general-2

[fringe path]

Sounds stupid but try Minecraft

It has so many recognizable icons where you can learn the German names of

[eternal niche]

You have my attention

I mean, it's not much text however

[fringe path]

Broadens your vocabulary a lot

[eternal niche]

I was thinking about something with voice acting (sorry for not saying it from the getgo!)

[fringe path]

Any game I guess

Maybe MMORPGs?

[hot cloak]

hi! i don't suppose anyone here is from the uk and currently studying/planning to do a bacherlor in germany? i have a few questions about admission requirements in regards to alevels etc

[errant nacelle]

I recommend asking in #1033125270217048246

[primal thunder]

I’m from Hong Kong what about you?

[valid flare]

Hallo

[hot cloak]

Funny enough, Warhammer

[fringe path]

My parents are from Bosnia but I was born and raised in Austria

[primal thunder]

Oooo that’s rlly cool

[hot cloak]

Sages

[primal thunder]

sage a cutie

no cyapp

[hot cloak]

.

[sage kayak]

Ich garantiere dir, dass das niemand von dir erwartet, denn dafür müssten sie es selbst wissen @hot cloak

[hot cloak]

Haben darüber eine Arbeit geschrieben….

[sage kayak]

Ja, aber da macht ihr ja nicht alle Regeln

[tepid schooner]

fr, das wäre unmöglich

es gibt zu viele

[placid temple]

es ist zu schnell haha

[hot cloak]

Das waren aber gefühlt schon zu viele

[tepid schooner]

Ja, gut, das kann sein.

[placid temple]

aber es gut für mich

[hot cloak]

War so, bekomme die morgen wahrscheinlich wieder…

[sage kayak]

https://www.duden.de/sprachwissen/rechtschreibregeln
Das sind 154 Regeln hier und einige davon haben noch a) und b) und c) ...

[hot cloak]

Nein danke das ist zu viel

[sage kayak]

Deswegen haben wir den Channel gewechselt

[tepid schooner]

Gott, wer das auswendig kann, ist kein Mensch.

[hot cloak]

War noch nie einer laut meinen Mitschülern, aber kann die trotzdem nicht.

[tepid schooner]

Außerdem kann es ja gewisse Fälle geben, die so kompliziert sind, dass vermutlich nicht einmal die Duden-Redaktion drauf klarkommen würde. Man kann ja unmöglich jeden einzelnen spezifischen Fall regeln.

[sage kayak]

Ich glaub tatsächlich schon, dass das an sich zumindest möglich ist

Die Fälle an sich sind selten kompliziert. Es ist nur relativ viel

[tepid schooner]

Wenn man die Zeit dazu hat, ja

[hot cloak]

Kann jemand die Zeit anhalten?

[tepid schooner]

Wie bitte? Deine Mitschüler halten dich für ein Alien?

[sage kayak]

Ich glaub tatsächlich, dass ich das meiste sogar kann
Also nicht direkt rezitieren, aber dass ich dann mind. sehe "hier ist etwas fragwürdig"

[sharp yoke]

Leider nicht

[hot cloak]

Schade. Keine Lust auf morgen

[tepid schooner]

Ja, gewisse Sachen sind ja mehr oder weniger im Sprachgefühl drin.

[sage kayak]

Benutz das Wort hier bitte nicht, da das aus ner sehr besonderen Zeit für sehr fragwürdge Zwecke benutzt wurde.
Wenn du Näheres wissen willst, kannst du mich dm'n oder ein Ticket in #report-issue öffnen @hot cloak

[sharp yoke]

Glaubst du ich? Hätt ja 80 Seiten lernen müssen. Wie viele hab ich gelernt?: 0

[sage kayak]

0 ?

[hot cloak]

Ok, hast du dann eine Umschreibung?

[sage kayak]

Ich hätt auch gern noch ein paar Wochen frei

[tepid schooner]

Ferien sind Ferien, da wird nicht gearbeitet.

[sharp yoke]

Hundert Punkte and den Kandidaten

[tepid schooner]

Wer denn nicht?

[hot cloak]

Schule, eine Präsentation und bekomme zwei Arbeiten wieder.

[sage kayak]

Mensch niedereren Wertes

[sage kayak]

Yay!

[hot cloak]

Ok du hast die Bedeutung des Wortes falsch verstanden

[tepid schooner]

Öh? Was hab ich verpasst? xD

[sage kayak]

Alternativ Wesen mit Wert niederer als Menschen
Ich find beide Interpretationen legitim

[hot cloak]

Ist auch nicht das richtige

[sage kayak]

Dann sag halt die beleidigen dich. Unabhängig davon, ob du eine funktionierende Umschreibung findest, verwende den Begriff hier bitte nicht

[hot cloak]

Ok

[sage kayak]

Und melde das auch gern mal einem Lehrer oder einer anderen Vertrauensperson, dass dich andere so nennen~

[hot cloak]

Mal sehn

[tepid schooner]

unbedingt

[hot cloak]

Nee

[sage kayak]

Schade. Im Endeffekt musst du das entscheiden, aber das da ist meine Empfehlung

[hot cloak]

Schon, but es ist nicht so einfach für mich mit anderen zu reden

[cyan pelican]

hallo

[hot cloak]

is this general

german only

the other general is serious only

[fleet summit]

no #german-only is where only german convos take place

sorry slow brain rn

12 AM

aaa

[brittle wagon]

lol

für mich ist es 6:21 AM

[quiet idol]

Hallo

[hot cloak]

@brittle wagonwas können wir gegen den Hedonismus tun?

[brittle wagon]

Wir können ein wertvoll Leben haben, von mir aus, das bedeutet an mich selbst dauernd zu arbeiten

[hot cloak]

denkst du manche Menschen tendieren dazu arbeiten zu wollen während andere eher Faul sind?

[brittle wagon]

genau, genau

Es gibt leider mehr fauler Menschen

[hot cloak]

Ich denke nicht, dass man da was ändern kann, wenn es bei den meisten durch genetische Veranlagung geschieht

[brittle wagon]

möglich

Aber ich würde glauben dass man kann immer besser sein

[upbeat jasper]

a

[hot cloak]

FOUND IT

I am so insanely professional

[kindred iris]

Oh my god bebi Base from 2017 that is so cute.

[sage kayak]

lmao

[slate roost]

tf

[sage kayak]

Please don't quote weird messages from like 100 years ago

You can bring them to our attention via #report-issue

[kindred iris]

But I want to know what people were saying here in 1023.

Wait no I'm sleepy.

1923 is the number I meant, I think.

[slate roost]

guess i just randomly saw that when i joined the channel, sometimes it shows you older messages and you have to scroll down

[low drum]

i will reply to that in about 2 years

[sage kayak]

Go for it

[sage kayak]

I see~ That makes sense

[low drum]

whats the command to let botfried remind me of smth?

[sage kayak]

>remind 2y MESSAGE

Happy 2025 in advance

[low drum]

remind 2y reply to "Please don't quote weird messages from like 100 years ago" from Bulli the one and only girl god

[rocky goblet]

Okay @low drum. You will be reminded in 2 years.

[sage kayak]

There, so that it's immediately clear to you what you are gonna reply to

[abstract vector]

müsst ihr das immer erwähnen

[abstract vector]

Jesus Christus i just realised that 2025 is actually in 2 YEARS!!?!

i legit thought it was in 5 more years wtf

[hot cloak]

Zeit fliegt

[abstract vector]

Zeit vergeht wie im Flug

[sage kayak]

Nein. Aber wenn dich das stört, dann mach doch einfach ein Ticket in-

Spaaß

Das ist aber relativ wichtig, das an den User zu bringen, find ich. Klar, hast du das jetzt wahrscheinlich schon echt oft gelesen, aber das ist echt son Ding von: Je mehr darüber wissen, desto besser

So seh ich das zumindest

[abstract vector]

versteh

[shut schooner]

ich versthe nicht

help

[vagrant rose]

🙂

[hot cloak]

I might be getting a job soon with a US international company with a new location in Germany. 👀

Work visa go brrr.

[ivory girder]

yippie!

