Practicing my German

[Prezbucky]

TD, can you tell me if this is right please?

Ich bin eine mann und ich liebe den dammen.

(trying to put a sentence together -- not so much to convey any actual meaning but just for practice)
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[Torsten]

Maybe "Ich bin ein Mann und liebe Frauen"? Is that what you want to say or do you mean "ladies" rather than just "women"?
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[Prezbucky]

either one is fine -- ladies or women
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Billie Jean is not my lover. Hee.

[Prezbucky]

what would "ladies" be?

Thx Torsten
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[Ralf]

[Lost_Soul]

Maybe we should set up one more lounge for learning German, and create some German (GSL) tests
I'm pretty sure it'll catch on pretty soon

[Ralf]

[Storm]

Ich bin der Mann, den viele Frauen lieben.

[Lost_Soul]

[Torsten]

[Ralf]

[Torsten]

Hi Ralf,

This sounds like a quotation from a famous poet or even philosopher. Do you have any examples that prove the veracity of this statement?

Thanks,
Torsten
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[Prezbucky]

is the "u" in "und" more like the vowel phoneme in "could/would/should" or the phoneme in "noon/toon/June"?

is it oond or und (rhyming with "could")?

also, is the "d" almost the same as a "t"?

unt?
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[Prezbucky]

also, if you guys don't mind -- i've never taken a german class, so this will be news to me -- could one of you show me the conjugations (at least present tense) of the verb "to be"?

I think I know two of them:

Ich bin
Du bist
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[Torsten]

Yes Tom, the "u" in "und" is very close to the sound in "could" and the "d" is pronounced as a "t". Does your boss speak German too? You should ask for a raise since you are improving your German...
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