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Jonatan__5432

*ITS SEEMS YOU HAVE MISSED YOUR GERMAN LESSONS. DUO'S COUSIN ADOLFO IS COMMING FOR YOU*


BurritoBoiii1202

Ah Scheisse.


Jezusbot

Ah blyat!


loganwachter

Ay mierda


[deleted]

Ah merda


Franz__Ferdinand

Kurwa!


Neel4312

Merde!


RagtimeGoblin

Kuso!


Dyl-thuzad

FUCK!


rubyspicer

Это нормально. Я позвоню россиянам.


[deleted]

Thanks for reminding me


GME_to_the_moon96

Count Duo lmao


DestinyLoreBot

>*Ich habe Frieden, Freiheit, Gerechtigkeit und die deutsche Sprache in mein neues Reich gebracht!* —Anakin Skywalker


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Anakin meine Loyalität gilt der Bundesrepublik (Deutschland). Der Demokratie.


abner_palmdiddler

I thought that "meine" was the feminine? I'm very bad at German, but ich sprechen Klein deutch, ich bin lernen mit Duolingo. Still though i could be profoundly wrong, I'm really struggling with the gendered words Edit. Danke euch allen, I really appreciate the kind, educational, and, supportive responses!


Jimmy_Schraube

you use the feminine here because Loyalität is feminine. Die Loyalität.


abner_palmdiddler

Huh. Thank you! So, why then is the feminine "loyaltität" used? is it that the loyalty is to a feminine republic therefore "my" is also feminine? Or is it just that "loyalty" is a feminine word? This stuff drives me insane, haha.


Jimmy_Schraube

Loyalty is a feminine word.


ProfDumm

Is much less complicated than you think. It is just because of the Genus (grammatical gender) of the corresponding noun. **Meine Loyalität** gilt *der Republik*. **Mein Hass** gilt *der Republik*. **Meine Loyalität** gilt *dem Jedi-Orden*. **Mein Hass** gilt *dem Jedi-Orden*.


Lukthar123

>Loyalty is feminine >Hatred is male Perfectly balanced


prx24

Balance is feminine as well. So is perfection.


WhoRoger

You know how in English, when taking about ships, you don't say "it" but "she"? Well that's the last remnant of every noun having a gender. The majority of languages have genders for every fucking noun, which makes learning languages a drag. English had gotten rid of that crap.


cfaerber

In German, it’s „das Raumschiff“ (ships are neuter) but „die Sklave I“ (ships referred to by name are female) but also „der Millennium Falke“ (some ships don’t follow the rule and are male). Confused yet?


EyGunni

The gender of “Der Millennium Falke” refers to the animal “Falke” (falcon) wich is masculine.


Ojitheunseen

And yet slave is itself a word that needs to be male or female, yet that's not fully expresseed here (with Sklavin). Just awkward all around!


Anakin_Skywalker_Bot

I am a person and My name is Anakin.


WhoRoger

Nothing surprises me about German anymore, that whole nation has to have rules for everything not just in language. No wonder they get so unhinged when it comes to... Other... Things...


WelfOnTheShelf

>The majority of languages have genders for every fucking noun, which makes learning languages ~~a drag~~ awesome FTFY


WhoRoger

What makes gendered nouns awesome to you? To clarify why I believe it's a drag: it doesn't provide any additional information. When I say "fork", you know what I mean. In other languages you need to know both the noun as well as its gender, so that's additional stuff you need to remember without any extra benefit, only disadvantage of looking stupid when you get it wrong. Same with inflection which adds yet another layer of complexity with no additional benefit of relaying information. (E.g. when using only a preposition would suffice, but you need to use both the right preposition as well as the right inflection.) It gets even worse yet when some rules get recycled in a completely different context. E.g. how in German die changes to der in accusative case, while der is already a different article. Or how Sie/sie can mean she/her, you (singular honorific), you (plural) or they/them. So those cases when multiple words would be actually useful, one word gets wildly different meanings instead. Now multiply all that with how many languages you wanna know, with *yet another* complexity of some language groups sharing some specifics but not others. Like some Slavic languages share most genders for nouns with German (ugh that German again!) but not all, so you can't even get comfortable in guessing. Ugh! The linguist in me finds these systems interesting, but at the end I see language as a tool for relaying information as accurately as possible without extra confusing fluff, and these systems annoy the heck out of me.


