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Originally Posted by Mivo
This reminded me of an American friend. Some seventeen years ago, she was learning German and eager to practice her new vocabulary with native speakers. She walked up to a German guy, intending to strike up a conversation by complimenting him on his pants, and said, "Ich mag deine Hoden." The guy looked baffled, then grinned and responded, "Thanks, my girlfriend likes them, too."
I only let her live it down a few years later.  |
Well, German and Dutch are alike so much, yet sometimes very different. There's a flower market every spring here, where a lot of Germans also show up (we live near the German border). And especially the word "bellen" is fun:
Ich werde Sie bellen. (a Dutch customer to a German stand owner).
And there are more words like that: "möchten" (would like to) vs "mogen" (am allowed to).
So, it's easy to see why it all becomes a jumble when I try to speak German!