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- Comment on Anon is smart or dumb 1 day ago:
Well you don’t die of sexual dissatisfaction, so there’s at least one key difference
- Comment on To celebrate Oxford Word of The Year, Submit your worthy ones for rating in the comments 2 days ago:
Yeah, but it worked
- Comment on What life hack helped you this year? 3 days ago:
Bananenweizen if you’re efficient
- Comment on Can you explain your grad school research to relatives over Thanksgiving Dinner? - Journal of Astrological Big Data Ecology 4 days ago:
Die habe ich, aber es hängt vom Ziel ab. Wenn man die ganzen Kleinigkeiten wirklich verstehen will, sind die Duden Grammatik und www.dwds.de nicht zu unterschätzen, aber dafür muss man Deutsch auf einem gewissen Niveau (~B2-C1) schon können. Um soweit zu kommen, sollte man möglichst viel Input*, Zeit solches zu bearbeiten, und durchdachte Korrektur (jeder falscher Artikel muss nicht korrigiert werden aber Fehler, die die Kommunikation verhindern sollten erklärt werden, solange die Situation das erlaubt) kriegen.
Kurz gesagt ist mein Rat auch nicht so eigenartig. Ich glaube wir legen den Fokus zu scharf auf Auswendiglernen, aber das ist eigentlich nur relevant, wenn man fehlerfrei kommunizieren will. Es ist eine Tatsache, dass viele Menschen kein perfektes, sondern ausreichendes Deutsch können wollen, und das ist okay.
*Inputquellen, die Lernmotivation erwecken können und die ich nie als Lernende in einem Deutschkurs gesehen habe: Rammstein (nicht wirklich meins, aber etwa ein drittel der deutschlernenden, die ich kenne, sind durch Rammstein zu Deutsch gekommen); gemischtes Hack, oÄ; synchronisierte Serien, die man schon kennt; Tabletopspiele sowie MtG oder DnD; und moderne Jugendliteratur (ich war ein bisschen zu alt damals für die Percy Jackson Bücher auf Englisch, aber sie waren perfekt für mein Deutschniveau und noch interessant als Erwachsene - natürlich wäre etwas unübersetztes wie Tintenwelt noch besser)- dabei ist die Regel, dass man zwischen 2-5 Wörter pro Seite nachschlagen müssen sollte.
- Comment on Can you explain your grad school research to relatives over Thanksgiving Dinner? - Journal of Astrological Big Data Ecology 5 days ago:
Ich mache mein Master im DaF, damit ich Deutsch unterrichten kann (was ich auch schon während des Studiums mache). Du hast recht, dass man Jahre dafür braucht, welches natürlich zu Demotivation führen kann. Ich versuche, meine Studis zu beruhigen, aber man muss auch lernen, Fehler zu akzeptieren.
Ich habe das Glück, dass meine Muttersprache Englisch ist. Das hilft mit dem Sprachgefühl (das ist übrigens genau das richtige Fachwort dafür), da ich instinktiv wusste, dass es nicht “gesingt” sondern “gesungen” war, zum Beispiel. Dafür hatte ich wirklich Probleme, den Unterschied zwischen -e und -er zu hören und auszusprechen, aber das kann man einfacher trainieren.
Ich glaube, Deutsch wäre aber viel einfacher zu lernen, wenn wir es anders unterrichten würden. Es gibt zum Beispiel doch lockere Muster fürs Genus der Nomen*, aber sie sind kaum geforscht, weil Muttersprachler sie weder brauchen noch darauf aufpassen. Nichtmuttersprachler wiederum wissen meistens nicht, dass es solche gibt. Ich war schon im Master, bevor eine Lehrperson das zugegeben hat- vorher haben alle Deutschlehrer immer gesagt, dass es nur Muster für ein paar Suffixe gibt und alles sonst zufällig ist.
Ich wollte eigentlich solche Muster für meine Masterarbeit untersuchen, aber die AG hatte keine Interesse daran. Ich glaube, ich müsste aber ein bisschen fortgeschrittener sein, dem Thema gerecht zu werden, da es noch sehr nebelig ist.
