Swiss system is best system: apostrophes for thousands, either dot or comma for decimals. Completely unambiguous for anyone even if you're seeing it for the first time: 12'345.67
Pretty close, but you skipped some nouns and you have too many "not"s in your sentence. The correct translation is "no, that is the time for learning German. Then you can shitpost in two languages". Zeit is the word for time, and Sprachen means languages.
The translation by amoistgrandpa is "Then you can shitpost in two languages", which is good English, a more literal translation would be "then you can make shitposts in two languages"
Just to be completely correct it would have been: "Nein, dann ist Zeit um Deutsch zu lernen! So kann man Scheiß-Posts in zwei Sprachen verfassen." The english for is correctly translated with the preposition "um" and it is uncommon to use you as we have the pronoun "man" for such cases. But it is actual better German than you hear in my place most of the time.
Lol, you did good, but got tripped up by reading "Scheißposts" as a verb. It's capitalized, so it's a noun. The "make" at the end gets folded into the "kannst" - or "can" - so it's "Then you can make shitposts in two languages."
I've only got my A2 in German so I might also make mistakes with this, but yeah, that seems like proper German to me.
In German, the verb in a sentence fragment always goes in position 2. However, if a fragment contains two verbs (usually when you use the past perfect or when you use a modal verb, in my limited experience) then the second verb goes at the very end. So, technically, OP should have swapped "kannst" and "du", because kannst is a modal verb and thus needs to go in position 2, but the rest is good.
I also feel like "Zeit für Deutsch lernen" might sound better if it was combined into a massive noun like Deutschlernzeit, but I might be stretching too far with that. The original version is perfectly understandable.
Be aware that part of ich_iel humour in no small part consits of comically literal translations of English expressions.
That has nothing to do with proper German and as a learner you probably won't be able to spot the difference.
Ironically, it's one of the few languages that English speakers have an easier time advancing their lingual fluency through literacy, in my experience. (former ESL teacher, international hospitality liaison, etc.)
That’s probably because early Germanic languages formed the base of the early English language, even before we “added” a ton of French and other shit through (actual and) cultural conquest.
If you look through language roots, English splits from Germanic at some point close enough to make the rules logical going from English to German but probably not the other way around, idk.
I started learning German from my dad's Jr. Highschool book from the 1960s but had no one around who spoke German. My pronunciation was... interesting (even trying to mimic what the guide was telling me in the front of the book). When I finally tried to speak to people, it was also funny to learn that several things were quite out-of-date (Feder vs Kuli I think was one).
I assume the time zone is right, but I'm not sure the userbase is there the way it is for the German-speakers. If there are actually a lot of Indians on Lemmy, I feel like most of them must be writing in English instead of Hindi or their other various native languages.
You can actually select what languages you want to see in settings. Which is a step up from reddit. Only weird thing is you ALSO have to select "undetermined" language besides English and whatever else.
Oh no it's definitely Lemmy. Probably depends where your home server is and who you're federated with. And where in the US you live (because of timezones)
Hard to believe. There just isn’t enough activity on lemmy. My feed hardly changes throughout the day, and very little is German regardless of the time of day.
World has blocked some interesting instances, which is why I'm not on it (blocked piracy, which I don't actively do but I do like seeing their posts, as it often also helps get a tone on some security things, just like privacy).
World isa rather generic instance, so agree with others suggesting exploring a bit.
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lemmydividebyzero@reddthat.com · 131 pts · 1y
Die Amis schlafen...
1 Meter = 10 Decimeter = 100 Zentimeter
1 Kilometer = 1.000 Meter
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 46 pts · 1y
10 °C.
Redjard@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 25 pts · 1y
1 Liter Wasser = 1 Kilogramm
1000 Liter = 1 Kubikmeter
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Nene Kelvin ist besser (sofern es nicht um Wasser geht).
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
283K
Chocrates@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 1y
I forgot that your heathens use "." Instead of "," in numbers. I was very confused
jenesaisquoi@feddit.org · 14 pts · 1y
Swiss system is best system: apostrophes for thousands, either dot or comma for decimals. Completely unambiguous for anyone even if you're seeing it for the first time: 12'345.67
Revan343@lemmy.ca · 8 pts · 1y
I hate how it looks but I can't deny the superiority
Chocrates@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
That is interesting. I like it. Wondering if I can use it at work or in code. Hmmm
superkret@feddit.org · 8 pts · 1y
It's called a decimal point. No wonder you don't understand.
Chocrates@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
In my learning a decimal point comes after the integer. So it would mean 1km == 1 m
Kage@discuss.tchncs.de · 111 pts · 1y
Guten Morgen aus Deutschland, nimm ein Brötchen
friendlymessage@feddit.org · 82 pts · 1y
Das geht doch besser
coffeeismydrug@lemm.ee · 10 pts · 1y
ich nehme gern eine mit mohn danke sehr
superkret@feddit.org · 13 pts · 1y
Die Mohntagsknuspersonne oder den Mehrkorngoldmohnd?
