Ah the innocent naivety of a beginner speaker. You start off in A1 thinking „oh this isn’t so bad“ and then reality hits. Diplomats rate German as harder to learn for native English speakers than any of the Romance languages.
I wouldn't dare try to speak it cause I'd fuck it up really bad, but I'm getting to the point I can read it or understand it spoken pretty well. Rammstein and eisbrecher helped a lot, but lemmy has really helped expand my understanding.
Seconded, context clues and a lot of what Tom Scott refers to as the rules of conversation make memes in general a lot less difficult to interpret than a standard conversation.
To be fair, most languages end up using English words for stuff that's tech related. For example, I've been learning Italian and actually laughed out loud when I learned that the Italian word for coach (which seems to be used for both buses and trains) is "Pullman" it gets even more obvious when it's a computer-related technology
Probably next year I might try to learn a bit of German because I keep encountering Germans writing in German on various parts of the internet and it would be fun to join the club (plus I'd love to visit Germany sometime so that would remove one barrier for sure)
I know rusty Duolingo German so I get like 12%, but I’m occasionally able to piece enough together to be able to chuckle along proudly with whatever shit it ends up being about
Big mood, I love that me_irl seems to transcend language barriers.
I saw a really good one the other day of Mr. Robot, where the only two phrases I recognized were "Hackerman" and "Dailymotion" and it still made me snort laugh lol
Keep at it and you'll find that you're starting to learn the language. I had a base of it thanks to Rammstein but I realized a while back that I can get a gist of it, I've never taken a class or done Rosetta Stone or any apps like it but I'm slowly learning German by exposure. Reading only. So far it only works on intake, it's not like I can speak it or write it but I'm starting to understand it if I read or hear it.
Woah, and now I've accidentally pranked myself. Totally unrelated but figured you'd find it funny. I just downloaded a mod in fallout 4 and didn't realize it said [GERMAN] very clearly. And it turned half of my stuff German. I'm definitely not ready for that lol.
You might understand some words, but grammar wise German is much more complex. This is due to the nature of our language where every noun has a gender and the fact, that we can chain words together to create new super long words, that are quite hard to understand/translate.
I have no idea why ich_iel posts keep appearing in my feed, but it's kind of nostalgic for me since I grew up in Germany. I never learned the language, but sometimes I can get the gist of it through context and the few words I do know.
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Wir haben Zuhausis, Gurke und Mais, order so. Keine ahnung ich spreche kein Deutsch
INTERESTING.
ÄUẞERST INTERESSANT.
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German has similar enough rules to English that I treat it as a puzzle and just try to decode the memes. It's super fun!
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Ah the innocent naivety of a beginner speaker. You start off in A1 thinking „oh this isn’t so bad“ and then reality hits. Diplomats rate German as harder to learn for native English speakers than any of the Romance languages.
If you just give up on gendered nouns it's not so bad.
Yeah, getting to a decent, conversational level of German isn't that bad, but I think getting properly fluent is really hard
I wouldn't dare try to speak it cause I'd fuck it up really bad, but I'm getting to the point I can read it or understand it spoken pretty well. Rammstein and eisbrecher helped a lot, but lemmy has really helped expand my understanding.
Here's a good Rob Words Video about reading German as a (native) English speaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VebSZrHmsI4
Seconded, context clues and a lot of what Tom Scott refers to as the rules of conversation make memes in general a lot less difficult to interpret than a standard conversation.
I like to think of German more like Spanish because of all the irregular verbs.
Ich bin ein bisschen Deutschlander myself.
Klingt legitim, aber ich glaube deine Umlaute sind aufgebraucht. Hier, nimm ein paar von meinen: Äää Üüü Ööö
Interesting.
ich brauche kein Umlaute. Alle meine Zuhausis sind Old-Skool, und wir schreiben Aeaeae Ueueue Oeoeoe
Ich lese die als 🚓🚑🚒
Krankenwagen sind da 🚨🚨
Ich bin ein Berliner
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These ones?
