#general-2
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Ich mag Apfelkuchen. Ist gut.
Stimmt.
do compound words the same as english
At least you are trying, Berg.
tru
like eisberg or apfelkuchen
im not judging I wanna understand the question :v
Oh btw Grey where are you from?
what do you mean?
England, but I moved to Austria
14
Okay, that's cool.
...
what do you mean with work the same as english?
I'm Anglo-Austrian btw, just if you were wondering why I'm in Austria of all places
nvm
Anglo-Austrian?
yes my mother's austrian and my father's english
Ohh, I see.
yeah i also have dual citizenship
My mother never taught me German mainly because she worked so much
and they didn't speak any German around the house
man i had to leave after my first messages
Grey
I'm a dual citizen also but my german's bad
👊🏿
that's why i'm here lol
I'm america-germany
I already said what I am if you didn't hear lol
Ya reading now
I just came back
Kannst du schon ein bisschen Deutsch sprechen? Oder hast du erst neulich angefangen?
And you just recently moved to austria?
Kein gut aber lernen?
Gute Nacht Berg
See ya
Gute Besserung
I came to the us as an infant and haven't ever lived in Germany
Ich möchte schlafen aber ich kann nicht.
Warum kannst du nicht schlafen?
Kaffee
Is your mother helping you learn German a little?
Natürlich.
I learned german from my mom but stopped speaking it after like age 5-6 when I started to become self conscious
So I understand it really well but can't speak as fluidly as I'd like, and I think I have an accent but I don't know how much of that is actual like inability to pronounce vs. fluidity in speech and prosody
I'm somewhere like B2 level
Ich kann überhaupt kein Deutsch sprechen
I think it would help with word order if you look at some german sentences and literally translate them
Entschuldigung für mein scheiße Deutsch
So you develop a recognition of the word patterns
Yeah that should help
So for example: I can absolutely no german speak
Kein is no?
I have it not fast learned
I thought it was not?
Well "I can speak no german"
Means several things
I cannot speak german, I can speak no german
kein is like "none"
But the point is in german you don't have the word "cannot" in that sentence
You say "I can absolutely no german speak"
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Ich brauche schlafen jetzt, tschüss!
Scheiße.


Aren't we all
True, henbri 
I have no idea Foxxo, I think it's one of my personality traits 🤔
Is it a bad thing?
no, it's a good thingo
nah
Is it "foxxo is my favorite person in the whole world and I want my German to be as good as hers one day."?
Flappy when she has to study German on a Sunday: https://i.redd.it/zawnxr53tluz.png
Of course.
I'm impressed
freaky weirdo
anyway
"I have been dancing since I was 14 years old, when my best friend dragged me to an after-school dance class. "
I can't Foxxo, I will have to go in less than 1 hour to take my train yo head home and then I'll celebrate my brother's birthday. I don't have so much time.
But I'll try to do thay as soon as possible...
😱 
Ich habe sein tanzend seid ich war 14 Jahrs alt wann mein best Freund ziehen mir zu ein nach-Schule Tanz Klasse.

is it translation to Flopptsch
Yess.
i wish I could speak Flopptsch one day
Flopptsch is taught at Luxembourg schools
Ich war als ich 14 war tanzen haben wenn meine beste freund war nachschleppen mir zu an Hinterschwarm Tanz erstklassig.
base do you speak it too?

🤔
It's my native language.
LOL
An hour should be enough
Silly henbri. Floop can get about 6 words done in an hour.
8 if she's extra concentrated.
Ich habe getanzt, seit ich 14 Jahre alt bin, wenn mein bester Freund mich zu einer nachschulicher Tanzklasse packt.
oh I don't have much time to reread that aaaah
Can I ask how you found that verb in the last part? 🤔
yeah
@hot cloak
I'd rather not explain stuff I learned like yesterday 😅
Uhh
@sudden panther ?
