If someone here, north of the Main-river-line, says "auf Urlaub", he's either from Southern Germany or using a very collequial slang.
ah, of course. That's also true.
That explains it - I've learnt most of my German usage (if not the basics) in Munich and Zurich.
Haessliche Sprache, Schwyzerduutsch!
" ... says "auf Urlaub", he's either from Southern Germany or using a very collequial slang". ... nanu ? as far as i remember, we used to say 'auf urlaub gehen ' in hamburg - but perhaps my memory is playing tricks on me; also, many of our highschool teachers were either from saxony or swabia(he was a particularly lovable fellow !), so that's perhaps why 'ich auf urlaub gehe'. hbg
And I might well be incorrect with my 'judgement' as well: as a child, anything unknown/'strange' in language was thought to be "from the South" - and this got stuck
To add to the confusion, I would say 'ich bin im Urlaub'. As you all know, I am from the South :-)
I'll take it as an either/or, then!
If you native speakers can't agree, I'll never be fearful of criticism.
urs53 wrote:To add to the confusion, I would say 'ich bin im Urlaub'. As you all know, I am from the South :-)
But we didn't know that you are 'in Urlaub' just now - oh, I see, it's Friday about noon
isn't it 'ich bin im urlaub', but 'er geht auf urlaub' ? this should be easy to learn for pete and mctag, shouldn't it ? hbg
and the winner is hamburger, exactly hbg! Also the statement by Walter is right.
Thok wrote:well, actually "auf Urlaub" is right.
But also valid is "in Urlaub", although basically in this case a person do anything in this relation.
Walter Hinteler wrote:urs53 wrote:To add to the confusion, I would say 'ich bin im Urlaub'. As you all know, I am from the South :-)
But we didn't know that you are 'in Urlaub' just now - oh, I see, it's Friday about noon
Walter! Actually, I was still working at that time... However - I will go on vacation pretty soon. To be exact - my vacation will start on October 4 at noon Denver time!
Ich werde eine Woche Urlaub in Colorado machen und eine Woche Urlaub in Balingen!
Ach, ja, Balingen.
Hoffentlich hast Du auch früh genug dort ein Zimmer reserviert: um die Zeit herum sind die Unterkünfte dort regelmäßig ausgebucht :wink:
:-) Aber ja, Walter! Eine sehr schöne Ferienwohnung mit zwei Katzen zum Kuscheln! Ah, ein Mann gehört auch zum Arrangement... ;-)
Katzen - finde ich nicht schlecht.
Aber 'nen Mann? Da würde ich mir einen anderen Katalog holen! :wink:
ich glaube es wird zeit dass wir alle 'auf urlaub gehen', aber wer moechte darf auch 'in den urlaub gehen'. hbg
