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Nicole Floyd
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 4:30 pm
Post subject: German to English |
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Are there any tips to give German speakers to learn English.
Dont get me wrong. I am American learning German. I would like tips on
this also. I seem to only understand Austrian, whom I gather only speak
"high" german.
Lava
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Weatherlawyer
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:27 pm
Post subject: Re: German to English |
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Nicole Floyd wrote:
| Quote: | Are there any tips to give German speakers to learn English.
How about: |
"Hurry up!"? |
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 8:52 pm
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Nicole Floyd wrote:
| Quote: | Are there any tips to give German speakers to learn English.
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Arnold worked hard on "vine", "wine", "fine".
"The vine made fine wine." "The fine wine vine .."
"A fine vine produces fine wine." usw.
GFH
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Weatherlawyer
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| Posted: Mon Nov 07, 2005 10:25 pm
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georgeh@ankerstein.org wrote:
| Quote: | Nicole Floyd wrote:
Are there any tips to give German speakers to learn English.
Arnold worked hard on "vine", "wine", "fine".
"The vine made fine wine." "The fine wine vine .."
"A fine vine produces fine wine." usw.
It ist "wine" "vine" schwein! |
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Wed Nov 09, 2005 4:42 am
Post subject: Re: German to English |
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Nicole Floyd wrote:
| Quote: | Are there any tips to give German speakers to learn English.
Dont get me wrong. I am American learning German. I would like tips
on this also. I seem to only understand Austrian, whom I gather only
speak "high" german.
Lava
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~ Word order.
~ 'When I see him' does not equal 'If I see him'.
~ 'so called' doesn't translate whatever it is: 'so benamt'? - they
want something like 'what is known as' - *"I live in the so-called
Black Forest".
~ Misuse of present continuous *'I am coming from Bavaria'.
~ Fortis/voiced use of some consonents *'I am comink from Bavaria'.
Not that these are tips, but they're common problems. For the full
dope see Swan & Smith 'Learner English'.
DC. Actually 'don't patronise your teacher' would be a really good
tip, especially for Austrians... |
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The Grammer Genious
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| Posted: Thu Nov 10, 2005 8:01 am
Post subject: Re: German to English |
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Nicole Floyd <lava20@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:I8Fbf.653$c_1.265@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
| Quote: | ...> I seem to only understand Austrian, whom I gather only speak
"high" german.
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....WHO I gather only speak "high" german. |
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Django Cat
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:10 am
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The Grammer Genious wrote:
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Nicole Floyd <lava20@rocketmail.com> wrote in message
news:I8Fbf.653$c_1.265@newsread3.news.pas.earthlink.net...
...> I seem to only understand Austrian, whom I gather only speak
"high" german.
...WHO I gather only speak "high" german.
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Austria's in the Alps, innit? Gor.
DC |
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The Grammer Genious
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| Posted: Fri Nov 11, 2005 4:42 am
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Django Cat <nospam@please> wrote
| Quote: | Austria's in the Alps, innit? Gor.
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Some of them. |
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