Goggles-kun Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 Well, why not? I know that my family is of German heritage, and I would like to go to Germany someday 😊 I know some people on the forums live in Germany (or close to there), so if anybody can give me tips, that’d be amazing! Thanks 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkily Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 God, those declensions. And the words with totally random genders that don't make sense for the word. I like and respect the German people, but I hate their language. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacestar TheThundersuncat Posted October 23, 2018 Share Posted October 23, 2018 25 minutes ago, Lurkily said: God, those declensions. And the words with totally random genders that don't make sense for the word. I like and respect the German people, but I hate their language. Quite many hate it too. 😅 If you translate Latin correctly into German, you get German that isn't German, but at least more pretty. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 Well, that is not the world's easiest language to learn. I am German but I am not sure if I can give you many tips. It is like any other language just that it sucks XD You have to learn an awful lot... and German is weird, we have so many grammar rules that are just weird. I mean 'umfahren' and 'umfahren' mean completly the opposite depending on intonation ^^ Though once you are far enough reading and watching movies/ tv series in german helps an awful lot (and we have a crapton of dubbed stuff soo that will be easy) that's the way I learned english after getting far enough through school I read a lot of books and watched english stuff 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkily Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 I remember when I learned about umfahren. You can either be driving around a policeman, or over him, all hinging on which syllable you stress. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caspercaper17 Posted October 24, 2018 Share Posted October 24, 2018 German is an awful language. I wouldnt advise it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goggles-kun Posted October 24, 2018 Author Share Posted October 24, 2018 3 hours ago, Caspercaper17 said: German is an awful language. I wouldnt advise it. 23 hours ago, Lurkily said: I like and respect the German people, but I hate their language. Well, if you guys don't advise me to do it, what language do you advise me to learn? I'm not interested in French, Spanish would probably be helpful because of where I live, and I heard Nordic languages are waaaay harder. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alyssa1864 Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 44 minutes ago, Goggles-kun said: Well, if you guys don't advise me to do it, what language do you advise me to learn? I'm not interested in French, Spanish would probably be helpful because of where I live, and I heard Nordic languages are waaaay harder. You should do anything you feel would be easier for you! These are just opinions, it's your life, after all, you can do what you want. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkily Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 If you're up for the challenge, go ahead and learn German - I won't advise against it. I just hate the language with a passion. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philo Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 Go for it!@Markus and me are learning Japanese Going to class every Monday. Wir können ja dann mit dir Deutsch reden 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 10 hours ago, Goggles-kun said: Well, if you guys don't advise me to do it, what language do you advise me to learn? I'm not interested in French, Spanish would probably be helpful because of where I live, and I heard Nordic languages are waaaay harder. If you want to do it, don't let other people let you talk out of it. Learning languages is always tricky. I really enjoy learning languages and if you choose the language it is way easier just because you have the motivation Also if you can speak German learning Norwegian is really easy (I am in my third semester of learning Norwegian and a lot of the grammar is the same with the german grammar). I can't say much about Swedish but danish is very similar to Norwegian so I guess still easy if you can speak German. Finnish is super hard and I don't think worth learning (not many people speak finnish). Islandic is interesting (easier to learn if you can speak Norwegian) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Micha Posted October 25, 2018 Share Posted October 25, 2018 @Goggles-kun Guten Tag 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goggles-kun Posted October 25, 2018 Author Share Posted October 25, 2018 @Micha nein 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sky Posted October 31, 2018 Share Posted October 31, 2018 @Goggles-kun Apparently learning Latin helps you learn other languages. Thus, we learn it in school. Guess what grade of mine is the worst? LATIN. (All the other are A's or somethin,a nd Latin's a C or something) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkily Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 Latin is also a language I hate. EVERYTHING is dependent on form and declension. Everything. There is a proper word order, but it's a gentleman's handshake based on the habits of one popular dude's speeches. Different word orders have no influence on meaning, other than being obviously incorrect. To be fair, I may just hate learning languages. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goggles-kun Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 2 hours ago, Skysplash8 said: @Goggles-kun Apparently learning Latin helps you learn other languages. Thus, we learn it in school. Guess what grade of mine is the worst? LATIN. (All the other are A's or somethin,a nd Latin's a C or something) Really? In my school we don’t learn Latin. The closest thing I ever got was French in 4th grade. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jojo Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 10 hours ago, Skysplash8 said: @Goggles-kun Apparently learning Latin helps you learn other languages. Thus, we learn it in school. Guess what grade of mine is the worst? LATIN. (All the other are A's or somethin,a nd Latin's a C or something) We could choose between Latin or French, seriously that's choosing between a rock and a hard place. My french grade usually was the worst together with math... but we don't speak about math XD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lurkily Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 9 hours ago, Goggles-kun said: Really? In my school we don’t learn Latin. The closest thing I ever got was French in 4th grade. Latin is the root of many other languages -- Italian, French, Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian -- and contributes to many others, including English, and medical/scientific terminology. A grounding in Latin can help you decipher the rudiments of other languages without knowing them at all. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
paopao9511 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 The thing with any language is to also have someone to practice speaking with as well. Back in high school I took German classes when I first started unfortunately the school quit offering it after a year. Then I took Chinese classes for two years. Unfortunately with no one to talk with in those languages I don't remember much anymore just a few words. I've recently wanted to try to revisit on of these just not sure which. My teachers always said you have to practice a lot, the more you speak it the better. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwainie Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Ich lerne auch deutsch! Magst du deutsch? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwainie Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 On 10/25/2018 at 8:40 AM, Micha said: @Goggles-kun Guten Tag Hallo! Ich bin gut, wie ghet's? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwainie Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 On 10/24/2018 at 3:54 PM, Caspercaper17 said: German is an awful language. I wouldnt advise it. Why? It's easy to learn(at least for english people), it's popular, beautiful(in my opinion) and useful. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spacestar TheThundersuncat Posted April 3, 2019 Share Posted April 3, 2019 Most people think German sounds angry. But then again, my grandfather thinks Latin is the epitome of beauty. Can't really judge someone, being related to what is clearly an insane maniac. The only beautiful thing are stuctures of logical arguments and math. Clearly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Philo Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 Just finished reading my very first manga in Japanese It's a simple one for children, but it feels like a big step forward ^^ 私は初めて日本のマンガを読みました。 それはとても簡単な漫画です、子供たちはそれを読むことができます。しかし、それは一歩前進です。 Does anybody know this manga :D? 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Broken Posted April 22, 2019 Share Posted April 22, 2019 The only word I know in German is nein. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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