Talk:German/Level I/Kleidung

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What else should i add in Lesson Four?--Andrewcool 00:15, 31 Mar 2005 (UTC)


 * Don't worry I got it covered :-D --German Men92 17:14, 14 Jan 2006 (UTC)

Lesson Part Finished
The lesson part is finished, but it is still open for correction, and minor additions. --German Man92 16:35 Jan 16 2006 (UTC)

passen = fit
passen means to fit, and sitzen means to sit. but there is names that sitzen means to fit, but most time passen is fit. --German Man92 16:49 Jan 16 2006 (UTC)

Hegla = Helga
"Hegla" is not a German name. The correct spelling is "Helga".

Tip Tip ...
Actually, tipping is seen very differently. For many older Germans, 5% is quite a lot, and not giving any tip if not really satisfied is by no means considered rude by everybody. Younger ones often are more generous (maybe this is influenced by the American culture where the tip is part of the income of the waiters, or because they are more likely to know some fellow student working at a restaurant ;-) So while Tante Erna might tip the nice young lady who brought her her Kännchen Milchkaffee mit Schwarzwälder Kirsch for 7,30€ with 20 cents, the student Kevin might just leave 70 cents on the table because he'd find it cheap otherwise. Admittedly, those are rather extreme cases, and there certainly are young people who are cheap and many old ones who are very generous... Thamane 21:31, 3 April 2006 (UTC)


 * I actually live in Berlin, and I see most, if not all, people tip and very well, maybe I just see, or look for people who tip. I don't know, lol. --German Men92 20:36, 10 April 2006 (UTC)

Helga and Maria
They call each other by there "Vornamen", so they normaly won't say "Sie", but "Du".

Propaganda?
Hiya. I'm actually using the beginnings of this book as a very rough foundation upon which to begin my studies of the German language. I couldn't help but think that the exercise requiring the student to memorize what is on each floor of a specific department store a bit ridiculous. Not only does memorizing this not seem important for the study of German or, realistically, for a trip in Germany, it also seems rather like pro-KaDeWe propaganda (imagine a wikibook on the English language having an exercise requiring students to recite the locations of all General Motors factories in the United States as a lesson in geography). Just seems a bit silly.
 * "Propaganda" is sort of harsh isn't it? Maybe it's just some self-promotion. Nevertheless, just skip it if you want. And I guess you can delete it if you are really REALLY bothered by it.Erebos12345 (talk) 09:27, 6 June 2008 (UTC)

Wrong translation
In page 61 "Jewelery" is translated into "Damenschuhe" (Women's shoes), shouldn't the correct translation be "Der Schmuck" or "Der Schmuckwaren"? AdipocitoUY (discuss • contribs) 13:30, 27 September 2023 (UTC)