[rugged cypress]

@ivory girder why : - (

[sick heath]

@bronze narwhal Danke 🙏

[gray urchin]

Hallo!

[calm inlet]

Hallo

[vagrant rose]

Ja bitte

😭😂

[signal chasm]

Guten morgen

[manic peak]

https://tenor.com/view/sretno-mali-prijatelji-gif-26488386

[wispy needle]

meraba

[vagrant rose]

Mrahb 7ji

[surreal shell]

Hallo Leute , Ich besitze ein C1 Zertifikat und suche nach jemandem , mit dem ich auf deutsch sprechen kann

[tiny spruce]

Du brauschst nichts mehr wenn du ein C1 Zertifikat hast 😄

[surreal shell]

ich will mein deutsch auffirschen , Bruder 🙂

[hot cloak]

Hallo, alles gut?

[ashen cedar]

oh wait

wow

there is a general 2

and it comes with its own set of characters too

[fluid oasis]

hello anyone is available to teach me german ?

[hot cloak]

You wanna speak?

[fluid oasis]

anything i just want improve me

[hot cloak]

It does indeed.

Happy note — I’ve already done 2 interviews today and have 2 more to go.

Exciting note — my final interview with a German company to get a visa and move there should be next Wednesday.

Concerned note — I probably need to start doing some babysitting or temp work at a restaurant if I land the Germany job seeing as I don’t have a lot of money in the bank atm.

[ashen cedar]

you changed your pfp

[ashen cedar]

also i thought only npcs are here what are you doing

oh this must be co op

[hot cloak]

Absolutely. Also, I just dropped the Halloween costume PFP lmao

I can add the bird back tho

[ashen cedar]

eh do what you like honestly

[ashen cedar]

dont know which halloween pfp

[hot cloak]

That

[ashen cedar]

yeah this is the only one i saw before lol

[hot cloak]

I’ll set it back lmao

Tahdahhhh

[ashen cedar]

niiice epic

[hot cloak]

hey. How is it living in germany?🤷‍♀️ I live in sweden and my parent are thinking of moving there. Is someone avaible to talk about it?:)

[ashen cedar]

i think you might find something in #1033125270217048246

[arctic nebula]

https://yourdailygerman.com/german-word-order/ i found this super ambitious looking blog post series about word order (and also about why all explanations for nicht position are wrong based on this understanding) that looks super interesting! Any thoughts ya'll?

It fits quite well with other scholarly texts i've glanced at

warning though you can only read 2 posts in a week and you need at least 5 posts to get the whole thread including the nicht stuff

[hot cloak]

They’re good, but there’s a reason I use a mix of websites for my grammar instruction. Free shit haha.

[tepid gull]

this is amazingg thank youu

[urban stream]

hahaha

how to learn a new language without spent any amount of money 101

[hot cloak]

I say free shit but like, I’ve probably dropped about $120+ on learning German so far ngl and plan to drop around 2500€ on Goethe lessons and certifications soon.

Prolly more like 4500€ ngl. I’m probably gonna need to take their B1 lessons.

[abstract vector]

if you want some honest advice, hire someone on italky to help you reach your desired Niveau. German courses in Germany are overly expensive. italky would cost less and do the same job

I've spent a total of around 900 on the language, including one certification exam, and it's doable in much less time and money with what I've experienced

[hot cloak]

I hella appreciate that.

[opal sequoia]

@native stirrup You can use #1028991097277513770 for posting music.

[vital tide]

thats like 1/4 of education in a uni

i took german in school so it costed me 0 to get B1 level certificate, so mb reconsider zour spendings on learning

[low drum]

Use that money to buy a loudspeaker

[hot cloak]

Nice. Was it at a Uni in Germany?

[vital tide]

Yeah i gave a cost of education for uni in Germany (Jacobs University Bremen)

[vital tide]

Ah wait no school itself wasn’t in Germany

It was required at my school when I was pupil

[hot cloak]

Lucky

[hot cloak]

German wasn’t offered in any of my schools.

On an interesting note, I inadvertently convinced my siblings to move to Germany.

If they move there, I know they’ll sponsor me. They have a better shot than I do because they’ve been in their professions longer.

Apparently all it took to convince them was talking about the same stuff that made me wanna go and then explaining how their daughter will be affected when she hits our age.

Didn’t even intend to convince them — it just did.

Me: ya know, Europe’s pretty neat
Them: sold
Me: oh…?
Them: ✈️
Me: 👀
Them: ✅

[livid geyser]

very nice

can you adopt me

[hot cloak]

We can work something out lol

[abstract vector]

xDD ehrlich soo ne? when i think why i want to move to europe rn, traveling is the thing that excites me the most

and ausschließlich Germany because i like how it's economy works to a certain degree relative to other countries i could've moved to

[abstract vector]

the traveling thing is honestly so insane that the people there almost unknowingly take it for granted. a close relative of mine lives there, and he always soo casually mentions that hey, we're actually having an Urlaub in Italy. (jup, no big deal). they went to Switzerland once and mentioned that months later because it wasn't that big of a deal

[low drum]

Yeah just travel how you want

No border controlls

[hot cloak]

That was the selling point for them tbh. Free education and more worker protections.

They have a daughter and want her to be able to start her life when she’s old enough and ready.

[hot cloak]

Kann man hier Gif-Animierte Bilder verbreiten?

[errant nacelle]

kommt darauf an. Wenn sie mit dem Gespräch zu tun haben, dann schon, aber auch dann nicht zu viel davon

[ivory girder]

@chilly elm dont wanna respond in introduction, but the people here are very awesome and handsome and nicesome, im sure you'll be able to overcome your nervous thoughts 😁

[chilly elm]

thank you for reassuring! everyone already seems nice so im looking forward to that❤️

oh nice! das ist sehr gut i hope we get along then @hot cloak

[hot cloak]

@chilly elm 🌸

[ivory girder]

https://tenor.com/view/yippee-happy-celebration-joy-confetti-gif-25557730

[molten totem]

[open fox]

May anyone recommend me any german song? I've been struggling a lil bit to find something that fits my taste

Just something to listen, sing and practice pronounciation

I am into jazz, bossa nova, pop (joji, billie, the weeknd) and classical

[kindred iris]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXbKGrOUA30KN?si=f7cd5602e97a421d

There's this playlist.

I found a couple songs I like because of it.

[open fox]

Oh thanks

[kindred iris]

You can also just search "German Jazz songs" for example. There will most likely be a playlist of one.

[slate roost]

alter wie viel Musik Leute hören

[hot cloak]

Wie definierst du genau "Musik Leute"? Ich finde es nur eine interessante Beschreibung, das so zu nennen

Aber ich würde auch sagen, ich höre mehr, als der normale Mensch so hört

[urban stream]

hey there

[rare forge]

Hey

[fiery ember]

Hi. I just joined a few minutes ago.

I've wanted to go to school for German since 2020, but it wasn't possible.

Because of the pandemic, you know. As far as I'm concerned, learning a foreign language remotely doesn't really work because everyone has a different level of connection quality and a different level of familiarity with the remote format.

This server appears to be a more casual approach, which suits me just fine.

[fluid kayak]

Classical? „Leck mich im Arsch“ by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart lmao

[abstract vector]

hä heißt das Lied wirklich so

bestimmt nicht

[fluid kayak]

Doch 😈

[abstract vector]

wieso würd Mozart sowas nennen xD

[fiery ember]

I thought that was a quote from Götz von Berlichingen, the mercenary.

[fluid kayak]

Vielleicht ließ Mozart sich von ihm inspirieren 🤣

[fiery ember]

Wow. Herr Mozart was quite a guy.

Götz was probably an inspiration for Guts from the manga Berserk, too.

With that iron hand and all.

[fluid kayak]

I‘ve never actually watched Berserk but love Guts memes

And Mozart‘s sense of humor

We‘re all 12 years old in our hearts

[fiery ember]

Do you like any contemporary German music? It's fun to sing along with lyrics that I don't fully understand.

