general-2

[shy ravine]

And now?

[maiden heron]

im 21

[shy ravine]

Ohh that’s cool

[maiden heron]

i forgot most of my german

[shy ravine]

Damn

[maiden heron]

even tho i literally lvied in germany for 5 months in 2021

im so sad about it

do you guys have any b2 materials i can study from

[shy ravine]

Why did u take the exam then?

[maiden heron]

back then i wanted to study in germany

[shy ravine]

Not really

[maiden heron]

then i figured out i coudlnt cause they wouldnt accept my georgian diploma of school

[shy ravine]

Was passiert nachdem?

[analog jackal]

oh

why not

they accept Turkish,they should accept Georgian too

[shy ravine]

Public uni?

[maiden heron]

i had to so the studienkolle before the university and i simply couldnt afford it, so i went to university in georgia and then went to germany with Erasmus

[analog jackal]

what's your major ?

[maiden heron]

because in georgia we study for 12 years and in germany i think its 13 so my school diploma just wouldnt be enough

[maiden heron]

computer science

[analog jackal]

it's 12 years in Turkey too

in germany they take Abitur exam

to apply to universities

[maiden heron]

idk man they wouldnt accept me i emailed countless universities and they were like yea no

[shy ravine]

I will attend Studienkolleg auch 💀

[maiden heron]

thats great!

i want to go to germany for my masters

im gonna finish university here.

[shy ravine]

But i neeeddd to pass the exam

[maiden heron]

you'll do fine. how long have you been learning german for?

[analog jackal]

I'm considering Hungary

[shy ravine]

Ig u were in southern germany?

[maiden heron]

i was in Sachsen. in Zwickay

Zwickau

for Erasmus

[shy ravine]

Leider keine Ahnung

[shy ravine]

Hmm

I am in a hardcore course right now

I started two months ago

Only a2

[maiden heron]

as long as you put a lot of effort into it B1 is not hard to achieve

[shy ravine]

I habe A1 Früher genommen

[shy ravine]

I hope 2 weeks are enough

[maiden heron]

from my experience. Neither is B2 i did go throught the material when i was 16 but i literally forgot everything.

[shy ravine]

I’m schaking rn

Shaking*

[maiden heron]

what do you want to study

[shy ravine]

Same of ur major 🤷‍♂️

Cs

[maiden heron]

do you actually like programming tho

cause i hate it lmao

[shy ravine]

T kurs at First

[maiden heron]

im literally a senior and i regret this decision so much

[shy ravine]

I find it fun

Although I’ve never studied coding

[maiden heron]

for me, im mostly a very creative person and coding couldnt be further from what i want to do. but if youll like it it is a great career path

[shy ravine]

Maybe my thinking of my major will change when i finish T kurs

[shy ravine]

What urs now?

[maiden heron]

im still doing computer science. but i wish to study film. idk if ill ever do it but in my country its pointless to even try anything in film

[shy ravine]

Ohhh i seee

But do u enjoy it?

And is it hard?

[maiden heron]

i do not enjoy it but i wouldnt say its hard. its just in the working world it is very competetive so you have to be ready for iy

[shy ravine]

Damn

Das klingt ernst 💀

[maiden heron]

but i think the best road to take is IT project management. thats what im planning on doing. no need to code just know the industry

[eternal plaza]

i have an interview next wednesday for an IT apprenticeship

[maiden heron]

ayy good luck!!!

[eternal plaza]

bin so gestresst

[maiden heron]

makes sense

just make sure you appear confident

[eternal plaza]

i´ll try my best

[shy ravine]

Im in between IT and Cs

Once i finally finish my Studienkolleg I’ll decide

[maiden heron]

good luck everyone. now i gotta go buy some ciggarettes im way too drunk. good night or have a nice day wherever you are

[eternal plaza]

thnx

[shy ravine]

Bis bald

[visual umbra]

Can I join a voice chat?

[eternal plaza]

nach einer Stunde wenn du neue bist

[shy ravine]

Nur nach einer Stunde?

Warum nicht sofort?

[eternal plaza]

steht so in #getting-started

[chrome flower]

<@&305455824174710787>

[hot cloak]

Du Berüger !!

*t

[olive imp]

Studying to be a software developer is terrible (I disagree with how it's typically taught), but when you actually enter the field, it's much better depending on if you choose a company that has good values.

[left jolt]

eh true b2 level is not an easy feat

[quartz escarp]

Deeply agreeing with this.

[cosmic sun]

How difficult would you all consider fully learning A1 is?

[sudden glen]

Not

But it depends on your effort

Like anything really

[humble sandal]

ez

[cosmic sun]

Can you explain please?

[humble sandal]

What exactly?

ez = easy

[cosmic sun]

I know

I mean what makes it easy you think? Or what is your experience with learning it?

[humble sandal]

Just take any youtube A1 playlist, some apps to learn basic vocab and you're done with it after a month of two depending on how much time you have for it

There isn't anything complicated with A1 you just have to learn words and basic sentences, basic grammar

[cosmic sun]

I have tried that so far but to not much avail, as I’m not having difficulty with the grammar

I did some A1 mock exams and have failed them as well

[humble sandal]

What's your mother tongue?

[cosmic sun]

English (American)

What would you consider the basic grammar?

[humble sandal]

ok that's good. Do you know Nicos Weg?

[cosmic sun]

I made an account there but it won’t let me login due to some login error, which I’ve tried to fix but also to no avail

[steel grove]

You could find an A1 workbook

[sudden glen]

You shouldn't need to log in

[cosmic sun]

I’ve heard that it’s supposedly really good

[humble sandal]

• verb should be in the second position
• conjugation in the present tense
• basic accusative verbs
• prepositions
  etc.

it's basically a lot of new things you have to learn by heart

[cosmic sun]

Hm…

One moment

[humble sandal]

check if you can do all that (that's a pdf download link) https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjw9ZPn7_KCAxVE2AIHHalzDT8QFnoECBQQAQ&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.deutschkurse-passau.de%2FJM%2Fimages%2Fstories%2FSKRIPTEN%2Fa1_skript_gr.pdf&usg=AOvVaw2SHxroFZpEQ2YZHTH-bO_5&opi=89978449

[humble sandal]

I've seen that one a lot

[cosmic sun]

I also have this that I’ve been trying to study. I’m still only in the beginning trying to memorize gender articles.

Before that, I have been practicing mainly on Duolingo for nearly 300 days in a row

My “practice methods” are lacking

[humble sandal]

yeah duolingo is useless

[cosmic sun]

Yeah cause I’m basically here but without understanding the grammar structure, I’m having a difficult time

[humble sandal]

it's normal no worries

[cosmic sun]

Duolingo has helped in some ways… I found a YT video today that is 3 hours long just talking about ALL the grammar rules… And some stuff I learned subconsciously in Duolingo, I now understand better thanks to the YT video

But I haven’t gotten yet to declensions and stuff

Also I am still confused on changing sentence structure on who says what and things like that

[cosmic sun]

Any opinion on the book?

[humble sandal]

I've never used it but doing drills is not bad

try to listen to "real" German too like songs or channels like Easy German

even if it's a bit hard to follow you'll get used to hearing it

[cosmic sun]

Makes sense

[humble sandal]

I would also check where you fail in exams and focus on that

[cosmic sun]

Well so far, the mock exams for the Goethe stuff is I don’t know a lot of vocabulary yet

Also my grammar is terrible

What level are you at in german?

