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FAQ U: >How do I learn a language? What is the best way to learn one? How should I improve on certain aspects? Read the damn wiki >Should I learn lang Y so I can learn lang X? No >What is the most useful language? Sumpf-Swedish >What language should I learn? Platt-Swedish
>het/hett So is it used for hot things, like food? Examples tack >gillar New word learned I forgot that you don't capitalize nationalities. Old habits die hard. >I am finally here yay
Joshua Morris
>no Umlaut Pro-tip for all learners of German and Germans themselves who don't want to play piano while programming due to the AWFUL German keyboard layout:
If you enable the "en-us-international" keyboard layout, you can write Umlaute super easily: ä=AltGr+q Ä=AltGr+Q ö=AltGr+p Ö=AltGr+P ü=AltGr+y Ü=AltGr+Y ß=AltGr+s There's no uppercase Eszett, unfortunately... Q, P and Y are being used here, because A, O and U are already used for á, ó and ú (fuck you) and Q, P and Y are physically right next to them on a QWERTY keyboard. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/AltGr_key#US-International
"en-us-international with dead-keys" is a better layout, because your quotation-mark key and some others become modifier keys (dead keys): ä="+a Ä="+A ö="+o Ö="+O ü="+u Ü="+U en.wikipedia.org/wiki/QWERTY#US-International
And then there's also the compose key, where you can combine tons of letters (doesn't work with dead keys): ß=compose+s+s ẞ=compose+S+S ä=compose+"+a Ä=compose+"+A ö=compose+"+o Ö=compose+"+O ü=compose+"+u Ü=compose+"+U en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Compose_key#Common_compose_combinations
very nice, but why do germans say "dies sind meine freunde" and not "diese sind meine freunde" is the latter incorrect ? i thought diese could be used as a plural demonstratives
Hudson Hernandez
the former is the correct one. the latter sounds very weird without a following noun >diese Leute sind meine freunde >diese Menschen sind meine Freunde >diese Tiere sind meine Freunde >diese Schusswaffen sind meine einzigen Freunde und ich werde sie bald verwenden
Dude i've been fucking shilling for german for a month now but I guess I will again in case you didnt get the memo
German is the master race of the germanic lanuages why? because of it's grammar, it's orthographie, it's relation to other german tongues, and ironically because of it's difficulty
if you learn German and become fluent you will be able to learn every other germanic languages in incredible speed. Danish you ask? you can learn this halbinseldeutsch of a language in 3 months after becoming fluent in german , are you interested also in Dutch aka sumpf deutsch dialect? Hell you can learn this also in 3 months . Ive done it already
>So is it used for hot things, like food? I think it's more so that English uses hot to mean "very warm" as well as "hot" (and a synonym to "sexy"), whereas we just say something's warm. Varm and het are synonyms for these instances really, but the default native choice is almost always varm. When it comes to food, spicy/hot food is usually just called "stark mat" ("strong food") because of the intense flavour that spices and chilies create.
>Examples tack Det är en varm dag = It's a hot day Spisen är varm = The stove is hot Den är glödhet = It is super hot Elden brinner het = The fire burns hot Varmluftballong = Hot air balloon Maten har en angenäm hetta = The food has a pleasant heat [to it] Min panna är varm, jag tror jag har feber = My forehead is hot, I think I have the fever. Det är det hetaste modet = It's the hottest fashion Det är så varmt och hett = It's so warm and hot
Honestly I wouldnt mind swedish, my linguistics professor told me swedish and danish are just dialects of each other so learning one is like practically like learning the other but danish just have a different counting system is this true?
Robert Richardson
Please learn the difference between its and it's.
Leo Ramirez
Wir sind auf Jow Forums grammatik ist doch egal (ausser language challenges)
Ethan Brown
it's've
Brayden Jones
Im watching who am I after a german user so nicely recommended it. I cant help but see the similarites in style with this and fight club , did the director do this on purpose?
