User talk:SamE

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I'm hoping to finish up the preface tonight and start to flesh out some topic sentences atleast in chapter I. It's amazing the scale of this project. I took AP European History in 10th grade as well, and I'm currently about to finish 11th. So it has been a while, which is why I have the Work Cited, I'm having to review it all before I write about it to make sure I have some form of accuracy in what I'm writing. Please keep reading it, commenting, and fixing the little problems and I will happily do the same for German. I was going to add more foods to the list but couldn't quite remember the genders. Also most of the things I was going to add were like hackfleisch and erdberren where what was on the list seemed more like prepared foods.--Alexbl 23:26, 29 May 2004 (UTC)

Hey SamE
Hey SamE!

Thank you for this very warm welcome - I hope I didn't mess with the layout too much! Actually I was planning to do just the opposite of your site. I thought about creating a wikibook for my private tuition students explaining to them English grammar. I then thought it might by a good idea to have a look at what other projects have really done. So when I came by your site I found it so great that I simply had to add something to it (real great work). I know wikis are not supposed to work this way but: if the content I produced seems appropriate for you, I would like to join the group of author.

Your User:Page says you’re teaching the beginning student. That’s very interesting. Where is that course (some high school?). How do you do that and what feedback do you get? Private mail welcome (guido.bockamp@gmx.de)!

--Guido

PS.: Before I forget this again: What the hell are "Dieser-forms". Being a native speaker it's sometimes very strange to learn about the grammar you use every day, but never thought about. Don’t mistake me, it may be perfectly right, I’m just curious!

Right, I got it! So you have kind of a “learning by teaching” approach. This always worked great for me. I'll see if I can help you with it, but it's always dangerous to learn from native speakers, because they often take thinks for granted that are difficult and unusual for learners Please tell me, if you don’t see the point in what I write. Regards --- Guido

Thanks
I'm working slowly on Talk:Main, too. We need to be prepared for a new influx of interest! Sj 02:07, 3 Sep 2004 (UTC)

Final Fantasy move?
hi SamE - could I please draw your attention to talk:Final Fantasy i left a message for you there but you probably don't have it on your watchlist

German
Hey Sam, I am really happy you are taking the time to do this GermanEnglish Textbook. I am really taking my time to use it to its fullest.

I just wanted to let you know that it is going into good use and I hope you are able to make/edit the lessons before I catch up to you. I do not want to rush you, I just want you to know that your work is appreciated.

Mitchowen

why tschau?
Why did you switch it to Tschau in http://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/German:Beginner_Lesson_3.

This word does not exist in colloquial, "normal" German and it would e econfusing to German learners I think... e.g. because they wont find anybody who talks with Tschau...


 * The word 'tschau' does not exist on German:Beginner Lesson 3, and it never has. - SamE 23:07, 31 Oct 2004 (UTC)

hi, ah sorry I misstook it, I meant German:Beginner Lesson 2A on the likes and dislikes part...Sma 16:52, 1 Nov 2004 (UTC)


 * I changed it back primarily because the way you suggested was inconsistent with the problems (It wasn't a blank). 'Tschau' isn't even the focus of lesson 2, because it's taught in lesson 1. The way I've been taught (in HRW's Komm mit! series), 'tschau' and 'tschüss' are both used in the familiar. I think if they included it, that it is used at least somewhere in Germany. - SamE 01:21, 2 Nov 2004 (UTC)

well ok, I disagree with you on the fact that it is used in Germany (I am talking about major spreading, there might be some little regions who actually use it, but I dont think this book should teach/focus on regional differences or dialects of several areas), at least I havent heard it in my whole life, living in several federal states, but tschau is ok then with me..
 * The only form I've seen used is "tschüss" this is the German version. "Tschau" is just colloquial and not used widely. You will find "tschüss" in a good dictionary. I have not found "Tschau" in any dictionary (German-English Oxford-Duden Dictionarty and German Duden Dictionary). Wikipedia does the job link title

btw. Great job SamE! Love the German wikibook. Emortal 13:53, 17 Aug 2005 (SAST)

Question about FF games
You're working on a Final Fantasy guide, right? Do you know of any people that could help me construct a Final Fantasy X page (I already created the page, but all in all it's a slow production). My user name is Americanidiot. Could you please contact me on my talk page? Thank you for your time.

Greetings+
Hello Sam, from another,

I wonder where you live now! And if you'd like to come to Wikimania in August... also whether you had favorite wikibooks to suggest for this month's writing contest :) Sj 8 July 2005 18:51 (UTC)