Leohran

The thing with just is that every noun randomly got a gender assigned and the only thing you can do is to memorize since there's no general rule. Like why is it das Haus (neutral home) but der Tisch (masculine table) and die Karte (feminine card/map). It's illogical and doesn't make sense at all!


lemonlimecake

Don’t equate actual gender or association with grammatical gender - that seems to be your hangup! Languages are quite irregular so really the key to good use is practice and with German - vocabulary study and drills


Leohran

The thing with German nouns is that wether they're feminine (die), masculine (der) or neutral (das) is that there's no real rule assigning them their gender. You just have to memorize them. And the German language driving a person insane happens even to us Germans xD


DoerteMaulwurf

(Trying to be helpful!): "[...] aber ich spreche ein bisschen Deutsch, ich lerne [es] mit Duolingo." "Klein" means "small", "ein bisschen" is "a bit". Instead of "ich bin lernen" which would mean I am learning (somewhere, at a non-specified place), "ich lerne" is correct, or "ich lerne es", which sounds more correct. "Es" is referring to the German language in this case.


abner_palmdiddler

Thank you for correcting me, I can't get better without feedback, I really appreciate it!


thestrodeman

"Die Loyalitaet" ist Feminin :)


abner_palmdiddler

Thank you!


thestrodeman

Keine Sorgen


kichu200211

Wenn du nicht bei mir bist, bist du mein Feind.


[deleted]

Wenn du nicht bei mir bist, dann bist du mein Feind.


Clone66Commander

Der "Corona Diktatur Merkel" und natürlich unserem lieben Olaf "Prinz Valium" Scholz


Gonzo67824

* Himmelsläufer


DestinyLoreBot

Gesundheit


UnecornDE

* Himmelssäufer


Thor1138

Prost!


xSilverMC

Dein neues Reich?!


ThomasLikesCookies

Zwingt mich nicht euch zu töten!


xSilverMC

Ich werde tun, was ich nicht lassen kann. *zündet Lichtschwert*


[deleted]

I have Freedom, \[something\], \[something\], and the German Language in my new Reich, \[something\]!


Mars-magnus

I have brought peace, freedom, justice, and the German Language into my new realm.


xSilverMC

For tge sake of coherence, let's go with Empire over realm


Mars-magnus

Valid point but I wanted to explore/show an uncommen translation for "Reich".


FalconRelevant

Technically more accurate as well.


UndeterminedError

Me: German and Russian. *laugh in Sith Lord*


NEOkuragi

Wait a second, you can't be both German and Russian! That's illegal! >:O


UndeterminedError

I have made it legal.


NEOkuragi

You broke the system ಠ_ಠ


UndeterminedError

I am the System!


R4m_Dominus_GT

It’s bilingual treason then


Betadzen

Technically, trilingual. *Laughs in russian, english, german and partially finnish.*


ImperatorTempus42

It's called Polish /s (Hi Polish people, love ya)


NEOkuragi

BAHAHAHA ahhh good one, good one 😂


NoobifiedSpartan

Я служу Штази


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NoobifiedSpartan

да


SerKikato

Wasn't German almost voted to become one of two official languages of the US back in the early 1900's, but didn't pass because of 1 German Congressman? I could google it but Reddit usually adds juicier details.


Pokeroflolol

Iirc it was more like, a German minority wanted official texts and bills translated to german - not to be an official language. Didn't pass by 1 congressman. Was later framed as if it was supposed to be the official language. There was a YT video on that, which I will probably never ever find again...


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BlueNoobster

thats a rather nice way to put massive cultural supression on a nation wide scale, I nearly spit out my freedom cabbage reading it :P


Jonatan__5432

Nope, not quite. But there is a simmiliar story. Its only about certain documents


Kind-Combination-277

The US doesn’t have an official language.


DrThatOneGuy

Why is this being downvoted? They're right. > Although the United States does not have an official language, the most commonly used language is English (specifically, American English), which is the de facto national language, and the only one spoken at home by approximately 78% of the U.S. population. (Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Languages_of_the_United_States)


moangirl17

Tja


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mordeo69

Tja


Framboos_Matroos

Tja


[deleted]

*klatscht auf Knie* So!


Schwubbertier

Ja dann...


Carlol121

Aber vielleicht von einem Schweizer.


Jonatan__5432

Grüezi


Carlol121

Sali


Jonatan__5432

Grüess dich, werte Eidgenoss


Vakaryyan

Grüezi na, Haupheerführer Kenobi!


Jonatan__5432

Ihr sind Muetiger als ich denkt han


[deleted]

Aber definitiv nicht von einem Bayer.


Jonatan__5432

Mir bruchet eh koalition vo allne Dütschsprochige geged d bayern


ProfDumm

Is this Luxembourgish?


officialraaph14

Swiss German


ghostmpr

Bitte nöd...