[humble sandal]

~C1

[humble sandal]

then you know what to do!

[cosmic sun]

Oh nice! ✨

Trying to learn but it’s not so simple…

My main difficulty I’m having is I don’t know HOW to practice and learn this

I have a few different apps, but not much is sticking

Like basically I need a learning method

What worked for you? A step by step learning method…

[sudden glen]

I got you

[humble sandal]

it's not. Try talking about stuff/writing about it using new words

you're not supposed to get it right the first time

[sudden glen]

Duolingo
Nicos weg
Anki flash cards

Listening to podcasts in german just to get an ear for it, and try to pick out words you know.

Watch shows on Netflix in german with English subtitles

Easy german YouTube. And at the beginning super easy german (same channel)

[humble sandal]

I read a lot, used apps and watched German TV

or youtube

[cosmic sun]

Did you notice yourself at certain points having like a “eureka” moment and stuff just started to make sense? I had that today a bit when I listend to that one grammar explanation video

[humble sandal]

nope

it's just practicing a lot

and then noticing oh I used it right here

[sudden glen]

No. You don't really notice yourself getting better until you go back and look at something you struggles with months earlier and you realize you get it now

[olive imp]

Personally thefablecottage helped me a lot, then I would try to write my own sentences based on those stories
I found Duolingo quite repetitive, and it didn't really help with grammar

[humble sandal]

that's why recording yourself or writing down things helps to see your progress!

[left jolt]

Reading ist quintessential

[humble sandal]

reading will train your reading that's it. and you get a lot of useful vocab but also useless ones ^^

[left jolt]

du Zaungast

[olive imp]

agreed especially older texts I find use old german vocab

[humble sandal]

even new ones, you get a lot of narrative specific vocab

But to make learning less frustrating you have to listen to a lot of German, read a lot, write a lot

then you don't forget what you learn

[left jolt]

i wouldnt say you get a lot of useless ones its more a select few

[humble sandal]

reading doesn't help me with daily german vocab

I mean not a lot

[left jolt]

just learnt fadenscheinig

daily sure not but not useless

[final shuttle]

Ofc not
Ig to learn some things, you gotta be in germany righy

[humble sandal]

To me it mostly helps me in reading

[final shuttle]

Yes

[humble sandal]

Not necessarly. I've never lived in an English speaking country

[olive imp]

I mean me specifically, I struggle to learn things by listening, my stronger suit is simply reading or writing

[humble sandal]

do you feel like you improve your speaking skills by reading?

[final shuttle]

True tho ig most convos on the internet are in english I'd assume

[olive imp]

Not entirely but it helps me structure my sentences and learn the vocab I require 😄

[humble sandal]

yes, it's much harder to find only German speaking spaces

[final shuttle]

Yes

[left jolt]

i do

[final shuttle]

I've never heard someone use this IRL tbh
Might just be me tho

[humble sandal]

Do you speak often?

[left jolt]

How would u formulate "Ich habe seine fadenscheinigen Ausreden nicht akzeptiert." (flimsy)

[left jolt]

I used to I mean ive given a couple hour long presentations in german

[final shuttle]

I would just leave fadenscheinig out if I were to speak

[left jolt]

I mean wie übersetzt man flimsy in so einem Fall?

[olive imp]

😮 I didn't even know what filmsy meant in English

[humble sandal]

That's what I mean with useless vocab, stuff you know as a native because you also read but it's not part of most people's active vocabulary

that's fine when you're C1/C2 but when you're trying to learn A1...meh

[left jolt]

Ist ein schmaler Grat tbh

[final shuttle]

Same until rn
Apparently it's used for "weak and unconvincing" in this context

Unglaubwürdig maybe?

[left jolt]

dats a good one

me likey

[final shuttle]

Okay nice

[left jolt]

aber fadenscheinig bedeutet auch abgenutzt abgetragen nicht wahr?

[final shuttle]

Jup

[left jolt]

"Es war ein alter fadenscheiniger Ueberzieher"

[final shuttle]

Theoretisch
Wie gesagt ich hab noch nie jemanden getroffen der das benutzt hat

[olive imp]

speaking of which I know many Germans who do not know a good word for "horticulture" - any suggestions? 😄

I've heard Gartenbau, but got told it wasn't common/really used

[final shuttle]

So specific

Whenever we visit my Grandpa and he's working in the garden we just say "er ist (gerade) im Garten", and everyone knows what we mean

Maybe Gartenarbeit/im Garten am arbeiten idk

[left jolt]

well horticulture is different

[final shuttle]

Oh

[olive imp]

Yeah that's so confusing though, like in New Zealand gardening is 100% different to horticulture

[final shuttle]

I got the definition wrong then

https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gartenbau

This should work

Hortikultur apparently is a word

[olive imp]

Maybe it's just not a really common thing in Germany?

[final shuttle]

Uh whenever we talk abt it (in my case) we just say what that person is doing directly ig

So well Gartenbau maybe but yea

[olive imp]

Yeah I just felt like it was a bit weird, 90% of the time Germans wouldn't know it 😬 e.g

Ich programmiere Software für den Gartenbau

[final shuttle]

Yk I don't like wikipedia but it's incredibly useful for some translations actually

I feel like

[left jolt]

@humble sandal

[final shuttle]

Warte was?

[humble sandal]

?

[olive imp]

Anyway I better shoot off to bed thanks for the help!

[left jolt]

The point id make is that for me having the largest passive vocab i can have helps with speaking because the more i know the more i can draw from, even if some words are less common. Also i can bounce ideas of those words or use them to step to the words i mean to recollect

[final shuttle]

I didn't rlly do anything

[olive imp]

Still good to hear opinions 🙂

[final shuttle]

Okay

Then np

[humble sandal]

passive and active don't really mix. When you're speaking, if you've never used a word actively, it'll rarely come up

[left jolt]

by passiv i mean active

shoulda just said active lol

a word isnt learned for me unless its active

[humble sandal]

So you're trying to have a super large active vocab and small passive vocab?

[final shuttle]

Is what it sounds like

[humble sandal]

Then you'll just end up talking weird and lacking on basic stuff

then again if you just want to speak with smart words you don't master go for it

[final shuttle]

True right
You're B, get to C1-C2 and then you go for the more complex stuff

[humble sandal]

he's also not B

[final shuttle]

That's what the role says

[left jolt]

nah cuz i just learn em all

[rotund raft]

Und die Rollen sind wahr ?

[final shuttle]

Listen it sounds rlly akward even when Germans use odd vocab

[final shuttle]

Nicht zwingend aber ich denke es hat wenig Sinn sich eine falsche Rolle zu geben

[final shuttle]

So yea focus on the basics

[left jolt]

Im trying to have a super large active vocab and an equally large passive one

[humble sandal]

yeah he doesnt' want to admit it

[left jolt]

Words come and go in their stance of passiveness through usage

[final shuttle]

Oh okay

[final shuttle]

Yes but words aren't the only thing you need to study

It's like trying to understand maths only studying algebra

[left jolt]

Give me a book and Ill go through the words and show you the ones i didnt know to which I dont believe a c1 is to not know

[final shuttle]

Or trying to understand physics by only studying thermodynamics
Won't work right?

