▲ 1429 ▼ English may be a hot mess but at least we don't have to worry about this nonsense (lemmy.world) submitted 2 years ago by robocall@lemmy.world to c/lemmyshitpost@lemmy.world 359 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] chemicalwonka@discuss.tchncs.de 30 points 2 years ago (1 child) crying in German permalink fedilink source hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) Disclaimer: this is terrible advice if you are trying to actually learn the proper grammar, don’t follow it. That being said, you can get by in everyday situations perfectly fine using "De" for anything, especially if you have a foreign accent people will forgive you. De junge, de Mädchen, de Baby, de Tisch, de Stuhl, de Feuerzeuggas-Nachfüllkartusche. People will understand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's so true. Or just guess. Like, for real, no one cares. Besides your Goethe Institute examiner. Das Tisch, die Mädchen, der Banane. Doesn't matter. My father has awful, awful German, despite living here for 35ish years, and his whole job is communicating with people and he made a huge career despite having no clue of grammar and buying sweet red Erdbeben in the supermarket. I also adore foreigners from different countries speaking in completely broken German to one another and somehow being able to figure out what the other one was saying and having a blast. Admittedly, with the rise of English, this has become much rarer. But it just shows you that language is so much more than just grammar and vocabulary. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maxwisecracks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I love me some sweet red earthquakes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] GregorGizeh@lemmy.zip 20 points 2 years ago (1 child) Disclaimer: this is terrible advice if you are trying to actually learn the proper grammar, don’t follow it. That being said, you can get by in everyday situations perfectly fine using "De" for anything, especially if you have a foreign accent people will forgive you. De junge, de Mädchen, de Baby, de Tisch, de Stuhl, de Feuerzeuggas-Nachfüllkartusche. People will understand. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's so true. Or just guess. Like, for real, no one cares. Besides your Goethe Institute examiner. Das Tisch, die Mädchen, der Banane. Doesn't matter. My father has awful, awful German, despite living here for 35ish years, and his whole job is communicating with people and he made a huge career despite having no clue of grammar and buying sweet red Erdbeben in the supermarket. I also adore foreigners from different countries speaking in completely broken German to one another and somehow being able to figure out what the other one was saying and having a blast. Admittedly, with the rise of English, this has become much rarer. But it just shows you that language is so much more than just grammar and vocabulary. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maxwisecracks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I love me some sweet red earthquakes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] volvoxvsmarla@lemm.ee 13 points 2 years ago (1 child) That's so true. Or just guess. Like, for real, no one cares. Besides your Goethe Institute examiner. Das Tisch, die Mädchen, der Banane. Doesn't matter. My father has awful, awful German, despite living here for 35ish years, and his whole job is communicating with people and he made a huge career despite having no clue of grammar and buying sweet red Erdbeben in the supermarket. I also adore foreigners from different countries speaking in completely broken German to one another and somehow being able to figure out what the other one was saying and having a blast. Admittedly, with the rise of English, this has become much rarer. But it just shows you that language is so much more than just grammar and vocabulary. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] maxwisecracks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I love me some sweet red earthquakes permalink fedilink source parent
[–] maxwisecracks@lemmy.world 4 points 2 years ago I love me some sweet red earthquakes permalink fedilink source parent
