I'm learning lots of German words lately Fiona, but they're all from opera so they tend to be things like "Liebestod" and "Ewigkeit," which might not be that useful in conversation.
As opposed to Ich bi nicht ein Flughaven -whicj has come in so very handy so many times.
t showing off
Some usefull German: Deutch phrases:
Mine name ist [Zoe]: My name is [Zoe]
Ich bin [sechs und schwanzig] jara alt: I am [26] years old.
Ich wohne in [Corescant] : I live in [Corescant]
Bitte: Please
Danke: Thankyou
Ja: Yes
Nein: No
Ein Fahrkarten nach [Corescant] Bitte: A ticket to [Corescant] please.
Wen ist der nachste Train?: When is the next train
Wie spat ist es?: What time is it? (where spat is a made up spelling of a real word)
ein
zwei
drei
fear
funf
sechs
seben
acht
neun
zehn
t /showing off
Asterix is funny, all them crazy Romans -anybody for potion?
You do have Tintin in the US though, don't you? So it's not like you're totally unreceptive to Euro-comics. And I would have thought Asterix was
more
[***] than Tintin, not less.
[***] = "accessible"! God, that's weird, I just couldn't think of that word for about two minutes. I'm going mad.
I keep being very tempted to actually purchase some. Been years since I read any.
I have a very comprehensive collection at my parents'. I must dig them out sometime.
Baby just woke up. Gotta go.
When I did my big back-packing trip I learned please, thank you, yes, no, bathroom, and 'coffee with milk and sugar' in several languages. I got by alright.
Billytea ought to approve of this detail: the chief of Asterix's Gallic tribe is named Vitalstitistix.
I do indeed. Love the Asterix comics. (The potion-brewing druid, BTW, is called Getafix.)
** = "accessible"! God, that's weird, I just couldn't think of that word for about two minutes. I'm going mad.
Happens to me ALL the time. I end up making mad hand gesture signals to try and convey the word *kettle* to incredulous looking people.
You do have Tintin in the US though, don't you? So it's not like you're totally unreceptive to Euro-comics.
We have both, yes. I think, though, that there are more Asterix fans than Tintin fans, although my ex-officemate was *very* into Tintin.
damn, the English version of the Asterix site, didn't work :(
what was the name of the minstrel who was constantly getting smacked upside the head, or tied and gagged? I always loved that. :)
PM out-geeks me on this... but I'd heard of Tin Tin and not Asterix.