Wirklich?
Ich lebte im Dusseldorf für 2 jahre, und dachten die Deutschen, dass ich war deutsch.

One missing capital, one misspelled city, one wrong verb, one wrong preposition, three wrong word orders (every clause!), one wrong plural. Was für Deutsche kennten Sie?

Ich wohnte zwei Jahre in Düsseldorf, und die Deutsche dachten, daß ich deutsch war.

I'll let you off "dass" although neue Rechtschreibung is the work of Satan and they will prize the eszet out of my cold, dead hands.
(ubergeekian, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 10:07, 5 replies)

He should have used a simpler sentence
"Ich habe ein Honda Accord", for example.
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 10:21, closed)

PS
"Eszett", nein?
(Vice Admiral Sir Charles Cockbrush KCB MBE DSO, who is finding it increasingly difficult to log into b3ta.com wants to duck your aunt and kick your puppy, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 10:22, closed)

Good point
... and it should have been "glaubten", too, so that's two out of three verbs wrong.
(ubergeekian, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 20:11, closed)

@flesh
no es cierto, pero ¿puede ser ue somos cercado por los "nazis" de la gramatica?
(nobbyd is wanking furiously to industrial grade porn on, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 22:59, closed)

Wohnte?
So is that the imperfect tense of Wohnen?

Sorry, I went to Germany for the first time a few weeks ago and now really regret not having learnt the language properly at school while I had the chance...
(LongJohnBaldry, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 11:18, closed)

Wohnen/Leben
The verb I was going with is "leben", as in "lebensraum" -the justification of Germanys invasion of Russia.
(nobbyd is wanking furiously to industrial grade porn on, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 11:53, closed)

Well I left 20 years ago
And it's all a bit rusty, but better than you're going to get in a school here. I know about the missing umlaut - so "village on the river düssel" translates as "village idiot", missing capital - so what? Wrong verb - I was in 2 minds and still am not sure I got the wrong one, I had a hell of a time there. Word order - I'm working in three languages here, mostly Spanish at the moment, but with catalan thrown in, with yet another word order.
(nobbyd is wanking furiously to industrial grade porn on, Tue 8 Sep 2009, 11:59, closed)

Aargh!
Oh come on:

It should of course be:

Ich habe 3 Jahre in Düsseldorf gelebt, und die Deutschen dachten, ich wäre einer von ihnen...

Bloody For'ners!
(bloody kraut, a ...ach, there is not enough fluffeh 'ere, Wed 9 Sep 2009, 12:12, closed)