general-2

[viscid cape]

Hummm

[thick charm]

looks good to me?

[ocean robin]

Wow, it was only thise errors. And I could see 2 of them.

[whole rapids]

it's almost like you're becoming more German!!!

[viscid cape]

That's very nice, I don't think I'd be able to do it 😄

[ocean robin]

WHAT.

ARE YOU KIDDING ME, I CAN'T BE B YET

[viscid cape]

I'd say you're pretty close to B1 😄

[fair iron]

^

[viscid cape]

Just don't tell the others

Or they'll torture you with harder sentences

😏

[whole rapids]

a harder sentence eh

[ocean robin]

Wow. And when I think about when I come here I was almost A1 like.

[fair iron]

You have a gift for languages. Furthermore, you're persistant, and it shows. Your hard work is paying off.

[ocean robin]

You mean, I am talented for learning languages?

And also, thanks Casca. ❤

[whole rapids]

at*

Your zeal is certainly paying dividends

hmm, that's a weird phrase probably

[ocean robin]

LOL

[whole rapids]

Your enthusiasm is paying off well, you seem to be understanding more and more

[pine ginkgo]

well, flaps

just because you got one sentence

doesnt mean your b

[ocean robin]

I know that Solet though.

[pine ginkgo]

eheh

[sudden panther]

Well really, it doesn't. And you shouldn't overestimate yourself because it's the perfect way to stop working and improving. Just be honest with yourself and progress will come with time. 😉

[fair iron]

*you're, Solet. ^^

[hot cloak]

your'e*

[ocean robin]

LOL

[thick charm]

Luna knew what he was doing

[pine ginkgo]

'yer

[thick charm]

my b, your b, his b

[fair iron]

Botto, you meme. 😛

[ocean robin]

Well, you know Pferd, I am the kind of person who when they have a goal, the do all what they can to accomplish it. I am having a lot of fun as well, so it's great.

[fair iron]

We're happy if you're happy, Flappy.

[ocean robin]

So, thank you all for spending time and fun with me. ❤

[fair iron]

Thanks for being here. ❤

[ocean robin]

You're welcome. ❤

[viscid cape]

I'll 🚢 you two some day

[ocean robin]

👀

Ship us as great friends then.

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[viscid cape]

Deal

@fair iron Will have to learn French then

😏

[fair iron]

I'll ship you to Bielefeld some day, Kryptik.

[ocean robin]

But Casca already know some French. I said I think he is at least B1.

[viscid cape]

That is... good... right? 🤔

[fair iron]

It's neither perfect nor terrible.

It's a nice state of equilibrium.

[viscid cape]

😄

I like it then

[pine ginkgo]

i just like to make flaps suffer

[fair iron]

You're a necessary evil, Solet. ❤

[ocean robin]

It's okay Solet, I like you.

[viscid cape]

@ocean robin Do you play any games

be back later

[ocean robin]

Well, I play osu!. But other than that, no.

[lost dagger]

i gotta start an essay

but idk how

so hard

to starte

to

write

it's due in 2 days

[whole rapids]

About what?

[lost dagger]

i'm trying to convince a friend to dress in a sexy ghost costume for halloween

https://i.ytimg.com/vi/WWZ00rKYXtU/hqdefault.jpg like this

[opal sequoia]

👌

[thick charm]

I would wear that

I could pull it off

[proven cedar]

do it and post pics

[ocean robin]

Here it is. I am sure that I have forgotten some.

[valid ice]

hi genitive

[ocean robin]

https://clyp.it/aabz0sjp secrelty hides and wait because she doesn't know what to think about that

[fair iron]

😮

It's lovely, Flappy.

Be proud.

[viscid cape]

Cuuuuute

And with a badischer Akzent apparently

😂

Jk I can't tell accents 😛

[ocean robin]

What, was it cute again lol

Really, accent was correct? 🤔

No words that I misspelled?

[fair iron]

Accents are neither right nor wrong.

Your pronunciation was great, though.

[ocean robin]

Wow. What.

[fair iron]

*mispronounced, not misspelled.

^^

[minor heart]

👌🏻 @ocean robin

Frenchy-german

jk

[valid ice]

https://www.speakpipe.com/voice-recorder/msg/vwyuad4gw8tnpn5q ignoring retarded voice and mic 😛

[ocean robin]

🤔

Oh yeah, why did I use to spell. 😛

Wow Callum, 8 secs LOL

[sudden panther]

Flops speaking German! 😮

Time to judge.

[ocean robin]

owo

[valid ice]

Should I say it faster Flepperfecker?

[ocean robin]

No.

I did 12secs.

[fair iron]

I wonder how quickly I could pronounce it. 🤔

[thick charm]

Well done, Flappy!

[ocean robin]

Ahhh, but you did the first one Callum!

[thick charm]

I like it

[ocean robin]

Waaa.

[pine ginkgo]

i can't identify callum's accent

🤔

[fair iron]

Scottish.

[pine ginkgo]

was it? 🤔

dont think i have heard too many scots pronounce german

🤔

[sudden panther]

Yes.

[pine ginkgo]

yes, yes

nice french german, flops

[ocean robin]

wat

[valid ice]

Is it obviously Scottish? I'm somewhat okay with the accent, unless it's like middle england~y

[ocean robin]

What does that mean 🤔

[pine ginkgo]

not sure, it's not an accent i am familar with

you gotta casc the casca

[ocean robin]

🤔

[fair iron]

It means that your French accent is noticeable.

[ocean robin]

Yeah, I thought that it could be noticeable

[pine ginkgo]

which is not unusual for french speakers

[sudden panther]

Hearing Flops speak makes me realize that they totally nailed Fleur's translations in Harry Potter. 👌

[thick charm]

Callum, it's definitely a British accent, but I couldn't place it anywhere in particular.

[valid ice]

Time to do a Daniel then? 🤔

[pine ginkgo]

though i don't think

[ocean robin]

Oh fok.

[thick charm]

You did well, Flöpsel

[pine ginkgo]

i have met any french native speakers speaking without french accent in german 🤔

though my sample size is about 5

[thick charm]

It's something you can be proud of, definitely. German is incredibly hard to pronounce as a French native.

[sudden panther]

Är kann nischt teilnehmen. Är ist zu jung.
ehehe

[thick charm]

It doesn't flow as much as French does, which is a hard adjustment to make.