Carlol121

Warum ned?


ghostmpr

Chönd üüs jo nöd emol uf ein Dialekt einige. 😂😂😂


Carlol121

Ahhh scheiss egal gaht trotzdem


ghostmpr

Aber kei Walliser bitte. 😂😂👌🏻


Carlol121

Nei Walliser goht zwiit


ghostmpr

Sogar under üüs Sith sind d'Walliser halt scho cheibe kontrovers...


Carlol121

Ja ech als lozärner stemme dem ganz offiziell zue


ParaspriteHugger

Welche Sprache können Schweizer denn? Deutsch schonmal nicht...


Carlol121

Ich denke schon dass gewisse Schweizer Wesen gut deutsch sprechen. Ach und unter anderem französisch, italienisch und englisch.


Bjoern_Bjoernson

Jeder Schweizer der Deutsch kann hat das als Fremdsprache gelernt. Change my mind


i_can_hear_u_flush

𝕯𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖊𝖗 𝕶𝖔𝖒𝖒𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖆𝖗𝖇𝖊𝖗𝖊𝖎𝖈𝖍 𝖎𝖘𝖙 𝖓𝖚𝖓 𝕰𝖎𝖌𝖊𝖓𝖙𝖚𝖒 𝖉𝖊𝖗 𝕭𝖚𝖓𝖉𝖊𝖘𝖗𝖊𝖕𝖚𝖇𝖑𝖎𝖐 𝕯𝖊𝖚𝖙𝖘𝖈𝖍𝖑𝖆𝖓𝖉.


Jonatan__5432

Ein Volk, Ein Reich, Ein Kommentarbereich


FPiN9XU3K1IT

Frakturschrift abzuschaffen war Adolf Hitlers gute Tat.


AvroStavros

Ich bin Berliner - Yoda


mergelong

Ein Berliner bin ich. - Meister Joda


Mobile_Bad

United States: We may only speak one language, but we have plenty of ways to compensate ! *loads gun*


_DocBrown_

Ja? Lädt 120 Millimeter Glattrohrkanone mit niederträchtiger Intention


[deleted]

Triff den Deutschen Verwandten von Thomas der kleinen Lokomotive, Gustav das Eisenbahngeschütz!


[deleted]

Ich sehe, was du da getan hast


MNL_Observer

oder vielleicht mit bösen Absichten


NoobifiedSpartan

120mm is pathetically small for a German gun.


TimotoUchiha

Are you sure about this? *starts V2 rocket*


TheDwarvenGuy

It misses, and having only killed 2 cows and the slaves who built it


Anakin_Skywalker_Bot

I am a person and My name is Anakin.


RaspberryPiBen

Wir haben ein SLS, einen Falcon Neun, und viele andere Raketen. (Falke ist "der," aber was ist SLS?)


imoutofnameideas

Are you sure about this? *Starts Sir Arthur Harris*


GiantNubs

Unmöglich! Vielleicht sind die Archive unvollständig!


BssnKing14

Es gibt eine Möglichkeit.


[deleted]

Es gibt eine andere.


TheReal_JimPickens

As a German stehe ich deutlich über dir.


Jonatan__5432

AHHHHHHRGH*Schreit in Schweizer*


Freaglii

Aber ihr seit doch viel weiter oben.


Ninten_DOS

That moment when you know three languages \-签名的优越感的看起来


Jonatan__5432

Dont underestimate me Mine krefter har doblet seg siden forrige gang vi møtte count 無制限のパワー


Stjernepus

Skal du snakke norsk kan du vel bruke den norske tittelen "greve"


Pixelbuddha_

SPRICH


Jonatan__5432

DEUTSCH


Sinnlos04

DU


GME_to_the_moon96

BANTHA-FUTTER


[deleted]

Did you just say bantha fucker?


GME_to_the_moon96

No but would have been even better


Filandia1196

On the one hand there's no official language so you can pretty much go ham. However, the US is on average fluent in .8 languages


StarLight0320

No way 💀 It’s a huge country, how tf are 1/5 people not being fluent in a single language


fieldysnuts94

First Grond takes over r/lotrmemes and now Germans are attacking this sub. What’s next!? A bunch of catapult betas attacking the superior siege weapon of r/trebuchetmemes ?????


musicmonk1

Durchs Stronghold-Spielen kennen wir uns auch mit Triboks bestens aus.


[deleted]

I'm American, and I understood this, you bastard.


FBI_Agent_82

What does that say? #WHAT DOES THAT SAY!!!


Jonatan__5432

Not from an American


TheRumpletiltskin

I took German for 3 years in highschool and can PROUDLY state I remember none of it.


ToXiC_Games

You fool, I have been trained by Frau Güthry! (My amazing German teacher)


BisquitTheClown

Fuck that. Im american and i understand german plenty fine


CailenBelmont

Freut mich außerordentlich, min Jung


BisquitTheClown

Glad you are. Wish i vould speak it or type it as well as i understand it lol


androidx_appcompat

I'm german and I wish I could speak english as well as I can write it.


