Author Topic: Grammar (Read 17436 times)

atomic7732 · « **Reply #30 on:** May 19, 2010, 07:37:16 AM »

Quote from: Bla on May 18, 2010, 10:38:49 PM

The English grammar is simple. The words don't even have genders, like in German. There you have to find the gender of every noun in order to make a correct sentence. You can't just simply say "the". "The" becomes "der" if it's nominative male, "den" if it's accusative male, "des" if it's genitive and "dem" if it's dative.
And if it's a female noun, it's "die", "die", "der" and "der". And if it's neutral, it's "das", "das", "des" and "dem". And if it's plural, it's "die", "die", "der" and "den".

I stand confused.

deoxy99 · « **Reply #31 on:** May 19, 2010, 08:11:02 AM »

Like this:
Das MÃ¤dchen (The girl)
Das Auto (The car)

Bla · « **Reply #32 on:** May 19, 2010, 09:04:33 AM »

Quote from: deoxy99 on May 19, 2010, 08:11:02 AM

Like this:
Das MÃ¤dchen (The girl)
Das Auto (The car)

Correct. So if you want to say "the girl has the chair", girl is a neutral noun (das, das, des, dem) in the nominative case, and chair is a male noun (der, den, des, dem) in the accusative case. So you say:

"Das MÃ¤dchen hat den Stuhl."

witold · « **Reply #33 on:** May 19, 2010, 09:43:32 AM »

Polish and Russian Language are Slavonic languages so they are very similiar.

Well, for me Polish and Russian is completly diffrent.

Bla · « **Reply #34 on:** May 19, 2010, 09:49:08 AM »

Да.

witold · « **Reply #35 on:** May 19, 2010, 10:46:13 AM »

Only Russians use Cyrillic. Polish don,t.

Bla · « **Reply #36 on:** May 19, 2010, 11:03:31 AM »

Я знаю.

witold · « **Reply #37 on:** May 19, 2010, 11:06:31 AM »

Tak? To teraz coś po Polsku powiedz.

Bla · « **Reply #38 on:** May 19, 2010, 11:34:35 AM »

Nie moge.

(I used Google Translate for this one).

witold · « **Reply #39 on:** May 19, 2010, 11:50:15 AM »

Jeszcze się nauczysz

(You can learn)

Want some private lessons?

atomic7732 · « **Reply #40 on:** May 19, 2010, 03:57:06 PM »

Ja for Danish!

Yay! I just learned it's a Germanic language, (like English), so it's similar!

deoxy99 · « **Reply #41 on:** May 19, 2010, 04:43:43 PM »

Quote from: Bla on May 19, 2010, 09:04:33 AM

Quote from: deoxy99 on May 19, 2010, 08:11:02 AM
Like this:
Das MÃ¤dchen (The girl)
Das Auto (The car)
Correct. So if you want to say "the girl has the chair", girl is a neutral noun (das, das, des, dem) in the nominative case, and chair is a male noun (der, den, des, dem) in the accusative case. So you say:

"Das MÃ¤dchen hat den Stuhl."

How is a chair a male?

Bla · « **Reply #42 on:** May 19, 2010, 10:32:22 PM »

Quote from: witold on May 19, 2010, 11:50:15 AM

Jeszcze się nauczysz (You can learn)

Want some private lessons?

Thanks for offering it, but no thanks.

Quote from: NeutronStar on May 19, 2010, 03:57:06 PM

Ja for Danish!

Yay! I just learned it's a Germanic language, (like English), so it's similar!

Yes, but it's about as far away from English as German is. Most words have only a small connection, if they haven't lost it completely, and our grammar and syntax is different, so...

Quote from: deoxy99 on May 19, 2010, 04:43:43 PM

How is a chair a male?

Nouns have genders in German.

atomic7732 · « **Reply #43 on:** May 20, 2010, 07:30:38 AM »

Quote from: Bla on May 19, 2010, 10:32:22 PM

Yes, but it's about as far away from English as German is. Most words have only a small connection, if they haven't lost it completely, and our grammar and syntax is different, so...

I'll probably be able to make connections... Alot of people don't seem to... Our English class is learning to connect the Greek and Latin roots to our words. YAY!

deoxy99 · « **Reply #44 on:** May 24, 2010, 12:24:30 PM »

Prepositions.

Below, Above, Under, Inside, Outside, Over, and Beside.

