tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post803628553328604073..comments2024-03-26T04:27:54.485-06:00Comments on Du Wax Loolu: First Married Christmas TreeJesshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15942269316108576622noreply@blogger.comBlogger41125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-47435505805679212112008-12-17T18:18:00.000-07:002008-12-17T18:18:00.000-07:00Well I don't remember ANY of that from German Satu...Well I don't remember ANY of that from German Saturday School which goes to show how much I really paid attention (I DO remember snack time, however...).<BR/><BR/>The LG says 'zookah, zookah, zookah' which sounds a little to us like 'zucker' which, if I remember correctly, is German for sugar. That means our little LG's first (and so far only) 'real' word is German. Impressive!<BR/><BR/>Good on you for not telling the inlaws. Sneaky! ;)bren j.https://www.blogger.com/profile/09132628402113226709noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-25599961380554088792008-12-11T11:45:00.000-07:002008-12-11T11:45:00.000-07:00The tree is absolutely lovely!The tree is absolutely lovely!Kristiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06711250635865954102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-2364507012298240072008-12-10T03:01:00.000-07:002008-12-10T03:01:00.000-07:00Cute Christmas tree..! This weekend we put up the ...Cute <A HREF="http://www.couponalbum.com/category/christmas.htm" REL="nofollow">Christmas</A> tree..! This weekend we put up the <A HREF="http://www.couponalbum.com/category/christmas.htm" REL="nofollow">Christmas</A> tree too.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-61640756950971637302008-12-09T13:52:00.000-07:002008-12-09T13:52:00.000-07:00Wow, I speak German, so I never realized how freak...Wow, I speak German, so I never realized how freaking hard those endings are! I'm sorry!!!<BR/><BR/>I think I would go for learning vocabulary first and then polishing up on the grammar.Catharinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05389111875826738317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-26422210260174300352008-12-09T06:34:00.000-07:002008-12-09T06:34:00.000-07:00LOL my hubby (who speaks german btw) gets all sort...LOL my hubby (who speaks german btw) gets all sorts of upset with Icelandic (also 3 genders) But at least our conjugation is mostly regular (except when its not :þ)<BR/>Like say your red apple example with helpwords:<BR/>Hér er(here is)rautt epli<BR/>Um (about)rautt epli<BR/>Frá (from)rauðu epli<BR/>Til (to) rauðs eplis<BR/>So yeah... plus it conjugates differently in plural form and eh... both words must conjucate. I guess I'm trying to say "Hey lighten up on the german- at least its not Icelandic"<BR/>Although ... I could never get german. I learned french instead.Emblitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17536633790763026037noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-15607419734302420682008-12-08T22:42:00.000-07:002008-12-08T22:42:00.000-07:00Love the pictures! I want a "real" camera so bad. ...Love the pictures! I want a "real" camera so bad. Why isn't santa real? :-(Maxiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16309902108360535182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-68936705803681886422008-12-08T20:54:00.000-07:002008-12-08T20:54:00.000-07:00Thank goodness you finally legitmatized your Chris...Thank goodness you finally legitmatized your Christmas tree. Just think how your other trees felt being bastards... LOL - good job on the tree and good luck with the German...Kathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07860070146071711573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-45466917311435923232008-12-08T18:57:00.000-07:002008-12-08T18:57:00.000-07:00which course did you try last year?which course did you try last year?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03685265451697704487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-76386698157359436782008-12-08T18:49:00.000-07:002008-12-08T18:49:00.000-07:00Oh, nice tree! I'm not getting one this year, so I...Oh, nice tree! I'm not getting one this year, so I'm tree-ing vicariously through other people's. Thanks!<BR/><BR/>I agree, don't let Torsten's parents know you're learning German. That way you can go at your own pace, without them nudging. Good luck, or bonne chance to you.ccr in MAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16938353645353176255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-57823594902756793142008-12-08T18:41:00.000-07:002008-12-08T18:41:00.000-07:00hmmm, remind me to take up french instead. :)hmmm, remind me to take up french instead. :)Tonyahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01618173853004051479noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-24534527755006859912008-12-08T18:31:00.000-07:002008-12-08T18:31:00.000-07:00I love that you call it a married tree. It's very ...I love that you call it a married tree. It's very cute and I love that you call it that ;)Bayjbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09544971638369054902noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-44711126562979093582008-12-08T18:04:00.000-07:002008-12-08T18:04:00.000-07:00I took 4 years of German in high school and you ar...I took 4 years of German in high school and you are bringing back memories for me!Amihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05612740302739047256noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-82556187287289478342008-12-08T15:48:00.000-07:002008-12-08T15:48:00.000-07:00German will get way easier the more you do it (lik...German will get way easier the more you do it (like all languages, and also stuff in general). But the endings seem super hard at first, and they come increasingly naturally as you keep learning. Also, when you're actually over there, you can kind of just mumble endings and no one will know.Brunhildahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07783804950701866714noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-55400063048441531912008-12-08T15:23:00.000-07:002008-12-08T15:23:00.000-07:00Beautiful Christmas tree!I am not sure if this is ...Beautiful Christmas tree!