general-2

[marsh mural]

nada

[earnest cargo]

hablando

[marsh mural]

hablo english

[earnest cargo]

aqui buenas tardes

xd

[earnest cargo]

ok

[marsh mural]

hm gut👍

[earnest cargo]

viste a un ñandú

ósea "you saw a rhea"

[marsh mural]

yes

[earnest cargo]

yo no xd

[strong stratus]

If you want to have a conversation in languages other than English or German, please use #other-languages :)

[earnest cargo]

solo en picture

[marsh mural]

muy si solo

[earnest cargo]

¿no entendi?

[earnest cargo]

Very yes alone?

[marsh mural]

si si perfabore

[earnest cargo]

si porfavor?

[marsh mural]

arivederchi

[earnest cargo]

xd

[marsh mural]

sayonara

[earnest cargo]

de donde eres

bueno annyeong

안녕

[sharp lantern]

@earnest cargo@marsh mural someone already asked you to stick to english or german or use #other-languages for that. so please, do that

[earnest cargo]

ok ne voy del servidor

[marsh mural]

ok

[wide glade]

nervzig

[ionic kiln]

[twilit bough]

hello

[hot cloak]

hi

[lost maple]

hello

[lethal parrot]

Klar wie kloßbrühe

[hot cloak]

Hello everyone

Is anyone there??

No one is there to talk??

[strong stratus]

Hey!

[hot cloak]

Hi

[strong stratus]

It's morning in Germany/Europe, so it's not that crowded right now!

Where do you come from? @hot cloak

[hot cloak]

Hi

Sorry before I was not able to reply

[sudden panther]

Hi @hot cloak, the bot muted you for reposting the same message across multiple channels. There's no need to do that. #general or #general-2 are perfectly fine if you want to talk to people.

[hot cloak]

Ok thanks

For telling

[hot cloak]

Ok

[hot cloak]

I am from India

[strong stratus]

Oh cool! So what time is it there?

[hot cloak]

3:37PM

What's time there??

[naive sapphire]

Hallo

i am cool candy

[hot cloak]

Hi

[strong stratus]

Welcome!

[strong stratus]

In Germany?

[hot cloak]

Yup

[strong stratus]

11:08 AM

[hot cloak]

Ok fine

How old are you??

[strong stratus]

So, you wanna learn German? @naive sapphire

[hot cloak]

I also learn German

[naive sapphire]

Yes i am learning in my school a little

[hot cloak]

Same here

[naive sapphire]

oo great

[strong stratus]

I'm 17 and you?

[hot cloak]

15

[naive sapphire]

13

[hot cloak]

Great

[hot cloak]

Do you also learn German language

??

[strong stratus]

I am a native speaker, as the yellow name indicates

And where are you from? @naive sapphire

[hot cloak]

Oh ok sorry

[naive sapphire]

India

And u? 🙃

[hot cloak]

Can you help me in German language???...if you don't mind

[naive sapphire]

Who?

[strong stratus]

It's fine

[hot cloak]

@strong stratus

[strong stratus]

Germany :)

[naive sapphire]

Then ofc ur a good speaker of german

[strong stratus]

Of course that’s why I'm here!

[hot cloak]

Ok fine

[strong stratus]

I hope so

[naive sapphire]

🤣😂

[hot cloak]

So Can you tell me something about your Germany?? Like culture..or anything new

Like how you celebrate Halloween??

[naive sapphire]

Do they?

[hot cloak]

I don't know...I am just asking

[naive sapphire]

By and large in Germany, Halloween is a holiday celebrated by adults at themed costume parties and clubs. Pumpkin Festivals are also a popular way to celebrate both the arrival of Fall and Halloween with the whole famil

Hahaha

Google

[strong stratus]

We are!

It’s also really popular here to carve a pumpkin and put it outside of your house-

[naive sapphire]

I guess why do even need to celebrate Halloween?

[hot cloak]

I know...that we can get to know it on Google...but its better to talk with people and get to know

[naive sapphire]

Ik

[hot cloak]

Really great

[strong stratus]

And most likely, kids come together in groups, dress themselves and go from house to house together! They say "Süßes oder Saueres" instead of "Trick or treat"

[naive sapphire]

Is that the German form of trick or treat?

[strong stratus]

Yes!

[naive sapphire]

Ooooo

What else?

[strong stratus]

"Süßes" is a shortened form of "Süßigkeiten" (= "sweets") and with "Saueres" we mean that they'll get a prank or something in receive of not handing out candy!

[hot cloak]

Really??

So can you tell some examples of pranks happened??

[naive sapphire]

I guess it's most of normal like US

[strong stratus]

It is!

[naive sapphire]

Oooo

[strong stratus]

It's just a saying- most people, who open the door, hand out candy :)

[naive sapphire]

Umm yea

Ik that too

[strong stratus]

But the most typical is, throwing eggs at ones house

[hot cloak]

😂

[naive sapphire]

🤣 🥲 🥲

I just completed my German project

😃

[hot cloak]

It's all new for me as I haven't experienced or haven't heard about it earlier

[hot cloak]

Oh....what was it??

[strong stratus]

Oh, well done!

[naive sapphire]

Food of germany

It was hard

As I don't know much

They said to make simple sentences

But

All were hard

Lol

[hot cloak]

Yes you are right....I have also just completed the project

[naive sapphire]

Ooo

Great

Was that of sinking 🤣

Sikkim

Everyone just gives sikkim

😂😂

[hot cloak]

Sorry, I don't get it..

[naive sapphire]

I mean was that of Sikkim

Cause

[hot cloak]

No

[naive sapphire]

All give sikkim 😂

[hot cloak]

With saying of project...I mean I have made portfolio

[naive sapphire]

Oo

What's that?

[strong stratus]

So, what did you wrote about German food?

[hot cloak]

Yes you are right....my earlier project was something like that

[naive sapphire]

Umm

[strong stratus]

I’m often unsure myself, which food is typical for Germany

[naive sapphire]

I wrote

Much

I don't remember

Many

[naive sapphire]

Lol

[hot cloak]

You just have to collect activities and others you have done in your class

[naive sapphire]

I don't get it

💁‍♂️

[hot cloak]

Have to decorate it...make a file... Other things like that

[naive sapphire]

Ooo

That's kinda easy

[hot cloak]

No it's not

[naive sapphire]

And interesting

[naive sapphire]

Oo

[hot cloak]

It sometimes takes a lot of time

[naive sapphire]

But when u are in a group It's really fun

I made my project with my group

[hot cloak]

I have to done it alone

[naive sapphire]

Oothats sad🙁

[hot cloak]

When there is something to do in group instead of having fun and complete the project... My groups just don't complete it...and made all burden to me

[naive sapphire]

U don't take it then

U say u do it why me

[hot cloak]

Seriously very angry about that

[naive sapphire]

Hahhaha but my group helped each other still it was online

😀🙂

[strong stratus]

Oh that’s awful!

