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Herzlich willkommen, Hi there, I am a 47 year old Australian male (married with a disabled stepson) who lives in Tasmania (a state of Australia) who would like to learn German at an intermediate level. I currently only know a few German phrases like
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Henry Hodges
German
Apr 27, 2017
Grant did great and his writing has really improved. It's not easy constructing reflexives especially in the perfect tense so personally I think you did well! Bis bald.
Henry Hodges
German
Apr 24, 2017
Gut gemacht und ich auch! Bis bald.
Henry Hodges
German
Apr 15, 2017
Another enjoyable lesson with Grant! His enthusiasm and knowledge makes it my pleasure! Bis bald!
Henry Hodges
German
Apr 12, 2017
I always enjoy working with Grant and have to thank him for his patience! My computer will not defeat me! Bis bald!
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    Ja, Ich werde es versuchen (Google Transate) (Ich hoffe, es ist richtig)

     

    Vielen dank

     

    Grant

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    January 24, 2016
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  • Commented

    Oh also Moritz comment was helpful as well

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    January 22, 2016
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    Thanks Oliver, you made it a bit more clearer for me there because you explained that "stehen" can be used for "to be written" also. That was all I needed to know. The other explanations seemed off track to me

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    January 22, 2016
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    Sorry, I still don't understand. "Steht" in Google Translate comes up as "stands". "Stands" does not come up in of any of those examples but thanks anyway. I know I have to think outside the square but this one boggles me

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    January 22, 2016
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    nach and noch

    Can someone please explain what the two words "noch' and "nach" really mean. I've looked them up in Google Translate and obviously found them in sentences in our program but I still don't get it. It seems to me that sometimes they are added and don't need to be in that particular sentence. I don't know. Please enlighten me!
    I also have problems with "doch"

    January 22, 2016
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    "Steht" in this sentence

    I recently read a joke in German....Eine Ärztin geht zum Essen. Sie bemerkt das der Kellner ständig seinen Kopf krazt. Sie fragt: “Haben Sie Juckreiz?”
    Der Kellner antwortet: “Wenn es nicht auf der Speisekarte steht haben wir es nicht

     

    The joke is ok I guess, afterall, humour is in the eye of the beholder right?. What I want to know is...what business is "steht" doing there in the last sentence?

     

    Danke

    January 22, 2016
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  • Corrected

    My first letter for Angelove

    Dear Angelove

    I am so sorry it's been a while since i sent you a letter. I'm pleased to see that you're healthy and beautiful and the letter you sent me really shows that. You forgot to smile in the photo. That's ok. I also feel nervous when taking pictures. You've learnt to dance for a while now. Do you like dancing? My hobby is playing drums. Maybe one day you can dance to my drumming? Just enjoy what carefree time you have now. Take care of yourself and your family.

    Sincerely
    Angel

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    January 19, 2016
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  • Commented

    Hi Heather, this is from Rocket Languages German forum that I'm part of....

     

    'Nicht' is 'not' in English and is used as such. "I am not interested" = "ich bin nicht interessiert" 'Kein' is 'no' in English and is used as such. "I have no interest" = "ich habe kein Interesse"

     

    That is just one explanation, this is another.....

    "I think that "nicht" has the connotation of being the negative state of something, whereas "kein" refers to the lack of having any of something. If you are talking about something that can be counted, and you don't have any, then "kein" would be used. If you are talking about whether some state is true or false,and it is false, then use "nicht". Paul, please correct me if I'm wrong. Ich weiß nicht ob dieses ist richtig oder falsch. Ich habe kein Idee ob dieses ist richtg oder falsch"

     

    This explanation turns out to be right by the way

     

    Grant

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    January 4, 2016
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    December 20, 2015
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    My aim Hallo zusammen, ich bin ein 47 Jahre alter Australian männlich und ich lebe in Tasmanien. Mein Ziel ist es, auf einen Zwischenpegel auf Deutsch zu bekommen, so kann ich getrost auf wenige Deutsche weiß ich, hier zu leben, dass in Tasmanien und auch um eine neue Fähigkeit zu lernen und Freunde zu beeindrucken sprechen. Dies wird direkt von Google Translate kopiert und ich weiß, dass dies nicht in irgendeiner Weise gut Deutsch, aber bitte korrigieren, was muss um meinetwillen und andere korrigiert werden............ Hi there, I am Australian and I live in Tasmania. My aim is to get to an intermediate level in German so I can confidently talk to a few Germans I know that live here in Tasmania and also to learn a new skill and to impress friends This is copied straight from Google Translate and I know that this is not in any way good German but please correct what needs to be corrected for my sake and others.....
    December 19, 2015
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