A smidgin of idiomatic German
Posted: Sat Feb 25, 2012 12:15 pm
Am Strand und in den Ortschaften Bilder des Elends. Herrgott, was sind das für Menschen, die das gewollt haben. Man müsste sie hierherschicken, ich glaube, es würde ihnen vergehen.
Scenes of misery on the beach and in the villages. Lord, what sort of people wanted this? They should be sent here. I believe it would ...
It's vergehen I can't get - not in its usual sense. I presume he's saying "What sort of people wanted this? Send them here - they'd soon lose their appetite for it..."
Scenes of misery on the beach and in the villages. Lord, what sort of people wanted this? They should be sent here. I believe it would ...
It's vergehen I can't get - not in its usual sense. I presume he's saying "What sort of people wanted this? Send them here - they'd soon lose their appetite for it..."