Wow, lots of prepositions.

witold · « **Reply #45 on:** May 26, 2010, 02:20:05 PM »

English-Polish Prepositions

Below=Poniżej
Above=Powyżej
Under=pod
Inside=w środku
Outside=na zewnątrz
Over=Przez
Beside=Przy

That,s all for now.

deoxy99 · « **Reply #46 on:** May 27, 2010, 09:05:37 AM »

Quote from: Naru523 on May 16, 2010, 01:11:36 PM

Sheesh, don't correct him all the time. It's annoying.
Most Europeans doesn't know English very much.

But I think you are an American (a person who lives in America, and wants to learn English and stuff), and you meant to say:

Quote

Sheesh, don't correct him all the time. It's annoying.
Most Europeans don't know English that well.

deoxy99 · « **Reply #47 on:** May 27, 2010, 09:07:56 AM »

Quote from: witold on May 26, 2010, 02:20:05 PM

English-Polish Prepositions

Below=Poniżej
Above=Powyżej
Under=pod
Inside=w środku
Outside=na zewnątrz
Over=Przez
Beside=Przy

That,s all for now.

Please, learn to use an apostrophe for contractions like Can't, Won't, and all of those words.
You might think you are trying to use the English Language well, but using apostrophes, and not commas in contractions is a step closer to using it well.

atomic7732 · « **Reply #48 on:** May 27, 2010, 10:02:26 AM »

Maybe his keyboard won't let him. Or... That's for polish grammar.

witold · « **Reply #49 on:** May 28, 2010, 10:13:29 AM »

My keybord don,t use Unicode.

deoxy99 · « **Reply #50 on:** May 28, 2010, 10:13:58 AM »

Quote from: witold on May 28, 2010, 10:13:29 AM

My keyboard doesn't use Unicode.

Fixed.

atomic7732 · « **Reply #51 on:** June 01, 2010, 04:46:33 PM »

About Ã˜, it's like oehh, right?

like oo with an eh sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l23CjariO0A&feature=related

Norweigean might be different though, is it the same?

Bla · « **Reply #52 on:** June 01, 2010, 10:27:39 PM »

Quote from: NeutronStar on June 01, 2010, 04:46:33 PM

About Ã˜, it's like oehh, right?

like oo with an eh sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l23CjariO0A&feature=related

Norweigean might be different though, is it the same?

Nah, Danish doesn't sound completely like that, but it is similar. Try Google Translate.

deoxy99 · « **Reply #53 on:** June 01, 2010, 10:37:09 PM »

Quote from: Bla on June 01, 2010, 10:27:39 PM

Quote from: NeutronStar on June 01, 2010, 04:46:33 PM
About Ã˜, it's like oehh, right?

like oo with an eh sound.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l23CjariO0A&feature=related

Norweigean might be different though, is it the same?
Nah, Danish doesn't sound completely like that, but it is similar. Try Google Translate.

That's DK, I don't use DK!

Naru523 · « **Reply #54 on:** June 01, 2010, 11:11:36 PM »

Convert it to .com, captain obvious

atomic7732 · « **Reply #55 on:** June 02, 2010, 12:03:50 AM »

euhh I get it.

deoxy99 · « **Reply #56 on:** June 02, 2010, 10:17:20 AM »

Quote from: Naru523 on June 01, 2010, 11:11:36 PM

Convert it to .com, captain obvious

It doesn't work that way! It is still in Danish.

atomic7732 · « **Reply #57 on:** June 02, 2010, 10:49:55 AM »

hit translate. (at the top) and if you need to copy it into another one

BUT YOU SHOULD KNOW WHAT IT SAYS!

Naru523 · « **Reply #58 on:** June 02, 2010, 10:56:32 AM »

Quote from: deoxy99 on June 02, 2010, 10:17:20 AM

Quote from: Naru523 on June 01, 2010, 11:11:36 PM
Convert it to .com, captain obvious
It doesn't work that way! It is still in Danish.

then go to the normal google translator. Was that so hard?

deoxy99 · « **Reply #59 on:** June 02, 2010, 10:59:30 AM »

Quote from: Naru523 on June 02, 2010, 10:56:32 AM

Quote from: deoxy99 on June 02, 2010, 10:17:20 AM
Quote from: Naru523 on June 01, 2010, 11:11:36 PM
Convert it to .com, captain obvious
It doesn't work that way! It is still in Danish.

then go to the normal google translator. Was that so hard?

OH MY GOD! STOP WITH THAT!