- zum Beispiel: Wörter, die auf Englisch und Deutsch mit -er enden, die aber nichts mit Verben zu tun haben, wie Finger, (Stufen-)Leiter, Butter, Schulter sind oft feminin. Stoffe sind meistens neutral, und diese Regel hat Vorrang vor der letzten- Leder ist also neutral. Stoffe die sehr konkret sind, wie Stein und Stahl sind wiederum maskulin. Ich würde das so gerne wirklich untersuchen, aber niemand findet es so interessant wie ich.
- Comment on What did I forget? 5 days ago:
Conlangs!!
- Comment on 5 days ago:
I moved from the US to Germany, where I met my husband. After we’d been married for a year, I brought him to the US to meet everyone in person.
He said it was like looking at me through fly eyes.
- Comment on Can you explain your grad school research to relatives over Thanksgiving Dinner? - Journal of Astrological Big Data Ecology 5 days ago:
Mach’s ruhig weiter! Ich finde es eben noch schwer, sie richtig einzusetzen.
Ich hab das Thema gewählt, weil jemand mir nach vier Jahren in Deutschland erklärt hat, genau was „ruhig” eigentlich bedeutet (mit ruhiger Seele oder ohne ein schlechtes Gefühl zu haben, für Nichtmuttersprachler). Ich dachte, es war etwas wie “ich sage niemandem, es bleibt unser kleines Geheimnis.” Aber denk mal an Situationen in denen man das sagt- ich glaube, ich hätte nie bemerkt, dass es falsch war. Ich hätte es aber bestimmt falsch benutzt 😅
- Comment on freddie mercury 6 days ago:
Wasn’t he the Killer Queen?
- Comment on Can you explain your grad school research to relatives over Thanksgiving Dinner? - Journal of Astrological Big Data Ecology 6 days ago:
I recorded conversations held by non-native German speakers who learned mostly in classes and compared their particle (well, just, right, etc.) usage with that of non-native speakers who learned mostly without instruction. Then I compared those to native speakers. Now I just have to make the case for better particle instruction in German classes. It should be easy because I’ve already illustrated that particle usage is important for communication and affects the perceived language skill of the user, but ugh, writing.
- Comment on Americans be like: 1 week ago:
To be fair, I don’t really think of NPR or PBS as print media, so I don’t really seek out their websites, unless I want to listen to the radio while away from an actual radio.
- Comment on Anon thinks we're being bamboo-zled 1 week ago:
Here’s a digitization of the first one and the second one, including a picture of an edition of the work itself. I found it by googling the names of the works in the quoted section.
If that’s not sufficient, I suggest you ask at your local (or most local) university library.
- Comment on Anon thinks we're being bamboo-zled 1 week ago:
Say your library did, you would read this book in Classical Chinese? Or would you rely on a translation, probably published much later?
- Comment on Insulin 1 week ago:
What do they get out of it? It’s expensive and you don’t even actually owe money. Plus, extradition agreements only cover either things that both countries consider illegal, or a set of very serious crimes, like murder, afaik.
- Comment on Insulin 1 week ago:
But then what?
Is a foreign government going to extradite you for missing paperwork and no outstanding tax debts (especially because everyone else thinks it’s nuts that we require nonresident citizens to file taxes)? I guess it’s possible, but it strikes me as very unlikely.
But if you’re still financially attached to the US/likely to visit, they’ve got some power over you.
I’m not a lawyer or an accountant (obviously. This is not best practices)
- Comment on Insulin 1 week ago:
I think they’re saying that your proposed best case causes possible instant death, whereas the proposed worst case would take days to kill you.
- Comment on Insulin 1 week ago:
You still have to file, but you don’t need to pay taxes unless you’re earning enough that the visa won’t be a problem.
But, like, if you close everything out and never go back…
- Comment on Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth 1 week ago:
I’m assuming the poster is Christian, tbf. If they’re just a very demonstrative Zoroastrian, then it’s not the same god (mostly. That’s a little debatable, but I’m not informed enough to debate it).
But the god of Abraham is the god of Abraham. If there’s a debate there, you’ll have to explain it to me.
- Comment on Hashtag spiritual hashtag truth 1 week ago:
It’s even the same god
- Comment on TOOT TOOT CHUGGA CHUGGA MOTHERFUCKA 1 week ago:
Yeah, I think there’s a big enough political divide that at this point, it would be hard to find an adult who would feel honored to meet with each of: Trump, Biden, Obama, and Bush, but the culture hasn’t really caught up yet. There’s probably also the fact that the POTUS is likely to have a lot more political enemies worldwide than the PM of Australia, but I agree that most of it is due to the same cultural differences in our perceptions of the word “cunt.”
