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It always amuses me when people say, "Ich spreche klein(e) deutsch" (or variations thereon).

Presumably, it's meant to be a translation of "I speak only a little German", but"klein" is "little" only in the sense of "small" ("I speak small German"?), not in the sense of "not much" (which would be "wenig").

It's a cute mistake.

Date: Saturday, 23 December 2006 19:53 (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] leighbug
I was actually thinking about that sentence this morning, before I got up. I should probably have said, "Wenn ich es sagte, unsere Lehrerin würde sehr, sehr wütend sein."

It's good to know my German hasn't completely left me!
Mein Freund will Deutsch im Sommer lernen. Ich woll Deutsch mit er lernen, und viellicht kann ich meine Tochter Deutsch unterrichten (oder ein bißchen Deutsch!).

Deutsch ist sehr, sehr schwer für mich!

Date: Sunday, 24 December 2006 12:56 (UTC)
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From: [identity profile] pne.livejournal.com
viellicht kann ich meine Tochter Deutsch unterrichten (oder ein bißchen Deutsch!).

I'm sure that would be nifty!

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