[fluid kayak]

Sometimes. I haven‘t found anything new I‘m into recently but was really into Wir Sind Helden and Kraftklub in high school

I relate to the singing along to things you don’t understand, like I have almost a year streak on Duolingo French because I found a bunch of French music I like but needed to learn the pronunciation rules to properly sing along lol

Also worth learning some Schlagertexte if you‘re in Germany because the experience of singing Schlager with a bunch of drunk Germans is….einzigartig

[fiery ember]

German sounds like a very precise language to me. Moreso than English, and much more so than French. I like how there are far fewer silent letters in German.

[fluid kayak]

In some ways, French pronunciation is easier than English in that its rules seem pretty set, whereas English arbitrarily uses either French-like or more Germanic rules

I don’t want to say Romance language rules because Spanish is pretty phonetically spelled

The trouble with English is that we‘re not consistent with our silent letters

[fiery ember]

As far as I can tell, the majority of German words are spelt pretty much like how they sound. With French, I'm always surprised.

[fluid kayak]

I wouldn’t necessarily say French pronunciation makes sense, but there’s at least a decent level of consistency in where they write unnecessary letters. German pronunciation does make sense most of the time, wofür ich noch immer dankbar bin

[main crag]

e

[oblique umbra]

i agree with you 😔

french is just abstract art

you take an E, you take an A and you take an U and it makes O

and at the end it means "water"

[wispy ermine]

o

[bold mountain]

uh hello, so im thinking of going to germany for my under graduation (computer science), i just wanna know if choosing automobile engineering for under graduation is harder or easier than computer science?

[fiery ember]

I can't help you with that, but I'd like to go to Germany after saving some money. Ever been there before?

[native stirrup]

What apps if any do you(s) use for german. Currently enjoying duolingo, the pathway version on ipad. Go bored of babbel.

Is busuu any good?
I have Grammatik aktiva and assimil pdf too

My comprehension is decent just writing/speaking i sound like a child 😦

[native stirrup]

I like the characters lol.

Rip Memrise

[native stirrup]

Pretty sure most aren’t used, like in the Chinese dictionary.

I did mandarin in high school.

U dont need to learn 50,000 characters lol.

Dont know if this is allowed, but i recently drew this for a friend. Im trying to build a social media portfolio so if allowed dm me with a pic and ill gladly make a portrait for you x

[hot cloak]

do u speak japanese

[native stirrup]

Y

Dont they have like 5 different speaking styles based on who ur speaking to?

Anyone else teach their language?

[hot cloak]

make a portrait of me 😍

[grave stump]

German conjugation is hard ;-; can someone tell me easy ways to learn it?

[merry inlet]

Honestly the best way is to just use German a lot

There are a lot of irregular forms that you have to just memorise

[grave stump]

Ohhkay 🫡

[grave stump]

Like having a lot of conversations in German?

[hot cloak]

Ist hier jemand???

Ich möchte sprechen mit jemand.

[merry inlet]

Yeah, and hearing/listening to it a lot

There are just too many irregular things (like English), you have to learn it one step at a time

[opal sequoia]

Which conjugations are you learning right now? Is it just present tense or something else?

[merry inlet]

Yeah haha

[hot cloak]

Ich will den Schwarzweld sehen.

Hullooo, how come #general-2 is so active right now?

Ich mag Bäume und Tiere.

[merry inlet]

Keine Ahnung :D

[grave stump]

Currently i am doing present tense

[grave stump]

Sure thankyou!!

[opal sequoia]

faq present tense

[rocky goblet]

Conjugation

Präsens (Present Tense)
When you use a verb in a sentence (or clause), you have to conjugate it (change the form) to match the subject of the sentence (or clause).

For example, in English, we write I eat but he/she eats. The verb has a different ending! The concept is the same in German, except German has more endings.

The first thing you need to know in order to conjugate verbs is: which ending fits which subject? Here is a simple verb “trinken” (to drink) as an example:

trinken
ich trinke
du trinkst
er/sie/es trinkt
wir trinken
ihr trinkt
sie trinken / Sie trinken
(Note: the conjugation for sie (they) and Sie (formal you) is always the same)

Vowel/Stem Changes
There are a few variations and exceptions, but the most important is vowel changes (also called stem changes). Some verbs get a vowel change, which only affects the du and er/sie/es forms of the verb. (However, modal verbs and wissen have their own special pattern, which also has a vowel change in the ich form.)

Example: ich schlafe, du schläfst

Other Changes
There are various other differences but I can’t describe them all here, so please read these websites or use Google to find more information: https://www.vistawide.com/german/grammar/german_verbs_present_tense.htm
https://www.thoughtco.com/german-present-tense-verbs-4074838
http://www.dartmouth.edu/~deutsch/Grammatik/PresentTense/Present.html

[opal sequoia]

Check this out first. If it doesn't help, feel free to ask in #questions for help. But try to identify exactly what part of it you find confusing, that way it's easier to help.

[grave stump]

THANKYOU SO MUCH

[opal sequoia]

No problem.

One sec, I have something else that may help you.

[grave stump]

Yes sure

[opal sequoia]

https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/14MPdMqPTH9XVocvy__Hw7cMz5jSXZux-

This is a set of beginner lessons I've run a few times on the server. If you go to the Lesson 1 folder and open the Homework document, it will have some exercises you can do. Some of those are for present tense and you might find it helpful.

[grave stump]

Ohkayy, I'll do those exercises!

[native stirrup]

Sure just dm a selfie

[eager pivot]

Exactly, like, after a while using German expressions, that's also modified my accent in Portuguese, somehow 😂

Mostly because of the fricatives, in there they are active in r-between vowels and not between vowels.

As seen in: ''Rato'' and ''Coração'', which means first, Mause and second Herz.

In Portuguese, we can use another word for heart, but, borrowed from French and used more in day-by-day speech with friends and family, fair enough.

[proud mauve]

🥱

[woeful wren]

I dont want to interrupt gen one but hi :0 I'm excited to be here! I used to take German for 2 years but I didn't get very far because 1- its middle/high school German and 2- im semi non verbal and schools force you to speak verbally, I got a lot of points off because when I get anxious I lose my voice, so I kind of bombed the second year I did it

[woeful matrix]

Henlo and welcome!!

[desert flax]

@shy elk hi gf

[shy elk]

hi gf/bf (idk which)

[desert flax]

Where‘re you from m‘lady( I howl in the streets of Budapest)

[shy elk]

Latvia

[desert flax]

That’s cool

[shy elk]

its not but

architectures fine

[desert flax]

Why not? I mean it’s in the baltics

[shy elk]

i dont like it

commie blocks

i dont really know, i dont have the chance to go out much

💀

[desert flax]

I mean it‘s better than living in africa

[desert flax]

Araña debajo del agua

[shy elk]

our wages are getting lower and costs r increasing

[desert flax]

That’s because natural gases are cut off right?

[shy elk]

idk war

yeah

[desert flax]

Que bueno

Aranã

Spider

there was a song like that

La rana cantaba debajo del agua

Is it good

[hot cloak]

<@&305455824174710787>

[hollow nymph]

wtf u want

pinging me

wtf

[ionic hamlet]

Hi

[hollow nymph]

tell me

u need friends?

(same)

[hot cloak]

:I

[hollow nymph]

I literally dont know u

[summer ibex]

🦺🦺

[hollow nymph]

why u pinging everyone

[buoyant gazelle]

Why did I get pinged

[hollow nymph]

u got other friends other than me?

[buoyant gazelle]

@hot cloak is a bot 🤖

[hollow nymph]

whatever

have fun

[hollow nymph]

obv not

a bot would destroy u

lmao

but the poor guy will get banned

got banned*

[twin kernel]

Why u pinging me bruv

[steel notch]

Lmaooo

[hollow nymph]

just some random dude

lmao

[buoyant gazelle]

It wasn’t me monki

[hollow nymph]

dont bitch about it now

cause he is gone

smh

[twin kernel]

Anyways

[buoyant gazelle]

Monki how are you today dude?

