http://faerye.net/tag/germanPosts tagged with "german" - Faerye Net2005-10-14T10:42:16+00:00Felicity Shouldershttp://faerye.net/http://faerye.net/post/mustlearngermanMust...learn...German!2005-10-14T10:42:16+00:002009-12-16T12:30:33+00:00<p>I’ve figured for a while that German would be approximately six barrels of monkeys to learn and speak. It first came upon me whilst singing a Bach hymn that sounded like a drinking song, back in high school. And today, the resolution to learn this language came upon me with renewed force. For I am researching logistics for the World Cup in Germany. I am not sure what kind of flight or flying machine <b>flugzeug</b> might be (pronounced something like <em>floog-tsoig</em>, I would guess), but by all the Muses, a language that can produce a word like that is one that I should know.</P>
<p>Other gems:<br />
<ul><li><b>flughafen</b>. I’ve heard this before, but it never gets old. (means ‘airport’.)</li>
<li>Judging from the English site, <b>unsere zimmer</b> means ‘our rooms’, but I seriously assumed it meant ‘the height of luxury’ at first (the photos assisted me in forming that impression.) How much more fun is ‘zimmer’ than borin’ old ‘room’? I ask you.</li>
<li><b>Freizeit</b> sounds a bit more excitable than ‘leisure’, but I’m sure I could get used to it.</li>
<li><b>lichtdurchflutete</b>. I infer this means ‘furnished’. I am speechless.</li></p>