Do you like the German language?

[Poppavalyim Andropoff]

 

[R00T]

The only value in German is it’s connection to Yiddish.

 

[Feline Supremacist]

It's a precise language but its frustrating to not be proficient in it.

 

[eatler]

I wish I knew more of the language of the kraut, Seems like a fun one to learn. In leu of any actual intelligence here’s the Schalmei. An instrument NO ONE knows how to play

 

[Blobby's Murder Knife]

It's a precise language but its frustrating to not be proficient in it.

I'm barely proficient in English sometimes. But it is an interesting language to know. Once you know it, you basically also know Dutch/what is left of Friesian by default and most other Germanic languages are on easy mode except Danish. I have no idea why Danish is the way it is, but compared to Dutch, Swedish, or Norwegian, Danish is messed up. At least I have an explanation for Icelandic.

I sometimes had this problem, I would usually tell them my foreign exchange program made me sign an agreement not to speak English during my time in the program. And while this was true, the rule was not strictly enforced. But in general, continuing to reply to English inquiries in German will eventually frustrate most German speakers enough to stop code-switching and they will just talk to you in German. IMO they're doing it because they think you have limited German skills, so if you can demonstrate proficiency they will stop doing this.

Depends, I think. If their English is particularly good, they will insist on English, no matter how good your German is. Key is to find German speakers that aren't comfortable speaking English, which is easier in rural areas, but then you have to deal with serious dialects, heh.

I sometimes get lazy though and think the best solution is occasionally, I speak English, they speak German, we both completely understand each other and it is really awesome like that. I have some friends where it works out this way. But generally speaking, if I am in Germany/Austria/German speaking Switzerland, I'd prefer just to speak German. When in Rome and whatnot.

 

[HyperboreanRightsActivist]

Reverse French

Shut up Peste Noire is GOATed

 

[The handsome tard]

Its a good language to use when you are having an angry episode.

 

[Aunt Carol]

I like to listen to German-speakers with subtitles but I am too dumb to personally handle an inflected language.

 

[Blobby's Murder Knife]

Its a good language to use when you are having an angry episode.

Halt's Maul du Arschloch!
Du kannst froh sein, wenn ich dich am leben lasse!

 

[Butterschmalz]

Its a beautiful language. Dichter und Denker: Deine Mutter kaempft mit Enten um ihr Brot, sieh es ein mein Freund du bist ein Hurensohn.

 

[Aiōn]

I like German, I appreciate that some of their words describe the subject and their use of prefixes.

Das Faultier - Lazy animal

Die Fliedermaus - Flutter mouse

french being romantic is such is a psyop...

French is classified as a romance language as in it was derived from vulgar Latin and is Roman in origin.
*And that could be where the whole "french is the language of love" came from.

 

[Overwritten Tapes]

Yes. I used to speak it very well

 

[pork and beans]

I sorta like Cyrillic

Cyrillic is great using it improved my handwriting lol

Russian, along with Lithuanian and Latvian, are just things on the procrastination list.

I hope you find the time somewhere along the lineRussian is amazing and so fun. I thought I liked it more than German because I find russian a lot easier but I’m finally starting to enjoy German more.

French is classified as a romance language

I know, I meant that it’s not lovely

 

[Blobby's Murder Knife]

I like to listen to German-speakers with subtitles but I am too dumb to personally handle an inflected language.

Eh, it isn't too difficult. For whatever reason, the syntax came pretty naturally to me. All the declensions are a complete pain in the dick, but there are some things that not even native speakers agree on. Once I gave up caring about getting that correct all the time, it got much more enjoyable. What ends up happening is that you default to learning like a child for some things. Once you hear X in Y case enough, you just say it without any thought given. German is annoying simply because you have no idea the genders for most things as it makes no sense in the singular. In plural, it is all feminine. In languages that have fixed gender rules for 99% of the nouns in the singular like Spanish or Lithuanian, it is far easier. It is also fun. My name can't exist in Lithuanian for grammatical reasons, so Lithuanians renamed me, hehe.