I mean I was planning to visit in the next couple of years anyway I guess…

  • Dunstabzugshaubitze@feddit.org
    43·
    2 months ago

    just remember that ich_iel has a lot of fun with literal translations of english words which can lead to very weird german.

    Nur erinnere, dass ich_iel ein Los des Spaßes mit literarischen Übersetzungen von englischen Wörtern hat, was zu seltsamen Deutsch bleien kann.

  • Ben Hur Horse Race@lemm.ee
    24·
    2 months ago

    nie.

    please be advised that speaking german properly is super fucking hard compared to learning many other languages, and you don’t need german in germany for the most part.

    when I’m in germany I speak my shitty, broken german and they respond to me in english

    • SanguinePar@lemmy.world
      15·
      2 months ago

      That’s when you double down and tell them in German that you don’t speak English. That’ll confuse 'em.

    • sparkle@lemm.eeCymraeg
      4·
      2 months ago

      Compared to other languages… If those other languages are Romantic, North Germanic, Dutch, Afrikaans, or Frisian. A majority of other languages are typically considered more difficult for people who only speak English.

      That being said, I found Russian way easier than German at first, but that quickly stops being the case… German shares a lot of semantic/syntactic similarities with English so you can reasonably assume that a lot of German constructions will easily translate to English, for Russian though it’s more unfamiliar and you have to put more effort into thinking Russian-y. The main thing that made German way harder at first is German declensions… ugh… Russian has a complex declension system but it’s extremely regular, while German declensions are pretty irregular and the declension of articles is especially bad because their forms overlap a lot. Adjective declension is similarly bad. German word order also fucked with me a lot but it’s decently rigid so you get it quickly.

    • hedgehogging_the_bed@lemmy.world
      3·
      2 months ago

      My favorite phrase to use in all foreign countries is “Please forgive me, I am American.” It gets a laugh out of almost everyone even when terribly butchered in any language and most people will then attempt English for you.

      Except Parisians, who do not care. I think they would prefer I point and grunt to trying either English or my awful French.

  • EherVielleicht@feddit.org
    14·
    2 months ago

    I copy that and will increase production, if you ask I translate, you’re welcome.

    Sincerely, RatherMaybe.

  • BlueSquid0741@lemmy.sdf.org
    12·
    2 months ago

    Does anyone know what is the deal with the images (I assume it’s some kind of German meme) of people or characters with instant ramen on their head?

  • spittingimage@lemmy.world
    9·
    2 months ago

    A better reason to learn it is that anything you say in German sounds like swearing.

    Mein Hovercraft ist voll von Aalen!

      • boyi@lemmy.sdf.org
        7·
        2 months ago

        Yeah. Once I overheard someone chatting behind me while in a train. I knew it was in German because I’ve learnt some long time before. It was the cutest (presumably romantic) conversation I’ve ever even though I didn’t understand much. Before that I’ve always thought French sounded the nicest, but that conversation shattered my belief.

        A while later, I went to Germany to visit friend. While at a museum I read out loud some descriptions on items there. He told me I spoke like in films, even like Hitler. Hearing him talking with family, it was very casual and there was no sudden change of intonation like in movies. I somehow realized stereotype in movies ruined my perspective on the language.

        • trolololol@lemmy.world
          2·
          2 months ago

          I recently started hearing playlists of French punk rock. I can confirm, if you don’t pay attention what they’re saying it sounds… German

          La vache! La vache!

  • kn33@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    2 months ago

    I was thinking about it for a while. The posts encouraged me. The prospect of possibly wanting to leave the US in the next year or two depending on things also makes me want to learn a second language.

  • schnurrito@discuss.tchncs.de
    8·
    2 months ago

    Number of German-language posts? I’m somehow not seeing those. I am however a native speaker of German already, so no need anymore to learn it.

  • sexy_peach@feddit.orgEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    Don’t learn german. As a german I always feel sorry for people who learn this language just for 80 million old people ^^

    • zaphod@sopuli.xyz
      10·
      2 months ago

      As a german I have to say learn whatever language you want, even if nobody speaks it.

  • Blastboom Strice@mander.xyz
    5·
    2 months ago

    I know some German (B1), but it’s been a few years since I had classes and those posts help me brush up my German (though they are a bit advanced for my level).