[left jolt]

Sure but a language is nothing without words

[humble sandal]

I can read most books without checking up definitions anymore but I still wouldn't use most of them daily

[final shuttle]

Again refer to the examples above
Understand maths by only studying algebra? Eh

Doesn't work

[humble sandal]

I mean my point is just: reading is good but don't make it your only source of vocab because you'll find a lot of it mainly in books

[left jolt]

Def not only source i just said reading is quintessential

also easier books are very useful too like die samsbuchreihe

learnt some good words there

Reading isnt everything but without reading you wont reach fluency is wht i mean

[humble sandal]

I see kids book recommended a lot. I find them harder than a teenager dystopia tbh

But it all depends on the person learning and how they want to speak

[final shuttle]

How come?

[humble sandal]

Though I guess Connie/Sam books talk about the daily life

[humble sandal]

1. not interesting to read for an adult (so no motivation)
2. written in preteritum

Idk it just didn't work for me

[final shuttle]

Oh okay, got it

[left jolt]

like for me i dont need to know such as "die Kniffe und Finten" but i feel "Verhängnis" so

tho maybe i should know kniff und finten

[humble sandal]

agree

[minor spear]

Its hard to learn german man

[final shuttle]

I heard it rlly is

[minor spear]

I need to stop the translation

It makes it more harder

[humble sandal]

do you mean using deepl?

[left jolt]

Theres a beautiful line between "diggi das ist so babamäßig, knallt echt mies rein.. dreh mir noch nen jibbit damit ich weiter acker und mir kohle verdien. ich pump safe andauernd dieses neue Brett während ich paar Runden im Cabrio drehe" and "ich lechze kleinlaut immerwährend nach Ihrer aufrichtig gemeinten und leidlichen Gesinnung, mein erlauchter, adretter Gemahl."

😂

[minor spear]

Deepl?

[final shuttle]

Yes, it's a better translator than google

[humble sandal]

oh yeah that's also a thing, people who start speaking like rappers because they think that's the real Alltagdeutsch even though they'd never speak like that in their native

[minor spear]

Well no using my brain for that and lil bit of google when really needed

[left jolt]

well in english i can tell u people use that language very verrrrry often

[humble sandal]

that's ok

[humble sandal]

y'all

I did do that at the beginning :D

[final shuttle]

Yes

[minor spear]

I rrlly wana dive into that so my brain can from some connections

Of undersanding german

[left jolt]

theres a dif between jugendsprache and rapper language tho

[final shuttle]

Yea ofc

[humble sandal]

well yall is more a southern dialect

[left jolt]

yall isnt rapper language lol

[humble sandal]

ik

[twilit carbon]

Hello

السلام عليكم

[left jolt]

if anyone here says yall its meant as a joke tho

wut yall actually be sayin

[humble sandal]

nö

they mean you all

[left jolt]

nah like u said here

outside of southern its not used genuinly

[humble sandal]

I know I used it because having a second person singular and plural being the same confused me

[left jolt]

like we say at work every day "wtf yall yappin about"

[sudden glen]

I'd say like half of the US would say yall completely normally in usual conversation

I'm from New England and I use it occasionally

[left jolt]

using it isnt too common but hearing it isnt weird unless they have a southern accent then people will just make fun of them by repeating a butchered southern accent lol

[humble sandal]

now yeah but it does come from the south

[sudden glen]

Yeah I'll give you that. The huge exaggerated ya'll in situations that don't require it are over the top

[humble sandal]

or wanna/gonna/woulda

[left jolt]

finna

[humble sandal]

it's not really about using them but they're often out of place

[sudden glen]

I only use it when second person plural doesn't have a useful word in English besides you guys

[left jolt]

i can tell u that even old people 40s, 60s, 80s will often say wanna gonna etc

and its not even 1% weird to use it IMO to older people i do it every day at work

[sudden glen]

Those are all completely normal words

[humble sandal]

yeah but online I often see it being used out of place

like in a "serious" sentence

[left jolt]

well formally written yea its wrong

but spoken u can even use it formally

i dont think a lot of people will even register it as informal

[sudden glen]

I wouldn't put it in a legal document but I'd put it in an Instagram post

I'd probably even put it in a work email tbh

[humble sandal]

A. I can't find a good example people speak too well here

[sudden glen]

Where are you from?

[humble sandal]

France

[left jolt]

do people not regularily say mec?

like people in 20s

[humble sandal]

idk about young people but some people use it yes. I wouldn't

I mean a lot of people do

[left jolt]

are there "youth words" you do use?

[humble sandal]

Those also like to say "men" all the time instead of "man"

[left jolt]

yea i had a fr guy online always call me men so much i started using it

[humble sandal]

Like "Men, I'm not sure about that"

[sudden glen]

Ok gotcha. You can use wanna/gonna in english

[humble sandal]

I know, I know

[left jolt]

do u ever use verlan?

or stuff like vachement

[humble sandal]

some yes, vachement is normal spoken French

[left jolt]

Frèrot maybe u don say tho 😂

[humble sandal]

nö

frérot thought I think

[left jolt]

[marsh siren]

this kind of cheap 🙂 https://www.sprintersports.com/pt/sapatilhas-homem?sort=priceasc&page=1
@worldly grove
@zealous girder

[worldly grove]

Holy jesus

[marsh siren]

bad things about Portugal: salaries are low
good things about Portugal: prices can also be low

[marsh siren]

I earn more than the double per hour doing a "stupid" part-time job here in Germany that mostly requires strength, not brains, than when working doing research at a university... with a master's degree

true (sad) story :\

[humble sandal]

It can be similar in Germany, research doesn't pay well

but not true for every fields

[hollow hinge]

the one piece is real

thats why

[worldly grove]

Wow.

What do you have a masters degree in?

[hollow hinge]

https://tenor.com/view/one-piece-chopper-chopper-one-piece-crying-crying-meme-gif-26577246

[strong pivot]

Why did the life of this channel stop so unexpectedly

[humble sandal]

this is #general-2 it was very much expected

[static geyser]

Hallo

[strong pivot]

ok

[barren fjord]

Hey there’s some weirdos in general 1 so I pulled up here What up

[wind tinsel]

Good wbu

[barren fjord]

I don’t know people are bullies

[zealous girder]

https://tenor.com/view/wir-wollen-einfach-umbringen-türken-machen-das-unmöglich-möglich-unmöglich-türkei-türkiye-türkiye-gif-20982865

[bright scarab]

jo

sup

[hot cloak]

Hi

[fringe tapir]

https://tenor.com/view/atatürk-bayrak-türk-bayrağı-mustafa-kemal-atatürk-turkey-flag-gif-12412327

[mild flame]

Leute hallo

[mild flame]

Türkei

Was los

Aufregend

👀

[weak jasper]

Hallo Leute!

[fringe tapir]

Koln/Berlin*

[sharp field]

Hi

[visual fulcrum]

u h m. Soooooo I'm hopping around looking for someone who's a native German speaker. I wanna make a friend aaaaand wanna learn German from someone who well yk. Speaks it. Please dm me if you'd be open to making a friend and maybe helping me on my little adventure? (I just want a buddy 😔) cries in stupid af

[chrome flower]

Slide 26

[knotty cairn]

YYYY

[dense quartz]

@merry inlet so "da" can be used as like a call back for "then" when referring to saying in the past tense, right?

[merry inlet]

Ah sorry? Wdym?

[dense quartz]

hm.. like in your example

"als ob man da Akkusativ verwenden soll"

"Da bin ich mir ehrlich gesagt nicht sicher."

