#dftbastarkids

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Question about Sie/Du?

"Hey I had a question about German: I was reading in WALS about the T-V Distincion, and it says that the only time that either Sie or du would not be reciprocated (both call each other one or the other) is in the case of a parent and their child. Does this mean that in the classroom Sie is used both when the students address the teacher, and the teacher addresses a student? It could have just been a bit of a careless slip of course :P"

— dftbastarkids

As far as I know, it's a bit too formal for kids to refer to their parents as "Sie" nowadays - I believe they both refer to each other as "du". And in my German classes, I believe the teacher referred to the students as "du" and we referred to the teacher as "Sie". I could be wrong though! Can any native speakers help?

[xalev]

dftbastarkids replied to your post: dftbastarkids started following you 

Um hi I’m Sunny XD you followed my language blog because of the fb post of TIP Nation? I like your blog!

That is irrational. My blog is not cool. Ah well, have fun!

[xalev]

dftbastarkids started following you

Oh. Hi! im not sure what convinced you to follow me, but, Hello!

[linguadolce]

dftbastarkids replied to your post: Minä olen kissa nyt. I am a cat now.

kissassa would mean “in a cat" so have fun with that :D

Minä olen kissassa nyt? 

Ei, minä olen kissa, ja sinä olet kissassa. 

:3

Nomnomnom

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dftbastarkids answered your question: Where Do You Identify?

It just depends whom you’re addressing. I may call myself Coppellian, Dallasian, Texan, or American, depending on how close the other lives

I don't disagree that who you're addressing would have bearing on how you describe yourself, but even back home, I'd never have thought to identify myself with a demonym of my city, regardless of the proximity of the person with whom I was talking. I'd always say only that I was "from xxxxxxx". I can't think of a single city from my home state that has a demonym. Perhaps someone will prove me wrong, but nothing comes to mind at this time.

I actually contemplated the likelihood of the existence of "Dallasian", but disregarded it, as I'd never heard anyone use it, even when I visited a friend who lived there.

What is Coppellian?

[wuglife]

Your blog: A) Is lovely, B) Steals my time, C) Makes me feel warm and fuzzy inside (and you think I'm joking), and D) Interests me. I have a question: I'm doing a project in my English class (due some time in May; yay procrastination) about something of my choosing, and I would love some help if you wouldn't mind. I'll write a text post explaining the project and the help I want on my other blog, languageismybooze. (asks don't allow enough room for the explanation)

Wow! I’m flattered. Thank you!

And yes, I would be more than willing to brainstorm possible projects. When you’ve written the text post, either tag it #wuglife or send me an ask, and I’ll take a look!

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dftbastarkids replied to your post: dftbastarkids replied to your post: ...

Okay so this sounds really stupid, but I haven’t looked into the association method. I guess because I learned Spanish in class using lists and flash cards, I never thought about that. I think I will do that & Gaelic’ll move up in priority, just 4 U

Part of the reason some people struggle with new languages is that they learn word-to-word, so when they try to talk or write in the new language, they are translating in their head instead of just associating like they do with their mother tongue.

So what you do is you take pictures of blue things and instead of learning [picture] = blue = gorm you just go [picture] = gorm. You take a picture of a girl and label it cailín.

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dftbastarkids replied to your post: dftbastarkids replied to your post: ...

Yeah I’ve noticed haha, but guttural noises are so cool! From what I’ve heard/seen, it doesn’t seem all too easy. Did you learn it as a child? Because…well that has a lot to do with the ease haha

I started learning it when I was maybe twelve, so I suppose I was still under that "kids learn languages easier" thing. I suppose some of the grammar is  a bit odd, but it depends on how you learn it. Try to learn new languages like you learn your first one- by connecting words in the new to objects and concepts, not words of the new to words of the old,