German Quiz answers!

Did you take my German Quiz last week? (I was actually surprised how many people did in the comments here and on facebook! A lot of people know German!)

Well, here are the answers.

1. Wie heissen Sie?
What are you called/ what is your name?
2. Wo wohnen Sie?
Where do you live?
3. Der Vater arbeitet für Cisco.
The father works for Cisco.
4. Herr Clark ist hungrig.
Mr. Clark is hungry.
5. Die Kinder lernen Deutsch
The children learn German.
6. Das Haus ist schön und bequem.
The house is beautiful and comfortable.
7. Er will Deutschland besuchen.
He wants to visit Germany.
8. Herr Clark ist intellegent und flussing.
Mr. Clark is intelligent and industrious/hardworking.
9. Wie sagt man das auf Deutsch?
How does one say that in German?
10. Wie gehts?
How's it going?

11. We speak.
Wir sprechen.
12. I answer.
Ich antworte.
13. They talk.
Sie reden.
14. We buy.
Wir kaufen.
15. She learns.
Sie lernt.

P.S. sagen is to say, sprechen is to speak and reden is to talk. :)

German Quiz?

I have now had 6 weeks of German Conversation I. That's the halfway point. We had a popquiz this week.... Can you translate? (I'll post the answers later, but I would love to see your best guesses in the comments. No cheating!). I knew almost all of them!

Translate the following:
(and note that number 9 says "man das" not "mandas")

German Composition

This is my German composition for this week (pre-grading/corrections)

Mein mann, Jacob, liebt zu lernen. Er liebt zu Sprachen lernen. Und er will Deutschland wohnen. Ich liebe mein Mann, damit ich lerne Deutsche. Meine Lehrerin sagt um Fasching. Deutschland hört sich gut!

German I: Week 2

So, German class is still awesome! Starting this week, part of our homework is to write a short German composition. This is, unfortunately, the extent of what I know how to say in German... but after only 2 classes... yay!

Ich heisse Mary Beth. Mein Nachname ist -----. Ich wohne in NC und ich komme aus NC. Ich arbeite für IBM. Ich bin Programmierer (?). Mine Mann heisst Jacob. Tschau!

I can also spell. I got a "Very Good" this week after spelling my very long name and my very long city. I practiced the alphabet really hard. No one is going to catch me off guard with a "Buchstabieren Sie, bitte?"

German Breakthrough and Memory work

Today I had a major breakthrough. After halfheartedly trying to expose myself to German for about a year, I saw a German sentence that didn't look completely foreign. In fact, I thought I could translate it. And with a little help from google translate, I discovered I could! This is the first time that German hasn't looked completely unapproachable to me!

I've also been reading the German Way - a website for expats in German culture. Today I read a post of tips for suriviving the metric system (with a much more thorough explanation for each) I'm trying to memorize as much as possible before I go. The more I learn now, the easier the transition should be, right?

So things I'm trying to memorize this week:

1. Celsius * 2 + 30 = Fahrenheit
2. Kilometers * .6 = Miles
3. Meters * 3 + 10% of meters = feet
4. Liters / 4 = gallons
5. Liters = 1.05 quarts (A liter bit more)
6. Kilos * 2 + 10% of kilos = pounds
7. 5 cm = 2 inches
8. Liters /100 km -> mpg? You're just out of luck.

wohnen (to live)

ich	wohne	wir	wohnen
du	wohnst	ihr	wohnt
er/sie/es	wohnt	Sie	wohnen

heissen (to be named)

ich	heisse	wir	heissen
du	heisst	ihr	heisst
er/sie/es	heisst	Sie	heissen

sein (to be)

ich	bin	wir	sind
du	bist	ihr	seid
er/sie/es	ist	Sie	sind

German!

Jake and I took our very first German class last night. The professor is absolutely delightful and aside from learning a smattering of German culture - I can now say all the letters in the alphabet (for spelling outloud), pronounce their sounds, and I can say: Ich heisse Mary Beth. Ich wohne in die USA.

Whee!!

Kinesthetic German

A few weeks ago, I decided to learn some German words through experience.  I made German food!

Einen Sauerbraten - sour meat or sour roast which I have been marinating for 2 days. (It can marinate up to 10.)

Eine Kartoffelklöße - potato dumplins. "Kartoffel" must some how be related to potatoes or mean potatoes, because there is Kartoffelsalat, Kartoffelpuffer, Kartoffelsuppe...

It was DELICIOUS.  Although, 2 people (one from Berlin and the other who has German parents) recommended that in the future I purchase Panni brand mix for the Kartoffelklöße.  I think I;ll try that, because they turned out kinda wet.

Anyway, if this is what German food all tastes like, I'm going to be just fine there. Yum!