You'll get there eventually, I'm sure of it!

[pine ginkgo]

'Arry

hearing french people saying words, where the h is actually pronounced is super fun

:D

[ocean robin]

Ayy wat, I didn't think it was that good

[thick charm]

I mean there are some improvements to be made

but for your first time this was really good

[fair iron]

You're better than you give yourself credit for.

[ocean robin]

Yes Solet, where there was a "h" I was like saying like, as hard as I could say it

[pine ginkgo]

that's why it's so fun :D

[ocean robin]

In French I could just ignore it lol

[pine ginkgo]

i just make fun of people, don't mind me

[thick charm]

Don't worry, we love French accents.

We really do

It's the same as with Dutch accents where they're just so distinct, but just easy enough to understand.

[sudden panther]

Compare your "hallo" to your "(h)abe" and just do the h from hallo all the time. 😛

[thick charm]

'allo 👌

[valid ice]

'allo 'allo

[fair iron]

'Ello 'ello, what's this, then?

[pine ginkgo]

mhh, what would a german sentence be, that would trigger the french ticks

[valid ice]

y'see the knicker fell down the apples and pears, and then old jimmy here gave him what for

[pine ginkgo]

like flowing consonants to the next vocal

and having different kind of h pronounciation

🤔

[radiant sage]

'allo who is it?

[thick charm]

"Das Eichhörnchen aß ein Brötchen, während das Quietscheentschen Rührei aß."

[fair iron]

Ooh, nice.

[thick charm]

Bonus points if you can fit Schlittschuhlaufen in there

Or Streichholzschächtelchen

[valid ice]

Quietscheentschen want to stick antoerh tsch in there anywhere D:

[thick charm]

"Hinter einem Fichtendickicht dichten dicke Nichten tüchtig" 👌

[valid ice]

https://www.speakpipe.com/voice-recorder/msg/ui5pw871cagbxxpz 😢

[thick charm]

Oh this one is also pretty good: "Der dicke Dachdecker deckt dir dein Dach, drum dank dem dicken Dachdecker, dass der dicke Dachdecker dir dein Dach deckte."

[sudden panther]

Der dischte Daschdescher descht dir ein Dasch 👌

[cold vessel]

https://www.speakpipe.com/voice-recorder/msg/7y0v9m84mw6cvz75 Guess my accent 😄

[thick charm]

Norwegian, maybe?

[cold vessel]

Yes 😮

[pine ginkgo]

i mean

if we didnt know

it would be still a northern one

:)

[cold vessel]

Can you tell the difference between a Swedish and a Norwegian accent?

[thick charm]

Possibly?

[cold vessel]

What are the telltale signs of a northern accent?

[pine ginkgo]

if you sound like this

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s-mOy8VUEBk

:D

[cold vessel]

I would expect the Danish accent to be quite different from the Swedish/Norwegian one. It isn't?

[pine ginkgo]

it is

norwegian is the most different imo

but you all kinda have the long vocals :D

[rancid sphinx]

I think you're from Bergen @cold vessel

[cold vessel]

Did my r give it away? 😛

[rancid sphinx]

yeee

[lunar urchin]

i had to think hard, but i'd agree on the kinda long vocals and ofc the R sound, and what differs from Swedish accents is the intonation of vowels, where in SV you have the Y sounds and those shorter "Schwa"

so to me the front vowels are where I would make the distinction

[pine ginkgo]

also i have the feeling the voice rises while speaking a lot

[cold vessel]

Actually there are two different pitches in Norwegian, it depends on your dialect

[pine ginkgo]

i have a norwegian friend

and he pronounces every vowel very long

when he tries to speak german

....mhh not every vowel actually

mostly the a-vowel

[ocean robin]

Wew, I am back, I was ded.

So hey Chuck, where could be the improvements?

[viscid cape]

@ocean robin Too late your recording is already trending on twitter

#LeVoiceofFläppers

[ocean robin]

:0

God whai. ;_;

[thick charm]

I don't think it would help you to work on your accent right now. The pronunciation was understandable, which is absolutely enough for someone at your level. If you want me to, I can record the text myself when I'm back home later this evening so you have something to compare yourself to.

Which probably would make it easier for you too, rather than going over single words and how you could improve.

[fair iron]

I'd also be willing to record it.

[ocean robin]

Wooo.

[sudden panther]

What you should be doing is translating memes and stuff. 👌

[ocean robin]

Will do that right now, Arrem. Sentence.

[sudden panther]

I'm not feeling very creative today. :U

[thick charm]

That's a good one

[ocean robin]

:c

[fair iron]

^

Translate that, Flappy.

[sudden panther]

Ahaha. Close enough.

[ocean robin]

Whoa wait, I must translate that?

LOL

[fair iron]

Arrem is not feeling very creative today.

[thick charm]

• :U

[sudden panther]

, because he is a meme.

[ocean robin]

LOL

[thick charm]

Gotta translate the smiley as well

[ocean robin]

Arrem fühlt nicht sehr kreativ heute, weil er ein Meme ist.

:U

[thick charm]

reflexive

[sudden panther]

reflexive

[thick charm]

evixelfer

[ocean robin]

:thinking_cat:

[sudden panther]

I thought that was french for a second. 👌

[thick charm]

It kind of looks like a french word, yeah.

Flopps, fühlen can be both reflexive and non-reflexive

[ocean robin]

Mmmh.

[thick charm]

sich fühlen = to feel (like), mood or the like, "to feel good" for example.
(etwas) fühlen = physically feeling or sensing something

[ocean robin]

So I should use my reflexive skills here?

[sudden panther]

Er fühlte sein Herz pochen.
Er fühlte sich schlecht, weil er dumm ist.

[thick charm]

You should

[ocean robin]

Okay, so Arrem is male. I am feeling that I should say "sich".

[sudden panther]

What would you say if I was female? 🤔

[ocean robin]

Uuuuuh.

[sudden panther]

ihrsch

[ocean robin]

LOL

[thick charm]

That's the right word to use, but it doesn't change with different genders.

Er fühlt sich, sie fühlt sich, es fühlt sich.

[ocean robin]

Ah.

So let me rephrase that.

"Arrem fühlt sich nicht mehr kreativ heute, weil er ein Meme ist."

