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Ok, sorry for posting a homework help thread after being sort of inactive in the forum (I've been going around but I haven't have time to post). So, I've been looking at my German Homework for 10 minutes and I can't figure it out. I think I'm supposed to come up with a conversation from the words given me, the only thing is, the words are typed together and they're not in order. The original text is given as:
ichbingutentagausundmeinnameistzilinskiichkommewieheiβtdufrausöllistichbinentschuldigung,wieistihrnameundwasichheiβemichailabitteausderwoherichistherrschneiderdaschrödergutenichbuschstabiere:zilinskidankichbistduichkommeausdeutschlandsieaustutmirleidherrschneideristnichdawiewerichwoherkommstdugutenherrist
then below it is a space started by:
Guten Tag. Mein Name ist Zilinski. (then just spaces for the rest of a dialogue.
So, I started by separating the words I can identify then joined them to make up phrases and then I got:
Ich bin
Aus und
ich kommen
wie heiβt du
frau söll ist
ich bin
entschuldigugn, wie ist Ihr Name
und was
ich heiβe Michaela bitte
aus der
woher ich ist herr schneider
da schröder
guten
ich buchstabiere: zilinski
dank
ich bist du
ich komme aus Deutschland
sie aus
tut mir leid herr Schneider ist nicht da
wie wer
ich woher kommst du?
guten herr...
ist
(some of it might be wrong)
I think I need to use all of these just once to create a conversation (over the phone I think, since there is a part where the guy spells his name out). I'd really appreciate help since I'm stuck badly, I don't know which phrase goes where and which one comes next and which one comes after. Thanks guys! 
 
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On April 16 2011 20:09 SilverSkyLark wrote:
ichbingutentagausundmeinnameistzilinskiichkommewieheiβtdufrausöllistichbinentschuldigung,wieistihrnameundwasichheiβemichailabitteausderwoherichistherrschneiderdaschrödergutenichbuschstabiere:zilinskidankichbistduichkommeausdeutschlandsieaustutmirleidherrschneideristnichdawiewerichwoherkommstdugutenherrist
I cant help, but I've to say this looks like just one word in german rofl
kidding! I've this impression that german words are long since 2 professors from gelsenskirchen (or however you write it) came here and gave a lecture on HCI with the slides totally in german lol
All I could think of was "holy shit german words are long", but their english was suave, so, it was a good lecture.
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Just treat it as a puzzle, start with the peaces that you know and put them where they go logically. Or you can group logically.
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its really hard, would take me some time too. ^^
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Found this in Google:
+ Show Spoiler +Guten Tag, mein Name ist Zilinksi.
- Entschuldigung, wie ist Ihr Name?
Ich buchstabiere: Zilinski.
Ist Herr Schneider da?
- Tut mir Leid, Herr Schneider ist nicht da.
Wie heißt du?
- Ich heiße Manuela.
Woher kommst du?
- Ich komme aus Deutschland
Even to me as german speaker the conversation sounds somewhat strange and incoherent at parts though. Also there are some words left over from the ones you listed... so maybe there's more to it
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I mean there's not only one solution to this, don't really know where to start helping you :D
Do you know the correct translations for the phrases ?
And yes, some of the phrases don't make much sense :D
Also it's kind of a weird conversation, but i guess that'ts the nature of exercises to learn a language.
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Maybe you should specify what exactly you're supposed to do ... Is this one conversation, do you have to use all the words, do you have to use only these words, can you use them multiple times ...?
If you do that, I'll help you if nobody else did by then.
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Hi!
To try to make it easier I would order them into 3-4 groups:
Noun, Verb, adjective, rest
Then you can try to construct sentences that make sence, although I'm not sure whether you will be able to use up all words?
Do you have to use all words for one conversation or can you create multiple short ones?
P.S. buschstabiere should be buchstabiere
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Saying 'du' to a 'Herr' or 'Frau' on the phone? Are you training to be an outsourced helpdesk? :p
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Don't confuse him, maybe they haven't learned the difference between "Du" und "Sie" in class yet.
