German Lessons Just Sound Wrong
My wife has been brushing up on her German recently using some kind of software where they read her a phrase in German and she has to translate it into English. That’s all fine and good, but some of their phrases translate into some odd things. Example: “Your cow is pretty.”
Now, I don’t know about you, but this phrase sounds really, really wrong to me. Just think of Cletus from The Simpsons reading this in his best Deliverance kind of way:
“Your cow is pretty.”
Isn’t this wrong?
Maybe I have a dirty mind, but this just sounds really wrong to me. Many of the phrases my wife is translating come across like this. At the very least, I can’t figure out how these phrases are supposed to be frequently used enough to need study. What the heck is going on over there in Germany?
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G. wrote: "Reminds me of Eddie Izzard talking about his French lessons: "The monkey is on the branch."
Not a lot of jungle in France. Monkeys thin in the air. Thin on the ground. Just generally pretty trim."
Maybe it was meant as a euphemism.
Yeah, it ties right in with finding cows attractive. This is why no one should ever learn a foreign language.
G. wrote: "Yeah, it ties right in with finding cows attractive. This is why no one should ever learn a foreign language."I personally avoid learning anything.
"The monkey is on the branch."
Not a lot of jungle in France. Monkeys thin in the air. Thin on the ground. Just generally pretty trim.