i work in a nursing home and one of our residents is from holand. she speaks german and polish. hopw do you say the following?
hello
are you hungry?
how are you?
good afternoon?
good night
love you
go to sleep
dinner time
If you could help that would be great even websites that help witht he "smal chat" thanks heaps in advance!
2007-03-27 16:48:10 · 9 answers · asked by just_jemma 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Since people have already given translations, I'll just clarify something concerning the forementioned- I don't know any polish, but I do know that in german, there is a difference to address someone formally versus informally. There's a 'you' that you'd say to friends or lovers or whatever (du/dich), and a 'you' that you'd say to people who are older or are to be respected, which is always 'Sie' (said like see)
You can go to a site such as babelfish.altavista.com and get any translations, but it will be said in the informal way. Mostly, just replace the du/dich with a Sie, and she'll understand you and appreciate that you're using that way of addressing her. Also, the 'How are you?' changes, to 'Wie geht Sie Ihnen?' - Or, you could just shorten it to 'Wie geht's?', and that would be perfectly fine too.
Hope that helped :)
2007-03-27 17:25:01 · answer #1 · answered by Sia 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hello-Hallo/Guten Tag
are you hungry? - Haben sie Hunger?/Hast du Hunger?
how are you?- Wie geht es Ihnen?/Wie geht's?
good afternoon/evening/night-Guten Tag/Guten Abend/Gute Nacht
I love you- Ich hab dich lieb (there is also "ich liebe dich", but that is reserved more for romantic love)
go to sleep- gehen Sie bitte ins Bett/geh bitte ins Bett (if she's still out of bed), Schlafen Sie ein/Schlaf ein (more the process of falling asleep)
dinnertime-Abendessen
ja-yes
nein-no
ein bisschen- a little
gut-gut
schlecht-bad
krank-sick
müde-tired
I would recommend you go to german.about.com. They will have pronounciation guides and german lessons. Also dict.leo.org is a good german-english dictionary.
2007-03-27 22:44:56 · answer #2 · answered by u_wish1984 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello or good afternoon is Guten tag.
are you hungry- bist du hunrig?
how are you- wie geht es? or wie gehts? was ist los? is another possibility for this question
gut nacht or guten abend is good night
ich liebe dich is I love you
schlaften sie is go to sleep.
I think abendbrot is dinner, but I'm not sure.
I only know the German, not Polish.
2007-03-27 17:17:21 · answer #3 · answered by ben_ewert 1 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Polish:
hello- Cześć
are you hungry? - czy jest pani głodna?
how are you? - jak się pani ma? -or- jak się czujesz?
good afternoon? you dont say that in polish, you just say dzień dobry, which is good morning. -Or- dobry wieczór which is good evening
good night- dobranoc
love you - kocham cię(but thats something you would say only to your boyfriend/girlfriend), so in this context it would probably be: Lubię cię
go to sleep - idż spać -or- niech pani pójdzie spać (which is the more polite way of saying it)
dinner time - czas na obiad
2007-03-28 03:40:40 · answer #4 · answered by kjc1993 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In German:
hello:
Hallo ("a" as in "father", otherwise the same)
are you hungry?
Haben Sie Hunger? (if you're on a last name basis with her)
roughly: Hah-ben sea (soft "s" as in "as") hunga ("u" as in "put")
Hast Du Hunger (first name base)
hast ("a" as in father) do ..
how are you?
Wie geht es Ihnen? (last name base)
Wie geht es Dir? (first name base)
wee geht (like "get", but with long vowel) ess (like"less" without "l" eenen/deer?
good afternoon:
Guten Tag!
Gooten tahk!
good night
Gute Nacht!
goote nacht! ("ch" is a really guttural sound - use "k" if you can't pronounce it, or ask her to teach you. :D)
love you
Ich hab' Dich lieb! ("Ich liebe Dich" is only used romantically, which is not what you're going for, I guess. ;D)
Ish hab dish leep. (This is a different "ch" sound, but "sh" will be close enough for her to understand.)
go to sleep:
Schlafen Sie! (last name)
schlah-fen sea
Schlaf! (first name base)
schlahf!
dinner time
Essenszeit!
ess-ens-ts-eye-t.
2007-03-27 22:45:05 · answer #5 · answered by Ms. S 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Hello: hallo
Are you hungary: bist du hungrig?
How are you: wie geht es Ihnen?
Good afternoon: guten Tag?
Good night: gute Nacht
Love you: dich lieben
Go to sleep: gehen zu schlafen
Dinner time: Abendessenzeit
2007-03-27 17:11:56 · answer #6 · answered by LiVE.L0VE.LAUGH :]♥ 1 · 0⤊ 3⤋
in polish:
hello - czesc (only to a person you know or a person your age) or just "dzien dobry" - good morning
are you hungry?- czy jest pani glodna? (to a female); czy jest pan glodny? (to a male)
how are you? - jak sie pani ma?
good afternoon - dzien dobry (in polish we only say good morning and good evening, no good afternoon)
good night - dobranoc
love you - in this context - lubie cie
go to sleep - prosze isc spac
dinner time - czas na obiad
2007-03-27 17:39:42 · answer #7 · answered by umbilikalsmom 2 · 3⤊ 0⤋
how are you - vo ganz du. good night - gut nabin. thats all i remember , if someone else can help out i would like to know too. sorry i couldnt help out more.
2007-03-27 17:02:50 · answer #8 · answered by johnny j 1 · 0⤊ 2⤋
don't know
2007-03-27 18:09:32 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 5⤋