questions-2

[short cove]

what does that mean?

[undone verge]

and sounds suspiciously close to Holzbretter 👀

[short cove]

ah forrest conservation

[fervent kernel]

Maybe "Umweltschützer" this means he protects nature generally

[delicate tiger]

Waldi der Waldschrat ^^

[fervent kernel]

@delicate tigerHast du dich dem Server schon akklimatisiert ?

ich hoffe du wirst hier nicht stigmatisiert nur weil du neu bist

[delicate tiger]

bin so ziemlich genau das Gegenteil von neu hier...

[long whale]

Where did you get this interesting construction from? Because to my knowledge, the verb doesn't work with Dativ. 🤔

[fervent kernel]

achso mein fehler

[fervent kernel]

well i just randomly used it that way

but guess it should be used with Akkusativ

an den Server

Konntest du dich schon an den Server akklimatisieren.

[long whale]

I've never seen it used with either. https://www.dwds.de/wb/akklimatisieren

I've only ever seen it used the way it's used here, as in "Wie gefällt es dir hier in X/auf dem Server? Hast du dich schon akklimatisiert?" for example.

[fervent kernel]

Ah ok 🤔

Die neue Umgebung macht mir zu schaffen. Ich konnte mich noch nicht richtig akklimatisieren

[long whale]

Yes. Like that. 🤷

[sick jacinth]

do you guys think it would be more helpful to focus on 1 thing at a time? like vocab for 1 week or something, then grammar for another week, and so on?

[naive linden]

This is just my opinion, but usually I'd try learning both at once, or at one hour each at most. e.g. you practice 1 hour vocabular and afterwards try to practice the new grammar by building sentences from the words in the vocabulary or something similar. It sticks better in your mind.

[sick jacinth]

ooh yeah i guess that makes sense

that way you can incorporate the vocab to the grammar

thank you!

[naive linden]

no worries, hope it works for you!

[rugged swift]

A really good way to learn is talking in the Communities with the language you wanna speak

Also watching YouTube/twitch etc

[sick jacinth]

okie! thanks!

[lime crater]

Good evening is Guten abend right?

[rugged swift]

Yes

*Guten Abend

[lyric gull]

hey, does anyone have any tips on how to learn to speak german more fluently, ive been learning it slowly for 5 years in school but im just having a hard time forming sentences when they aren't on paper and i cant figure out the gender of some words T_T

[rugged swift]

Talk/interact with German communities

Watch videos/streams/movies in german

Also maybe join some German communities and talk to ppl

[fervent kernel]

You may search a German friend. Doesn't matter if it's a irl or online friend. For me, it's very motivating like this

[rugged swift]

Yeah this too

[lyric gull]

hmm the problem with the communities and friends is that most of them that are native speakers speak with more slang/complicated words so i only understand a small part of what they are saying yk what i mean?

[rugged swift]

Yeah

But tbh the slang is kinda what you need I guess (if you wanna move to Germany or so)

[fervent kernel]

Yeah, I get what you mean. I think it could be a good option to ask them what it means or you can ask them to speak "easier"

[lyric gull]

tbh i just want to do good in school and thats why im learning it and maybe to use it sometime:/

[fervent kernel]

I've got some English online friends. I always ask what it means. I think it seems harder than it is.

[fervent kernel]

I see. I also like to surf on French and English speaking sites on the internet. Like, memes could be also a funny way to learn the slangs and culture better :D

[rugged swift]

German memes?

😂

[fervent kernel]

What language do you speak regularely, if I may ask

[lyric gull]

me?

[fervent kernel]

Hahah, many are bad, I agree. But I think that some German "text-based" are kinda good. Ich_iel is a (un)funny place imo

[fervent kernel]

Yes

[lyric gull]

macedonian(native) and english

[fervent kernel]

Ah, I see. Yeah, Macedonian isn't really related to German. How old are you ? Like, in which school year did you begin learning German ?

[rugged swift]

The earlier the better

[lyric gull]

im 16, year 10 and i started learning in year 6, but most teachers here can't really teach german so its pretty bad, some of my friends have been learning since 1st grade and speak worse than me 😦

its not like i cant speak german, I can but not that good

lol

[fervent kernel]

Hmm, I see. Hey, I'm years old, so we have a similar age. If you'd like to have an online friend, feel free to send me a message. I always get help by English and French people, now I'd like to help other people with learning German

[fervent kernel]

Yeah, kinda the same with French for me. I'm kinda limited

[lyric gull]

ahhh thankk u, are u a native german speaker or have you been learning since a young age?

[fervent kernel]

Well, I learned it when I was young . I learned it since I was 5. I was born in Romania and I moved to Germany when I was 6. Of all the languages I speak, I can speak German the best. I'm even better at writing essays than my German class mates hahaha

[lyric gull]

hahaha that must be cool :)))

[fervent kernel]

Thank you :))))

Well, I need to finsish doing some hw or I will mess up tomorrow hahaha. You can think about it :)
If you'd like to, as I said, just send me a message

Goodbye!

[lyric gull]

thankk you, tschuss:))

[fervent kernel]

You are welcome, tschüss :)))

[celest pollen]

Wir erhalten das Geld von unseren Eltern
vs
Das Geld bekommen wir von unseren Eltern

any diffrence?✅ ❌

[night dagger]

Not really.

[rare jetty]

Nope, not a big diffrence

Aber: Nomen immer groß schreiben

[night dagger]

Bekommen is the general word for receiving something / getting something - erhalten sounds a bit more professional in this case, especially good maybe during an exam. @celest pollen

[carmine sapphire]

Anybody know of some good anki decks?

[night dagger]

Personally I find it prudent to make my own as I go but there are some word lists online from Goethe, additionally you could google A-whatever ANKI deck and something should turn up.

[carmine sapphire]

Danke schön

[celest pollen]

Sei so lieb und rausbring mal der Müll✅ ❌ ?

[rare jetty]

Sei so lieb und bring (mal) den Müll raus*

[celest pollen]

but **__und __**ist Nebengeordnete Konjunktionen

aaa ok

im stupid

rausbringen ist trennbare verb not conjunction

[last bolt]

How can I use umlauts on a windows 10 PC

[viral jolt]

there probably is some hidden alt +ctrl +numloc combination, but there are two better options imo

first is to change your kb layout to german and learn the placements

or (this is what i do), create your own kb layout using microsoft keyboard builder; not sure if this is the exact name, but it's a software built into windows 10 by default

i have umlauts mapped to simply alt+letter. like ä is alt+a, and Ä is shift+alt+a

[tiny thunder]

You can change the keyboard language ig
I do it with mine.

But you gotta remember which key represents the Umlaut

[last bolt]

Vielendank

[narrow pier]

hi I want to combine these two sentences with the right word , but I dont know it nor in English neither in German ( I am the only child. there is only me that could take care of her " my mother" ) I wrote this ( Ich bin das Einzelkind, denn nur mich kann ihr helfen ) , but the denn does not really make sense here

if its in english you would say ( since I am the only child ) but that would not work in german

[undone verge]

weil ich ein Einzelkind bin, kann nur ich ihr helfen. You just have the 'since/because' on the wrong part of the sentence

[nimble viper]

Ich bin das Einzelkind und deshalb der Einzige, der ihr helfen kann

hierchen has it better

[long whale]

das [ein] Einzelkind

[nimble viper]

das Einzelkind der Mutter < dachte ich so

aber danke

[long whale]

I see what you mean, but - no. 🤷 "ich bin das einzige Kind meiner Mutter" would work, though. :)

[nimble viper]

Oh ok

Also V ZHYAKO I would go with .... , kann nur ich für sie sorgen but its a matter of preference

[undone verge]

it isn't so much about which word for because you choose but rather where you put it!

I am an only child because I am the only one who can help my mother<-- doesn't make any sense

[long whale]

You could go for "Da ich ein Einzelkind bin, kann nur ich..."

[undone verge]

Because I am an only child, I am the only one who can help my mother <-- makes sense

[storm cairn]

Ich bin Einzelkind works as well, and is usually preferred (however it's unformal)

[nimble viper]

Anbetracts der Tatsache, dass ich Einzelkind bin...

[narrow pier]

that sound better , cause I had used weil a sentene before that, thank you

[long whale]

*in Anbetracht der Tatsache - please. :)

(you were thinking of "angesichts", I guess)

[narrow pier]

If my writing is like 70 words, can I post it here, because I cant put it in writing channel

[undone verge]

should be fine

[nimble viper]

Anbetrachts* is also a genetiv prep, no? I've seen it used

[narrow pier]

danke

[nimble viper]

'Anbetrachts dieser Bräuche wurde hier auch ein Museum errichtet'

[undone verge]

also, because apparently I didn't read the rapidly posted and deleted message quickly enough: wouldn't worry all too much about repeating words, especially in A and B level. It is better to repeat a construction correctly than to flop around trying to be unique and mess it up (as a general tip)

[long whale]

Anbetrachts does not exist. :)

[nimble viper]

lol

[storm cairn]

I don't like that fact

[undone verge]

the entry for anbetrachts on duden gives me a 502 error lmfao

[nimble viper]

Sure sure I will say it properly

Thanks

[long whale]

Surprise! :D

[narrow pier]

I should not complicate it for myself that much I do not know much vocabularly or rules for writing , but before that sentence , I used " weil " so I did not know if it is normal to use again , it was this : ( Heute kann ich leider nicht zum Kurs kommen, weil meine Mutter zu Hause krank ist. Weil ich ein Einzelkind bin, nur mich kan ihr helfen )

[upbeat thicket]

Yes, same. Seems to be a general problem rn

[storm cairn]

ye

[narrow pier]

this calms me actually, cause I am trying to just reach b1,

[undone verge]

nothing wrong with the 'weil's, but the sentence is still incorrect 🙂

[narrow pier]

i will use the (da)

that was a previous message

[undone verge]

da is also a beautiful word 🙂

[narrow pier]

so its not wrong

[undone verge]

is it 'denn' that isn't often used to start a sentence? I always forget there's one word for because which isn't usually at the beginning

[nimble viper]

Denn is not coordinating

Denn es geht mir gut... zB

[long whale]

There is still a grammar error in your sentence...

[nimble viper]

Statt weil es mir gut geht

[long whale]

Correct, yes. :)

[undone verge]

but I also feel like I read it at the beginning of a lot of sentences in old philosophy texts 🤔

[nimble viper]

Also translated as 'for', maybe that's why

[narrow pier]

can I post the email in this channel ??

[undone verge]

originally german, naturally

yeah like my first search for 'denn' in phenomenology is right at the beginning.

[long whale]

Yup. I was going to say: if you've got a pretty long sentence, e.g. pointing out various things you can't do, you may decide to end the sentence with a full stop, and then start another one with "denn", giving the reason for your inability to do all those things. Not really what I'd recommend to anyone below your level, though. ;)

[undone verge]

yeah, makes sense. I will avoid it too. Though I have to admit I never use denn in writing or speaking because I always mess up the word order lol

[undone verge]

and yes, as said before, you can post a short email here.