[hot cloak]

Yea I just complete my work...tell mam about them...and mam deduct their marks😂

[naive sapphire]

🤣🤣🤣

[naive sapphire]

True

[strong stratus]

But there are always lazy people, who literally get sneaky through everything

[naive sapphire]

Yep

[hot cloak]

Hey...please tell others things about Germany please...

[naive sapphire]

Yea

I am interested too

[hot cloak]

I want to know more about there

[naive sapphire]

Ummm

Do u want to become a German Master?

Teacher?

Sorry need to go

Bye

🙋🙋‍♀️

[hot cloak]

Bye

[strong stratus]

Bye!

[strong stratus]

Uhm, what do you wanna know?

How we celebrate things or something different?

[hot cloak]

Something different

[pseudo lava]

And what? @hot cloak

[hot cloak]

Like I have heard that sometimes you all use in speaking du, dir for oma und opa

I write emails and dialogues of book questions in German ....I only know little bit... I hope you don't mind and will help me to know more about germany

Hey....are you there??

Hey??

[pseudo lava]

I'm trying to understand the queation

One moment

[bright raptor]

you mean how you start a letter, or some conversation starters?

[pseudo lava]

I'm confused too

[hot cloak]

Yea something like that

[bright raptor]

well i know letters

[hot cloak]

Sorry for confusing

[bright raptor]

with liebe/lieber and then a name..

[hot cloak]

Where are you from??

[pseudo lava]

Hallo, Hey, Hi (standard)

Sehr geehrte Damen und Herren (formal)

Liebe/r (letter)

[bright raptor]

uhh im from romania. wbu

[blissful plover]

romania? yehh i knoww

[hot cloak]

Ok

[bright raptor]

and like at the end of the letter would it be mit grussen?

[pseudo lava]

"Mit freundlichen Grüßen
-your name"
Correct ^^

[strong stratus]

Jetzt sehe ich dich aber auch überall @pseudo lava

[pseudo lava]

Tja 😂

[hot cloak]

What?? ...

@strong stratus hey....can you tell more about Germany people like the way they talk or any other thing???

[strong stratus]

The best way for that is speaking-

[bright raptor]

do you mean something specific for german people?

[hot cloak]

Yes

[strong stratus]

It's hard to explain how you exactly speak

[bright raptor]

i am not german but im trying to understand the question lol

[strong stratus]

Because there are sooo many things!

[bright raptor]

well german peeple have a specific accent

right?

[strong stratus]

When speaking German?

[bright raptor]

at all time i think

[hot cloak]

Can you tell some??

[bright raptor]

its just the way they speak..right?

like many countries have accent,and so does germany

[strong stratus]

Maybe you could join a vc at some time and then ask specific questions @hot cloak

[strong stratus]

I guess that applies to almost every language

[bright raptor]

hmmm yeah i guess

[strong stratus]

You get that type of speaking if you listen to natives/fluent speakers

[bright raptor]

maybe they mean like traditions in germany..

[hot cloak]

Actually, I want to know the things happened there in different situations

[bright raptor]

yeah its like..different when you speak to a native

[bright raptor]

like if they handle a situasion differnently?

[hot cloak]

Like recently I have to write a dialogue....conversation between doctor and patient having high fever

Can anyone help me in this dialogue

??

[strong stratus]

With accents, it’s really interesting! I attend the English advanced course in school and there are so many kinds of accents!

Some really sound german

While others also sound British/American

[bright raptor]

really? well thats means that there are people from all around the world right?

[strong stratus]

no-

We are all native German

[bright raptor]

really?..huh

[hot cloak]

Can anyone tell me lines I can add in conversation in my dialogue??

[bright raptor]

why do you think they have different acccents?

[bright raptor]

in german right?

[hot cloak]

Yes

[strong stratus]

Some people can drop of this german-type of speaking and some not

[bright raptor]

really?..i learn some things today

[strong stratus]

We can not do your whole homework, but if you have questions, just ask them

[strong stratus]

Yeah sure! Not all Germans really sound German when speaking English

[bright raptor]

well is the doctor at the pacients home or at the hospital?

[hot cloak]

It's not my whole homework

[bright raptor]

but when they speak german do they sound like german lol?

[hot cloak]

At the hospital

[strong stratus]

Yeah ofc

[bright raptor]

well maybe then you can also introduce a nurse..or like a sudden event like the doctor needs to go at a emegency

[strong stratus]

I was talking about German speaking English in my advanced course

[bright raptor]

ohh yeah right sorry

[strong stratus]

Is the patient an adult or a child?

[bright raptor]

when i spoke to someone from sweden, we also spoke in english and in german and they told me that my accent is closer to american accent than british accent.

[hot cloak]

Doesn't matter

[strong stratus]

I think that, if you aren’t native, your accent will most likely be American

[bright raptor]

and i find that rly interesting since almost every youtuber or song i listen to is from someone that has american accent

[bright raptor]

hmmm i think it does tho

bc the doctor speaks diferently to a child

than an adult

[hot cloak]

Ok....just leave it

[strong stratus]

And that’s the reason! Almost everything (English) in our environment is American English-

[bright raptor]

exactly

so what you listen to really afects your accent..and since what you said is true, thena lot of ppl have american accent

[hot cloak]

What's the time there??

[bright raptor]

here? its like 2 pm

[hot cloak]

Oh...here it is 5: 50 PM

[strong stratus]

Yeah! But not everyone adopts this accent so well-

[bright raptor]

oh so youre from europe too

[bright raptor]

hmm i guess

[hot cloak]

I am from India

[strong stratus]

So I'd say German natives have it tough, because our pronunciation is so different from English

[bright raptor]

oh..i guess i dont know the time zones that well..

[bright raptor]

really cool..

[hot cloak]

No problem

[strong stratus]

I have the feeling that we pronounce very harsh

[hot cloak]

From Asia

[bright raptor]

for example, i once talked to these guys from americs and they guessed that i am from spain lol

[bright raptor]

wdym harsh?

[strong stratus]

So many of my fellow students have problems with pronouncing "th" like in "the" or "there"

[bright raptor]

ohhh

i get it

i sometimes have this thing, where if i write in english and i write a word that has sh in, i write it sch from german lol

i guess thats the way im used to, since i wrote more in german than in english

[hot cloak]

I am opposite...I have less problem in English than german

[bright raptor]

well yeah but the thing is i learn and speak german for over 8 years

[hot cloak]

Oh that's a long time

[bright raptor]

hmm yeah but i learned in school

mainly grammar, not that much of vocabulary

[hot cloak]

Oh

[bright raptor]

so i rly need to start talking,writing and reading in german more than i do now

[hot cloak]

How old are you??

