What are some movies that are suitable for A1 learners and are available on Netflix? I want to have a movie night in German and I need recommendations.
hey yall. i know this is quite unrealistic, but does it have any possibility that i can reach B2 by late autumn? if so, can i get any tips how i can learn the fastest?
So it was an 2 months german intensive course of A1, i studied around 2 hrs a day after classes(3hrs 5 days a week) and i still failed... What should i do now
Hallo leute,
I found German.net website while looking for texts I can translate because translation helps me learn.
Ever since then, I've been using it for that and utilizing other parts of the website. I've been considering buying the premium too since I'm running out of exercise to complete. It's like 9eur for the whole year which is incredibly reasonable.
I feel like it might be a game changer for me because I learned English through a similar program too. Back then it was on a series of CDs, but I loved the quiz layout of it so much I spent hours completing it.
Does anyone else love it as much as I do? And IF SO, what are you other favorite resources?
This is a topic that's been giving me a headache for quite some time.
I'm already aware that in German, it is very common to express reciprocal situations with reflexive pronouns. E.g. "wir sehen uns" instead of "wir sehen einander"; "sie unterbrechen sich ständig" instead of "unterbrechen einander", etc.
First question: is using "einander" in these sentences straight out incorrect, or does it sound forced or unnatural?
I read somewhere that in case there are prepositions, einander is more common to express reciprocity because in those cases, "sich" and its forms are preserved for only the reflexive meaning. E.g. "sie sorgen für sich" = they take care of themselves; "sie sorgen füreinander" = they take care of each other. Second question: are there any (maybe idiomatic) exceptions, i.e. using einander without preposition or sich with preposition?
I'm also wondering if this overlap can lead to misunderstandings or if there's a clever way to go around it. E.g. two parents are talking about their children being similar to them. If they say "we see each other in our children", it means that both of them see the other person in their children. If they say "we see ourselves in our children", it means that both can see the other person AND themselves at the same time. Second question: in German, "wir sehen uns in unseren Kindern" wouldn't separate these meanings, right? Can you / do you have to add other words like "gegenseitig" or "selbst" to specify it?
Hi, I've currently been trying to learn German for nearly a year now (just for fun) and my main source of learning has been through Duolingo and Read2speak. Lately I've been seeing a lot of negative reviews about duolingo and how bad the courses have become, I was looking for other sources to use aswell as duo. I stumbled across Read2speak and I thought it looked good so I brought the workbook/ textbook but after doing the exercises I'm now beginning to think this was also made with AI, I've been looking through reviews and now it doesn't seemed to be as good as I thought it was going to be. I'm starting to get a bit disheartened as I really wanted to learn German! (While I have learned a bit from these courses, I just want to make sure what I'm learning is correct and worth while)
If anyone has any recommendations on how I can learn the language better (or know of any trusted sites/ courses) I would really appreciate it!!
Thank you in advance to anyone who can help me :)
Hallo! Ich möchte deutsche Dokumentationen ansehen, um mich zu verbessern. Wo kann man diese am besten schauen?
Hey I'm back with a stupid question, but I've got a serious problem. I learn vocabulary from anki decks and the b1 deck I was learning from had very wrong translations, the problem is that I had already done 12k reviews at that time, but then I decided to go for another b1 deck hoping it would be good, and guess what? It was but for only first few hundred reviews it has also wrong translations, and I'm very short on time as done if you may know my goal is to reach strong B2 till 4 months including Juli, but how i learn these Goethe words I don't have time create a deck from scratch or just keep changing decks, but oh since I was posting anyway can you guys (only people who are B2 or above) tell me that how i acquire B2 vocabulary as fast as possible atlest 50 words per day. Just for sake context I'm free whole day everyday. AND GUYS I'M A MINOR, I've people texting me weird stuff from this sub i can't leave since i need advices time to time I'm learning myself.
Thank you 🎀
In Standard German, what happens when a word ends in /p t k/ and the following word begins with a vowel in connected speech?
Does the final stop become aspirated, or does it remain unaspirated?
For example:
Punkt eins
Tag ist
Weg aus
Kaputt ist
I’m asking about natural connected speech rather than careful citation pronunciation.
Die Grammatik in dieser Passage aus Effi Briest verwirrt mich grad:
"Aber ich habe mit ihm eine Partie zu Oberförster Ring verabredet, er, Gieshübler und der Pastor, auf den dritten Feiertag, und da hättest du sehen sollen, mit welcher Geschicklichkeit er bewies, dass sie, die Frau, zu Hause bleiben müsse."