(sorry this joke is probably impossible to understand for non-Germans)
coffeeismydrug@lemm.ee · 3 pts · 1y
yes
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
Ich lieben die titten meister
MoonRaven@feddit.nl · 10 pts · 1y
Danke!
Chocrates@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Ich lieben Brötchen!
CubitOom@infosec.pub · 80 pts · 1y
Gute Nacht
Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org · 3 pts · 1y
Jetzt schon?
neukenindekeuken@sh.itjust.works · 69 pts · 1y
I've, legit, learned a decent amount of German just by having Google translate up on my second monitor browsing lemmy late at night.
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 12 pts · 1y
I was gonna make a Midnight Oil joke, then remembered they're all 'Strayan.
myrrh@ttrpg.network · 4 pts · 1y
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
jealous of Team Metric 🤓
galoisghost@aussie.zone · 60 pts · 1y
Nein. Das ist zeit für Deutsch lernen. Dann du kannst Scheißposts in zwei Sprachen machen
Chocrates@lemmy.world · 20 pts · 1y
Hmm, let me try.
No. This is not for German learning. Then you can't shit post in the Spray Machine.
How close did I get?
amoistgrandpa@lemm.ee · 20 pts · 1y
Pretty close, but you skipped some nouns and you have too many "not"s in your sentence. The correct translation is "no, that is the time for learning German. Then you can shitpost in two languages". Zeit is the word for time, and Sprachen means languages.
Chocrates@lemmy.world · 10 pts · 1y
Thank you!
Zeit threw me off and had no idea what Sprachen machen meant.
vrojak@feddit.org · 12 pts · 1y
Machen -> make
The translation by amoistgrandpa is "Then you can shitpost in two languages", which is good English, a more literal translation would be "then you can make shitposts in two languages"
galoisghost@aussie.zone · 3 pts · 1y
This is what I meant. I’m still learning German, so there may be mistakes.
DragonTypeWyvern@midwest.social · 2 pts · 1y
Or speak-things, depending on how spicy you want to get translating Sprachen.
Big_Boss_77@lemmynsfw.com · 1 pts · 1y
antonamo@feddit.org · 6 pts · 1y
Just to be completely correct it would have been: "Nein, dann ist Zeit um Deutsch zu lernen! So kann man Scheiß-Posts in zwei Sprachen verfassen." The english for is correctly translated with the preposition "um" and it is uncommon to use you as we have the pronoun "man" for such cases. But it is actual better German than you hear in my place most of the time.
randint@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz · 4 pts · 1y
I only speak a very tiny bit of German so apologies if I get this wrong, but this reads like English forced into German.
Oh wow I just realized that there's the weird make in the end so maybe it was proper German after all?
marzhall@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 1y
Lol, you did good, but got tripped up by reading "Scheißposts" as a verb. It's capitalized, so it's a noun. The "make" at the end gets folded into the "kannst" - or "can" - so it's "Then you can make shitposts in two languages."
amoistgrandpa@lemm.ee · 4 pts · 1y
I've only got my A2 in German so I might also make mistakes with this, but yeah, that seems like proper German to me.
In German, the verb in a sentence fragment always goes in position 2. However, if a fragment contains two verbs (usually when you use the past perfect or when you use a modal verb, in my limited experience) then the second verb goes at the very end. So, technically, OP should have swapped "kannst" and "du", because kannst is a modal verb and thus needs to go in position 2, but the rest is good.
I also feel like "Zeit für Deutsch lernen" might sound better if it was combined into a massive noun like Deutschlernzeit, but I might be stretching too far with that. The original version is perfectly understandable.
Ziglin@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
Na dann bring denen doch wenigstens bei, dass Nomen wie Zeit groß geschrieben werden.
Kennystillalive@feddit.org · 58 pts · 1y
Schlaf gut.
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y
Natürlich, oder.
biggerbogboy@sh.itjust.works · 50 pts · 1y
Same but I'm from Australia. Ich_iel is pretty much German Duolingo to me at this point.
Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org · 18 pts · 1y
Another one making the mistake of learning German by ich_iel-memes.
SpongyAneurism@lemmy.frozeninferno.xyz · 11 pts · 1y
Be aware that part of ich_iel humour in no small part consits of comically literal translations of English expressions. That has nothing to do with proper German and as a learner you probably won't be able to spot the difference.
Bad idea to try to learn German there.
Hubi@feddit.org · 9 pts · 1y
The German on ich_iel can be "creative"
JimBeann@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 1y
Oh boy, you're learning Zangendeutsch
MDCCCLV@lemmy.ca · 3 pts · 1y
Yeah it is pretty good practice for puzzling out meaning
epicstove@lemmy.ca · 49 pts · 1y
(You do not in fact, go to bed.)
In a couple years you'll be able to read German fluently... Without knowing how to speak it.
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 pts · 1y
Ironically, it's one of the few languages that English speakers have an easier time advancing their lingual fluency through literacy, in my experience. (former ESL teacher, international hospitality liaison, etc.)
SolarMonkey@slrpnk.net · 2 pts · 1y
That’s probably because early Germanic languages formed the base of the early English language, even before we “added” a ton of French and other shit through (actual and) cultural conquest.