[nimble viper]

Nicht jeder muss klug sein. Denn ich bin beispielsweise nicht klug, habe aber gute Ideen. - I would think it translated as 'for' in a sentence like this

[long whale]

Yes. :)

[narrow pier]

hi, so this email, you have to tell your boss , I can't make it to work, you have to make things up ( Hallo Herr Schneider,
Heute kann ich leider nicht zum Kurs kommen, weil meine Mutter zu Hause krank ist. Da ich das Einzelkind bin, nur mich kann ihr helfen.
Ich möchte auch Ihnen informieren, dass ich muss, vielleicht für zwei oder drei Tage sie aufpassen. Habe ich auch am Freitag einen Arzt Termin, und ich brauche ein paar Tage wegen der Chirurgie. Außerdem ich kann die nächste Woche am Montag wieder zu Arbeit kommen. Danke für Ihr Verständnis.
Mit Freundlichen Grüßen
Zhyako Baqi )

and the first version that I wrote was this, ( Herr Schneider, Heute Kann ich leider nicht zum Kurs kommen, weil meine Mutter zu Hause krank ist. ich bin das Einzelkind, denn nur mich kann ihr helfen. Ich bis zum Mittwoch ihr um zu kümmern. Außerdem ich kann wieder am Donnerstag zu Arbeit kommen. Lieber Grüße Zhyako ) I wrote this in class , some of the sentences or all are wrong, but I wrote this quickly, so my question is the above version or below version is better if they have no mistakes?

if anyone corrected it, just check the first one

this email is for B1 , so I think the word count ( 71 ) is not enough , but I could not go further

[night dagger]

You can use DeepL to verify what you need to correct, but right away I see some problems:

• normally you want to use „Sehr geehrte(r) Herr/Frau…“ instead of „Hallo“ for a boss, especially if you’re siezen later in the email: Sie, danke für Ihr…
• you don’t need to capitalize the first sentence after the address: „Sehr geehrter Herr Kessel,
  hoffentlich geht es Ihnen sehr gut.“

The sentence structure of some of your sentences is incorrect as well. Overall a very good attempt, just use DeepL to show you which mistakes you made.

[narrow pier]

I only have seen duden offer correction. to my information deepl doesn't do correction, but they dont fix grammer i think

[narrow pier]

do I have to use the desktop version of deepl for that feature?

[night dagger]

Duden is a dictionary. I‘m talking about DeepL.com - the translator.

Give it a shot and find out.

[narrow pier]

i know , when I type it in , the correction are done by ( microsoft editor )

[long whale]

If I were you, I'd use google translate Arabic -> German. Then show us the result. :)

[narrow pier]

why Arabic -> German ?

[long whale]

Isn't Arabic your native language?

@narrow pier

[narrow pier]

its Kurdish, and sadly its recently have been added to dictioneries , and its not that accurate

@long whale

[long whale]

I see. Yes, that's a problem, of course.

[daring pollen]

Hi. Wo kann ich wichtigen Quellen finden auf diesem Discord so wie Synonymwörterbüchern oder so?

[long whale]

#resources Also, DWDS will help with that: https://www.dwds.de/wb/aufbrechen

[daring pollen]

Danke 🙂

[snow bloom]

Hi,

Was sind: "in und out"-Listen Does it ring a bell for anyone?

[long whale]

I guess "in" stands for "trendy, trending, en vogue", and "out" is the opposite.

[narrow pier]

hello, ( haben Sie Griechischen Joghurt ) is the Griechischen like a adj?? asking abot the ( en) at the end of it

[long whale]

Yes, it is.

[narrow pier]

oh, ok , danke

@long whale

[fervent kernel]

Is There a German Idiom for "respectfully"?

[upbeat thicket]

probably hochachtungsvoll in e-mails
could you provide more context?

otherwise there is respektvoll which is a literal translation

[fervent kernel]

for example a girl posts a pic on instagram and some guys would type" i am looking respectfully" or "disrespectfully"

[upbeat thicket]

I can't think of a German idiom with the same meaning honestly.

[steel patrol]

How would one state their language abilities on a CV/résumé? Would it be something like:

Sprachkenntnisse (nach CEFR-Niveau) - and then there's a list - or perhaps something else? Also, should it be nach or als? I'm not sure.

P.S. I'm neither writing a CV in German nor am I applying for jobs anywhere, it's just something I'm wondering about.

[undone verge]

I would just say Sprachkenntnisse and then list the language + CEFR-Niveau.

even better, list the Zertifikate you actually have

[hardy zinc]

Hallo. Ich habe verstehen versucht, aber konnte nicht. Was heißt "halten über"?

[upbeat thicket]

In which context?

[hardy zinc]

It'd be nice to have some overview of possible contexts. I tried using dictionaries, but the examples weren't so self-explanatory

[upbeat thicket]

Literally it would be „holding smth above smth“

[hardy zinc]

well yeah, but it doesn't help XD

Alright here's one example: "Ich halte das für keine gute Idee"

According to dicts it means "I don't think it's a good idea"

But... why

[upbeat thicket]

but thats „etwas für etw. halten“ not „halten über“

[undone verge]

etw. für etw. halten = to think of something as something
etw. von etw. halten is similar, often used in a question like 'what's your opinion on X'

[upbeat thicket]

same with „halten von“: Hey, was hältst du von dieser Idee?

[hardy zinc]

:loading:

oh nvm sorry

my bad

lol

I meant "für"

What does "halten über" mean

[hardy zinc]

aha...

[steel patrol]

Yes, I added the (nach CEFR-Niveau) bit with the assumption that the person writing it already has certificates for all their language abilities. I was just wondering how that would look on the document? I know that some people also just assume their level, so would it then essentially be lying?

[hardy zinc]

Like "Ich halte es für eine gute Idee" is "I find it a good idea"?

thanks

[upbeat thicket]

see my message above

[undone verge]

no, if you don't say certificate then they can either take your word for it or not believe you 🤷 I mainly wanted to say that writing nach CEFR Niveau is not necessary, and if you need to qualify it, I would connect it directly to the listed level (i.e. Deutsch CEFR-C1)

[hardy zinc]

I didn't get to the "von" one yet 😅

But honestly, about to

[steel patrol]

All right, thank you. 👍

[hardy zinc]

Alright so "halten" means "think"/"find" when used with these prepositions

okay, thanks

[upbeat thicket]

halten von is only used in question

halten für in answers

[hardy zinc]

I see

alright

[upbeat thicket]

Was hältst du von dieser Idee?
Ich halte sie für eine gute Idee.

[hardy zinc]

danke

[upbeat thicket]

Gerne!

[hardy zinc]

Is there a good website where I could get the initial form of a verb?

Given, you know, some its form, like Partizip or Präteritum

[upbeat thicket]

Duden.de or wiktionary

[mint pewter]

Wie kann ich jene jenes und jener verwenden? Und was bedeutet es?

[steel patrol]

(Loosely related to my previous question) is it true that in Germany CEFR is referred to as GER (gemeinsame europäische Referenzrahmen für Sprachen)? I'm reading an article on the subject now and that's how it's listed there.

[night dagger]

jup

gemeinsamer europäischer*

[steel patrol]

Thanks!

[snow bloom]

Is that something kids at school do in Germany? I'm not familiar at all with the concept

For context, it's from a movie where the teacher tells the parents that their kids are not paying attention in class and writing these "in and out" lists

[hardy zinc]

Ist das korrekt: "Wir fangen mit einem neuen Buch an"?

danke

[ancient pulsar]

Lies Sie den Text.

i thought we needed Lesen Sie..

[void rapids]

Hiii I have a quick question. So for the sentence “Das sind die Leute, denen wir unser Haus verkauft haben” I don’t understand why it’s denen bc I thought it would be genativ. Like the sentence Cafe Bistro ist das europaäsche Cafe dessen Kaffeesorten so lecker sind

Like I don’t understand why one is genativ and the other isn’t since it’s talking about the people they’re getting the house from right 🤔

Idk I’m bad LOL

[ancient pulsar]

to whom - denen (dative plural)

die Leute - plural

die Leute is the indirect object of the sentence

[void rapids]

Wait so to whom is technically dativ and then genativ would be more like possessive?

Like the restaurant obviously wouldn’t be to whom but it would be like what

[ancient pulsar]

exactly

[void rapids]

Oh I see 🤔 and haus is the direct object?

[ancient pulsar]

Cafe Bistro..., whose coffees are delicious
those coffees belong to Cafe Bistro

so it is possessive - genitive

[ancient pulsar]

yes

[mellow nova]

this is wrong

[ancient pulsar]

lol i saw it in a book

grammar book

[void rapids]

OOH U R A GENIUS

DANKEEEEEEE SCHÖN

[ancient pulsar]

lol i wish i were

[mellow nova]

this is also wrong, should be deren not denen

[void rapids]

Omg really 😱

Why is German so hard man 😭

But isn’t it plural “die Leute”

[mellow nova]

wait no I read that very wrong

Eko is right for yours

[ancient pulsar]

bruh

[void rapids]

Oh ok yes back to genius status 😎

[mellow nova]

I read gekauft not verkauft

[void rapids]

Material girl vibes

[nimble viper]

When on earth would you be using deren like that?

[mellow nova]

Like I said, I misread it 🤷‍♂️

[nimble viper]

No, it's okay I know 🙂 Just wondering when a second clause would start with deren ....

[mellow nova]

that's the genitive relative pronoun for feminine and plural

[nimble viper]

I didn't know it was genetive for plural, that's why I was confused. Have just seen it now

[mellow nova]

i.e
Das sind die Leute, deren Haus wir gekauft haben

[void rapids]

Oh no your name is giving me PTSD and flashbacks to when I was trying to explain hätte vs wäre vs würde like um I just told her wãre is more like to be and wurde is generally to become but rip if I’m wrong

[nimble viper]

Sure, makes sense

[void rapids]

Native speakers are lucky duckies

[nimble viper]

wurde - became, wäre - would be, würde - would (all these for ich / er conj.)

[mellow nova]

wäre = würde sein

hätte = würde haben

würde + Infinitiv = Konjunktiv II von diesem Infinitiv

[nimble viper]

Delli I found a cool fixed expression whereby K2 follows,

[mellow nova]

do tell

[void rapids]

Yeah I understand the formation of the sentences but it’s the context that I couldn’t explain to my friend 🤔 like whenever the sentence has something like Urlaub it would use hatte so I’m assuming that goes along with what you guys were saying because you “would like to have a vacation” and you can’t be a vacation unless you’re super cool and not a human

[mellow nova]

it's not about formation

I was explaining wären is a form of sein

they are the same verb in different tenses

[void rapids]

Ohhhh

[nimble viper]

Man sollte meinen, dass + K2 (zB Man sollte meinen, dass es mehr Arbeitsmöglichkeiten gäbe, für die er sich bewerben könnte.)

