Nick Against the World (43 Viewers)

[Geof]

The word for teach is more formal, and more associated with the teaching profession, as my understanding goes. And even so more used for the word lesson (unterricht meaning lesson)

In german for example, you say Ich lerne Englisch, Er lern mir Englisch (I learn english, he learns me english)

Basically to summarize in the German language Learn substitutes Teach for all intents and purposes.

To say I teach you would say: Ich gebe Unterichten ( I give lessons basically)

well, I'm not an expert, but in German you say "Lernen" for "to learn" and "Lehren" is to teach.

So, Ich lerne English indeed, but I'd say "Er lehrt mir English for he learns me English.

 

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[Martin]

The word for teach is more formal, and more associated with the teaching profession, as my understanding goes. And even so more used for the word lesson (unterricht meaning lesson)

In german for example, you say Ich lerne Englisch, Er lern mir Englisch (I learn english, he learns me english)

Basically to summarize in the German language Learn substitutes Teach for all intents and purposes.

To say I teach you would say: Ich gebe Unterichten ( I give lessons basically)

So you're saying that because in German and every Germanic language it is so, we should be excused from using the correct term? Why?

 

[Cuti]

So you're saying that because in German and every Germanic language it is so, we should be excused from using the correct term? Why?

i think they are saying that german speakers translate literally

 

[Zé Tahir]

In Martins defense, it's the same in Norwegian, you don't see him translating things literally

 

[Dominic]

Your German is really shit, Dan .

 

[Dan]

well, I'm not an expert, but in German you say "Lernen" for "to learn" and "Lehren" is to teach.

So, Ich lerne English indeed, but I'd say "Er lehrt mir English for he learns me English.

Well im quite awful with langauges, but I would say no: Lehrer is Teacher, like Arzt is Doctor. Its a profession, not a verb.

 

[Dan]

So you're saying that because in German and every Germanic language it is so, we should be excused from using the correct term? Why?

Its a wholly understandable mistake, I've heard the best use it. My explanation for it is probably a little wayward considering I've been revising my arse yesterday and had a severe lack of sleep last night

 

[Dan]

Your German is really shit, Dan .

My written. I got a C on my written german and of course all as in everything else.

 

[Martin]

Its a wholly understandable mistake, I've heard the best use it. My explanation for it is probably a little wayward considering I've been revising my arse yesterday and had a severe lack of sleep last night

No, your explanation makes sense. It's just like Dutch people use make way too much. They will say "I have to make the test". It's an understandable mistake. But as long as our standards are a decent command of the language, why should it be excusable?

Btw what you gonna be when you grow up?

 

[Dan]

No, your explanation makes sense. It's just like Dutch people use make way too much. They will say "I have to make the test". It's an understandable mistake. But as long as our standards are a decent command of the language, why should it be excusable?

Btw what you gonna be when you grow up?

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No, im between worlds in that aspect, though I am going to uni this september to study English Literature, following that up something obviously in the literature world (journalism, novelist).

 

[Martin]

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No, im between worlds in that aspect, though I am going to uni this september to study English Literature, following that up something obviously in the literature world (journalism, novelist).

Oh lit, I think I understand your avatar then. Why that anyway?

 

[Zé Tahir]

No, there's no excuse for that avatar

 

[Bozi]

not sure if bbilan is a dual but if it is they are doing so from another IP address than before asit does not match any other

kinda like this guy though

So my sig. is longer than 4 lines....why am I not banned yet :faq1:

that..xcan be arranged young padowan

It's going pretty well, I sold close to 10K Euro yesterday. :toast:


ooh, you made it sound like it's even high-tech. Seriously what IT network? We have 3 PC's networked.


I work in my old man's firm, we're distributors for one large factory of sanitary ware from Scotland, import-export basically. I help my old man out however I can, working on the PC, doing some paperwork, sometimes delievering stuff and so on. Boring as hell but I need to do it untill I get my lazy ass back to college, which I hope to do this autumn, but than again I say that every year.

you sell toilet paper? worse still scottish toilet paper??not fit to wipe your arse with

 

[Dan]

Oh lit, I think I understand your avatar then. Why that anyway?

No, my avatar has completely different purposes. It's an inside joke in school. Very adolescent. Anyway, I am good with my words, I like writing, I can weave stories well and am generally very eloquoant with my speech, if I try anyway.

No, there's no excuse for that avatar

Sorry

 

[Martin]

No, my avatar has completely different purposes. It's an inside joke in school. Very adolescent. Anyway, I am good with my words, I like writing, I can weave stories well and am generally very eloquoant with my speech, if I try anyway.

Sounds good. What is it you want to write?

 

[Dan]

Sounds good. What is it you want to write?

well i write poetry short stories and have elobarate plans for bigger novels, when the time and the energy finds me one day. Basically I would like to write feudal war epics, set in fictional worlds, but limiting myself to that is not my idea of fun, you become a Jane Austen if you do (where you rip off your own books) but I have about 2 great ideas ahead of me for books like that.

 

[Rami]

In the interest of grammar and spelling skills among agnostics, the correct term is teach.

 

[Geof]

Well im quite awful with langauges, but I would say no: Lehrer is Teacher, like Arzt is Doctor. Its a profession, not a verb.

Lehren is a verb. It's true however that it's less used than the English to teach.

For example, you use lehren for a professor teaching in university, but a teacher "unterrichtet" in school.

 

[Martin]

Who knew this thread could teach you so much about German.

 

[3pac]

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