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michika
08-28-2007, 04:59 AM
Just like the title says...looking for someone who is fluent that I may be able to pick their brain on a question or two.

Thanks.

Der_Iron_Chef
08-28-2007, 05:01 AM
I used to be quite fluent (lived in Germany), but I haven't spoken it in years, and haven't heard it much either. You can ask, but I don't promise to know the answer :)

michika
08-28-2007, 01:40 PM
I'll take what I can get, and next time I'm down in Calgary I'll see if I can bring you a free frag for your help!

I just can't figure out the following sentances, and my dictionary is of no help!

- Wie viele Tage hat die Woche? (I think this is asking how many days in the week)
- Wie heißen die Tage? (What the days are called)
- Wie viele Monate hat das Jahr? (How many months in the year?)
- Wie heißen die Monate? (What are the month's called)
- Scheint die Sonne oder regnet es? (something about the sun shining or else?!)

Matt
08-28-2007, 02:04 PM
I'll take what I can get, and next time I'm down in Calgary I'll see if I can bring you a free frag for your help!

I just can't figure out the following sentances, and my dictionary is of no help!

- Wie viele Tage hat die Woche? (I think this is asking how many days in the week)
- Wie heißen die Tage? (What the days are called)
- Wie viele Monate hat das Jahr? (How many months in the year?)
- Wie heißen die Monate? (What are the month's called)
- Scheint die Sonne oder regnet es? (something about the sun shining or else?!)I'm not fluent in German, but the translations you've provided yourself look fine. I think the last one is "Is it sunny, or it is raining."

M

michika
08-28-2007, 02:06 PM
Ah! Cool, thanks!

fortheloveofcrabs
08-28-2007, 02:40 PM
http://www.google.com/language_tools

Have you seen this? It worked pretty well... Turned this:

- Wie viele Tage hat die Woche?
- Wie heißen die Tage?
- Wie viele Monate hat das Jahr?
- Wie heißen die Monate?
- Scheint die Sonne oder regnet es?

Into this:

- Like many days the week has?
- As the days are called?
- Like many months the year has?
- As the months are called?
- Seems the sun or rains it?

The translations made me laugh. Imagine a varsity girl with a thick german accent... "Like many days the week has?"

:)

Moogled
08-28-2007, 03:21 PM
...Mein gott!

That is all I know.

michika
08-28-2007, 03:31 PM
The translations made me laugh. Imagine a varsity girl with a thick german accent... "Like many days the week has?"

:)

I laughed too! Thanks for the link!

Delphinus
08-28-2007, 03:41 PM
I found this interesting - babelfish.altavista.com provided word-for-word the exact translations. Not the slightest difference. Hmmmm, someone is using the same translation software as the other. :)

pandafishowner
08-28-2007, 05:48 PM
I've been using the babelfish site for years now to help me write to my french speaking relatives. :lol: I didn't even know Google has a language translator.

Der_Iron_Chef
08-28-2007, 06:20 PM
I'll take what I can get, and next time I'm down in Calgary I'll see if I can bring you a free frag for your help!

I just can't figure out the following sentances, and my dictionary is of no help!

- Wie viele Tage hat die Woche? (I think this is asking how many days in the week)
- Wie heißen die Tage? (What the days are called)
- Wie viele Monate hat das Jahr? (How many months in the year?)
- Wie heißen die Monate? (What are the month's called)
- Scheint die Sonne oder regnet es? (something about the sun shining or else?!)

Spot on. Good job! And Matt was right--it's asking if it's sunny or raining.

Van-rookie
08-28-2007, 06:38 PM
I'll take what I can get, and next time I'm down in Calgary I'll see if I can bring you a free frag for your help!

I just can't figure out the following sentances, and my dictionary is of no help!

- Wie viele Tage hat die Woche? (I think this is asking how many days in the week)
- Wie heißen die Tage? (What the days are called)
- Wie viele Monate hat das Jahr? (How many months in the year?)
- Wie heißen die Monate? (What are the month's called)
- Scheint die Sonne oder regnet es? (something about the sun shining or else?!)

I used to live in Germany, can't really speak the language but understand in general. And seems your translation is good..

michika
08-28-2007, 08:18 PM
Thank you all very much for your help. Sometimes I get so confused between english, french, latin, and german, I just forget everything!