[dense quartz]

things of that nature. also, feel free to ping me when you reply. otherwise i might miss your response lol.

[merry inlet]

"as if you're supposed to use accusative there"

[merry inlet]

"I'm not too sure on that one, to be honest"

[dense quartz]

i know the translations!

lol i can read it fine, im just curious on your uses of "da"

[low drum]

Da = Ortsangabe

Ort = Stelle in dem Satz

@dense quartz

[rugged cypress]

"da" can also be used as a conjunction

its meaning is similar to "because" or "since"

[low drum]

Ich nix verstehe

[rugged cypress]

Da neu hier alt ist, versteht er die Jugendsprache nicht.

[low drum]

Ich glaube, in dem Beispiel trifft eher meine Aussage zu, oder?

[rugged cypress]

Da ein Wintereinbruch in Süden von Deutschland gekommen ist, gibt es Verspätungen und Zugausfällen.

[dense quartz]

It does, yes

I think 💀

Idk man this seems one for those things that’s like “get exposed to it enough and you’ll get used to it”

[low drum]

Da hast du recht

[rugged cypress]

genau

[low drum]

Ha! Get exposed, noob

@rugged cypress hübsche Hand übrigens

[dense quartz]

[rugged cypress]

achwas

[low drum]

[rugged cypress]

wo

WO HAND

[low drum]

Weißt du was das bedeutet, so wie du es geschrieben hast

[rugged cypress]

WO HAND WAS MEINST DU

[low drum]

Ich musste nur an deine Hand denken und feststellen, sie ist hübsch @rugged cypress

[rugged cypress]

[low drum]

[rugged cypress]

ach waaas denn

[low drum]

"ich weiß"
"was du nicht sagst"

[rugged cypress]

ach waaaas

[low drum]

Genau so!

[rugged cypress]

how did you find a pic of neu hier?

[low drum]

Who is neu hier

[queen burrow]

Halo

Halo

[hot cloak]

@rugged cypress cute pfp

[rugged cypress]

danki

[frail jewel]

kommt rein sehr spannend study group 3

[keen quarry]

This is true. We cant even afford cars

[low drum]

Or women

[wind tinsel]

What if i dont want a car

[low drum]

Then you are not following the German sprit

[wind tinsel]

Guess i am Dutch then

[halcyon sinew]

You can't? That's messed up

[halcyon sinew]

Hahaha, the cyclist

[wind tinsel]

Prefer walking tho🧙‍♂️👍

[halcyon sinew]

Let me see you walk for 20km

[keen quarry]

Yeah nobody can here

We rely on american aid

[halcyon sinew]

who?

who rely on aid?

[keen quarry]

Everyone in Germany

[halcyon sinew]

bruh what are you on about?

[keen quarry]

The truth?

[halcyon sinew]

why do you need the aid?

[keen quarry]

Cuz we're poor

[halcyon sinew]

you guys are not Ukrainians bruh

[halcyon sinew]

get a job...simple

[wind tinsel]

Wdym afford women

[manic granite]

Because this is general chat

[steep comet]

yes there's shit everywhere

even on my clothes

[wind tinsel]

Because it's allowed to speak German and English here

In #german-only it's... You see the name

👍

Russisch

Und deine?

[robust rune]

Seit meine Deutschkenntnisse ist nicht gut jetzt gleich

Englisch ist einfacher für mich

Ich spreche Bulgarisch und Englisch

Ich möchte mehr Deutsch verstehen

Danke

Studieren Sie Deutsch oder nein?

[manic granite]

Seit doesn't work the same way in German as it does in English. Weil would fit better

[robust rune]

Danke, ich sehe "weil" mehr auch

Das ist cool

Ja

[robust rune]

Ich möchte einen deutschen Freund, vielleicht Zugspitze

Ich bin vielleicht A1 oder A2 Niveau

Meine Grammatik ist B1

[manic granite]

I've seen them around but not recently

But go for it 😂

[robust rune]

Aber mein Wortschatz ist A1

[robust rune]

Nein, ich möchte den Berg

[manic granite]

Als Freund?

[robust rune]

Ja

[manic granite]

Mach was du willst digga hahah

[robust rune]

Aber ich mag Zugspitze auch

[robust rune]

LOL

[manic granite]

Nö

[robust rune]

Welche Stadt denken Sie?

[manic granite]

Hab keine Ahnung. Vielleicht bei TUM oder Heidelberg

[robust rune]

Sehr cool

[manic granite]

Das war ja wohl eine Frage an ihn aber naja 😂

[robust rune]

Genau, es ist alles klar

[restive parrot]

Hallo Wie geht es ihnen

[green urchin]

Super und dir ?

[low drum]

If you have no money, you cant spend anything on a women, right?

[hot cloak]

guten morgen leute

[wind tinsel]

Makes sense

[wind tinsel]

servus

[hot cloak]

ok? i dont uunderstand mate

[wind tinsel]

oh nein

guess i was right

i mean hallo

[hot cloak]

what do you mean b right mate?

[wind tinsel]

i asked a question in #questions if all germans understand "servus" or just ones from bavaria and austria

but idk if it counts since your not a german native speaker

[hot cloak]

well mate that word wasn't in my vocabulary

[wind tinsel]

i see

[hot cloak]

never heard of it since im still learning deutsch

same

[mortal wyvern]

What 💀

[hot cloak]

maybe ask helvik he may know

[junior vector]

That's an Austrian greeting right ?

[hot cloak]

doubt that

[mortal wyvern]

Why can’t you do it yourself

[junior vector]

Looks Like it is

[hot cloak]

Austrian German German English
Guten Morgen Guten Morgen Good morning
Grüss Gott Guten Tag Abend Good afternoon/evening
Servus Hallo Grüss dich Hallo Hello (informal)
Auf Wiedersehen Auf Wiederschauen Auf Wiedersehen Goodbye

searching around google i found that servus mean goodbye in german

[mortal wyvern]

How old are you

[junior vector]

Servus is also a greeting in certain Austrian and southern German dialects.

[keen quarry]

Servus can mean both

[mortal wyvern]

Just curious

[hot cloak]

Curiosity killed the cat

[mortal wyvern]

It’s like.. why can’t you ping someone yourself ?

It’s not hard

[junior vector]

Why you mad bro

[mortal wyvern]

I’m not mad im just confused

[hot cloak]

he is the chillest person on the planet mate

chiller than ice

[mortal wyvern]

I am a glacier :D

[wind tinsel]

Lmao

@wind tinsel

Damn it works

[hot cloak]

it does kumpel

[wind tinsel]

Es ist toll

Ich liebe das

Damn just realized a city called "Essen" exist

Imagine living in something called Eating

Oh crap

[mortal wyvern]

My heart is cold. It’s filled with darkness, no one could ever understand, I am numb. All I feel is sadness 💔

[wind tinsel]

Yeah i think it does

"essen" is eating

"Essen" is a noun, therefore it means food

[mortal wyvern]

I’m joking

[wind tinsel]

[mortal wyvern]

When I was a young boy

My father

Took me into the city

[wind tinsel]

Are you a girl or a boy

[mortal wyvern]

To see the marching band

[wind tinsel]

Im confused

[mortal wyvern]

Ich bin eine Frau

•-•

No ?