[nimble viper]

You are right here, K2 can be used to express wishes as such

[mellow nova]

nice

[void rapids]

Oki thank you guys so much

[nimble viper]

zB wenn ich im Urlaub wäre oder wenn ich Ferien hätte...

würde ich den Strand besuchen

[void rapids]

Omg zB ist zum beispiel OMG 😭😭😭

Wait

[nimble viper]

There is also beispielsweise, meaning for instance / als Beispiel

[void rapids]

So you can be im Urlaub 🤔 it’s not an Urlaub or is that just like on vacation

[void rapids]

That’s so cool actually

Bc I thought like

[nimble viper]

I am not sure that it can be equivocated to bzw. meaning respectively (beziehungsweise)

[mellow nova]

they are not related no and I hate that translation of bzw

[nimble viper]

How do you translate it Delli?

[mellow nova]

I prefer the simple german definition "oder besser gesagt" -> or better said

[void rapids]

Something like “Wenn ich hãtte ein Urlaub, würde icu ins Kino gehen” or something

Like you can have a vacation right

[mellow nova]

the original meaning was respectively, which is obvious from the word itself: 'beziehung' denoting relation and 'weise' being an adverbial suffix, but the colloquial usage no longer uses this definition

[mellow nova]

'Wenn ich Urlaub hätte, würde ich ins Kino (gehen)'

[nimble viper]

Wenn pushes verbs to the end , so ^

[void rapids]

Oh fun

You would never know I’ve been “learning” German for 2 ish years

[mellow nova]

to research the topic -> Subjunktionen, Nebensätze

[nimble viper]

Don't worry about 2 years into german I was probably worse than you, not to be mean or anything. I've made most of my progress in the last 4 months (nearly been learning for 4 years). If you're already dealing with genetive you're far beyond where I was

[void rapids]

LOLLLL NOT TO BE MEAN. Yeah I’m pretty bad like not super duper but kinda. Thank you tho and that’s cool bc it shows it’s really just the time you put into it or what you make of your time

[river bridge]

When would I use "entschuldigung" vs "entschuldigen Sie"?

[swift bough]

actually they are interchangeable tbh
except for when you shouldn't be using Sie with someone, then just Entschuldigung or Entschuldige

[shut briar]

https://youtu.be/qed640Xm0AU I can't understand the word they used here at 5:58. From context i know it's an article or something but don't get the exact word. To me it sounds like kompania but that's not a word

[river bridge]

When would you not use "Sie" with someone?

[swift bough]

"Sie" is strictly a very, very formal pronoun. With your friends or family members for example, you address them with non-formal pronouns.

[river bridge]

Ah, vielen dank!

[upbeat thicket]

For your boss, elderly people and teachers/professors, shop staff, officials, etc.

[rare jetty]

They say "eine Kampagne"

[nimble viper]

Ich kämpfe ab und zu darum, das Sinn im Leben zu finden. - Richtiger Satz?

[undone verge]

Sinn is masculine, right?

[nimble viper]

Oh tis

[mellow nova]

damit* glaube ich und ja der* Sinn, also einen* Sinn

[nimble viper]

Cheers. I do think it is darum, but the einen Sinn sounds more natural now that I think about it

[mellow nova]

look at dwds, um and mit mean different things

mit: intensiv versuchen, einen inneren Zwiespalt zu überwinden, mit sich, mit etw. ringen

[nimble viper]

Okey, thanks

[shut briar]

Ach so, Vielen Dank

[fervent kernel]

Does anyone know memrise

For german

[mellow nova]

is it for flash cards? use Anki

[latent wadi]

a bit similar not quite

[mellow nova]

oh then idk unfortunately

[nimble viper]

I got a bit sick of Memrise after being recommended it by a friend

There lacks a rhyme or rhythm to the app, in my opinion

[undone verge]

you must really hate that friend

[fervent kernel]

K cool

[shut briar]

Another word that i can't make out is at 8:07. First women minister is given a position but i can't tell what the verb they are saying it. Sounds like beruf but can't be it.

[undone verge]

vor diesem Hintergrund modernisiert die CDU ihre Frauenpolitik und beruft 1986 die erste Frauenministerin ins Amt und 1988 dann beschließt die SPD eine Frauenquote

[mellow nova]

shouldn't it be berief

oh aight

[undone verge]

was also confused by beschließ...would it not be beschloß? It almost sounds like she was speaking in present tense

[raw radish]

OH WAIT

she is! you are right!

[mellow nova]

oh yeah that too

[raw radish]

she actually says “beruft” and “beschließt”

[undone verge]

modernisiert, beruft, and beschließt

[raw radish]

yeah :)

[mellow nova]

why is it present tense

[raw radish]

it is just a type of style to talk about past things. To make it sound more exciting lol

[mellow nova]

does that have a name

like a particular literary style or smth

[raw radish]

“literary present tense”

[mellow nova]

oh well that's simple enough

lol

[raw radish]

it’s mostly used when talking about literature, but I think that is pretty much it lol

[shut briar]

The video is about a timeline, we're going through each year and seeing what happened, it makes sense to use present

[mellow nova]

now that I think about it, historical documentaries and stuff do that in English too

[shut briar]

Do you guys think it's the first women minister ever elected

Or first minister of women who happened to be a women

[mellow nova]

there's a minister of women

[shut briar]

Ja

Well for Women's affairs

[mellow nova]

well since it says 'Frauenministerin' i would say it's the first female minister of women's affairs

idk i guess it could go either way, maybe you could find the history of this position on google?

[shut briar]

It checks out

First female minister for women

It's just a bit weird cause it makes more sense for minister for women to be a woman

[mellow nova]

Yeah well politics regarding the control of women hasn't ever made much sense I'm afraid

[undone verge]

I assumed that it was the first person holding this office (i.e. that it was a new office, frauenminister*in)

https://hundertjahrefrauenwahlrecht.de/1986-rita-suessmuth-die-erste-frauenministerin/

[nimble viper]

Does this make good sense?

Ich finde es auch sinnvoll, dass ich mein Leben nicht führen sollte, als ob mein ganzer Wert an meinem Selbstbild festhängen würde, da meine Selbsteinschätzung zu polarisiert wäre.

[undone verge]

"Im Juni 1986 wurde das Bundesministerium um die neue Abteilung Frauenpolitik erweitert, Rita Süssmuth war jetzt Bundesministerin für Jugend, Familie, Frauen und Gesundheit und damit die erste Frauenministerin der Bundesrepublik Deutschland." seems to have been a new office .

[raw radish]

Es ist verständlich, aber etwas holprig. Ich musste es zweimal lesen

[shut briar]

It does. I translated the last text but it must be wrong

[nimble viper]

Hmm ich will es nicht, dass es holprig wäre, da ich sowas im mündlichen Gespräch sagen möchte (als ob man denke, dass ich es geistesabwesend sagte)

Wäres besser, es so zu formulieren? Mein Wert sollte ja nicht an meinem Selbstbild festhängen, da meine Selbsteinschätzung zu polarisiert und hart wäre.

[raw radish]

besser

[nimble viper]

I would like to make it impersonal, let me swap around a few of the mein-s

[raw radish]

da sounds pretty formal as well, you could use weil instead :)

[nimble viper]

Ich glaube, der Wert eines Menschen sollte ja nicht an seinem Selbstbild festhängen, da die Selbsteinschätzung berühmt hyperpolarisiert und hart sein kann. < all g?

Ich soll wahrscheinlich nix derartiges im wirklichen Leben sagen, bilde einfach ein paar Sätze, aus denen ich schnell gutes Vokabular finden kann, wenn ich müsste

[fresh yoke]

Was meinst du genau mit 'hyper-polarisieren'?@nimble viper

[nimble viper]

Ich würde erwarten, dass es weder ein gebräuchliches Verb noch ein Hilfreiches wäre. Aber das Polarisieren ist sozusagen wenn nur einige Informationen durchkommen, und die theoretische Antwort oder das Ding, mit wem man sich am Ende befindet, stellt gar nicht das ursprüngliche Bild dar. Auf dieser Weise kann das Verb was ähnliches außerhalb der Naturwissenschaft bedeuten, zB wenn eine Meinung eines Themas nicht das völlige Thema berücksichtigt... und 'hyper-polarisiert' würde es nur ausdrücken, dass die Entscheidung so ist, dass sie ziemlich einseitig wäre

[fresh yoke]

Ich kann daher glauben, dass du vielleicht eher 'verdrehen' oder 'verfälschen' sagen möchtest. <Polarisieren> bedeutet auch in Bezug auf wissenschaftliche Bereiche etwas anderes im Vergleich dazu, was du definiert hast.

Oder... ich habe einfach die Idee nicht ganz erfasst. Keine Ahnung was du genau Ausdrücken willst.

[nimble viper]

Du hättest Recht, glaub ich. Ich werde nach einem anderen Wort suchen

[long whale]

*hättest hast ;)

[nimble viper]

? Verwirrt. Wieso darf ich nicht hätten verwenden?

[long whale]

(I'm starting to feel you're either trying to practice Konjunktiv II and conditionals, or there is some misunderstanding there...? :) )

[long whale]

Hmm... Why would you want to?

[nimble viper]

To express unclarity?

Can I really not say hättest here?

[long whale]

You'd use "vielleicht" to say you aren't sure. - No, you cant. Because "hättest" means it isn't so. "Du hättest Recht, wenn es sich hier nicht um eine Ausnahme handeln würde" = You would be right, except this is an exception (-> you are NOT right)

[nimble viper]

Sure, thanks for the clarification

To say that me NOT being right is the exception is also generous xD

[shut briar]

Eine Frau muss sich Sorgen machen, was andere denken werden

I read that without da wörter the sentence feels sort of empty, even though understandable

[shut briar]

But here there is no darum

[long whale]

Mm. A tiny bit sloppy, I'd say. ;) If you put in darum/darüber, it's fine, perhaps even preferable. :)

[shut briar]

would it come before Sorgen?

[long whale]

Yes. And come to think of it, it would sound a bit more natural to me if you used "Gedanken" instead of "Sorgen" :)

("Sorgen" are quite heavy, really depressing things, like someone being ill, no money/food in the house, that kind of thing. :) )

[shut briar]

Thank you! I was wondering if I should use that instead

[daring pollen]

Hi. Eine Frage: ''Der Kurs hat viel dazu beigetragen, meine Allgemeinbildung/Allgemeinwissen zu vergrößern.'' Klingt in diesem Satz ''vergrößern'' gut oder habe ich eine bessere Alternative? Oder soll ich einfach ''verbessern'' sagen?

