How much german will I need to understand?

[Guardian of Silence]

I've been reading up on the area. Sounds fun!

Yeah, it's our Vegas.

Just - er, cheaper. And a LITTLE smaller...

 

[UltimoAviso]

With lots of sex theaters

 

[agresionpower]

Yeah, it's our Vegas.

Just - er, cheaper. And a LITTLE smaller...

With lots of sex theaters

So it's like amsterdam, but without the (legal) weed?

 

[Tri-6]

Damn I hate liquor and loose women!

 

[Guardian of Silence]

Damn I hate liquor and loose women!

are you some kind of methodist?

 

[Quark]

Damn I hate liquor and loose women!

I didn't like them either there.

But north German girls are nice! I guarantee that!

 

[Alix]

The two nights before Wacken we are staying at a hotel on the Reaperbahn. Should be interesting!

I accidentally stayed there one night. It made for an interesting journey back to my actual hotel the following morning One of my first memories was a group of old ladies (aged 70+) posing and taking photos outside an adult shop

 

[Colamann3798]

It might be enough, just to say "i don't speak anything else than english". Most Germans should understand that. And yes, our English is not the best one, but most of us Do speak understandable English.

Someone who doesn't understand that propably couldn't switch to English even if you told him to do so in perfect German

Thanks for all the info. I'm going to learn some basic phrases like "Please give me a large beer"

Very important thing to know! "Ein grosses Bier, bitte!" (pronounced like "ine grohsaz beer, bitteh" or something like that).
Since we basically have the same word for beer, I guess you won't have to stay sober even if you end up in some grandfather's pub where noone speaks any English at all.

 

[Guardian of Silence]

Someone who doesn't understand that propably couldn't switch to English even if you told him to do so in perfect German

It's not very probable to meet someone who really does speak NO english. Just boring old guys. Or younger kids.

Edit: If I wanted to write how to pronounce a German word or sentence, and there is an "ü" in it, how could I do that?

 

[Colamann3798]

I guess there's nothing in the English language that sounds like an ü. The only time I ever heard the sound from an English speaker, it was a guy with a heavy scottish accent pronouncing oo.

You'd propably have to use those special signs that language books use.

 

[Guardian of Silence]

I guess there's nothing in the English language that sounds like an ü. The only time I ever heard the sound from an English speaker, it was a guy with a heavy scottish accent pronouncing oo.

You'd propably have to use those special signs that language books use.

I knew it. I knew it. Crap.
How do I make that funny little unicorns - er, unicodes?

 

[Quark]

I knew it. I knew it. Crap.
How do I make that funny little unicorns - er, unicodes?

Windoofs, "special characters" and then phonetic. If not, I do not know.

 

[Alix]

I guess there's nothing in the English language that sounds like an ü. The only time I ever heard the sound from an English speaker, it was a guy with a heavy scottish accent pronouncing oo.

You'd propably have to use those special signs that language books use.

Sure there is!
"I knew you'd do a poo"
If you pronounced the underlined as "ü" in the above sentence (as stupid as it is ), and said it to pretty much any native English speaker, they'd be pretty impressed with your pronunciation. I don't know where this idea that the "ü" sound doesn't exist in the English language, but as you can see there too many ways to spell it. Fuck I hate the English language

 

[Quark]

Sure there is!
"I knew you'd do a poo"
If you pronounced the underlined as "ü" in the above sentence (as stupid as it is ), and said it to pretty much any native English speaker, they'd be pretty impressed with your pronunciation. I don't know where this idea that the "ü" sound doesn't exist in the English language, but as you can see there too many ways to spell it. Fuck I hate the English language

Maybe in Aussi English, but I reckon a US speaker would pronounce it a slightly different than e.g. a UK speaker. (English of course)

 

[Alix]

Maybe in Aussie English, but I reckon a US speaker would pronounce it a slightly different than e.g. a UK speaker. (English of course)

They've always gotta do things different to everyone else don't they