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 Post subject: So, who speaks German?
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Hey. Hate to start another thread on a similar topic, but I'm travelling to Munich tomorrow and I need some help.

I need a translation on something to the effect of: "Are you going to Regensburg? Can we share a Bayern ticket?"

If anybody is familiar with the German rail system, tomorrow I am going to be in Munich trying to get to Regensburg. My friend there old me that this is fairly commonplace, to stand at the ticket dispenser and ask people if they are going the same place as you. The tickets (the "Bayern ticket" specfically) are valid for multiple people and if you split the cost it's cheaper.

Anybody know how I could ask for this without seeming like a douchebag?

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verbal intercourse does but when i try to get him to speak to me in german he won't... so i don't know how good he is, but i'm assuming he speaks it well or understands it well.
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Just stand there and shout, "Speak English dammit, you lost the war!"
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there's a whole bunch of translation websites you can use. babelfish i'm thinking is one. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but it should get you by...

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the redworm Wrote:
there's a whole bunch of translation websites you can use. babelfish i'm thinking is one. I'm not sure how accurate it is, but it should get you by...

here


I mean, yeah I know about online translators, I'm a French major. And I know how absolutely shitty they are and I really refuse to use them, save certain situations like, well, this...I'll do it but I'm hoping for some expertise.

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Billzebub of that ilk Wrote:
Just stand there and shout, "Speak English dammit, you lost the war!"


And yeah, I'm getting the feeling the more i find out about Germany that everybody there can at least speak some English. I'd just rather start speaking in German to be polite and shit.

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I would think that in Europe you'd get further in French than you would in English, at least from a receptiveness/responsiveness aspect.
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I guess I could always try

"Fahren Sie nach Regensburg?"

"Are you going to Regensburg?"

"Est-ce que vous voyagez a Regensburg?"

I do have a very rudimentary knowledge of German but not quite good enough to actually use i don't think.

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Gehen Sie nach Regensburg? Können wir eine Bayern Karte teilen?

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I know a litlle German...
































He's standing over there.
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Gehen Sie nach Regensburg? Können wir eine Bayern Karte teilen?


so do you speak german phil or did you just use the translator? (cuz that's where I'm at)

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just learn how to say:

"do you speak english? i don't speak german". english is a lingua franca, you'll eventually bump into someone who does speak english. if you make the effort to say it in their language, someone will help. hell, it worked for me when i went to paris.

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cmanhatan4 Wrote:
Prince of Darkness Wrote:
Gehen Sie nach Regensburg? Können wir eine Bayern Karte teilen?


so do you speak german phil or did you just use the translator? (cuz that's where I'm at)


Had to take a couple semesters of German, Italian, and French each to sing opera.

Yeah, I sang opera, wanna fight? ;)

It was mostly grammatical and for pronunciation, not too conversational, but it came in handy when i was over there, so i just consulted my college texts, and that's the best I could do.

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"sprechen sie englische?"
"ich spreche keine deutsch" or was it "keine deutsch spreche mir"
ah...to hell with school.

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"sprechen sie englische?"
"ich spreche keine deutsch" or was it "keine deutsch spreche mir"
ah...to hell with school.


wouldn't "ich spreche deutsch nicht" work also?

the "keine" constructionsare more preferable though, or so i've been led to believe.

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cmanhatan4 Wrote:
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Gehen Sie nach Regensburg? Können wir eine Bayern Karte teilen?


so do you speak german phil or did you just use the translator? (cuz that's where I'm at)


Had to take a couple semesters of German, Italian, and French each to sing opera.

Yeah, I sang opera, wanna fight? ;)

It was mostly grammatical and for pronunciation, not too conversational, but it came in handy when i was over there, so i just consulted my college texts, and that's the best I could do.


what operas have you sang? i love that shit. only one i've seen is aida at the met or lincoln center or wherever they show that shit in new york. i watched "la triviata" on tv the other night. incredilbe.

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Billzebub of that ilk Wrote:
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He's standing over there.


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alright folks. i'm getting my american ass to sleep. long day tomorrow, starting at 9am on a bus to the airport here. hopefully i end up drinking (or perhaps better) in regensburg, alemania.

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Just learn some way to get their attention in German and start to stumble through asking about the train in German and they will just start talking to you in English as their English will be better than your German. But, they will at least appreciate the effort.

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Can't you just say "Please fondle my bum"? Or does that only work in Hungary?

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tt Wrote:
"sprechen sie englische?"
"ich spreche keine deutsch" or was it "keine deutsch spreche mir"
ah...to hell with school.


wouldn't "ich spreche deutsch nicht" work also?

the "keine" constructionsare more preferable though, or so i've been led to believe.


i'm not sure about using nicht, keine works better. I would just stick with sprechen sie englisch? ich spreche keine (or kein) deutsch.

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Can't you just say "Please fondle my bum"? Or does that only work in Hungary?


it works very well in paris.

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PM me any phrases or words you want to know.

German was my language as an udergraduate, Lagenscheidt's Deutsche-English Dictionary was my bible.

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ahhh KPH is totally fluent in Deutsch.
I lived in Austria for a while but am quickly losing my edge on it.

this sounds good to me -
Gehen Sie nach Regensburg? Können wir eine Bayern Karte teilen?

throw in some bitte's though
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this sounds good to me -
Gehen Sie nach Regensburg? Können wir eine Bayern Karte teilen?

throw in some bitte's though


correct.
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