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Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:23 pm**

If there's any native or near-native speakers of German out there... How would you say 'I'm happy'? Ich bin glücklich, or Mir ist glücklich?

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:25 pm**

German forum---------->

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:26 pm**

:pre-emptive: Well they should.

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:26 pm**

I see no German forum. So ner.

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:28 pm**

No German forum.

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:35 pm**

There is no word for happy in the German language, nor are there words for please, thank you or Facism.

I apologise in advance to any Germans who may be offended by this. I am aware that the words do exist. I was attempting to make a joke but you wouldn't get that would you?

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:36 pm**

Guilty_Biscuit wrote:There is no word for happy in the German language, nor are there words for please, thank you or Facism.

I apologise in advance to any Germans who may be offended by this. I am aware that the words do exist. I was attempting to make a joke but you wouldn't get that would you?

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:38 pm**

Hallo ja bin ich wie bitte Elche wenn wenn das happy!

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 5:52 pm**

2dimes wrote:Hallo ja bin ich wie bitte Elche wenn wenn das happy!

A Møøse once bit my sister...

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:03 pm**

johnnyrotten wrote:
2dimes wrote:Hallo ja bin ich wie bitte Elche wenn wenn das happy!

A Møøse once bit my sister...

ROFL

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:04 pm**

I think Glucklich (sorry for umlaut omission) means lucky.

http://www.conquerclub.com/forum/viewto ... ht=#270530

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:10 pm**

CrazyAnglican wrote:I think Glucklich (sorry for umlaut omission) means lucky.

Means both. I spent virtually an entire 4 days arguing with a mate while in Berlin over which it meant; turns out it's both. Silly Germans.

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 6:24 pm**

Lack mich am arsch!

Posted: **Mon Apr 23, 2007 7:54 pm**

i take german as a language but cant speak it for shit ( does that count )

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 1:31 am**

plysprtz wrote:i take german as a language but cant speak it for shit ( does that count )

i know what you mean, i just stare out the window in my german classes

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:40 am**

don't tell him pike!

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 7:42 am**

Happy in what sense? At this moment or in general? Because there's some difference there.

And "glücklich" as an adjective means "happy", "to be lucky" means "Glück haben" (to have luck).

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 10:54 am**

diddle wrote:
plysprtz wrote:i take german as a language but cant speak it for shit ( does that count )

i know what you mean, i just stare out the window in my german classes

I used to take it but not any more. I didn't like the way they just seemed to stick a whole load of words together into one big one and some of the things you had to get your tongue around were crazy!

Anyway, Germans almost speak better English than we do!

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:09 am**

RobinJ wrote:
diddle wrote:
plysprtz wrote:i take german as a language but cant speak it for shit ( does that count )

i know what you mean, i just stare out the window in my german classes

I used to take it but not any more. I didn't like the way they just seemed to stick a whole load of words together into one big one and some of the things you had to get your tongue around were crazy!

Anyway, Germans almost speak better English than we do!

People who have ENglish as a second language speak proper queens english. We just have loads of slang and shortcuts in it when we speak, but to us its all normal and makes sense.

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:18 am**

RobinJ wrote:...I didn't like the way they just seemed to stick a whole load of words together into one big one and some of the things you had to get your tongue around were crazy!
...

One example that springs to mind is einmalgebrauchhandschueh (sp?) meaning disposable glove (literally one-time-use-hand-shoe)

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:19 am**

Pretty much the only German I remember from school is 'uber de ampel' or something like that...
I also know 'schnell, schnell' from war films, 'hepte hand' from Dad's Army and 'kartoffelkopf' from goodness knows where... Of course all these could be made up & not German at all (or I could just be remembering/spelling them totallywrong)

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:24 am**

Guilty_Biscuit wrote:There is no word for happy in the German language, nor are there words for please, thank you or Facism.

Theres no word Facism in English either :wink:

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:36 am**

fluffybunnykins wrote:Pretty much the only German I remember from school is 'uber de ampel' or something like that...
I also know 'schnell, schnell' from war films, 'hepte hand' from Dad's Army and 'kartoffelkopf' from goodness knows where... Of course all these could be made up & not German at all (or I could just be remembering/spelling them totallywrong)

'Kartoffelkopf' would most probably be from Blackadder Goes Forth.

And don't worry MeDeFe, I found an example sentence in a dictionary, and it was 'ich bin'.

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:38 am**

Uber and Shiza(Sp?)

the only two words of german i know :lol:

Posted: **Tue Apr 24, 2007 11:43 am**

If someone is generally happy with his life and everything over a prolonged period of time or for a special reason, like getting married (some people are strange), it would indeed be "Ich bin glücklich", If it's comparatively happy, i.e. happier than usual, usually for no particaular reason, it would be something like "Ich bin gut drauf".

Get over here and learn it, that's probably the easiest way.