[bright raptor]

it rly is lol. cant figure out how its been sooooo long

[flat relic]

I've noticed that too when Germans pronounce something with 'th' in it. E.g. I was watching a Skyrim stream and there's a charachter called 'Boethiah' - it was pronounced 'Boetia'

[hot cloak]

😅

[bright raptor]

well i learn german a bit from before school, but that doesnt count in those 8 years

[strong stratus]

Same

[bright raptor]

im in school

[bright raptor]

well speaking, im certain i am more fluent in english tho

but writing...ehhhh i still have some problems i guess

[strong stratus]

Sometimes I don't feel like I'm native German at all, because I know words in English, which I don’t know in German

[bright raptor]

i still have time to improve tho..

[hot cloak]

Ok bye

[flat relic]

do you have any exapmles? I wanna literally translate them into awkward-sounding German versions because it's fun

[bright raptor]

omg same. i know words in english but not in my native language

its soooo frustrating sometimes

especially when i have to write essays

[bright raptor]

byee

[strong stratus]

That’s less weird from what I've heard, but also typical German, trying to pronounce English words

I have heard from fellow student things like, for example "something" as [some-szing] or "the" as [sä]

[bright raptor]

idk sometimes its kind of funny to hear a native speaking german

idk why lol

it just sounds funny to me sometimes

[strong stratus]

Those words are most likely random words that I suddenly don’t remember and then my sentences just sound like the result of putting German and English in a mixer

[strong stratus]

I understand-

[flat relic]

Denglisch

[strong stratus]

When speaking Englisch for a while and then returning to German, I also get a weird feeling, because I actually ||dont't like the German pronunciation||

[flat relic]

Dicker, die deutsche Aussprache ist geil, wie kannst du sowas sagen? 😮

[strong stratus]

[flat relic]

wenn ich ein Wort wie einsatzbereit höre, denk ich mir geil Alter

[fringe tartan]

Do be like that, honestly

English pronunciation is okay, not my favorite, but not bad

I don't like how Spanish sounds tho

[twilit bough]

[dusk willow]

good ebening

https://tenor.com/view/good-ebening-good-evening-coach-looking-searching-gif-15739239

[hot cloak]

UNAI FROM DEEP

[normal wadi]

Hallo alle

[hot cloak]

Hallo. Wie gehts es ihnen?

[normal wadi]

Es geht

Und dir?

[hot cloak]

Mir gehts gut. Ich lese ein buch. Ich bin verstehen mein buch zu ein bestimmer Punkt.

[normal wadi]

Ich habe das Gefühl

Welches Büch lesen Sie?

[hot cloak]

Ich lese "Im Western nichts Neues"

Liest du?

[normal wadi]

Momentan nichts

Das Buch klingt interessant

[hot cloak]

Est ist. Ich habe problem mit.. words?..

[normal wadi]

Ich auch

[hot cloak]

Mein Vokabular ist nicht gut. Ähäh

[normal wadi]

Ja ja, ich bekomme dass

Ich verstehe nicht

[hot cloak]

Est ist okay.

[normal wadi]

Ja

Has du Woche gut?

[hot cloak]

Ja. Und du?

[normal wadi]

Ja, sehr durchschnittlich

Schule ist sehr blöd

[hot cloak]

At least..? est ist nicht ein schlecht Tag. Schule ist gut. ich bin in der Hochschule.

[normal wadi]

Ich bin immer noch in der Oberschule

Nicht sehr spaß

[hot cloak]

Ihr könnt gut Deutsch

Ah. College ist gut und mehr spaß

[normal wadi]

Ich wette

[hot cloak]

Wer Deutsch ist gut?

[normal wadi]

Danke ob est ist ich

[hot cloak]

Ich bruach mehr üben? mir Deutch... durch/von?.. spreachen.

[hot cloak]

Ich brauche mehr Übung in Deutsch durch das Sprechen

[hot cloak]

Ah.. Danke

Warum zwei Brauche...?

Mein Fehler. Nur einmal

Est ist okay.

Der Satz ist aber sehr schwer. Ich wollte nur deine Fehler korrigieren. Einfach wäre es zu sagen: "Ich muss meine deutsche Sprache üben."

[hot cloak]

Es is without a t at the end

Ah. Das Englisch tastatur ist schwierig zu tippe ein.

I nit pick some words I don't know in my book and learn as I go. I use some language learning apps but I want to use that in situations so it sticks better

Seit wann lernst du Deutsch?

Ich habe mit neunundzwanzig angefangen.

I started to learn to count to 100 and often I need to look at my notes for the 2 thounsands.

2019 I started to learn but it wasn't consistant when my teacher left to go back into Germany. So I got stuck with Duolingo and books along with some other stuff.

Learning another language in America or finding someone to teach you is like pulling teeth.

[elder osprey]

schwierig einzutippen (so geht mit || separable verbs || )

zB um reinzukommen, öffne die Tur

[hot cloak]

That's right but don't give up. German is pretty hard but it's also a nice language and you are already pretty understandable at least

[hot cloak]

Ach so..

[elder osprey]

Komisch ja

[hot cloak]

Yeah. My speaking died and I had a small accent going but I resorted to online and with my work schedule hard to practice speaking.

[elder osprey]

Du schaffst das aber, ist einfach

[hot cloak]

Hardest to learn probably is German sentence structure and grammar because it's unnessearily complicated

[hot cloak]

Danke.

[manic dome]

English also too. Theres alot of grammar rules that can be confusing to foreigners

[hot cloak]

It is. Like stuff confuses me like

"Why doesn't the boy run?"

"Warum rennt der Junge nicht?"

How I use to write it
"Warum nicht der Junge rennt?"

[hot cloak]

English doesn't follow it's own rules sometimes though.

[elder osprey]

Yeah english never follows its own rules

[hot cloak]

I understand but that's easy to learn. Remember that the verb always is second on the order. That doesn't always mean it's the second word but it stands after one sentence part that can't be separated

[elder osprey]

Actually, germans break their own sentence rules all the time

[hot cloak]

Ehhh... Ich mag es Persönlich. Allows?.. mich zu habe freunde.