[hollow nymph]

he could be better without this bullshit

[twin kernel]

Sick

[hollow nymph]

sorry I am projecting

a stupid old lady made me change seat

[buoyant gazelle]

Aww I hope you feel better ❤️‍🩹

[hollow nymph]

cause she had ResErvEd it

[twin kernel]

Thanks

[hollow nymph]

while the whole bus was empty and I was seating in a shitty seat

but noone cares

[twin kernel]

I'm gonna go rest

Ciao

[buoyant gazelle]

Ciao monki

[hollow nymph]

feel better soon

[buoyant gazelle]

Take care Monki

[hollow nymph]

I know

literally

we were passive aggressive all the journey

lmao

as if I got her a premium seat it was just flixbus

ikrrr

and she was shocked I called her stupid

like maam u certainly are dumb

nah

wheres the spice here

lol

[dry lynx]

Was I tagged?

[hot cloak]

Bot, issue fixed already.

or troll rather

[hollow nymph]

eh

really

most of these people

are scared when u actually fight back

whatever

im usually calm in these situations

have always been

[shy elk]

hi yall

[twin kernel]

Hey people

Chat kinda dead ngl

gives chat a CPR

[hot cloak]

Guten Abend

[dreamy drum]

Guten Abend

[plain sundial]

Guten Abend

[hot cloak]

Abend Leute

https://tenor.com/view/esqueleto-gif-24452082

[fervent verge]

https://tenor.com/view/dead-chat-xd-gif-25076264

[old jackal]

hello, can somebody help me in DM to understand a german song? it's from soundcloud and google doesn't have it's lyrics 🙂

[graceful flax]

Guten Abend

[fiery ember]

Guten Abend! Wie gehts?

Ich fühle mich ein wenig krank.

[fiery ember]

Ich habe gerade gelernt, dass es ein deutsches Wort für Pfannkuchen gibt.

Ich bin hungrig. Tschüss erstmal.

[hot cloak]

Hast du Kaiserschmarrn probiert?Es ist mega lecker

[magic patio]

Hallo! Guten abend

[arctic nebula]

been reading articles on the words schon and noch today! Very exciting words! Probably not the kinds of deep dives one should be doing in one's first month of learning a language, but anyway

although the word noch shows up some quite early in Nicos Weg!

[hot cloak]

was geht digga

[fiery ember]

Nein, aber danke für deinen Vorschlag.

[rare forge]

Digga Sounds wrong

But it just is slang for dude right?

[kindred iris]

Yes.

[random galleon]

oh its 100% wrong sounding to me as well...but i got used to it since moving over....my people back in US will hear it sometimes when on VC and they trip out...its funny

[kindred iris]

Yeah I can imagine that.

[random galleon]

They also made fun of me for eating thick fries.....not the most mature of friends..but the only kind of friends to have

[grizzled stag]

hey

ik it's wierd to ask but
is germany really legalizing weed?

[hot cloak]

there are some restrictions that can't be easily outmanouvred on a legislative level but it has been declared an official goal of the current coalition afaik

[random galleon]

It has been declared a goal....but its still in the works on the legalization process....should hear more about it during this year...but its not an immediate thing...if we are lucky, it could be here in the next 2 years or so if it all gets hammered out....

[hot cloak]

That’s odd that they’d do that

[random galleon]

Also...legal or not its abundant lol....afaik its illegal to posses it but not to smoke it....and in many places you can smell it, especially in Berlin
(Not saying ignore laws, just general information. As someone from California where its legal, i do miss it but avoid any potention legal issues by simply avoiding it in country)

Also, its super easy to hop on a train depending what part of Germany you are in to Amsterdam for a recreational weekend

which if you think about it is funny....cause you go to Coffee shops for marijuana....but its also illegal there, so its like otay..choose sides already so i can avoid any trouble

[lunar whale]

JSJSJSJ

HALLO

[tawny iris]

hi

[slate roost]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/R-TT99HxGAE

@sage kayak

[cyan anchor]

In fact it's not that easy as it looks xD
I'm certain Perelman has been working on it for many years straight

[magic crown]

is there anyone who is doing masters in German University in civil engineering?

[cyan anchor]

There were so many researches along it, and even one concerns the representation of the problem in terms of theory of groups (didn't help)

[visual pivot]

is there anyone who is doing master in medical informatics in degendroff institute of technology?

[kindred iris]

Maybe you can ask about it in #1033125270217048246 ?

[vivid spire]

Welche App ist kostenlos zum sprachen lernen?

[slate roost]

@arctic atlashttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DQAsxc4Oexo

gefällt dir die erste Minute von dem tune auch?

[livid geyser]

<@&305455824174710787> jungs

Wir haben einer

[sage kayak]

Dankee

[livid geyser]

gerne

[indigo abyss]

hanzzz

[carmine perch]

Hallo leute, wie geht's?
Ich suche Deutsch musik zu meine Hören trainieren

Irgendwelche ahnung?

[fleet summit]

sweet dreams (are made of these)

😀

[hot cloak]

Rammstein - Ausländer

[hot cloak]

@hot cloak it's me imagine

i couldn't log back into my previous account bc I changed it to some random email

hopefully you see this someday

[nocturne hawk]

Zick Zack and Angst are also good

[graceful cove]

🇩🇪 ```properties
Hallo,
ich heiße Dae und leite ein kleines Team von Übersetzern/Lokalisierern, das mit verschiedenen Gemeinschaften zusammenarbeitet, um Texte, Dokumente, Spiele und Mods zu übersetzen.

Ich arbeite derzeit an der Übersetzung von Seiten, die sich mit SS13 (dem Spiel, auf dem Barotroma basiert)
Ich suche einige Muttersprachler oder zweisprachige Deutschsprecher, die mir bei der Übersetzung helfen.

Wenn Sie interessiert sind, kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per private Nachricht Discord in der von Ihnen gewünschten Sprache.

Fr_Dae, Omicron Team
🇬🇧ansi
hello
I'm Dae, I manage a small team of translators/locators and we work with various communities to translate text, documents, games and mods.

I'm currently working on translating pages related to SS13 (the game barotroma is based on)
I'm looking for a few native or bilingual German speakers to help us with the translation.

If you are interested, please contact me in DM discord, in the language of your choice.

Fr_Dae Omicron Team ###

[random galleon]

Ich finde die Musik von Andreas Gabalier gut. Er ist ein Folk Musiker, ein bisschen Pop. Aber, Er kommt aus Österreich.

[slim star]

Die Ärzte

[hot cloak]

[random galleon]

i have not listened to them in ages......them and Die Prinzen

If people enjoy Rammstein, Ooomph is great too

[urban stream]

Klasikker Musik, auf Robert Schumann oder Clara Schumann

aber, mit dem Lyrik

zum Beispiel, "Widmung", "Bist du bei mir", etc

übrigens, mir gehts gut

[slate roost]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/7gHejLxo1o4

[gleaming sundial]

Verstehe die Verwirrung eines VooDoos, @rugged cypress. Hab die Fehlernachricht gelesen und mich fragt was für einEN Tag ich auswählen sollte und auch woher

[hot cloak]

HIII

[hot cloak]

#1028991097277513770

[native stirrup]

https://youtu.be/syCmXKNxvwg

[hot cloak]

https://youtu.be/9j68gYP57EE

[slate roost]

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/-0A_9-HfNNQ

[arctic nebula]

what's the tag for getting to create new threads, and can i have it? 👼

[opal sequoia]

Why?

[tiny spruce]

Die Nadel

[hot cloak]

Hi server, does anyone have any idea for if the Duolingo German levels align with the CEFR levels? For example, if I say I am on unit 27 in Duolingo, what does that say about my CEFR level?
I feel like I'm ready for A2, but I don't have enough vocabulary.

[opal sequoia]

German Duolingo covers only A1 and a small amount of A2 topics.

[tight radish]

https://blog.duolingo.com/how-well-does-duolingo-teach-speaking-skills/
From 2021 but yeah, what Base said

[opal sequoia]

Just keep in mind this blog post covers the French and Spanish courses, which have a higher rating than the German course.

German course is rated at A1 only.

[hot cloak]

I see, thank you for the information

[hot cloak]

Hello

I learn German from Duolingo

[peak pawn]

Come to #general since this channel is a bit slow

[arctic nebula]

i was thinking about asking about other people who learn or know both swedish and german, since the two languages are so similar it's a bit extra interesting for me to discuss it with others who have the same overlap in languages

btw side question one user just asked why german "sounds angry" in both of the channels intended for actual questions. How does the moderator team want users to handle such situations?

