I feel like I have to say that I mean no offence in advance but if you want something you always have to offer something, so 'Hey, I want to improve my *otherperson'snativelanguage and I am looking for some conversation practise", sounds like 'I want your knowledge and won't give you anything'.  Try to find out what you can offer. If you can't offer a language maybe you have some fun stories, know IT or Mathematics or anything. Also you write in this post 'I have been searching...', 'to improve my...', 'I desperately need...' '...you help me...'. I am not saying that you are self-centred or selfish but your writing style sounds like it. If you approach people on the internet like that they are likely to be repelled by it because it sounds like 'I will take and not give'. Furthermore, don't take a low request to response ratio personally as you are asking for the language that is most in demand. I get around 30 messages along the lines of 'Hi', 'How are you', 'I want to learn your language' and I really don't have the time to respond to everything. Rarely do I get messages like 'I can help you with *languagethatIamacutallylearning' which I like a lot more but still don't always find the time to respond to. A photo that shows you from the front (face!) would increase results too.

Kind regards and again no offence,

Phil =)

Wenn ich doch bloß Geld hätte.

Ich habe keine Geld. Ich brauche einfach nur Geld, ansonsten wäre alles perfekt. - Geld ist das einzige, was ich brauche um zu tun, was auch immer ich tun will.

bloß heißt nur - doch betont bloß. =)

Hallo!!! Meine Name Ist Rodrigo. Ich komme aus Bolivien und lerne gerade/zur Zeit Deutsch. Jetzt spreche ich ein bisschen Deutsch Deutsch ein bisschen gut, aber ich will die Sprache verbessern. Daher wollte ich hier nur Deutsch sprechen. Offensichtlich spreche ich gut Spanisch, weil das meine Muttersprache ist. Falls/Wenn jemand Spannish lernen will, kann ich helfen. Ahh, ich spreche English zwar nicht so gut. Danke und ich warte seinen auf eure(Pl. normal)/Ihre(Pl. höflich) Antworten.

@Phil: Nope, it's written with 'ph' and I have never seen it being written with an 'f' when the person was of German descent.

@Maxim: Excellent advice

@Laura: If I'm right and with '...it is about irony and sarcasm at her than...'  you wanted to say something like '...se trata de ironia i lenguas en si mas que...' you would have to say '...it is rather about irony and sarcasm themselves than about a language issue'

(I hope some English native speaker can approve that)

I still agree with you

I think that this is not merely a feature of (the) English.

For people to understand irony and sarcasm there are several things needed and I think it mostly comes down to knowing a lot about social interactions and people in general.

I'm moving in very culturally diverse circles and I never felt like someone who is from be it Japan or Russia or Morocco or (insert random country) to understand irony more or less than Germans, English, Americans etc.

I noticed though that people who have a good understanding of irony and sarcasm state about themselves that they are "very sociable people". So again it seems to come down to something I'd call "social experience".

Another very important point is that people tend to take things literally if they are not too proficient in a specific language. I had Spanish speaking people not understanding my ironic jokes in English (although they knew every word I was using) but totally understanding similar jokes in Spanish. Although you know the words of a joke you might not quite get it in a foreign language.

This post reflects my personal opinion and my experience from going out close to every day to meet people from everywhere around the globe.

If you disagree please let me know. I love to hear other opinions than mine and listening to other people's opinions

Kind regards,

Phil

The subject here clearly is 'the man' executing the act of giving.
Now 'the bone' is directly influenced by the act of giving and is hence the direct object.
'The dog' on the other hand is only indirectly influenced, it has got 'the bone' now and is hence the indirect object.
In English the order and in this sentence the preposition 'to' are crucial.
Take note that, if you said,
'Der Mann gibt den Knochen dem Hund',
it would still be clear who gives what to whom (although this sentence is not idiomatic).

Furthermore, you use Accusative and Dative in combination wiht prepositions to indicate direction or location.
Examples:

'He puts the cup on the table.' (direction)
'Er stellt die Tasse auf den Tisch.' (Accusative)

'The cup is on the table.' (location)
'Die Tasse ist auf dem Tisch.' (Dative)

The Genitive is the case that indicates possession.
So the sentence,
'The dog's bone.',
would be,
''Der Knochen des Hundes'. (literally: 'the bone of the dog')

(Side note: In spoken language Germans rarely use the Genitive and mostly replace it, although it's incorrect, with the prepostion 'von' (of, from) + Dative, so that the sentence above would become 'Der Knochen von dem Hund')

I hope, I didn't forget anything and that this will help you.
Have fun and keep it up!