Usage examples of "fremde Sprachen" in German with translation to English

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Goethe meinte, "Wer fremde Sprachen nicht kennt, weiß nichts von seiner eigenen." Goethe claimed, "one who cannot speak foreign languages does not know one's own language either".
Während es einige Leute gibt, die das Internetz benutzen, um fremde Sprachen zu lernen, gibt es andere, die von weniger als einem Dollar pro Tag leben, welche nicht einmal ihre eigenen Sprache lesen können. While there are some people who use the Internet to learn foreign languages, there are others, living on less than a dollar a day, who cannot even read their own language.
Die Frau, die er für seine Tante hielt, war eine Fremde. The woman who he thought was his aunt was a stranger.
Sie sprachen über Liebe. They talked about love.
Unter den Gästen, die zur Party eingeladen wurden, waren zwei fremde Frauen. Among the guests invited to the party were two foreign ladies.
Meine Mutter konnte fünf Sprachen sprechen. My mother could speak five languages.
Stecke deine Nase nicht in fremde Angelegenheiten. Mind your own business.
Es ist schwierig, drei Sprachen zu sprechen. It is difficult to speak three languages.
Unser Hund wird Fremde beißen. Our dog will bite strangers.
Es ist dasselbe Wort in beiden Sprachen. It is the same word in both languages.
Er konnte eine fremde Frau nicht als seine Mutter akzeptieren. He could not accept a strange woman as his mother.
Ich habe mich gerade gefragt, welche Sprachen Sie sprechen können. I was just wondering what languages you can speak.
Ich habe dort eine fremde Frau gesehen. I saw a strange woman there.
Er weiß, wie man Sprachen lehrt. He knows how to teach languages.
Der Fremde kam auf mich zu. The stranger came toward me.
Alle Sprachen sind gleich, aber Englisch ist gleicher als die anderen. All languages are equal, but English is more equal than the others.
Der Fremde war zu überrascht zum Sprechen. The stranger was too surprised to speak.
Und was wir wirklich wollen, sind viele Sätze in möglichst vielen Sprachen. And what we really want is to have many sentences in many — and any — languages.
Der Fremde forderte Tom zu einem Straßenkampf heraus. The stranger challenged Tom to a streetfight.
Die Frau mit der Sie sprachen ist meine Schwester. The woman to whom you were talking is my sister.
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