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yeah, i know my german instructor has a hard time translating some things every once in awhile. the ones that trouble me the most are the "flavoring particles." the two i have learned so far are "denn" and "doch." for instance, in "was brauchst du denn?"

in regard to the difference in sentence structure: it's so hard for me to translate sometimes because first i have to figure out what all the words mean and then try to make sense of how they are put together to figure out the meaning. *bangs head on desk* your language is so awesome and so difficult! hehe

i have thought of a question for everyone, though. the word "ich" i have been taught to pronounce it as sounding like "ick," but i hear some people say it like "ish." does the pronounciation depend on region? or is there an absolute correct way to pronounce it? how do you all say it?

 

ich is more like ish than anything else
ick is only said in Berlin dialect

 

ohhhhh, ok. thanks. one of my classmates says it like "ish" and he has taken german before (in high school). every german singer i've heard says "ish" as well. so i thought "this can't be right."

 

actually, I think it's very rare that in German a "ch" is pronounced like K....

 

yap, Flo, it's one of my favorite movies!

 

I think most people in my school say "ick" but thats just the way we were taught in 7th grade.
I kind of use both without even thinking.

I'll check out the music later, I have some homework tonight.

So is it spring yet in Germany? It supposed to be spring here but we still have some snow.

Pete

 

It's too cold for a good spring yet, but it's coming

 

"ish" is also the name of a company working with cable and television here in Germany. This lead to some word-games / jokes with "ich" ...

 

a German JCer up at 1:44!? WOW! Haven't seen that for two years now....

 

Don't be that surprised!

Very good, Janne!

Did anybodyelse know Gross Point Blank?

 

"Don't be that surprised!"

Warum nicht? Ich hab allen Grund dazu.


Yes, two years.


ach und.... please... it's Grosse Pointe Blank

 

Ups, sorry...

Anyway great film!

 

Never seen Grosse Pointe Blank.
The only German movies I've seen are Das Boot,
Lola Rennt, and Peter und Der Wolf.

 

And it is an US Movie.

Peter und der Wolf is more music then film.

 

hallo all. thanks for the "ch" info. does that mean then, that "mich" and "dich" should sound like "mish" and "dish"?

also, i have this song that i found which i thought was by nina hagen, but it sounded a little unlike her and i can't find it listed in her discographie. so have any of you heard of a song called "weil ich mädchen bin"? i googled it and didn't have any luck.

 

I know it, I know it!!!!

It's the first CD I ever bought!
It's from a band called Lucilectric. The singer is Lucy van Org.
The song is called "weil ich'n Mädchen bin"
"'n" is a shortform of "ein"...I just didn't want to confuse you

I really would like to link the lyriks.... but I'm at work and all the homepages are forbidden....

 

oooh, thank you so much gaiatha!

the singer has such a cute little voice ^_^

 

Ok, I'll see if I can rent Grosse Pinte Blank.
Peter und der Wolf is a cartoon musical. We watched it in German class.
Then we had to write 200 words about it in German.

 

Thank you, Iwakura! You gave me a reason to go searching for my old CD's

I also haven't seen "Groose Point Black"... But at the moment a lot of people are talking about "21 grams". Has one of you seen it yet?

 

"Groose Point Black"

Admit it, you did that on purpose to annoy me

 

She certainly did! She wants to be the new master and have to unseat you for that.

 

Yeah, spring vacation has started. This week of school was crazy. I had so many tests.
But now that its vacation I was able to listen to the Nena songs.

I was able to listen to Nur Geträumt, Leuchtturm, and some others.
Its good music, really fun and energetic.
She has a good voice, but I didn't understand all the words.
Also I liked it cause it is very different.

Pete

 

question: i have heard (from movies and what not) that smoking (cigarettes) is more common and acceptable in europe. i don't know whether this is true or not as i have never been there. in america, smoking is kind of looked down upon and you are not allowed to smoke in many places. so, i was wondering, how is it there in germany?