Spain,French or Germany?

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Skull_Splinter
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Re: Spain,French or Germany?

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What makes German so complex, as well as many other european languages is the multiple "cases" of a word. I, he, she, you guys, us, he/she with respect, often have different spelling.

Ich bin - I am
Du bist - You are
Sie ist - she is
Er ist - he is
Wir sind - we are
Sie sein - he / she with respect
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Re: Spain,French or Germany?

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Here's some maddening complexity for you:

"Meine guten Brueder"

"Die guten Brueder"

"Ein guter Bruder"

"Zwei gute Brueder"

"Ich habe meinen guten Bruedern etwas geschenkt"

"Ich hilfe meinem guten Bruder"

"Die Rache der wuetenden Brueder" (sounds like a novel or a bad movie)

"Hast Du meinen bloeden Bruder gesehen?"

"Du bist meines Bruders nicht wert."

"Mein Bruder ist fuerchterlich dumm, denn er weiss ja gar nix ueber die deutsche Grammatik. Er haette laenger lernen sollen, damit er sein Verstaendnis haette verbessern koennen. Ach, wenn es nur so geschehen waere! Trotz meiner Anstrengung, ist er genauso dumm wie vorher. So ist es eigentlich bei ihm; der will immer Unreal Tournament spielen."
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Re: Spain,French or Germany?

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wow you speak really well Kaiser

Actually it is "Ich helfe meinem guten Bruder" though :-P
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