Fläpps when anticipating new german sentences to translate
LOL
Why are you showing as offline 🤔
Can you fix the verb, @ocean robin? And if no one else has done it by then I'll try to explain the mistakes I see
oh yeah okay
But there's no "to drag sb." Only "to drag away" and verbs with particles like that
👌 
Well, I don't know if this actually leads to the correct verb, but in the English version there's a preposition that could be inserted without changing the meaning

Welp, I have never used this verb so much to know which preposition I should use 
lol yeah
In French, ah okay. 
So okay, I know the meaning now
mmmh what preposition could be correct with this verb
Well I didn't choose one yet
How's that verb coming along, flappy
Yeah, to me that seems like the same thing
But like I said, no clue if that leads to the correct verb in German 🤷
But if it doesn't I guess foxis will let you know
pats Floppo
be nice to your telefoné
Handle your Handy handily
I think henbri can explain now 🤔
Wasn't she leaving in an hour two hours ago anyway
Pretty sure she's set herself to invisible so we can't even tell if she's here
Unless it's bugged
Lol. Sneaky Flooper.
Wooo I got summoned to see a magnificent tee-shirt
Tee shirt best shirt. 
Not to be confused with tea shirt. Which is just disgusting.
why is tea shirt disgusting
what the heck
Because it's covered in tea. Unlike tee-shirts which are uh. Covered in tees?
I always do, don't I? 
i just looked up tea shirt on google
It's T-shirt, not tee-shirt. 😛
This is a tee, Flappy.
Oh that thing.
what is this for
You push the tee into the grass, and place the golf ball on top.
I did golf once and I sucked
Conclusion: I suck at golf.
floppy sucks at golf
That's art

If I were taller than a house, then my house would be way too small.
whats the use of a house? to protecc u from rain. if you are that big, the rain would be too smol for you to care => no house needed
Interesting logic. ^^
nothing of interest
my ass is so sore from last night's indian 😵
O__O
@ocean robin I'm finished
who wants to see the adventurous adventures of flappy every day
the comic
trademark
I'm impressed.
God Daniel this is art
Damen und Herren, Flöpsel!
👏
\o/
I want to do my version too
oh god
I just feel like there weren't enough :mmlols: Daniel
But it's truly art
thank u
I want to do my version too
Whoops. Nevermind. I have to go eat. Bye.
GEMEMT ^
< Gotta go eat, bye! :waevoli: >
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On the other hand one has to honor Fläppis ability to abandon immediately whatever she is doing in the online world when the offline world is calling. That's a trait many have lost in this day and age
New cat entered our family! I am soooo happy ;w;
2nd lel
in #introductions 😉
@ocean robin Is that kitty yours?
Ich kann jederzeit damit aufhören!
Yep, it's mine.
*she ^^
🐱
Hallo
Wie geht's?
Yes, should be some feminine form of Enton 😛
Guten Abend, mein Herr.
Dakkai, uns geht's gut und dir?
Sorry I was too lazy to ask 
NOT WITH YOUR TESTS YOURE NOT
@pallid kelp
he is on his way to become a Transformer
I wanna become a model for app game signs
there are mercedes cars here
Erik has been kidnapped by a car
who wants to summon satan?
Satanists, presumably.
@sudden panther We only summon Carl Sagan, can you guess why?
Eggxactly
Du bist gay
@hot cloak either you used that as an insult or you assumed someone's sexuality without them asking or anyone caring at all
either way, stop it
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
S A G A C I T Y

He's just an immature kid, Nemo
What happened?
i know
Don't give him attention
that does not excuse him being a shithead
no i'm mainly laughing at the fact that i said that with no context at all to nobody and he still tells me to stop
interesting explanation
why say it at all?
So stop
that's because it is unimportant to who you are saying it
last warning
fine
but i still find that hilarious that i got lectured on saying the word gay
okay cool
you got lectured by a gay person, accept it or go away
well i already said that i am gay so?
how does that change anything?
not much just saying that i am not against gays if i am one 🤔
Hello
What if you were gay so you can destroy homosexuality on the inside 🤔 hidden and dangerous
just got my new apartment in germany (Finally!) and i've been using those big square "pillows" past week
Are those really the same as TempurPedic in USA?
