Anyone know German?

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Okay, I think this is German, but what exactly do "Sein" and "Zeit" translate into?

[This message has been edited by creudzfeldt-jakob (edited January 22, 2002).]

 

Sein: Either "to be", or "his" (the context should make it clear)
Zeit: "time"

 

"Sein" is not "to be", it's just "be". "Zu sein" would be "to be".

 

"Zeit" is "time" in english, Mollusken and Maldir are right.

As for "Sein": That's little tricky since I don't know the context. I can mean "be" (right again Mollusken) or more abstract "being" ... (*not* in a sense of a "human being" but in a reference to existence, so Maldir is kinda right too when he sais "to be" )

[This message has been edited by Ragusa (edited January 24, 2002).]

 

Thanks a bundle.

 

It is also the title of Heideggar's seminal work on metaphysics- translated as "Being & Time" in english.

I imagine this is what spurred the question?

 

To tell the truth, I am an X-Files fan, and "Sein und Zeit" happened to be the title of one of the shows.

 

And the words "Du hast" has two meanings.

1) Du hast - You have

2) Du hast - is the title of a great song performed by rammstein!

 

uh, great song from Rammstein ... I'm so glad that now, the english speaking share the german problem with popular music: they like the sound but don't understand the text but never mind, they don't have much to say, their texts are actually pretty moronic, however, the sound is nice

 

I always imagined that Du Hast, in the context of the song by Rammstein, translated into "You Hate".

 

Du
Du Hast
Du Hast Mich
Du Hast Mich Gefragt
Du Hast Mich Gefragt Und Ich Hab Nichts Gesagt

Now there's some well crafted lyrics for ya... Cute... (The Flash thingy on their website is pretty neat, though)

"You hate" would translate into "Du hasst", I believe...

 

Anymore German words? You can also do such things at www.freetranslation.com however I like this for it's long ago since I talked german...

 

Is thier any easy way to learn the numbers? speaking them and every thing.

 

German numbers - just read and then read loud:

one = eins
two = zwei, zwo (for better understanding, since zwei can be misunderstood with three when speaking)
three = drei
four = vier
five = fünf (yes, a nasty umlaut ... try to imagine an y instead of the ü, like in glyphe)
six = sechs
seven = sieben
eight = acht
nine = neun
ten = zehn
eleven = elf
twelve = zwölf (try to speak the ö like the u in cursor)
thirteen = dreizehn (the normal way to name longer numbers; drei + zehn ...)
fourteen = vierzehn
fifteen = fünfzehn

twenty = zwanzig (so twentythree would be dreiundzwanzig = three and twenty; und = and)
thirty = dreißig (regular: drei + zig)
fourty = vierzig (dto.)
fifty = fünfzig
sixty = sechzig (not: sechs-zig)
seventy = siebzig (not: sieben-zig)
eighty = achtzig
ninety = neunzig
hundred = einhundert or simply hundert

[This message has been edited by Ragusa (edited January 25, 2002).]

 

one = ein (ain)
two = zwei (zwai)
three = drei (drai)
four = vier (veer)
five = funf (funf)
six = sex (you know how to say that)
seven = sieben (zee-ben)
aight = acht (agt (english can't say that))
nine = neun (noyn)
ten = zehn (zahn)
eleven = elf (Elf)
twelve = Zwolf (Tswolve)

and then it's easy:

drei-zehn, vier-zehn funf-zehn....

twenty = zwanzig (zwan-zig)
thirty = dreizig (drai-zig)
fourty = vierzig (vier-zig)
Fifty = Funfzig (funf-zig)
Sixty = Sechzich (segs-zig)
Seventy = Siebzig (zeeb-zig)
Eighty = Achtzig (you can't say that, don't try)
ninety = Neunzig (noyn-zig)
one Hundred = hundert (hoon-dred)

So.. now you would be able to count from 1-100 in German!


[This message has been edited by Headbanger (edited January 25, 2002).]

 

hehe, too late again

and as for your list: Maybe you have the better way to describe pronounciation properly I find it by no means difficult to say acht or zwölf

[This message has been edited by Ragusa (edited January 25, 2002).]

 

Aaargh... My prenounce-part is better

The problem is in the CH.... The english can't prenoince that, they say Act

Dutch is even harder... try to prenounce Scheveningen.. everybody from england should say Sjeveningen instead of SGeveningen.

[This message has been edited by Headbanger (edited January 25, 2002).]

 

It's not too bad, because the German "ch" is similar to the Scottish "ch" in "loch" (unless you cheat and pronounce that "lock"). There are differences, but it's a good starting point. Sometimes it's more difficult when individual letters are pronounced differently, like w<->v and v<->f.

 

Yep - I know the problem from the other side - when I was in scotland I spoke the v soft - as in german. So violent sounded like wiolent - - I do my best to avoid that now, but that demands concentration since I rarely speak english ...

But worse, Maldir: v can be spoken like f -like in: Versichering (insurance); but also like w - like in Vase (vase)

But after all these differences I'm frequently amazed, how close german and english words are related - sure, there are pronounciation shifts - but a lot of words have the same roots ...

[This message has been edited by Ragusa (edited January 25, 2002).]

 

perhaps because the anglo originated in northern Germany and England has some old old people called anglo-saxons