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Author Topic:   Misc. side comments to things in other topics
defenderofthefaith
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Message 42 of 98 (52633)
08-28-2003 8:55 AM


Some more miscellaneous side comments:
To all you administrators: I might offer to be a creationist moderator. First I'd have to know how much time it'd take. I'll be doing a lot of study next year. What think you?
To buzsaw: Comrade, which rules are the ones you believe to be inappropriate?
To minnemooseus: I'm curious; what does WWWD stand for?
To Mammuthus: Ich sehe dass Sie aus Muenchen kommen. Ich habe ein bisschen Uebung in Deutsch immer gern. Wenn ich annehmen kann, dass Sie ein Deutscher sind, sprechen alle da Englisch so ausgezeichnet?

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defenderofthefaith
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Message 44 of 98 (52646)
08-28-2003 9:42 AM
Reply to: Message 43 by Mammuthus
08-28-2003 9:15 AM


Fast jeder Deutscher kann gutes Englisch sprechen? Das ist ja traurig... ich wollte Uebung wenn ich nach Deutschland fahren. Natuerlich habe ich gehoert, dass Englisch bei den Schulen gelernt ist.
Ich bin ein Neuseelander und habe hier durch fast mein ganzes Leben gewohnt. Ich studiere Deutsch erst vor sieben Monaten... deshalb erzaehlen Sie doch mich, wenn Sie etwas nicht recht sehen.
Sie haben schnell antwortet!

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defenderofthefaith
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Message 58 of 98 (52956)
08-30-2003 8:31 AM
Reply to: Message 57 by Adminnemooseus
08-29-2003 9:34 PM


Re: No random topic course changes happening
Now it's forbidden to stay on topic. If you try to carry on an argument for too long, you get banned.
Mammuthus, ich weiss leider kein Spanisch, obwohl lerne ich Deutsch denn mag ich Sprachen. Sie koennten die Arbeit bringen. Ich spreche auch ein wenig Russisch...

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defenderofthefaith
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Message 61 of 98 (53454)
09-02-2003 4:54 AM
Reply to: Message 60 by Mammuthus
09-01-2003 6:47 AM


Re: No random topic course changes happening
Ihr Freund war richtig. Russisch ist das schwierigste Sprache ich kenne. Zum Beispiel...
All verbs agree with the subject in number and person, but when in the past tense they agree in gender. There are two different verb conjugations with different endings for each number/person and plenty of irregular ones. Adjectives agree with the gender (masculine, feminine, neuter, plural) and the case (nominative, accusative, dative, genitive, instrumental, prepositional) of the noun, and can be changed to a short form or an adverb which can also make a phrase regarding an object's attribute. Masculine/neuter nouns generally have different case forms to feminine or plural. There are special reflexive verbs which make an English object the subject and an English subject the indirect object.

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defenderofthefaith
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Message 63 of 98 (53820)
09-04-2003 6:35 AM
Reply to: Message 62 by Mammuthus
09-02-2003 5:45 AM


Re: No random topic course changes happening
Wow! That does sound like an inbuilt metaphor. Yet it's not much different from devouring or digesting a book in English!
I haven't come across that particular oddity. One strange thing is that they have no articles or "to be" verb. Also they use a peculiar construction to indicate possession:
U menya dom "I have a house" is literally "in the possession of" (U) "me" (menya) "house" (dom).
The only way Russian is better than German for English speakers is that you can usually tell a noun's gender from the word alone.
Just my linguistic ravings...

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