I like learning in person because it allows me to make a bond with that person vs having internet friends. It's a different bond if that makes sense. Here in my area education doesn't teach us another language very uncommon for High school or college to teach us a foregen language. Only way we can is the internet or have someone come from another country to teach us or use the internet

[elder osprey]

technisch gesehen wäre es “Ich bin in letzter Zeit mit Freunden ins Kino gegangen” aber du würdest so anders sehen, was aus die Person an kommt. Also es ist auch irgendwie in Ordnung stattdessen “ich bin mit Freunden ins Kino in letzter Zeit gegangen” zu sagen

Sie kümmern sich nicht wirklich darüber lol

[elder osprey]

Auf Deutsch, Deutschlernen gefällt mir / Ich mag Deutsch lernen / Ich lerne sehr gerne Deutsch

… , da ich dabei neue Freunde treffen kann

[hot cloak]

Mhm.. Ich mag haben neue Freunde.

[elder osprey]

Mag is a form of mögen

So mögen is a bully verb. Pushes all other verbs to the end

Therefore, du magst neue Freunde haben (wenn das Sinn ergibt)

[hot cloak]

Oh..

So Bully verbs pushes everything that is a verb to the end

[elder osprey]

All the verbs that are modal (“bully”) verbs are mögen, können, werden, würden, dürfen, sollen, and müssen

There are other forms of them that you’ll learn soon too, such as combining them together and using future / past tense with them

[hot cloak]

It's like a helping verb. It still is at the second order and pushes the actual verb to the last position.

Okay so their only a handful of bully berbs

[elder osprey]

Yeah, they’re all the cases where you’d use two verbs traditionally

Such as in english: I can do it

I want to have it

[hot cloak]

Yes. Most common probably is "haben" in the Perfekt tense.
Ich esse ein Brot. (verb at second place)
Ich habe ein Brot gegessen. (bully verb at second place, form of "essen" at last place.

Guess I can attend to the reading lessons here if I can get a chance or speak with people trying to get back into speaking it again cause I'm gonna be rusy speaking it.

[elder osprey]

haben ist kein Modalverb, verwechsle* ihn nicht

That’s past tense 👻

[hot cloak]

Lol

Oh sorry, my bad. Still the same procedure at least. They are all verbs which kind of support the main verb and push the main verb to the last position :)

Ur fine

[elder osprey]

The cool thing is that this law sticks for every case with more verbs

So you can push a modal verb to the end of a new one takes precedence

[hot cloak]

Okay i need to sleep now. Have 6 hours of English exam coming up tomorrow. Good night

Gn Vinn

[elder osprey]

gute Nacht 🙂

[hot cloak]

I wish we had a school I can attend to, to learn all this.

[elder osprey]

rip

So could you translate the sentence: I meet a friend (meet : treffen, der Freund : will go to den Freund as the subject)

I’ll show you the power of modal verbs

[hot cloak]

Aight

Wouldn't it be like from what you showing me

Ich den Freund treffen. Education Guess

[elder osprey]

Just looking for the one verb case here 🙂

No pushing verbs around until there’s two or more

So verb goes second (conjugated if you know, but treffen is irregular lol rip)

[hot cloak]

Oh

[late yarrow]

Good info

[hot cloak]

So much to know

[elder osprey]

Try the sentence again?

[hot cloak]

Ich treffen den Freund.

[elder osprey]

treffe* because verbs (for the most part) always cut off the n for ich

[hot cloak]

Oops-

That's good to know

Putting that in my notes

[elder osprey]

oh

[hearty karma]

hello

[elder osprey]

So for most verbs you follow the ESTTENTEN

[late yarrow]

Heya

Yup

[elder osprey]

zB
ich spielE
du spielST
er/sie/es spielT
wir spielEN
ihr spielT
sie/Sie spielEN

[hot cloak]

What does ESRRENTEN stand for?

Lag :/

[elder osprey]

This

[hearty karma]

die endungen

[elder osprey]

Standard order of conjugation

[late yarrow]

e/st/t/en/t/en in the order ich, du, er/sie/es etc. Verb endings

[elder osprey]

For modal verbs, er/sie/es takes ich form, but that’s not too important rn

and other cases of course exist but you can assume this conjugation for most verbs

[late yarrow]

P much, german is regular enough for learning that

And if you hear the irregular ones enough, you can maybe work it out

[elder osprey]

I can’t even list the irregular ones, you eventually just know them over time

[hot cloak]

Well enough reading and speaking it eventually just clicks without an issue

[late yarrow]

Exactly

[elder osprey]

Well there’s ich esse, du isst, usw (catches a lot of people off guard essen does)

[late yarrow]

Tbf I guess you don't use that verb as much as others

[hot cloak]

My way of learning is passive learning like. I first started off listening to music, News, and other small things to train my ear to hear it. And soon met someone to help me to learn and use duolingo and soon got some books to passive read to understand the sentence structure. Might finish the book but I learn more words and how some stuff suppose to be written

[elder osprey]

Als Alpaka verwende ich lieber “frissen” haha

[elder osprey]

I recommend learning sections of vocabulary and verbs relevant to a topic

[late yarrow]

Idk, passive is only effective.. Er at higher levels so I wouldn't depend on it for a while. Still good to have media and immersion though

[elder osprey]

I collect words passively via instagram, which I’ll be learning soon over Christmas

[hot cloak]

I am. I'm currently doing war books that takes place in WW1 and 2

[late yarrow]

I'm focusing on grammar rn and I recognise enough vocab to read so I'm just doing what words busuu gives me and leaving it at that

[elder osprey]

But you do learn some things and they randomly click. Like how I just learnt ehe and bevor force the Plasumquaperfect (spelt that wrong) tense

[green kindle]

hi

[late yarrow]

Yeah definitely

Heya

[hot cloak]

You be shocked how my passive works. I just listen and I can steal your words out of your language and know how to use it due to me using education guess. I do that a lot to the spanish speakers to get into their sentences or speak to them.

[late yarrow]

Oh yeah, I'm not saying it's bad, just that it's better at higher levels

[hot cloak]

Mhm

Cause it be more accurate

Vs having to play fill in the blanks

[late yarrow]

You have more context and knowledge to guess so yeah

[hot cloak]

Idk all the english words making me have to look them up

[elder osprey]

You can get by with an extremely small vocabulary so long as you learn things like dative, accusative, verb form, sentence structure, and prepositions

[late yarrow]

The amount of times I've seen bedeutet or urlaub and worked out what it meant

Yep. Grammar is a lot more important

[elder osprey]

means and holiday haha

[late yarrow]

Yep, I've seen them so often

[elder osprey]

es bedeutet (it means: from bedeuten)

[late yarrow]

Like if you don't know german grammar basics you can't say p much anything

[hot cloak]

I need more practice on structer my sentence, grammar and a lot of stuff

[elder osprey]

but really only for words, as meinen is used for things like (ich meinte es nicht: i didn’t mean it)

[late yarrow]

Yup

Why it's easy to guess

[hot cloak]

Maybe 2 more years lf hard practice I can get it but my butt came back from being lazy for 3 months

[late yarrow]

I can't really recommend one good grammar thing bc some are good at x, bad at y etc.

