a long time ago

[Boileau419]

I studied German a long time ago

Ich habe deutsch lange her studiert

Is it correct to say it like this and does the word "deutsch" need to be capitalized?

Thanks

 

[Kuestenwache]

The construction is not correct. It has to be like this:
"Ich hab vor langer Zeit Deutsch studiert"
"a long time ago" becomes "vor langer Zeit" and has to stand before the noun.
And you're right it has to be "Deutsch" since it is a language and thus a noun, the adjective "deutsch" is written in lower case.

 

[Boileau419]

How would you then use "schon lange her"?

And is "Ich habe Deutsch lange studiert" ok for "I have been studying German for a long time"?

Merci d'avance
Danke sehr

 

[Kurtchen]

How would you then use "schon lange her"?

And is "Ich habe Deutsch lange studiert" ok for "I have been studying German for a long time"?

Merci d'avance
Danke sehr

Ich habe lange Deutsch studiert. -> I studied German for a long time.
Es ist schon lange her, daß ich Deutsch studierte.
or
Es ist lange her, seit ich Deutsch studiert habe. -> It's been a long time since I studied German.
Ich studiere seit langem Deutsch. -> I've been studying German for a long time.

 

[Boileau419]

Thank you very much, this is so complete.

I read German fluently, read Hermann Hesse and Stephan Zweig in German, but I speak German very badly,haha. To read and to speak are really two very different things...

 

[Hutschi]

If you want to stress that it was "lange" you can use the word order of your translation:

"Ich habe Deutsch lange studiert."

If you do not want to stress anything, use the word order:

"Ich habe lange Deutsch studiert."

If you want to stress that it was German:

"Deutsch habe ich lange studiert."