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By monty42 (Benjamin Liebich)
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#522470
Who needs a holy potato when you got a holy hand grenade?

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By tjark
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jadziadax8 wrote:My German lesson tonight.

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I really admire your german skills - so its time for the next level and than proceed learning the
best language ever. Because german is just number two.

When my wife runs the doggies most of the time she is accompanied by a pack of ravens looking for dog yummies. And a typical german conversation on higher level looks like this:

Me: How was your walk?
Wife: Ich habe meine Vögelfreunde getroffen
Me: What the f..are you talking about?

What she "says" - " I met my raven friends" but it means " I met my f..buddies" as well!

Correct is: Ich habe meine Vogelfreunde getroffen - so "o" and "ö" makes the point.

And there is a big difference when I say to my wife:
Du hast den schönsten Hintern weit und breit - und
Du hast den schönsten Hintern, weit und breit
Punctuation marks kill relationships

"Rum machen" and "rum machen" is not the same.

When you master german on this level proceed with dutch - the best language ever -
where the film quote " I m groot" means " I m dutch"

Tj
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By jadziadax8 (Maggie Geppert)
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#523900
I yelled at Little Bit in German today! It was very satisfying.

Also, if you’re wondering, it was

Es gibt zwei Badezimmer in diesem Haus!
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By monty42 (Benjamin Liebich)
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#523902
Yelling in german is almost as satisfying as cursing in german. You'll get there :wink:
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By jadziadax8 (Maggie Geppert)
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#523903
monty42 wrote:Yelling in german is almost as satisfying as cursing in german. You'll get there :wink:
It certainly sounds angrier to my English-speaking ears.
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By monty42 (Benjamin Liebich)
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#523920
You haven't been alive until you call someone einen hirngefickten, saudämlichen Flachwichser!
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By jadziadax8 (Maggie Geppert)
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#523948
Zur späteren Bezugnahme notiert!
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By jadziadax8 (Maggie Geppert)
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#529958
Obviously nerdy.
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By jadziadax8 (Maggie Geppert)
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#530021
Do you have any idea how weird it it to me to capitalize every noun, not just the Proper Nouns?
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By jadziadax8 (Maggie Geppert)
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#538150
Mid 90s teen movie fan, perhaps? I’m hearing The Smiths in my head now.
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By Boffo97 (Dave Hines)
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So I started up Duolingo myself since the more fluent I am in Spanish, the better for me professionally.

This came up today.

Duolingo: Translate 8 into Spanish.

My brain, immediately:
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