[elder osprey]

The first big stepping stone is probably the use of weil and those other coordinating things

[late yarrow]

Just do what you can, even if it's 5 minutes of active learning daily or every other day. Make it a schedule you can manage

Weil etc is easy enough, you just tell the 1st verb to go away (to the end of the sentence)

[elder osprey]

I’d try and speed run to learning those subordinating conjunctions

[hot cloak]

I'm planning om doing is when I'm doing computer work turn my radio on and listen to the news or watch a movie in the background.

[late yarrow]

Yeah definitely

[elder osprey]

Caramel, finish this sentence: Weil ich Deutsch lerne, ……

[hot cloak]

Send me a link or picture of it in my DMs so I can work on it in my free time

[late yarrow]

Mit was?

[elder osprey]

anything

[late yarrow]

Uhh Weil ich Deutsch lerne, ich esse Abendessen spät? I'm not exactly great at making sentences yet

Not sure where late goes rlly

[elder osprey]

aha got ya 🙂 One more rule for weil and such. Verbs always go to the end, and, if possible, Verbs always touch in the middle

[late yarrow]

Even in a new clause?

[elder osprey]

So Weil ich Deutsch lerne, esse ich Abendessen spät

[late yarrow]

Aah okayy

Thanks, I'll remember that

[elder osprey]

It’s because the entire first clause takes as a time article

[late yarrow]

What if there are several clauses?

Huh

[elder osprey]

I can give an example

[hot cloak]

Hmm...

Weil icb Deutsch lerne, so ich spreche zu die Enten

had to look up Weil. Had to do it as it seemed funny to do.

[late yarrow]

Important word to learn so 🤷‍♀️

I only learnt lately there are two words for why

[elder osprey]

Ich spreche Deutsch, weil das cool ist, obwohl das nicht so typisch ist, würden Leute sagen

[hot cloak]

Well.. "Because" if I found the right translation. It's important to know

[late yarrow]

That's right

[elder osprey]

Everything before the last comma is a time clause

[late yarrow]

Hmm okay. So all preceeding ones push it to the front

Wait no

Okay the example has now gotten me 😂

[elder osprey]

haha

[hot cloak]

Lol

[elder osprey]

Ungebräuchlich so viele in einem Satz zu sehen

[hot cloak]

Was?

[late yarrow]

Definitely yeah

[hot cloak]

German likes long words

[late yarrow]

I just deepl if I don't understand, I have it as a bookmark for speed reasons

Tbf I guess it's only the first word for me

[elder osprey]

With the time clause thing: I could say
‘jetzt’ mache ich etwas.

Or instead of jetzt, I could say

‘weil/da ich eine Person bin’ mache ich etwas

.
That’s why the verbs touch

Because you’re just substituting jetzt for another thing, albeit a much longer thing

[late yarrow]

Yeah, sorta makes sense

[hot cloak]

I know

From listening to the radio and music

I know

[late yarrow]

Hm?

I think I get it more now tho, thanks

[hot cloak]

Genau Jetzt = Right now
Genau hier = Right here
Jetz oder nie = Now or Never?

[late yarrow]

Jetzt

[elder osprey]

Genau Jetzt I have never heard

[hot cloak]

Some dude from Berlin song a song about it

[elder osprey]

Sofort : immediately, Nun : right now

[late yarrow]

I guess it makes sense, but you also have gerade

Which I think translates okayish to currently

[elder osprey]

“genau jetzt” would be something like “just now”

[hot cloak]

I thought it be Right now

[elder osprey]

zB “genau jetzt merke ich wie schön du wirklich bist”

[hot cloak]

Makes more sense in a sentence

Than it being on it's own

[late yarrow]

Mmm

[elder osprey]

Genau doesn’t always work the same in german as in english

usually it means exactly

[hot cloak]

Yeah I know that part.

[late yarrow]

I haven't even started with genau, same as doch, confusing in usage to me and I have more important things to learn now xD

Honestly doch is worse

[elder osprey]

doch is big momma of confusion

[hot cloak]

Genau is simple. But with a words after it changes it's whole meaning

[late yarrow]

Yup

[elder osprey]

Well genauso means just as

Eg. Ich spreche genauso gutes Deutsch wie ein Schwein

[late yarrow]

✨ language ✨

Oof

That's harsh xD

[hot cloak]

At least we're not trying to lesrn Chinese thay is hard

Same with japanese

[late yarrow]

Yeah no new scripts tyvm

üäöß ist genug für mich

[elder osprey]

Actually you’ll probably see schon is quite a confusing word

[late yarrow]

I mean.. It is a bit but it's used in more specific ways you can learn I think compared to doch

[elder osprey]

Doch is not so difficult

Used as one word it means contradiction

(Or comfort)

[late yarrow]

.. Or comfort?

[elder osprey]

Otherwise for emphasis

[late yarrow]

Okay that's not so bad yeah

[elder osprey]

Yeah, like “Ich hasse mein Leben” … doch!

[late yarrow]

Oof

Such self depreciating examples xD

[elder osprey]

lol

It can also affirm a statement, but really don’t try that unless you’re a native speaker

Just proclaim it whenever you’re complete against what someone says

[late yarrow]

I expected that but oh my god

I will learn how to do it... At some point

[elder osprey]

It’s like the english word “do”

in that case

gave to go now, cya around 🙂

[late yarrow]

Okay cya, thanks for explaining stuff to us

[violet hornet]

Tried Japanese once. Chose German instead. 😂

[hot cloak]

Japanese is not a bad language. But the issue is, it isn't well spoken in the western side compare to German and Spanish maybe a dable of French

[violet hornet]

True. My high school actually had a Japanese class though. We didn't have a German class which was unfortunate.

[hot cloak]

Schools in the south part of America is a joke when coming to learn a language. We don't have schools that teaches us languages. We have yo go out of our way to learn

[late yarrow]

Yep

Why learn another language, you already have English? (sarcasm)

[hot cloak]

Right

[glacial citrus]

schools here barely even teach anything, we only have spanish

[hot cloak]

Your lucky to learn spanish

We don't even have that even though our area is filled with them

[brazen leaf]

We have French, Spanish, German and Mandarin but the mandarin class is literally a cult

[hot cloak]

I learn more from the internet than school

[glacial citrus]

i live near the mexico-texas border so it’s almost a requirement for them to teach it

[hot cloak]

Lucky

[late yarrow]

Literally everyone 😂

[hot cloak]

We have spanish around every corner

Our head boyo said "Give them english class they be fine."

