A Question for the Krauts

[kilroysbrother]

How many of you can actually speak German (somewhat)? I'm going into Highschool next year and am planning on starting to learn German so I can kinda have some knowledge of German and do an interpreter impression. I was just wondering about you guys. Thanks

[insterburger]

I used to be quite fluent back in college, nowadays I generally only get a chance to speak German much at events, so it's WAY down the ladder from where it used to be.

Quite a few of the guys in our unit (Heersgruppe Nord-Ost) speak some German, ranging from a few words to fairly advanced, and everywhere in between. We do expect recruits to learn at least basic combat commands in German, so that when we're shouting orders in the battlefield we can keep the ambience. Those of us who know a bit more of it strive to keep combat conversations (i.e. discussions and commands beyond just the basics) in German, but that often breaks down in the heat of combat, especially as situations arise that require precision of meaning.

Just like everything else in an impression, both for myself and within the unit as a whole, it's something we are always trying to work on and improve. And just like everything else, it's a process. We definitely encourage members to be deutschsprechend to the extent that they can, but are entirely supportive and welcoming to those who think "sechs" is a dirty word.

[ssgjoe]

I know basic German


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[kilroysbrother]

Cool guys.

[2nd Bat]

I know how to say "Surrounded by Silicon" in German.







"David Hasselhoff"!

[2nd Bat]

I know how to say. "Brassier" in German






" Stopzen From Floppin"

[luftwelle93]

Not a whole for me.Whatever commands I have learned it would be from BF1942.I really want the opportunity to shout "PANZERALARM!!!".I know some basic stuff.

[ssgjoe]

Back when I used to play MOH, I learned a few commands. I know some basic German, and can say more than that, but it's fun to scream in kraut.


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[Relish]

I study the language in college . If you cats want some good ways to practice, and don't want to shell out the bucks at college or on Rosetta Stone, www.duolingo.com is a GREAT free way to practice. You can access it from full-body mac's and PCs, but if you hit up Google Play or the AppStore, there is also a free app for it. It puts things into a game where it teaches you vocab, then challenges you to correctly use it in Sätze or übersetzen it into English. From English, you can also use it to learn Portuguese, Spanish, Italian, and French. It's a pretty handy tool and a great vocab builder.


ETA: You can also follow MANY channels on youtube from young Germans teaching things about both the language and the culture. The two biggest ones I know are Get Germanized and Deutsch für euch.

Hope that helps all you Jungs that are learning die Sprache des Vaterlands!

[kilroysbrother]

Danke, I already watch Deutsch fur euch and have learned a lot.

[ssgjoe]

I was going strong with duolingo for a few days...then I got bored. Maybe it'd be best to do it over the summer when I'm not taking Spanish.


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[Jerry-ADK]

Here is a useful site for learning some of the military commands in German.  Panzergrenedier.net. I have been working off of this for our unit.   Also, I use the translator on my iPad some to find out the meaning of words and how to say basic things.  Although it's kind of funky about how things get phrased.  But the pronunciation feature helps to get close.  I find now that I can watch a German film and kind of follow along.  The hardest part of learning a language is not being around other speakers.  But I'm trying to at least get drill and commands down.

[shiftysgarand]

Jun 1, 2014 19:13:04 GMT -5 Jerry-ADK said:

Here is a useful site for learning some of the military commands in German.  Panzergrenedier.net. I have been working off of this for our unit.   Also, I use the translator on my iPad some to find out the meaning of words and how to say basic things.  Although it's kind of funky about how things get phrased.  But the pronunciation feature helps to get close.  I find now that I can watch a German film and kind of follow along.  The hardest part of learning a language is not being around other speakers.  But I'm trying to at least get drill and commands down.

Not being around other speakers makes learning a language much harder. Japanese (an already difficult language) is made extremely hard due to the fact that the others that are going to japan with me aren't bothering to learn much. Thus I have nobody to practice with. Oh and BTW kilroysbrother, I do know a little bit of survival German.

[LϟϟAH1944]

Best way to learn is being around german speakers. I'm on a few german forums, where everyone speaks german, so that's pretty helpful, especially since the forums deal with topics no Americans have interest in.

[Relish]

I have friends in Köln, Bremen, Essen, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Berlin, and Dresden that I met playing videogames online. I try to practice and speak exclusively with them, which is cool too, because they feed me slang and stuff like that.

[mentosfreshmaker]

I was born in the DDR and spoke German and Russian (my father was a Soviet citizen) as a small child. When my parents decided it was time to leave the Worker's Paradise, we emigrated to Mississippi, USA. I "learned" English by watching Sesame Street, Mr. Rodger's Neighborhood, and The Electric Company. Both German and Russian were forbidden in my house until I gained fluency in English, which took about two years. Granted, it was Mississippi "English", which I discovered may as well have been Kurdish, when speaking to a Damnyankee.

And, for the record, I still think of Morgan Freeman as Easy Reader.

[brzeczyszczykiewicz]

I'd want to shout: "Sovietischen trupen!"