so who else has decided to learn German due to the number of German language posts?

I was learning it (super slowly, thanks ADHD) anyway, but it was when I finally read a 3-sentence long post and could read 90% of it without really thinking about it that I felt I was progressing at all

So of course I haven't practiced in weeks now, fuuck

just remember that ich_iel has a lot of fun with literal translations of english words which can lead to very weird german.

Nur erinnere, dass ich_iel ein Los des Spaßes mit literarischen Übersetzungen von englischen Wörtern hat, was zu seltsamen Deutsch bleien kann.

nie.

please be advised that speaking german properly is super fucking hard compared to learning many other languages, and you don't need german in germany for the most part.

when I'm in germany I speak my shitty, broken german and they respond to me in english

I copy that and will increase production, if you ask I translate, you're welcome.

Sincerely, RatherMaybe.

Don't learn german. As a german I always feel sorry for people who learn this language just for 80 million old people ^^

I haven't seen a single one, so nicht ich.

Viel Spaß dabei!

I lived in Germany from '83 to '94, but I never did learn to speak much of it since I went to American schools. Apparently most Germans speak decent English now? That would have been nice back in the day!

Ich nicht.

Huh? Wo sind die posts? Where are they?

I just blocked the communities 😅

Does anyone know what is the deal with the images (I assume it’s some kind of German meme) of people or characters with instant ramen on their head?

... What German posts?

Deutsch ist gar nicht so schwierig. Versuch es doch einfach mal!

Number of German-language posts? I'm somehow not seeing those. I am however a native speaker of German already, so no need anymore to learn it.

Mark Twain wrote an essay about The awful German language

SPRICH

I'd be interested in learning, because German is the biggest contributor to modern English along with French. Of course the split happened long, long ago, but still...

It would have to be a couple years though, after I (knock on wood) am done getting to about B2/C1 on French.

I was thinking about it for a while. The posts encouraged me. The prospect of possibly wanting to leave the US in the next year or two depending on things also makes me want to learn a second language.

A better reason to learn it is that anything you say in German sounds like swearing.

Mein Hovercraft ist voll von Aalen!

Ja, das habe ich

My account is set up for English in the settings so I see zero German posts.

I find it hard to imagine learning a language that I don't foresee myself using at least once a week IRL

I've tried learning French and German but honestly I very rarely encounter speakers of those languages and can count on one hand the number that didn't also speak English.

I've been learning Spanish though for nearly a year to great success.

I use catodon.social and it's got a ton of German speaking people, and while Catodon is very very well designed it doesn't have a translation option yet.

What are you subscribed to, to be seeing that many?

I think I've seen a couple tops in recent memory.

Not only because of that, but it was definitely a factor.

No, but I've seen a few French posts (nowhere near as much as German) and it's been a good chance to practise my French.

I took spanish in school but if I had to do over would have likely done french but german is second choice.

Do people use language settings? I have mine set to include German so I don't know if turning it off would actually filter out many of these posts.

I know some German (B1), but it's been a few years since I had classes and those posts help me brush up my German (though they are a bit advanced for my level).

Nie

I've been learning German for a few years (very slowly) now with Duolingo. I see a lot of Spanish posts too (especially on masto) and have been enjoying how the fediverse encourages me to work on my languages.

My phone translates anything on screen in more or less real time. If the post looks interesting I can read it no matter the language.

I started way before I came here but the posts are nice, the comments are really good cause they tend to be longer/more in depth

It's a good thing I already know a little German!

Nah, "block instance"works just fine. I already took 4 years of Spanish as a kid and didn't remember that, why add another language to suck at?