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Ah, the German imperative :p
On the difference between 'Sie' and 'du', 'Sie' with capital S is a form of politeness (can be used for singular and plural), 'du' is colloquial; for friends, family, god, and people you'd like to insult.
If I may ask, what kind of education you are pursuing?
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ich bin guten tag aus und mein name ist zilinski ich komme wie heiβt du frau söll ist ich bin entschuldigung, wie ist ihr name und was ich heiβe michaila bitte aus der woher ich ist herr schneider das chröder guten ich buschstabiere :zilinski dank ich bist du i ch komme aus deutschland sie aus tut mir leid herr schneider ist nich da wie wer ich woher kommst du guten herr ist
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On April 16 2011 21:36 nepeta wrote:
Ah, the German imperative :p
On the difference between 'Sie' and 'du', 'Sie' with capital S is a form of politeness (can be used for singular and plural), 'du' is colloquial; for friends, family, god, and people you'd like to insult.
If I may ask, what kind of education you are pursuing?
I'm a Computer Engineering Major but all of us are required to take one foreign language subject.
And yes, we were taught the difference between Sie and du and how certain words change form depending on what you're using.There's no one way to create a dialog with all those words.
And yeah, some of the phrases should go together to make sense and I'm having a tough time finding out which goes where because it goes from formal to informal hahaha.
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You got some correct phrases:
"Entschuldigung, wie ist Ihr Name?" (I'm sorry, what's your name?) <--polite form
"Wie heißt du?"(What's your name?)<---"friend" form
"Tut mir leid, Herr Schneider ist nicht da" (I'm sorry, Mr Schneider is not here)
"Woher kommst du?" (Where are you from?)
"Ich komme aus Deutschland" (I'm from Germany)
"Ist Herr Schneider da?" (Is Mr Schneider around?)
The rest are mostly just snippets, I guess you can build like
"Wer ist Frau Söll/ Herr Schneider",
"Woher kommt Herr Schneider?",
"Ich bin/Du bist/Herr Schneider ist aus Deutschland"
and so on
But it's a pretty weird phone call :D
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Well I can put the "ich buchstabiere: zilinski" somewhere there. The previous lesson involved a phone call where the guy had to spell his name out because the other person on the phone can't hear it.
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I was under the impression that Ich Heisse was how you said your name =_= what is all this name stuff?
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On April 17 2011 01:23 Trowabarton756 wrote:
I was under the impression that Ich Heisse was how you said your name =_= what is all this name stuff?
Yes, "Ich heiße ..." is how you say your name.
But you can also say "Mein Name ist ..." (My name is...)
Both are correct.
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Original Word Version
Herr Zilinski:
Guten Tag. Mein Name ist Zilinski.
Wie heißt du?
Frau Michaila Söll:
Ich heiße Frau Michaila Söll.
Entschuldigung bitte, wie ist ihr Name?
Zilinski:
Ich buchstabiere, Z-i-l-i-n-s-k-i.
Frau Michaila Söll:
Danke, woher kommst du?
Zilinski:
Ich bin aus Deutschland.
Ist Herr Schneider da?
Frau Michaila Söll:
Tut mir sehr Leid, Herr Schneider ist nicht da.
Herr Schröder ist da.
Less awkward Version
Herr Zilinski:
Guten Tag. Ich heiße Zilinski.
Wie heißen Sie?
Frau Michaila Söll:
Ich heiße Frau Michaila Söll.
Entschuldigung, ich habe ihren Namen nicht verstanden.
Könnten Sie ihn bitte für mich buchstabieren.
Herr Zilinski:
Ich buchstabiere, Z-i-l-i-n-s-k-i.
Frau Michaila Söll:
Vielen Dank, woher kommen Sie?
Herr Zilinski:
Ich bin aus Deutschland.
Ist Herr Schneider erreichbar?
Frau Michaila Söll:
Tut mir sehr Leid, Herr Schneider ist nicht anwesend.
Herr Schröder wäre aber erreichbar.
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what in the world is the point of that question? that looks like busy work if i've ever seen it...
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