Wer kann auf Deutsch zu kommunizieren?/Who can get by in German?

[Buster's Uncle]

Ich kann etwas Deutsch Sprechen und Schreiben. Aber meinen könnenshaft ist nicht gut. Und ich habe est nicht Gebraucht für 10 Jahre.

I'm proud to say that I picked out enough known words and cognates from that to have understood the gist of all but all but the last phrase before running it through GT to be sure.

[Buster's Uncle]

For educational purposes and a laugh, here's what I puzzled out before checking in Google Translate:

"I can [unknown] speak and write in German. [something] my communication is not good.    And I have not [I didn't know the words for study or year, so the rest a blank - something for 10 something.]"

English is DEFINITELY a Teutonic language, not mangled French, as some joke.

[Geo]

Ich kann etwas Deutsch Sprechen und Schreiben. Aber meinen könnenshaft ist nicht gut. Und ich habe est nicht Gebraucht für 10 Jahre.

I'm proud to say that I picked out enough known words and cognates from that to have understood the gist of all but all but the last phrase before running it through GT to be sure.

Literally translated, it would sound a bit funny. Liberally translated, Nikolai writes "I can somewhat speak and write in German. But my knowledge isn't that good. And I haven't used it in 10 years."

[Buster's Uncle]

I'm proud of getting the gist at all - never studied German.  I AM mostly German, but just picked up the odd (easy, common) word from being widely read - and again, cognates once you're used to the spelling style, and the grammar is a lot closer than most languages.

[Geo]

I'm proud of getting the gist at all - never studied German.  I AM mostly German, but just picked up the odd (easy, common) word from being widely read - and again, cognates once you're used to the spelling style, and the grammar is a lot closer than most languages.

"Ik ben er trots op om de essentie te snappen - heb nooit Duits geleerd. Ik BEN grotendeels van Duitse afkomst, maar pikte eenvoudigweg hier en daar een woord op door veel te lezen - en, opnieuw, begrijpen eenmaal je aan de stijl gewend bent, en de grammatica komt meer overeen dan de meeste talen."

 

[Buster's Uncle]

Dutch or fake gibberish?

I'm sure it ain't German, and I'll need some time if you want me to try to puzzle it out and humiliate myself trying to translate what I can.  I've picked up less of the other Teutonic languages...

[Geo]

If it is gibberish, that's because of your weird sentence structure.
it's a Dutch translation.

[Buster's Uncle]

Humiliated already.    Should have spotted the parallels.

I'm not much for kernel sentences, am I?

[Nikolai]

Ich kann etwas Deutsch Sprechen und Schreiben. Aber meinen könnenshaft ist nicht gut. Und ich habe est nicht Gebraucht für 10 Jahre.

I'm proud to say that I picked out enough known words and cognates from that to have understood the gist of all but all but the last phrase before running it through GT to be sure.

I did that without checking any dictionary, hopefully it was readable for ze Germanz amongst us.:p

[Geo]

Well, it was very readable to me, and German isn't my mother tongue.

[Buster's Uncle]

...But his mother is a sharp-tongued German...

[Geo]

Aren't all mothers? Sharp-tongued I mean...

[Buster's Uncle]

HA!  My buncle powers strike again.

My mom is more passive-aggressive.  Dad was the one with a mean mouth on him.

Neither actual Germans, though.

[Monaldinio]

Pfft, that's Monaldino's turf.

Tzzzz, im only a modder...Not a mod!
Buncle, how can i help you?
My english isnt the best, but should be enough to translate your thoughts...

[Buster's Uncle]

Nothing specific.  I just want SMACers to be better able to find us.