>What language(s) are you learning? >Share language learning experiences! >Ask questions about your target language! >Help people who want to learn a new language! >Participate in translation challenges or make your own! >Make frens!
FAQ U: >How do I learn a language? What is the best way to learn one? How should I improve on certain aspects? Read the damn wiki >Should I learn lang Y so I can learn lang X? No >What is the most useful language? Piraha >What language should I learn? Pu-Xian
Got an extra-fine nib and new ink for my pen. Will take some getting used to, this nib doesn't have as much grip and there's a very small margin of error for getting letters on the line but not past it. But I think it's a huge improvement, especially for small letters like ь and ы.
Yeah, can buy them online from Amazon or elsewhere. I don't imagine there's many stores that sell fountain pens around.
Grayson King
Classic Challenge
Easy >I have to go do something. >She brushed her teeth, but not her hair. >I don't know anything about that at all.
Medium >I'm going to have a party at my place, if you're interested. >Please, you have to speak more slowly, otherwise I can't understand you. >He had a great big house back then; but he went broke and lost everything.
Hard >It was a pleasure to burn. It was a special pleasure to see things eaten, to see things blackened and changed. >"It is," replied Granger, smiling. "We're book-burners, too. We read the books and burnt them, afraid they'd be found."
Improv Challenge (write out both sides of the conversation for best effect)
Simple >You're a bit lost. Flag down a stranger and ask him for directions.
Intermediate >You're at a store and need to purchase some basic necessities. Greet the clerk and ask him for what you need.
Difficult >Converse with a friend about a film you really enjoy. As he asks, tell him some basic details about the plot, the actors, etc.
Ich muss verlassen, zu etwas machen Sie putzte sich die Zähne, aber nicht ihre Haare Ich weiss es überhaupt nichts
Ich werde später in mir zu Hause eine Partei hosten, wenn du interessiert bist Bitte musst du mehr langsamer sprechen, sonst kann Ich dich nicht verstehen Er hatte damals ein großes haus, aber er verlor sein geld, und verloren alles
>Die Sonne geht früher im Oktober unter grammatically correct but weird word order Die Sonne geht im Oktober früher unter. >Die Blätter haben [zu fallen begonnen / begonnen zu fallen], und die Bäume werden braun 'hinfallen' is usually used of people falling down or dropping things; it could be used but simply 'fallen' or '(he)runterfallen' are the more usual choices here >Menschen *kaufen gerne mehr Kerzen * um diese Jahreszeit >Möchtest du [später in dieser Woche] Kürbis pflücken gehen? but 'später in dieser Woche' is not something we say Möchtest du die(se) Woche irgendwann Kürbis pflücken gehen? >Vielleicht könnten wir dieses Wochenende Kaffee bekommen, über das Leben sprechen 'bekommen' is 'to get' in the sense of 'to receive' Vielleicht könnten wir dieses Wochenende einen Kaffee trinken gehen und über das Leben sprechen. >Ich hätte *gern(e) ein Glas Wasser, ein Steak, und etwas Kartoffelpüree (bitte) very important that you do not leave out 'gern'; it's an integral part of the expression. if you're using it you don't need 'bitte'. >Ich brauche Hilfe, über ein Affe-Buch finden bitte Ich brauche/bräuchte Hilfe dabei, ein [Affen-Buch / Buch über Affen] zu finden. instead of 'bitte' you'd more likely use Konjunktiv here to make it more polite. but since they're asking you you don't even need to be so formal: Librarian: "Kann ich ihnen behilflich sein?" user: "Ja, ich suche ein Buch über die Rückkehr zu Affe."
>[Entschuldigung / Entschuldigen Sie], wo ist der nächstgelegene *Bahnhof? while correct, 'nächstgelegen' you don't hear that often. and the question still sounds a bit blunt, so to be perfectly polite: Entschuldigung, [wissen Sie / können Sie mir sagen] wo hier in der Nähe ein Bahnhof ist? >Möchtest du mit mir trinken kaufen? >Möchten Sie mit mir trinken? >I think ['Sie'] would sound better since you have just met her and drop the kaufen. definitely drop the 'kaufen', which sounds like you wanna go to the nearest supermarket with her (maybe if the two of you are Assis) Möchten/Wollen Sie mit mir mal etwas trinken gehen? Wollen wir mal zusammen etwas trinken gehen? [more familiar] Kann ich Sie mal auf einen Drink einladen? [more classy] 'mal' = 'sometime', otherwise it sounds like you want to go right away. you'd generally use 'Sie' but if you're coming on to a woman you just met this aggressively you might also try switching to 'du' right away. >Ich möchte lieber nicht unhöflich sein, aber bitte lass mich in Ruhe I wouldn't use 'lieber'; it sounds like a threat if anything. and better use 'Sie'. >Hallo 9-1-1? Es gibt [einen lästigen Mann] hier, und er hat mich angegriffen - bitte [helfen Sie / helft] mir! German emergency call is '110' by the way. it's more common to say 'aufdringlich' instead of 'lästig'. you wouldn't use 'es gibt' here, but rather Hier ist ein aufdringlicher/lästiger Mann, und er hat mich angegriffen! >Hallo Leute, ich werde sterben. Tschüssi. kek >Jetzt habe ich für ihr kein geld not sure what you're trying to say here
Caleb Phillips
it's a formal shit for formal shituations, and forget about дo cкopoгo, this one is really never used.
Lincoln Price
The entire eastern half of the Netherlands above the great rivers should be the same colour as northern Germany, the provinces of Limburg in the Netherlands and Belgium as well as the neighbouring part of Germany should be the same colour, the rest of Flanders as well as the rest of the Netherlands below the great rivers should share a colour, and the rest of the Netherlands (the western half above the great rivers) can keep its colour. Wallonia should also be a different colour to northern France.
Henry Fisher
Why do languages even have formal shit? Dont need You and Thy or whatever the fuck
Mason Clark
It's a concept Americans can't understand.
Matthew Ortiz
>you IS the formal one What the fuck? Thou was the informal? How did we drop the informal one?
When you pas puberty you will gain some common sense to understand.
Evan Nguyen
No pronouns are needed save for WE, tovarisch! Proletarians of the world, unite!
Thomas Morris
Funny thing is if you use "thou" now everyone thinks its overly formal and stupid
Carson Ward
>Thou was the informal? Yes user. The Swedish and German equivalent is "du". In Sweden we dropped the formal pronoun during after ww2 because the ruling socialists didn't like it. So there was a "du reform" (thou reform) which encouraged people to use the informal pronoun with everybody. That was to signal that everyone was equal in the new society. I don't know about the other Scandinavian countries, but I'm pretty sure they've stopped using the formal pronoun as well.
James Richardson
Weird how they think that when it hasn't been used commonly for around 150-200 years
