German language conversation group

Freiheit

If anyone has an interested in forming such, post here of p.m me bitte!:)

Frances4019

Freiheit wrote: »

If anyone has an interested in forming such, post here of p.m me bitte!:)

Only for German speakers?

migozarad

Freiheit wrote: »

If anyone has an interested in forming such, post here of p.m me bitte!:)

Ich interessiere Mich viel fur dis Idea.Wasfur ''Deutsche-Qualitat'' muss man habe um in dieser Gruppe zu verwickeln?

Freiheit

Well the idea would be to speak German of some level anyway, I'm sure their would be room for all, I've a degree in German but have little opportunity to use it now. I'd really like an informal group where people could chill out and speak at least some German...if anyone wanted to learn they could of course come too!

Koennte vielleicht in einem Cafe im Stadtzentrum stattfinden!....

bazz26

Vorsprung durch Technik







I'll get me coat....

highlydebased

Ich interessiere mich ein bischen fur dieser Gruppe. Ich mache Deutsch fur das Leaving Cert dieses Jahr. Ein Gesprach ins Deutsch ist ganz leicht.....meiner meinung nach.

Frances4019

Freiheit wrote: »

Well the idea would be to speak German of some level anyway, I'm sure their would be room for all, I've a degree in German but have little opportunity to use it now. I'd really like an informal group where people could chill out and speak at least some German...if anyone wanted to learn they could of course come too!

Koennte vielleicht in einem Cafe im Stadtzentrum stattfinden!....

I unfortunately don't speak it but would really love to learn. Would be happy to take a back seat and just listen for a while. keep posting.....

Raiser

Neon-Circles wrote: »

Ich interessiere mich ein bischen fur dieser Gruppe. Ich mache Deutsch fur das Leaving Cert dieses Jahr. Ein Gesprach ins Deutsch ist ganz leicht.....meiner meinung nach.

Babelfish wrote:

I am interested a little fur this group. I make fur the Leaving CERT for German this year. A Gesprach into German is completely easily…. in my opinion. Perhaps Koennte in a cafe in the city centre take place! ….

Babelfish has made learning foreign languages an archaic and wholly unnecessary practice.

- The above text was translated perfectly in terms of content, grammar and subject matter.

P.S. Neon you really need to brush up on your grammar!!! German or English, one of them anyhow :eek:

Freiheit

Babelfish still has a bit to evolve......translations are generaly accurate in terms of 'gist' but far from exact,and in any event it would make for very cumbersome communication!.....typing into a computer as means of face to face communication!:)

Raiser

Freiheit wrote: »

Babelfish still has a bit to evolve......translations are generaly accurate in terms of 'gist' but far from exact,and in any event it would make for very cumbersome communication!.....typing into a computer as means of face to face communication!:)

Hmmmm - I s'ppose.

Subtitles any good to ya?

highlydebased

Raiser wrote: »

P.S. Neon you really need to brush up on your grammar!!! German or English, one of them anyhow :eek:
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Considering babelfish will not translate it properly, and I didnt use umlauts, its all messy. My grammar is fine...

Frances4019

Raiser wrote: »

Babelfish has made learning foreign languages an archaic and wholly unnecessary practice.

- The above text was translated perfectly in terms of content, grammar and subject matter.

P.S. Neon you really need to brush up on your grammar!!! German or English, one of them anyhow :eek:



Be honest - You're hoping there'll be hot German Girls there that are into discipline........

Raiser you have totally ruined this post for me anyway. I am a Grandmother who would like just to communicate with her Grandchildren in German. If this was in any other Country these type of slutty remarks would not be tolerated. Happy now?

billy the squid

right you peoples, I refer you to the charter, if you cannot provide information then don't post. no need for smartalikness.

Raiser

Frances Brennan wrote: »

Raiser you have totally ruined this post for me anyway. I am a Grandmother who would like just to communicate with her Grandchildren in German. If this was in any other Country these type of slutty remarks would not be tolerated. Happy now?

I'm sorry Frances - I thought you were a young Man for some stupid reason - I've edited my post and apologise sincerely if I caused any offence

Freiheit

If there is enough interest over the next few weeks we could arrange a meet.

I speak fairly good German, maybe not quite fluent but close. But I don't have any means of maintaining it now, and like a muscle, if you don't use it , you tend to loose it.

