German speakers - help me?

[captainmummy]

I am going to Munich on saturday, to be Corporate wifey at a dinner hosted by some german colleagues of DH's; they all speak really good english but I am trying to learn a bit more german (i am ok in conversation for a while, then have to resort to english..) Anyway, I need a translation of 'I am learning german' and 'my german is rubbish' (mine deutsch ist crap?)

'Ich lerne Deutsch' und 'mein Deutsch is nichts so gut'

Ta lucie - I normally say 'ich bin deutsch ge-errrr learning.' Then we swap to english. Can you translate ' I have a terrible accent'?

But you don't!
German with an English accent sounds adorable!!

Mein Akzent is nichts so gut.

ps - I'm not German and have only done german A-Level and don't really do much german anymore so I'm really crap too!

ok, say:
'Ich habe einen komischen Akzent!'
(I have a funny accent)

lucie's suggestions are perfectly fine
just drop the 's' from nichts, i.e.
'mein Akzent ist nicht so gut'

whoops - sorry - I said I was crap!

Thanks everyone, - German with an english accent sounds adorable????? Wirklich? (showing off now) Sind Sie Deutsch, daddyJ? Meine Mutter ist Deutsch und sie hat gesagt meine akzent ist -errrrr crap! (actually she has a really pronounced german accent even after nearly 50 years here!So I don't expect to have a good accent atall.)

Just drink lots of wine, you'll be fine - viel Spass!

Tbh, they'll be so desperate to speak English with you that you won't need the phrases I speak German like a native but if any German gets a whiff of my accent (which is not always immediately obvious in a short exchange) s/he usually jumps straight to English with eyes shining they just love speaking English!

Auch von mir viel Spass

Agree. You will find everyone more than happy to practise their English on you.
Even ime the waiter sometimes!

Viel Spass! Muenchen is schoen!

Ooo, Ich bin

Viel Spass

Ok (had to look up Spass) - i have noticed that I go up to people (stations/restuarants/shops) with my carefully rehearsed phrases in german, only to have them instantly reply in english! Yes even waiters! Do they all speak english? They put us english to shame.
And I fully intend to have viel spass on the sunday at the christmas markets - bratwurst/bretzeln/reibekuchen....

I'd go for the roasted almonds and the mulled wine, that's Mandeln and Gluehwein. Love the almonds

What part of Germany is your mum from?

What I'd look at buying and taking back with you if you get the chance timewise to go to a decent supermarket, dept. store is Spekulatius (yummy biscuits with cinnamon in different shapes) and Stollen which I find much nicer than our standard Christmas cake. Less heavy and just dusted with icing sugar, none of the marzipan, royal icing.

Bin kein Deutscher, cm, nur germanisiert!

Will you lot stop talking about German food..
Thüringer..frische Bretzel..deutsches Bier..Schweinshaxensemmel!!!!

Jetzt hab ich Hunger.

I've just bought Brezeln hot from the bakery... here, can you smell them?
hmm

FINKNOTTLE!

Actually..I am off to the Vaterland in a few days so
looking forward to doing some serious food shopping.

And reminding myself how to spell Brezel..
doitsche Sprache, schwäre Sprache!

dh always says brezeln are the one thing he misses about the Schwabenland...

Lieb' Vaterland, magst ruhig sein..

OMG whispers I really like that song

why is he missing them Berolina? Berlin is brimming over with them

He thinks they do 'proper' ones down there

How are you bearing up? I forgot how early it gets dark here in winter. In the Ländle we definitely had a good half hour's more light (and that is not clouded by nostalgia, I couldn't wait to leave)

Hi Sandy - mum is actually from a place called Peckatel, in what was East germany - came across before the wall was built. She goes back to (west) germany once a year or so, and apparently she has an east german accent, even now! She also says olde-worlde things like 'Apfelsiner saft' instead of 'orangen saft' which it is now.
I must remember to bring back some senf - the mustard here just is not the same.