A língua alemã é relativamente fácil. Todos aqueles que conhecem as línguas derivadas do latim e estão habituados a conjugar alguns verbos podem aprendê-la rapidamente. Isso é o que dizem os professores de alemão logo na primeira lição.Para ilustrar como é simples, vamos estudar um exemplo:Primeiro, pegamos um livro em alemão, neste caso, um magnífico volume, com capa dura, publicado em Dortmund, e que trata dos usos e costumes dos índios australianos Hotentotes (em alemão, Hottentotten).Conta o livro que os cangurus (Beutelratten) são capturados e colocados em jaulas (Kotter) cobertas com uma tela (Lattengitter) para protegê-los das intempéries.Estas jaulas, em alemão, chamam-se jaulas cobertas com tela (Lattengitterkotter) e, quando abrigam um canguru, chamamos ao conjunto de "jaula coberta de tela com canguru (Lattengitterkotterbeutelratten).Um dia, os Hotentotes prendem um assassino (Attentäter), acusado de haver matado uma mãe (Mutter) hotentote (Hottentottenmutter), mãe de um garoto surdo e mudo (Stottertrottel).Esta mulher, em alemão, chama-se Hottentottenstottertrottelmutter e a seu assassino chamamos, facilmente, de: Hottentottenstottertrottelmutterattentäter.No livro, os índios o capturam e, sem ter onde colocá-lo, põem-no numa jaula de canguru (Beutelrattenlattengitterkotter).Mas o preso escapa.
Após iniciarem uma busca, chega um guerreiro hotentote gritando: - Capturamos o assassino (Attentäter)!- Qual Attentäter? - pergunta o chefe indígena.- O Lattengitterkotterbeutelrattenattentäter, comenta o guerreiro, a duras penas- Como ? O assassino que estava na jaula de cangurus coberta de tela ? - pergunta o chefe.- Sim, é o Hottentottenstottertrottelmutteratentäter (assassino da mãe do garoto surdo-mudo da tribo)- Ah, diz o chefe, você poderia ter dito desde o início que havia capturado o Hottentottenstottertrottelmutterlattengitterkotterbeutelrattenattentäter.
Assim, através deste singelo exemplo, podemos ver que o alemão é extremamente simples. Basta um pouco de interesse!
quinta-feira, 4 de junho de 2009
domingo, 31 de maio de 2009
A dog named Sex
Everybody who has a dog calls him Rover or Boy. I call mine Sex. He’s a great pal, but he has caused me a great deal of embarrassment.
When I went to city Hall to renew his dog license, I told the clerk I would like a license for Sex. He said, “I’d like one, too!” Then I said, “But this is for a dog.” He said he didn’t care what she looked like. Then I said, “You don’t understand. I’ve had Sex since I was 9 years old.” He winked and said, “You must have been quite a kid.”
When I got married and went on my honeymoon, I took the dog with me. I told the motel clerk that I wanted a room for my wife and me and a special room for Sex. He said, “You don’t need a special room. As long as you pay your bill, we don’t care what you do.” I said, “Look, you don’t seem to understand. Sex keeps me awake at night.” The clerk said, “Funny—I have the same problem.”
One day, I entered Sex in a contest, but before the competition began, the dog ran away. Another contestant asked me why I was just standing there, looking disappointed. I told him I had planned to have Sex in the contest. He told me I should have sold my own tickets. “But you don’t understand,” I said, “I had hoped to have Sex on TV.” He said, “Now that cable is all over the place, it’s no big deal anymore.”
When my wife and I separated, we went to court to fight for custody of the dog. I said, “Your Honor, I had Sex before I was married.” The judge said, “This courtroom isn’t a confessional. Stick to the case, please.” Then I told him that after I was married, Sex left me. He said “That’s not unusual. It happens to a lot of people.”
Last night, Sex ran off again. I spent hours looking for him. A cop came over to me and asked, “What are you doing in this alley at 4 o’clock in the morning?” I told him that I was looking for Sex.
My case comes up Friday.
When I went to city Hall to renew his dog license, I told the clerk I would like a license for Sex. He said, “I’d like one, too!” Then I said, “But this is for a dog.” He said he didn’t care what she looked like. Then I said, “You don’t understand. I’ve had Sex since I was 9 years old.” He winked and said, “You must have been quite a kid.”
When I got married and went on my honeymoon, I took the dog with me. I told the motel clerk that I wanted a room for my wife and me and a special room for Sex. He said, “You don’t need a special room. As long as you pay your bill, we don’t care what you do.” I said, “Look, you don’t seem to understand. Sex keeps me awake at night.” The clerk said, “Funny—I have the same problem.”
One day, I entered Sex in a contest, but before the competition began, the dog ran away. Another contestant asked me why I was just standing there, looking disappointed. I told him I had planned to have Sex in the contest. He told me I should have sold my own tickets. “But you don’t understand,” I said, “I had hoped to have Sex on TV.” He said, “Now that cable is all over the place, it’s no big deal anymore.”
When my wife and I separated, we went to court to fight for custody of the dog. I said, “Your Honor, I had Sex before I was married.” The judge said, “This courtroom isn’t a confessional. Stick to the case, please.” Then I told him that after I was married, Sex left me. He said “That’s not unusual. It happens to a lot of people.”
Last night, Sex ran off again. I spent hours looking for him. A cop came over to me and asked, “What are you doing in this alley at 4 o’clock in the morning?” I told him that I was looking for Sex.
My case comes up Friday.
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