- Comment on TOOT TOOT CHUGGA CHUGGA MOTHERFUCKA 1 week ago:
She seems like she’s in good spirits (as does the guy in the back), but I could see that being either because they’re all in on the joke together or because she’s super excited to have the chance to flick off a politician she hates and has been joking with her friends about it. Like, I could see reacting like that if I ran into George W. Bush, but it’s more fitting within the actual context.
I think what tips it over into friendly is that she’s right there. Especially for a former politician (not accurate, but what I originally thought), someone getting that close and being antagonistic would probably be received as more threatening. Though I suspect there’s a lot more wiggle room for that in Australia than in the US, because of guns (which doesn’t even make sense, because the point of guns is hurting someone from a distance, but it might just be the view of any given person as potentially very dangerous) and the culture around politicians.
- Comment on TOOT TOOT CHUGGA CHUGGA MOTHERFUCKA 1 week ago:
Yeah, I figured this might be after a few years of drinking after getting out of office, but it still wasn’t close close.
- Comment on TOOT TOOT CHUGGA CHUGGA MOTHERFUCKA 1 week ago:
Yeah, I looked at the sweatshirt after I posted, but I’m leaving it up, because I think it’s funny how off I was. He really looks like a politician resigned to his fate, though.
It’s, ah, gotta be tough to be a wiggle.
- Comment on TOOT TOOT CHUGGA CHUGGA MOTHERFUCKA 1 week ago:
Aw man, as an ignorant non Australian from /all, it just looks like this lady hates Hugh Dennis.
I looked up pictures of the last couple PMs, but the glasses make it hard to be sure, is that Tony Abbott?
- Comment on Chuck Schumer Faces Pushback From a ‘Fight Club’ of Senate Democrats 1 week ago:
That’s generally true before the inauguration.
- Comment on In a near distant future 1 week ago:
That’ll need to be Luigi 2036, because he’d still be 34 on inauguration day 2032.
Though I mean, I can imagine the laws changing quite significantly in the next few years, so who knows.
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 1 week ago:
I’m not sure what difference this makes, but I can see snapshots of each of those, just not video. Though if I imagine biting into an apple, I can get all the senses together.
I think I might have just been trying to isolate sight from the other senses, because the only real experience I have with only the sight of apples is in pictures, so it being automatically 2d does make sense.
They can rotate the image in their minds, break it in half and examine the insides, see the seeds and the veins on the leaf and the discoloration near the stem.
Yeah, checking now, I can see those things as well as long as I’m also feeling, hearing, and smelling them.
Thank you! I first learned about this a while ago and I’ve occasionally wondered about it. I don’t think I would have figured it out without you talking me through it.
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 1 week ago:
I think I’m overthinking this, but I can’t tell how you would know that you’re seeing it. I think I see it if I try, but my natural inclination is more like I know the apple’s there but I’m not looking at it.
Bizarrely, I am sure that I can “see” aspects of the apple, because that’s how I’m trying to focus on seeing it. Like, I can see the dimple where the stem connects and the curve of the apple with natural color variation for the part of the apple that I can see, but if I try to zoom out, it’s back to awareness of the apple.
I think I’m overthinking it, because I can “see” approximations of the apple variations in this post, but maybe it’s because they’re two dimensional.
- Comment on The ancient Greeks or Chinese should have already had words for this. 1 week ago:
You think apple and (apparently) ‘see’ an apple. I think apple and it’s like thinking of how you’d describe an apple. It’s red, it’s round. It has a stem. It’s juicy. It tastes good… but I can’t see it. Or anything else. They’re just thoughts
I think I’m a one, but I might be a five and I can’t tell, because how do I know what format my brain uses to tell me apple? I just know that it does.
I can imagine tastes well enough to cook pretty well and can often predict what a dish will taste like with pretty good accuracy ( I just recently saw a recipe for chocolate rosemary banana bread, and I could imagine that combination, even though I’d never had it before), so there are clearly some senses I can do it for. I think I can also do it visually, but I can’t exactly print it out, so I just know that I’ve received the thought.
- Comment on FYI: Elon Musk = Space Ed Gein 1 week ago:
The older he gets, the more he learns like Mussolini