Comments on: Unterwegs!

By: Jeslyn Wong

Jeslyn Wong — Fri, 23 May 2008 08:09:12 +0000

I stay in Germany, but I from Singapore… Yes.. I do always have problem in communication…

http://sggeratberlin.blogspot.com/

By: 42317

42317 — Tue, 20 May 2008 21:33:04 +0000

Travelling is nice, so have a pleasant trip and come back safely.
You see smiling faces at the airport? Must be your family – or is NZ such a happy country? When I came back from Japan I was rather shocked about the earnest and cramped faces of my fellow German citizens. Pure culture shock.

But, yes, languages do mix easy when you realise that there are very convenient expressions in the language you are aspiring to learn. Like I use the word “natsukashii”, which means “to fell nostalgic” = “ein nostalgisches Gefühl haben”, which is a rather complicated expression. At least I cannot think of something short in German now.

By: Philipp

Philipp — Tue, 20 May 2008 19:40:29 +0000

Have a safe trip. I think that on the go would be a fitting word there, but I agree unterwegs and embedding that specific German word is a good example of how languages can be mushed up. And I’m a fan of that. Don’t you think that languages evolve by experiments like that?
PH

By: ian in hamburg

ian in hamburg — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:24:00 +0000

For unterwegs when travelling, ‘on the road’ has about the same connotation. Oder?

Gute Reise!

By: missyCola

missyCola — Tue, 20 May 2008 09:04:58 +0000

I like being unterwegs…always.

If you point to a woman’s belly and say “Da ist etwas unterwegs” or as question “Ist da etwas unterwegs?” it means the woman is pregnant and something is on the way.

My translator says “unterwegs” means “on the way”. But this time the German is much shorter and I agree much cooler with just “unterwegs”.

By the way, I am also unterwegs…next Tuesday…similar direction…only 20 hours…to your neighbouring country.

Bon voyage and save travels!