Nah “maimai” is a way some people say “meme” in deutsch ahah
Same, but the posts, which for some reason I laugh! Germans are masterminds on this.
It’s even worse when you know a little bit of German.
Words you Understand [Incomprehensible German Internet Speak] Words you Understand [Incomprehensible German Politics Ref]
To be fair, most languages end up using English words for stuff that's tech related. For example, I've been learning Italian and actually laughed out loud when I learned that the Italian word for coach (which seems to be used for both buses and trains) is "Pullman" it gets even more obvious when it's a computer-related technology
Probably next year I might try to learn a bit of German because I keep encountering Germans writing in German on various parts of the internet and it would be fun to join the club (plus I'd love to visit Germany sometime so that would remove one barrier for sure)
I know a little german
no better time to lernen
I wonder how long it would take to learn German through osmosis
I've been living in Germany for 3 months and somehow it feels like I understand less every day.
So yeah a while
Just make sure you use the joke "ich verstehe nur Bahnhof". The locals love that.
Also if you see a swiss person, always greet them with "Gruezi". They love that too.
Usually I just make an audible sigh when the train is delayed. Seems to make me blend in well enough
I can’t believe you’ve mastered German in just 3 months
Depends entirely on how much you're exposed to every day.
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Much of it isn't real German, its English directly translated as a joke. You'll often see Ichich's mentioned for example.
Es ist entweder "michmich" or "maimai", ich hab noch nie "Ichich" gelesen :D
Ach Scheiße, du bist korrect
I know rusty Duolingo German so I get like 12%, but I’m occasionally able to piece enough together to be able to chuckle along proudly with whatever shit it ends up being about
Itchy eel is the best!
Big mood, I love that me_irl seems to transcend language barriers.
I saw a really good one the other day of Mr. Robot, where the only two phrases I recognized were "Hackerman" and "Dailymotion" and it still made me snort laugh lol
me blocking the community since i can actually read it
I don't have the heart to do that.
Keep at it and you'll find that you're starting to learn the language. I had a base of it thanks to Rammstein but I realized a while back that I can get a gist of it, I've never taken a class or done Rosetta Stone or any apps like it but I'm slowly learning German by exposure. Reading only. So far it only works on intake, it's not like I can speak it or write it but I'm starting to understand it if I read or hear it.
Sehr gut! Viel Erfolg noch! Und immer dran denken: Frinke das Wurrenwanner!
Danke! Understood all but the end. Was ist "wurrenwanner"?
As someone who speaks german for 40 years: i have no idea
Ah I was making a joke but now it just seems mean. The last sentence was gibberish, don't worry about it :3
Lol hey I'm not mad. Why not harmlessly pull someone's chain a bit?
Woah, and now I've accidentally pranked myself. Totally unrelated but figured you'd find it funny. I just downloaded a mod in fallout 4 and didn't realize it said [GERMAN] very clearly. And it turned half of my stuff German. I'm definitely not ready for that lol.
🤷🏻 Kai ahnig
Vermutli so was wie s chuchichästli, odr so…
If you grew up speaking English, you already kind of understand German.
You might understand some words, but grammar wise German is much more complex. This is due to the nature of our language where every noun has a gender and the fact, that we can chain words together to create new super long words, that are quite hard to understand/translate.
🚨 Dativ has entered the premises 🚨
I use the autotanslate on my phone to read the posts, feels like bringing the world closer since 90% of the memes are super relatable.
Doch, naja
I blocked those communities cause I got tired of feeling left out.
I feel left out by most of the comments in this thread
I have no idea why ich_iel posts keep appearing in my feed, but it's kind of nostalgic for me since I grew up in Germany. I never learned the language, but sometimes I can get the gist of it through context and the few words I do know.
Ich lerne Deutsch. Und ich habe einen Monat Gebraucht, um zu verstehen, was "iel" bedeutet.
Ich kann nicht Deutsch sprechen.
Well clearly you can, ein bisschen
Interesting indeed, ja