Enjoyable Foreign Languages

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  1. Thomas Stearn

    Thomas Stearn Veteran Member
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    Hope we mean the same thing, @Hal Pollner .
    I said I just “like(d)“ the sound of them but I wouldn't be surprised if Jackie spoke those languages.
     
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  2. Hal Pollner

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    That's what I read, Thomas.

    Hal
     
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  3. Hal Pollner

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    Another thing I like about written German is that every Noun is Capitalized!

    Hal
     
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  4. Thomas Stearn

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    Well, if you like that, you may also like nominalized adjectives because they are also capitalized.:D
     
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  5. Hal Pollner

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    Please give example.;)
    Danke,
    Hal
     
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  6. Thomas Stearn

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    For instance:
    "Das Haus ist schön." (This house is beautiful.) Here we have an adjective, not capitalized. As soon as you nominalise it: "Das Schöne an dem Haus..." (The beauty of this house...) it needs to be capitalized. Otherwise German would be too easy. :D
     
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    I have three languages Profanity, English, and Spanish my ability is great, fair, and still learning.
     
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  8. Hal Pollner

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    Nyuk Nyuk Nyuk!
    Hal
     
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    Und auch zu mir, darf ich sagen.
     
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