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Old 08-14-2005, 06:38 PM
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Anybody here speak German?
I need to know the correct spelling/conjugation of "I Alone" in German... looking online and using an English-German dictionary, I've found two different answers:

1. Ich Alleine

2. Ich Allein

I'm not sure if I need that second 'e' in 'Alleine'.

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According to http://ets.freetranslation.com it should be

Ich Allein
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Old 08-14-2005, 07:59 PM
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Thanks Shovelhead... I get both versions depending on which translator I use. But, both of them come back as "I alone" if you do German to English so maybe it doesn't really matter. Then again, this is going to be a tattoo on my body so it does matter.
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Alpineram will be on shortly (I hope for your sake)

You don't want to misspell a tattoo, especially when translation depends on it.


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Yup, miss-speaking German can get you in trouble,.....just ask John F. Kennedy.
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Isn't German a romance language? if it is, the difference is probably a masculine/feminine variation.
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^^^I thought French was?
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Originally posted by Fronty Owner
Isn't German a romance language?
I thought that was French? Oh dang... that will probably start a debate. Sorry....

Reminds me of the song from Live....

I alone love you
I alone tempt you
I alone love you
Fear is not the end of this!


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Originally posted by A-Poc
^^^I thought French was?
You beat me to the punch...

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French is, so is Spanish, and Latin, Im not sure about German tho.
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Originally posted by Fronty Owner
Isn't German a romance language? if it is, the difference is probably a masculine/feminine variation.
That's what I was thinking when I looked at it.

4 years of German in High School, and can't speak a word of it.

Ich Allien = I alone - and that's just fine, Hoowaa!

Ich Alleine = I alone - and feeling vulnerable, sob.




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Originally posted by Fronty Owner
French is, so is Spanish, and Latin, Im not sure about German tho.
How about Veit Namise....? I thought that was the language of "LOVE"?

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Romance languages aren't about love... spent two years in high school learning french and it never helped me get laid...

Romance languages have a masculine and feminine version of of words. each mean something different. or atleast can...
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I still say Veit Namise is the language of "LOVE"

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Ill take your word on that....
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