All you German users, I have a German question!

wmmk

macrumors 68020

Original poster

• Nov 29, 2006

• #1

OK, Ich lerne Deutsch bei der Schule. Ich bin in das 8. Schuljahr. Ich habe morgens ein Vokabelpröfung. Es gibt 16 Wörter und eine Phrase. Es ist, "genauso groß wie". Wie sagt mann das auf Englisch?
Vielen Dank,
wmmk

 

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lu0s3r322

macrumors 6502a

• Nov 29, 2006

• #2

Wow that translates well on Google!!😎

"OK ONE, I learns German with the school. I am in 8. School year. I have in the morning a Vokabelpröfung. There is 16 words and a cliche. It is just as large, “as”. How does man say on English?"

 

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Allotriophagy

macrumors 6502a

• Nov 29, 2006

• #3

You probably have to talk about how "genauso BLAH wie" means "as BLAH as" and how weird that is compared to the English version having only two words.

Look up the German for "weird", is my advice.

(And "simile".)

 

wmmk

macrumors 68020

Original poster

• Nov 29, 2006

• #4

Allotriophagy said:

You probably have to talk about how "genauso BLAH wie" means "as BLAH as" and how weird that is compared to the English version having only two words.

Look up the German for "weird", is my advice.

(And "simile".)

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isn't "as BLAH as" "so BLAH wie"?

so genauso is the same as so in this case?

 

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Allotriophagy

macrumors 6502a

• Nov 29, 2006

• #5

It is tricky to explain.

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And after five minutes of thinking of how to, I can't!

I am rubbish. Sorry.

 

gadgetgirl85

macrumors 68040

• Nov 29, 2006

• #6

Hmmm I know most of what you said but not the translation of that phrase! Sorry 😱

 

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ecche

macrumors regular

• Nov 29, 2006

• #7

wmmk said:

OK, Ich lerne Deutsch bei der Schule. Ich bin in das 8. Schuljahr. Ich habe morgens ein Vokabelpröfung. Es gibt 16 Wörter und eine Phrase. Es ist, "genauso groß wie". Wie sagt mann das auf Englisch?
Vielen Dank,
wmmk

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"genauso groß wie" translates into "(exactly) as big as" or "(exactly) as large as".

Please do not be annoyed if I correct your original question. It should read : Ich lerne Deutsch in der Schule. Ich bin im 8. Schuljahr. Ich habe morgen eine Vokabelprüfung. Es geht um 16 Wörter und eine Redewendung (or: 'einen Ausdruck'). Diese (or: 'dieser' in the case of 'Ausdruck) lautet "genauso groß wie". Wie sagt man das auf Englisch?

All the best for your test!