If you look through language roots, English splits from Germanic at some point close enough to make the rules logical going from English to German but probably not the other way around, idk.
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 2 pts · 1y
This is quite true. 🤓🤘🏼
tiredofsametab@fedia.io · 13 pts · 1y
I started learning German from my dad's Jr. Highschool book from the 1960s but had no one around who spoke German. My pronunciation was... interesting (even trying to mimic what the guide was telling me in the front of the book). When I finally tried to speak to people, it was also funny to learn that several things were quite out-of-date (Feder vs Kuli I think was one).
carrylex@lemmy.world · 38 pts · 1y
Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der BRD.
froh42@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 1y
SPRICH
BlueKey@fedia.io · 24 pts · 1y
DEUTSCH
Natanox@discuss.tchncs.de · 26 pts · 1y
DU
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 23 pts · 1y
HAST
5714@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 28 pts · 1y
ORBITALE
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org · 24 pts · 1y
HODENTORSION
squirrel@discuss.tchncs.de · 10 pts · 1y
IN
Tja@programming.dev · 8 pts · 1y
DEUTSCHLAND
Wutchilli@feddit.org · 27 pts · 1y
Moin
iAvicenna@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 1y
yup that is also my signal for "you have exhausted all the English lemmy content from now on it is all Deutschland"
Pistcow@lemm.ee · 17 pts · 1y
It's really bedtime when it turns Indian.
possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 1y
*Hindi
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 1y
I was gonna say Gujarati, but then learned it's a subset of Western Hindi. TIL! 😅
Pistcow@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
*when the Indians argue about what kind of Indian they are....
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
FWIW, I'm not Indian, just a polyglot. 🙇🏽♂️🌞
grue@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
I assume the time zone is right, but I'm not sure the userbase is there the way it is for the German-speakers. If there are actually a lot of Indians on Lemmy, I feel like most of them must be writing in English instead of Hindi or their other various native languages.
KSPAtlas@sopuli.xyz · 16 pts · 1y
I'm in europe, but I've actually been learning german these past few months so i see German posts as free practice
Rolive@discuss.tchncs.de · 2 pts · 1y
I read German memes to practice German.
Goldholz@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 1y
Wahrlich nicht kringelig
wdx@feddit.org · 13 pts · 1y
https://feddit.org/post/11539065
Full circle :D
MidsizedSedan@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 1y
Its always the 2 seconds of "WTF is OP saying?". Oh. Non english. Nvm
muntedcrocodile@lemm.ee · 5 pts · 1y
U can filter by language
FartMaster69@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 65 pts · 1y
The Germans make some awesome memes though.
ddash@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 44 pts · 1y
otter@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 45 pts · 1y
Honestly, infant English got none of that gene.
teletext@reddthat.com · 7 pts · 1y
jubilationtcornpone@sh.itjust.works · 11 pts · 1y
German
engineeringmemeing.kartoffelsaft@programming.dev · 12 pts · 1y
But then I'll never sleep
Peter_Arbeitslos@feddit.org · 2 pts · 1y
Doch
voracitude@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 1y
coffeeismydrug@lemm.ee · 2 pts · 1y
Muss ich schon sagen das es schoen ist das ich kann nachrichten und meinungen von viele lande bekommen weil es gemischt ist.
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
real
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee · 0 pts · 1y
You can actually select what languages you want to see in settings. Which is a step up from reddit. Only weird thing is you ALSO have to select "undetermined" language besides English and whatever else.
aceshigh@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 1y
Is that option available in voyager? I don’t see it.
LarmyOfLone@lemm.ee · 1 pts · 1y
Sorry don't know, I only see it in the settings of the default webUI
Coreidan@lemmy.world · -2 pts · 1y
Which feed? It sure as fuck isn’t lemmy
silasmariner@programming.dev · 11 pts · 1y
Oh no it's definitely Lemmy. Probably depends where your home server is and who you're federated with. And where in the US you live (because of timezones)
Coreidan@lemmy.world · -6 pts · 1y
Hard to believe. There just isn’t enough activity on lemmy. My feed hardly changes throughout the day, and very little is German regardless of the time of day.
But then again I browse “All” and nothing else.
silasmariner@programming.dev · 8 pts · 1y
Try exploring outside your instance and subscribing to a few feeds. You might be surprised!
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 1 pts · 1y
World has blocked some interesting instances, which is why I'm not on it (blocked piracy, which I don't actively do but I do like seeing their posts, as it often also helps get a tone on some security things, just like privacy).
World isa rather generic instance, so agree with others suggesting exploring a bit.
untakenusername@sh.itjust.works · 2 pts · 1y
I see this all the time on mastodon
missandry351@lemmings.world · -22 pts · 1y
Muricans mentality: being offended by other languages existing
name_NULL111653@pawb.social · 15 pts · 1y
.... it's a timezone joke. F*** off.
LanguageIsCool@lemmy.world · 8 pts · 1y
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 1y
probably because they want to look cool in front of all their brothers.
chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 1y
Were we offended we'd block ich_iel. It's just a joke about how late it is.
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 1y
verpiß dich