Wir haben Zuhausis, Gurke und Mais, order so. Keine ahnung ich spreche kein Deutsch
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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!
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.
If you just give up on gendered nouns it's not so bad.
Yeah, getting to a decent, conversational level of German isn't that bad, but I think getting properly fluent is really hard
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.
Here's a good Rob Words Video about reading German as a (native) English speaker: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VebSZrHmsI4
Ich bin ein bisschen Deutschlander myself.
Klingt legitim, aber ich glaube deine Umlaute sind aufgebraucht. Hier, nimm ein paar von meinen: Äää Üüü Ööö
ich brauche kein Umlaute. Alle meine Zuhausis sind Old-Skool, und wir schreiben Aeaeae Ueueue Oeoeoe
Ich bin ein Berliner
!ich_iel@feddit.org for anyone interessiert in unsere Maimais
Nah “maimai” is a way some people say “meme” in deutsch ahah
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]
no better time to lernen
Diese Kommentarsektion ist nun Eigentum der BRD
Willkommensbananen stehen bereit.
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
Itchy eel is the best!
I know rusty Duolingo German so I get like 12%, but I’m occasionally able to piece enough together to be able to chuckle along proudly with whatever shit it ends up being about
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
me blocking the community since i can actually read it
I don't have the heart to do that.
If you grew up speaking English, you already kind of understand German.
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.
Keep at it and you'll find that you're starting to learn the language. I had a base of it thanks to Rammstein but I realized a while back that I can get a gist of it, I've never taken a class or done Rosetta Stone or any apps like it but I'm slowly learning German by exposure. Reading only. So far it only works on intake, it's not like I can speak it or write it but I'm starting to understand it if I read or hear it.
Sehr gut! Viel Erfolg noch! Und immer dran denken: Frinke das Wurrenwanner!
Doch, naja
I have no idea why ich_iel posts keep appearing in my feed, but it's kind of nostalgic for me since I grew up in Germany. I never learned the language, but sometimes I can get the gist of it through context and the few words I do know.
Memes about the Fediverse.
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