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  • This paper is some interesting facts about German language.
  • German is an official language in 7 countries.
  • There will be at least one country that speak Germany in every continent on Earth.
  • For example in ASEAN there is Papua New Guinea.
  • German is the most spoken mother tongue in Europe. Beating even English.
  • Also widely used in scientific paper and websites.

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  • English and German share 60% of vocabulary.
  • There are East Germanic language as well.
  • I think East Germanic language is just like those traditional languages in Indonesia.
  • There are Gothic and Vandalic language those share similarities with East Germanic language. Although both languages are now extinct.
  • German has a lot of compound words.
  • I think this is what makes German sounds funny at first. But in the end they just mesh some word together. There are no not compound word that has monstrous length.
  • The first book was also printed in German in 1454.
  • The Gutenberg Bible.

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  • Some words.
  • Some words those are slang and are altered from modern English words.
  • "Geist" means ghost in German.
  • "Kaputt" means broken in German. I am not sure what is the difference of having additional "t" in the word.
  • "Schadenfreude", means that you are relieved of someone having a bad situation. This word has no literal translation to English or any other language. Only German (I think has this word).
  • "Joggen" is a slang German word based from English's jogging.
  • "Gedownloadet" is also a slang German word based from English's download.
  • "Handy" means cellphone.
  • "Fingerspitzengefuhl" means a feeling that is on the tip of fingernail. I am not sure what is this means. Perhaps something like "peribahasa" or like an implicit word to determine a feeling.
  • "Schnapsidee" is a German exclusive word to express bad idea. "Schnap" means shot (as it is in drink, get drink, alcoholic beverages). So it is like an idea that you get while you are drunk.
  • "Fernweh" is an antonym to home sick. A feeling that you want to be as far from home as possible.

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  • German alphabet pronunciation is more or less the same with Indonesian ones, except for several words. And it is also read as it is (well, mostly).
  • "Joghurt" is read as it has no "h".

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  • "Y" is read upsilon. I do not know why.
  • And German "Z" is read "tzet". It is like you have "z" and "c" together.
  • For example "zwei" will read as it has "c", so it sounds like "zchwei".

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  • Das ist die basis.
    • "Das" is like to be of English (like "is" or "are", I think).
  • "Wilkommen" means welcome.
  • "Ich bin Mikael." means "I am Mikael.".
  • "Und" means "and".
  • "Ich heisse Mikael" state that my name is Mikael. Although I am not sure what heisse means.
  • "Ich komme aus Indonesien." means "I come from Indonesia".
    • Notice how "Indonesia" becomes "Indonesien".

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  • "Wie hast du?" means "Who are you?".
  • "Komme" reads as it has "e" in it. So it is not read as "kom" but "komme".
  • "Das ist schon." means "That is good.".
  • "Schon" means something is nice/good.
  • "Die basis" means "the basic".
    • So "die" is like German's article word, perhaps.

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  • "Fur sport, ich mag Tennis spielen." means "For sport, I like to play tennis.".
    • I think the "spielen" suffix "en" is like English suffix "ing".
    • So it is for continuous tense.
  • "Ich untersicht in de jungen schule." means "I studied in boys school.".
    • I am not sure if this sentence is 100% correct.
    • But German plural noun has suffix of "en".
    • This means if suffix "en" is used in verb it means continuous tense, while if it is used in noun it means plural.

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  • "Ich habe seit Deutsch lernen in Gymnasium" means "I have learnt Deutsch in high school".
    • I am not sure which part denotes past tense here.
    • What does "seite" means?
  • "Ich mag programierung und electronic machen" means "I like to programming and making electronics.".
    • Not sure if this sentence is correct though.

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  • "Bitte" is a response of "thank you" ("danke").
    • It has a meaning as a permission as well.
    • Similar to Dutch's "alstublieft".
  • "Deze jahre" means "this year".
  • "Reisen" means "holiday-ing" is like having vacation but in continuous tense. I am not sure what is the English verb lol XD.
  • "Eerste" means "first".
  • "Zweimal" means "second".

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  • "Letzte" means "last".
  • "Selbstudium ander Universitat Twente" means "self study under University Of Twente".

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  • "Ist nicht zo goed" means "is not so good".
  • "Ahnlicht" means "similar".
  • Numbers!
    • "Acht" means 8.
    • "Achtzehn" means 18.
    • "Drie" means 3.
    • "Driezehn" means 13.
    • "Funf" means 5.
    • "Sieben" means 7.
    • "Siebzehn" means 17.
  • I am not sure what is the meaning of "Wie habe deine kinder.".
    • But I know it is something "Who has a children?".
    • "Kind" is the singular form of "Kinder". As it is "child" and "children".
    • So, there are some words those have suffix "er" for plural.
    • I think this is like this.

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  • "Ich bin secht jahren gekkomen." means "I have been 6 years since I came.".
    • I am confused on "gekkomen" as it is from "komme" but there are prefix and suffix "ge" and "en".
  • "Tagen" means "days".
  • "Liebt" means "love".
  • "Gehen" means "going".
  • "Shoppen" means "shopping".

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  • I am not so sure what is the meaning of "zwei tage pro woche".
    • Or probably I misheard this sentence.
  • "Lieben" is "loving".
    • Alright now comes question on how to determine love as it is noun or verb.
    • For example "I love you." and "You are my love.".
  • Simple sentences.
    • "Du liebt Tennis spielen." means "You (are) loving to play Tennis (?).". Not sure about continuous or simple sentence.
    • "Du arbeiten in einer Firma." means "You (are) working in a firm.". Not sure about continuous or simple sentence.
      • "Einer" means "one". I am not sure about the suffix "er".
      • "Arbeiten" means "working".
  • Example of reverse sentence to yes or no question.
    • "Liebt du Tennis spielen?"

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  • "Q" is pronounced "kwe".
  • "J" is pronounced "y".
  • "V" is pronounce "fao".

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  • "Sohn" means "son".
  • "Docther" means "daughter". I am not sure about this actually, but "docther" is definitely a Dutch word.
  • "Sohn" is read as it has longer "o". This is due to "h" after "o".

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  • "A" with umlaud read as "ae" with not so apparent "a". So "kase" will read "kese".
  • "Kase" means "cheese".
  • "O" with umlaud read as "oe". So "Osterricht" will read "Usterricht".
  • "U" with umlaud read as "Uu" with the last "u" toned down significantly. So "funf" will read "funf" (lol) higher tone on "u".

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  • "Au" reads "ao".
  • "Ei" reads "ei".
  • "Eu" reads "oi". So "Euro" will read "Oiro".

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  • "Schiwimmen" means "swimming".

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  • There is this beta like character that pronounces like "ss" (double s) imagine the sound of snake hissing.