What.

[thick charm]

sehr

not mehr

But other than that, it's good.

[ocean robin]

Yeah, that's what I was going to say.

[thick charm]

Yeah you had it right the first time

[ocean robin]

uwu

[thick charm]

Also to make it look even better (even though it's not an actual grammatical mistake) try to avoid putting words that indicate a specific timeframe at the end of a sentence. "Fühlt sich heute nicht sehr kreativ" just feels better to me than "fühlt sich nicht sehr kreativ heute", even though - again - it's not a mistake.

[sudden panther]

^^When specifying time, you either do that after the verb or right at the start.

So Flops, final version without any mistakes, please? 😛

[opal sequoia]

Heute hast du über Zeitangaben gelernt.

[ocean robin]

Sure thing.

"Arrem fühlt sich heute nicht sehr kreativ, weil er ein Meme ist."

[thick charm]

well done

[ocean robin]

woooo

[sudden panther]

Good Flopper.

[ocean robin]

Yay.

[sudden panther]

Now here's one that you'll find useful if you ever get in trouble while in Germany:
"I did not steal that man's strawberry and he is most certainly not my husband."

[cold vessel]

🤔

You are, indeed, a meme 😛

[fair iron]

"I did not steal that woman's husband and this is most certainly not my strawberry."

[sudden panther]

Yes!

[thick charm]

"I didn't strawberry that husband's steel and this is most certainly not my woman."

[ocean robin]

LOL WHAT IS THIS

[sudden panther]

Sentences. For you. To translate. Go.

[ocean robin]

[thick charm]

"I did not arrem that Arrem's Arrem and this is most arremly not my Arrem."

[valid ice]

I strawberried my woman and that steel is my husband

[sudden panther]

urban strawberry

[viral thunder]

Your search for strawberry returned the following:

Definition

To people out there not hip to the fact, a strawberry is a girl sellin' pussy for crack to the Dopeman.

Example

Don't fuck around, she'll give ya gonorrhea!

[thick charm]

what

[sudden panther]

Aha.

[ocean robin]

What.

[viscid cape]

O_O

[opal sequoia]

[valid ice]

Well. I guess I am due that woman some crack now

[thick charm]

From now on I shall only be refered to as "the Dopeman"

[viscid cape]

😂

[sudden panther]

So Flops, ignore the Dopeman and the others, and translate my sentence.

[thick charm]

👌

[ocean robin]

"Ich habe nicht die Erdbeere dieses Mannes gestohlen, und er ist natürlich nicht meinen Ehemann."
WTF IS THIS

woops wait.

[fair iron]

Close.

Oh, correction inbound! Go Flappy!

[sudden panther]

Du hast nicht die Erdbeere dieses Mannes gestohlen, sondern?

[fair iron]

^

[ocean robin]

[sudden panther]

We discussed that same issue yesterday.

[cold vessel]

Seine Frau xD

[ocean robin]

mmmmh

[thick charm]

Think, Flopps. You can do it.

[ocean robin]

Is it again the placement of nicht?

[thick charm]

Did you not steal the strawberry or did you not steal the strawberry

[sudden panther]

Aye. Your current placement implies that you didn't steal the strawberry, but you stole something else.

[ocean robin]

Oh yeah.

I stole the man?

[pine ginkgo]

wow flaps

ude

[ocean robin]

LOL BUT IT'S THE SENTENCE SOLET

[sudden panther]

No, you didn't steal the man either. Fix your nicht. 😛

[pine ginkgo]

good understanding, flappsy

rude

[thick charm]

There are only two spots where the nicht in that sentence could go and you sadly chose the wrong one

[valid ice]

Aye Arrem 😍

[thick charm]

well technically three

But the third option is super poetic and sounds ridiculously outdated

[opal sequoia]

Nicht ich habe nicht die Erdbeere nicht dieses Mannes gestohlen nicht.

[cold vessel]

@thick charm What is it?

[thick charm]

"Nicht ich habe die Erdbeere dieses Mannes gestohlen"

[sudden panther]

When in doubt, just do what Base did. 👌

[thick charm]

'twasn't me who stole those strawberries

[fair iron]

We should incorporate Nichte into the next sentence.

[thick charm]

actually thinking about it

[opal sequoia]

So in that case "Nicht ich" is like one item "not I"?

[thick charm]

"Ich habe die Erdbeeren nicht dieses Mannes gestohlen" would theoretically work as well, but it's just as ridiculous.

Yeah and it's just as theatrical as in English.

Like you wouldn't hear that outisde of a play

[cold vessel]

Meaning you stole someone else's strawberry?

[thick charm]

Yeah

[sudden panther]

I think we killed her.

Party time. 🍰 🎉!!

[cold vessel]

Can I post my suggestion then

[sudden panther]

Sure.

[cold vessel]

"Ich habe die Erdbeere des Mannes nicht gestohlen und er ist ganz bestimmt nicht mein Ehemann"

I never know if the definite article is demonstrative enough or if I need to use a form of dies-

[ocean robin]

Oh yeah, I didn't steal.

[fair iron]

Correct, Henbruas.

[ocean robin]

Woo, so now I see then I was wrong on "meinen Ehemann"

Explanations please.

[sudden panther]

sein (ist) takes the nominative.

[ocean robin]

Fok.

[cold vessel]

@ocean robin Think of sein like an equals sign

[sudden panther]

I like how you came back as soon as the answer was posted.

[ocean robin]

I was eating.

[viscid cape]

🥐

[opal sequoia]

Was hast du gegessen? (Auf Deutsch)

[ocean robin]

LOL cliches 👀

Brot mit Nutella. Bim.

[fair iron]

*Clichés. ^^

[sudden panther]

🥖 🍫

[cold vessel]

Kein Baguette mit Nutella? 😛

[sudden panther]

^Banned from France.

[ocean robin]

Yeah Casca, I wasn't on my French keyboard.

LOL

[viscid cape]

Brot is how she translates Baguette obviously

[ocean robin]

No, it wasn't Baguette.

[viscid cape]

😱

[ocean robin]

It was bread.

[sudden panther]

Lame.

[opal sequoia]

Cool.

[ocean robin]

LOL

[opal sequoia]

Ich esse kein Nutella.

[ocean robin]

:<

Now. SENTENCE. Go.