Hier spricht der Innstetten von einem Ereignis das in der Vergangenheit sich abgespielt hat. Der Fontane müsste hier also eigentlich das Präteritum verwenden, weil das ja gebräuchlich ist in literarischen Werken. Warum kommt denn oben das Perfekt? Warum werden beide Zeitformen in dieser Passage verwendet?
Hallo hallo, ein Freund von mir hatte einen Jutebeutel mit dem Zitat "Selbstjustiz durch Fehleinkäufe" von Martin Kippenberger (glaube ich) darauf gedruckt und wir sind uns nicht 100% sicher, was es bedeuten soll. Wir hatten die Idee, dass man sich selbst verantwortlich macht für die vermeintlich schlechteren/unnötigen Einkäufe.
Hat jemand eine Idee? Ich hoffe, das ist die richtige Community für die Frage :)
If I say "Ich trinke Kaffee, weil ich müde bin" but I want to put "weil" in the beginning, I get confused... is it
Weil ich müde bin, trinke Kaffee ich
OR
Weil ich müde bin, trinke ich Kaffee
after "trinke" which comes first, the object or the subject?
When you remove someone's skin, it's häuten. When you remove a peel, it's schälen.
So why isn't removing hair called häären, or removing nails called nägeln (or something similar)?
Is there a historical or linguistic reason why German has specific verbs for some body coverings but not for hair or nails? Or is it just one of those things that developed over time?
Hallo ! I have a question about adjective endings.
In my grammar book, it says:
Es ist wichtig, fair Kritik zu üben.
But in other examples, I see:
Es ist wichtig, konstruktive Kritik zu üben.
Es ist wichtig, respektvolle Kritik zu üben.
I'm confused because I thought Kritik is feminine, so shouldn't it be faire Kritik instead of fair Kritik or is it fixed expression that I'm missing?
Thanks in advance!
My boyfriend brought me a sausage plushie from Munich. It says “Beleidigte Leberwurst” on it. The lady who sold the plushie to him said that it is actually funnier if he would understand german and get the joke. Im really curious, what is the joke?? Can anyone explain it to me please?
Hi,
Deutsch is not my mother tongue and I need help. I've heard song Gib niemals auf (band Drei Meter Feldweg, punk rock) and there was a verse "Auf Dunkelheit folgt Licht". I do understand the meaning, but I would expect "Nach Dunkelheit folgt Licht".
I did some research and it comes from latin "Post tenebras lux" (Licht nach der Dunkelheit) from Bible.
Can someone explain to me, whether this is grammatically correct and just an archaic form? On the plain sight it is not making much sense.
Thank you very much.
Miguel
Edit: Explained. Case closed.
Hallo,everyone. I’ve been trying to understand how the German language expresses ongoing actions, and this is my current understanding. Could native speakers tell me if I’m thinking about this correctly?
I think this sentence can have two possible meanings:
“I’m working.”
“I’m starting to work now.” (a transition from not working to starting the activity)
So jetzt doesn’t necessarily mean the action is already in progress. Depending on the context, it can also emphasize the beginning of the action.
My impression is that this usually means:
“I’m working.”
It seems much more strongly associated with an ongoing action than jetzt.
However, I also know there are exceptions, for example:
Im Moment arbeite ich in München.
Here, im Moment means “currently/at the moment” in the sense of “these days”, not necessarily that I’m working at this exact second. I could already be off work.
Also, my impression is that im Moment cannot express the beginning of an action the way jetzt can. In other words, it can describe an ongoing action or a current situation, but not the transition from “not doing something” to “starting to do it.”
As far as I understand, gerade + Präsens 100% always indicates that the action is in progress:
“I’m working.”
I also understand am + Infinitiv + sein as 100% always meaning an ongoing action:
“I’m working.”
However, I’ve learned that this is mainly colloquial and generally not recommended in formal writing or language exams.
So my current conclusion is:
gerade + Präsens → 100% expresses an ongoing action.
am + Infinitiv + sein → 100% expresses an ongoing action, but it is colloquial.
im Moment + Präsens → usually expresses an ongoing action, but can also mean “currently” over a longer period depending on the sentence. It cannot express the beginning of an action like jetzt.
jetzt + Präsens → often expresses an ongoing action, but depending on the context, it can also mean “I’m starting now.”
Is this understanding basically correct, or am I oversimplifying the differences?
Der Musikstudent hat für das Instrument einen zweiten Platz reservieren müssen.
Why not "hat ... gemusst"?
Thank you all so much in advance.
I am trying to understand this word, but there is no direct English translation.
The "essence of man" is the best I could find. It seems to be an abstract concept of what makes a person, a person?
I'd appreciate alternate perspectives and how this is applied in German language/culture. Thanks