[wind tinsel]

Okay

[hot cloak]

dont answer

thats just a boring question

put something more worth it like food

[mortal wyvern]

What’s ur favorite food

[hot cloak]

well rice and you

[mortal wyvern]

I don’t really have one I can’t decide

[hot cloak]

well water

ture

i like it cold

[placid crag]

kennt wer aufgaben zu dem konjunktiv 1 und 2 und ggf. Modalverben , ich wiederhole dass gerade...

[low drum]

Onkel Google durfte etwas wissen

[mellow bison]

was es passiert euch ?
ist mein Satz richtig ?

[mystic bronze]

In General-2 is possible posting video?

[wind tinsel]

I guess

Where r u from?

[twilit carbon]

Leute, kennt ihr a prompt dass man deutsch lernen hilft?

Weil es sehr schwierig ist zu einem Gespräch hier haben

Prompt um/für chatgpt

[slate kiln]

Wo ist eine A1 Prüfung

[mystic bronze]

I from Belarus. This land is in East Europe.

[wind tinsel]

Got it

Just your sentences sounded Russian, so yeah

Im from Russia btw

[low drum]

<@&305455824174710787>

[worldly grove]

Sagen Sie Bescheid
means let me know ^^

Formally

[bold pelican]

But should it not be Ihnen?

[worldly grove]

Where in the sentence?

[bold pelican]

Instead of Sie, the dictionary entry for let me know that I found used dativ

[worldly grove]

If you use 3rd person, yes, like the english translation there

But the waiter here uses first person and asks the person directly to tell him

But he is technically omitting a word, the most correct would be "Sagen Sie mir Bescheid" (if he wants to be the only one waiting for that table)

[bold pelican]

Oh alright now, with word omission, it makes sense to me

[worldly grove]

Nice

[bold pelican]

thanks

[worldly grove]

No worries!

[hot cloak]

I think it’s a rough translation

[quaint valley]

random morning thought i just ate a knopper which side of the knopper goes up the chocolate side or the waifer side

[rugged cypress]

wafer goes up

[low drum]

Why not both?

[rugged cypress]

how

[quaint valley]

cut it half and swap em

i always ate chocolate side down was wondreing if any one else ate it diffrenty

[low drum]

Nicht horizontal abbeißen, sondern vertikal

[quaint valley]

gutes lieben

[rugged cypress]

my mouth cant open that much

[low drum]

Waaaas, es ist doch die gleiche Fläche

Not like this

Like this.
Both sides on top

[rugged cypress]

bro

[low drum]

Sis

[manic granite]

Whats a cow turned on its head? A woc? Or a huk?

[keen quarry]

What do they call cows in Australia?

[hot cloak]

Bro could believe already 3 servers ignored me

[low drum]

cow

[indigo adder]

Burger.

[stone tundra]

Hi

[prisma wharf]

Hi

[twilit nova]

Hi :3

[runic dagger]

Food

[tiny shuttle]

Mittagessen

[visual star]

Hallo, Guten Morgen

[rugged cypress]

i like huk

it means a loud noise in polish

[low drum]

MOOOOH

[mint vigil]

Hallo

[hot cloak]

Litrally me 😂

[upbeat wedge]

Hallo

[west blade]

Inzwischen HL3 Fans: 💀

[mighty glen]

Does anyone have any good songs in German? (dont know if this is the correct place to put this )

[strong venture]

Say So German cover by Selphius.

[mighty glen]

ooo okay! Ill take a look! Danke!

[left jolt]

katlix - was du brauchst

[hot cloak]

Any song by Kraftklub, they are a German indie rock band that have some pretty good songs. "Kein Liebeslied", "Teil dieser band", "Schüsse in die luft" , "Ein song reicht" "Kein gott, kein statt, nur du" are a few of their best ones.
Additionally GLaD's curated resource list has a separate section dedicated to German music so feel free to look further into it if you're interested. hopefully, it might be of interest

faq resources

[rocky goblet]

Resources

Here's a link to our curated list of resources: https://bit.ly/gladresources. Check out #resources if you want to submit some yourself!

[viscid spear]

yo @sage kayak read dms sometime

[humble sandal]

You should add some cute cat pics

[unique breach]

was

ich bin nicht ein affe

[sudden panther]

In general we don't read DMs regularly, since our DMs aren't meant to be used for server-related things. If you need a moderator, use #report-issue.

[viscid spear]

who knows what stuff I sent in there ;)

[sudden panther]

Fair. But since it's Bulli, you can expect a reply 3-5 months from now.

[serene light]

das bin ich

hi

[bronze quarry]

Bro 💀

[low drum]

Sis💀

[bronze quarry]

ICH BIN EIN JUNGE 💀💀💀

Okay Gboard What da hell?

[rugged dawn]

Bist du ssj100 Goku?

[quartz nebula]

*was zum teufel

[bronze quarry]

Das ist kein "Only German" Channel >:c

[errant nacelle]

Und trotzdem darf man Deutsch sprechen (und sollte es möglichst versuchen).

[indigo adder]

But #german-only is such a better place to do so. 🥰😙

[low drum]

Aber nicht jeder hat so eine tolle Stimme wie du

[quartz nebula]

es tut mir leid

Ich liebe dich

[low drum]

Aber da gibt es keine rin

[indigo adder]

That makes it so beautiful. 👀

[low drum]

Stimmt

[indigo adder]

love you too.

[low drum]

[errant nacelle]

huh

[indigo adder]

[errant nacelle]

New rule. All of GLaD is now #german-only. 😊

[low drum]

[indigo adder]

So you don’t want to talk to me anymore?

[low drum]

Anymore? Did he ever talk to you?

[indigo adder]

😔Everytime we met he ignored me.

[low drum]

Traurig

[errant nacelle]

Ich habe Jahre damit verbracht, Deutsch zu lernen mit dem einzigen Zweck, hier zu shitposten.
Du bist diejenige, die kein Deutsch sprechen möchte. 😔

[low drum]

Warum sprichst du gerade englisch

[errant nacelle]

@keen quarry Nur Deutsch hier.

@indigo adder Nur Deutsch hier.

[keen quarry]

Ich bitte um Entschuldigung

[errant nacelle]

Dein Deutsch ist nicht gut, weil du es nicht sprichst.

[indigo adder]

https://tenor.com/view/no-head-shaking-anime-nope-gif-14958903

[indigo adder]

https://tenor.com/view/ughh-gif-15218097594620132943

[low drum]

Dir sei verziehen

[indigo adder]

Ban me!

[fringe tapir]

je magg mij altijd dmen he

[errant nacelle]

Du wirst nicht so leicht Erlösung finden.

[steady shore]

Sers Leute

[indigo adder]

[errant nacelle]

Arrem redet mit genügend Trolls auf Deutsch. Lass sie in Ruhe. 😔

Nein @indigo adder , du tust mir leid, weil du kein Deutsch sprichst.

Pfff, wer braucht schon Englisch?

Wow the bot is showing me a pretty cool button right now

[steady shore]

Oha

[keen quarry]

Oh wow

Rin wurde weggesperrt

[viscid spear]

done

[slate geode]

So like im on a ban for an hour?

because I just joined?

[kindred venture]

oh wow

[hot cloak]

[keen quarry]

?

