10 funny things only german learners can relate to
Learning a new language is not easy. It requires hard work and persistence and especially dedication. You have to be willing to adapt and embrace it before you can fully appreciate the beauty of a language. I’ve been studying German language since January this year and I am enjoying it so much 😄 Although its quiet a bit hard and challenging and tricky.
And so I’ve come up with this funny list that I experienced while learning the language.
10- You begin to say Deutsch as the language when referring to German.
Before, you say German when referring to their language or the people but after that you will become more comfortable with the word Deutsch. 😀
Example
Friend: Since when did you start taking German class?
Me: ah you mean Deutsch? Ah yeah, since January 😊
9 - Deutschland instead of Germany.
Well, for me its sounds cooler. 😎
8- You automatically read the letter W as V and letter V as F.
This is a bit confusing i know.. Especially when reading an english text, and your friends will start to look at you with confused face like what was that?! 😨
Samples are:
Wolkswagen is correctly pronounce as “folksvagen” (yep folks!)
Water in Deutsch is wasser (pronounce as vasser)
Vater is father but pronounce as Fater.
7- When people ask you with a question, you automatically say ‘Ja’ as Yes and 'Nein’ as No.
Sometimes you will quickly answers “Ja, gerne” or “Ja, naturlich!” 😄😄
6- And when you’re at home you always practice speaking Deutsch. (Even if people in your household doesn’t have a clue with what you’re saying!) sometimes, they think I’m crazy or making up words hahah 😂😂
And with that comes number 5
5- You and your classmate now have a secret language to speak if you wanna talk about other persons or things within earshot. Haha
That’s the advantage of it, it comes out handy.. I mean for example we were in a mall and we were offered something by a sales person (I forgot what it was) and she was having a second thought wether to buy it or not.. So we told her “Das ist sehr teuer!” “Das ist nicht toll!”
Haha 😬 and the saleperson doesn’t have an idea.
4- Your cellphone has 2-3 apps for German dictionary.
Yeah, instead of game apps or social media apps.. You now have more than 1 app for translating words. Personally, I have 5 apps on my phone, two english to german translator, 1 dictionary, and two for German verbs conjugations hahah 😨
3- You mixed 2 language in a sentence.
You’ve heard taglish as Tagalog and english but now I have Denlog = Deutsch and tagalog and Deutschlish = Deutsch and English.
2- You begin to doubt your spelling.
Deutsch has a very complex spelling and word capitalization. Sometimes its like a tounge twister. They can compete to Guiness for longest words.
They have words that looks the same but different in meaning.
Samples are:
Schon = already
Schön = beautiful
sie = she
Sie= they (plural)
Sie= you (formell)
Spell 9,999 neuntausendneunhundertneunundneunzig (Imagine spelling millions?!! 😁)
1- And what is the most excruciating about learning Deutsch is that every single thing has a gender. Yes! 🤓Feminine, masculine and neutral.
This gives me headache because I have to memorize all of them.
Apple - masculine “Der apfel”
Banana - feminine “Die banane”
Egg - neutral “Das ei”
This is equivalent to english as simply “A/an” like an apple, a banana, an egg.
But all in all, german language is exciting to learn. I enjoyed learning it. 🤓🤓
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