Talk:German/Lesson 1

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The sentece "Heinrich und Karl sind Freunde als sie sich auf der Straße begegnen" sounds strange for German ears. --- I have changed that and hope, it won't be in a too strong conflict with the sound sample.

For me, it sounds strange, too, using the word "Geschäftsmänner" when talking about a woman and a man. I'd propose to say "Geschäftsleute", but I didn't want to change the complete excercise. -- 12-14-2003 Hans.
 * Please, make changes (and comments as above are very helpful). If the changes cause problems with the lesson itself, do not worry, I'll come along and do the fixes as necessary to match your suggestions/word changes - Marsh 02:26, 15 Dec 2003 (UTC)

"Wie geht es dir?" is unusual to start a conversation in Germany. -- Hansm 12:56, 6 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * Sorry, I've to correct something there. "Wie geht es dir?" is not unusual to start a conversation. So I think it depends on which part of Germany you're talking about. -- Shekko 14:28, 6 Jan 2004


 * OK, but if you ask that, you expect to get a real answer and not simply a "Sehr gut". That makes it different to the use of that phrase in many other languages and is a trap for foreigners. Or, where do you think it is a usual small-talk phrase? -- Hansm 14:03, 6 Jan 2004 (UTC)


 * It is very consistent (both question and answer) with English - Marsh 18:28, 6 Jan 2004 (UTC)

Any chance we could get some better sound samples?


 * Others are working on it, but it is a technically difficult challenge - marsh 04:31, 4 November 2005 (UTC)