Comments on: #78: twin sister

By: Miako

Miako — Tue, 18 Nov 2008 21:52:17 +0000

is this a more formal germany like place — more like Japan, where formality would be encouraged?

By: emmel

emmel — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 11:16:24 +0000

That goes without saying. I really should have remembered saying it, though.

By: Maldelic

Maldelic — Thu, 17 Jul 2008 21:10:07 +0000

Of course, we still love you to death RMG, even though we’re commenting on the German.

By: emmel

emmel — Wed, 16 Jul 2008 11:20:37 +0000

Struck me as odd, how formal she talks to her jogging parter. Completely out of place. Only after a couple of reads I realized it was German and not English… It still sounds a lot more formal than what to expect.
Anyway, what does the lettering on the building say? “FAM??? WALD” Can’t quite figure something out that would fit.

By: Sam Pagan

Sam Pagan — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 16:35:28 +0000

Is that Tony Stark??

By: Pwnz0r Khaan

Pwnz0r Khaan — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 13:42:30 +0000

“I’ll catch up with you [adult, not close friend or relative], I’ll come in a few minutes (afterwards).”

I *think* that Claire is telling the other guy that she’ll catch up with *him* in a minute

Yes. (Should be easy, too, because that guy is walking. He has both feet on the ground.) Though everything before the comma is unidiomatic: it’s correct, but not what people actually say. You could just drop it without replacement.

Bundesrepublik Kehleland.

Why not just Piefkonesien… oops. Thanks a lot, I’ll be here all week…

By: otherland

otherland — Sun, 13 Jul 2008 10:39:52 +0000

The German sentence translates to something like “I’ll catch up with you in a couple of minutes” - ‘Sie’ being the formal form of address.

By: Maldelic

Maldelic — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 20:18:39 +0000

Ok, that was my mistake, I thought she was already on the phone. Nevertheless, there are a few considerations if you plan to continue using German.

Obligatory German from what I remember in high school:

http://thaumic.net/forum/index.php?topic=15.0

By: Sul

Sul — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 12:46:37 +0000

Hey, cool. Less stiffness, again.

I like the pissed off quasi-Brit bobby in the second panel.

By: RMG

RMG — Sat, 12 Jul 2008 04:50:45 +0000

Engelstadt is a city, not a country, so it’s not on the map. It’s on the east coast of the Bundesrepublik Kehleland.

I *think* that Claire is telling the other guy that she’ll catch up with *him* in a minute, but I got my German from some random person on the internet so it might be totally wrong. It’s not really important, anyway.