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Happy vs. lucky #16 (permalink) Wed Jun 14, 2006 20:19 pm   Happy vs. lucky
 

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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Lost in culture #17 (permalink) Wed Jun 14, 2006 20:33 pm   Lost in culture
 

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.:!: :!:

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Lost in culture #18 (permalink) Wed Jun 14, 2006 20:57 pm   Lost in culture
 

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. 8) I promise not longer to make this mistake.

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Correcting myself #19 (permalink) Wed Jun 14, 2006 21:07 pm   Correcting myself
 

Fan of Arabian horses wrote:
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. 8) I promise not longer to make this mistake.

Michael


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Sorry, I think my recent post should be written as follows:

I can appreciate lucky and am happy having......... :oops:

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Lost in culture #20 (permalink) Wed Jun 14, 2006 21:23 pm   Lost in culture
 

Hi Michael

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

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

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Lost in culture #21 (permalink) Thu Jun 15, 2006 9:04 am   Lost in culture
 

Hi Amy!

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

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