Dawnstorm - where in Austria?
Spent three years in Wien - wrote Waltzing in the Shadows about it. Check out Beta Readers thread.
Hi,
Didn't see this until now. I don't often go to the research forum; actually I spotted this thread on the forum mainpage, or I wouldn't have come here at all.
I'm from a town called "Vöcklabruck", halfway between Salzburg and Linz, about 3 1/2 hours' train journey from Vienna, in the vicinity of a couple of lakes.
tallus83 said:
Wouldn't Stop Shooting also be Nicht Schiessen?
"Nicht Schiessen!" is "Don't shoot!" (literally "Not shoot!") primarily, but you're right, native speakers would probably use that over what I've suggested above. (They might also just say "Stop!" (means the same as it would in Enlgish) or "Nicht!" (Not!) and gesture towards the gun.)
German's not designed for urgency, with all its functional morphemes. ("schiess"+"en")
Good catch.
menyanthana said:
I would rather say "Da oben ist was". Don't know which one is more correct, but "dort" sounds funny to me...somehow too formal.
Your right. "Da oben" is more natural. (I'm too formal in real life as well.
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(If I said that in my dialect, it would sound a lot like "doo-art ohm is wars!"
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