Die Targa

"Logansteno: Bought a VW?" (logansteno) 07/22/2014 at 13:26 • Filed to: None

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Sehr gut!

Wow, I still remember some German.

cabarne4 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 07/22/2014 at 13:31

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Not to be a dick, but it's Die Targa.

Und so einer wunderschöne Targa. ;)

RazoE > cabarne4 07/22/2014 at 13:32

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I know a bit of German myself.

Die Bart, Die. Du Hast Fahrvergnügen Weinerschnitzel? Scheisse!

Logansteno: Bought a VW? > cabarne4 07/22/2014 at 13:32

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Fuck. I could never get Der, Die, and Das right.

cabarne4 > Logansteno: Bought a VW? 07/22/2014 at 13:36

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It's definitely tricky — I get confused on a lot of them, too. Worse is when you've got two things in front of the noun (like "einer wunderschöne Targa" above). Gotta remember that the first one defaults to -er, and the 2nd gets the change.

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > cabarne4 07/22/2014 at 13:54

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Not to be a dick, but it's Der Targa.

Und so ein wunderschöner Targa. :D

cabarne4 > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 07/22/2014 at 14:09

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You sure? I've read German articles on it that refer to it as "Die Targa".

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > cabarne4 07/22/2014 at 14:15

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Very sure. We Germans always call it Der Targa (most 911s are actually a "Der" because the article refers to the Brand Porsche (Der Porsche), so it's "Der Turbo, Der GT3, Der 4S..."), and so does Porsche on their website: http://www.porsche.com/germany/models…

cabarne4 > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 07/22/2014 at 14:16

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Ah, scheiße. You're right. The article I was reading was referring to 'der Targa Modelle' — the new model (f).

From Porsche.de — 'Mit dem Targa...'

cabarne4 > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 07/22/2014 at 14:17

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I still love how, even though just about every car and bike manufacturer is "Der", you guys insist that it's "Die Harley Davidson". ;)

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > cabarne4 07/22/2014 at 14:17

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German - a horribly complicated language. So glad I don't have to learn it.

cabarne4 > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 07/22/2014 at 14:20

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I've been learning it for 10 years, still have to think about "RESE / NESE / MRMN".

cabarne4 > Fred (FreddsterExprs) 07/22/2014 at 14:25

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...great, now all the ads on Jalopnik are showing me Porsches. DAMN YOU!

(wait, this isn't such a bad thing)

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > cabarne4 07/22/2014 at 14:29

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It's strange, isn't it? It also is "Die Ducati" and "Die BMW (if it's a nike)", I guess because we also often call a bike "Die Maschine".

Fred (FreddsterExprs) > cabarne4 07/22/2014 at 14:30

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My mum teaches German, and most people struggle. A lot.

Mark - Sixpots None The Richer > cabarne4 07/22/2014 at 22:03

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Not to be a dick either, but you are wrong too.

In German we say "der Targa".

It's very confusing because it's "das Targadach" (Targa roof). But since we say "der 911", "der Targa" is short for "der 911 Targa".

And: "Ein wunderschöner Targa" is correct here.

The first one doesn't default to "-er" it's the other way around. The second word has to be altered:

"Ein wunderchönes Cabriolet", "Ein toller Porsche". See?

It's complicated...

Mark - Sixpots None The Richer > Mark - Sixpots None The Richer 07/23/2014 at 22:13

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..and I made a mistake too.

"Ein wunderschönes Cabriolet".

I forgot the "s" there. ;-)

ly2v8-Brian > Mark - Sixpots None The Richer 07/23/2014 at 22:19

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Nicht gut.