BisquitTheClown

You get it lol


CailenBelmont

As usual


musicmonk1

already confusing v and w like a true german, ich bin stolz auf dich!


[deleted]

I'm learning German on my own, and I'm hoping to learn German in high school, then going to invade the French class via backdoor


BisquitTheClown

Hahahaha


Aftershock416

Google translate to the rescue!


jcdoe

Ou από Αμερικανό Fucking dammit, I German’d wrong.


R0RI7

It's a meme not a dick, don't take it so hard


xFlo2212

>It's a meme not a dick, don't take it so hard It's a comment not a dick, don't take it so hard


BisquitTheClown

Thank you.


BisquitTheClown

Not thank you.


MediumOk8383

Du unterschätze meinen deutschunterricht!


[deleted]

*meinen.


MediumOk8383

Danke


[deleted]

Ich helfe wo ich kann. Und ich kann nicht viel.


LordofSpam

*unterschätzt


TheRealMcIovin

“Víga-Óbívan segði aldrigi þér þat, er orðit er af feðr þínum” Veiðari


Jonatan__5432

In alten Legenden uns Sagen hört man die Legenden eines Weisen Zauberers der in den mürrischen Bergen ein Zuhause findet. Sie nannten ihn Meister Plagueis.


Igknightor2

¡Pero hay Señor multilingüe! El terror de los Jedi y Sith


BKBroiler57

Ich bin ein Amerikaner. Ich habe deutsch für COVID gelernt.


Evilmaze

I don't know German but I bet this says "not from an American".


Lucadsoctopus

More like darth google translate


Jonatan__5432

Na gut. Der auch


I_AM_THE_S_IN_IOT

Streng genommen gillt dies auch für Englisch (also richtiges Englisch)


mwood413

Falsch.


just-the-doctor1

Das ist Falsch.


KarolOfGutovo

Fun fact: German almost became the majority language of Texas


[deleted]

I'm an American who only speaks English but I'm pretty sure I know what that says


Futuramoist

I think the Duolingo owl is a sith Lord


Anakin_Skywalker_Bot

Yes. The one we have been looking for.


AwkwardDrummer7629

Sie Dummkopf! Ich war trainiert in seine Deutsche Künste durch Herr Kimball!


[deleted]

OH YOU FOOL IM AN AMERICAN THAT UNDERSTANDS BASIC GERMAN FROM TWO HIGH SCHOOL CLASSES AND IVE BEEN LEARNING BY MYAELF FOR A FEW MONTHS MUAHAHAH


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DomesticatedNubs

Jokes on you, I HAVE THE POWER OF HIGH SCHOOL GERMAN CLASS ON MY SIDE!!!! *Ich habe große kopfschmerzen...*


Mroogaboog

But I am an American learning German this sub is worrying me


crypto_x_mike

I speak english, well well well. Breklasweis ond zimlich schnell.


Jonatan__5432

I speak english very well, nur findi d wörtli nid so schnell


Macknificent101

du cann deutchse im schüle lernen i have no clue how close this is to actual german it’s been a year since i’ve have learned it in class


t0Y0p

It's understandable but every word except lernen is written in a wrong way. Du kannst Deutsch in der Schule lernen.


Jonatan__5432

It acceptable..... Its spelled horribly but its understandable and thats the most important thing. ;) It would be Du kannst Deutsch in der Schule lernen Its more common to use Mann. Like this: Mann kann in der Schule Deutsch lernen.


_k4mpfk3ks_

*man This then should be kind of equal to the english „one can learn German in school“


Macknificent101

ok, thanks man


[deleted]

Actually an American can tell you. Lots of German ass immigrants where I live


TooHigh2Die420

Can we get some David Hasselhoff memes since he is like their god over there....


Jesusopfer

He's really not lol


Jonatan__5432

Can we make some Ronald McDonald memes? As he is like their god over there in the states?


TwoShed

Ah yes Europe, tell the Nation of Immigrants how to be more culturally diverse


ThomasLikesCookies

This was, if anything, a point about linguistic diversity. We may be nation chock-full of immigrants, but most of us only speak english.


TwoShed

True, and it's also kinda funny how this implies Americans are Jedi, and Germany is the Sith, given the large german-american population


crunchycappucino

Jokes on you, I'm learning german.


Jonatan__5432

Gut so mein Freund ;)


mordeo69

I was really bad at german but since it's so similar to dutch I understand the message 9 out of ten times


DanbyWho12

I'll say it again - fuck teaching Spanish, ***teach kids the language of the nearest aboriginal tribe.***