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
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.
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.
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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Lazycog@sopuli.xyz · 51 pts · 252d
Wir haben Zuhausis, Gurke und Mais, order so. Keine ahnung ich spreche kein Deutsch
Iheartcheese@lemmy.world · 55 pts · 252d
INTERESTING.
squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi · 19 pts · 252d
ÄUẞERST INTERESSANT.
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 30 pts · 252d
TropicalDingdong@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 252d
Stöl
VerilyFemme@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 42 pts · 252d
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!
Crackhappy@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 252d
Schafenfreude
tetris11@feddit.uk · 2 pts · 252d
Beethoven approves
nightlily@leminal.space · 9 pts · 252d
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.
clay_pidgin@sh.itjust.works · 7 pts · 252d
If you just give up on gendered nouns it's not so bad.
Kacarott@aussie.zone · 6 pts · 252d
Yeah, getting to a decent, conversational level of German isn't that bad, but I think getting properly fluent is really hard
Magnum@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 251d
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
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.
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 5 pts · 251d
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.
bob_lemon@feddit.org · 5 pts · 252d
Here's a good Rob Words Video about reading German as a (native) English speaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VebSZrHmsI4
InternetCitizen2@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
I like to think of German more like Spanish because of all the irregular verbs.
SolacefromSilence@fedia.io · 37 pts · 252d
Ich bin ein bisschen Deutschlander myself.
python@lemmy.world · 34 pts · 252d
Klingt legitim, aber ich glaube deine Umlaute sind aufgebraucht. Hier, nimm ein paar von meinen: Äää Üüü Ööö
Lemminary@lemmy.world · 17 pts · 252d
Interesting.
tetris11@feddit.uk · 11 pts · 252d
ich brauche kein Umlaute. Alle meine Zuhausis sind Old-Skool, und wir schreiben Aeaeae Ueueue Oeoeoe
Kacarott@aussie.zone · 7 pts · 252d
Ich lese die als 🚓🚑🚒
pugnaciousfarter@literature.cafe · 1 pts · 240d
Krankenwagen sind da 🚨🚨
imsufferableninja@sh.itjust.works · 9 pts · 252d
Ich bin ein Berliner
squirrel@piefed.kobel.fyi · 31 pts · 252d
!ich_iel@feddit.org for anyone interessiert in unsere Maimais
WanderingThoughts@europe.pub · 8 pts · 252d
https://cyberpunk.fandom.com/wiki/Makigai_MaiMai_P126
These ones?
FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus · 8 pts · 252d
Nah “maimai” is a way some people say “meme” in deutsch ahah
roserose56@lemmy.zip · 27 pts · 252d
Same, but the posts, which for some reason I laugh! Germans are masterminds on this.
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 24 pts · 252d
It’s even worse when you know a little bit of German.
FundMECFS@anarchist.nexus · 20 pts · 252d
Words you Understand [Incomprehensible German Internet Speak] Words you Understand [Incomprehensible German Politics Ref]
Trainguyrom@reddthat.com · 1 pts · 251d
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)
Asinus@feddit.org · 4 pts · 252d
I know a little german
ShyFae@piefed.blahaj.zone · 18 pts · 252d
no better time to lernen
RandomStickman@fedia.io · 15 pts · 252d
I wonder how long it would take to learn German through osmosis
arrow74@lemmy.zip · 16 pts · 252d
I've been living in Germany for 3 months and somehow it feels like I understand less every day.
So yeah a while
tetris11@feddit.uk · 7 pts · 252d
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.
arrow74@lemmy.zip · 14 pts · 252d
Usually I just make an audible sigh when the train is delayed. Seems to make me blend in well enough
hoppolito@mander.xyz · 4 pts · 251d
I can’t believe you’ve mastered German in just 3 months
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 1 pts · 251d
Depends entirely on how much you're exposed to every day.
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 13 pts · 252d
Much of it isn't real German, its English directly translated as a joke. You'll often see Ichich's mentioned for example.
Firnin@feddit.org · 9 pts · 251d
Es ist entweder "michmich" or "maimai", ich hab noch nie "Ichich" gelesen :D
ArsonButCute@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 251d
Ach Scheiße, du bist korrect
carrylex@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 252d
Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der BRD
Aetherion@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 251d
Willkommensbananen stehen bereit.
deacon@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 252d
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
FosterMolasses@leminal.space · 8 pts · 251d
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
BaroqueInMind@piefed.social · 8 pts · 252d
Itchy eel is the best!
xtools@programming.dev · 7 pts · 252d
me blocking the community since i can actually read it
irelephant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 7 pts · 252d
I don't have the heart to do that.
aeronmelon@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 252d
If you grew up speaking English, you already kind of understand German.
cows_are_underrated@feddit.org · 3 pts · 251d
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.
pugnaciousfarter@literature.cafe · 1 pts · 240d
🚨 Dativ has entered the premises 🚨
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 6 pts · 251d
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.
Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org · 7 pts · 251d
Sehr gut! Viel Erfolg noch! Und immer dran denken: Frinke das Wurrenwanner!
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 251d
Danke! Understood all but the end. Was ist "wurrenwanner"?
FatVegan@leminal.space · 2 pts · 251d
As someone who speaks german for 40 years: i have no idea
Duke_Nukem_1990@feddit.org · 1 pts · 250d
Ah I was making a joke but now it just seems mean. The last sentence was gibberish, don't worry about it :3
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 250d
Lol hey I'm not mad. Why not harmlessly pull someone's chain a bit?
P00ptart@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 249d
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.
Petter1@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 251d
🤷🏻 Kai ahnig
Vermutli so was wie s chuchichästli, odr so…
brognak@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 6 pts · 252d
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.
iatenine@piefed.social · 5 pts · 252d
Doch, naja
Psythik@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 252d
I blocked those communities cause I got tired of feeling left out.
Aneb@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 251d
I feel left out by most of the comments in this thread
imetators@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 251d
Ich lerne Deutsch. Und ich habe einen Monat Gebraucht, um zu verstehen, was "iel" bedeutet.
RichardDegenne@lemmy.zip · 3 pts · 251d
Ich kann nicht Deutsch sprechen.
Shortstack@reddthat.com · 4 pts · 251d
Well clearly you can, ein bisschen
samus12345@sh.itjust.works · 3 pts · 251d
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.
biotin7@sopuli.xyz · 2 pts · 251d
Interesting indeed, ja