Die Deustchsprechendegewinde

[fraublugher]

Hauspoof

 

[caligula]

Ja, ja, die deutsche Grammatik ist ein "Schmerz im Arsch" isn't it?

Maybe I should start using this expression, sounds quite funny in German.

btw, you wouldn't say "Die Deutschsprechendegewinde", doesn't make too much sense.

 

[hrodbert696]

Ja, ja, die deutsche Grammatik ist ein "Schmerz im Arsch" isn't it?

Maybe I should start using this expression, sounds quite funny in German.

btw, you wouldn't say "Die Deutschsprechendegewinde", doesn't make too much sense.

mmm... that would be a "string that speaks German," or something like that, wouldn't it?

And can't we make a compound word to just say "Arschmertz" and save three letters? German efficiency in action!

 

[carlthegroover]

Except that you just say "Ich lerne," not "Ich bin lerne." But we're all casual here. We can be grammar nazis in English, no need to do so in German too.

I don't know German. I was taking a wild guess on how it sounded like relating the words to English. I gotta admit, spoken German does sound pretty cool.

 

[carlthegroover]

IME, German > Spanish.

I don't see how. They are hardly comparable and we shouldn't place value on things that are actually part of the cultural identity of millions of people. Unless you're referring to your personal comparison of difficulty...

In the grand scheme of things, Spanish is more useful/ can be used more extensively around the world. But as I said, that alone doesn't make it more valuable than German (I still want to learn German even if I never use it to speak with native-speakers).

 

[afzoomie67]

I took a year and a half in school..but then my new school doesn't have it.. so it's Spanish time.

 

[colcifer]

mmm... that would be a "string that speaks German," or something like that, wouldn't it?

And can't we make a compound word to just say "Arschmertz" and save three letters? German efficiency in action!

Ich nicht spicht Deustch.

 

[mcnach]

I took a year and a half in school..but then my new school doesn't have it.. so it's Spanish time.

Pero si nos ponemos a hablar en español, a lo mejor no les hace mucha gracia a los que empezaron este tema en alemán, no crees? ;-)

 

[CauliColin]

Ich spreche ein klein bisschwn Deutsch, aber letztes Monat, ich habe nach Deutschland geflogen. Die Wetter war sehr heiss!

 

[Mr L]

Bass ist eine universelle spreche

 

[colcifer]

We all speak bass?

 

[caligula]

mmm... that would be a "string that speaks German," or something like that, wouldn't it?

And can't we make a compound word to just say "Arschmertz" and save three letters? German efficiency in action!

"String" passt leider nicht. "Gewinde" ist thread, aber im technischen, mechanischen Sinn.
Thread im Sinn von Forum/Thread wäre "Thema."

Re the "Arschmertz", it would make sense somehow...
since the correct "Arschschmerz" is very hard to pronounce, even for me, so it ends up sounding like "Arschmerz" anyway.
The "t" in your Schmerz, however, needs to go.


Ich spreche seit meiner Kindheit Deutsch und kann es ganz gut.

 

[jmattbassplaya]

Wow, this is the first time I've heard someone can't stand a whole language. To each their own, but I rather think of any additional language as a very useful tool for knowing people from other cultures, for traveling and mingling with locals, and for international affairs of any kind. Plus a second (and more) language gives you more culture and understanding of the workings of certain groups of languages.

Even if I don't like how a language sounds, I could still see its use. I plan to learn Mandarin Chinese eventhough I'm not too fond of its overall nasal sound. Why? Because it has more native speakers in the world than English (and has potential o become the next lingua franca.

Plus, would you rather have knowledge of a second language even if you can't stand it, or just have one language and nothing more?

I didn't mean it that way. I do respect the language and I'm happy to say that I have at least a basic understanding of it. That said, I just don't enjoy it. It wasn't what I wanted to take, but my mom guilted me into it. Have you ever been forced to do something you didn't want to? Not too fun usually, is it? To be fair though, I doubt I could enjoy learning any language in a classroom. I think languages are something that you just have to dive head first into.

 

[TheBass]

Soweit ich weiß, lesen hier etliche deutschsprachige Bassisten mit. Komisch, daß sich nur so wenige outen ... ?

"Arschschmertz" - das Wort kannte ich noch nicht. Gefällt mir.

 

[hrodbert696]

"String" passt leider nicht. "Gewinde" ist thread, aber im technischen, mechanischen Sinn.
Thread im Sinn von Forum/Thread wäre "Thema."

Re the "Arschmertz", it would make sense somehow...
since the correct "Arschschmerz" is very hard to pronounce, even for me, so it ends up sounding like "Arschmerz" anyway.
The "t" in your Schmerz, however, needs to go.


Ich spreche seit meiner Kindheit Deutsch und kann es ganz gut.

Danke!

I didn't mean it that way. I do respect the language and I'm happy to say that I have at least a basic understanding of it. That said, I just don't enjoy it. It wasn't what I wanted to take, but my mom guilted me into it. Have you ever been forced to do something you didn't want to? Not too fun usually, is it? To be fair though, I doubt I could enjoy learning any language in a classroom. I think languages are something that you just have to dive head first into.

You just need to meet some hot German chicks. Then it's a BEAUTIFUL language!

 

[Mr L]

We all speak bass?

Close, "bass is the universal language" is a direct translation

 

[Mr.Hat]

Ich haben eine grosse shtukas !!!

 

[AmpedSilence]

Works in Swedish too. Instead of writing "En hylla för böcker som används i skolan" (A shelf for books used in school), we write "Skolbokhylla" (Schoolbookshelf). It's a quite effective way of evolving language without creating completely new words.

That's actually really neat!

IME, German > Spanish. Took Spanish 3 years, learned very little. Instructor had nasally Midwest accent and textbooks padded with useless words (ex. Esmoquin: Dinner jacket/tuxedo -- yeah, that's useful). German: one year, learned a lot. Instructor was native speaker.

Don't let a bad experience with an instructor dictate your feelings towards a language lol. To say a word is useless is pretty goofy.
Spanish is pretty confusing. I speak it and I can totally understand why some people have a hard time with it. Besides, English is in the same language family as German, correct?

I do think that learning a language in a classroom setting is not ideal. I have met tons of English speakers who learned Spanish because they dated or married a Spanish speaker!
Besides, English is in the same language family as German, correct?

 

[TheAnalogKid]

Don't let a bad experience with an instructor dictate your feelings towards a language lol. To say a word is useless is pretty goofy.
Spanish is pretty confusing. I speak it and I can totally understand why some people have a hard time with it. Besides, English is in the same language family as German, correct?

No, it was all good and I did rather well. Although, in retrospect (going back 20+ years), the Midwestern-flavored Spanish was more comical than annoying in any way. I ended up tutoring some other students because their grasp of it was so shambolic. Funny actual conversation occurred between a friend of mine and my Spanish instructor back in '88 or '89:

Friend: Do you teach other languages?
Instructor: Oh, yeah, I teach French.
Friend (surprised): You teach French, too???
Instructor (nonplussed): No, I teach French I

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[caligula]

Ahja, the stereotypes.
Es mag überraschend klingen, aber das sind Trachten, die man fast nur in Süddeutschland, in Bayern sieht.
Für mich ist das nicht typisch deutsch.

Ich haben eine grosse shtukas

Entweder:
Ich habe eine grosse Stuka.
Oder:
Wir haben eine grosse Stuka.