know.

Comment on How do you say ‘Your Welcome’ in German? by Waschzuber

Waschzuber — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 14:24:22 +0000

yep, bitte has many meanings

Comment on How do you say ‘Your Welcome’ in German? by Ste M

Ste M — Thu, 19 Feb 2009 12:33:02 +0000

Bitte, bitte sehr, or bitte schön would be used.
Bitte also means please. “Bitte?” is sometimes used as “Sorry?” is used in English when you don’t understand or haven’t heard someone properly.

Comment on How do you say ‘Your Welcome’ in German? by haggesitze

haggesitze — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 19:02:50 +0000

Yes, “bitte” does mean “please”, but it is still the answer you are looking for.
The conventional answer to “Danke (sehr)” is “Bitte (schön)”

It is short for “Bitte erwähnen Sie (erwähne/ erwähnt) es nicht.”
(= “Please don’t mention it”)

Comment on Know any BAD GERMAN WORDS or PHRASES? by madmatt

madmatt — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 09:06:44 +0000

Germans have always been known as a peaceful and non warlike nation.

here’s a site with lots of German rude word:

Comment on if you speak german? by Masterswot

Masterswot — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 05:00:54 +0000

“Es ist daher nur selbstverständlich, dass sich der Schweizergardist auch in seiner Glaubensauffassung und -praxis als ‘Visitenkarte’ des Heiligen Vaters präsentiert.”

“Therefore it can only be taken for granted that the Swiss Guardsman also presents himself as the Holy Father’s “showpiece” in his opinion on faith and in the practicing of his faith.”

“des Heiligen Vaters” is a genitive, i.e. “the Holy Father’s”.

To find out the case of a part of a sentence in German it’s quite helpful to ask for it:
Wessen Visitenkarte? - des Heiligen Vaters
whose showpiece? - the Holy Father’s

For nominative the question is: wer oder was?
genitive: wessen?
dative: wem?
accusative: wen oder was?

Comment on Know any BAD GERMAN WORDS or PHRASES? by AlpineAlli

AlpineAlli — Sun, 15 Feb 2009 02:49:52 +0000

My neighbour called me “eine unmogliste Frau” once which wasn’t very nice. It means “impossible woman”–I guess it was the tone. Dummkopf and I think Schweinhund work. My kids know some worse words (such as the one immediately above me) but I don’t want or know how to type them.

You can indeed insult someone by calling them “du” instead of “Sie”–BUT you can also insult someone you’re on du-terms with by calling them Sie. Geez this place gets to me. I can only seriously swear in English though.