mentor
7:43 Sat Nov 8
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Ich gebe auf
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gph
7:38 Sat Nov 8
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You're right with wegen - wegen deiner is nowadays seen as rural.
However, the equivalent of deinetwegen doesn't exist for all prepositions taking the genitive.
There's a debate about whether "laut" = (according to) takes the genitive or dative, but there's a recent example of the pronouns used with it if it is assumed to take the genitive here: http://www.spiegel.de/kultur/zwiebelfisch/zwiebelfisch-lauter-erbauliches-ueber-laut-a-325168.html
(It is "laut seiner", but illustrates the principle)
*takes Stroh from behind ear and chews on it*
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frank marker
5:27 Sat Nov 8
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Sorry gph, but I've never heard wegen deiner in my all too many years of listening to and reading German.
I can only imagine that it might occur in some archaic text. I stand to be corrected of course, but surely you should use deinetwegen.
(My Hammer Grammar is elsewhere at present so I can't check to be sure.)
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gph
5:19 Sat Nov 8
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Wegen Deiner, ja.
There are verbs which take a genitive object too.
(Admittedly, these uses of deiner are on the way out, but they haven't gone, yet)
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frank marker
5:12 Sat Nov 8
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gph 11.09
You are indeed correct to a certain extent. I didn't want to go through all the cases.
Can you give me an example of where the genetive deiner means 'you'?
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Swiss.
11:46 Sat Nov 8
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Iford its Dashacklar
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Hammer and Pickle
11:11 Sat Nov 8
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Fuck that for a game of soldiers.
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gph
11:09 Sat Nov 8
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There are loads more words for you in German - du (nominative case), dich (accusative), dir (dative), deiner (genitive); Sie (N & A), Ihr (D), Ihrer (G); ihr (N), euch (A & D), ihrer (G) - i.e., 8 (cf 12, the theoretical number if there weren't forms shared between grammatical roles).
But Anglo-Saxon was even worse - the plural number split into dual (used when talking to two people) and, er, "plural" (used when talking to more than two).
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Ilford Hammer
11:02 Sat Nov 8
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Toshack means bollocks in Turkish. The source of endless amusement when John Toshack managed them.
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Mex Martillo
10:09 Sat Nov 8
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Pastanaga
Catalan
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frank marker
9:09 Sat Nov 8
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Flitterwoche
Badezimmerschrank
schwanger
You have 3 words for you in German.
du, ihr and Sie.
Use du for friends and family, ihr when addressing 2 or more friends / family members and Sie for anyone with whom you have a formal relationship.
If you get confused most Germans will be sympathetic towards you, as it confirms that you are clearly not part of the master race.
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SDKFZ 222
5:07 Sat Nov 8
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Flitterwoch: German for 'Honeymoon.'
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SDKFZ 222
5:06 Sat Nov 8
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Schadenfreude: German for to find satisfaction in another's misfortune (quite often used in football situations.)
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Ronald_antly
5:04 Sat Nov 8
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What is the German word for "you"?
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gph
3:23 Sat Nov 8
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Главата ми боли
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panamahat
1:54 Sat Nov 8
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Chi chi ,
A piss in Colombia & a little baby in Panama ??
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Alfie
1:45 Sat Nov 8
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Schvanger / pregnant in german
Einchorchen - squirrel in german
Badezimmer schrank - bathroom cabinet im getman
The only phrases of that guttural language i recall from my sojourn on prussian soil. Remembered purely for the beauty in the saying of them, neither more nor less than that sir.
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Hammer and Pickle
1:42 Sat Nov 8
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Pre-modified noun phrases.
English simply rocks
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Saul Bollox
1:40 Sat Nov 8
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The Norwegian word Fitte is very nice
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