#German language

[hometoursandotherstuff]

[german-enthusiast]

In my L1-acquisition class two weeks ago, our professor talked about how only 9% of the speech a baby hears is single words. Everything else is phrases and sentences, onslaughts of words and meaning!

Thus, a baby not only has to learn words and their meanings but also learn to segment lots of sounds INTO words. Doyouwantalittlemoresoupyesyoudoyoucutie. Damn.

When she talked about HOW babies learn to segment words our professor said, and I love it, "babies are little statisticians" because when listening to all the sounds, they start understanding what sound is likely to come after another vs which is not.

After discussing lots of experiments done with babies, our professor added something that I already knew somewhere in my brain but didn't know I know: All this knowledge is helpful when learning an L2 as well:

Listen to natives speaking their language. Original speed. Whatever speaker. Whatever topic.

It is NOT about understanding meaning. It is about learning the rhythm of the language, getting a feeling for its sound, the combination of sounds, the melody and the pronunciation.

Just how babies have to learn to identify single words within waves of sounds, so do adults learning a language. It will help immensely with later (more intentional) listening because you're already used to the sound, can already get into the groove of the languge.

Be as brave as a baby.

You don't even have to pay special attention. Just bathe in the sound of your target language. You'll soak it up without even noticing.

[theliteraryluggage]

I actually really like the german word for commute, "pendeln". which has the same root as pendulum

because you just keep going back and forth. and back . and forth. amd back ajd forth

can you tell it's 5 am and I am on my commute

[caramelcuppaccino]

if love and hate are the same words i love you german, if love and hate are the same words i hate you german<3

[hecho-a-mano]

a german woman who's a scammer call her a fräudlein

[onigiri-studies]

❀ 𝟝𝕥𝕙 𝕒𝕦𝕘𝕦𝕤𝕥 𝟚𝟘𝟚𝟜 ❀

The first photo was taken when I went to the orthopedist in a nearby city. He told me I needed physiotherapy because of my injury. The pain and the swelling was simply not going away. Today was my first physiotherapy session and my foot already seems to be feeling a little bit better. Wishing y'all a blessed night! 🙏🏻✨

What i did today:

Reviewed the course material for self-efficacy (the job center in my town hosted a free course on self-efficacy)

Read some articles on "der Spiegel"

Listened to the German news on "Deutschlandfunk"

[mapsontheweb]

Some of the different regional German variations of the word „potato“

[karuuhnia]

... ... So anyway, what do you say for "kick the bucket" in your native language?

In German we say "den Löffel abgeben" (= "to turn in/hand over the spoon") or "ins Gras beißen" (= "to bite the grass") among other things.

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[sysy-studyblr]

tuesday 23/07/2024

german! went over B2 grammar for recapping purposes since i never ended up writing notes! plus this is super helpful with reading comprehension

♫ sunburn - almost monday ♫

[kimblestudies]

september 11, 2024.

-> german hw (subject + verbs) in the building where my econ class is. going to try and be an econ SI next semester 🤞✨

->we still have not done actually yoga. sketched to keep myself awake through the last part of this documentary✨

->writing a note to my sister because she never checks her phone and this just feels better. no wonder this is the oldest form of communication, it's fantastic. try it. (yes, i know stamps are expensive)✨

->calc homework. it seems it's all I do. quiz tomorrow✨

🎧diamonds are a girl's best friend, marilyn monroe

[neristudy]

I know it's bad to gloat, I really do But there's something absolutely horribly wonderful about the way my desk mate advocated for using chat GPT to learn German, that it's “so good and so perfect”, “the best way to learn because it corrects mistakes” and so on and so forth Only to have his letter (written using chat GPT) completely destroyed and crossed out by the teacher because it's mistake upon mistake (let alone it uses a lot of grammar that we did not learnt yet) and in general just absolutely sensless and useleess. Who would have thought, right?

[hi-i-am-a-sock]

hot take: opinions "german sounds harsh" and "german sounds beautiful" can coexist

[german-enthusiast]

✨"Sehr geehrte Besucher, aufgrund Ihres hohen Alters ist unsere Leopardin leider gestorben"✨

The marking on the picture around the word "Ihres" points to the importance of proper capitalization of the formal you in German to distinguish it from her/your

ihr = her (feminine singular possessive pronoun) / your (plural personal pronoun; this doesn't make sense here though)

aufgrund ihres hohen Alters -> because of her (the female leopards) old age

Ihr = you (formal)

aufgrund Ihres hohen Alters -> because of your (the readers)visitors) old age

Dear visitor, due to her old age, the female leopard has unfortunately passed away.

vs.

Dear visitor, due to your old age, the female leopard has unfortunately passed away.

[lina-fresa]

no one ever told me what the german word for the end piece of bread is and I honestly never thought to google it, so i've been calling it the "Brot po" which is "Bread butt" because in English thats what I call it, the butt of the bread. And none of the native germans in my house or life have corrected me, they've all just adopted it and let me think it was normal. 😂🤦🏾‍♀️

[caramelcuppaccino]

the rumors are true: german b1 level is demanding and i am, in fact, lowkey struggling. gotta keep going though.

[vibinwiththefrogs]

Does anyone have any fave German listening material for immersion?

I'm aware of EasyGerman on YouTube and various programs aimed at learners, but I'm looking more for TV shows, YouTube series, or streamers. Podcasts are fine too.