Below are the most recent 16 friends' journal entries.

Monday, November 9th, 2009
denglish [ ceboholic ]	4:22p	I don't believe there is anything in the whole earth that you can't learn in Berlin ... ...except the German language. If you have half an hour spare, see what this Mensch has to say on The Awful German Language. (Comment on this)
Sunday, November 8th, 2009
denglish [ theprinter ]	8:25p	Hallo zusammen! On Monday, my school is hosting an assembly in honor of the fall of the Berlin Wall (a wee bit late) and we're having the Consul General there. Basically, my job is to help a younger student how to thank our guest for his time and expertise (as well as some other things). And I'm guessing since I need to help him, I need to do it in German. But I'm not entirely too sure on how to say that. One of my results found this for "Thank you for your time": Danke, dass Sie sich Zeit genommen haben. Is that correct? Is there a simplier, yet still polite way of saying this? (Reminder that the younger student I'm teaching this to is not learning German. He/She is merely in a History class) As for how to thank the Consul for his expertise, I have absolutely no idea how to go about that. Any help is GREATLY appreciated!   (1 Comment |Comment on this)
denglish [ autumncw ]	8:47p	German humor Hello! I work at an American high school, and I have been asked to help create an assignment on German humor.  I have looked around on the internet and at the library a little bit, but am having a little difficulty finding what I need.  I am looking for school-appropriate sources (print, cartoons, or video) that use different types of humor: satire, irony, situational humor, wordplay, traditional jokes, etc..    I have found a few cartoonists, some stand-up comedians on youtube, and several joke sites, but it is slow going sifting through all of this for school appropriateness and I have no idea what is actually popular in Germany right now, so I thought I would open the question up to the community for some ideas. Thank you! (9 Comments |Comment on this)
denglish [ nirvanakayan ]	6:08a	Hi, which of these sentences is used in Germany (or any other German speaking country)? Ich gehe in die Schule. or Ich gehe zur Schule. Thank you! (8 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, November 7th, 2009
denglish [ nirvanakayan ]	9:32p	Hey, did I translate this right: I want to be with the one I know Ich will mit dem, den ich kenne, sein. thanks (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, November 6th, 2009
denglish [ nirvanakayan ]	11:29p	Hi, Can anyone explain what this sentence means? Schau mir nicht mehr hinterher Is hinterher a  word? Thanks (18 Comments |Comment on this)
denglish [ shawna_sue ]	3:29p	Does anyone know of a German translation of "It's a small world after all" (from the Disneyworld ride)? I've found French, from the Euro Disney ride, but no German. (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Thursday, November 5th, 2009
denglish [ dangerouss ]	1:07p	Leichte & kurze deutsche Erzählungen, bitte? Hello, I tutor a 13-year-old boy who has learnt German for one year. He's really clever but he doesn't know much yet... Anyway, I want to present some texts to him, too, teach him to read, understand it and hopefully teach some new words, collocations etc. The problem is that I couldn't find anything suitable. I need something not so difficult (for example, he's not familiar with the past tense!) and not long. Can anyone help me with this? I'd be really grateful! Thank you! Current Mood: happy (16 Comments |Comment on this)
Wednesday, November 4th, 2009
chuckvideo	1:18p	My three water board candidates won last night, yay! Way to go Erickson, Bodnar and Atwater. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, November 3rd, 2009
chuckvideo	8:21a	So here's how bad I am at geography, I don't even know how many cities call themselves "Kansas City" in the United States. Anyway, apparently I'll be spending a week in a Kansas City in mid November for a job where I'll be co-engineering some big show for a church event. The schedule makes it look like I might have quite a bit of free time between events, so this time, for the first time, I'm going to do a little homework and see what there's to do around the venue. Maybe there's a cool museum I need to see. I'f I'll be in this Kansas City, I could drive up to the Berkshire Hathaway headquarters and say hi to Warren Buffett. (6 Comments |Comment on this)
Sunday, November 1st, 2009
chuckvideo	9:45p	Completely stuffed with Mexican food. I'll sleep like a baby tonight. (1 Comment |Comment on this)
denglish [ anotherplay ]	10:25a	Konjunktiv I Hallo zusammen! Könnt ihr mich vielleicht sagen, ob diese Satz stimmt? Meine Lehrerin verweigert mich nämlich Konjunktiv I zu erklären ("viele Deutsche wissen auch nicht, wie sie das genau benutzen müssen". Ich glaube das eigentlich nicht und ich finde es übrigens gar keinen Grund) aber ich möchte es trotzdem benutzen. "Am Anfang ihrer Beziehung hatte Kasimir nämlich gesagt, dass er glaube, Therese sei eine Prinzessin." Also, stimmt das oder nicht? Danke schön! Current Music: Brooke Waggoner - Get Too Close | Powered by Last.fm (14 Comments |Comment on this)
Saturday, October 31st, 2009
denglish [ zaichev ]	1:07p	Does anyone here see any errors in this? I wrote it, but one error lowers your grade 10%! Der Löwenzahn Als ich ein Kind war, hatte ich einen Garten. Er war schön mit vielen Blumen und Insekten. Meine Mutter liebte diesen Garten. In dem Garten wuchs ein Löwenzahn. Er war wunderbar gelb und hatte sehr große Blüten. Ich liebte diesen Löwenzahn. Er war meine liebling. Ich dachte, meine Mutter liebte diese Blume auch. Einmal hatte Sie keine Blumen in ihrer Vase. Ich ging in den Garten, als sie einmal nicht hinsah. Draußen schien die Sonne. Die Vögel sangen. Ich pflückte einen Löwenzahn und brachte die Blume meiner Mutter. Sie war sehr plötzlich traurig. Meine Mutter mochte es, wenn eine Blume lebendig war. Danach ließ ich alle Blumen wachsen. (5 Comments |Comment on this)
denglish [ nirvanakayan ]	7:08a	Hi, Is this right: Ich bin nicht Student. Shouldn't it be: Ich bin kein Student? According to my teacher, when not intending to use ein, you would use nicht and also for sentences like: Ich bin nicht faul. I understand this one. Otherwise you use kein. Does that make any sense? Anyway, I don't think I can explain it more than this. (12 Comments |Comment on this)
Friday, October 30th, 2009
chuckvideo	10:30a	Goodbye Parker Center. I only hope preservationists choose to save this icon of architect Welton Becket. (Comment on this)
Tuesday, October 27th, 2009
denglish [ whynotplay ]	8:56p	hiii :) :) i need some vocab help--well, somewhat. i forgot my book at school and i need to write a paragraph about someone's birthday. so far i have,  Am Freitag hat Lisa Geburtstag. Dann wird sie dreizehn. Sie will ein paar Schulfreunde einladen. i'm not really sure what else to add, and since this is german I (ololol i know) my vocabulary is slightly limited. i was planing on adding something such as, "Hoffentlich wird sie Mutti einen Kuchen backen." i feel like there's something wrong with that sentence though (aside from the fact that no one really hopes their mom will bake a cake for their birthday anymore) lol. so basically, i just need suggestions on what else to add. i was also planning on saying something about how she wants to receive a computer as a present, but i'm really not sure as to how i'd go about wording that. thank you very much in advance! :D (5 Comments |Comment on this)