[opal sequoia]

Nun sag uns auf Deutsch: worüber willst du, dass der nächste Satz ist?

[ocean robin]

[sudden panther]

So Flops. "This scoundrel asked my squirrel to dance, even though he knew that it hates dancing."

[cold vessel]

Hmm, followup question. My impression was that for negating nouns you use "kein" instead of "nicht", but in "Ich habe nicht die Erdbeere dieses Mannes gestohlen", "nicht" negates the noun. Does "Ich habe keine Erdbeere dieses Mannes gestohlen" make sense? Does it mean the same thing?

[ocean robin]

OH My GOD ARREM WHAT.

[opal sequoia]

Guter Satz, Arrem.

I think using nicht die would refer to a specific strawberry, henbruas.

[sudden panther]

You do, but only if you would use ein in the affirmative version of the sentence. So basically what Base said.

[pine ginkgo]

it wouldn't be the same, henbruas

"nicht die Erdbeere" would mean not this certain strawbeery

but if you use "keine Erdbeere" it would mean you didn't steal any of the strawberries

[cold vessel]

Ohh, that makes sense. Thanks!

[pine ginkgo]

it would work if it was "nicht eine Erdbeere"

[cold vessel]

Would "nicht eine Erdbeere" be wrong? Ie. should you always use "kein-" if it's indefinite?

[pine ginkgo]

but you can write or say it as "nicht eine Erdbeere" if you want to make special emphasis on "eine"

[cold vessel]

I see

[ocean robin]

"Dieser Halunke hat mein Eichhörnchen zu tanzen gefragt, obwohl er weißte, das es tanzen hasse."

Wait no.

Better.

[sudden panther]

Good start. 👌

Let's get the tiny things first I guess. weißte? 🤔

[fair iron]

I also wasn't on a French keyboard, Flappy. 😛

[ocean robin]

Oh damn, maybe I didn't check the right typo of wissen in past tense.

[sudden panther]

"the right typo"

[ocean robin]

I could just say "hat gewusst" but no.

Oh damn.

"Wusste"

[sudden panther]

And while we're at it, hasse isn't quite correct either. 😛

[ocean robin]

I am going to go for an hour.

What.

[sudden panther]

After you come back and figure out the correct form, give us the whole sentence agian. 😄

[hot cloak]

Aktiv: Die Polizei kontrolliert die Geschwindigkeit.
Passiv: Die Geschwindigkeit wird von der Polizei kontrolliert

^--- is this right?

[ocean robin]

I am back woooo.

[opal sequoia]

Hi Flappy.

[ocean robin]

Hi Base.

[twilit garden]

yes Mitch 👌 ☑

[hot cloak]

👌

[ocean robin]

Where is Arrememe.

[opal sequoia]

Good work Mitch.

[twilit garden]

he is sobbing in the corner because somebody said something about the light theme

[ocean robin]

Nuuuuuuh.

[opal sequoia]

It's for the best.

[ocean robin]

Who could take the lead for correcting me then?

[opal sequoia]

Nemo could help you. He's a good teacher.

[ocean robin]

Wooo Nemo plox come her.

[twilit garden]

oui?

[ocean robin]

Ah tu veux parler français?

[hot cloak]

je suis pain

[ocean robin]

what the heck

[fair iron]

I can help correct your text, Flappy.

[hot cloak]

i don't speak french

it was a joke in another discord, we set out to learn how to say "I am bread" in every popular language

[twilit garden]

Jokes about "teaching french" incoming

[sudden panther]

Protip: When you need Arrememe you should probably ping Arrememe. 😛

[twilit garden]

or just ping role:arrem

[opal sequoia]

But then we can't make jokes about your absence.

[ocean robin]

Well, Casca, you can help me too if you want.

[opal sequoia]

Where's your sentence at right now, Flappy?

[ocean robin]

"Dieser Halunke hat mein Eichhörnchen zu tanzen gefragt, obwohl er wusste, das es tanzen hasse."

[sudden panther]

"hasse isn't really correct either" - Arrim, 2017 never forgetti

[fair iron]

^

But first, take a look at tanzen.

Why is it wrong?

[ocean robin]

lul you said that yeah

He hates to dance?

[sudden panther]

I was gonna do the tiny things first, Cassie. 😛

[ocean robin]

OH.

"To dance".

"Zu tanzen" again?

[fair iron]

Go ahead, Arrem. ^^

Don't change anything for now, Flappy.

Listen to Arrem.

[ocean robin]

Oki dokie.

Arrem, I am ready.

[sudden panther]

Am I gonna repeat the same thing for the third time? 😛

""hasse isn't really correct either" - Arrim, 2017 never forgetti" - Arrem, 2017, rip

[ocean robin]

But the verb is hassen, right...?

Why is it wrong?

Tense?

[sudden panther]

Yes. Can you decline hassen for me?
ich _
du _
er/sie/es _

[ocean robin]

In which tense?

[sudden panther]

Present simple.

[ocean robin]

I thought that was French for a second.

Sure thing.

Ich hasse; du hasst; er/sie/es hasst. AH.

[fair iron]

^^

[sudden panther]

Riiiighto. 👌

[ocean robin]

I forgot it was -t for er/sie/es.

Now wher are other mistakes.

[sudden panther]

Hm. Let's fix up the last part of the sentence, I suppose.

[ocean robin]

Oh yeah.

[sudden panther]

Actually before we do that give us the whole sentence again. 😄

[ocean robin]

I was about to say that Casca said something about tanzen.

The whole sentence in English?

[sudden panther]

Why would I want the sentence in English? 🤔

In German. With the hassen part incorporated.

[ocean robin]

Sure.

"Dieser Halunke hat mein Eichhörnchen zu tanzen gefragt, obwohl er wusste, das es tanzen hasst."

[hot cloak]

🤔

okay

[ocean robin]

Don't worry, there's no real meaning.

[sudden panther]

Gooood.

So now for the famous das vs dass.

[fair iron]

^

[ocean robin]

OH MY GOD.

AGAIN.

But it can't be dass there, righto?

[thick charm]

sure about that?

[ocean robin]

wooo, it's my gut instinct which is talking and saying that

[sudden panther]

When you're using that with verbs, such in our case, it's a dass.
When you're using it to refer to a noun, it's a der/die/das depending on the gender of the noun.
Ich wusste, dass du es schaffst.
Das Mädchen, das so schön ist.
Der Mann, der ein Memer ist.
Die Frau, die ich getroffen habe.