[plush anvil]

bei Allgemeinbildung würde ich verbessern und bei Allgemeinwissen vergrößern schreiben

wenn der Satz so bleiben soll also mit "Allgemeinbildung/Allgemeinwissen" dann würde ich erweitern nehmen.

[still stone]

Gruezi ! Ich arbeite am Passiv und bin bei einigen Sätzen unsicher. Ist es möglich, zu überprüfen, ob ich mich nicht vertan habe?

Z.b :
"Diese Tiere können noch gerettet werden."
"Man sollte das nicht fotografiert worden sein" -> bin hier wirklich nicht sicher
"Es wurde nur in sehr seltenen Fällen geschehen"
"Ist ihm vorgeworfen worden können?"

Danke

[undone verge]

Es ist nur ...geschehen (I don't think this is passive but rather past tense...)
"Man sollte das nicht fotografiert worden sein" here I have very little idea what you want to say. Man sollte nicht fotografiert werden? Oder das sollte nicht fotografiert werden?
also with the last sentence I am not sure what you want to say.
hat das ihm vorgeworfen werden können?

to me this seems somewhat contrived and not like something that is likely to be said in real life

[still stone]

That's the point of grammar exercises :/

[undone verge]

I guess above all, the takeaway is that one forms the passive in past tense with modalverbs:
haben + p.II + werden + modalverb (infinitiv)

[still stone]

I want to say "Das hatte man nicht fotografieren sollen" but in passive form

[undone verge]

das hätte man nicht fotografieren sollen? Or hatte

[still stone]

first one, sorry I don't have the umlaut

[undone verge]

all good (in this case ae will work, too)

[still stone]

yep

[undone verge]

das hätte nicht fotografiert werden sollen <-- I think this is how you would do it

[still stone]

alright

[undone verge]

2 shots of verbs (sandra lee voice)

[still stone]

I want to say "Kann man ihm etwas vorwerfen?"

We've learned that you muss delete the "Es" when it's a interrogative

but it's weird

like "Ist getantzt worden?"

[undone verge]

I haven't heard of deleting the es in those cases, only in cases where the first position is otherwise occupied.
z.B. da wird getanzt. Heute wird gegrillt. etc etc.

[still stone]

I've got 3 cases : relatives, first position occupied and interrogative

apparently

I'm losing my mind this is so foggy

[mellow nova]

it should be the same little formula as the other sentence

[still stone]

I'll use that thanks

[undone verge]

sometimes the interrogative doesn't have a subject, that is true....but in this case, I think it would stay.
kann ihm das vorgeworfen werden (present)
hat ihm das vorgeworfen werden können (past) <-- is how I would do it

again, a rather difficult sentence for anyone 🙏

[still stone]

To be honest, I have problem with german grammar I learn in school. I lived in a german place for a year or so

so some things I hear really feel like old german or formulas that are never used

Thanks for the help !

[rough furnace]

Can I write so ?

**Es ist normalerweise wärmer als in England und daher können Sie vieler schwimmen und sich sonnen. **

[steel patrol]

I think if you replace "vieler" with "mehr" then it's fine, but you might wanna wait for someone to tell you for sure.

[void rapids]

I have a quick question. For the sentence “Die Gastfamilie, bei
“die” sie wohnt, spricht
nur Deutsch.” Is this in nominativ? The die that I have in quotations is like the fill in the blank part that we had to answer but I’m a little confused as to why the relative pronoun is die here

[steel patrol]

"Bei" is a Dative preposition.

[fallen radish]

why no maiden?

[void rapids]

That’s what I thought too but the teacher said the pronoun would be die

But that’s not a dativ option

[fallen radish]

why no memes

ima go spam

https://tenor.com/view/spam-spam-lite-food-spinning-gif-17955332

yummy

[void rapids]

I thought it would be der but it’s not

[long whale]

It is. "bei der sie wohnt" is the only correct option. 🤷

[rough furnace]

So, are there anymore mistakes?

[long whale]

Looks okay, if you changed the "vieler" (I'd change it to "viel") :)

[kindred idol]

Hey

How do we say “who?” In german

I was going to say wer but Idk if that works

[swift bough]

that works

[fervent kernel]

what is the difference between "present" and "present subjunctive"

[balmy olive]

Sometimes, we say "deutsch" and also "deutsche".
when and where does this difference come?

[plush anvil]

you mean deutsch/deutsche as an adjective right?

[balmy olive]

I am not much into grammar stuff as of now,

for eg: deutsche welle,
deutsche bank.

but other places ,"deutsch"

[plush anvil]

deutsch is for male nouns and deutsche is for female nouns

[balmy olive]

deutsche bank stands for german bank, right?

Rough translation

[plush anvil]

deutsche Bank, yes.

nouns are capitalized at the start, even when not at the start of a sentence

[balmy olive]

So its all about nouns?

[plush anvil]

the gender of the noun yes!

[balmy olive]

vielen danke,

[plush anvil]

Bitte schön c:

[celest pollen]

Wir müssen noch unsere Freunden fragen, ob sie uns helfen können✅ ❌

[rare jetty]

❌

unsere Freunde

[celest pollen]

Just theoretically, if I simply said as I wrote with an incorrect -en during the conversation. Would it make a BIG difference?

[shut briar]

I think so. Cause Freunden is dative, it might confuse the native person for a second, they might expect a dative verb to follow, breaks the flow of the conversation.

[rare jetty]

The whole other sentence was correct so its just a minor mistake and its not "sinnverändernd" so no, wouldnt be too bad

[celest pollen]

Speaking fluently and remembering all those endings -en etc . That's a minimum of 2 years of sharp learning for me hard asf

Aber Ich gib nicht auf

[thorn zodiac]

"wir haben niemand was getan" Why is "was" used here? to me it makes more sense without it. Could it be that after the "was" some stuff like ",was wir nicht getan hatten" was omitted?

[shut briar]

Was here is a contraction for etwas

I hope it makes sense now

Although it should be niemandem

[thorn zodiac]

Lol Danke. Havent seen it done before

[shut briar]

Ein Individualist ist ein Provokateur und ein solcher kann niemals ein ||Glied|| unserer, mit Mühe geschaffenen Kette sein.

Als Frau hast du erst recht keinen Anspruch, ein ||Glied|| in einer Kette zu sein

[shut briar]

Was ist hier genau 'Glied'? Ist es gleich wie Mitglied

[delicate tiger]

https://duckduckgo.com/?q=kettenglied&iax=images&ia=images

[thorn zodiac]

"Klappen wird's mit keiner, jeder kriegt, was er verdient"

(from a rap song).

Why is Klappen used? I believe it means mouth in some circumstances but here im not sure

[modest plover]

"klappen" in this context is used as something is working out.

The term for mouth you are thinking of is "Klappe"

[delicate tiger]

basically "it won't work out with any woman"

[thorn zodiac]

So did the song essentially turn a verb into a noun?

It seems to fit if I see it like that

[modest plover]

No,
Klappen is a verb

[thorn zodiac]

but its capitalised and "wird" comes after so how that be?

[delicate tiger]

"Es wird mit keiner klappen" you can reorder most elements in German

[thorn zodiac]

This is easier to understand, maybe im just not used to the other format

[shut briar]

Ah, it's literally the chain

[delicate tiger]

the links of the chain

[rough furnace]

How about this?

Diesen Sommer werde ich nach England fliegen. Dort werde ich mit meinen Eltern und meinen Brüdern fliegen. Das letzte Mal, als wir vor vier Jahren dort waren. In England werden wir uns hauptsächlich treffen und Zeit mit unserer Verwandten verbringen. Unsere Verwandte wohnen in den Städten Cardiff und London. In Cardiff gibt es ein sehr berühmtes Schloss und London ist die Hauptstadt von England.

[delicate tiger]

Diesen Sommer werde ich mit meiner Familie nach England fliegen. Das letzte Mal waren wir vor vier Jahren dort. In England werden wir hauptsächlich unsere Verwandten treffen und Zeit mit ihnen verbringen. Unsere Verwandten wohnen in Cardiff und London. In Cardiff gibt es ein sehr berühmtes Schloss und London ist die Hauptstadt von England.

[midnight flume]

Hi.
if i have 2 names, then in "Vorname" i have to put both of them?
and in "Nachname" my 2 lastnames?

[upbeat thicket]

Vorname is your full first name
Nachname is your full last name

[midnight flume]

so i dont put anything int Namenszusatz and Geburtsname?

[wise pendant]

Namenszusatz would probably be Dr. or so

Geburtsname, the one you don't have anymore due to marriage, but were born with

[upbeat thicket]

no these are for official and academic titles and mandate abbreviations

[midnight flume]

thanks : )

[wise pendant]

I think you are right DEOG. When you got several firstnames put them all in the Vorname and the same for the last name

[midnight flume]

and here?

[delicate tiger]

only if your name isn't on the door bell

[midnight flume]

is not

[celest pollen]

The second verb in the prateritum is as an infinitive or normally conjugated

[undone verge]

what do you mean?

[celest pollen]

Ich war mich immer Perfekt zur Arbeit ✅🔴vorbereiten/🔴✅vorbereite

[celest pollen]

Ich hatte den Garten verschönen / verschöne ✍🏻✅🔴

[wise pendant]

verschönert

[undone verge]

neither of these are präteritum

and they are also not correct

the trick is: präteritum: you're going to be using one verb (naturally excepting modalverbs or similar situations)
perfekt: helping verb (present) + partizip II
plusquamperfekt: helping verb (präteritum) + partizip II

ich bereitete mich immer perfekt auf meine Arbeit vor. <-- something more like that, though to the idiomatic-ness of this sentence in general I will not speak.

[wise pendant]

Btw am I the only one that can't stop thinking to themselves everytime I see your profile pic, that you please put some clothes on.

[celest pollen]

Es ist zu heiß draußen 🌞

[wise pendant]

Du sitzt aber ganz offensichtlich drinnen 😄

[undone verge]

es gibt in Deutschland kaum Klimaanlagen. Warum sollte's denn überraschend sein, dass man auch drinnen nackt rumsitzen muss.

[celest pollen]

Hatte + verb in perfect at the end ? That is possible ?

Aa so that is Plusquamperfekt, but it dont fit me Here / Plasquam - „something happened before another activity in the past” / Ich hatte den Garten verschönert

[undone verge]

ja genau

you are more likely to see it in constructions with bevor or nachdem.
Bevor ich gefrühstückt habe, hatte ich den Garten verschönert.

[celest pollen]

Ich verschönerte den Garten während meines Praktikum ✅❌

[wise pendant]

*Praktikums

[stone delta]

What does ‚Ein‘ signify in: „Ein Leben ohne Klimaanlagen wurde unerträglich.“?

[wise pendant]

First of that sentence doesn't work. It needs to be "wäre" instead of "wurde".
Secondly, ein is just an indefinite article of the following noun.

[upbeat thicket]

Why is it wrong? I can be considered a fully correct sentence in past tense.

