Sitting with a cup of coffee. (coffee lovers)

[sourland]

Yes, Al, yes you did.

 

[vehve]

Einer blöder Monat. Aber ist April nicht ganz warm ins Deutschland? Vielleicht nicht in den Alpen, aber am meistens die Land ist ganz warm, ist es nicht?

 

[Alaskan]

totally depends where you go.... for a few years we went to the northern edge of Bavaria every spring, and they were only a few weeks ahead of Alaska... plant wise etc.

The poem I was quoting is in a bit of dialect, not full High German, so it could have been written in Northern Bavaria... they talk normal-ish there

not like mid to south Bavaria

 

[vehve]

I think my accent is closest to the Bavarian one... some Austrian influence too in my pronunciation. But mostly it sounds like immigrant-German. I can make myself understood though. I had a discussion about chicken coop construction in German last summer with our neighbor's guests. That was interesting. I think the guy actually got what I was trying to say.

 

[Alaskan]

Once when my kids were little, I had them play with some little Bavarian speaking kids.....

they had VERY few words in common

I think things like "please come here" were the same in both languages.....

 

[vehve]

German isn't the easiest of languages otherwise either. I understand it well, and I can keep up during a conversation most of the time, but producing grammatically correct text is nearly impossible to me. Too many rules, and I don't have an ear for the language.

 

[Alaskan]

but all of the rules make sense... and are logical.

And pronunciation, if you are speaking High German, follows perfect rules and is very easy.


As to grammar.... I hate grammar, in all languages... I would get all of the words in the correct locations, and then swallow all endings... so it isn't as obvious that I can't remember the gender for any of the words.

so I don't say "die, der, das" I say d

works great.... makes me just sound a bit more dialect-ish

 

[Alaskan]

all of my kids like German more than English... easier

 

[vehve]

English just comes naturally to me. I studied German for ten years, and it's still my weakest language. English I've only studied for the equivalent of a couple of weeks, but since most of the entertainment and information I consume is in English, it was very easy for me to learn the language.

 

[Alaskan]

O weh! O weh!
Nun kommt er gar mit Schnee
und schneit mir in den Blütenbaum,
in all den Frühlingswiegentraum!
Ganz greulich ist´s, man glaubt es kaum:
Heut Frost und gestern Hitze,
heut Reif und morgen Blitze,
das sind so seine Witze!
O weh! O weh! Nun kommt er gar mit Schnee!

I was gonna translate.... but I gotta take a shower... it is funny though