[ocean robin]

Mmmh.

So dass.

[sudden panther]

No, not 'so dass', just a 'dass' plsdontmurderme

[ocean robin]

ohmygod

[thick charm]

run

[quasi merlin]

rün

[sudden panther]

runs

[thick charm]

good boy

[sudden panther]

woof woof

[hot cloak]

arrem prepares for battle

[ocean robin]

wow

so let's add a s to das

[fair iron]

*an "s". ^^

[quasi merlin]

(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻

[ocean robin]

But I was about to say "an" Casca. I chnaged my mind since then.

[sudden panther]

Bad Flops.

[fair iron]

Why would you change your mind when it was correct? ^^

[sudden panther]

Flops. We have one more thing left. Give us a sentence and let's finish that lovely meme.

[fair iron]

Let's finish correcting, Flappy.

We're far from over. ^^

[ocean robin]

Woooooo

Is the last one "tanzen" right?

[fair iron]

What are we currently up to, Flappy? ^^

[ocean robin]

We were at das and dass before.

[fair iron]

So what's the full sentence with the latest correction(s)?

[ocean robin]

"Dieser Halunke hat mein Eichhörnchen zu tanzen gefragt, obwohl er wusste, dass es tanzen hasst."

[fair iron]

Now fix the final tanzen.

I'm off to eat.

[ocean robin]

What could that tanzen be wrong with though.

"he hates to dance"

[thick charm]

he hates dancing =/= he hates to dance

[ocean robin]

I am skeptical about putting a zu over there

Ah.

Zu tanzen then.

[pine ginkgo]

i will always have problems understanding what =/= is supposed to mean

:(

[thick charm]

Ungleich

[quasi merlin]

≠

Bzw.

[pine ginkgo]

yeah but why do you need two =

[quasi merlin]

!=

[ocean robin]

because whai not solet

[pine ginkgo]

the make up makes no sense to me

[opal sequoia]

It's one really long =, Luna.

[viscid cape]

Because nobody except @quasi merlin knows how to do ≠

[ocean robin]

In fact, you usually just do as Mika did, but I have no idea how to do it so it's just =/=.

[pine ginkgo]

why not /=

i mean yea

[quasi merlin]

Ew

[pine ginkgo]

!= is the best

[sudden panther]

^Haskell style, the /= I mean.

[pine ginkgo]

but why =/=

[quasi merlin]

Just do !=

[ocean robin]

Because it doesn't exist, hehehe.

[pine ginkgo]

=/= just makes no sense to me

[ocean robin]

It means that the equal sign is crossed, Solet.

[quasi merlin]

Or !==

[ocean robin]

What.

[opal sequoia]

Just say "is not equal to"

[quasi merlin]

#justphpthings

[opal sequoia]

It's the only logical choice.

[ocean robin]

Yeah.

[pine ginkgo]

yeah

but still doesnt make more sense to write =/=

[opal sequoia]

Luna.

You =/= cool.

[ocean robin]

Solet, just think that it's life.

And sometimes we can't decide on how things can be in life.

[sudden panther]

Oh they changed the voice channel layout. Looks silly.

[ocean robin]

Oh really?

[sudden panther]

https://i.imgur.com/AcpYpqz.png

[ocean robin]

"Dieser Halunke hat mein Eichhörnchen zu tanzen gefragt, obwohl er wusste, dass es zu tanzen hasst." Here with all the corrections. I hope it's right now.

AH IT'S HORRIBLE

[quasi merlin]

Arrem, what's that?

And why is your channel view dark when you have light theme? 😛

[ocean robin]

LOL

[sudden panther]

That's how it looks on latest canary. 🤔
And that's how the channel list looks, regardless of your theme. 😛

[ocean robin]

Google Traduction in a nutshell. 💯

"Boîte" means box, by the way.

[placid heath]

Sounds accurate :D

[ocean robin]

What really.

[placid heath]

no

:P

Sarcasm doesn't transmit well over the internet ;)

[ocean robin]

I was just searching for the verb and then I laughed seeing that

[placid heath]

I'd translate 'können' with 'pouvoir' though

[ocean robin]

Yeah, that's it

[fair iron]

Okay, what did I miss?

Did you correct tanzen, Flappy?

[cold vessel]

@ocean robin It's because it translates it via English

To "can"

[ocean robin]

Yeah Casca, I did.

And yeah for you "to can" is a box. 😄

[fair iron]

to can != a box.

🤔

[cold vessel]

"a can"

[ocean robin]

And you didn't mean something else.

Still a can =/= a box.

[cold vessel]

wiktionary says boîte can mean can

as in "a can"

[ocean robin]

[fair iron]

What did you correct it to, Flappy?

I wonder if it's the one I had in mind. ^^

[ocean robin]

Wait that I search it again Casca. ^^

"Dieser Halunke hat mein Eichhörnchen zu tanzen gefragt, obwohl er wusste, dass es zu tanzen hasst." Nobody said that it was correct or wrong either.

[cold vessel]

https://translate.google.no/#auto/en/boîte

"can" is the first suggestion below "box"

[fair iron]

zu tanzen gefragt doesn't sound right to me.

[ocean robin]

Ah.

So it was the first one.

[fair iron]

I'd personally change the final zu tanzen, also.

[ocean robin]

Chuck didn't say so.

[fair iron]

Like I said, I'd personally change it.

[ocean robin]

Oki dokie.

[fair iron]

You can replace it with Tanzen. ^^

(the noun, not the verb.)

[ocean robin]

Ah.

[fair iron]

Mika, does the first clause look correct to you?

[quasi merlin]

I'd change the final zu tanzen to Tanzen or put it after hasst

[thick charm]

That was my initial idea, my internet died tho so I couldn't answer

I'd go with the noun

[ocean robin]

I am going to eat.

[thick charm]

bon appetit

[fair iron]

That leaves this passage: Dieser Halunke hat mein Eichhörnchen zu tanzen gefragt, [...]

Enjoy your meal!

Does zu tanzen gefragt sound correct to any of you?

[quasi merlin]

No

Sounds super wrong.

[fair iron]

Okay, good.