[wise pendant]

It is correct?
Syntactically, maybe.
Semantically, not really

[wise pendant]

The sentence just sounds as if he wanted to say something else, than what it would theoretically mean

[upbeat thicket]

That is true. Although the context really is lacking.

[stone delta]

context: https://m.dw.com/de/klimakrise-tödliche-hitzewellen-in-indien-und-pakistan-30-mal-wahrscheinlicher/a-61907010

[wise pendant]

Ok then it makes sense

"A life without AC became unbearable"

[nimble viper]

Lmao! Ein Leben ohne Klimaanlagen wurde unerträglich

Would hear this in an advertisement for a new AC

[wise pendant]

No you wouldn't

[nimble viper]

Oh. Sorry that probably sounded insensitive, I forgot the context of this article

[wise pendant]

It's just not semantically suited for anything commercially. Not meaning to sound harsh 😅

[last bolt]

How do i say
I dropped a person off at a place

Is the verb tropfen?

[wise pendant]

absetzen is a word you could use

[last bolt]

Danke

[lucid temple]

Hallo Leute, ich bereite mich auf die B1 Prüfung vor und suche nach einem Partner oder einer Partnerin sodass können wir uns zusammen darauf vorbereiten (vor allem der Sprechen Teil). Schick mir eine Nachricht, falls ihr daran Interesse habt. Danke

[peak turret]

Hi, what is the german word for backyard?

and what are the artikels for words Kunst, Bibliothek and Ecke?

[upbeat thicket]

They‘re all feminine

[peak turret]

danke

[upbeat thicket]

Hinterhof / Garten hinter dem Haus

[delicate tiger]

Dictionaries exist and have articles for words (https://dict.leo.org/englisch-deutsch/ and many others)

[peak turret]

danke

[thorn zodiac]

What’s does „Ich sag mal so“ mean?

Also why is mal used? I didn’t think it’s used in this way but I’m still learning modal participles so could be wrong

[swift bough]

modal particles*

because mal can not be literally translated it's hard to explain what it really means, it just conveys a certain mood or tone

I know what it means in my head but idk how to explain it in this context because it's just something you sort of feel

[thorn zodiac]

Doesn’t ‚mal‘ add a casual feeling to a sentence but an urgent sense to a command?

[swift bough]

I mean yes it definitely makes it sound more casual I would agree with that

to a command it actually also makes it more casual or at least brings it down to "polite"

it makes it like more of a suggestion and less of a command, or maybe just an urgent command

I guess mal is basically used to make you sound less uptight in a lot of situations

[thorn zodiac]

Does mal usually come after the verb? (When it’s being used as a modal)

[swift bough]

I doubt there are 0 exceptions to the rule but yes that does happen quite often at least

[night dagger]

mal sehen

[wet cedar]

Auf der wand hängt eine (shelf). how do i say it , please help

[naive linden]

You can also say "sagen wir es mal so", sometimes the subject is omitted, definitely more for casual use, yes.
Translated it would be something like "Let's say it like this:" or more like "Let's try to explain it this way"

[thorn zodiac]

Danke, I think the modals are something I will just have to keep seeing to get used to

[naive linden]

Yes, I'm sorry, I can't explain when to use "mal". Trying to figure out examples right now.

"Kann ich (mir) mal deinen Stift ausleihen"

[long whale]

Yes, except that's an ellipsis.

[delicate tiger]

"An der Wand hängt ein Regal"

[lilac hornet]

Wie heißt "industry contact" auf Deutsch? Also jemand, der schon in einem bestimmten Wirtschaftsbereich etabliert ist und bereit ist, dir in diesem Bereich zu helfen

At the University of ABC we will introduce you to many industry contacts, who...

[umbral galleon]

Branchenkontakt

[final marlin]

Zu spät. Er hat schon auf dich geduldig so viel gewartet. Aber du kamst nie. Dein Gehalt wird um die Hälfte gekürzt.

[wise pendant]

https://c.tenor.com/8v_rd_cKzIAAAAAM/meet-the-millers-paid.gif

[umbral galleon]

hm ... was passiert nochmal wenn man durch 0 teilt? 😄

[cunning rover]

would you say this is polite enough?
Sagen Sie mir bitte Bescheid, falls Sie andere Dokumente benötigen.
I'm talking to my landlady

[long whale]

That's fine. :)

[cunning rover]

thanks!

[viral jolt]

benutzt man normalerweise ob oder falls?

[storm cairn]

falls du dich fragst ob man diese Wörter nutzt: Ja tut man

[viral jolt]

ich meinte was häufiger ist

[viral jolt]

z.B in diesem Satz würde ich sagen: ob Sie andere Dokumente benötigen. ich war der Meinung dass Menschen verwenden "ob" mehr als "falls"

[storm cairn]

Ach so

"Falls" bedeutet "im Falle" und bedeutet in diesem Fall du kannst jetzt und in der Zukunft bescheid sagen

"Ob" ist hingegen eine Momentanfrage

[viral jolt]

schöne Erklärung, danke!

[storm cairn]

Also im Grunde:
Ob = Ereigniss in diesem Moment
Falls = Ereigniss Jemals/Irgendwann demnächst

[viral jolt]

jup verstanden

[hardy zinc]

Hallo. Ich versuchte es eigentlich verstehen, aber noch verstehe nicht.
Was heißt "sich beziehen auf"?

[wise pendant]

Depends on the context. But usually to reference something I'd say is the most common translation

[hardy zinc]

I see. Here are a few contexts:

Meine Frage bezieht sich auf Ihr Angebot.
Ich beziehe mich bei meiner Untersuchung auf die Vorarbeiten von Dr. Klein.
Der Himmel bezieht sich.

Like, "to address"? But what does the last example mean then?

[wise pendant]

In the last example the beziehen is related to "Wolken ziehen auf" -> it's getting cloudy

[hardy zinc]

Okay... I see, thanks

I hear "alles klar" quite often. Is it a German equivalent for "alright"?

[fervent kernel]

Yes. You also say it if you understood something. Like, when people (regularly people with whom you speak informally) explain something to you and you understand, you can replay with "Alles klar". I think that's all you need to know

[hardy zinc]

Yeah, I see. Yeah I know that its literal meaning is "everything is clear". But "alright" is used as a word-filler, and it feels like "alles klar" is used in the same contexts, so I wanted to ensure. Danke

[fervent kernel]

Bitteschön :)

[hardy zinc]

Ist das korrekt: "Unsere Reise kommt darauf an, ob die das Wetter gut wird"?

fixed

now?

danke

[icy flax]

*das Wetter, oder?

[hardy zinc]

So it's translated as "our trip comes down to whether the weather will be good"?

[mellow nova]

Our trips depends on whether the weather turns/will be good

[proven sphinx]

Well, you could even shorten it to "Unsere Reise kommt auf das/aufs Wetter an", really.

[hardy zinc]

Oh indeed

[fervent kernel]

what's the difference between wem and wen?

[proven sphinx]

"wem" is dative, "wen" is accusative

Wem habe ich das gegeben? Ich habe es ihm gegeben.
Wen habe ich gesehen? Ich habe ihn gesehen.

[fervent kernel]

oh gotcha,thank you ❤️

[hardy zinc]

Ist das korrekt: "Ich entschied mich dafür, dass ich in der Universität lernen werde"?

Und wie ist das: "Ich entschied much für, in der Universität zu lernen"

[undone verge]

the last one doesn't work

the first one...the first part is alright, but the second part seems off because of the tense-mismatch (first part in präteritum, second part in future).

[hardy zinc]

how should I change it to make it work?

[mellow nova]

I don't agree

[hardy zinc]

actually same question 😅
Which tense should I do there?

[mellow nova]

you can decide on something in the past to do something in the future

[undone verge]

the other option is that you are making a 'promise' or vow to learn in the university building.

[proven sphinx]

Ich entschied mich dafür, an der Universität zu studieren? Das willst du wohl sagen.

studieren =/= lernen

[undone verge]

@proven sphinx while you're fixing german....
if you wanted to make a decision in the past about what you do in the future, is that how you'd formulate it?
slightly confused because in english we have like 'I decided I would do X' (not I decided I will do X)

[mellow nova]

? I've decided I will x is perfectly fine english

[hardy zinc]

Looks like a mix of my two sentences, haha. Thanks

[undone verge]

I have decided I will sounds fine
but in a book where someone decided something and it's written in the past, you usually wouldn't see 'they decided they will' (rather: they decided they would)

[hardy zinc]

what would you use btw? "würde" thingy?

[undone verge]

idk if that makes the difference clear at all, but it's like two different situations. Neither is incorrect, but they're said at different times

[hardy zinc]

"Ich entschied mich ... ich würde etwas machen"?

[proven sphinx]

I do think the way I phrased it is more idiomatic with the infinitive construction.

[hardy zinc]

Oh yeah ik

I just see the dialog of hallö and Delli and was curious about these tense combinations too

[undone verge]

as usual, the german question has revealed to me something about my own language that I don't really know the rule for.

[mellow nova]

well yes because you are describing here what was once the future but no longer remains as such

would is acting as a pseudo preterite for will

[undone verge]

yeah, but in german how would you do this. Or would you at all

[mellow nova]

imo decided they would - Präteritum + Infinitiv
decided they will - Präteritum+ werden

[fervent kernel]

doesn't "i've decided to study universty" make it clear

[proven sphinx]

I think you'd avoid that construction entirely.

[wheat quail]

Can someone help me with some hw?

[undone verge]

makes sense, thanks for the answer

[mellow nova]

faq homeworo

[stoic mauve]

How to ask a question

If you want something corrected, you can put it in a Google Doc and share a link with permission level »can suggest« in #writing .

Don't ask us to translate something for you outright: that takes professional time and effort and we're not here for that. You can try your luck with deepl.com.
For single words, use dict.cc or another dictionary, it'll be quicker.

If you want to know if/how a word can be used, provide some context to help us understand the situation.

Don't ask us to do your homework or exams for you! Show us your best attempt at something and try to pinpoint what exactly you don't understand.

[hardy zinc]

wb conditionals? If I did something ... I would something.

[mellow nova]

at University, yes

[proven sphinx]

That works. You just use "würde" in both clauses.

[hardy zinc]

In both?

[proven sphinx]

Well, it depends on the verb, I guess.

[hardy zinc]

Like in both the condition and the consequence?

[undone verge]

then you'll want konjunktiv II
Wenn ich reich geworden wäre, hätte ich mehr Äpfel gekauft.

[proven sphinx]

Modal verbs can be used in the K2 form, but everything else sounds awkward.

[hardy zinc]

oh alright

that something I haven't reached yet

[proven sphinx]

"Wenn ich mehr äße, wäre ich nicht so dünn" --> technically correct, but very awkward
"Wenn ich mehr essen würde, wäre ich nicht so dünn" --> much better

Most K2 forms are used very rarely.

