Right now I am learning and trying to teach my son. I finished one program demo and I am waiting for Rosetta Stone to finish downloading. Until then I would like to know a few words and phrases to help with my son.
Go get it
Ball
There it is
Truck
Race car
Thanks in advance!
2007-08-10 00:56:55 · 8 answers · asked by getalifeFATTY 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
go get it - los hol's dir (los, hol es dir)
ball - Ball
there it is - da ist es
truck - Lastwagen (Lastauto - in Austria) also LKW (abbr. for Lastkraftwagen)
race car - Rennwagen (Rennauto)
2007-08-10 01:04:14 · answer #1 · answered by Martin S 7 · 6⤊ 2⤋
nice hello there from cologne! being a native speaker, i feel someway adressed :)
"go get it" is hard to translate when it is alonestanding... could be from an advertise à la "(Los, ) hol es dir"... but the 'es' could also be 'ihn' oder 'sie', according to what it is referring. also 'dir' might be to jovial, so it could also be something like "holen sie es sich" but i don't really think so because of the go-thing
ball... is the same in german only the first written in capitals of course...and also means to things, the round one and the party... ;)
there it is: "Da ist es (ja)" when result of a search for a magazine or perhaps "Da haben wir es" when searching also for an answer
truck the word can also be used in german, but you could also say LKW which is the usual word to abbreviate Lastkraftwagen (not used) or Lastwagen (more often).
race car... not racing car???.... anyway: Rennwagen or Rennauto should be okay. Hope i could help!
2007-08-10 08:18:08 · answer #2 · answered by Polly 1 · 3⤊ 1⤋
I would go with Polly's answer. Here are a few little additions to her answer. Apologies to people who speak German for the "phonetic" version--it's as close as I can get!
"go get it" = "(Los,) hol es dir"
If you are talking to your son, the "dir" is right. If you want him to get something masculine (like der Ball), you would say "Los, hol ihn dir", for something feminine (like die Socke), "Los, hol sie dir." "Hol" already means "go get," so adding "los" isn't really necessary, but it emphasizes the idea of "go."
ball = der Ball
dare bahl
there it is = Da ist es (ja) or Da haben wir es
Polly gave a great explanation. If you are looking for something masculine, you would say "Da ist er (ja"), for something feminine, "Da ist sie (ja)" The "ja" doesn't really translate, but it's the sort of thing a native speaker would add.
truck = LKW or Lastwagen
race car = Rennwagen or Rennauto
2007-08-10 09:49:58 · answer #3 · answered by hoptoad 5 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Martin's answer is 100% correct for your son
2007-08-10 11:15:41 · answer #4 · answered by The baby penguin 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Hello,
I'm thirteen and I speak German fluently. I'm writing the words phoneticly.
Go get it: Geh UND hol ES
Ball: BAl
There it is: ES its DA
Truck: LASTwaGEN
Race Car: RENWAHgen
2007-08-10 08:09:09 · answer #5 · answered by Answer Queen 3 · 2⤊ 4⤋
There are some great free translation site if you google search, German being the easiest to translate.
Go get it - Gehen Sie erhält es :
http://www.freetranslation.com/
2007-08-10 08:03:48 · answer #6 · answered by Jewel 6 · 0⤊ 8⤋
2 great free online dictionaries:
http://dict.cc
http://dict.leo.org
i use them all the time
2007-08-10 08:18:51 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 4⤋
well, i dont really know but my husband does.. he was in german college.. but he's not around right now.. well, boys night out.. why dont you try to seacrh at search engine on yahoo.. it got a lot of related topic there..
2007-08-10 08:01:26 · answer #8 · answered by NEILISA **Shane's Mama** 6 · 0⤊ 7⤋