[placid heath]

um einen Tanz gefragt maybe

[fair iron]

Alternatively, zum Tanzen eingeladen.

The whole asking part seems out of place.

[ocean robin]

Woo, I am back.

[fair iron]

Welcome back. 😃

[ocean robin]

So which one should I use?

[fair iron]

Dieser Halunke hat mein Eichhörnchen zum Tanzen eingeladen, obwohl er wusste, dass es Tanzen hasst.

I'd go with that, myself.

[ocean robin]

Mmmh. And what is "eingelanden" itself?

[thick charm]

to invite

einladen

[burnt rampart]

man

I need to star Sun someday

but I'm still palyign Omega Ruby

still got legendaries left

and gotta beat the pokémon league again

addicting game

[ocean robin]

Oh, okay Chuck.

[pine ginkgo]

eingelanden... is

something else

[ocean robin]

What does that mean.

[placid heath]

eingelanden

[pine ginkgo]

dunno

you invented the word just now

maybe you could tell me

🤔

[fair iron]

^^

[hot cloak]

Einladen is packing up, innit

[fair iron]

It can be, yes.

[ocean robin]

oh damn

[hot cloak]

As in I'm loading in the car

[ocean robin]

if so solet

Damn, I just forgot what I wanted to say.

[cold vessel]

It's the act of landing your plane so hard it can only land that one time

[placid heath]

Creative solution henbruas :D

[viscid cape]

Einen Termin absprechen = To make an appointment. Einen Termin absagen = To cancel an appointment.

FML

[ocean robin]

oh yeah, solet just invented to verb "kennenzuflappen"

I remember that time

[pine ginkgo]

invented to verb?

[ocean robin]

phone just hates me

*the

[placid heath]

Kryptik, there's also abschwätzen (I think it is dialect though) which means something like talk someone into giving you something

(jemandem etwas abschwätzen)

And surprise, surprise: schwatzen can be used for to talk as well :)

[viscid cape]

"to talk someone into giving you something" sounds like a useful verb

there should be an english equivalent

🤔

[ocean robin]

🤔

[placid heath]

http://dictionary.reverso.net/german-english/abschwätzen

[lunar urchin]

to talk somebody into something

is similar

[placid heath]

talk sb into giving one sth

[viscid cape]

Humm true, I don't know why the German seems far more compact

[lunar urchin]

but in the end, English will never have the beauty of German compositions

[placid heath]

Wir haben den anderen Sprachen die kompakten Wörter abgeschwätzt!

[lunar urchin]

Abschwatzungsbefähigungsermächtigung

[placid heath]

...sdebattenabstimmungsverhaltensauswertung

[viscid cape]

Okay just... no.

[lunar urchin]

...sstatistikerausbildungsgremium

[placid heath]

...svorsitzendenausschusssekretärinnenbüro

[viscid cape]

[placid heath]

Abschwatzungsbefähigungsermächtigungsdebattenabstimmungsverhaltensauswertungsstatistikerausbildungsgremiumsvorsitzendenausschusssekretärinnenbüro
Bedeutung: Das Büro der Sekretärin des Ausschusses des Vorsitzenden des Gremiums der Statistikerausbildung für Statistiker die das Abstimmungsverhalten bei Debatten auswerten in denen es um die Ermächtigung zur Befähigung der Abschwatzung geht.

[viscid cape]

What have you done

[fair iron]

LordKorea has created art.

[placid heath]

zwitschi hat migemacht ;)

[ocean robin]

What the heck is this.

I saw this and I was so afraid. Just what.

[placid heath]

A compound word which is only that long because we did not want to make it any longer :D

[lunar urchin]

https://youtu.be/YVkUvmDQ3HY?t=56s

[viscid cape]

@ocean robin We should reconsider learning this barbaric language

[ocean robin]

God.

Hell no it's not barbaric just he did... something... uhhhhh.

[cold vessel]

Please, take some of these: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

[placid heath]

You could of course append ...kaffeemaschinenreparaturdienstaushilfenkalender to shift the meaning to the Kalender of the Aushilfe of the Reparaturdienst of the Kaffeemaschine of said Büro.

[ocean robin]

what.

[placid heath]

Abschwatzungsbefähigungsermächtigungsdebattenabstimmungsverhaltensauswertungsstatistikerausbildungsgremiumsvorsitzendenausschusssekretärinnenbürokaffeemaschinenreparaturdienstaushilfenkalender

[hot cloak]

You can do this in English as well. It's just not accepted as grammatically correct

[ocean robin]

Oh my god my eyes.

[hot cloak]

Still the same

[ocean robin]

I just see "Kalender".

While we're at it, gimme a sentence Korea.

Not a one withoutspacesplease.

[placid heath]

First of all Fläppsi, what would be the gender of that long word? ;)

[fair iron]

^

[ocean robin]

Easy, just think about the gender of Kalender

[placid heath]

Which is...?

[cold vessel]

Man, imagine if there was no rule about the gender of compound words

[ocean robin]

which is der

[fair iron]

Yep!

[placid heath]

✅

[ocean robin]

Woooo. 🎉

[placid heath]

Now a sentence... English->German, German->English, German->Correct German?

[ocean robin]

Woow. German -> correct German. Challenge.

[cold vessel]

I love German->Correct German because it doesn't take vocabulary skills 😄

[placid heath]

Das laange Word ist viel zu lange um darauß auf den Sinn der Wort zu schließen.

[ocean robin]

LOL "laange" 💯

Magnificent oh my god new best word

[fair iron]

Is LordKorea's sentence correct, Flappy?

Why or why not?

[ocean robin]

Hell no.

"Word"

[pine ginkgo]

well

[fair iron]

Is that the only mistake?

[ocean robin]

I don't think so.

"Das lange Wort ist viel zu lange" wat

does he mean "is really long"?

Or "is very long"?

🤔

[fair iron]

is much too long.

[ocean robin]

Ah

Mmmmh.

Wait. The sentence you said doesn't make sense. Or my English gets broken slowly.

"is much too long"

[cold vessel]

That's correct

[fair iron]

That makes sense. ^

[ocean robin]

What.

[pine ginkgo]

yes

[placid heath]

The word is much too long = 'Le mot est trop long[some e's here? idk]' (don't kill me for my french xD)

[cold vessel]

"[some e's here? idk]" about sums up French tbh

[ocean robin]

Yeah, but wasn't it the other way around "too much"?

