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hannah_dru

Bist du verrueckt? :P

SpiritedAway- Ja, aus England.

Ich fand, dass der Tag gut lief, aber es war schwer fuer Klasse 9, weil sie Deutsch nur seit September lernt. Wir haben "Extra" gesehen und sie verstanden nur ein kleines bisschen. Morgen muss ich denselben Tag mit spanischen Schuelern machen.

Glad to know the day went well though :biggrin:

Hopefully the people you're working with on the languages weekend thing will be better :wink:

Edit: you were right about lernt :tongue:

Reply 5221

hannah_dru

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I don't see why not! Unless I get silly questions like the ones my friends have had.

It is the singular form isn't it?

Reply 5222

Languagesfreak

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hannah_dru

I don't see why not! Unless I get silly questions like the ones my friends have had.

It is the singular form isn't it?

Yes it is, cos it's "die Klasse". But in English, we'd say "the class are learning", rather than "the class is learning". German's a lot stricter about singular/plurals than we are xD

Reply 5223

hannah_dru

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I thought so. That one caught me out for a while but I think I'm getting it.

Currently I'm writing a review of the latest Sigur Ros album for German Language Skills. I've never used words like "ethereal" in German before!

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Si_G

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Languagesfreak

Yes it is, cos it's "die Klasse". But in English, we'd say "the class are learning", rather than "the class is learning". German's a lot stricter about singular/plurals than we are xD

hmmm yeh, we use plural for single things that contain many things. Like even the though the class is a single thing, it represents more than one person.

Reply 5225

generalebriety

OP

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hannah_dru

I thought so. That one caught me out for a while but I think I'm getting it.

Currently I'm writing a review of the latest Sigur Ros album for German Language Skills. I've never used words like "ethereal" in German before!

Don't think I've ever used the word ethereal in English. :p:

Reply 5226

hannah_dru

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generalebriety

Don't think I've ever used the word ethereal in English. :p:

That's a point, I don't think I ever have either!

Reply 5227

Lothar

Hallo Leute,

Koennen Sie mir helfen, bitte? Ich will wissen, wie man die Satze "sheer quantity" auf Deutsch sagen kann... Ich habe kein Vorschlag auf Google gefunden.

Danke!

Reply 5228

kiss_me_now9

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leo.org suggests that quantity in this context would be Menge, but I have not got a clue what sheer would be.

Reply 5229

Meela

Oh, "sheer" is "schier" :wink:

So it means something like "schiere Menge".

Reply 5230

hobnob

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Meela

Oh, "sheer" is "schier" :wink:

So it means something like "schiere Menge".

It could also be translated as "rein", depending on the context.

Reply 5231

grizzlybär

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Hallo an alle!

Unwort des Jahres 2008 in Deutschland: "notleidende Banken"

Seit 1991 wählt eine Jury aus Sprachwissenschaftlern einen sprachlichen Missgriff zum "Unwort des Jahres". Da waren schon so "tolle" Wortschöpfungen dabei wie Entlassunsproduktivität (für die Bezeichnung von Gewinnen eines Unternehmens nach der Entlassung von Mitarbeitern),
Kollateralschaden ( verharmlosend für den Tod Unschuldiger),
oder sozialverträgliches Frühableben (wobei das eigentlich ironisch gemeint war und die Gesundheitspolitik der damaligen Regierung kritisieren sollte)

Reply 5232

User237126

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Wie schreibt man einen s-zet (ss)?

Reply 5233

Lothar

Oh, "sheer" is "schier" So it means something like "schiere Menge".

It could also be translated as "rein", depending on the context.

Ah cool - I looked it up but wasn't sure whether it could be translated literally or not! Thank you very much!

Reply 5234

mister ex

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Meela

"Sie bevorzugt, ..."

ich muss einer andere schule ändern. Do you want to say that you would like to switch schools? Then you have to say: "Ich muss auf eine andere Schule gehen".