"An educated man can learn english in 30 hours, french in 30 days and german in 30 years"
Mark Twain
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Anonymous2008-07-03 17:14
>>82
Mark Twain was well known for his irrational hate of German. He doesn't count.
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Anonymous2008-07-03 22:54
>>83
Mark Twain loevd German and Germany's culture. Many of his stories even take place in Austria and Germany (such as The Mysterious Stranger). He was also absolutely fluent in it, spoke it like a native in his later years. Saying stuff like that is just his sense of humor.
i read mark twain's rants to calm myself after working myself into a rage with fucking german. i fully understand and sympathise with his (entirely rational) hate of it.
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Anonymous2008-07-06 8:09
>>82 >>83 >>84
I, as a german, recognized that Mark Twain had a kind of love-hate relationship to the german language. He wrote a book about it "The awful german language" and translated within, as an example, the old german atrocity tale book called "The Struwwelpeter".
It's an bilingual edition (english&german).
>>86
Yes, we know what a € sign is thank you very much.
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Anonymous2008-07-06 19:55
So, I want to watch some german movies as a cheap attempt at learning. Any german movie recommendations? I'd be grateful if it has nothing to do with the nazis or the war, cause I'm already sick of those topics. Thanks!
And watching movies isn't a "cheap attempt", really. Unless you actually live in Germany/Austria for a time, I'd say it's even necessary. It's especially useful for pronunciation of course, but also generally to absorb some of the language. I've lost my accent in English by watching Lost.
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Anonymous2008-07-06 23:09
>>91
Wanted to add... Half of Gegen Die Wand is in Turkish, and the German spoken in it isn't always entirely correct.
And if you want to get some more out of it, study a bit of grammar parallel to watching moviez. You won't need to work on your vocab other than looking up words you don't understand, though.
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Anonymous2008-07-07 13:04
>>91
Thanks. Actually my idea is to download the german subtitles and make a list of words to learn before watching the movie. I already know some basic grammar and stuff, but my vocab is seriously lacking. When I thought about doing this, I thought to myself "I am a GENIUS!!!"
I must say it's very satisfying to see my work pay so soon, certainly sooner than with most other types of studying. I recommend it lots!
Is it...
You get a German transcript and then look over it before watching the movie, learning any hard words to heart, and then trying to decipher the movie's pronunciation?
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Anonymous2008-07-08 14:17
>>94
Well, pronunciation is not an issue since I already know the basics for that "ei w v" things etc. It's fairly easy to predict how words are gonna sound. Plus, I watch the movie with the german subtitles.
I don't read the transcript itself because I don't want to spoil the plot. I sort the words alphabetically and then look them up, but yeah, that's basically it.
can somebody suggest some german comedy programs for me? chat shows or whatever i can find on youtube, preferably in hochdeutsch.
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Anonymous2008-08-05 13:14
In addition to what everyone else said, music with English and German lyrics will help. I mean, if it's catchy and you can recite lyrics and know the meaning, then it will expand your vocabulary. A German band I listen is Rammstein, they are a fairly popular industrial/rock band, so it should be fairly easy to find some of their stuff.
Good luck my friend!
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Anonymous2008-08-05 17:07
madsen
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Anonymous2008-08-07 4:24
You need to learn German dubbed shows, if you want to learn Hochdeutsch. Good comedy in German are Monk, the American show dubbed in English, Keine Gnade Für Dad, which is known as "Grounded for Life" in America, then there's Weeds, Ugly Betty and so on.
These can all be downloaded at www.serienjunkies.org - but all files re uploaded on Rapidshare, so you might want to get a premium account.
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Anonymous2008-08-07 4:24
You need to learn German dubbed shows, if you want to learn Hochdeutsch. Good comedy in German are Monk, the American show dubbed in English, Keine Gnade Für Dad, which is known as "Grounded for Life" in America, then there's Weeds, Ugly Betty and so on.
These can all be downloaded at www.serienjunkies.org - but all files re uploaded on Rapidshare, so you might want to get a premium account.
Der Kaspar, der war kerngesund,
Ein dicker Bub und kugelrund,
Er hatte Backen rot und frisch;
Die Suppe aß er hübsch bei Tisch.
Doch einmal fing er an zu schrei'n:
»Ich esse keine Suppe! Nein!
Ich esse meine Suppe nicht!
Nein, meine Suppe ess' ich nicht!«
Am nächsten Tag, - ja sieh nur her!
Da war er schon viel magerer.
Da fing er wieder an zu schrei'n:
»Ich esse keine Suppe! Nein!
Ich esse meine Suppe nicht!
Nein, meine Suppe ess' ich nicht!«
Am dritten Tag, o weh und ach!
Wie ist der Kaspar dünn und schwach!
Doch als die Suppe kam herein,
Gleich fing er wieder an zu schrei'n:
»Ich esse keine Suppe! Nein!
Ich esse meine Suppe nicht!
Nein, meine Suppe ess' ich nicht!«
Am vierten Tag endlich gar
Der Kaspar wie ein Fädchen war.
Er wog vielleicht ein halbes Lot -
und war am fünften Tage tot.
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Anonymous2008-09-09 8:54
VON VATIKAN BIS TALIBAN
SIEHT MAN, DASS ES STIMMT
DASS DIE GANZE ABSTINENZLER
NOCH IMMER DIE SCHLIMMSTEN SIND
KEIN ALKOHOL IST AUCH KEINE LOESUNG
ICH HAB'S IMMER WIEDER VERSUCHT
USW
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Anonymous2008-11-19 18:26
>>116
Taliban-Taliban-Taliban-Nirvana,
keiner kratzt an unserem Fundament!
Vatikan-Vatikan, ebenso Banana!
Schade, dass kein Scheiterhaufen brennt!
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Anonymous2008-11-19 19:52
>>36
do the deutsche-welle journalists have accents?