Oh but yeah.

Context.

.w.

Then. "darauß" just what. What.

[pine ginkgo]

how about

you fix the mistakes, flapps

when you find them

[fair iron]

^

[ocean robin]

wooo sure.

Currently:
Das lange Wort ist viel zu lange um darauß auf den Sinn der Wort zu schließen.

And then again. "um darauß"

The closest I could think of is "darauf".

Or daraus.

🤔

[fair iron]

The latter would be correct.

[ocean robin]

Oki dokie.

So. Das lange Wort ist viel zu lange um daraus auf den Sinn der Wort zu schließen.

What.

Goddamit.

Now. Why um and why auf. 🤔

It just doesn't make sense at all to have um and auf at the same time there.

"at hence on the sense of the word"

Why it doesn't sound right to me

I would delete the "um" and then everything will be alright.

Then genitive on "das Wort" is "des Wortes" I think.

So. Das lange Wort ist viel zu lange daraus auf den Sinn des Wortes zu schließen.

[placid heath]

Are you sure you don't need that 'um'? ;)

[ocean robin]

I have no idea if I am going on the right way.

But it didn't make sense!

"at hence on"

[placid heath]

That's the literal translation

[ocean robin]

Goddamit.

[placid heath]

Le literal traduction est faux.

[ocean robin]

*La traduction littérale est fausse. 😛

[placid heath]

Proves my point :P

[ocean robin]

LOL

Anyway that "um daraus auf".

It bothers me soooo much.

[placid heath]

what does that auf belong to? Any verb? Is it on its own?

[ocean robin]

Isn't it on it's own? Can't see to which verb it could belong to.

[placid heath]

auf etwas schließen (to deduce sth.)

[ocean robin]

AH.

That was the word I didn't know.

[placid heath]

oh

deduct might be wrong

[ocean robin]

But then it still doesn't make sense dat word order

[placid heath]

Yup

to deduce sth.

[ocean robin]

Auf would be at the end of the sentence.

Not here.

Wait.

It could be right.

Holy I am confusing myself alone.

Then I can't see other mistakes... den is okay, I corrected the genitive...

[placid heath]

What about the 'um'? ;)

[ocean robin]

GODDAMIT THAT UM.

WHTA CAN I DO WITH IT.

[rustic anchor]

I believe it should be "lang" and not "lange" since "lange" is an adverb not an adjective

the second lange I mean

[ocean robin]

[viscid cape]

Are you sure about that? To my mind they have the same meaning

[ocean robin]

But. 1 is a declination.

hehehh

[rustic anchor]

not 100% sure, it just sounded weird to me so I looked it up and the dictionary said "lange" is an adverb

[ocean robin]

🤔 🤔

[cold vessel]

But "lang" can be declined to "lange" 🤔

[ocean robin]

^

[viscid cape]

Yeah, I think you're right

[fair iron]

lang is more colloquial, that's all.

[ocean robin]

How to confuse Flops in once sentence. Give her "um" and then done.

[placid heath]

Flappys most recent version of the sentence: Das lange Wort ist viel zu lange daraus auf den Sinn des Wortes zu schließen.
There's 1 mistake in that sentence.

[ocean robin]

OH MY GOD 1 LEFT

the um.

[viscid cape]

@fair iron Duden lists lange only as adverb, whereas lang can be either an adjective or an adverb

[ocean robin]

I DON'T KNOW WHAT THAT UM MEANS

[fair iron]

Oh, I assumed the conversation was about lange as an adverb.

I should have clarified. ^^

[ocean robin]

Don't tell me it's because I deleted the um, right...?

[viscid cape]

I can be wrong though 😂

[placid heath]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[ocean robin]

Is it that fokken last mistake?

[placid heath]

¯_(ツ)_/¯

[pine ginkgo]

nope

[fair iron]

Will you place it somewhere? If so, where?

[ocean robin]

I have no idea.

Where the heck is that last mistake?

[pine ginkgo]

there are at least two mistakes left

[placid heath]

Hab ich Kommafehler übersehen? D:

[ocean robin]

👀

[rustic anchor]

would it be better to change "daraus" to "davon"?

[pine ginkgo]

ne

[ocean robin]

Solet, my poor heart. And me who was thinking I was at the end. 😦

[pine ginkgo]

well, if you are smart

it's only one mistake

[ocean robin]

"if"

2 mistake in 1. What.

[pine ginkgo]

if you are smart

[ocean robin]

What am I certain that it is a typo.

looking to typos

Dang I can't see it. Really. 😦

[placid heath]

Don't worry, if it is not a Kommafehler I have no idea what second mistake Sol is talking about :D

[ocean robin]

Tip to say where it could be?

[fair iron]

In the sentence.

[ocean robin]

Wow thanks Casca. I didn't know. 💯

Don't tell me I just need to add a comma.

Oh my god.

[fair iron]

I am always happy to help, Flappy. ^^

Unrelated, but I think I'll call you something else come April 1st.

[ocean robin]

Wow, I am hyped and afraid about that.

[pine ginkgo]

flappselei?

[ocean robin]

...

[fair iron]

I won't say.

[viscid cape]

Isn't something still missing from the sentence?

Maybe I didn't quite get it

[pine ginkgo]

maybe

[ocean robin]

Oh course he won't say, it's a surprise. Like Chuck said that he'll do something on December 11th. 👀

I can't see the last mistake D:

[pine ginkgo]

flappsy

[ocean robin]

yes

[pine ginkgo]

do you think infinitives have a reason to stand alone in german?

[fair iron]

You can do it, Flappy.

[ocean robin]

Stand alone...?

[pine ginkgo]

why is there an infinitive in this sentence anyway?

[ocean robin]

I go and then I'll say the answer. Will go back in 20 mins.

[fair iron]

[viscid cape]

Seriously is that eve even waving?

🤔

[rare shard]

Fuzzy waving 😄

[fair iron]

I did the best I could. If I had kept the tail on the eevee's right side, it would be even harder to notice.

^^

[rare shard]

Because the tail is distracting?

[fair iron]

Because it would otherwise cover the paw.

It wouldn't appear to wave at all.

