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Wir haben Zuhausis, Gurke und Mais, order so. Keine ahnung ich spreche kein Deutsch
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!ich_iel@feddit.org for anyone interessiert in unsere Maimais
Nah “maimai” is a way some people say “meme” in deutsch ahah
Ich bin ein bisschen Deutschlander myself.
German has similar enough rules to English that I treat it as a puzzle and just try to decode the memes. It’s super fun!
Seconded, context clues and a lot of what Tom Scott refers to as the rules of conversation make memes in general a lot less difficult to interpret than a standard conversation.
Ah the innocent naivety of a beginner speaker. You start off in A1 thinking „oh this isn’t so bad“ and then reality hits. Diplomats rate German as harder to learn for native English speakers than any of the Romance languages.
The learning curve is quite steep, but it’s like a reverse ski jump in that it’s suuuper easy at first followed by a “well, shit”
Here’s a good Rob Words Video about reading German as a (native) English speaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VebSZrHmsI4
Same, but the posts, which for some reason I laugh! Germans are masterminds on this.
It’s even worse when you know a little bit of German.
Words you Understand [Incomprehensible German Internet Speak] Words you Understand [Incomprehensible German Politics Ref]
To be fair, most languages end up using English words for stuff that’s tech related. For example, I’ve been learning Italian and actually laughed out loud when I learned that the Italian word for coach (which seems to be used for both buses and trains) is “Pullman” it gets even more obvious when it’s a computer-related technology
Probably next year I might try to learn a bit of German because I keep encountering Germans writing in German on various parts of the internet and it would be fun to join the club (plus I’d love to visit Germany sometime so that would remove one barrier for sure)
no better time to lernen
Itchy eel is the best!
I wonder how long it would take to learn German through osmosis
I’ve been living in Germany for 3 months and somehow it feels like I understand less every day.
So yeah a while
Just make sure you use the joke “ich verstehe nur Bahnhof”. The locals love that.
Also if you see a swiss person, always greet them with “Gruezi”. They love that too.
Usually I just make an audible sigh when the train is delayed. Seems to make me blend in well enough
I can’t believe you’ve mastered German in just 3 months
Much of it isn’t real German, its English directly translated as a joke. You’ll often see Ichich’s mentioned for example.
Es ist entweder “michmich” or “maimai”, ich hab noch nie “Ichich” gelesen :D
Ach Scheiße, du bist korrect
me blocking the community since i can actually read it
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I use the autotanslate on my phone to read the posts, feels like bringing the world closer since 90% of the memes are super relatable.
Big mood, I love that me_irl seems to transcend language barriers.
I saw a really good one the other day of Mr. Robot, where the only two phrases I recognized were “Hackerman” and “Dailymotion” and it still made me snort laugh lol
Doch, naja
Ich lerne Deutsch. Und ich habe einen Monat Gebraucht, um zu verstehen, was “iel” bedeutet.