[ivory girder]

HI LILITH!

[bitter hedge]

I've been using Duolingo to familiarize myself with the way the language is structured/sounds. But it definitely won't make me conversational 😂

It's a good resource for tho

[polar hound]

what about flash academy

[arctic nebula]

next big hole in my grammar that i'm excited to fill: all these words with separable prefixes or whatever they're called. There's a lot of them, and i don't quite understand why and how they separate yet, so looking forward to that

[hot cloak]

Duolingo is good to learn some basic words but even if you complete the full language course you will still be considered a beginner. Best to use Anki and have some tutoring of some sort

Imo

[hot cloak]

I’ve been using Duolingo for now. I’ve checked out Rosetta Stone and LingQ as well. LingQ was pretty good, but I only wanted to pay for one thing at a time. I supplement Duolingo with YouTube videos from YourGermanTeacher for grammar lessons. I’m going to check out Nicos Weg now.

[willow cedar]

Anki?

[hot cloak]

Flashcard app that helps with memory. Best for vocabulary learning

Grammar and etc. best taught through lessons

[willow cedar]

Ahhh

[runic dagger]

@opal sequoia
@sage kayak
Can one stream something from ARD/ZDF in VC?
https://www.ard.de/die-ard/nutzungsbedingungen-ard-de-100/

https://www.zdf.de/regeln-und-nutzungsbedingungen-100.html#:~:text=Das Online-Angebot darf ausschließlich,in der Datenschutzerklärung erläutert werden.

[sage kayak]

Yes

[runic dagger]

Oh great! Thanks.
Were there movie/series nights at some point? Or has that never happened yet?

[opal sequoia]

Yes, they happen now and then.

The other day I streamed documentaries.

[runic dagger]

Noted! Oh, I saw one of them, about fauna

[sage kayak]

👁️

[nimble trench]

Lingq is a good one but you have to pay after a short time

[hot cloak]

Yeah, one cool feature with LingQ is being able to do translations and it creating a lesson out of it. I would do that with song lyrics.

[nimble trench]

Exactly 💯

[pulsar fiber]

Hey guys

[magic crown]

suggest me some interesting german movies.
genre:-suspense, detactive

[runic dagger]

I have moved the links to: https://discord.com/channels/221708975698083841/1028990927659872386
So that I don't spam here

[left jolt]

ahh lingq

[plush lotus]

Hello

Can anyone suggest any German songs with lyrics available.

[kindred iris]

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/37i9dQZF1DXbKGrOUA30KN?si=qXoCm7TOQ5CAO0GoffIxFA&utm_source=copy-link

I think most of them on this playlist have the lyrics available in Spotify itself.

The songs change every now and then though so I can't be sure.

[hot cloak]

Have a look in #1028991097277513770 too.

[hot cloak]

https://youtu.be/0-Lvv1f5Qu4

[hot cloak]

what happened to general?

[prime patrol]

this is general 2

maybe that happened

[sinful lark]

so my friend made a cursed emote

[indigo saddle]

Hello guys, sorry its a little bit of topic, but i want to ask something, i know that download pirated movies is illegal and will be fined in german, but is streaming movies will get fined too?

[floral coral]

ja

[livid geyser]

[indigo saddle]

Im sorry?

[hot cloak]

🙃 Hey I just wanted to ask if anyone has an "Xbox GamePass Code" in your Discord gift inventory and I might have it, if not then thanks anyway!

[runic dagger]

https://www.reddit.com/r/germany/wiki/living/downloads/

[grave wren]

Hallo

[hot cloak]

Which of these is correct and why:

1. Ich geschlafe den ganzen Tag
2. Ich habe den ganzen Tag geschlafen
   I want to say, "I slept the whole day"

[void zealot]

the second, because the first isn't grammatical and not the form you (probably) intended

in english the simple past and the past participle of 'sleep' (and other verbs, but not all) use the same form, in german this is not so

the first sentence as you presumably intended it, with the Präteritum, would be "Ich schlief den ganzen Tag" and that would then be grammatical.
the choice between "Ich schlief den ganzen Tag" and "Ich habe den ganzen Tag geschlafen" (and most other cases of Präteritum or Perfekt) is one of the type of situation: Präteritum (the first variant) is more common in writing then in speech, so this would sound unusual in a casual conversation

[remote crown]

Hallo Leute

Anyone doing A2 ?

[sand hound]

@hot cloak

[hot cloak]

Thanks for the explanation!

[hot cloak]

Doing some of it using Duolingo, but not strictly
I think I'm ready for A 2 though

[hot cloak]

I‘m doing A2 of Nicos Weg in addition to Duolingo

I definitely need more conversation listening practice though.

[rocky dew]

me but my school teaches

[fleet summit]

👏👏

[hot cloak]

@hot cloak I recommend „language transfer“ It is very helpful for learning naturally. I took a little bit of the Greek Course, however I imagine the German one is also good! Free on appstore 😄

[fleet summit]

language transfer is awesome

my spanish teacher recommended it and I passed with a 98 in the class

10/10 would recommend 👌

spanish 2 btw

[hot cloak]

hallo

[hot cloak]

Oh cool, thanks for the resource!

[hot cloak]

Bitte schön!

[quasi hemlock]

So, how to say thank you in German like a native

[hot cloak]

Danke

[ionic hull]

NAWWWWWWW

just had a massive realization

....August 19 happens to be my birthday

i am losing my mind

[dusty shell]

Hello

Was sprechen wir über?

[hot cloak]

Kou's Geburtstag

[ionic hull]

another detail about me is

85% of my personality is liking planes

[hot cloak]

https://tenor.com/view/stol-gif-19197512

[hot cloak]

August gang August gang

[ionic hull]

AYYYYYYY

[opal sequoia]

Imagine if you were born in a time before planes were invented.

[ionic hull]

I think there's a reason why my soul chose this specific point in time.

[iron notch]

you...you could choose?

wtf :') why didn't anyone tell me this

i think i would have picked the day before the extinction of humans

[cosmic thunder]

Hiiiii

[ionic hull]

you didn't know?

[sudden panther]

Hello @shy elk, please note that any kind of generalizing or discriminatory content is not allowed on the server, even if you later brush it off as a "joke". We're a learning community, and we don't want anyone to feel uncomfortable.

[shy elk]

ai shi ya ok

[hot cloak]

naughty

[real star]

what

[arctic nebula]

today i'm going straight against all advice i got and doing a deep dive into her and hin 🥳

my sentence?

[sullen hornet]

He means the german words her and hin

Like wohin woher

[near nimbus]

Huh

I need assistance myself

[sullen hornet]

Yes that is self evident

[arctic nebula]

i assume Pati is referring to something else

[sullen hornet]

Although I read it as dive into her at first

Ah

[tulip tree]

Same

[real star]

👀

[arctic nebula]

you were talking about my sentence? what kind of passive aggressive bullshit is that wtf, you're pinging other people to "help you out" when i'm right here?

ya'll are making this a lot less exciting and fun than i thought it would be

[sullen hornet]

No no

Didnt mean that way at all

[tulip tree]

Chill he was just joking about how he misunderstood your sentence

[arctic nebula]

i meant the whole dramatic display by Pati

anyway, i'll get to the reading!

[near nimbus]

bro chill it's not that deep

[hot cloak]

You dirty minded Pati!

[hot cloak]

I cant

[arctic nebula]

is there a place on this server where i can talk with people about learning the german language without it being a direct question about german? I seem to have gone to the wrong channel...

[sullen hornet]

No here is fine aswell

Otherwise you have beginner german

German

And languages

[arctic nebula]

ah yes i probably should get started on trying to actually speak a bit german, it's scary to start to form one's own sentences, since i don't really have anything worthwhile saying in german lol

btw are you swedish? i'm looking at the name

[sullen hornet]

Yes

Dont worry about the writing

[arctic nebula]

i'd like to talk with swedish speakers a bit about similarities with german, i think that can be very fruitful, instead of having to go through english

[naive charm]

You can also start by forming other people's sentences i.e. listening, reading and imitating natives. It's very good for practice

[arctic nebula]

for example i find the word noch to be very similar to än/ännu, though not perfectly overlapping, it seems at least to follow along many of the seemingly weird cases that probably seems much odder to an english speaker

and her and hin seem roughly similar in idea to hit och dit even if not exactly the same either

[sullen hornet]

The best explanation i found for noch is just a general sense of more

[arctic nebula]

yourdailygerman gives the suggestion "now and..."