[viscid cape]

My vision is impaired though, I literally can't see it waving

But everyone can so 😂 that's just me

[rare shard]

@viscid cape https://cdn.discordapp.com/emojis/343093503737462786.png

[viscid cape]

Ohhhh

[rare shard]

The lack of fingers could be the problem.

[fair iron]

The lack of fingers is a blessing.

[rare shard]

No more joysticks

[viscid cape]

Is blühen a state or a process?

[fair iron]

the flowers bloom.

So the latter.

[viscid cape]

Hummmmmmm

I thought "aufblühen" was the process

Because it has sein as auxiliary

Whereas blühen has haben

🤔

So I thought 'blühen" was the state of having flourished

[fair iron]

I don't even know anymore. ^^

I've never really thought about this.

[viscid cape]

Me neither, I just found it in a grammar book 😂

Duden says: Blüten haben; eine oder mehrere Blüten hervorgebracht haben, in Blüte stehen

That sounds like a state

I think

German is brilliant, I swear... damn

Nothing lacks an explanation

[pine ginkgo]

@placid heath btw, jap

[placid heath]

was

[pine ginkgo]

isn Kommafehler

:)

[placid heath]

Vor dem ??? ???, oder? [Too bad! :P]

[pine ginkgo]

jo

[placid heath]

Aaaargh. Wegen sowas und weil ich Gedichte nicht interpretieren kann hab ich mein Deutschabi verhagelt

[pine ginkgo]

hoffentlich liest flaps das nicht :p

munter weiter spammen bevor sie wieder da ist!

[placid heath]

Lass uns einfach viele ums in den Satz packen um sie zu verwirren und um die Sätze unnötig zu verkomplizieren um sie noch mehr zu verwirren :P

[pine ginkgo]

Um das Haus herum gehe ich, um meinem Hund um das Haus herum zu helfen, um die Nachbarn im Garten zu umgehen

:)

[placid heath]

Um umzukommen vor 'um's kommt man um den Satz nicht herum

[fair iron]

You have two spaces between die and Nachbarn. ❤

[pine ginkgo]

ich weiß :(

[sudden panther]

Memes.

[placid heath]

UTF-8 :reee:

[pine ginkgo]

Um nicht umzukommen, komme ich herum

alles fürs flaps später

[placid heath]

Um umzukommen, komme ich um?

Um 'um' um die Ecke herum zu bringen bringt man 'um' um die Ecke herum

[placid heath]

:reeeeeee:

[ocean robin]

SO I AM BACK FOR THE FINALE.

[fair iron]

🎉

[sudden panther]

It's over. Your team lost.

[ocean robin]

NO NOT YET, I AM STILL FIGHTING and I should stop screaming.

So where were we.

[fair iron]

I was in my room.

[sudden panther]

Me too.

[ocean robin]

Wow, so was I.

[fair iron]

You were also in my room?

[ocean robin]

No, in mine.

[fair iron]

Wow, two's a party, three's a crowd!

[placid heath]

Um um das 'um' zu kämpfen und um den Satz um die Fehler zu erleichtern sollte der 'um'-Gehalt um einiges erhöht werden

[fair iron]

I hope you enjoyed your stay in Hesse, Arrem.

[ocean robin]

🎉

OH WAIT. DAT UM...ZU THING. I FINALLY UNDERSTAND NOW.

[fair iron]

^^

In order to.

[ocean robin]

I took a looong time to notice that. owo

Flappys most recent version of the sentence: Das lange Wort ist viel zu lange daraus auf den Sinn des Wortes zu schließen.
There's 1 mistake in that sentence.

[pine ginkgo]

at least 1

[ocean robin]

I think it's because of that final verb.

Bur mmmh where maybe let's translate that

"The long word is much too long to predict the word's mistake."

So the um should be there.

OH WAIT.

[placid heath]

mistake?

[ocean robin]

Before an um, there is a comma.

[cold vessel]

"The long word is much too long in order to predict the word's mistake." 🤔

[ocean robin]

Good, now I am not even sure about this.

[placid heath]

The translation with mistake is incorrect

[sudden panther]

It was lovely, Casca. Almost as nice as ❤

[ocean robin]

Oh shoot.

[fair iron]

Aw, Arrem! ❤

[ocean robin]

*sense.

The mistake is "der Fehler" the worst thing is that I know the word.

[placid heath]

The long word is much too long in order to deduce its meaning

[ocean robin]

I think I might have that final mistake.

Flappys most recent version of the sentence: Das lange Wort ist viel zu lange, um daraus auf den Sinn des Wortes zu schließen.?

:thinking:

[pine ginkgo]

smart flaps

!

[ocean robin]

WOOOOO

[pine ginkgo]

you did the two mistakes in one combo

:)

[ocean robin]

oh my god weeee

[cold vessel]

I'm really confused about the "in order to" part. I don't know if my English is failing me, but if you say "The long word is much too long in order to deduce its meaning", to me that makes it sound like the word is intentionally too long to help deduce its meaning, which makes no sense

[fair iron]

In order to or for its [...] to.

[cold vessel]

You mean it should rather be translated as "The long word is much too long for its meaning to be deduced"?

[placid heath]

Yeah that for translation came into my mind too. I just decided to stick with in order to because the others used that already

[fair iron]

In English, yes, Henbruas.

Else the meaning is lost or otherwise altered.

[ocean robin]

Well, after this, I think I sm going to sleep. Oh my god I am so proud to have found almost all the mistakes in one row.

[pine ginkgo]

in one row?

[placid heath]

Flapsy progress: 🦊 ➡ 🇧

Almost. :D

[ocean robin]

Well, I found them without making mistakes first.

[placid heath]

Du hast aber das um umgebracht um den Satz um die Fehler zu erleichtern

[ocean robin]

x)

Good night everyone.

[placid heath]

Gute N8

[viscid cape]

Good night kleiner Fuchs.

[ocean robin]

Hehe.

[fair iron]

Bonne nuit, Flappy.

[rare shard]

Hey guys

I've noticed you offer some help with grammar and sentence construction and I could use some help.

My level is A1-A2

[fair iron]

How can I help? ^^

[rare shard]

I'm not sure. How do you usually handle something similar with other members in this channel?

[fair iron]

That depends.

[viscid cape]

Other users usually post specific doubts/sentences/texts and ask for corrections