<BR/>I am not sure if this is going to help you but all nouns ending in -chen in German are neutral (das). Regardless of their actual gender.Vivianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02840152152811805345noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-61286358723896419692008-12-08T14:29:00.000-07:002008-12-08T14:29:00.000-07:00Clearly this:I can't relate, my dear.Was meant to ...Clearly this:<BR/><BR/>I can't relate, my dear.<BR/><BR/>Was meant to be THIS:<BR/><BR/>I CAN relate, my dear.The Wonder Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714821561489042931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-20238432018678528462008-12-08T14:26:00.000-07:002008-12-08T14:26:00.000-07:00Oh My Goodness, I can relate to the language learn...Oh My Goodness, I can relate to the language learning!<BR/><BR/>My boyfriend is Polish, and I've been trying to learn it since we met four years ago (mind you, being in University has made it hard to focus on language-learning too much, so I haven't been working as hard as I could have been yet).<BR/><BR/>Next summer we're going to Poland together for my first time ever, and I was sooo resolved to finally tackle learning the language in a more focused way... but so far, I still have not. I finally found a program though that I think will help me... but MY OH MY! What a difficult language to learn. There's no articles ("the", "a",etc) and a lot of meaning of words is defined by how you change the ending of a word. And the pronounciation isn't easy either.<BR/><BR/>I can't relate, my dear. I bet you'll do much better than I though with your German. I figure that I have years for Martin to keep teaching me, so perhaps ONE DAY I'll finally "get" Polish. We shall see. haha.<BR/><BR/>P.S. LOVE your tree! So cute! Great photos too!The Wonder Worrierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04714821561489042931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-74876940928080799302008-12-08T14:07:00.000-07:002008-12-08T14:07:00.000-07:00I love it - and your ornament photos are fabulous!...I love it - and your ornament photos are fabulous!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-71355504590937447122008-12-08T13:03:00.000-07:002008-12-08T13:03:00.000-07:00Yeah, reason #1 (of many) why I didn't go to art h...Yeah, reason #1 (of many) why I didn't go to art history grad school is that I probably would have had to learn German. Good luck!<BR/><BR/>Tree looks lovely. Now I want one. But mine would be a Hannukah bush of course.BShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00443151591518184608noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-37527204061873335722008-12-08T13:02:00.000-07:002008-12-08T13:02:00.000-07:00I *TRULY* empathize with your plight in learning t...I *TRULY* empathize with your plight in learning to speak German.<BR/><BR/>Truly.Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17795526911040698284noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-76604488309549301412008-12-08T12:57:00.000-07:002008-12-08T12:57:00.000-07:00yay tree! Yours looks better than ours, which is s...yay tree! Yours looks better than ours, which is short and doesn't have enough ornaments. It is a sad tree. It's our first "pregnant with a toddler and OMG I don't care anymore get those damn ornaments on there" tree. A memory to be sure.<BR/><BR/>German sounds way hard. Good luck.Pennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02864909952004392637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-83097152352412440622008-12-08T12:56:00.000-07:002008-12-08T12:56:00.000-07:00Your tree looks veeeeery similar to ours- white li...Your tree looks veeeeery similar to ours- white lights, purple and white ornaments. We're like tree twins!shelleycoughlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04356701520189971892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-18362857188979393782008-12-08T12:06:00.000-07:002008-12-08T12:06:00.000-07:00Your tree is lovely! That's funny--I just wrote a...Your tree is lovely! That's funny--I just wrote about our tree too--I think hubby bought such a monster one that I'm afraid to decorate it. It may be end up being our first nude Christmas tree---maybe we'll start a tradition and save big on ornaments.<BR/>Good luck with the German--maybe staying monosyllabic is the way to go (as in pointing and saying "apple") :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-81711448439814943762008-12-08T11:29:00.000-07:002008-12-08T11:29:00.000-07:00Ha ha ha! I thought you were going to say that yo...Ha ha ha! I thought you were going to say that you would learn German and not tell his parents so you could understand what they were saying!Swistlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13126937282657655091noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-56171862517686003692008-12-08T11:21:00.000-07:002008-12-08T11:21:00.000-07:00So Rosetta Stone is good then? Michael Phelps tel...So Rosetta Stone is good then? Michael Phelps tells no lies.SLynnRohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15016804259405363833noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2119996845182958780.post-66489011452978759102008-12-08T10:49:00.000-07:002008-12-08T10:49:00.000-07:00What a cute tree! I bet it smells great.How funny....What a cute tree! I bet it smells great.<BR/><BR/>How funny. I thought learning German was easy. The gender thing is a bit weird, but not crazy. No, crazy is Russian.<BR/><BR/>Russian? THAT LANGUAGE KICKED MY ASS ALL OVER THE PLACE. *whimper*artemisiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12048259618106957687noreply@blogger.com