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| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6469 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes  Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 25 of 33 10 March 2010 at 8:59pm | IP Logged | |||||
Yes it's right. wenn = if OR when (starting a subclause) wann = when? (starting a question only) If you want to be unambiguous, use "falls" for "if". 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| arkady Bilingual Diglot Groupie United States rightconditi Joined 5399 days ago 54 posts - 61 votes Speaks: English*, Russian* Studies: German | Message 26 of 33 10 March 2010 at 9:08pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Vielen Dank! Edited by arkady on 10 March 2010 at 9:09pm 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5584 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 27 of 33 11 March 2010 at 1:51am | IP Logged | |||||
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Hand check of who wants to live in Germany! *raises hand* :D
BERLIN HERE I COME! 2 persons have voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6469 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 28 of 33 11 March 2010 at 8:06am | IP Logged | |||||
You're moving soon? It's crazy, I know so many people from around the world who are moving to Berlin within the next few months. I'll soon post a guide to getting settled here on my blog www.learnlangs.com/blog . Edited by Sprachprofi on 11 March 2010 at 8:07am 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| datsunking1 Diglot Senior Member United States Joined 5584 days ago 1014 posts - 1533 votes Speaks: English*, Spanish Studies: German, Russian, Dutch, French | Message 29 of 33 11 March 2010 at 5:28pm | IP Logged | |||||
I WISH I was moving to Berlin :P I would throw a dictionary in a bag, a change of clothes and whatever valuables I had. I wouldn't even prepare if I had that chance! :D 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| Sprachprofi Nonaglot Senior Member Germany learnlangs.comRegistered users can see my Skype Name Joined 6469 days ago 2608 posts - 4866 votes Speaks: German*, English, French, Esperanto, Greek, Mandarin, Latin, Dutch, Italian Studies: Spanish, Arabic (Written), Swahili, Indonesian, Japanese, Modern Hebrew, Portuguese | Message 30 of 33 11 March 2010 at 6:22pm | IP Logged | |||||
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Berlin is THE place to be, and I wasn't even born here, I just love it so much. Besides,
where else do you get the chance to live in the center of a major 1st world city for less than it costs to live in the outskirts of I-never-heard-of-this-place, Eastern Europe?! I like the international atmosphere, which is quite unusual for Europe, and I like that I can find original-language movies in the cinemas, bookstores selling nothing but French or Portuguese books, and the most exotic restaurants, for example Sri Lankan, Sudanese and Georgian cuisine. Airfares are quite cheap right now. When you get the chance, just visit for a while, and I'll be happy to show you around. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| kamal12341 Newbie India Joined 5376 days ago 6 posts - 7 votes | Message 31 of 33 16 March 2010 at 11:21am | IP Logged | |||||
I have been reading mt German course , when there are two verbs, in above case 'like' is a handle and eat is the main verb , rule :whenever u start with a handle like ich mochte, ich will ,ich kann and if there is another verb(like essen,trinken etc) then it always comes at last. 1 person has voted this message useful | ||||||
| IronFist Senior Member United States Joined 6436 days ago 663 posts - 941 votes Speaks: English* Studies: Japanese, Korean | Message 32 of 33 16 March 2010 at 8:01pm | IP Logged | |||||
This. I remember the day I learned this in German class. Our teacher wrote on the board: "Heute ist das Wetter kalt" I asked "didn't you forget the question mark at the end?" I thought it was asking "today is the weather cold?" Then he explained German is a "verb second" language. All of the following are the same: [Heute] [ist] [das Wetter] [kalt] [Das Wetter] [ist] [kalt] [heute] And I believe you could even say: [kalt] [ist] [das Wetter] [heute] Those are all STATEMENTS because the verb is in the second position (I grouped the positions into brackets). Questions put the verb first: Ist das Wetter kalt heute? = is the weather cold today? Ist heute das Wetter kalt? = is the weather cold today? (I think you can order the words this way, although it might sound funny) Once I got that, I was like oh, this all makes sense now. (I took German 7 years ago. My apologies if anything here is wrong. But the verb going second is right; I remember that :) ) Edited by IronFist on 16 March 2010 at 8:02pm 1 person has voted this message useful |
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