Jack Phillips
I've never heard of that movie. Do you have a clip of it?
Jackson Cooper
how is portuguese closer to french and italian than spanish lexically?
Joseph Ward
reposting my challenge answers Easy >This is a doll Questa è una bambola. >It is hot today Oggi fa caldo. >I enjoy the cold nights Mi piaciono le notte fredde.
Medium >I like Australian culture Mi piace cultura Australiana. >Where have you been in the world? Dove sei stato nel mondo? >Why is it so hot? Perchè fa così caldo?
Hard >It feels like a desert outside the cooled rooms Sta come un deserto fuori delle stanze (what's the word for cooled here?). >I wish I was freezing to death right now Desidero che sono gelo alla morte subito. >Hopefully it rains sometime this week Si spera che pioverà (sometime) questa settimana.
I am learning French currently and I need help with present -ir and -re verb conjugations and imparfait verb conjugations (the latter excepting etre, which I understand)
Jordan Watson
C'est une marionette Les temps sont chauds J'aime les nuits froides
J'aime culture Australienne Ou vous etes alle dans la monde? Pourquoi est les temps chauds?
I can't do the rest
Henry Russell
>Skandinaviska för nybörjare >De flesta som bor i Skandinavien förstår varandra över landgränserna. Svenska, norska och danska har nämligen ett gemensamt ursprung, och är så lika att vissa språkvetare ser dem som dialekter av samma språk.
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>Most people who live in Scandinavia understand each other across land borders. Swedish, Norwegian and Danish have a common origin, and are so similar that some linguists see them as dialects of the same language. I just found proof evena scandinavian admitting their "languages" are considered dialects by the the experts
ich werde davon halt hart getriggert, wenn Leute, insbesondere Amerikaner, ihre eigene Muttersprache nicht beherrschen und ich dann diesen Durchfall lesen muss... JEDEN VERFICKTEN TAG
Jacob Garcia
How is Lexical Distance calculated?
Christopher Robinson
make a reverse image search, find the reddit thread where it was posted first (there are a lot of reposts, but the author often finds those and replies) and read how it's calculated... I think it was posted on Jow Forumsetymologymaps or Jow Forumseurope >inb4 >reddit
I'm so excited, I'll be able to stop using language learning as a way to stop my depression and start becoming a functional member of society
Brandon Brooks
Only if you look at total vocabulary and not at vocab frequency. Of the 100 most used words in English all are Germanic. (I, you, he, she, it, that, then, there, what, who, or, and etc. are all Germanic)
Grayson Long
A language is a dialect with an army, so who cares.
Samuel Evans
That stupid meme. What is like quoi of French and que of Spanish.
You don't even know about Gaulish/Celtic influences on English.
Lincoln Wilson
>longcat is long طولانیگربه طولانی است >long cat is long گربه طولانی طولانی است
Liam Williams
>What is like quoi of French and que of Spanish. What's your point? "What" is a Germanic word derived from Germanic languages, that's not debatable. You can look it up in a dictionary if you want.
Everytime I try to use Duolingo I get bored with how slow it is. I once kept up a seven day streak of about 3 lessons minimum and it was still asking how to say "I am" or "He drinks".
Jackson Garcia
The page before seven is allegedly page six.
Landon Sanders
slow and steady wins the drinking race
Michael King
today is wednesday, meeting day.
Jacob Rogers
Hi lads, i hear that learning some language is easier/better with using schoolbook for native speakers? What can you say?
Chase Smith
that will definitely help. Though I would also use a basic language learning textbook along with the native schoolbooks.
Eli Carter
>You like languages, you like the mysterious but quite honestly, you can't just add another language to your daily schedule and you wouldn't know which one to begin with? Why not let me choose a language for you to study for one weekend?
For any of us a bit bored with their current language or those searching for a new one.
