Monday, November 24, 2008
To Over Live
Alex has developed this habit of saying "over lived" instead of "survived." He's translating from German, and in German "to survive" is "überleben," which literally translates into: über = over + leben = to live. No matter how many times Philip or I correct him, he still insists on saying "over lived," as in "I over lived the day at school."
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That's funny. :)
I see the difficulties.
One of my problems is: I say I am irritated (German: irritiert), but I want to say I am confused.
This really can lead to misunderstanding.
Be courage re your German, it is very good. :)
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