People who speak german

[manlymatt83]

Guten Tag,

Mein Vater kommt aus Deutschland. Ich sehe die Abbildung auf
der Web site:

<link>

Haben Sie das copy zuh Verkaufen? Wie viel kostet es?

Ich mochte fur Weihnachten oder Geburtstag kaufen.

Danke Schon,

-Matthias

How'd I do? The guy I wrote to only speaks german. Will he understand me?

 

[TestedAcorn]

Yeah he'll understand it fine.

 

[Vegitto]

Not the best grammar-wise, but he'll definately know what you're getting at.

 

[ViviTheMage]

looks okay to me...from what I remember

 

[Triumph]

just use babelfish.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: Triumph
just use babelfish.

boo

 

[Farang]

Originally posted by: Triumph
just use babelfish.

Babel fish it is large, it can use. When being necessary for I to translate my what, with anytime that you use, with all mistakes under any condition do not have to end.

 

[clamum]

Originally posted by: Farang

Originally posted by: Triumph
just use babelfish.

Babel fish it is large, it can use. When being necessary for I to translate my what, with anytime that you use, with all mistakes under any condition do not have to end.

Pretty much. :laugh:

 

[MotF Bane]

Germanglish anyone?

 

[Nerva]

i am trying to learn german, i guess you were asking if he had a certain something and how much it cost?

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: Vegitto
Not the best grammar-wise, but he'll definately know what you're getting at.

Is there anything wrong with the grammar? It looks fine to me but it would be very ackward to read since it's just a bunch of short statements.

My father is from Germany. I saw the figure on your website: Do you have a copy for sale? How much does it cost? I would like to buy it for Christmas or [sic] birthday.

Other than the missing possessive for birthday it seems to me that it just sounds ackward as opposed to being a little grammatically incorrect.

 

[Colt45]

good enough for me. my german is horrible though.

 

[SuperjetMatt]

Guten Tag,

Mein Vater kommt aus Deutschland. Ich sah das Bild auf
der Internetseite:

<link>

Haben Sie die Kopie zum Verkauf? Wieviel kostet es?

Ich mochte es gerne zu Weihnachten oder einem Geburtstag kaufen.

Danke Schon,

-Matthias

Fixed it for you.

And just to give myself credibility, I was born & raised in Germany and spend the first 19 years of my life there.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: Vegitto
Not the best grammar-wise, but he'll definately know what you're getting at.

Is there anything wrong with the grammar? It looks fine to me but it would be very ackward to read since it's just a bunch of short statements.

My father is from Germany. I saw the figure on your website: Do you have a copy for sale? How much does it cost? I would like to buy it for Christmas or [sic] birthday.

Other than the missing possessive for birthday it seems to me that it just sounds ackward as opposed to being a little grammatically incorrect.

What was I supposed to put before birthday/

 

[Born2bwire]

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: Vegitto
Not the best grammar-wise, but he'll definately know what you're getting at.

Is there anything wrong with the grammar? It looks fine to me but it would be very ackward to read since it's just a bunch of short statements.

My father is from Germany. I saw the figure on your website: Do you have a copy for sale? How much does it cost? I would like to buy it for Christmas or [sic] birthday.

Other than the missing possessive for birthday it seems to me that it just sounds ackward as opposed to being a little grammatically incorrect.

What was I supposed to put before birthday/

The grammar is very close to English. You wouldn't just say "I would want to buy it for birthday" in English. You would say "I would like to buy it for his/a birthday." I also missed that you placed your second sentence in present tense when it should be past, SuperjetMatt has already corrected that. Plus I agree that Bild is a better word to use, from what I can see Abilldung is associated with figures or a mathematical map. Crap, I missed a bunch after reading SuperjetMatt's post. I've gotten to the point where I am assuming more cognates than I should be doing. After a while I just end up replacing what I remember was the correct German word with some messed up English cognate. So yeah, you also misspelled "copy" in German and forgot to capitalize it since it is a noun, incorrectly ended the zu, etc. etc.

Just go with SuperjetMatt. Lord my German has gotten bad. I'm beginning to wonder how I survived during my trip in Bavaria.

 

[manlymatt83]

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: manlymatt83

Originally posted by: Born2bwire

Originally posted by: Vegitto
Not the best grammar-wise, but he'll definately know what you're getting at.

Is there anything wrong with the grammar? It looks fine to me but it would be very ackward to read since it's just a bunch of short statements.

My father is from Germany. I saw the figure on your website: Do you have a copy for sale? How much does it cost? I would like to buy it for Christmas or [sic] birthday.

Other than the missing possessive for birthday it seems to me that it just sounds ackward as opposed to being a little grammatically incorrect.

What was I supposed to put before birthday/

The grammar is very close to English. You wouldn't just say "I would want to buy it for birthday" in English. You would say "I would like to buy it for his/a birthday." I also missed that you placed your second sentence in present tense when it should be past, SuperjetMatt has already corrected that. Plus I agree that Bild is a better word to use, from what I can see Abilldung is associated with figures or a mathematical map. Crap, I missed a bunch after reading SuperjetMatt's post. I've gotten to the point where I am assuming more cognates than I should be doing. After a while I just end up replacing what I remember was the correct German word with some messed up English cognate. So yeah, you also misspelled "copy" in German and forgot to capitalize it since it is a noun, incorrectly ended the zu, etc. etc.

Just go with SuperjetMatt. Lord my German has gotten bad. I'm beginning to wonder how I survived during my trip in Bavaria.

Thanks for the tip