[sullen hornet]

With hin and her i actually struggle a bit😂

[arctic nebula]

so that it's in a way saying now, but also implying a moreness (and also, sometimes, it's not about time at all)

[naive charm]

away from and towards the speaker

[sullen hornet]

Yes that i understand

[arctic nebula]

bist du ferdig?
noch nicht

inte än/ännu

[sullen hornet]

But its some of the composit words

[arctic nebula]

my struggles understanding nochher is part of the reason i wanted to dive deeper

[sullen hornet]

Yes that is correct

[naive charm]

Most often composite words are just best accepted as is. Learning them in context and using them in the same situations natives do

[arctic nebula]

that is true

[sullen hornet]

I guess

[arctic nebula]

but with both nach and her and hin are so widely used, especailly the two latter, that it doesn't hurt to learn a bit more, since they're part of maybe hundreds of words? and many different uses

it's also motivational. I like looking at these things

[naive charm]

They are best learned by just reading and listening to thousands of examples to actually make your brain understand it

[arctic nebula]

learning german for me isn't just about learning german, but learning about languages as well

[naive charm]

Du kommst nicht umhin manche Sachen einfach zu akzeptieren. 😅

Many things have historical reasons that do not apply anymore for example

[arctic nebula]

yeye

i know that stuff

[sullen hornet]

In many cases if you know the basis it does go alot faster though

[naive charm]

Yes of course.

[sullen hornet]

Plus I have tried immersion

[naive charm]

A foundation is important for actually understanding stuff you read or listen to

[sullen hornet]

And will it has helped my hearing and reading

I have sadly neglected the technical parts speaking and writing a bit to much

[naive charm]

They are best practiced alongside intensive immersion

Shadowing for example

Or speaking to yourself in the mirror

After having watched or listened to the language to get into the language mode

[arctic nebula]

how many languages have you learned with this method, André?

[naive charm]

Japanese and some Eastphalian as well as English tbh. I'm not trying to get as many languages under my belt as possible. I have other things to do

[sullen hornet]

Eastphalian?

[arctic nebula]

absolutely based for having learned a language i haven't even heard of 😄

[sullen hornet]

Definaty

[naive charm]

Yes a very niche practically extinct language of my ancestors

[arctic nebula]

i assume japanese is connected with the country of japan?

[naive charm]

Yes

[sullen hornet]

Could be

[arctic nebula]

it's a joke 😛

[sullen hornet]

I have heard of westphalia

But eastphalia not yet

[naive charm]

Just east of it is Eastphalia

[sullen hornet]

😂

[arctic nebula]

oh ok so it's a language from germany?

[naive charm]

Yes

A small taste of Eastphalian

[arctic nebula]

i think i need to look at what exactly is the difference between nach and nachher

[naive charm]

nach after
nachher afterwards

Basically

[arctic nebula]

i think i need a bit more elaborate analysis 😄

[naive charm]

Reading up example sentences would be best

[arctic nebula]

i usually like to learn through examples, yes

[naive charm]

Instead of an elaborate dry theoretical analysis I mean

[arctic nebula]

yes, if there aren't examples in what i'm reading i'll be disappointed

[sullen hornet]

Nach especially can have a few slightly different meanings depending on context

[arctic nebula]

kind of weird that it can mean both after and to

[hearty stratus]

[arctic nebula]

continuing the discussion here then 😄 Can nachher be used to describe things that already happened? Like "I went to get some pizza, and after that, i drove home"

[sullen hornet]

I think

But you could propably also use dann

[naive charm]

Nope, you would use hinterher for that.
Don't ask me why 😅

[sullen hornet]

Could you use danach?

[naive charm]

Sure

[sullen hornet]

Yeay

[native stirrup]

Anybody willing to help proofread my german text for an assignment due tomorrow? Please ❤️

[hot bloom]

hi

[native stirrup]

Ich brauche Hilfe

Ich bezahle gerne

[ripe crystal]

ich kann es machen

auch gratis

[native stirrup]

Danke 🙂

[muted chasm]

[sudden panther]

@hot cloak hello. To answer your question from the forum, yes, people can make their own posts during the initial testing phrase. We'll see in a couple of months whether we want to keep it like that. But either way, the posts should of course be on topic.

[bright kayak]

True

[fair iron]

Agreed.

[fading hinge]

Kein Problem, Bre. Ich habe einen Typen dafür

Übrigens, nachdem ich meinen Fehler(zwischen die Wörter) korrigiert hatte, hat es mir auf Deutsch geantwortet. Also wenn man mit Fehlern schreibt, versteht das AI, dass man Deutsch schlecht spricht, und antwortet auf Englisch. Unglaublich

[hot cloak]

Die KI*

[sharp lantern]

@drowsy wasp Don't post unsettling gifs here please and use #1025098289521119293 for media

@drowsy wasp last warning before the mute

[drowsy wasp]

bro what did i do

i just posted a gif

[sharp lantern]

See my message

[hot cloak]

Random: Apparently, when I wake up from anesthesia, I only speak Deutsch until I’m aware of what’s going on. Since I’m in the A2 stage I can’t imagine I make much sense. They know I’m actually awake when I start speaking English again. My wife says she can tell I want coffee, and she says “You don’t get coffee until you speak English” 🤦‍♂️🤷‍♂️😂🇩🇪

[hot cloak]

Lol

[frosty minnow]

Nachts steht Hunger starr in unserm Traum,
Tags die Schüsse knallen her vom Waldessaum.
Elend hält mit den Kolonnen Schritt,
Und in Frost und Nebel ziehn die Wölfe mit.
Noch fliegt Russlands heiliger Adler
Mütterchen unser Blut gehört nur dir,
Mag das rote Heer uns auch jagen,
Leuchtend steht noch immer das Panier.

Ach, dahin ist stolze Macht,
keine Glocken klingen durch die rote Nacht.
Postenschritte, keine Freiheit mehr,
hinter Stacheldraht steht stumm ein müdes Heer-
Einer singt die alten Lieder,
lockt uns Schwermut und Sehnsucht aus der Brust,
wild und trotzig klingt es wieder,
im Vergessen liegt die alte Lust.

Und als Heer, das keine Heimat hat,
ziehn wir ausgewiesen nun von Stadt zu Stadt.
Menschen kommen, hören unser Lied.
Weiter geht die Fahrt, der Ruhm uns Sinnlos blüht.
Heimat, Heimat! summen die Chöre,
tausendfältig ersteht uns neu dein Bild,
Glockenläuten unsre Tenöre,
Orgelbässe klingen dumpf und wild.

Was denkst du darüber

[hot cloak]

[oblique tundra]

hmm ich finds interessant
worum gehts in dem Gedicht? Mein Tipp wäre jetzt gewesen dass es um die ,,weiße Armee" (anhänger der Zarenfamilie) im russischen Bürgerkrieg 1918 nach Lenins Putsch
Hast dus selbst geschrieben?

[hot cloak]

[vital tide]

Das ist ein altes Lied

[oblique tundra]

ah achsoo
ups

[warped socket]

There is apparently a German soda/icepop called Bussy schleckdrink

one question: are NSDAP-era songs considered offensive in modern-day Germany?

sorry if rule 4 violation

[opal sequoia]

@shy bobcat @warped socket Don't discuss this here please.

[steel grove]

the amount of ads on duden upsets me greatly

[steel grove]

I am currently reading Die Marquise von O... and jesus it is nothing but Schachtelsätze wtf

[steel grove]

every sentence is 200 words long

[vital tide]

200?

[cobalt portal]

How though

Sounds like a sophist

[steel grove]

not literally. I was exaggerating

[cobalt portal]

lol

How long would you say they are though

20-30?

