how to say wrong+stop in german

GERMAN ROCKS

how exactly is wrong transalted in german e.g
I have the wrong date
I am wrong
you took the wrong turn

and to stop/be finished
i am finished school at 2
I have finished my degree
I am going to stop going there
Stop there is a child in the middle of the road.

Thomas_I

GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

how exactly is wrong transalted in german e.g
I have the wrong date
I am wrong
you took the wrong turn

and to stop/be finished
i am finished school at 2
I have finished my degree
I am going to stop going there
Stop there is a child in the middle of the road.

I have the wrong date = Ich habe das falsche Datum (otherwise if you mean the wrong "Date" it would be "Ich habe die falsche Verabredung")

I am wrong = Ich irre mich

you took the wrong turn = Du hast die falsche "Drehung" (means probably decision?) or "Entscheidung" getroffen

to stop = stoppen or aufhören
be finished = fertig sein

I have finished my degree = Ich habe meinen Abschluss gemacht (your sentence is probably related to some work to achieve an degree, so it would be "Abschlussarbeit" instead of "Abschluss")

I am going to stop going there = Ich werde aufhören dorthin zu gehen

Stop there is a child in the middle of the road = Stopp, da ist ein Kind in der Mitte der Straße (you also could say "Halt da ist ein Kind in der Straßenmitte")

Tschüß,
Thomas

Lawrence1895

GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

how exactly is wrong transalted in german e.g
I have the wrong date
I am wrong
you took the wrong turn

and to stop/be finished
i am finished school at 2
I have finished my degree
I am going to stop going there
Stop there is a child in the middle of the road.

1. Ich habe mich im Datum geirrt
2. Ich habe mich geirrt / Es war mein Fehler
3. Du hast Dich verlaufen (verfahren)...it's usually used in traffic
4. Die Schule ist um 2 Uhr beendet
5. Ich habe meinen Schulabschluss erreicht
6. Ich werde nicht mehr dort hin gehen
7. Bitte halte an, da ist ein Kind in der Mitte der Strasse

Thomas_I

That´s all well translated, but re No. 2, the second sentence (Es war mein Fehler) would be in English "It was my fault". But both is right. I´ve missed to translate No 4 but on the other lines I´ve more translated re the meaning of the words, not as I would do normally as an native German speaker. So your answers are quite correct. I´d guess that you´re a native German speaker too?

peasant

GERMAN ROCKS wrote: »

you took the wrong turn

when driving in traffic:

Da bist Du / sind Sie falsch abgebogen.

Lawrence1895

Thomas_I wrote: »

That´s all well translated, but re No. 2, the second sentence (Es war mein Fehler) would be in English "It was my fault". But both is right. I´ve missed to translate No 4 but on the other lines I´ve more translated re the meaning of the words, not as I would do normally as an native German speaker. So your answers are quite correct. I´d guess that you´re a native German speaker too?

I am indeed, born and bred in Dortmund, living in Dublin since 2004

Thomas_I

Lars1916 wrote: »

I am indeed, born and bred in Dortmund, living in Dublin since 2004

Thanks for that Lars. May I ask you whether you are still translating from English into German and vice versa when communicating with native English people? I´m asking this just because you´re living in Ireland since 8 years.

Lawrence1895

Thomas_I wrote: »

Thanks for that Lars. May I ask you whether you are still translating from English into German and vice versa when communicating with native English people? I´m asking this just because you´re living in Ireland since 8 years.

I don't do that at all. Maybe I struggle for some words sometimes, but I had English in school in Germany, had a distinction in my A Levels, so I just describe, what I want, and it works

Thomas_I

I also had English in school in Germany, but at that time I wasn´t very interested in learning it perfectly. This has changed when I became interested into Irish history some 15 years ago. As there are not very much books available on that subject in German, I started to read books in English language and then I became more interested in learning English as well. So I managed to extend it from the basic knowledge and indeed, in every book or newspaper I´ve read since, there are still words I didn´t know and I have to translate them. It´s very different what we learned in school to the way people talk or write in English speaking countries. I guess that it´s the similar way for non-native German speakers as well. English has became my hobby, more unintended. This is going on since 8 years and the more I´m reading English literature, the more I get accustomed to it and do less translations. This results in a less ability to do quick translations because many words have various different meanings.

Lawrence1895

Thomas_I wrote: »

I also had English in school in Germany, but at that time I wasn´t very interested in learning it perfectly. This has changed when I became interested into Irish history some 15 years ago. As there are not very much books available on that subject in German, I started to read books in English language and then I became more interested in learning English as well. So I managed to extend it from the basic knowledge and indeed, in every book or newspaper I´ve read since, there are still words I didn´t know and I have to translate them. It´s very different what we learned in school to the way people talk or write in English speaking countries. I guess that it´s the similar way for non-native German speakers as well. English has became my hobby, more unintended. This is going on since 8 years and the more I´m reading English literature, the more I get accustomed to it and do less translations. This results in a less ability to do quick translations because many words have various different meanings.

Back in the 1980s, when I went to school, my English teacher predicted, that I would end up in an English speaking country. I guess, he was right

The other teacher, I had, spent 3 years in Oxford, he insisted on what he called 'proper English'. The first experience, coming to Ireland was, that the 'th' is not pronounced