Hunter Smith
>notte *notti, plural >piace cultura You forgot the article, "la cultura" >Sta come un deserto Either "Si sta come in un deserto" or "Sembra un deserto" >fuori delle Fuori dalle >cooled Rinfrescate >I wish I was freezing to death right now Vorrei morire di freddo in questo momento >(sometime) Prima o poi Buona fortuna con l'italiano
Justin Phillips
>Australiana Forgot to mention: nationality adjectives use lowercase letters. When it comes to nouns, the plural can employ the uppercase, but that's usually reserved for ancient people, especially to distinguish them from their modern counterparts: "i Romani" vs "i romani".
Lincoln Diaz
>muttersprache
Nicht meine
Christopher Perry
Any recommendations for a Polish audio course?
Josiah Jones
>page 7
Camden Howard
Warum denn nicht einfach "Das sind meine Freunde" "Dies(e)" in dem Kontext gibt's in informeller Sprache nur sehr selten
Cooper Ortiz
BASED
Cooper Hall
>gf is finnish >keeps telling me i should learn it >Every time I try speaking some she just laughs and corrects me in a really patronising manner
Non anglos don't understand the pain and shame of learning another language
my dad told me the story about how he got a degree in translation cause he took some test translating stuff and if you passed you got a degree, no need for enrolling or studying for years or whatev
this was like 30 years ago BUT recently some italian user told me something similar that apparently is still going on?
I cant find anything on the net tho. Am I too stupid for the internet or did I dream it
Jackson Sullivan
>she just laughs and corrects me Hot.
Carson Butler
and its supposed to be offered by universities??
Kevin Morgan
be quiet, mutt
Logan Lewis
We can't all be purebred like you, Ahmed.
Jordan Barnes
>page 8
Noah Morris
>page 7
David Johnson
So sleepy but still must go to meeting
Jaxson Peterson
Caffeine, my fren. t. pro non-sleeper
Wyatt Gonzalez
I want to convince people I'm a vampire. No memeing, where do I start with learning Latin?
Jacob Wright
Learn based Romanian instead
Dominic Taylor
>Latin
Yeah if you want people to think you are a paedo. Akkadian is the language of vampires.
Kayden Cooper
No you guys, it's gotta be latin. Dead language and all. I'm trying to be on that "I'm hundreds of years old ama" type shit
William Moore
You know there are other language than Latin that are old and dead, right? And Latin is older than your "hundreds of years", so why not pick a language that would correspond with your fake vampire age? Besides, why would a vampire speak Latin?
Matthew Butler
Some how nodicks aka nordics cant grasp this concept
Landon Gonzalez
You might be able to convince them you're a tard
Angel Foster
Should I convince my gf to become an italki teacher ,she hates her job and attractive women sometimes make well over 30 dollars an hour on that italki site , she's already a german teacher but I cant help but think im pimping her out for other guys to check her out on cam. I mean im not making any money from it so maybe not
John Ward
With Akkadian you get to say you are thousands of years old (4500!) and you get call anyone who doubts you an antisemite.
Logan Phillips
BTFO
William Perez
If no one else will make a challenge I can.
Ez >I am eating bread. >What did you do at the hotel? >I love books a lot.
Medium >Jow Forums is thw ultimate safe space. >If you don't give me enough time I'm going to explode! >This shit doesn't make any sense. >I will get enough of you when you're done with this challenge.
Hard >According to all known laws of aviation, there is no way that I can make an original prompt that isn't based off a dead meme. >Calculus can get hard and complicated, I just wish it was easier. >The pale anteater summons great demons from hell that tear apart the world like a piece of paper. >If I were you I would solve all the world's problems, exhaust all possibilities of them coming back, and let them come back anyway.
If this challenge is too retarded or something feel free to make your own challenge.
Alright, well because 1. it's sexy 2. it's in my heritage 3. i already speak spanish and sometimes convince myself i'm learning italian 4. "vatican vampire" just rolls off the tongue, and is also some lvl-20-rogue shit
Akkadian sounds cool, and the fact that you can learn it is pretty dope, but that's way too big of a role for me
