tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915444177822430212.post214032171254281067..comments2023-07-03T15:27:16.872+02:00Comments on From the Big Apple to the Big Bear and Back...: Du or Sie?G in Berlinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11168975470282994167noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915444177822430212.post-26107419244200339832009-01-26T15:53:00.000+01:002009-01-26T15:53:00.000+01:00I am sorry you had such a tough experience! I adm...I am sorry you had such a tough experience! I admire you for even trying. I've just given up!Diane Mandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059365308496711788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915444177822430212.post-34241574043205440172009-01-24T22:15:00.000+01:002009-01-24T22:15:00.000+01:00I've been here 7 years and consider myself fairly ...I've been here 7 years and consider myself fairly fluent...but under pressure I still freak out, especially if my German is around. It happened just the other day again. Don't let it get to you...at least you're trying!Tiffanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01361201286607111929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915444177822430212.post-11118260317675743072009-01-24T10:41:00.000+01:002009-01-24T10:41:00.000+01:00In a funny reversal, my parents did not invite my ...In a funny reversal, my parents did not invite my German boyfriend (now husband)to use their first names for-hmm. When we were engaged, my dad invited him- we had been dating for 4 years. I believe my mom did after the ceremony, so that was 5 years. My in-laws asked me the first time, but since I spoke no German it was just a gesture of friendship.<BR/>The first time I tried to use Sie, at a G in Berlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11168975470282994167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915444177822430212.post-3592438723077058952009-01-24T10:33:00.000+01:002009-01-24T10:33:00.000+01:00When Ralf introduced me to his parents I had to sp...When Ralf introduced me to his parents I had to speak without using 'you' for about a year before they finally invited me to call them Du. My German boyfriend (now husband) was no help at all navigating this and it was very awkward. I fall back on Sie in most cases but there are people you just can't call Sie and I always think they're mad at me for using Du. Whereas my husband seems to call honeypiehorsehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09358387415723594962noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915444177822430212.post-38105862493206448932009-01-24T09:58:00.000+01:002009-01-24T09:58:00.000+01:00Ian, I quite frequently mix the forms by accident ...Ian, I quite frequently mix the forms by accident (a reult of using only du in class, I'd guess), but this was an attempt at deliberate rudeness that failed:(.<BR/>Oh well. Next time I will use the phrases the German taught me last night, that request he leave my home in excruciatingly polite detail. Or revert to calling the German and have him do that.G in Berlinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11168975470282994167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4915444177822430212.post-9654633542907113792009-01-24T08:55:00.000+01:002009-01-24T08:55:00.000+01:00Been here 11 years, consider myself fluent, yet st...Been here 11 years, consider myself fluent, yet still mix up the Sie and Du when I'm not watching it. Totally normal for English-speakers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com