Spyke
lemm.ee

I'm sturggling with German in school and so I thought that consuming any media that is German must help. It actually doesn't, but occasionally I manage to somehow translate a meme and then I get the funnies.

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Onionguyreply
lemm.ee

Believe me, it's a good tactic, I got quite profficient in english that way, you just need to find interesting media, you'll learn it in no time!

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halvarreply
lemm.ee

Yes, it's literally the way I have learned English. But German media is so scarce it's not even funny.

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It's usually also not that good. But Germans dub everything. The German dub of Cowboy Bebop is actually really good. (IMHO: better than any sub-translator)

Also, if you're into old games: The gothic series is from Germany and therefore full of fully voiced German.

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I reccommend the tv show "der Tatortreiniger", it's a scarce example of good original german Television.

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I have experiences opposing this to the point where I don't think I can get myself to watch anything with German dubs ever again. Most words spoken in English will have an equivalent in German that's three times longer so the lipsync always looks very weird. At least as far as I've seen.

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I'm actually working on a startup idea that is exactly this. But i get lazy sometimes, it has been in a "just a couple more weeks and it's ready" state for a few months now. Maybe ill share it with you once i manage to finish it

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Consuming media in the language you want to learn is a great tactic. If you want to look for something at an easy to understand level, try looking for "[language] immersion" or "[language] comprehensible input".

I can't really judge how hard they are for a non-native speaker but this channel (Easy German) has a lot of nice videos, all in german.

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Try language reactor, let's you have both subtitles (original + translation) at the same time. It's really great! It's a plugin on chromium browsers. Works with YouTube and Netflix.

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Come here brother, let me give you a god ol' english hug.

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Ist es? Ich bin halb Deutsch aufgewachsen, auch mit Unterricht ist meine Grammatik Scheiße, und ihr spricht alle Englisch lolol.

Wenn jemand sich überlegt ob sie deustch lernen sollten, über eine andere Sprache, dann sage ich immer: Ja, aber nur aus Spass oder wenn du planst dort zu wohnen.

Für Urlaub, bitte, danke, tschüß/ciao/ auf Wiedersehen und Google translate reicht 😅

  • meine meiner nach.
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Danke mein lieber Hofmathematiker. Das eis hat sich damit um 27% verdickt.

Aber zwiebel pass trotzdem auf 😤

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fedia.io

I don't follow this sub, and still getting german posts on a regular basis

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50MYTreply
aussie.zone

Legit tempted to learn German because the meme pool is so dam high

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If some volunteers always translated and explained the posts on this sub that go over 100 upvotes I would've known German by now.

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pezhorereply
lemmy.ml

Google translate is a lifesaver.

These German folks have funnier memes.

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And you probably don't even get the puns by translating, right? If someone doesn't know German, they wouldn't understand how much it störs?

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lemmy.world

I like trying to figure it out. It's one of my favorite things about Lemmy that I can find non US focused communities.

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Onionguyreply
lemm.ee

Stay curious, it's a nice quality! :)

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I don't even follow the sub lol, it just hits my front page anyways, y'all are great though.

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I enjoy trying to puzzle posts and comments put from my Duolingo tier knowledge and context clues. On the few occasions I've asked about something grammar wise everyone was very polite and helpful. Top tier community

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discuss.tchncs.de

As a non-german-speaker, I feel like I get plenty of good laughs out of ich_iel. I only feel like I'm missing out on some of the best posts.

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dubyakayreply
lemmy.ca

No worries. As a near-native German speaker, I struggle.

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lemmy.sdf.org

I thought I knew German decently, this place has made my brain hurt.

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feddit.org

What we do is called "Zangendeutsch", which means, that we force translate everything into German, even if the translation is absolute bullshit or completely wrong.

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mander.xyz

Ihr übersetzt es nicht, sondern ihr erfindet ähnlich aussehende deutsche Wörter.

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I got some of that, but there are posts in here where I have zero idea what’s going on even knowing the source English meme text.

It reminds me a bit of engrish aka English texts in Japan. Though those are more generally humorous at their literal meanings.

Aber, Danke für die Erklärung!

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pawb.social

i like looking at your funny word memes and imagining what it could be about

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feddit.org

If you have two possibilitys what a meme could be about, its always the one thats more stupid.

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I studied German around 20 years ago, but have forgotten most of it. It's fun to see what I can still understand when posts pop up.

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Dis sin Gefühle, die wo man schwer in Worte fassen kann. -Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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Thanks. I love this place even though I only fully understand like one post a month lol

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lemmy.world

I always wondered what the meaning of this sub was, what is ich-iel?

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lemmy.ca

Sprich oder scheiss bustaben dammit wir dir lesen kann.

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Idk fuck about German but I wonder how many people joined thinking it'd be a Rammstein thing.

I saw it alot with babymetal, people learn a few lyrics than join Japanese communities thinking they'll all join in.

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