2026-09-14 10:42 UTC
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@theresmiling@ibe.social 2026-09-14 10:46
@_elena@mastodon.social Viel Erfolg! Buona fortuna!
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@707Kat@mastodon.art 2026-09-14 10:45
@_elena@mastodon.social Honestly I get it. I have been considering taking up German again too being on here.
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@johl@mastodon.xyz 2026-09-14 10:48
@_elena@mastodon.social It can be frustrating to learn „the awful German language“ (Mark Twain) as an adult, but as with things on the Fediverse, everything is possible with enthusiasm and interest! https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Awful_German_Language
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@hardy@social.netspectrum.de 2026-09-14 11:06
@_elena@mastodon.social Oh. You mean there is an actual affinity for German out there and I may not have to feel guilty about posting predominantly in English rather than in my native language? That's a genuine surprise. If you intend to go through with this, may I suggest the mighty Anki for vocabulary and grammar: https://apps.ankiweb.net ? Open source and available across platforms, it has been extremely helpful for me over the years. It really shines when learning languages, where a lot of the effort is memorisation. Good luck!
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@thorsten4future@climatejustice.social 2026-09-14 11:06
@_elena@mastodon.social Bewältigbare Aufgaben sind Dir nicht Herausforderung genug, oder? 😉
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@jpw_owl@bildung.social 2026-09-14 11:06
@_elena@mastodon.social Vielen Dank, dass du dir die Mühe machen möchtest meine Muttersprache zu lernen. Ich durchsuche gerne meine Linkliste für Deutsch als Fremdsprache Inhalte oder unterhalte mich so mit dir, denn deine Artikel lese ich sehr gerne. Thank you for making the effort of learning my language. I will look through my links for German as a second language or talk to you because I appreciate your articles
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@everton137@social.vivaldi.net 2026-09-14 11:08
@_elena@mastodon.social I still couldn't find a tandem partner to practice German. 🤌
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@schroedingerspossum@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 11:19
@_elena@mastodon.social Deutsch ist eine schwierige Sprache, aber wenn man die Zeit investiert, dann kann man auch viel davon haben. Mir gefällt es sehr gut, dass man mit guten Deutschkenntnissen häufig auch andere europäische Sprachen aus dem Kontext her verstehen kann. So ist es mit gutem Deutsch + Englisch häufig möglich niederländische, dänische, oder schwedische Texte zu verstehen. Viel Erfolg auf jeden Fall :)
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@ViolaB@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 11:23
@_elena@mastodon.social Nice 😁🤓
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@electric_gumball@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 12:06
@_elena@mastodon.social I don't know if this helps or not but.. German would be my (very distant) 3rd language. I avoid using translation wherever possible to keep my neurons whirring & actually learn more by doing it this way. I'll translate a word here & there when it's unfamiliar to me or I can't figure it out from the context. Have fun 🙂
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@timtfj@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 12:23
@_elena@mastodon.social The fun begins when you start comparing the output of the Translate button with the structure of the original sentence and realising that it's missed important-looking words like "nicht" out . . . I think once you know the tiniest bit of the grammar of the language you're learning, it's time to start applying it, even if most of the vocabulary is unfamiliar.
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@benroyce@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 12:40
@_elena@mastodon.social Ich verstehe nur Bahnhof
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@mcfly@milliways.social 2026-09-14 12:15
@_elena@mastodon.social sicher eine gute Idee. Was fuer ein Sprachinveau auf Deutsch hast du denn? So das wir Dir ein wenig helfen koennen.
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@chapter1@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 12:46
@_elena@mastodon.social Oh, I understand you so much! I used to learn German for nine years and I haven't actively used it for 20 years at least. But now I'm finding it super useful during mornings when the trending page is half in German until folks across the pond wake up :D I'm glad I can understand most of the toots. Just one downside: I am no longer able to feel smug about saying my secondary school German teacher that I won't ever be able to use the knowledge. Dang, I hate that she was right 👿
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@tomminieminen@mastodontti.fi 2026-09-14 12:18
@_elena@mastodon.social Just think of all the Krimi series you could watch! https://www.zdf.de
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@Room4x3@chaos.social 2026-09-14 12:24
@_elena@mastodon.social Lingua franca of fediverse: German with a lot of english tech terms, meme and 1337 speach.