[river tundra]

Hi guys! Can i ask, what are the Volksbücher? Do they have authors? Since they are based on folk works

I'm making a presentation about Doktor Faust and I'll be glad if someone helps me with explanation

[hot cloak]

Hey hey, with reference to a bit of Google research and this wikipedia article revolving around the topic, Volksbücher are similar to chapbooks or folk books which were first published in the late middle ages often featuring a collection of folk tales, legends, and adventure stories. Since most of the content in the Volksbücher were legends and folklore, which evolve the more they were practiced in oral tradition, no concrete authors were addressed and the Volksbücher was published anonymously with rare exceptions. Though of course, there is a possibility that my information is mistaken.
If you haven't already, feel free to check out #1033125270217048246 and ask your question there, considering that channel is dedicated to help learners with their questions of a similar nature, someone might be able to assist you
https://de.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Volksbuch

[river tundra]

Ohhhhh thank you so much!! This helped me a lot, thank you!

[hot cloak]

Of course, I am glad I could be of help! Good luck with your presentation

[kindred venture]

❤️

[hot cloak]

Hi

[hot cloak]

Hi

[ebon sinew]

How old are y’all

[slim sluice]

2

[steep comet]

5

[indigo adder]

250

[merry inlet]

Rin reaffirming her status as an anime character

[lost kite]

Zwischen tausend von tausend von Discord-Servers, gibt es Keinen, in dem #general-2 aktiv wäre

Viele Leute kennen, die Person die erstmals auf den Mond getreten ist.
Aber nimand kennt die zweite Person.

Sei mal die Erste

[steady shore]

Sers

[low drum]

Doch, ich war auf einem, da waren beide general aktiv.
Der Server hatte sogar einen general 3 aber doch hat wahrlich niemand geschrieben.
Außerdem haben general 1 und General 2 gegeneinander "Krieg" geführt

[wind tinsel]

-6² - 74.(29) + (5 * 7) - 0.01x

x = Letter positions of each letter of my nickname added together

[hot cloak]

-2.147,01 years?

[wind tinsel]

No, why?

[low drum]

Is it - 6² or (-6)²???

[wind tinsel]

(-6)²

[low drum]

Answer is 3

[wind tinsel]

No

Or maybe yes

maybe i didnt count properly

[vapid vapor]

Are you seven years old?

[wind tinsel]

Wait lemme count it

[wind tinsel]

No

That was a joke from the beginning btw

[wind tinsel]

-3.96292929...

[hollow hinge]

ur a fetus

[hot cloak]

sry, im really bad at meth

[wind tinsel]

Not yet

[wind tinsel]

Well

[hot cloak]

@errant nacelle wie lang ist die liste mit den leuten die gebannt werden wollen?

[errant nacelle]

Ich habe aufgehört, zu zählen

[hot cloak]

Uff

müssen viele sein

[errant nacelle]

du bist auch auf der Liste, oder?

[hot cloak]

Nö ich frag nur für jemanden der vielleicht drauf sein möchte

[errant nacelle]

Leider ist es nur eine Warteliste.

[celest oasis]

Halloo

[bitter gorge]

Hello there. Random question:

Can i go asking here for insights into culture, daily life, etc around certain places in Austria for writing purposes? Im trying to write something that would at least be authentic to the place.

For more context, the story takes place somewhere in Lower Austria

[low drum]

Where is lower Austria

[indigo adder]

Lower from middle.

[low drum]

Was

[indigo adder]

Exactly.

[rocky goblet]

@compact hamlet, please read the Roles section in #getting-started for info on how to join VC and more.

[hot cloak]

Of course, feel free to try your luck in #1033125270217048246, hopefully someone might be able to assist you

[bitter gorge]

Thank you

[fallen ginkgo]

Hallo leute 🙋🏾‍♂️

[north lynx]

Hallo, wie geht es dir heute?

[fallen ginkgo]

Alles in ordnung und bei dir !

[north lynx]

Nett!

[fallen ginkgo]

Super 🤷🏾‍♂️

[north lynx]

Oh yeahh

[fallen ginkgo]

Also, woher kommst du

[north lynx]

Ich komme aus USA

[languid comet]

hallo hallo

[north lynx]

👋

[finite flicker]

Hallo:)

[forest apex]

Bist du deutsch?

[finite flicker]

Ja

[forest apex]

Ich nicht xDD

[finite flicker]

Woher kommst du?

[forest apex]

Aus den usa

[zinc hearth]

Hallo

[north lynx]

Hallo! Wie gehts?

[zinc hearth]

Mir geht es gut

[north lynx]

Nett!

[zinc hearth]

im very new at this

[low shale]

Erm

What the flip

[mortal geode]

hallo Ich komme aus Taiwan

[low shale]

You're from Taiwan?

[mortal geode]

Ja

[low shale]

Very nice holmes

[north lynx]

Weao

[hot cloak]

Do any of you have a link to a good Quizlet vocabulary deck?

[shrewd lotus]

hallo

alle spricht english//hmm

[lost kite]

Ich hab einen brilllianten Zug gemacht.

Check out this brilliant move: https://www.chess.com/analysis/game/live/95745931866?move=29&tab=review

Ich bin so froh

[cobalt pewter]

https://tenor.com/view/dj-khaled-dancing-dance-dancing-gif-gif-17374355049678501349

[strong pivot]

Finally got German and Ukrainian dictionary

[forest apex]

Es ist Mittwoch meine Kerle!

[low drum]

Ahhhhhh

[stone tundra]

Hi

[cosmic sun]

I wrote this in the other general chat so I’ll post it here too…

Hey I just want to be a bit helpful here right now, as everyone has helped me so much in this server…

I took a free trial class yesterday with the Goethe Institut. I’d like to give a small overview of how it went, for anyone who might be interested…

Everyone is on zoom and the teacher speaks in German the entire time. They give exercise to the students and help walk us through everything, as well as explain why some grammar is as it is.

The teacher works well with the students and corrects us on our pronunciation. She explained the differences between formal and informal. She also had the students do the exercises with each other and then had us talk to her all at once in the group.

The Institut teachers use the immersion method, so everything they are teaching, they are speaking in German the entire time. That helps the students get used to speaking in German on a regular basis.

Because of my own self studies over the past 2 years, I was able to get all answers correct already. So it was nice to see that self studying IS able to help more than one would think…

[mystic bronze]

Was kannst du sagen über Leben in der Taiwan?

[mortal geode]

dies ist ein guter Ort zum leben
aber es gibt noch einige Probleme, wie zum Beispiel der Verkehr.

[charred loom]

Hallo, besitzt jemand die Papierversion vom Buch "Das Leben B1", das in Goethe Institut benutzt ist ?

[uneven monolith]

@hot cloak can you pleas send me a friend request cuz it looks like you blocked them i just want to ask you real quick

[stark saffron]

i’m still looking for someone who speaks german to help with my project pls 😭 i’m so desperate. i’ve had 4 people cancel on me in 3 weeks and it’s due today. i just need 10mins of your time to ask very easy questions pls 😭🥺🥺🥺

[zenith condor]

Ich habe ein Wōrterbuch mit 53.000 Wōrtern
(Ich habe von meinem Großvater gestohlen )

[steep comet]

what's your project about?

[hot cloak]

Hello

[zealous girder]

Bitcoin pro Investments 69% Profit

[rancid tangle]

verrückte Prozent

[north lynx]

https://youtu.be/Bt7wSVD2C2Q

[brisk crescent]

I feel so overwhelmed right now. I'm between A1 and A2 and I've hit a plateau. I feel like I'm never going to understand this language.