[hardy zinc]

"äße" looks scary

[proven sphinx]

Yeah, but don't worry. Most native speakers wouldn't ever use that form.

[hardy zinc]

I see. Well anyway I'm gonna learn it eventually

[charred fog]

'Kocht eure Köpfe doch im eigenen Saft, ihr beiden'
what?

[fervent kernel]

why did you use subjunctve form here,i'm trying to understand what is subjunctive,where to use it,each tense has subjunctive form

[proven sphinx]

You use it for the same reason you'd use it in English. It refers to a hypothetical situation.

[daring bobcat]

whats the difference between der, die and das?

I'm confused which one is supposed to be use and whatnot

[undone verge]

der- masculine
die - feminine
das - neutral

they are nominative articles

each noun has a gender.

[small sundial]

"Of course, you are more than welcome to use the photos for promotional purposes, let me know if we can set something up!"
"Natürlich dürfen Sie die Fotos gerne für Werbezwecke verwenden, bitte geben Sie mir Bescheid, wenn wir etwas einrichten können!"

set smth up - einrichten? ist das korrekt?

[lament ingot]

Each noun has a gender. Even my native language Urdu has genders. Im not sure if English has it or not.

[lament ingot]

I know English has gender for people but for any random noun, nope.

Lets say "Happiness"

What is its gender?

[mellow nova]

English does not have grammatical gender which is very rare in non Finno-Ugric European languages

we used to a long time ago but ya not anymore

[mellow nova]

we also don't really have a gender for many people-based words (like people/person for example).

Sometimes machines and things like cars/boats are referred to as she. Some people associate dogs with male and cats with female (perhaps a holdover from when english did have gender, as dogs were masculine and cats feminine) It's very random

[thorn zodiac]

I always thought they did these things because the object/machine is precious to them so they kinda humanise it

[mellow nova]

I would say thats pretty accurate ya

[still orchid]

Guys, I‘ve got my oral German exam in like 2-3 weeks but I can‘t speak for shit

What do I do

I‘m decent at the written stuff we did which is basically nothing but I want my teacher to be surprised when she hears me

[mellow nova]

try practicing every day here in the voice channels

speaking practice is the only way to improve

[half arch]

pretend u are ill

• works for me
  (jk)

[mellow nova]

in speaking specifically I mean

[cold urchin]

Nur Deutsch bitte 🙂
Was wäre der Unterschied zwischen Wuchs, Aufwuchs und Auswuchs?

[wise pendant]

Die Wörter scheinen mir doch schon recht selten. Aber im Grunde ist es so:
Wuchs - etwas das wächst
Auf... - ... auf etwas drauf
Aus... - ... aus etwas heraus

[cold urchin]

Danke dir! Ich hab tatsächlich am Montag eine OP machen lassen wegen so etwas in meiner Nase. Jetzt kann ich es besser auf Deutsch umschreiben 😄

[viral jolt]

wow i did not know that and i speak a little bit of Hindi/Urdu. how do the genders work in your language?

[daring bobcat]

Danke

[fervent kernel]

I do german for an hour daily

Nicos weg 40 mins

And Duolingo 20 mins

Am I doing it right ?

How much time will it take

To b1 level ?

[slow pebble]

my native speaker friend said it was ihr waren and not ihr wart is that correct?

[sly ferry]

No it's not
ihr wart is correct

[swift bough]

lol some native speaker

[slow pebble]

lmfao

[fervent kernel]

Nobody answered my question

🗿

[undone verge]

no one will really be able to answer this. There are too many external and individual factors to generalise.

1 hour a day, assuming you keep it up and your learning is very effective and efficient (I would drop duolingo entirely, but if it helps you keep at it)...you might take 4-7 months?

If you're not on a time crunch then I would recommend not worrying too much about how fast you'll hit B1 and instead focus on finding learning methods that are sustainable and effective for you.

[fervent kernel]

Im trying

[untold field]

How can I say "anyway" in german?

[long whale]

Please don't ask the same question in more than one channel. People may not realize it has been answered/discussed elsewhere -> waste of time/effort :)

[lament ingot]

Honestly I taught my sister from A1 to B1 german in just 1. 5 month. I used Netzwerk books to know what is grammatically required. People think that it should take atleast 6 months but there isnt much in A1/A2 its pretty basic. At B1 you learn the important grammatical stuff. Best strategy, even though at times it can be pretty dull, is that you read articles from such book and add words, whose meaning you dont know, in Anki. Remember to add the word, its plural form and the example sentences to give the context at how the word is used. Now my sister and I had whole day as we are on a break. The more time you spend learning german, the quicker you will learn it imo

Plus there are really good videos explaining grammar for beginners on youtube like "Learn German" and "Easy German" etc

What you said about Nicos weg and Duolingo. Im not sure how long it will take, perhaps someone here can tell you that.

[cyan tusk]

Well, for B1 you must know at least all of the Goethe Wortliste for this and previous levels. This is approx. 3000 words. If she really learned German to B1 only in 45 days, she would have to learn 66 words per day, which is very unrealistic...

[lament ingot]

Incorrect

When I passed my Goethe B1 prüfung

I knew not 3000 words

But you do need able to understand stuff

3000 words in active vocab, I didnt have it at that time

[cyan tusk]

Well, I see many people pass C1 Prüfung without almost any vocabulary, but it doesn't mean that they have this level

[lament ingot]

For B2 and C1 you do need sufficient vocab

You cant compare these level to B1

[cyan tusk]

It depends on a person, who is taking your test.

[lament ingot]

Bro

These test have criterias

If they are met you pass

There is no subjectiveness

[undone verge]

writing and speaking sections are, however, graded by human beings. And it can have degrees of subjectivity. That said, 3000 words for B1 may be the literal standrad. As Trevix mentioned: the standard doesn't always correspond to the test (passing the test is usually easier than being the level irl). BUT by C1 you need to be able to pull some vocab out of your ass 😂 you wouldn't pass with no vocabulary, unfortunately.

[lament ingot]

I agree

[cyan tusk]

Agree

[lament ingot]

But even in writing and speaking there are points that you need to talk about. The examiner will see how you have presented your info

And if all the points are covered sufficiently

Before grading you

So there is a degree of subjectivity

Albeit its not significant

And yes

The exam does not tell of you have actually mastered or reached that specific level

But you cant be far off

[undone verge]

it's honestly been so long since I started, it's easy to forget what you even learn at what point. 1,5 months seems a bit optimistic for your average learner, but maybe possible 🤷 the gradation from a1-b1 is difficult to pinpoint. Basically all of them are different degrees of not really being able to form a thought in german T_T

which means you can sorta pass through them just by memorising the necessary phrases and grammar rules. B2 and C1 are, therefore, a comparably huge jump. Where you're beyond rule-learning and into building an actual working vocabulary. Speedrunning a textbook falls out of the question

[lament ingot]

I agree

B2/C1 there are a lot of things that are judged. TestDAF criterias explain them in a detail manner

I can upload em here. But I think they even apply to Goethe B2/C1

[fervent hollow]

Would the sentence be right? "ein Teil von mir dachte, dass das ein bisschen merkwürdig zu sein schien."

[long whale]

Almost. Always comma before "dass". Since you used Präteritum in the main clause, using Präsens in the subordinate clause isn't really possible. :)

(In case you're interested, there is a verb for this in German: jemandem vorkommen -> X seems a little strange to me -> X kommt mir ein bisschen merkwürdig vor. With this construction, you'd drop the I think/thought/Ich denke/dachte)

[fervent hollow]

:/

What about now?

[long whale]

Good. :)

[fervent hollow]

Yay

[fervent hollow]

Oh nice, thanks for the tip

[long whale]

If you just need a quick translation, I recommend deepl.com :)

(You could also try to piece the meaning together from my comment in brackets ;) )

[fervent kernel]

it says part of me thought and i thought it translated wrong,i haven't heard this structure tho

[long whale]

scheinen = 1. to shine 2. to seem

@fervent kernel

[fervent kernel]

i was confused with the first part,now gotcha,thank you

[hardy zinc]

Ist das korrekt: "Ich schreibe an einem Buch"?

[long whale]

Yes.

(For "I'm writing a book")

[hardy zinc]

Yeah. Is it equivalent to "Ich schreibe ein Buch"?

[long whale]

Yes.

[long whale]

Maybe (!) the 1st one emphasizes the ongoing process a little more. 🤔 But if anything, we're talking fine nuances here.

[hardy zinc]

I see

[lament ingot]

Hat jemand hier PDF für TestDAF-Vorbereitungsbücher MIT dem Audio?

Audios des folgenden Buches:

1. TestDAF 20.15
2. Mit Erfolg zum TestDAF
3. Fit für den TestDAF
4. Prüfungtraining TestDAF

[night dagger]

die Audios sind vielleicht auf YouTube verfügbar.

[lament ingot]

Von den oben genannten Büchern? Ich konnte keine Audios finden. Aber ich habe die PDF-Form der obigen Bücher.

Es gibt Audios, aber nicht von den oben genannten Büchern.

[thorn zodiac]

What is the grammar topic/name for using 3 verbs? I know its like an exception with word order but idk the name

[fervent kernel]

I googled and didn't find a name but it's about Modalverben so maybe you can use that as a key word

[long whale]

doppelter Infinitiv mit Modalverben - double infinitive with modal verbs

[thorn zodiac]

Danke

[final marlin]

Bist du da ?? Hast du jemals Telegram benutzt?

[lament ingot]

Nein

Ja, ich bin hier

Aber ich kann es herunterladen

[final marlin]

Ja, mach das jetzt und ping mich wenn du das erledigt hast.

Vielleicht besser, DM mich.

[snow bloom]

Schön, Sie kennenzulernen.
Es freut mich, Sie kennenzulernen.
Freut mich, Ihre Bekanntschaft zu machen.

Which one is more formal out of the versions above? Without sounding too "stiff", which one would be appropriate for a formal email?

[celest pollen]

Smth don't fit me here
I feel like smth must be between der Kaiserin Touristen

"die" or smth

[mellow nova]

nope

[delicate tiger]

"Statt der Kaiserin | gehen | dort | heute | Touristen aus aller Welt | ein und aus" better?

[celest pollen]

It looks nicer somehow, because side by side "empress, tourists" looked weird. I know. I can't translate a language 1:1 into my native language.

[hardy zinc]

dict.cc is a bit overwhelming

is there a way to look up simple words like this one without having to choose from loads of words?

The most common one

[long whale]

Yes. Have a look: https://de.pons.com/übersetzung/englisch-deutsch/everywhere ;)

[hardy zinc]

alright... seems like there's no direct translation, I guess?

"auf dieser Welt" is "all around the world", right?

or idk

[long whale]

"direction"?

