The "how do I say it in English"-Thread

[Hoppla-Daisy]

Here you can post some "German" idioms/words if no dictionary has helped so far ;-). I'm sure anybody feeling she/he has the right idea in this context will not hesitate to be of assistance :-stud.

[Flauta]

Oh, I feel a little if I was not so (ganz :-nix really?) innocent of (?) the creation of this thread.
That's here the negative fortune (Schicksal?) of the latinists: they have less English, and if they have 2 years a teacher, who disliked working, the thing is getting worse.....
So I'm not afraid of talking, but there are some strange things coming out...:-nix:-):-wow

[sodbrennen]

Why did you open this thread, Daisy? Do you need some help with English?

[Flauta]

She doesn't, but I do, unfortunately:-?:-oopss

[sodbrennen]

Then post your question! :-D

[Flauta]

The problems come while trying to response to other threads....than I don't find the words and there are such komische (strange?) sentences coming out.

:-winky

[hennessy]

..than I don't find the words and there are such komische (strange?) sentences coming out.

:-winky
oh, I know that so well! I ´m trying to increase my English, whenever our relatives from Florida are here. But although I rack my brains it seems getting worse and worse.

[Gast26092018]

Well then you must practice more!
Practice, practice, practice...you can't get enough of it:-)):-D

[Bjarne]

the only way of learning to truly speak english is, to live a while among english speaking people... my exchange year (well actually just half a year...) changed my understanding of the language in such a fundamental way.. i can only recommend living some time in an english speaking country...
watching english movies, reading english books also helps =)
and the most important thin gis: talk, talk, talk!!! doesn't matter if the vocabulary isn't the most elaborate or something, just speak so that others understadn what you're tryin to tell them. with time a feeling for the language will grow :)
dreaming and thinking in english IS somewhat funny :D

[Flauta]

1) My neighbor (O my god, which a complicated word...ist has so many letters...) ist native from the Philippines and so we speak always in English with me (with her family too), but she is not native speaker....but it's practise.
I habe some rrestrictions of speaking ENglish with our ENglish-teachers in School, for that it is not gerne seen when speaking a foreign language there an 2) I'm blamiering myself to death

- I'm bicyling 3-5 times a week here inside with my Bicycle on the "Rolle" and to have it less boring I watch movies and sit-coms in English, often with German subtitles to make sure to really understand everything

- All English movies are in original language in cinema here

- I read Harry Potter in English :-blush

To keep my 5 languages alife I really should read simularily a book in each of it....but there is no time....

[Hoppla-Daisy]

oh, I know that so well! I ´m trying to increase my English, whenever our relatives from Florida are here. But although I rack my brains it seems getting worse and worse.
You are trying to improve your English ;-).

[Gast26092018]

or to increase your knowledge of English;-)

[netfinder]

I'd prefer to improve.

[sodbrennen]

I would prefer to improve the increasing of the knowledge. :-top

[Gast26092018]

well that sounds foolish, if i may be honest:-D only German people would say that:-))
to increase the knowledge sounds more intellectual, more sophisticated:-stud;-)

[Hoppla-Daisy]

Frankly, I'd prefer "to improve my English/Mandarin/Russian/Italian" in any case :-D

[sodbrennen]

well that sounds foolish, if i may be honest:-D only German people would say that:-))
to increase the knowledge sounds more intellectual, more sophisticated:-stud;-)

Can't you take a joke? This was just fun!

[Gast26092018]

Can't you take a joke? This was just fun!
How should I know if it was a joke or not?:-) But it´s really no problem even if it wasnt a joke...we are here to help you, so have no fear:-))

PS:Im not so good in English too, i just pretend to be;-)

[Hypnos]

How can I say: "Ihr seid ganz schöne Klugschei$$er..." in english?:-)):-wow

[Meuli]

"you smart ass!" :-)) :-))