[north lynx]

Du bist tull (not sure if I used that right)

[silent mulch]

you can't get worse at the language

you'll only get better

[dawn perch]

Weiße Blitz und Wein

[hot cloak]

That's quite understandable, It's not uncommon to feel overwhelmed during language learning, especially around the A1-A2 level where you aren't nearly as familiar with the language to retain the information productively, which makes the grammar rules, pronunciation, and vocabulary seem foreign. What you consider easy or tricky is dictated by plenty of factors including your linguistic experience and will change with time as you gain more understanding and familiarity with the language and its concepts.
Try to maintain a concrete study routine that covers every aspect of the language you are learning (listening, reading, writing, etc) which is suited to your own cognitive abilities, and choose the difficulty of the materials you are learning with compatible with your level. You can also break down your tasks into smaller parts which can be accomplished by setting realistic study goals and time durations suited for you, prioritizing consistency over heavy studying will be more effective and will help you out in the long run.
If I recall correctly we also have a curated grammar list that categorizes grammar topics to each CEFR level learners can refer to when they are unsure what to study next or feel lost. Feel free to check it out, hopefully, it might be able to assist you!
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kz1Xqx0sFXAWys-Mgfhjc-M8JDCMtoeeGXcg5-orP_A/edit

[cosmic sun]

Would you have any suggestions on how to self study everything on the list?

[opal sequoia]

It's somewhat a matter of personal preference. Like for example, some people prefer to study from YouTube videos explaining the topics, while other prefer to use textbooks, or maybe websites, or some other sources. Basically there are lots of options in terms of what resources to use for learning.

But the main tip is try not to rush it and learn too many things at once. Try to learn each step properly before moving to the next one.

If that's too vague, then tell us which topic you're currently working on and we can try to give specific examples.

[cosmic sun]

My biggest issue right now is sentence structure, and declensions…

[cosmic sun]

Also it seems I’m really bad with any sentence that isn’t present tense.

[opal sequoia]

Okay so... I could tackle these topics directly for you, and I don't mind doing that, but firstly, since your original question was about how to use this list to self-study, let's try that first.

1. Noun gender & plurals
2. Nominative case (What are cases?)
3. Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4. Verbs in present tense (Präsens)
   5, Definite/indefinite articles
   6, Accusative case (for nouns)
   7, Accusative pronouns
5. Word order of simple sentences with one verb
6. Modal verbs
7. Word order with modal verb + another verb
8. Question words (what, why, how, etc.)
9. Word order of questions

Here is the first set of topics.

Can you give me the numbers of all the ones you feel confident on?

[cosmic sun]

Thank you

Also I am still here just trying not to write too much as I see you all writing. I don’t want to interrupt.

[opal sequoia]

Don't worry, you won't interrupt.

[cosmic sun]

Ah ok then ❤️

I am using Duolingo currently and trying something… Could I show you?

[hot cloak]

I would be able to give vague suggestions and nothing too concrete I fear which would be based on my own experience with learning grammar, which could be drastically different from your own. In the end, it all pans down to preference, what works well for you might not be effective for someone else due to differences in their learning patterns, cognitive capabilities etc.
Try experimenting with different study methods and resources, whether it's from YouTube or textbooks, websites etc, this can help out with you figuring your strengths and weaknesses from which you can form a study routine.
My main suggestion, as Base pointed out is to take things slowly and not rush anything. Stay consistent with your efforts and consume media so you can recognize patterns that occur in grammar more easily

[cosmic sun]

I’m curious if you think my method I’m attempting is useful

[cosmic sun]

Will do definitely

My only problem is, I have my A1 exam in march… I do not think I will pass it, but I am studying as much as I can

[hot cloak]

Though Duolingo may be a good gateway and introduction for a language it does not quite cover most of the aspects which come in productively learning a language except mild vocab. Feel free to check out >faq duolingo in #botchannel . i'm sure it'll be able to assist you with your question and be of interest, along with giving you a few alternatives

[cosmic sun]

I have many other alternatives I’m using that seem to be helping so far.

Right now I am using Duolingo because I am too tired from work, and anything more “heavy” would be too much

I had the idea to do this…. Do you think it’s useful, or makes sense what I’m trying?

I am doing this because I am very new to changing cases in the grammar, and I do not know much yet about a sentence’s structure in different cases besides Nominative case.

[opal sequoia]

I very, very, very strongly do not recommend to use ChatGPT for explaining grammar to you.

It's very good at concinvingly making up fake info and explaining things in overly complicated ways.

[opal sequoia]

The problem with your question there is that sentences do not have a case.

[cosmic sun]

I will stop using it then

Ahhh

[opal sequoia]

When you put a noun into a sentence, that noun gets a case. The case is based on what role the noun plays in the sentence.

[cosmic sun]

So what is it I’m trying to ask? I know this sounds weird to say but I’m serious ^^’

[mild otter]

don't trust chatgpt with anything in general

tbh

[opal sequoia]

For example, the person who is doing the action (i.e. the subject) is in nominative case.

[opal sequoia]

It sounds like you're trying to learn the cases, but you are trying to learn them from just looking at random sentences instead of by studying the topics themselves.

So my suggestion is to start with learning what nominative and accusative case are.

Ignore dative and genitive for now until you feel confident with those two.

[cosmic sun]

Ok I will list this down to keep in mind…

[opal sequoia]

Sure. Did you see my question earlier as well?

[cosmic sun]

Which one?

[opal sequoia]

I gave you a numbered list of topics and asked you to tell me the numbers of all the topics you feel confident on.

[cosmic sun]

Ahh

Ok one moment…

I am confident on…

• Noun Gender (Not sure about plurals)…
• Nominative pronouns.
• Verbs in present tense (I think).
• Question words
• Some Konj II

[cosmic sun]

What do you personally feel is a good way to learn and very important to learn to achieve A1 level fully in 2 and a half months?

[opal sequoia]

Well you can see that the first one that you're not confident on is point 2. Nominative case. So you should start learning from there.

[opal sequoia]

All the stuff on that list and following that list in order will work.

However I think word order at this level is quite simple to learn.

@cosmic sun What do you know about word order of sentences so far?

[cosmic sun]

I only know some stuff kind of instinctually from using Duolingo… Like a question sentence is “Hast du einen Hund?” Which would translate exact word by word to, “Have you a dog?”… In comparison to “Du hast einen Hund” which is “You have a dog.”

Am I correct with this?

[opal sequoia]

Sure.

The rules are:
For a simple sentence/statement or main clause, the conjugated verb is in the second position.
For a question, the conjugated verb is in the first position (or if there's a question word, the question word goes first before the verb).
For a subordinate clause (you might not have learned it yet), the conjugated verb goes at the end.

Any extra verbs go at the end of the clause.

For A1, that's pretty much the only word order rules you need to know.

For example:
Ich lerne Deutsch.
Heute lerne ich Deutsch.

Both are correct, because "lerne" is in the second position.

Btw here's something useful I recommend: https://drive.google.com/drive/u/1/folders/14MPdMqPTH9XVocvy__Hw7cMz5jSXZux-

These are beginner lessons that I've held before on the server. Basically it has the slides and stuff. But for the Lessons 1-5 there are also homework sheets.

I recommend to go to Lessons 1-5 and do the homework sheets for those.

[cosmic sun]

Thank you for all of this. I saved what you wrote, to myself for me to use later.