[late yarrow]

History infographics are so much better than most history lessons at school

[glacial citrus]

yeah

[late yarrow]

Don't get me started on the history of the world simplified video

[hot cloak]

In Canada (or at least Edmonton), we had to learn French as a second language from grade 4 to grade 6. Then in junior high, you can learn other languages. I chose to continue my French though

Or just take French amersion

Idk how to spell that

[brazen leaf]

Our school has a mandarin class that you can join before you even join the school when you are 10 years old with the promise of a trip to china. They make you sign a bit of paper and as soon as you signed it your stuck in that class until you’re 16. Worse bit is the china trip never happened cause covid but they make the mandarin class stay for an extra period of school twice a week.

[hot cloak]

Yikes

That sounds hectic

Me personally I just stick to learning ine language at a time. Prefer to master german so I don't have anyone that can understand me in my area. Besides the germans that's living here

Yea that's a smart idea

They don't offer a German language option at my school though, and I want to continue learning my French

I'll be moving back to my English-speaking city soon though (from Quebec)

In like two weeks or something idk exactly how long

Next day off from work I would like to train more into talking

[pulsar stone]

Giving Lingvist a try, I'm really liking it so far

But it's expensive

[left jolt]

Try lingq.com

@pulsar stone

[red flume]

its better .. to learn from books ,. rather than learning from sites

[strong stratus]

You could take a look at #resources maybe you'll find something there!

[red flume]

i personally ... got suffered a bit .. like some times ,... these sites teach wrong things

so would advice you to learn from a book

[fresh quest]

@red flume I agree with you

[austere garden]

Hey guys is there someone who can review an essay for me?

[hot cloak]

Sure

[barren osprey]

Not sure where to post this! I think it is most appropriate here?

Has anyone tried learning a second language as an adult? If so, was it challenging was it to become fluent? I've been doing at least 30 minutes to an hour a day of German Duolingo to bring back what I learned (4 courses worth) of German about~7 years ago now. It is going ok and I think the repetition is helping things sink in more. I've heard specifically German grammar is super hard at advanced levels, and I see people talk about the higher levels on Reddit and I am starting to think I may not reach my goal of becoming very fluent for a loooong time. That's fine, I'm just wondering if I should up my efforts to speed it up, or just chill for now. I'm under no pressure, I just enjoy chasing a goal and am happy to commit more time if it is worth it.

Also, anyone have success with a VPN to watch Netflix from another country? That's my next goal to figure out. I already have some German books set up aimed at beginners wanting to start reading in German. I am after getting the B1/2 textbooks next year. I believe I was at A2 level previously, but I would like to reassess.

I currently use Quizlet (Anki set up didn't work for me the other day on my PC?) and have some books on the way, and am thinking about a German teacher in the future. I also am wondering if any Canadians know of how to test for levels, and also where to get the textbooks for levels. I was a bit confused from my Google search, I was a bit tired as well. 😬

To whoever reads this, thank you!

[opal sequoia]

Has anyone tried learning a second language as an adult? If so, was it challenging was it to become fluent?
The majority of people here are doing that. Most people have great success (as long as they stick to it long enough).

[barren osprey]

I figured, just being from Canada there's zero exposure growing up compared to all my immigrant friends who learned German, so I they felt English was easier than likely it is for me to start learning it as an adult starting from nothing.

Just wondering people's timelines on getting through the levels mostly.

[late yarrow]

It's not as challenging imo with the right resources and self discipline. Never done that w a vpn, there are good German shows on eng netflix already imo (uk netflix). Can't rrly comment on my own timeline bc it's short rn

[barren osprey]

Thanks for the response! I didn't see any German shows on Canadian Netflix but I might take another look. I definitely have discipline, and I am working at getting good resources. I tend to be a self learned so I will definitely have to explore getting the right resources to practice.

[late yarrow]

Ah okay cool, I personally recommend the shows "How to sell drugs (fast)" bc it's good entertainment and "Lolle on the run" bc it's great to understand at A level (if you can find them on Canadian netflix). Biohackers is good, but definitely has specialised and non A level vocab

[barren osprey]

Ah! It looks like I can adjust it to German original, but no German subtitles to follow along for How to Sell Drugs Online (Fast), but I see subtitles are in German for Dark and none for Lolle On the Run but I will definitely try watching what I can! I really appreciate the suggestions, thank you!

[hot cloak]

haha, im lucky as a midwestern to have german in schools

[late yarrow]

Wait really? That's rlly weird ngl, I watched both w german subs. Lolle on the run barely needs subs because it's that easy to understand honestly

[barren osprey]

Yah I'm very confused...

[late yarrow]

Very over the top and lil cringe, easy to guess from context if you're still unsure

[barren osprey]

Perfect haha

[late yarrow]

Gl though!

[barren osprey]

Thank you a lot!!

[hot cloak]

We have to much dialects in our area. That's why a lot of language schools doesn't do well here cause we have many ways to say something lile for instance

Cha = you
Ya = you

[late yarrow]

No worries, I enjoy recommending shows I like 😂

[barren osprey]

I may ask again later!

[pure patio]

hallo

[hot cloak]

yo

[barren radish]

Cool

[hot cloak]

argh

I still got norwegian & art homework to do

and it’s 1 am

[barren radish]

Also es ist hier aber ein großes Stereotyp, das Norwegen ein ganz erstaunliches Land ist. Aber du siehst das nicht so?

Ach, das ist wirklich (yikies)

[hot cloak]

oh god

I’m on phone now

spare me the hassle of using google translate and just write in English

😭😭

[barren radish]

Oh okay

[hot cloak]

There’s a big stereotype that Norwegians…?

and then you’re asking if it’s correct

but what about Norwegians

[barren radish]

Well here it's kind of like a stereotype that Norway is a really amazing country

But you would apparently not see it that way?