I wouldnt know
Alright! :>
just checked, they seem to be the same
i'll look it up, been struggling with neck pain for a long while now
are you using it?
im using this one
back sleeper or side?
side
definitely is
hello i am here for a sentence
yo here
Hallo :)
Translate: I am currently learning word order in German.
😮 that is for me
lel
it is for everyone but especially you
Compounds are a thing 👀
Genetiv ist liebe
Es klingt wie es mehr Macht hat
I think that genitive construction works but there is a nice compound word for it
Kek
pretty good
ikr krypti
Wortfolge is new to me, I presume it's right tho
Is gerade like in this exact moment? Because in that case it seems a bit different from currently
Well since we are talking about learning word order, how about you translate it with Gerade or Momentan at the start
Gerade lerne ich ...
Gerade lerne ich Wortfolge in Deutsch
Gerade is the most common word I'd say. Derzeit and momentan are also possible
assuming I was right the first time.
what would you put other than in? I see auf- would that be the better option?
@hot oriole What I mean is that in English you could say "I'm currently learning X" if it's the thing you're learning this week or whatever. Does gerade work for that?
yeah, I think auf is more common
@tight grail yes
Okay, thanks!
I'd use Momentan in that case, not sure if it makes a real difference in meaning though
okay good
NEW CHALLENGE
this challenge has a rule
you may not translate the sentence using the same word order as in the English sentence
lol rip
So I'm going to give you a quite formal translation: Ich lerne derzeit den Satzbau der deutschen Sprache.
O_O
Oh btw, would using deutsch as an adjective have worked here? Ich lerne gerade deutsche Wortfolge?
all I know is "I'm learning the german language" xD
Because of your stupidity we cannot give him the apple right now!
LOL WHAT
Es ist wegen der Dummheit von dir dass wir ihn den Apfel nicht geben können!
Dass wir ihn zur Zeit den Apfel...
I am not sure about the main clause, but there's a mistake in the subclause
yup
Dass wir ihm?
yes
Gerade können wir ihm den Apfel nicht geben, wegen deiner Dummheit
you could shorten "wegen der Dummheit von dir" too
Oder noch besser: Wegen deiner Dummheit
wegen is a preposition, @cold vessel, you could place it in the main sentence
yeah, I presumed you knew that and did not do so for stylistic reasons but dunno if that's acceptable
I turned it around because Pferd said not to use the same word order 😛
I don't think you're A level any more @cold vessel , you don't really seem to have problems with the sentences that are offered here
I'm A level for vocab, maybe a very weak B for grammar
@tight grail you are norwegian, right?
Yeah
can you do subjunctive stuff?
henbri grew up so fast!
Konjunktiv 1 and 2? Not really
So you know two Germanic languages which should really help you with advancing fast in German.
like: I would have done that, if you had told me about it!
I pretty much only know hätte 😛
try it anyway
Anyone else wanna make a hamburger out of Pferd
translate: cbell hit herself in her confusion!
🍔 🐴
I don't know reflexive O_O
seas temrix. lang ned gseng! 😄
Good tip, my disciple
Ich hätte das gemacht, wenn du mir erzählt hättest or something?
Uhh actually I'm not so sure about the dative here
Ich hätte das gemacht, wenn du mir es erzählt hättest
akk before dat
Really? 🤔
yeah
if both are pronouns then yes
yes, accusative pronoun before dative pronoun
TIL
😦
the reason you might think dative goes first, is that many sentences have a dative pronoun and a non-pronoun accusative
Kyrpt actually explained that to me 😄
anyway, you missed out about it but other than that it seems correct
what about mine :?
yeah, you needed an über in there
I think I'll stay orange for a while 😅
Can I have a sentence? \o/
yay henbri!!!!
tbh yeah
How about a sentence about history, Flappy? ^^
purpble henbri!!!!