[hardy zinc]

I guess I'll go for "überall"

[hardy zinc]

direct*

literal

my level of typos lol

[long whale]

You can always double-check by putting your original sentence into deepl.com :)

[hardy zinc]

alright...

[autumn marsh]

i mean, you conveniently left out one important feature dict.cc has 😅

see the numbers on the right? it indicates how frequent that word is. granted, sometimes there are several translations which have a close-to-equal number, but that can mean...

a) it has different meanings, often indicated by those comments in the square brackets
b) that word has several translations, which are equally valid

dict.cc isn't really all that helpful for total beginners, but once you're at least intermediate, it should provide you enough of information to at least get an idea of what direction you have to head in in case you need additional information.
you can also check for example this https://www.wordreference.com/ende/everywhere which often offers translations, example sentences etc.
i only use it for french+spanish so i can't tell about the english/german quality, but i can vouch for the quality of dict.cc, even if it can be overwhelming, but has a really good quality when it comes to EN-DE specifically.

[hardy zinc]

see the numbers on the right? it indicates how frequent that word is. granted, sometimes there are several translations which have a close-to-equal number, but that can mean...
Oh! Lol, that's nice, thanks. Didn't know that XD

alright... yet another dictionary

why there's no ultimate dict which covers all needs

[autumn marsh]

well 😅

your ultimate dictionaries are those which are in the language of the language you're trying to learn

duden.de or dwds.de cover all your needs for german words, but you have to know german to be able to use it

[hardy zinc]

Yeah I use dwds too sometimes... I don't remember what troubles I had with it XD

[autumn marsh]

it's the same for english on that matter, the oxford dict is really good

[autumn marsh]

well i'd say nowadays we do have some really good resources to learn ... deepL, tons of dictionaries, youtube, lingQ, podcasts, series, chats to connect with people all over the world, so much material

[hardy zinc]

absolutely!

[autumn marsh]

learning the language partially is finding your way around in said language 🤷

[hardy zinc]

even too much material I'd say 😛

[autumn marsh]

haha arguably, yea :>

depends on the language

if you want to learn czech, there's rather too little than too much

but for the big, prominent languages there's a vast abundance of stuff so it can be challenging to find your way around, yes ...

[hardy zinc]

yeah...

this server alone is 76k

insane

[autumn marsh]

i think that's because it's well maintained and therefore everything and everyone rallies onto it

for other languages, which should arguably have the same or even a lot more learners, there aren't such big, active servers around 🤷

[hardy zinc]

such as which? I think German is one of the most learned langs isn't it?

[autumn marsh]

well at least i couldn't find a similar server for french

there are servers but they're far less popular/crowded/active

[hardy zinc]

I see

well the first one I'm coming across is 40k, but yeah idk how active it is

to be fair this one isn't proportionally active either. I'm on a 10k server which is more active.

[autumn marsh]

there's a spanish learning server, but it's also dedicated for spanish speaking people who're learning english 😄 which makes up 2/3 of the whole population

[hardy zinc]

lol

[autumn marsh]

dutch+swedish servers, naturally, are far less big

[hardy zinc]

Dutch who learn Swedish?

That's like 2 people

[autumn marsh]

no i mean, dutch server and swedish server

[hardy zinc]

ah

[autumn marsh]

for dutchlearners / swedishlearners

[hardy zinc]

German is also easier for English speakers, I guess? So, not-so-high-hanging-fruit

[autumn marsh]

well idk, from the language learning servers i know, this one certainly is one of the more active ones

[hardy zinc]

I see

[autumn marsh]

maybe even the most active one, although the spanish/english server also is very active

[hardy zinc]

There's a "Language Cafe" server which is still big but orders of magnitude less active per language (though unlike this one there are a lot of langs there)

[autumn marsh]

oh yea multi-language servers are bigger and also very active, true

forgot to mention that i was talking about "single language learning server" 😅

[hardy zinc]

yeah but that one is actually less active

per language

idk how active it is in total, but who learns all langs simultaneously

[autumn marsh]

haha jep

[hardy zinc]

When you use words like "eventuell" in the beginning, do you put the verb like this:
"Eventuell mache ich etwas"
or like this
"Eventuell ich mache etwas"?

[fervent kernel]

verb comes second in this case so "Eventuell mache ich etwas."

[hardy zinc]

Gotcha, thanks

[severe zephyr]

what’s the difference between the verbs: “mögen” und “möchten”

[long whale]

Please don't post the same question in more than one channel. People may not realize the question has been answered/discussed elsewhere -> waste of time and effort. :)

[half bloom]

how do i say "track progress" in german?

[long whale]

Context? deepl.com - ?

[onyx rain]

If I want to say "That's enough for me"
Welches ist besser?
"Das reicht für mich"
"Das ist genug für mich"
Und sind sie richtig?

[undone verge]

I feel like I hear reicht more commonly. Like...if you're getting cut a piece of cake or poured a drink? "das reicht schon"

[fervent kernel]

What's anki

☠️

[long whale]

faq Anki

[stoic mauve]

Anki

What is Anki?

Anki is a free and very versatile flashcard program that is often used for learning new vocabulary. You can import spreadsheets to quickly create your own flashcards, and you can add your own images and audio for highly custom flashcard decks. You can also access and use a wide range of community created and shared flashcard decks all for free*.

Note: Anki uses a method of learning called spaced repetition. Flashcards and spaced repetition are one of many techniques used for language learning. However, we all learn differently and while these methods work for many people, they may not necessarily work for you. Give it a try, but don’t be disheartened if these methods aren’t right for you. Even if flashcards and spaced repetition work for you, don’t forget to incorporate other forms of practice. E.g. try using your new vocabulary to write your own practice sentences.

Where To Get It

It is available here on PC, Mac, Linux, iPhone, and Android. You can also find the browser AnkiWeb version here.

Manually adding basic cards is quite simple, but making custom templates is a bit more complex. Basementality has put together this handy guide for making custom card types and decks. You can also find Anki’s documentation / instruction guide here.

*The iPhone app AnkiMobile costs $24.99 USD on the iTunes store. The Android app and all other platforms are completely free. The mobile browser version of AnkiWeb is still available for free on iPhones.

See the next page for some helpful tips on creating your flashcards.

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[hardy zinc]

ist das richtig? "Unsere Reise hängt vom Wetter ab"

[deep latch]

yes

[hardy zinc]

wb "Ich fange mit deinem Buch an"?

In the meaning of "I'm starting reading your book"

Or, also, wb "Ich fange mit meiner Arbeit an"

[light phoenix]

correct!

[hardy zinc]

Danke!

[light phoenix]

the sentence is gramatically correct and 'legitimate' if you get me :D

[hardy zinc]

Ist dieses korrekt? "Ich höre mit meiner Arbeit auf"

Und "Ich lüge dich über meine Arbeit an"

[gusty wind]

Yes, its correct

[graceful goblet]

I have a question
What does untereinander mean specifically here, and does it mean the same in every instance of using it here?

EN - Eigennamen

The second Abschnitt

[graceful goblet]

It messes with my brain for some reason

[delicate tiger]

https://www.duden.de/rechtschreibung/untereinander Bedeutung 2

[bronze urchin]

Hallo

[graceful goblet]

Yeah that's what confusing me
Eh anyway

[bronze urchin]

I wanna ask a question regarding the verb lassen.

One of my friends told that it takes two akkusativ objects, but I read it acts like a modal verb

So what happens when its a modal verb to a dativ verb

Like if I want to say : I let him help you. Should I write “ Ich lasse ihn dich helfen” or “Ich lasse ihn dir helfen”

And I have a second question if its used like a modal verb so does it take reflexive verb like modal verbs? If I have to write: I let him imagine. So would it be ‘Ich lasse mich ihn vorstellen’ or ‘Ich lasse sich ihn vorstellen’?

Because he the reflexive verb is actually done by object.

[icy flax]

I don't see how

[mellow nova]

Lass mich den Kuchen essen

[icy flax]

But is "lassen" asking two Akk or is "lassen" needing one accusative and the verb "essen" requiring the second?

[icy flax]

Lass mich dir helfen

[plain sage]

Quiero a aprender german, dondo hacer comienzo?

[rare jetty]

English or German please

[plain sage]

Where do i start learning german?

[old rover]

Duolingo is a good website to start learning german

[wise pendant]

faq duolingo

[stoic mauve]

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 .

[wise pendant]

faq beginner

[stoic mauve]

How to get started

The simplest way to learn German is to find topics you don’t understand yet and search for explanations of them. This list provides you with a guide for which topics to learn if you are completely new to German. Type the topic into Google (or YouTube) and start learning!

Introduction

1: Alphabet (especially ä, ü, ö and ß)
2: Basic greetings (hello, goodbye, etc.)

Part 1 - Simple Sentence

1: Noun gender & plurals
2: Nominative case (What are cases?)
3: Nominative pronouns (I, you, he, she, etc.)
4: Verbs in present tense
5: Definite/indefinite articles
6: Accusative case (for nouns)
7: Accusative pronouns
8: Word order of simple sentences
9: How to ask questions

See Part 2 on the next page.

Tips

• Always learn the gender of a noun when you learn a new noun
• Learn to use a translation dictionary (e.g. dict.cc, leo.org)
• Use >faq resources to see our list of German learning resources
• For listening and pronunciation practice, try watching movies or videos (incl. YouTube)
• You can listen to pronunciation for words on websites like dict.cc, forvo.com, and others
• Practice writing sentences every day (and asking people to correct them)
• Ask as many questions as possible
• Don’t be scared to make mistakes!!!! If you don’t let yourself make mistakes, you will never be able to learn German

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[final marlin]

FAQ Andre's YouTube Channel Recommendation list

[viral jolt]

i was actually searching for it the other day

they should add it to resources

[spark geode]

Can someone help please?

What is the difference of useage between "zu" and "nach"? In dativ-

Same question for "bei" and "mit"

[brittle vector]

Oh for bei and mit

Bei is used for person but mit is used for objects!