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@Amboss_der_Agitator@piraten-partei.social 2026-09-14 12:41
@_elena@mastodon.social Dann werde ich dich ab sofort nur noch auf Deutsch kommentieren.
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@baglodush@social.cologne 2026-09-14 12:49
@_elena@mastodon.social I think you will love the super power of creating new words by combining two or more words.
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@umbeebmu@mastodon.sdf.org 2026-09-14 12:47
@_elena@mastodon.social ma che interfaccia usi? Io non ho "Translate", mi devo copiare tutti i post (in finlandese) per tradurli da un altra parte
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@earwigplanet@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 13:00
@_elena@mastodon.social Vi povus lerni Esperanton?
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@_elena@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 13:01
Before I went on stage at Berlin #FediDay the MC mistakenly said "the following presentation will be in German." My friends in the audience giggled because they know I don't speak it. And then surprise! I started my presentation with "Hallo zusammen. Vielen Dank an alle Organisatoren des Berlin Fedi Day." @samvie@chaos.social's reaction - who was sitting in the front row - was priceless 😂 Special thanks to @Tobias and a couple of FediDay angels for letting me practice with them. Next year: 4 sentences!
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@mr_harm@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 13:17
@_elena@mastodon.social wait what... There is a translate button?
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@lefteristrip23@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 13:39
@_elena@mastodon.social here: https://learngerman.dw.com/en/learn-german/s-9528
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@closeted_unionist@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 13:41
@_elena@mastodon.social There's a translate button in mastodon 😅??
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@chapter1@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 13:37
@_elena@mastodon.social Seeing a few recommendations here to start with learning German I wonder if there is perhaps something similar to https://waywordradio.org/ for German? It's a radio show with two linguists taking questions from audience and it is such fun! I always wondered how they did it, answering the questions on the spot so well. Anyway: Question to your audience (If I may): Is there something similar for German?
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@macros_arcadio@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 13:43
@_elena@mastodon.social estoy en la misma...
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@_RyekDarkener_@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 13:55
@_elena@mastodon.social However I’m happy that the Fediverse seems to be a "German thing". ;) (Taking into account the other current "German Things" …)
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@pottenbakkerij_hoogland@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 14:09
@_elena@mastodon.social do learn German and/or any other language. Every extra languagge you learn will open up new perspectives and will give you more understanding of how language and culture are connected.
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@hikingdude@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 14:16
@_elena@mastodon.social kein Problem. ;)
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@crazyeddie@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 16:38
@_elena@mastodon.social Them sounds stupid. Like the people who drove me out of /r/c++ because I posted something I thought was cool and couldn't tell them why they'd want to use it, or why anyone would, and adamantly refused to even try answering that irrelevant question. I don't even understand Them and don't want to.
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@Simone21@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 16:57
@_elena@mastodon.social ❤️
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@CyclesSmiles@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 17:20
@_elena@mastodon.social selbstverständlich
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@Tatlican@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 17:29
@_elena@mastodon.social Bende İngilizce ve almanca öğrenmek istiyorum çevir tuşuna basmadan.
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@switch@tenforward.social 2026-09-14 17:22
@_elena@mastodon.social I would love to learn German too. Right now, my kids and I are learning some Japanese for our family trip in Japan next year. And I also want to learn Arab.
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@strawhousepig@mastodon.social 2026-09-14 18:00
@_elena@mastodon.social "I can't help it if so many of the awesome accounts I follow are in German." I don't feel that is entirely accurate.
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@PaulaToThePeople@climatejustice.social 2026-09-15 07:48
@_elena@mastodon.social If you ever need someone to practice, come talk to me. Wenn du je wen zum Üben brauchst, sprich gern mit mir. Btw, one cool thing about learning German not as a first language: If you choose the right teachers and resources you don't have to learn and later unlearn the official, patriarchal German with the generic masculine and stuff, but can learn the gender-just version with the * (Gendersternchen) and Glottisschlag right away.
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@FrankDmt90@mastodon.uno 2026-09-15 12:27
@_elena@mastodon.social Great!! How many languages do you know right now? 😀😀🙃🙃 I'd like to learn German too also French and Spanish 😆 I don't have patience!! 😭
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@kaichen@libranet.de 2026-09-15 19:25
@_elena@mastodon.social Ich heiße Super Fantastisch / Ich trinke Schampus mit Lachsfisch