Lost in culture

[Torsten]

Only when describing circumstances or situations the word gl?cklich can be translated as lucky. When we are talking about people gl?cklich has only one meaning: to be happy.
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[Yankee]

Hi Michael

Just a tip from my 16+ years of teaching English to Germans:

When speaking English, Germans use the word lucky incorrectly extremely often.

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Fan of Arabian horses]

Hi Amy, Jamie and Torsten!

I can appreciate happy and I?m lucky having you all correcting my English. Since I?ve joined this site I?ve learned as much and am able to avoid the one or the other mistake. I promise not longer to make this mistake.

Michael

[Fan of Arabian horses]

[Yankee]

Hi Michael

You lucked out on your last two posts. (You got lucky).

You could have written your sentence both ways.
But the meanings are slightly different.

Amy
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Amy
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ESL teacher, translator, and a native speaker of American English

[Fan of Arabian horses]

Hi Amy!

Even a blind chicken finds a seed sometimes, or should I say I?ve found the needle in the haystack? That?s what one called good luck!

Michael