up late doin HW. dont expect to get ANY sleep tonight. ahhhh, the feeling of college. I'm lerne how to function without sleep. and I'm lerne how to German up my words. yay. wir lernen Deutsche in die Klasse!!!
"I'm lerne" should be "I lerne" (or even "ich" instead of I *g*). "I'm lerne" would mean "I am learn". You probably meant to say the equivalent of "I'm learning", but German doesn't have the "-ing" construction.
lol. I know, I was being silly und speaking a mix :P~ I think its funny that German (and co-incidentally, Japanese too) does not have the -ing construction. how do you talk about things that you are currently, have been and will be doing?!?!?! lol. I mean I guess present tense covers most of it but still, it seems like it would make for a lot of confusion. what you do? I learn. now? ya before? ya later? ya
all condensed into present progressive form. whee. although I gotta wonder why we dont have fancy letters for double letters in words...
do German keyboards have Umlauts and Esztets in them? now I'm curious... can you tell I've had coffee? <3 p.s. feel free to nitpick anytime ^__^
how do you talk about things that you are currently, have been and will be doing?!?!?
Well, we use tense markers, for example: "Ich koche gerade." (Gerade = "right now")
For "I've been learning German since last year," we'd say: "Ich lerne seit letztem Jahr Deutsch." It's present tense, indicting that you're doing it now, but "seit letztem Jahr" indicates that you've been doing it for some time already, namely since last year.
Or for "I'll be learning German next year," we'd use Futur 1: "Ich werde nächstes Jahr Deutsch lernen."
do German keyboards have Umlauts and Esztets in them?
Yes, they do :) And it's "Eszetts". We have Ü ü, Ö ö, Ä ä, and ß. For people who don't have keyboards with those, it's perfectly acceptable to write:
T__T oh noes. the thought of many tenses worries me.
aber then. ^__^
I looked it up in my dictionary (lexicon?) and it says that Gerade means 'a straight' or 'just.' also, the dictionary had no pronunciation guide at all... I'm thinking of buying a new dictionary. Then I looked it up online where I found a pronunciation and I think I can say it now XD yay.
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May I nitpick, though? ;)
"I'm lerne" should be "I lerne" (or even "ich" instead of I *g*). "I'm lerne" would mean "I am learn". You probably meant to say the equivalent of "I'm learning", but German doesn't have the "-ing" construction.
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I think its funny that German (and co-incidentally, Japanese too) does not have the -ing construction. how do you talk about things that you are currently, have been and will be doing?!?!?! lol. I mean I guess present tense covers most of it but still, it seems like it would make for a lot of confusion.
what you do?
I learn.
now?
ya
before?
ya
later?
ya
all condensed into present progressive form.
whee. although I gotta wonder why we dont have fancy letters for double letters in words...
do German keyboards have Umlauts and Esztets in them?
now I'm curious...
can you tell I've had coffee?
<3
p.s. feel free to nitpick anytime ^__^
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Well, we use tense markers, for example: "Ich koche gerade." (Gerade = "right now")
For "I've been learning German since last year," we'd say: "Ich lerne seit letztem Jahr Deutsch." It's present tense, indicting that you're doing it now, but "seit letztem Jahr" indicates that you've been doing it for some time already, namely since last year.
Or for "I'll be learning German next year," we'd use Futur 1: "Ich werde nächstes Jahr Deutsch lernen."
do German keyboards have Umlauts and Esztets in them?
Yes, they do :) And it's "Eszetts". We have Ü ü, Ö ö, Ä ä, and ß. For people who don't have keyboards with those, it's perfectly acceptable to write:
ß = ss
ü = ue
ä = ae
ö = oe
Coffee FTW ;)
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how is Gerade pronounced?
Gair-a-day?
I want a funny B key on MY keyboard!!!!
is it easy to tell the difference between the Estzett and the B?
Kaffe ist phantastisch, sondern, schokolade ist besser. Ich wollte schokolade.
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aber then. ^__^
I looked it up in my dictionary (lexicon?) and it says that Gerade means 'a straight' or 'just.' also, the dictionary had no pronunciation guide at all... I'm thinking of buying a new dictionary. Then I looked it up online where I found a pronunciation and I think I can say it now XD yay.
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