You don't know how bad my vocab is, Pferd
English to German, or German to English?
EN -> GE
😦 my sentence
por bell
no one likes bell anymore 💔
Du armes Ding
well, I can't say how much vocab you need to know for B1, but mine isn't exactly extensive either
Aufprallen is an odd choice isn't it?
if you can understand simple texts, even if mostly by context, I think you're good to go
for hit?
yeah
but it's teh wrong one
rip
i'd use schlagen
aufschlagen :?
okay
bell will try again
Cbell schlagt sich selbst in ihre Verwirrung
@whole rapids The thing is I can understand texts pretty well because there are so many cognates with my native language. That doesn't help me when writing though
The Treaty of Westphalia was signed on the 24th of October 1648.
aufschlagen and aufprallen both imply that something is moving and stoped because it hit something like a car or because something falls
oooooh ooooh 
what kind of texts can you write?
Looks fine to me bell
could you introduce yourself, for example?
schlägt
passive ouch
what was the original sentence, cbell?
cbell hit herself in her confusion!
Bonus points if you can tell me in which two cities the treaty was signed, Flappy. ^^
^
either way, think of aufschlagen as if something is intercepted or interreptud by the hit
@nocturne spruce yep
also it's ihrer
the only part in your sentence that I might be off on, is that sich schlagen is already a verb which means to fight/battle
but it should be fine to use reflexively
for the meaning you wanted
cbell can now reflexive
@nocturne spruce but in that case it'S usually sich mit jemandem schlagen
cbell shall now improve these skills
Der Staatsvertrag von Westfalen wurde am 24. Oktober 1648 unterschrieben. oooouf
That sentence is grammatically correct, Flappy!
cbell will translate the following sentence: That is something I cannot imagine.
WAIT WHAT
beschaffenheits* 
UNGLAUBLICH
@nocturne spruce Except if you say Sie (two children for example) haben sich schon wieder geschlagen
But for treaties we use unterzeichnen
Oh ok, in that sense it would be fighting amongst themselves, right?
think so
Can I have another one? \o/
de rien flöpsi
^^
The Wars of the Roses were fought between Henry VII and Richard III.
mmmh
That is something I cannot imagine:Das ist etwas, das ich imaginieren nicht kann.
that's so wrong
really?
Ban dictionaries. Ban learners.
vorstellen?
:/ :/ :/
We're all receiving bans!
it'S there, even the duden has a page on it xD
Die Rosekriege wurden zwinchen Henry VII and Richard III gekämpft.
🤔
:thinking_cat:
wait, what are you searching for
No, Flappy.
my dict is not showing it
hahaha imaginieren is funny 😂
sheit
Grammar and spelling.
imagine
ops 
You also started writing in English towards the end.
O_O
good
zwinchen 😄
oh lol its at the end
That sounds really good
and 😂
imaginieren sounds like it's straight out of r/de
what's the thing with r/de :?
so first
it's meme central
owo
let's ban flops for putted
they write fake german there
Die Rosekriege wurden zwischen Henry VII und Richard III gekämpft.
oh my. i won't go there then
I am tired
thanks
*put
it will be too confusing for me.
Now grammar 🤔
yeah, avoid german slang until you have a firm understanding of German and enough experience
der Kampf der Rosen
yeah, or say kapieren a lot and hope for the best
mh
so, what word do I use other than imaginieren?
That is something I cannot imagine: Das ist etwas, das ich imaginieren nicht kann.
@zinc seal
it's not even the slang which is the problem there. they just invent new words. direct translations from english which do not make sense in german. @nocturne spruce
imaginieren 👀
oh
arizona i'm trying to fix it T_T
Die Rosenkriege wurden zwischen Henry VII und Richard III gekämpft.
okay
Now wot? 🤔
Aber Genetiv wird sterben...
lol :')
sich vorstellen
it says sich etw. vorstellen
pay attention that this "sich" is Dat.