So a friendly gathering on a regular basis,where German would be spoken would be great, for me and hopefuly others too. It wouldn't have to be serious, could be easy going and lighthearted. Wouldn't be a classroom!:)

There's a social side to every group too, meeting new people is positive on many levels;) We could even celebrate Christmas with German Gluehwein( a German drink similar to punch) and play some German Christmas carols...maybe even visit the German Christmas Market in Dublin!

gaf1983

I'd be interested, but again, like some of the other posters, I reckon I'd be listening for the first few sessions. Did it in first year in secondary school, then did ten weeks worth of evening classes in Limerick Senior College back in 2007. Wouldn't mind brushing up.

Can anyone recommend any decent German language podcasts?

Amazotheamazing

Freiheit wrote: »

There's a social side to every group too, meeting new people is positive on many levels;) We could even celebrate Christmas with German Gluehwein( a German drink similar to punch) and play some German Christmas carols...maybe even visit the German Christmas Market in Dublin!

Or start one here!

Freiheit

Deutsche Welle is a good radio station but it's fairly advanced....So lang man Traume noch leben kann is a favourite song of mine, by Munchener Freiheit!...available on You Tube in German and in English as "Keeping the dream alive". Interesting how although the general meaning is the same in both languages, the words and sentences are sometimes quite a bit different.

Music is a good way to start for relative beginners. Lot's of deutsche Musik im Youtube

sterntaste

I can recommend "Rundblick: beginner's German" and "nachtlager.de DOMIAN", which is a late-night radio talkshow with interesting topics.

Very famous and available as Podcast is "Die Sendung mit der Maus" - a children's TV show with cool topics for adults, too.


Cheers from Germany

Frances4019

Raiser wrote: »

I'm sorry Frances - I thought you were a young Man for some stupid reason - I've edited my post and apologise sincerely if I caused any offence

Accepted....

Freiheit

So is there any venues anyone would like? The George Boutique Hotel? The White House? O'Connors or BB'S Cafe? Those are just off the cuff suggestions to set the ball running!:)

Hoffentlich geht es euch gut!
(hopefully all are well!)

sterntaste

Freiheit wrote: »

So is there any venues anyone would like? The George Boutique Hotel? The White House? O'Connors or BB'S Cafe? Those are just off the cuff suggestions to set the ball running!:)

Hoffentlich geht es euch gut!
(hopefully all are well!)

I'll be September onwards in Limerick ^^ maybe see you then :pac:

Viel Spass!

pearliefan

Ich interessiere mich ein bischen dafur.. Ich bin in Deutschland geboren, aber den Moglichkeit Deutsch zu sprechen habe ich leider nicht so oft und ich mocthe mein Deutsch verbessern. Was fur einen Alter muss/soll man sein?


English : I'm a bit interested in this idea. I was born in Germany, but I don't often get the oppotunity to speak German and I would like to brush up on it I suppose. What kind of age group should is it?

Freiheit

I'm not sure if there would have to an age group, maybe 16=?what do others think? I'm 31 but the world is full of people of all ages, what matters is group rapport, not really date of birth. Pubs, if it was in a pub only allow under 18's until 9pm, but if it was in a Cafe that wouldn't be a factor....

By the way the German term for this type of gathering is Stammtisch, pronounced Stam-tish..First word for new learners!

sterntaste

Freiheit wrote: »

I'm not sure if there would have to an age group, maybe 16=?what do others think? I'm 31 but the world is full of people of all ages, what matters is group rapport, not really date of birth. Pubs, if it was in a pub only allow under 18's until 9pm, but if it was in a Cafe that wouldn't be a factor....

By the way the German term for this type of gathering is Stammtisch, pronounced Stam-tish..First word for new learners!

Shtamm-Tish

Freiheit

Yes starting to pay dividends already....My German is improving!;) .....nice pussy cat Avatar by the way Herr Sterne

sterntaste

Fortunatly, I don't have to "pronounce" English words here ^^ ... Schwarzenegger-Style

Freiheit

Above all I've struggled with the 'ch' sound, pretty problematic as the word for 'I' is 'Ich' , and I've been speaking German for 19 years!.......My first German teacher had awful pronunciation and I blame him!:cool:

Told I speak 'ch' as in Berlin but nowhere else.....after 19 years I'm unlikely to learn now!:o

sterntaste

Just pretend your choking

I think you're pronouncing it "ick" which is Berlin accent indeed. The standard sound does not exist in English, so I cannot give you any example...

Maybe "igh" ?

http://www.paulmeier.com/ipa/consonants.html

click on the "x" symbols...

cheers

Freiheit

Actually a good place to learn some German is a bottle of Erdinger beer..must upload one here...the label is in German and is a fun way to develope vocab....has anyone tried it? .

Freiheit

I'll post about this again in a month or six weeks, more people might be interested in the Autumn....

