Either way, I am extremely interested in learning the German language. One of my coworkers who started on the same day as I did, is German. His name is #5. There were five of us newbies who started at the company on January 4th, and he happened to be the last one to introduce himself. I happened to be the first, so when we see each other, we refer to each other as "#5" or "Funf" pronounced "foonf" and #1 or Ein (rhymes with 'nine'). Since #5 is German, he has decided to introduce me to one new German word per week. Last week the word was "Kreuzschlitzschraubenzieher" (pronounced: Croitz Schlitz Schrauben zeehuh). This is the German word for "Phillips Screw Driver." Since I have enough German colleagues to practice with, I decided to practice all weekend as well. It was a real hit at the bar scene and many people were entertained that this was the word I had learned so far.
The ironic part is that I have bought a bunch of ikea furniture and yesterday, I realized that I only have the screw driver with about 10 different flat head parts, and not the phillips one. Luckily, I was able to locate the nearest hardware store and tell them "Ich möchte ein kreuzschlitzschraubenzieher bitte!" =)
One of the first weeks I had to learn Lohnsteuerkarte, which is "tax card" and it is very important to obtain for salary purposes.
My word for this week is Adventkranzkerze, which is a tad less usefull...it means "candles on an advent wreath."
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