[steel grove]

I'm exaggerating lol but almost every sentence looks like this: "*Bald darauf ward der Familie, eben zu einer Zeit, da sich auch der Forstmeister von G..., des Kommandanten Sohn, in dem Hause eingefunden hatte, der sonderbare Schrecken, durch einen Kammerdiener, der ins Zimmer trat, den Grafen F... anmelden zu hören. *"

just tons of clauses

[steel grove]

probably 30 to 40. Not every sentence but many of them. I just put an example

[cobalt portal]

Rip

I bet you’ll come out knowing every clause in existence at least

[steel grove]

Yeah it will definitely improve my reading. And apparently the story i'm reading is a very important and well studied piece of literature. It's not bad, just annoying to read

not even deepl can make complete sense of the sentence I posted btw.

[tranquil bridge]

What are you reading?

[steel grove]

Heinrich von Kleist, Die Marquise von O.... from 1808

I'm reading it for university

I'm minoring in German. I'd say my reading is probably about C1 but my speaking and listening still kind of suck so I leave my label as B2

[ivory girder]

yeah cool nitro but dont spam this in every channel

[hot cloak]

How did u learn?

[kindred iris]

You're cool.

[ivory girder]

🥹

[exotic ravine]

hi can you still see a doctor without the krankenversicherungsKARTE?

i have like a soft copy letter though

i wont get the physcial card in time is the problem

[exotic ravine]

no itll be my first time visitng a doctor

so a letter will not suffice?

[valid crystal]

I think you need the original

Because of safety reasons and such

[steel grove]

I took German throughout middle school and highschool and college but have also done a lot of self study with flash cards

[runic dagger]

bonk @runic dagger

[rocky goblet]

You have prescribed 311 bonks to @runic dagger.

[minor wasp]

Hello anyone here learning the german language

I just need someone to talk to

As my partner in speaking

@steel grove were you able to make it?

[steel grove]

what do you mean?

[minor wasp]

You said this stuff. Were you able to make it? Like, can you speak the German language well now, compared before?

[steel grove]

Yeah my German is a lot better than before especially since I've been doing flashcards daily and started to read German literature intended for native speakers. I'm definitely not fluent but my German is good

[minor wasp]

Wow i do hope mine too will improve.

[minor wasp]

It is way better too if you keep on speaking to germans as well

[abstract yarrow]

Auf Wiedersehen

[hot cloak]

Help me too

[fervent frigate]

I'm so happy

[steel grove]

download Anki and a deck of vocabulary cards. Have the card give you the english (or whatever your native language is) meaning first, instead of it giving you the german first.

Learn grammar and stuff, read as much as you can

[hot cloak]

Ahh okay, tnx

[hot cloak]

Glückwunsch!

[ember flame]

good afternoon

[inland marsh]

hallo

[hot cloak]

💀

BRUUUHH

[low drum]

Ukraine

[sudden panther]

@hot cloak please have another look at the #rules and avoid all war-related content on the server.

[low drum]

Share Pizza with me pls

[warped socket]

I heard Germans and their Scandi neighbors are really into kebab pizza. Do y'all like it?

never tried it but it doesn't sound so different from the really meat-heavy pizzas we often have in the states

[low drum]

What are scandi neighbors

And yes it's very good

[warped socket]

Scandinavians

I'm gonna eat one first thing when I come to Germany one day

[errant nacelle]

don't eat Scandinavians

[native stirrup]

How do you say in german im taking my dog for a walk. The slang way?

Gassi gehen?

Mit dem Hund einen Gassie gemacht/gegangen?

Ich sage immer, ich mache einen Spaziergang mit meiner Hündin , oder ich habe einen Spaziergang mit meiner Hündin gemacht. But i think it sounds a bit schooly.

[native stirrup]

VD 🙂

[slender mirage]

Hallo Leute

Wie geht's euch?

[minor sparrow]

Hallo, ganz gut und dir?

[slender mirage]

auch danke

[hot cloak]

hallo

[velvet dagger]

Mm

[native stirrup]

It’s rue tho

True

[ivory girder]

@native stirrup you can report any issue with #report-issue

since it sounds like a nono

[sage kayak]

Please don't generalise here. As @ivory girder said, you are very welcome to report things via #report-issue @native stirrup

[ivory girder]

or bulli can just appear like a fairy

[sage kayak]

Certainly not to talk about it here though

[native stirrup]

Literally explaining my lived experience, happens very often

No matter how you’d like to gloss over the issue

[sage kayak]

Well, if that is what explaining your lived experience involves for you, you may not explain it here anywhere outside of #report-issue as it may make a lot of people feel unwelcome here

[native stirrup]

Omg

Deleting my comments does not help the problem

[sage kayak]

I'm not here to discuss it. If you want to report something, you know where to go. Otherwise it's unwanted content

That's it and any further comment will be deleted and may lead to a mute

[native stirrup]

Well moderator in the chat voice chat server. There were no options to report when clicking on the person I will always screen record everything now.

[sage kayak]

I don't want to repeat myself, but there is always the option to use #report-issue.

Please don't use #general-2 to either report things from vc or discuss these things

[pallid shard]

Hallo

[hot cloak]

Anyone here willing to teach me German. One on kinda thing or point me in the direction for that. I know standard greetings but that's it

[ivory girder]

you really need a partner? #resources can help and the vcs here are also useful for study partners

[vapid dawn]

Thoughts on Duolingo as a language learning app, and if thoughts are negative, what are other free but good resources?

[remote nimbus]

I personally like Duolingo for Japanese and Spanish learning, but i haven't heard a lot of positive feedback when people talk about learning German on there. I learned German in school so apologies but i can't really give my personal recommendation. You could try to look in #resources and see if anything would work for you

[runic dagger]

faq duolingo

[rocky goblet]

Duolingo

Duolingo is a decent resource to start with if you're a complete beginner, but it's neither efficient nor comprehensive!

What Duolingo will teach you about grammar is very limited, and none of the systems they use will help you practise much of it.
You can learn some vocabulary with it, but their method (based on the concept of spaced repetition) doesn't work for everybody, and the way Duolingo teaches is not very effective compared to the amount of time it requires from you.

So, if you find it useful, by all means keep using it, but remember not to fall for its gamification of language learning, and move past it when it stops being beneficial. Ignore the streaks.

In any case, keep in mind that Duolingo is not enough to learn a language, ever.

If you're looking for guidance or alternatives, check out >faq beginner in our #botchannel .

[fleet summit]

chad bottfried

[vapid dawn]

danke justlurking!!

[remote crown]

hallo alles zussamen

[sharp lantern]

@knotty canyon please don‘t advertise servers here

[knotty canyon]

ok

[ivory girder]

wheres the solution

[sour oasis]

"Pick up your cross and follow me"

Gotta deal with our shit

Somehow

It's hard tho

That's my big problem right now with weed and videogames
Like I just waste time in my day instead of dealing with things

[hot cloak]

1. realise the cycle 2. stop making an ideal reality 3. grieve your losses 4. pick yourself up and fight to make things better

[steady jetty]

solution: punk ideology

[runic dagger]

Oh, @opal sequoia by any chance did you share the Planning & Scheduling Workshop document somewhere. The one with suggestions and such?

[opal sequoia]

Do you mean the one in #985224391849807872 ?

Or was there something else?

[runic dagger]

No, that one. I am just dumb. Sorry for the ping. All is in there.

[trim cargo]

Are there any rules as to which German definite article to use for a fictional/made-up/fake noun?

[hot cloak]

das

i thin

@jagged oyster do you know

[jagged oyster]

Like?

[hot cloak]

Maybe it’s like a new alien species

das Globgolabgalab

[jagged oyster]

That idk

But if something like

Rabbit-Cat
Kaninchen-Katze

It would be "die" because of "die Katze" at the end

[opal sequoia]

No, there's no set gender for new words. It could be any.

Unless there's another rule in play (like what @jagged oyster mentioned with the compound noun rules, or a related one being suffix genders) then it will just end up being whatever the consensus is between German-speaking people.

[urban stream]

hey there!

[hot cloak]

So to determine the gender of her word she has to interview 100 Germans?