Bell seems confusion again.
no
what's the etwas?
something
it's what you are imagining
sich is reflexive on you
And what about my sentence by the way? 🤔
@ocean robin i'd say no
Yay, why? 
the etw. is just to indicate that the verb can "rule", for lack of a better word, something and that something is accusative
That is something I cannot imagine: Das ist etwas, das ich vorstellen nicht kann.
i don't know what to do with the sich
cbell forgot to reflexive
i didn't forget
Use mich
The problem with those history sentences is that you need to know very specific words.
mich isn't dative
....mir is though
That is something I cannot imagine: Das ist etwas, das ich mir vorstellen nicht kann.
and so cbell improved her reflexive
almost correct
not sure about your placement of nicht here
Ops, what kind of words I shoukd have put here, Atlas?
gekämpft is wrong
ah 🤔
That is something I cannot imagine: Das ist etwas, das ich mir nicht vorstellen kann.
Kriege werden ausgetragen.
ausgetragen ...
^
good job, cbell
Like is it a better word?
unless I am mistaken, your sentence is correct
it'S the correct word
oki dokie
if you'd want to use kämpfen you'D have to restructure your whole sentence
Die Rosenkriege wurden zwischen Henry VII und Richard III ausgetragen.
it was such an innocent looking sentence, but it ended up being so tough!
I want more lel
now I shall troll you
oh god
Kann man trollen sagen?
Good question 
it's a very specific word though. you cant know that
Oder trolling ist trolling auf deutsch...
Oops lol
"trollen" is already a german word - if you pronounce it like in English you can use it as a loanword
Ramses II had between 48 and 50 sons, and 40 to 53 daughters.
Go translate it. ^^
50 sons and 53 daughters hoyl
okay
just like anybody whose name ends like his
Ramses II hatte zwischen 48 und 50 Söhne, und 40 zu 53 Töchter. not sure about that zu
🤔
And let's delete that comma while we're at it
zu
take a look at that again
^
Yep.
I thought you changed something else?
comma ops
Why did you revert your other change? ^^
Ban Ramses.

It's good to be the king.
help
hlp
Opfer?
yeah i got that up but i think it's the wrong word
Would the title of pharaoh be above king, or below it? 🤔
hmmh
🤔
is Opfer right in context?
Good question tbh
Opfer is either victim or sacrifice.
i think a pharao was considered a god, kings not so much usually
Pharaohs were half-gods, so i'd guess it's higher than king
so it's fine?
And Ramses II hatte zwischen 48 und 50 Söhne und 40 bis 53 Töchter.
Casca du Opfer. ❤
Fair point. Pharaohs considered themselves gods, while kings saw themselves as being chosen by God.
But kings WERE gods too. Just look to Louis XIV.
Not quite.
not quite
🤔
Casca du Opfer isch mach disch Messer ❤
the sun king is a bad example
Der König der Solaranlage
He really considered himself as a god though if I recall correctly
The memorial commemorates their sacrifice.:Das Denkmal zelebriert ihr Opfer.
But kings WERE gods too. Just look to Louis XIV.
I see the French brainwashing worked.
Flops played too much Horizon: Zero Dawn
Bet they even told you that he's still alive, hiding somewhere with Elvis, David Bowie and God knows who else.
do not lie to me, sunchild
@whole rapids ich habe das auf Deutsch gespielt
"Sunchild" is that a compliment? 🤔
what is BOTW?
No.
breath of the wild
I wanted to play it in German too but couldn't
Would you like another sentence, Flappy?
only Polish and English l0l
why?
Looks really pretty. All that I can say.
i gonna play mario all day long when i come home tomorrow~
Yuuuuus Casca.
add me on switch ❤
Plot twist Solet, you got the wrong game again.
LOL
I bet it's available on Cemu 😉
Don't say him that
the german voice acting is apparently really good
besides, I probably wouldn't get all of it if I did it the first go in German
ah
and I really liked the plot so best having it in English initially
I did play it first in English
my master mode save will be german.
But then again in German
just play in japanese
Well when I played Pokemon OR in German and didn't touch it dor 2 days and then played again I was lost lel
"Where do I need to go?"