However I sadly don't know the difference between zu and nach- I'm sorry for that

[wise pendant]

I actually recently added some YouTuber:

- Targeted at German learners
Easy German
Deutsch lernen mit der DW
Natürlich German
Natürlich Deutsch
Deutsch mit Rieke
DeutschLera

- Targeted at german kids
Willi wills wissen
Wissen macht Ah! Channel
Bibliothek der Sachgeschichten
Die Biene Maja
Woozle Goozle
Checker Tobi
Checker Chan
Checker Julian
Die Maus

_Gaming:
Behaind (Comedy)
Battle Bros
HandOfBlood (Comedy)
Gronkh
Sgt Rumpel
Sarazar
Zombey
Altf4Games (Reviews)
gametwo (Comedy)
Fire Bro (Comedy)
Rahmschnitzel
Sturmwaffel
Paluten
byStegi
BastiGHG
Maudado
Maxify
MrMoreGame
Pietsmiet (Gameshows)
Senioren Zocken (Old people play games)
Hart aber Halbtrocken (formerly: Gameomat) (German Game Sins adaption) [Berlin dialect]

_Comedy/Sketches:
Varion
IBlali
YTitty (Permanently inactive)
Coldmirror
DerDrogg
Alexi Bexi
Browser Ballett
Space Frogs
RobBubble
Phil Laude
Der Heider

_German/Austrian TV broadcasting:
ZDF heute Show (Satirical news show)
NDR Doku (Various documentaries, slice of life)
NDR-Ratgeber (Miscellaneous)
TerraX Lesch und Co (Science)
TerraX Natur und Geschichte (Science documentary)
DW Deutsch (News)
ZDF Comedy
Extra 3 (Satirical news show)
Gute Nacht Österreich mit Peter Klien [Vienna dialect]
ARTEde

_Edutainment:
Cosmic Cortex (Podcast)
Wallulis
Dorfuchs (Math)
Doktor Whatson
MrWissen2Go (Politics, History)
techtastisch (DIY)
MaiLab
MalGli
Dr. Allwissend (Comedy)
Simplicissimus (Video essays)
TapaKapa Erklärt (Animation) [Austrian dialect]
Breaking Lab
Kurzgesagt - Dinge erklärt (Animated short videos)
Dr. Whatson

_Cooking:
Pommes Män
BBQ aus Rheinhessen
Hensslers Schnelle Nummer
CALLEkocht - Grandma's Recipes
kein Stress kochen
AhmetKocht
Rosins Restaurants (Similar to Gordon Ramsay Hells Kitchen)

_Vlogs:
3thedward
KELLY //missesvlog
Malwanne
Rezo (Music)

• Renzo (Commentary)
  Mirellativegal (TV Show commentary)
  Joseph (formerly: DeChangeman)
  AnniDieEnte
  Marti Fischer (Music)

_Miscellaneous:
SinansWoche (Weekly show with Sinan)
Mythos of Gaming (Retro Gaming, Popculture videos)
Tamara Wernli (Social commentary)
Doktorant (Social commentary)
Peter Frahm (Personality coaching, Social Commentary)
Simplicissimus (Video Essays)

• 2 bored guys (Video essays)
  Der dunkle Parabelritter (Video essays)
  Ultralativ (Video Essays)
  Open Mind (Drug based comedy)
  Held der Steine (Lego brick commentary, Set review)
  Der Held (Commentary, Talk)
  GreenRabbit (Psychology, philosophy)
  Marmeladenoma (Vlogs, Read alouds (eg. German fairy tales))
  World Wide Wohnzimmer (Talk Shows)
  Wilde Beuger & Solmecke (Attorney, Justice)
  Anwalt Jun (Attorney Justice)
  HYPERBOLE (Interviews)
  Massengeschmack TV (Talks on media)
  Leeroy wills wissen (Interviews)
  Die Ravennas Deutschrap (Music Analysis / Commentary)
  Glücksdetektiv (Self-Improvement, positivity coaching)
  Ehrenpflaume (Famous tv show host interviews youtubers)
  WildMics (Open Talks, Science communication, Podcasts)
  Sprechstunde mit Dr.Hegedüs (Medicine, Social, Education)
  Best of Bundestag (Compilations from the german parliaments)
  Whiskey.de (Whiskey centered content)
  Fritz Meineke (Outdoor Survival)
  Daniel Jung (Math education)

Suggestions for additional YouTuber are as always welcome!

[wise pendant]

There you go

[celest pollen]

Gearbeitet haben die Menschen früher oft viel härter und länger.

Why gearbeitet is first in this sentence

[undone verge]

it doesn't happen that often, but it is possible to put the p. II in position I

you can put any satzteil (of a Hauptsatz) there except the conjugated verb.

I guess I didn't fully answer the question 'why.' It can add emphasis. And change the 'rhythm' of a sentence if that makes any sense.

[celest pollen]

[fervent kernel]

was ist der unterschied zwischen "es gab" und "es lag" ?

[raw radish]

es sind verschiedene Wörter was ist der Kontext?

[fervent kernel]

so don't they have the "there was" meaning?

[raw radish]

“es gab” usually means “there was”. “Es lag” seems more like “something lay (somewhere)”

Es gab eine Party (there was a party). Es lag ein Hund auf dem Boden (a dog was laying on the floor).

[fervent kernel]

it translates "es lag sehr viel Schnee" as "there was a lot of snow"

[raw radish]

this “lag” comes from “liegen”. In German we say “snow lies outside” (draußen liegt Schnee)

[fervent kernel]

can i say it with gab

[raw radish]

“Es gab viel Schnee” is perfectly correct as well

just the meaning changes a tiny bit, depending on the context again

[fervent kernel]

so if there is a contact between floor and item,i can use "liegen" to mean there is

thank you

[raw radish]

i, uh, i guess? but context is the most important thing as always

[wise pendant]

"es gibt" is the equivalent to "there are" as the statement of general existence

liegen is "to lie"

[fervent kernel]

liegen isn't directly equivalent to "there is",gotcha

[final marlin]

Ich möchte mehr Notizen machen.

[undone verge]

gerne, du kannst mein Buch ghostschreiben 😛

[mellow nova]

it's not always 1 to 1 but 'es lag' is also in english, both languages use this verb for things like "The blame lies with her => Die Schuld liegt bei ihr", if that helps

[torn aspen]

Lute

Leute

kann mir jemand in mathe helfen?

[rare jetty]

Ask in #science I reveive my maths help from there too

[trim summit]

Hi

I want make a private room me and my friend

Can help admin?

[rare jetty]

There are rooms where only 2 can join

Study Group 1 for example

[spark geode]

Thanks

[spark geode]

What about this, anyone?

[trim summit]

Okey tnx bro

[brittle vector]

Anytime!

[fervent kernel]

Ich fahre nach Polen

Ich gehe zur Schule

Just listen To your heart. It knows best which one to use

[spark geode]

It actually doesnt and i keep making questions containing those wrong that is why i was asking if there is an apparent way

[unreal verge]

zu wem sagst du etwas? = to who do you say something?; nach wem sagst du etwas? = (for example: in the order of the speakers of a lecture or sth) after who do you say something? (i may be wrong tho)

[fervent kernel]

No this is not correct

[unreal verge]

oh noo, what's right then?

[fervent kernel]

Zu and nach in terms of their function as preposition to give direction

That‘s what life meant with his question

<faq zu

[unreal verge]

what about the Dativ part tho

[fervent kernel]

faq zu

[stoic mauve]

FAQ not found. I found the following similar entry: um zu (1)
Select one of the values in the brackets to directly open the suggested FAQ.

[fervent kernel]

They are dative prepositions

Well the easiest way to differentiate them is, that you use nach in regards to countries, cities
And nach hause
And nach oben unten

You can use zu for most of the time other than in the 3 cases above @spark geode

There are surely many other exceptions that i havent mentioned yet. In that case just listen to your gut feeling

[lilac hornet]

Räumt man das Badezimmer oder im Badezimmer auf?

[long whale]

Both/either. 1st one suggests to me putting everything in the bathroom to rights, while the 2nd one might just be getting rid of some mess, but this may be a very personal idea of mine. :)

On a more general note, we usually say "das Badezimmer putzen", since in the normal course of events, there is rarely that much to do in the way of "aufräumen" in a bathroom. :)

(Assuming you're aware that "aufräumen" is "to make things look neat and tidy", "to put everything [back] where it belongs", while "putzen" is to clean, usually involving scrubbing/wiping/polishing.)

[celest pollen]

Wenn ich endlich bei die Schule ankomme.
Ich suche einen Parkplatz und lasse mein Auto auf dem Parkplatz stehen.

[long whale]

1st is a) not a complete sentence, b) not correct. 2nd is fine. :)

[celest pollen]

Korrektur meine Sätze bitte

[long whale]

If you want to make 1 sentence out of those 2, you cannot use different tenses. So - which one? Past? In that case, you can't use "wenn" + you need to change the tenses in the 2nd. Present? "wenn" is fine, but you need to change the tense in the 1st. Also, you cannot use "ankommen" with "zu/r", you'd have to use "bei". Now, you can correct things yourself. :)

[hardy zinc]

Sind diese korrekt?
a. Wer noch nie hier war, für dem ist die Umstellung ziemlich schwierig
b. Wem es dort gefällt, der kann seinen Aufenthalt verlängern
c. Wem es zu kalt ist, die sollten sich einen Mantel anziehen

[long whale]

a. Which case does "für" require? b. correct c. wer/wem is singular, nor plural :)

[hardy zinc]

Danke,
a. Wer noch nie hier war, für den ist die Umstellung ziemlich schwierig
b. Wem es dort gefällt, der kann seinen Aufenthalt verlängern
c. Wem es zu kalt ist, der sollte sich einen Mantel anziehen

[left crown]

👍

[fervent kernel]

is checken used as the verb verstehen?

ich checke das nicht

[modest plover]

yes it is

[fervent kernel]

when is it more appropriate or what is the difference between the two

[modest plover]

verstehen is acutally german and should be used in official documents and such.
checken is umgangssprache

[fervent kernel]

but are they totally interchangable

can i say " ich checke dich nicht"

das habe ich nicht gecheckt

[modest plover]

in what context?

[fervent kernel]

in the context of ich verstehe dich nicht

[long whale]

That sounds a bit unusual to me. 🤔

[modest plover]

no not like that.
verstehen can either mean to understand someting like a principle or to understand someone /someting as language. checken can only be used for the former.

[fervent kernel]

so checken is usually used with "es"

ich checke es

[modest plover]

yes

[fervent kernel]

so checkst du mich is wrong

[modest plover]

yes it is

[fervent kernel]

but checkst du das is correct?

[modest plover]

yes

[fervent kernel]

ich mag es nicht wenn es regnet, checkst du das?

is it like "do you feel me?" in english?

[modest plover]

no i would not use it like that. as stated previously it is not an actual german word so it has wierd properties. verstehen would make sense in that context but not checken.

[fervent kernel]

then how would you use it

[long whale]

I think I've mostly heard it in the negative: Der checkt das nicht. Ich check das nicht. 🤔

[modest plover]

yeah i was thinking the same

[long whale]

Perhaps like "a bit dense [in that respect]"?

[modest plover]

I'd say you use it for like "i get something" / "I don't get something"

[nimble viper]

I happened to look for 'quince jelly', it's Quittengeele and when I asked the translator how to pronounce it, I was shocked when it didn't pronounce the 'g' sound. Is the g actually silent here?

[undone verge]

it should be pronounced like a zh I think 🤔 not silent

[long whale]

It's pronounced the French way: https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/63/De-Gelee.ogg ;)

[final pond]

So Perfekt Form which is longer (auxilary verb + past participle) is used more in speaking?

That doesn't make any sense, why would longer form be used in speaking