AOWAO.de

Freiheit wrote: »

I'll post about this again in a month or six weeks, more people might be interested in the Autumn....

Also ist die "Wir sprechen Deutsch" Gruppe noch nicht ganz vom Tisch, wenn ich das richtig verstehe. Nur verschoben...

Wenn es losgeht bin ich gerne dabei !

Bis dahin halten wir uns weiter am Paulaner oder Erdinger fest und studieren das Etikett. Prost!!!

Freiheit

Magst du lieber Paulaner oder Erdinger?(Do you prefer Paulaner or Erdinger beer?) Sean Monkrief said he likes Maisel Weiss....could maybe invite him?

I like Erdinger,Paulaner tastes different here to Germany and not as good.

AOWAO.de

Das Erdinger schmeckt ganz gut in Irland. Ich trinke auch gerne das Franziskaner von Lidl.

Letztendlich schmeckt eh jedes deutsche Bier im Ausland anders, weil ein extra Haltbarkeitsmittel zugesetzt wird. Leider!!!

Proud supporter of the German purity law

Freiheit

I said I'd post again in the autumn. It's the autumn now, if anyone is genuinely interested in meeting up, in the relatively near future, post here or p.m. me.
Guten Tag
F

froodie

I'd be interested.
Degree-level German which hasn't been spoken since I graduated, pretty much.

Affengeil!

Freiheit

That's great Herr Froodie, only take's two to converse! (well in theory one can talk to oneself too!)...any suggestions as to where you'd like to meet?.

kilburn

leaving cert german any good?

Freiheit

Of course...all would be welcome...!:)....

Kess73

Freiheit wrote: »

I said I'd post again in the autumn. It's the autumn now, if anyone is genuinely interested in meeting up, in the relatively near future, post here or p.m. me.
Guten Tag
F

Might be interested in this next year if it takes off. Am mulling over the idea of leaving Ireland again, and going back to Germany again is high on my list of possibles for mid to late next year if I don't move elsewhere within the Limerick/Kerry/Cork region.

Lived in Germany on two occasions in the past, totalling ten or so years that I enjoyed, but have not spoken it much since my last spell there. I speak a number of languages, but, as with most things, without regular practise I have gotten a little rusty.

Grizzly 45

Ich ware sehr intressiert daran.Bin halb Deutsch /Ire,mutterlicherseits.
Wie,Wo ,Wann??

Freiheit

Ok look it's time to arrange a maiden meeting. People who want can attend and those who can't can come again.

Possible venues: daytime - any Cafe around time, maybe O'Connor's on Cruises St? Upstairs in Arthurs Quay? or an evening venue maybe the Locke Bar?(koennen da Paulaner trinken!)...or the White House? Next week maybe?.

Alles Gute
F

kilburn

whats the standard here though, You wouldnt want to be lost

osarusan

You could get people to rate themselves in some way (maybe the Council of Europe levels) and then know who was at what level, and who they should be grouped with.

People could do this before they even go, and be ready to sort out pairs when they arrive.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Common_European_Framework_of_Reference_for_Languages

Grizzly 45

If they Becks or Warsteiner..I'm dabei. Cant do wheat beer,get awful hangovers and bloating from it.Und Ich ein eherliche Franke.;)

Freiheit

Standard wouldn't really matter. At University "Stammtisch" was always fairly mixed in terms of level, but all were able to learn something, even if only a few words. I have a vision of something very informal in mind, no strict rules of regulations, just a chat and a liquid and try to speak/learn some German, even if only from a beer bottle!

Freiheit

I'm going to grab the bull by the horns and call a meeting for the Locke bar, thursday or friday of next week, how does that sound? Around 8pm?

Freiheit

Provisional meeting, Locke Bar, around 9, thursday 7 October.. Talk about whatever you want, even if you have no German that's ok, you'l leave knowing a little!:)
Bis bald!
F

Freiheit

2 , one of whom was me attended the Locke bar thursday of last week!...There's an Oktoberfest there next weekend or weekend after!...See the Limerick Post for details.

brownej

Is this conversation group still going?
I only found this thread today. I have leaving cert German but I've been looking for a German language course for while now but to no avail.
I would be very interested if this is still going ahead.

Freiheit

Of course a meet can be arranged in a few weeks again...maybe in 2 weeks for the Oktoberfest in the Locke?....The language one learns through conversation is likely to be more practical than on a language course anyway....I had 2 years of third level German when I first went to Germany but was very poor orally as had very little oral experience...Conversation is more practical and more fun!;)
Prost!