I have been thinking of playing Skyrim in German
thanks
since it has been years since I last played it
Jericho, the oldest continuously inhabited city in the world, is 11,000 years old.
@pferd pls
I really want to play Terraria in German tbh
anyway, I have never encountered zelebrieren before so cannot tell you if that is right
like maybe set up a group here and so on
when i am done with zelda, rabbids and mario
Terraria would be fun to play.
i gonna tackle stardew valley
I LOVE STARDEW
and then it will be time for xenoblade chronicles 2
rippu
zelebrieren is a nice word
I was hoping you'd use gedenken😦
You've got this, Flappy. ^^
it only is the 5th option on the list T_T
well, I suppose it's not really clear either way
how often do you read German texts anyway, cbell?
its the 2nd
like, how often do you read/learn words in context?
gedenken is a tricky one. With secret genitive.
yeah, I was trying to be sneaky with it
Jericho, die älteste kontinuierliche bewohnte Stadt in der Welt ist 11.000 Jahre alt.
🤔
nope
how
@whole rapids never
oh not that much
i did the story group once?
"not much"
I could do worse 
ban, flops has low standards
I have conversations with my friend in german

:)
Is there word order?
okay cool
plox no plox no
yo casca help her
use durchgehend instead of kontinuierlich
okay then
i started using goethe's videos and exercises.
if there's some good A1 texts, I'd like them
once you have a good grasp of the grammar, reading texts/books will help you with words and their appropriate usage, so don't worry too much about it
Jericho, die älteste durchgehende bewohnte Stadt in der Welt ist 11.000 Jahre alt.
lifelong endeavor anyway
how is your passive voice @red pewter?
i'll start looking for level-appropriate texts
thanks to atlas
I know how it is formed. That's about it
i also can recognize it 100 percent of the time in english.
one is a punctuation mistake
okay, so translate this: My apartment is being searched by the police.
sure
Ban FLoop.
Word order of ist then?
and for the other one you identified the wrong kind of word type
Hehehe.
Impressive.
do we witness flopsvolution!?
I expected a "HUH? I'm going to bed, bye."
So first let me correct durchgehend
I'm impressed
What if it finally happened? What if she got hit in the head and something clicked and made her learn German.
THANKS SOLET
man, the first time is always so surprising
Jericho, die älteste durchgehend bewohnte Stadt in der Welt ist 11.000 Jahre alt.
Well I'm headed to bed, have fun guys. 
This might be due to the fact that we moved 2139 to 2039 and Floop's learning speed had to adjust to the change.
Night Pengu. 
And then can we delete the comma and then do:
Sleep well, Ninja. 
How proud are you now, Solet?
the clocks went an hour back but not for Flops and she used that time effectively
ohm
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Bannflops
ops
it went away
Good night Pengu. 
My apartment is being searched by the police. :Meine Wohnung wird von der Polizei gesucht
close
I'm off as well. Good night. See you soon guys.
wrong verb
bye atlas ❤
Schlaf gut, Atlas! 
Man, bell. I got worried for a sec.
but it would look weird
Night atlas. 
:? worried
dunno flops
what did bell do
Flappy, what is the plural of der Atlas? ^^
Oh.
I didn't see the translation right away so I thought it was an actual statement and not a sentence you were translating. 😅
Hehe, she forgot. ^^
haha!
wait wait wait
hopefully not right now. it's a mess!
luna, when you said wrong verb, was that to me :?
you wrote your apartment is being searched for by the police
^
as in your apartment went missing
or the police officer got lost
absuchen?
Atlanten or something 🤔
Yep.
owo
Now continue with your sentence. ^^
durchsuchen
Yeah but where
eh, works bell
searched through! okay
🤔
but pferds is better
is it separable :?
yes
no
listen to solet
never listen to flops
no pferd
^
what would it mean if separable? Or just wrong?
My apartment is being searched by the police. :Meine Wohnung wird von der Polizei durchgesucht