[opal sequoia]

I don't know who "she" is. If you mean like an author making up a word for their own book, then probably they can choose what they want to use. But people might disagree when they hear it.

And no, you can't just interview 100 random German speakers to find out the gender of a new word.

Often it can vary by region.

[hot cloak]

The girl who asked the original question..?

[viral dome]

Hello!

[copper pivot]

Hello

[spiral stratus]

generally they'll often take on the gender of a pre-existing word with a similar meaning e.g. Das Handy - Das Smartphone

but there are words where the gender is disputed and depends on anything from region to personal taste. cola and nutella being prime examples

[hot cloak]

Why what’s up with coke and Nutella

idk their gender but if I had to choose

die Cola , der Nutella

[spiral stratus]

cola on common usage is either neuter or feminine depending on who you ask, and nutella is all three genders

[hot cloak]

Well you know what they say about gender identity and that

People can choose their own gender

Why don’t we ask cola and nutella ?

[fringe tartan]

der Cola sowie der Nutella

frag Arrem

^ this is trolling btw for the new learners

[spiral stratus]

is ot really trolling if you say it's trolling?

[fringe tartan]

No 😔 I just like the inside joke and don't want learners to get fucked over by it

I'm lame, you see

[spiral stratus]

i've not been 'inside' for a long time lmao

[fringe tartan]

😳

[hot cloak]

[sudden panther]

I don't see why this is trolling, it is accurate and based on logic and facts.

[woeful matrix]

Wie bitte????

Die Cola. Die Nutella.

[pure bronze]

wow I always thought you were nice

[hot cloak]

@spiral stratus @fringe tartan

[woeful matrix]

Primax i will come at ur house and throw some cats at u

Cats with sharp nails

[pure bronze]

omge yes

[woeful matrix]

wHAT THE PRIMAX

[spiral stratus]

it is 7 in the morning

[woeful matrix]

Dont omge yes me

[woeful matrix]

Go sneep

[hot cloak]

in *ze morning

Are you still awake or already?

[woeful matrix]

Kork .. kork der fettsack

[hot cloak]

Mein ruf in diesem Server ist nicht der beste

[woeful matrix]

Hahahahah

@pure bronze sagst du wirklich der nutella???

[pure bronze]

das

[woeful matrix]

Und der cola?

[pure bronze]

das

[woeful matrix]

Ok das ist bissl okay aber der geht garnicht

Aber ich bevorzuge die

[fringe tartan]

@hot cloak

[woeful matrix]

@hot cloak du warst immer viel besser bei dem tea game word spiel als ich darum nannte ich dich fettsack

[hot cloak]

Meine Vergangenheit verfolgt mich

[pure bronze]

tea word game mit kork war op

[hot cloak]

gibt's das noch?

[pure bronze]

ja #962352996107304970

[hot cloak]

wild

Müssen mal wieder ne runde reinhauen 🍵 🚬

[woeful matrix]

Joa könnte man machen

[spiral stratus]

always still awake

[hot cloak]

👻

oh

[spiral stratus]

the only thing that's ever worked for my insomnia is benzos and they ain't prescribing me them

[jagged oyster]

@trim cargo pinging you in case you missed it xD

[prime matrix]

@hot cloak Bist du Vegan?

ENglish ist mein Lİeblingsfach

[hot cloak]

bozos

[prime matrix]

Lieblingsfach, Lieblingsfach

English oder was?

[iron notch]

nooo why do you want cola and nutella to do die, alya

[silk hill]

Hello, all. I'm a student taking French, but I'd love to learn German (reading, writing, and speaking) because I'm a dual citizen. Can someone point me in the right direction?

[kindred iris]

Sure, #getting-started is pretty helpful so you should read it if you haven't yet.

[sterile tangle]

[tulip tree]

@gleaming sundial Basically the old arabic instruments are used to give the old basic and simple arabic culture look
But its not used in modern music at all

[gleaming sundial]

:/

I see, understandable, it's like in other cultures

[gleaming sundial]

😦

[tulip tree]

Ye sadly

But there are still some old instruments played in saudi arabia

mainly this one

[grizzled stag]

Hi

Do you guys consider work experience as something useful while acquiring a degree

Planning to work for 1 or 2 years after my bachelors before coming for masters in India

[fleet summit]

thats looks cool

such a bueatiful pattern on it aswell

[last roost]

yo i am srry to ask but does anyone have the book horetrainning for b2 completed

[hot cloak]

It certainly gives an edge, but I would recommend focusing more on entrance exams like JAM and JEST because unless you can make the qualification cut for those, the other stuff won't matter.
Source: a Bachelor's students in India looking for master's options in India and Germany

[velvet dagger]

Guten natch

[kindred iris]

It's actually gute Nacht because Nacht is a feminine noun.

[merry inlet]

You say “eines Nachts” though so it’s feminine only until it isn’t

I swear sometimes it’s like the entire language wants to kill you

[jagged oyster]

Oh was

[merry inlet]

It’s busted

And “Morgen” has multiple genders depending on what you mean

“der Morgen” means “the morning”

“das Morgen” refers to the future

[manic sable]

Hallo, ich bin in Berlin. Es ist möglich, eine Kreditkarte für Online-Einkäufe zu haben, aber sie wird mir nicht gegeben, weil ich 18 Jahre alt bin. Kennen Sie einen Kartennamen für einen 18-Jährigen oder wo kann ich ihn finden?

[velvet dagger]

I was half alive at that time but thanks

[ocean lark]

Leute

Komm in vc

Ich mochte im Deutsch sprechen

[coarse copper]

ich kann nicht

[hot cloak]

ich kann auch nicht

[kindred iris]

[merry inlet]

xD

[arctic nebula]

i think i asked about this movie before, but has anyone with a higher level of understanding of german than me seen Der Himmel Über Berlin? i'd like to know how good the language in it is as a basis for learning german. Like is it weirdly poetic in some way?

[alpine badge]

guten abend freunde

[arctic nebula]

also there are parts of the movie where there is a narrator that sounds like he's kind of talking in verse or something. Is he quoting something famous?

[trim cargo]

@opal sequoia I see. Thanks, so a fictional country and its citizen could use any gender?

Wait, you have session holders here too?

[kindred iris]

Yes.

[sharp lantern]

#lesson-info

[opal sequoia]

Well, when you talk about nationalities, usually you have a feminine and a masculine version. For countries, it depends. Most countries don't use an article and they are neuter.

If you have some specific example in mind, feel free to ask about it in #questions .

And of course for something like countries, you can easily find examples in fantasy books and so on.

[viral tiger]

Hi

[kindred iris]

Hello.

[hot cloak]

Hello

[kindred iris]

[ivory girder]

Gluten

[hot cloak]

Hi

[broken gulch]

How are you

[opal sequoia]

@long stag I deleted your thread in #942470380692590632 . That forum is for asking questions about the German language, like grammar or vocab. Don't misuse it please.

[pale saffron]

what are some acryonyms in German? In English there's stuff like lol or tbh, in Italian there's pfv, what are some German ones used in texting?

[cyan ember]

i had this bookmarked: https://langster.org/en/blog/text-like-a-native-speaker-german-texting-abbreviations

only thing is i never know how current this sort of thing is because the inverse could have "ROFL" listed as an abbreviation

[pale saffron]

thank you!

[low drum]

Isnt that a bit outdated? I remember using those yeeears ago but Kids These days use other stuff

https://www.t-online.de/leben/familie/erziehung/id_18055102/facebook-abkuerzungen-chat-abkuerzungen-chatsprache-was-sie-bedeuten.html

[hot cloak]

Hi

[ancient plover]

Guys, when I ask for directions in german, people often say runter instead of gerade aus

Is that true?

What does runter mean in this context?

[indigo tulip]

even i dont know

[ancient plover]

When I ask where a street is, people often say runter

[indigo tulip]

runter in english means down then maybe they really mean gerade aus

[uncut shard]

Sonic is right here. It's the german version of the english phrase "down the road"

[cyan ember]

not surprising that it is lol

[stable jungle]

Hi

[kindred iris]

Young Leonardo DiCaprio >>>

[stable jungle]

Hry

[kindred iris]

I'm good! How are you?

[stable jungle]

Im good thanks