Yes, about the country, haha

[hot cloak]

oh no

The country is good

yeah

the climate is ass

lmao

Countrywise I can’t ask for much more

[barren radish]

Ahh okay. I see

[hot cloak]

We score highest in terms of HDI for example

Democracy index

and orher UN charts

our only issue how expensive shit is

[barren radish]

Many more northern countries really hate the weather they have

[hot cloak]

Name a price of smth in Germany

[barren radish]

Unlike those southern European countries o.o

[barren radish]

Yes, that would be correct

Norway is high achieving

[hot cloak]

a bar of chocolate costs you €4

here

also we don’t have KFC

we don’t have Dunkin donuts

or whatever

[barren radish]

They have a monarchy, and are one of the only countries to ban petrol cars as early as possible

[hot cloak]

we don’t have 99% of restaurants

we got McDonald’s, max, Burger King and subway

[barren radish]

Oh good, both of those places are awful anyway, lol

[hot cloak]

my point being we don’t have shit

and what we have is expensive

chocolate such as M&M is banned too

(one of my favs)

[barren radish]

Well, that would make sense

[hot cloak]

again

shit expensive here

yk smth is wrong when chocolate costs you €4 for a normal bar

[barren radish]

Many things are banned. But Norway is not in the EU, so it's sort of different

[hot cloak]

yes, we don’t have that article 13 bs

[stoic nova]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/895008004506796032/908149650211627058/rat_trap.webm

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/895008004506796032/908149650211627058/rat_trap.webm

[barren radish]

Well... there's always Sweden when you want to go shopping

[stoic nova]

https://cdn.discordapp.com/attachments/895008004506796032/908149650211627058/rat_trap.webm

[barren radish]

....

[pure patio]

someone mad at me bc of that i muted

[hot cloak]

hah nice joke

their shitty Swedish kroner is now worth equal to our superior Norwegian kroner

thus making it sometimes pointless to buy there

sure it might be a bit cheaper and you get a much broader selection but I’m not driving 2h to the border and 2h back for that

[barren radish]

Pfff, oh.. oof XD

[hot cloak]

went to Germany this year

During summer

Fuck I bought so much chocolate

[barren radish]

I just heard that was a thing there, but I guess times change a lot

o.o

[hot cloak]

Still got it stockpiled

Of M&M

shit Swedish krone

[barren radish]

:o

Welp. Looks like Sweden is in fact catching up

Never mind the fact that they have twice the population

(like Czechia)

[hot cloak]

4 million of their 11 million consists of foreigners

Maybe 200k out of our 5,5m consists of foreigners

(Big difference)

[barren radish]

Oh wow O.O

I didn't know it was that much

That's interesting :o

In Qatar over 90% of their population is foreign

Which... is quite crazy

So the vast majority of the inhabitants there can't technically even vote

But yes

[hot cloak]

yes

they offer Indians $200

work 5 months

get out

rough example but you get my point

[barren radish]

Hmmm, well then

Yeah, I heard about that. The gulf countries do things quite differently then

[lost dagger]

$200 Lohn for 5 months of work?

[magic dawn]

yeah but the song litreally is “along the grass a flower grows, Erika”

[opal sequoia]

@magic dawn Don't post it in the server please.

[whole copper]

Could you guys suggest some good resources online for learning German?

[naive sapphire]

this?

[whole copper]

Yea, but Duolingo and other apps?

[naive sapphire]

yep

yea dulingo is really good

u can learn there

[late yarrow]

Noo duo sucks

faq Duolingo

[rocky goblet]

Duolingo

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

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

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

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

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

[naive sapphire]

U can learn here (:

[late yarrow]

Busuu, Deutsch Für euch (yt channel), literally googling stuff bc there are many great sites

[naive sapphire]

yea i sent a scrennie too

[late yarrow]

Yeah I saw

I will stay, don't bother with fluentu if you get an ad for it, it's a glorified anki/quizlet

That you have to pay for

And obv lessons here, I think there will be one Saturday next week for A level ppl

[whole copper]

I kinda used Duolingo for a year or so

[late yarrow]

Ohmygodno

My head

[whole copper]

But, I reached a plateau

[late yarrow]

Yep

[whole copper]

Then, I couldn't go higher and become more proficient

[late yarrow]

Only thing abt busuu is that it's too limited to learn well without premium so idk

I got nowhere with duo, other than confusion honestly

"now use den" no explanation whatsoever

[whole copper]

So, what do you suggest?

[late yarrow]

Only free resources?

[whole copper]

Nah, I can pay

[late yarrow]

I definitely suggest busuu or maybe pimsleur, but it depends on your level, and you still need other learning methods to go with it

[whole copper]

I have teach yourself books

Those were kinda good

But, exhaustive

[late yarrow]

If they're well rated, definitely try to make it a part of some schedule

If they're still useful, that is

[whole copper]

That, they get over pretty soon

[late yarrow]

So, what level are you at?

[whole copper]

Where can I practice my sentences over here? Are there any guys who correct your Deutsch?

I am around B2 level

I can converse in German, but you'll have to speak slowly for me to catch you XD

[late yarrow]

Most ppl will correct if I'm being honest. Literally in #general or #german-only and there are german only vcs, ppl usually join more towards nighy in Europe I find

Dw, I can't form complex sentences so I can't really say much 😂

[whole copper]

Okay, btw, what level are you on?

I am from Japan

I am trying to apply for TMU university after two years or so

[late yarrow]

If you explicitly wanna know thay something is right or wrong, #questions or #writing I'm p much A1 right now bc I lack basics

[whole copper]

Oh, okay

[late yarrow]

Also gl with that

I've had the experience of half assing language learning for 3 years, then actually full assing it for a couple months now. So I can definitely comment on which apps sucked (obv my own pov, but yeah)

[whole copper]

XDD

I was learning Russian as well

[late yarrow]

There are reading sessions aimed at B2-C2 on Saturdays if you ever wanted to give that a go

Oh wow 😂 I can't imagine trying to learn more than one

[whole copper]

Thanks a lot

I din know much about this group

And that it offered so much

[late yarrow]

No worries, I enjoy trying to help for some reason 😂

[whole copper]

gg

Thanks

[late yarrow]

Yeah, this server is p chill and np

[pure sail]

@late yarrow Check dm

[late yarrow]

So you dmed a random person on the server without asking, because?

[whole copper]

🤣

[pure sail]

Well then check general 1

[late yarrow]

I mean, I don't exactly have to.

[pure sail]

Please help i'm doing german homework and i don't have way to go right now. 😭

[whole copper]

🤣

[late yarrow]

Then ask questions in #questions or attempt it and put it in the relevant channel to be checked

[whole copper]

Bro, I was just joking back then

[late yarrow]

Abt?

[whole copper]

General 1, about the test. I usually get bullied coz I am Asian. So, that's why I wanted to know if u guys are active or not

I joined a telegram group and they abused me

[late yarrow]

Oh wow. Yeqh no if someone's trolling, racist, etc. you just ping the nice mods here

Yeah*

[whole copper]

I thought I should check

If u guys are genuine or not

[late yarrow]

We regularly get ppl demanding help just after joining in general so it's always the case of, ask a question, look at resources, etc. but no cheating

[whole copper]

Didn't get abused, and you kinda seem nice

Yeah, I wasn't gonna cheat

I don't have a test

[late yarrow]

Oof

[whole copper]

I was just checking this group is genuine or not

gg

[late yarrow]

Fair enough I think

[indigo hill]

any recommended bands like luxuslärm?

