The German Language

Isbjørn · 03-14-2014, 11:50 AM

It turned out as merely half-rhythmic reading, though

Freebase Dali · 03-14-2014, 10:41 PM

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Originally Posted by Kartoffelbrei

As someone who grew up in Germany, and as someone who is just fascinated by languages, I always wondered, how the German language must sound to someone who doesn't understand it, or is just not used to hearing it.

I mean.. ofc. You always hear that German must sound ultra stiff and edgy, but I somehow can't really believe that. So does that mean the language does not sound beautiful? Cuz as I recall it it's ****ing beautiful.. It's poetic and deep and you can express urself so flowery, lol..

Nope. I lived in Germany for 6 years and if there were two words to describe how the German language sounds, they'd be, "people choking".

Black Francis · 03-15-2014, 09:19 AM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

Arabic sound beautiful. Like for example, yalla means 'come on'

I think you meant yolo which means "you only live once"

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 03-16-2014, 11:00 PM

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Originally Posted by Black Francis

I think you meant yolo which means "you only live once"

No I think that is ****ing lame and I do mean Yalla.

Trollheart · 03-17-2014, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Vanilla

No I think that is ****ing lame and I do mean Yalla.

Yalla = You're A Lovely Lady Always?

**Scarlett O'Hara** · 03-18-2014, 11:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Trollheart

Yalla = You're A Lovely Lady Always?

Of course!

KeineLust · 03-15-2014, 11:30 AM

I'm learning it because its a cool language. It just sounds really cool. However I have trouble with word order and die, der, and das.

Kartoffelbrei · 03-15-2014, 11:35 AM

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Originally Posted by KeineLust

I'm learning it because its a cool language. It just sounds really cool. However I have trouble with word order and die, der, and das.

Well the articles der, die and das are rather randomly chosen.
There's no rule, why something has it's special gender.
The rain is a dude, love is a chick, the sky is a dude, stars are dudes, genitals are neutrums.. There's absolutely no rule.
I think that's extremely hard to remember, when German is not your native tongue

Pet_Sounds · 03-15-2014, 11:56 AM

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Originally Posted by Kartoffelbrei

Well the articles der, die and das are rather randomly chosen.
There's no rule, why something has it's special gender.
The rain is a dude, love is a chick, the sky is a dude, stars are dudes, genitals are neutrums.. There's absolutely no rule.
I think that's extremely hard to remember, when German is not your native tongue

That's the nice thing about English, despite all its quirks: with the exceptions of ships, aircraft, cars, and locomotives (all female), the genders make sense. That was one of the main difficulties I had learning German.

Kartoffelbrei · 03-15-2014, 12:06 PM

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Originally Posted by Pet_Sounds

That's the nice thing about English, despite all its quirks: with the exceptions of ships, aircraft, cars, and locomotives (all female), the genders make sense. That was one of the main difficulties I had learning German.

Don't you guys call the sun a "He" ? :P

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