If that’s the only sentence structures I need to learn for A1, I feel I can do that…

Would you have any in depth advice on specific ways to practice to get to A1 in 2 and a half months? Like study methods, how long to study every day, what exactly to study, how to learn grammar in specific ways that make memorization easier, etc…

On my days off work, I study for 4-6 hours for that day. And on the days I work, I barely have the energy to focus on stuff in depth to study, but I still try…

I looked a lot at the “homework” section…

If anyone has more of those, I will take them! 👀

I think having homework for learning is a really good option for studying.

[opal sequoia]

Well it's not so much about daily hours but weekly hours, and it's hard for me to give a specific number because everyone is different. For most people, 10-15 hours a week is good progress. 5 hours per week is pretty much the minimum if you want to see noticeable improvement.

There also generally aren't any special tricks to studying.

You just have to learn the topic properly and not look for shortcuts.

If you are stuck on a topic, ask in #questions , don't resort to things like ChatGPT.

Try not to learn everything at once. Learn one topic at a time.

[cosmic sun]

Thank you again so much for all your help ✨

[hot cloak]

Look who's alive. ^^

[hot cloak]

I was beginning to think you died, where were you? 😔

[hot cloak]

I apologize for my abrupt disappearence, I was busy telling my pet anglerfishes how beautiful they were

Fair, at least it was better than leaving the server. 🤔

Plenty of people have left. It has been an interesting month, to say the least.

Who?

Apollo and Daywalker, I think.

[indigo adder]

Daywalker left?

[hot cloak]

What?

[indigo adder]

Apollo wrote a long goodbye text.

@hot cloak ^

[hot cloak]

Oh, wow. I didn't know they both left

[brisk crescent]

This is incredibly helpful and reassuring, thank you

[hot cloak]

R u being serious u have them?

[low drum]

@hot cloak berlin ist/is hässlich/ugly

[hot cloak]

Of course, I am glad I could be of help. I wish you the best of luck for your German!

[hot cloak]

Joa, I named them Jessica and Biannca

[low drum]

@manic granite "ich vermisse dich" von Rin ||die coole Socke|| und Leon

[manic granite]

😂😂😂

Aber gleichfalls

[silent mulch]

Ich wusste das nicht :(

[silent mulch]

@vernal tusk

:///

[hot cloak]

Apollo leaving was something I got upset with, in all honesty. Though, I would be lying if I say I didn't see it coming. #german-only was not the friendliest to him, from what I noticed by lurking. ^^

[silent mulch]

ja?

warum?

was ist da passiert

[hot cloak]

Nothing shocking, happens to everyone enforcing rules on trolls who couldn't care less about being polite and mature. 🤷‍♂️

[silent mulch]

das ist traurig ich werd ihn vermisse

und die Gespräche die wir hatten

[hot cloak]

So will I. Ironically, people always care about others when they leave, or when they realize how much shit the person endured.
Members put the worst people and attention seekers on a pedestal and ignore the people who try to make the place a better place. It's just sad. 😂

[silent mulch]

ehrlich gesagt ist dieses das erstes Mal das ich davon gehört habe

aber ich wünsche, ich könnte zumindest "Auf Wiedersehen" ihm sagen

[hot cloak]

Try DM.

[silent mulch]

ich werd das versuchen

[hot cloak]

Hi

[molten sapphire]

Wenn München also eine große Stadt ist, sollten die Deutschen sie dann nicht schon Mün Mun nennen?

[tight hill]

borger

ich hasse dich

[north lynx]

Warum

[weak flower]

Hey

[humble sandal]

Mun, der ü muss auch weg!

[lost kite]

Das ist eine gute Theorie

[hot cloak]

[odd scaffold]

1. Mun, er muss auch gehen!
2. Mun, der ü muss auch weg!
   Was ist der grammatikalische Unterschied zwischen diesen beiden?

achhhh

dafür bin ich so dumm. Hätte den vorherigen Text sehen sollen, sorry

[small fern]

Was los

[mild otter]

das ü

[hot cloak]

Isn't it der Buchstabe?

[mild otter]

ye but when referring to letters themselves you use "das"

at least I've always done that 😭

[hot cloak]

Numbers as well?

[mild otter]

I hope I'm not speaking my native language wrong

numbers are "die"

[hot cloak]

Ok at least I was half wrong

Thanks 😅

[left jolt]

"der M Buchstabe muss weg" "das M muss weg" glaube ich

wenn so dann ist da ein Unterschied

[mild otter]

genau so

[mild otter]

can't rly say "wenn so"

I would say "wenn ja", that sounds natural

[left jolt]

danke

[hot cloak]

Hallo

[slim summit]

hallo

[strong nebula]

hallo

[merry inlet]

Hey Lily was ist dein deutsches Lieblingswort

[lilac stratus]

Hallo

[topaz stump]

Hallo

Was geht's ab ?

[radiant flare]

Was geht ab ^^

[unborn cedar]

Hallo

[mild otter]

es gibt zu viele

[merry inlet]

Fair xD

[indigo adder]

I thought Rin was yours. 🤭

[merry inlet]

Natürlich ist es das

Und auch der Name meines Lieblingsmenschen

[indigo adder]

🤭 you silly.
Is it?

[merry inlet]

Vielleicht

[indigo adder]

oh…

[rugged cypress]

[sudden panther]

@woeful matrix can my dear friend @prime patrol eat you?

[prime patrol]

I promise to add enough spice

[sudden panther]

Thank you.

[wintry birch]

Any Good native german speaker here ?

[half geyser]

good

[mild otter]

me

[wind tinsel]

i wonder who are the bad native german speakers then

ones from Bad Kreuznach?

[half geyser]

lmao

Bad natives rise up

[mild otter]

bad natives

they exist

[low drum]

Me

[wind tinsel]

👎🇩🇪 VS 👍🇩🇪

[wind tinsel]

oh

[low drum]

Ich habe mal eine Plastiktüte im Restmüll entsorgt, ich bin so böse

[indigo adder]

I did not mean that cat.

[sudden panther]

Sorry, that's the only cat I can find that would volunteer to be eaten.

[wintry birch]

😅 🤣

[forest apex]

The ones from Baden Baden

[wind tinsel]

They are twice as bad

[woeful matrix]

I dont want to eat ves

[sudden panther]

The other way around bestie.

[zealous girder]

"Mama I'm a crimimal"

[low drum]

N1nendo - криминал

[tight parcel]

I know what Ikea stands for

it stands for" Idioten Kaufen Einfach Alles"

[ionic hull]

[stiff magnet]

shootcat @woeful matrix

[rocky goblet]

You have shot @woeful matrix's cat.

[stiff magnet]

Es ist angerichtet

[vague topaz]

Grüß gott

[stiff magnet]

Tut mir leid, so hoch fahre ich nicht

(Schenkelklopfer)

[deep current]

digga spricht russich

[mystic bronze]

Hey Rin! Don't see ya a long of time.

[woeful matrix]

I dont want to get eaten

[woeful matrix]

Heeyy was soll dasss

shootdog @stiff magnet

[rocky goblet]

You have shot @stiff magnet's dog.

[sudden panther]

Since when?

[indigo adder]

Hi Vir. I am a bit busy because of Christmas time. ^^ I hope you are well?

[wind tinsel]

unfortunately you cant speak russian you are really sorry

[low drum]

That's true

[mystic bronze]

Hm. Generally all is fine and in this week I haven't a lot of work so I just wait when born Jesus Christus.

[indigo adder]

Sounds good. ^^

[mystic bronze]

Helvik, where you from? From Moscow or Russia?)