[naive sapphire]

Hallo

[willow bane]

hallo

woher kommt ihr

[pure patio]

Moin moin

[ornate mango]

Hallo leute

[ornate valley]

Hallo

[native otter]

You mean the same style of music ?

[indigo hill]

yes

[late yarrow]

What exactly are you asking for?

In a German learning server.

Welp

[sage kayak]

Probably not the right place

[late yarrow]

Figured, but I thought it didn't technically go against rules so I didn't wanna ping just yet

But they decided to not incriminate themselves further

explaining self tm for.. looks at clip board no reason

[hot cloak]

hi!

[late yarrow]

Hallo

[unique patrol]

hi

[haughty cypress]

Hallo

Wie geht's

[worldly stream]

es geht mir gut, und sie?

[thick helm]

mir geht es auch gut!

Und Ihnen?

[whole rapids]

https://www.der-postillon.com/2021/11/sprachnachricht.html nice

[hot cloak]

amazing, thank you Postillon very cool

[nocturne frost]

@hybrid helm heyo, please only use #thing-of-the-day to submit words, phrases, or cool little tidbits ab the german language, thank you

[hybrid helm]

interesting

[urban stream]

Hallo

[solemn nexus]

bleh i feel raelly stuck learning german

[runic garden]

@primal ore youre talking in #german-only, where only german is allowed

[primal ore]

oh shit

sorry

[hot cloak]

E

hey uhh

is condensed milk in tetrapaks supposed to taste tangy

i'm having another episode of "trying things for the first time so idk if i bought it spoiled or if it's supposed to taste this way"

[stoic haven]

well since it´s condensed it tastes different and has a somewhat thicker consistency than fresh milk- maybe it´s gotten bad ?

[hot cloak]

probably tbh

[jolly karma]

is there a german - english room where i can ask questions abt german in english

?

[late yarrow]

#questions

[surreal gazelle]

@sudden panther @sharp lantern I'm new to this server. I just wanted to say that I love your nicknames in the server.

[tribal idol]

#questions

help

[cyan acorn]

Hallöchen

[slim sluice]

thank u very much bestie

[low drum]

Hey im New too

Let's get along

[hollow vapor]

hallo alle, mein name ist husni und ich bin suche ein Internet freund. currently studying deutsch for my next level education in german. am Nächste Woche habe ich ein mündliche Präsentation, können jeder mir hilfen? dm me i you could, danke :)

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@elder pine omg !!

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LMAOO YOOO

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GOD KVELD !!!

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i like måte :D

[hot cloak]

Måte?!?!?!

[elder pine]

wait were you speaking german when you said god kveld

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NORWEGIAN

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aightt

[hot cloak]

Thats where ur from rightt smshhh

[elder pine]

what i said means you too

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O

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yesss msmsmshmsmhsm wbu

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Wkaaahhh

Netherlands woahahha

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i forgor 💀

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I saw

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ohh

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Mutual

Servee

When

You responded in

Qzeex

Server !!!

[elder pine]

ues!!!

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Yeess

Are you learning german?

[elder pine]

not really but im planning to in like a few years

like 2-3 years :P

[hot cloak]

yeahh

are you learning any other languages?

atm

[elder pine]

Spanish

and

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SPANISH

[elder pine]

i guess russian?

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RUSSIAN

[elder pine]

yes spanish

yes russian

and i know a little bit of greek

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im literally learning spanish by myself

after that

russian

ahahahah

😭

[elder pine]

lmaooo

after russian its hebrew

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and german in school

hebrewww

chinese for me !!

[elder pine]

yooo i should learn that but like

[hot cloak]

but that wont be until like

[elder pine]

the letters are too much

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yearsss

from now

[elder pine]

hebrew wont be for a long time

im not even close to finishing russian as i gave up

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I should learn norwegian

HAHAHA

i did that too

[elder pine]

you really should

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and then I bought a spanish studying booj

book

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oh nicee

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the russian one is just in my closet rn ahahaha

[elder pine]

you have a RUSSIAN STUDYING BOOK!?

[hot cloak]

YES

I HAVE ONE

ITS ACTUALLY VERY GOOD

BUT

rn im studying spanish

first

[lavish minnow]

Care to give me the name of it, please?

[hot cloak]

Sure but its dutch --> russian

So unless you are native dutch, it will be hard to use ;-;

[lavish minnow]

I'm not 😅 But thanks nevertheless

[surreal gazelle]

Hallo! Nice to meet you! (Wie sagt man "It's nice to meet you!" auf Deutsch?)

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hi

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Hello

[half lynx]

Cool emoji lol

[lavish minnow]

"Schön, dich/Sie kennenzulernen."

[surreal gazelle]

:ohisee: both work?

[lavish minnow]

"dich" is informal (family, friends, people you know quite well) and "Sie" is the formal version (used with strangers, teachers, authority, etc.)

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dich soinds like willy word

I am cursed

[lavish minnow]

No, it doesn't. It isn't a "k" sound; rather a variatation of an "h".

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I know

its kind of like

a hybrid of h, ch and k

[lavish minnow]

Yeah, something like that.

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still can be mistaked as a wierd k

if you dont know german

I like how english still a german word

like

[lavish minnow]

I mean, there is a word "dick" in German, but that just means "thick", like thick socks or a thick blanket.

[slender nimbus]

I know

but you wont really use it much

unless you are special

[surreal gazelle]

Danke schön. So, then how do you say "you're welcome." The response to "thank you."?

[slender nimbus]

I remember gendered words using the latin alphabet "e"

[lavish minnow]

There are many ways to say "you're welcome", but I think the ones you're most likely to hear are either "gern geschehen" or "kein Problem".

[slender nimbus]

english plagiarised german so hard lol

[surreal gazelle]

Thank you! I usually hear "gern geschehen" as well.

[lavish minnow]

Kein Problem! 🙂

[gleaming marsh]

@fleet dragon Your username is amazing!

[fleet dragon]

danke

it's a server nickname, usually my name is rat boy lol

[south crypt]

yall like bois

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[opal sequoia]

@south crypt Please read the server rules.

[south crypt]

yes mr. german

[sudden panther]

Hello @hot cloak. Please don't repost messages across multiple channels. Asking in one place like #questions for example is enough. And consider rephrasing your question before reposting it, since it's really not clear what you mean.

[fleet dragon]

i like boy rats