The Awful German Language
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Impressions
- Daria Darievychshared an impression4 years ago
😄LOLZeven centuries later, dear Mark Twain, we are still on the same page
- b2382662916shared an impression4 years ago
👍Worth reading😄LOLZOh, dear Mark Twain, I understand you so much, thanks for the laughter and let’s wait when they get rid of those declinations
- Maria Mamokhinashared an impression7 years ago
🎯Worthwhile😄LOLZ💧SoppyПосмеялась от души. Тешу себя надеждой, что раз уж великий Марк Твен пыхтел и чертыхался над немецким языком, то и мне можно!
Quotes
- Alla Nabatovahas quoted9 years ago
In the hospital yesterday, a word of thirteen syllables was
successfully removed from a patient - rootarthas quoted8 years ago
the German it is true that by some oversight of the inventor of the
language, a Woman is a female; but a Wife (Weib) is not – which is
unfortunate. A Wife, here, has no sex; she is neuter; so, according to the
grammar, a fish is HE, his scales are SHE, but a fishwife is neither. - rootarthas quoted8 years agoFor instance, the same sound, SIE, means YOU,
and it means SHE, and it means HER, and it means IT, and it means THEY, and
it means THEM.
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